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Share your talent with us! The links at left will help you understand the process of auditioning or presenting your portfolio or writing sample to the departments of Art, Communication, Music, and Theatre & Dance at Otterbein. Each department coordinates the process a little differently, so read carefully and do not hesitate to call the Office of Admission at 614.823.1500 or 1.800.488.8144, or any of the individual departments if you have questions.
Your application for admission to the University should be sent to the Office of Admission prior to your visit for an audition or portfolio review.
Talent Awards ranging from $8,000 to $24,000 over four years are offered to selected incoming students who pursue majors in the Departments of Music, Communication, Theatre, or Art, or a minor in Dance. String Talent Awards of up to $36,000 over four years are available. Music Participation Awards are available for non-music majors by audition, and range from $4,000-$8,000 over four years; a limited number of String Participation Awards up to $18,000 over four years are also available; students may also audition for an Athletic Bands Participation Award of $4,000 over four years. Talent and Participation Awards become part of a student's total financial aid package and each department has a set of guidelines that students must meet in order to keep the award.
Students who have been accepted to Otterbein and who have filed the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) will receive a financial aid award from Otterbein after Talent Award offers have been made. Your financial aid award would include your Talent Award, as well as any other scholarships you have received and any need-based financial aid for which you have qualified. See Scholarships for more information. Please call (888) OTTERBEIN or (800) 488-8144 with your specific financial aid questions.
A critical part of pursuing an art degree at Otterbein is faculty review of student artwork. Every artist benefits from this kind of experience and this is why the faculty in the Department of Art at Otterbein require that students who wish to major in art complete a portfolio review before they declare the major, regardless of whether or not they are seeking a talent award.
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Art students may explore studio areas of ceramics, computer art, drawing, graphic design, painting, photography, printmaking and sculpture. Building upon a foundation of design, drawing and art history, students develop individualized studio programs. Faculty members work closely with students to build connections between studio interests and broader academic strengths. Practical experiences in the arts are also encouraged. Students may select internships with publishers, graphic design studios, computer art opportunities, art museums and other innovative career avenues. Otterbein has a strong art education program that emphasizes diverse teaching experiences.
Portfolio reviews will begin in January and will take place by appointment on specific Saturdays in January, February, and April. Students must be admitted to Otterbein before scheduling the portfolio review. Award amounts will range from $500 to $4,000. Please call Teri Devlin in the Office of Admission at 614.823.1219 or 800.488.8144 for more information and to schedule your portfolio review.
The Communication Abilities Award is designed to recognize outstanding students who intend to be majors in the Department of Communication. Awards are given to accepted incoming students on the basis of academic performance and potential contributions to the University and the Department. Most past award recipients have had a 3.0 high school GPA and have shown promise and ability in the field.
The Department Chairperson will send an email application to qualified accepted students. This process begins in November and continues monthly until mid-April. Awards are made on a rolling basis. To be considered for a Communication Abilities Award, you must:
Music major candidates must complete an audition to be accepted into the Department of Music, and to be considered for a talent award. Students interested in the Music Participation Award must also complete an audition. If you live too far from campus to audition in person, a video or audio-taped audition will be given careful consideration. By request, students may audition on Campus Visitation Days.
An accompanist will be provided when appropriate, or auditionees may bring their own accompanist.
Additional considerations for all auditions:
To arrange your audition, contact Claire Brock in the Department of Music at firstname.lastname@example.com or (614) 823-1504.
The Department will notify students of their acceptance as music majors within two weeks of their audition date.
Candidates for all degrees in Theatre, including the B.A. in Theatre and the B.F.A. degrees in Acting, Musical Theatre, Musical Theatre/Dance, and Design/Technology, must complete an audition, portfolio review and/or interview to be considered for admission into the Department of Theatre and Dance. Auditions and interviews take place between December and March, and offers of admission are made by April 1. Students who do not audition or interview on or before March 15 usually must defer consideration of admission to the following year.
Otterbein is using a pre-screening system this year. In order to be invited to audition for the BFA in Acting, the BFA in Musical Theatre, or the BFA in Musical Theatre/Dance, you will need to have been recommended by a departmental representative who has seen you at a regional audition, or have permission through video screening. Details are given below. This requirement does not apply to applicants for the BA in Theatre or the BFA in Design/Technology.
Talent Awards and Acceptance Dates
Most students accepted into one of our degree programs are also offered a talent award, ranging from $500 to $4000 annually. Grants are made on the basis of the audition, portfolio review, and interview. Notification of acceptance and talent awards begins in mid-March. Some students may be placed on a waiting list. Final offers will be made by May 1.
Admission is selective and we admit a freshman class of 32 to 34: 8 BFA Acting; 4 BFA Musical Theatre and 4 Musical Theatre/Dance; 8-10 in the BFA in Design/Technology; and 8-10 in the BA degree. Even though you audition for one degree program, the faculty may offer you admission to another degree program if they believe your talent, goals and current strengths are better suited to that program.
Transfer Students
The Department of Theatre and Dance accepts transfer students in two degree programs: the BA in Theatre, and the BFA in Design/Technology. Requirements vary by degree program. It is possible to complete a BA degree in two years at Otterbein if the student has done two or more years elsewhere, but the BFA in Design/Technology cannot be completed in less than three years.
Students cannot transfer into the BFA Acting or the BFA Musical Theatre programs at an advanced level. However, any student may apply to enter with the understanding that it will take four years to complete these BFA degrees. Work done in general education classes will usually be accepted, giving transfer students some space for electives. Application procedures are the same as for first-year students.
Potential transfer students should consult with the Admission Counselor for the Arts in the Admission Office before applying.
Theatre (B.A.)
An interview with the B.A. Committee is required. Be prepared to present a portfolio demonstrating your work in theatre in publicity, stage management, playwriting, directing, lighting, props—whatever you've done. A theatre resume, a photo, and two letters of recommendation—one of which must be from a theatre teacher—are required at the interview.
The first step is to apply for admission to Otterbein University. Once you have applied for admission, you may arrange for an interview. Do not wait to be accepted by the University!
Interviews for the B.A. degree will be held on campus in December, February and March. Interviews will also be held at the Unified Auditions in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles in February. To arrange for an interview, send an e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com, or call us at 614-823-1657. Tell us your preferred dates. We will respond to your request with a written confirmation of your appointment and more detailed information about the interview.
To begin the application process for the B.A. Theatre degree, click here.
Design/Technology (B.F.A.)
Prepare a portfolio of work that contains evidence of artistic achievement and creativity in the field or fields that are of interest to you, including scenic, lighting, costume, and sound design and technology, technical direction and/or stage management. (Stage managers may choose between the B.F.A. and the B.A. degree, but need to do a portfolio review for consideration for the B.F.A.) Items may include drawings, paintings, slides, photos, renderings, light plots, concepts, prompt scripts and play programs highlighting your production involvement. A theatre resume, a photo, and two letters of recommendation from a theatre or art teacher are required at the interview. Click here to learn more on how to prepare your portfolio.
The first step is to apply for admission to Otterbein University. Once you have applied for admission, you may arrange for a portfolio review. Do not wait to be accepted by the University! Interviews for the B.F.A. Design/Tech degree will be held on campus in December, February and March. Interviews will also be held at the Unified Auditions in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles in February. To arrange for a portfolio review, send an e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com, or call us at 614-823-1657. Tell us your preferred dates. We will respond to your request with a written confirmation of your appointment and more detailed information about the interview.
To begin the application process for the B.F.A. in Design/Technology, click here.
Dance Minor
Students who have extensive experience and training in Dance, and who want to minor in Dance while pursuing a major in an academic area, may audition for a Talent Award in Dance. An interview with the Director of Dance and participation in an advanced dance class are required to be considered for a talent award. Talent awards in the Dance Minor are competitive and range from $500 to $1,000 per year. To arrange for a portfolio review, send an e-mail to email@example.com, or call us at 614-823-1657. Tell us your preferred dates. We will respond to your request with a written confirmation of your appointment and more detailed information about the dance audition and interview.
Acting, Musical Theatre and Musical Theatre/Dance (B.F.A.)
All applicants for the BFA in Acting, the BFA in Musical Theatre and the BFA in Musical Theatre/Dance are required to submit a pre-screening video in order to be invited to an audition on campus or at one of the National Unified Audition sites. Exceptions to this policy are students who have been seen in person at a state audition or at International Thespians, and who have been given an invitation to audition by the department representative.
Please do not apply for admission to Otterbein University until you have completed the pre-screening process. If you have applied already, as part of the Common Application, for example, do not be concerned. But if you have not yet applied, wait until you hear if you've been invited to audition. (Note that this is different from what we have been doing, and different than the requirements for B.A. and Design/Tech applicants.)
This is the way the pre-screening will work. You will make short videos and upload them to Acceptd (a new company created for this kind of task) just as you would upload videos to Facebook or YouTube. You will immediately be notified that we have received your materials. You will also be notified when we review them. These automatic steps will save unnecessary worry about whether or not your video has been seen and reviewed. Within two weeks, our Admissions liaison will send you an e-mail invitation to audition, or an e-mail notice that you will not receive an invitation. You will be notified either way. If you don't hear from us within three weeks after your submission, then call Admissions and ask about your status.
If you are invited to audition, you will receive detailed instructions on how to proceed as well as guidelines for auditioning. You will also need to apply for admission to Otterbein, and be accepted for admission by the time you audition.
All applicants need to upload a photograph. We prefer a headshot, but if you don't have one, send us any close-up that you have of yourself alone. You can take a picture on your smart phone.
All applicants need to upload a resume. Type one out on any word processor and then save it as a PDF file.
BFA in Acting applicants need to upload two monologues taken from plays of your choice. Any genre is acceptable. One monologue can be short and one can be longer, but together the clips should not exceed three minutes. We cannot watch more than three minutes. The introduction is not counted.
BFA in Musical Theatre and BFA Musical Theatre/Dance applicants need to upload an up-tempo song, a ballad, and one monologue. One of the songs should be from Musical Theatre repertoire, and the monologue should be from a play. The other song can be from any genre. One clip can be longer, but then the others must be shorter, and together the clips should not exceed three minutes. We cannot watch more than three minutes. The introduction is not counted.
Singers must be accompanied by piano, CD or tape. Try different distances from the sound source until you get a recording that puts your voice significantly above the accompaniment. We need to be able to hear you. A capella recordings will not be viewed.
BFA in Musical Theatre/Dance applicants also need to upload a clip of dance work. Demonstrate your technique in ballet, jazz and tap. We want simple demonstrations of technique. Do not send an interpretive piece. Do not send videos of performances. Make a single clip in which you show all your techniques. The clip should not exceed one minute.
Finally, upload an introduction. Please say your name clearly, the city you're from, and the pieces that you're going to do. For monologues, we only need the name of the play and the author. For songs, we only need the name of the song and the show that it's from.
Rather than a single long video, which typically requires editing, we want separate clips: the monologue, the second monologue (for Acting applicants only), the ballad, the up-tempo, and (for dancers only) the dance demonstration. It's actually easier for us to review and easier for you to shoot. Our goal is to make application possible for students who have no access to equipment other than a friend's smart phone. We will not be influenced by the professional quality of the video.
Why are we adding this step to our process?
Auditioning is incredibly expensive and time-consuming, not only for you but for your parents. You have to secure an audition slot at each school, either on campus or at a regional center; you have to make travel arrangements and pay those costs; you have to make housing arrangements and pay those costs; you have to pay audition fees; then you have to actually travel, sometimes in horrendous weather, to get to the audition site; and finally you have to audition, sometimes for only a very few minutes. All of this can easily add up to $300 or $400 for each audition, and that can mean $3000-$4000 to audition for 10 programs. Many students do not have the financial means to invest in such an expensive audition tour.
From our side, we see hundreds of students each year, and we can only take a class of 16: 4 women and 4 men in Acting, 4 women and 4 men in Musical Theatre. We try to work with everyone we see, but the increasing number of applicants means that we have less and less time to do so. That's not the best situation for anyone.
We believe that pre-screening will do the following:
Everyone wants a chance to audition everywhere, just as everyone wants the chance to interview for a job everywhere. But no company can interview all applicants. So they use pre-screening devices called resumes and cover letters. Professional theatres use casting directors who look through resumes and headshots. Our pre-screening tool provides more of an opportunity than a resume and headshot alone could ever do.
There is a fee for submitting your screening audition, but there is no fee thereafter for applying to Otterbein University or for auditioning for us in person.
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Ohio residents are required to audition on-campus. If you live outside of Ohio, you may audition at one of the National Unified Audition sites. Held in major cities in the second week of February, the National Unified Auditions provide you the opportunity for separate, private auditions with different colleges and universities. Because these are not large group auditions, you must contact each school directly for an individual appointment. (The Westin Times Square and the Westin Los Angeles Airport hotels will honor a group rate for those who identify themselves as participants in the Unified Auditions.)
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Two of Discovery Channel's most popular shows are getting the video game treatment courtesy of Crave Entertainment, who will be developing and producing titles based on Man vs. Wild and The Deadliest Catch.
This will be the second video game adaptation of crab fisherman show The Deadliest Catch, with Deadliest Catch: Alaskan Storm having been released just last year on the Xbox 360. Unfortunately, it sucked horribly, and I am not just saying that because it was a reality TV based title. I played it for days, often falling asleep at the controller. Sometimes realistically portraying something in video game form is a bad idea. Hopefully Crave does a better job.
Man vs. Wild is another Discovery Channel show I enjoy, which features survival expert Bear Grylls being air-dropped into all sorts of far-flung locations, forced to survive extreme conditions and drink his own urine. I've only seen a few episodes, so I don't know if he drinks his own urine for sure, but he seems the type of guy who would. Oh wait, here we go - Bear does indeed drink his own urine. Good times.
"The Discovery Channel has captivated millions of viewers by delivering non-stop action and suspense in these unique programs," stated Betsi Gijanto, Executive Vice President, Crave Entertainment. "Man vs. Wild and Deadliest Catch capture man's struggle to survive amidst the perils of nature on land and at sea. This rich content is a perfect concept for videogames."
I agree with Betsi there. The two shows are rife with video game possibilities, as long as they don't screw it up. Look for both games to arrive on "all current video game platforms" in the spring of next year.

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Three Fine Guidance Sensors are Hubble's targeting devices. They aim the telescope by locking onto "guide stars" and measuring the position of the telescope relative to the target. The sensors provide the precise reference point from which the telescope can begin repositioning.
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CRS targets motor carrier owners, many of whom were drivers themselves, who now have 25 to 100 drivers who provide transportation services to them. Usually these fleet drivers are men and women, sometimes couples, who make a living with their owned or leased over-the-road equipment. Both the motor carrier owners and the drivers are hard working, salt of the earth people from all over the country, with out whom this country could not thrive. They richly deserve the professional 3rd party Contract Management and Services Company that CRS has become. CRS provides key risk management objectives that provide justification of Independent Contractor status, and establish a proper insurable interest for each driver contracted under our program.
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STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN--(Marketwire - Nov. 21, 2012) - Lundin Petroleum AB (TSX:LUP)(OMX:LUPE) (Lundin Petroleum) is pleased to announce that it has completed Tembakau-1 well in PM307 Block, offshore Peninsula Malaysia, as a gas discovery.
Tembakau-1 was a vertical well drilled to a depth of 1,565 metres in 67 metres water depth. The well discovered a series of stacked gas pay sands in the target Miocene objective. Overall the well penetrated approximately 60 m of net gas pay in five high quality sand intervals.
Tembakau-1 is located 30 km to the west of the nearest oil and gas infrastructure.
An extensive data acquisition program was completed, including rock and fluid samples, pressure profiles and mini-DST's. Following logging the well was plugged and abandoned. Further work will follow to estimate recoverable resource ranges.
Ashley Heppenstall, President and CEO of Lundin Petroleum comments: "Tembakau is very encouraging given its location in an unexplored area of PM307. We are hopeful this discovery has the potential to be commercial on a stand-alone basis given its close proximity to existing gas infrastructure and the strong demand for gas in Peninsular Malaysia. The discovery paves the way to evaluate further follow-up potential in an area where Lundin Petroleum acquired a large 3D survey in 2011. The discovery is the second successful well completed in PM307 in 2012 and continues our robust exploration performance in Malaysia that commenced in 2011 with six discoveries made from nine wells drilled."
Following Tembakau-1 the West Courageous rig moves south to execute the fifth and final well of the 2012 exploration campaign, the Ara-1 well in the PM308A block where Lundin Petroleum holds a 35 percent interest and is operator. The well is due to spud imminently.
Lundin Petroleum holds 75 percent interest in PM307 through its subsidiary Lundin Malaysia BV. Lundin Malaysia BV's partner is PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd with 25 percent interest. Lundin Malaysia BV operates six blocks in Malaysia, namely PM307, PM308A, PM308B, SB303, SB307 & SB308.
Lundin Petroleum is a Swedish independent oil and gas exploration and production company with a well balanced portfolio of world-class assets primarily located in Europe and South East Asia. The Company is listed at the NASDAQ OMX, Stockholm (ticker "LUPE") and at the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) (Ticker "LUP"). Lundin Petroleum has proven and probable reserves of 211 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMboe).
This information has been made public in accordance with the Securities Market Act (SFS 2007:528) and/or the Financial Instruments Trading Act (SFS 1991:980).
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements made and information contained herein constitute "forward-looking information" (within the meaning of applicable securities legislation). Such statements and information (together, "forward-looking statements") relate to future events, including the Company's future performance, business prospects or opportunities. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to estimates of reserves and/or resources, future production levels, future capital expenditures and their allocation to exploration and development activities, future drilling and other exploration and development activities. Ultimate recovery of reserves or resources are based on forecasts of future results, estimates of amounts not yet determinable and assumptions of management.
All statements other than statements of historical fact may be forward-looking statements. Statements concerning proven and probable reserves and resource estimates may also be deemed to constitute forward-looking statements and reflect conclusions that are based on certain assumptions that the reserves and resources can be economically exploited. Any statements that express or involve discussions with respect to predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, assumptions or future events or performance (often, but not always, using words or phrases such as "seek", "anticipate", "plan", "continue", "estimate", "expect", "may", "will", "project", "predict", "potential", "targeting", "intend", "could", "might", "should", "believe" and similar expressions) are not statements of historical fact and may be "forward-looking statements". Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results or events to differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements. No assurance can be given that these expectations and assumptions will prove to be correct and such forward-looking statements should not be relied upon. These statements speak only as on the date of the information and the Company does not intend, and does not assume any obligation, to update these forward-looking statements, except as required by applicable laws. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties relating to, among other things, operational risks (including exploration and development risks), productions costs, availability of drilling equipment, reliance on key personnel, reserve estimates, health, safety and environmental issues, legal risks and regulatory changes, competition, geopolitical risk, and financial risks. These risks and uncertainties are described in more detail under the heading "Risks and Risk Management" and elsewhere in the Company's annual report. Readers are cautioned that the foregoing list of risk factors should not be construed as exhaustive. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are expressly qualified by this cautionary statement.
Reserves and Resources
Unless otherwise stated, Lundin Petroleum's reserve and resource estimates are as at 31 December 2011, and have been prepared and audited in accordance with National Instrument 51-101 Standards of Disclosure for Oil and Gas Activities ("NI 51-101") and the Canadian Oil and Gas Evaluation Handbook ("COGE Handbook"). Unless otherwise stated, all reserves estimates contained herein are the aggregate of "Proved Reserves" and "Probable Reserves", together also known as "2P Reserves". For further information on reserve and resource classifications, see "Reserves and Resources" in the Company's annual report.
Contingent Resources
Contingent Resources are those quantities of petroleum estimated, as of a given date, to be potentially recoverable from known accumulations using established technology or technology under development, but are not currently considered to be commercially recoverable due to one or more contingencies. Contingencies may include factors such as economic, legal, environmental, political and regulatory matters or a lack of markets. There is no certainty that it will be commercially viable for the Company to produce any portion of the Contingent Resources.
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Prospective Resources are those quantities of petroleum estimated, as of a given date, to be potentially recoverable from undiscovered accumulations by application of future development projects. Prospective Resources have both a chance of discovery and a chance of development. There is no certainty that any portion of the Prospective Resources will be discovered. If discovered, there is no certainty that it will be commercially viable to produce any portion of the Prospective Resources.
BOEs may be misleading, particularly if used in isolation. A BOE conversion ratio of 6 Mcf : 1 Bbl is based on an energy equivalency conversion method primarily applicable at the burner tip and does not represent a value equivalency at the wellhead.
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The Commission today filed an action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against four individuals who managed all or part of Millennium Financial, Ltd. ("Millennium"), a sophisticated and fraudulent international boiler room operation. The Commission's complaint alleges that Millennium conducted fraudulent operations from Spain, Mexico and the United States, and operated from approximately March 2000 until June 2002. The complaint alleges that, during that time, Millennium defrauded more than 700 investors in over 20 countries, and raised more than $20 million.
The Complaint alleges that Rodney Shehyn headed Millennium's operations, and that Rodney Marr, Donald Marr and Karen Leigh each acted, at various times, as Millennium salespersons and managers of other salespersons. The complaint alleges that each of the defendants knew of the fraudulent nature of Millennium's operations and took numerous steps to conceal their respective roles. Among other things, the Complaint alleges that each of them used a variety of aliases when working for Millennium.
The Complaint alleges that Millennium made a number of fraudulent claims about itself and the securities that it was selling. Millennium first identified potential investors by renting the subscription lists of English language financial publications, including certain well-known U.S. publications. Millennium then contacted those subscribers and lured them in with false claims that it was a prestigious offshore banking firm with a "phenomenal 21-year track record." In reality, Millennium began its operations in approximately March 2000.
The Complaint alleges that Millennium then engaged in a two-step "bait and switch" sales scheme. First, Millennium's salespersons fraudulently induced investors to purchase U.S. securities trading on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE"). Those investors who purchased NYSE-traded securities were then contacted by another Millennium salesperson. In the second stage of the sales process, Millennium fraudulently induced investors to sell their NYSE-traded securities and invest the proceeds, plus additional money, in the so-called "pre-initial public offering" securities of small U.S. companies, including Key Card Communications, Inc., kNutek Holdings, Inc. and Sonic Garden, Inc. Millennium's salespersons used high pressure sales tactics and made a number of fraudulent statements concerning the value of these securities. None of the companies which issued these securities have had an IPO, and Millennium's investors have typically lost most, if not all, of their investment.
The Commission's Complaint alleges that each of the defendants violated the antifraud provisions of the federal securities contained within Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder. It alleges that Shehyn, Rodney Marr and Donald Marr are liable for Millennium's violations of Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 as controlling persons under Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act. The Complaint further alleges that Shehyn violated Section 15(a) of the Exchange Act. The Commission's Complaint seeks, against all the defendants, a permanent injunction against future violations of the federal securities laws, disgorgement and prejudgment interest thereon, an accounting and repatriation of investor funds, civil monetary penalties, and a penny stock bar.
On May 22, 2002, the Commission filed an action against Millennium itself. SEC v. Millennium Financial, Ltd., and Newpont Fiduciaries & Nominees, S.A., Civil Action No. 02 CV 3901 (MBM) (S.D.N.Y.); Litigation Release Nos. 17528 (May 22, 2002) and 17576 (June 20, 2002). In that action, the court issued a preliminary injunction and asset freeze, and also appointed a receiver. For additional information concerning the receiver, investors may access the website at www.millfinreceiver.com.
On May 21, 2001, Shehyn was arrested in connection with an indictment in another boiler room operation. On or about June 28, 2001, Shehyn was released pending trial in the Southern District of California. He was re-arrested on June 11, 2002 for violating the conditions of his pre-trial release. Since then, he has remained in custody.
The Commission wishes to acknowledge the cooperation and assistance of the regulatory and law enforcement officials of more than a dozen foreign jurisdictions in connection with this matter, including the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis, which has restrained over $1.3 million of defrauded investor funds. The Commission also wishes to acknowledge the cooperation and assistance of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
In order to assist investors, the Commission has released an online brochure on pre-IPO fraud. Entitled "Risky Business: Pre-IPO Investing," the brochure advises investors about the consequences of investing at the pre-IPO stage and provides key questions investors should ask. The brochure is available at www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/preipo.htm. The Commission has also posted a warning to foreign investors who may be additionally victimized by those who promise to help recover losses in U.S. microcap stocks. In some cases, individuals have fraudulently promised to help investors recover losses for a substantial fee disguised as some type of tax, deposit, or refundable insurance. The notice concerning these activities is located at www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/fleecing.htm
The Commission is continuing its investigation in this matter.


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James Farmer
Spotsylvania County
Civil rights leader
The grandson of a slave, Texas native James Leonard Farmer (January 12, 1920July 9, 1999) first encountered segregation as a child, when he could not purchase a soda in a Mississippi drugstore because of his skin color. Although he trained in the ministry, segregation in churches pushed him toward a career in activism. In 1942 Farmer became the chief organizer of the Chicago-based Congress of Racial Equality. CORE, as it became known, developed into a national civil rights organization that used nonviolent techniques such as sit-ins and peaceful demonstrations to fight segregation. Farmer became CORE's national director in 1961 and organized the Freedom Rides through the South to desegregate interstate bus travel.
After resigning as CORE's director in 1966, Farmer labored during the next two decades to expand African American employment opportunities, served as an assistant secretary in the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and devoted himself to educating future generations. Early in the 1980s he moved to Spotsylvania County and taught at Mary Washington College for more than a decade. Farmer's book FreedomWhen? (1965) examined civil rights issues. He also wrote a memoir, Lay Bare the Heart: An Autobiography of the Civil Rights Movement (1985). Along with Martin Luther King Jr., Whitney Young, and Roy Wilkins, Farmer was regarded as one of the "Big Four" in the civil rights movement. Farmer received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, in 1998.
Nominated by Janet M. Stephens's sixth-grade honors U.S. History class (20102011), Albert H. Hill Middle School, Richmond
LOOK at a map of the Freedom Rides from 1961
LISTEN to James Farmer: The Complete Interview from September 17, 1985, on National Public Radio (recording is 28 minutes long).


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A place to share my thoughts, experiences, poetry, photos, musings and various extraneous, yet pertinent pieces of information about my life :)
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Happy, Blessed, Merry, Joyous....
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Pests in Your Garden...
So, my daughter Kyla came to me and said "Mom, there's a girl is school that hates me". Naturally, I asked why. She explained that she really had no idea. She didn't know this girl with the exception of the fact that the girl did not like her. Kyla makes friends easily and has tons of them, so she hardly found this heartbreaking. She was however, puzzled by the fact that someone could dislike you without ever having the opportunity to get to know you. Ah, the adolescent mentality! The scary part is that some people become adults without ever growing out of it!
Ok, so I needed to come up with some good Mom advice. What could I say? I told her simply this, "not everyone in this life is going to like you, don't make their problem yours." I further explained that given that she really didn't know this girl, it was impossible to know what her issues were, but I thought that it might just be jealousy, as is often the case. I suggested that Kyla might try engaging the girl in conversation. Her response was quite simple. "You know Mom, I don't give her enough thought to even bother." She was actually somewhat amused that this girl would expend so much energy disliking her! She really is so much like me!
N'uff said. I didn't feel it required further discussion. I did tell her that throughout her life she may encounter people who spin themselves into a web of their own delusions. They convince themselves that you are putting as much energy into them as they are in you, when in fact, they never enter your mind. I did make it perfectly clear however that if the situation was to progress to anything more serious, I wanted to know about it.
In any case, I decided it would be prudent to teach Kyla how to shield herself magickally against this girl's negativity. When I did however, she said, "Mom, that's not how you do it". Then she brushed her hand across her shoulder as if shooing away a pesky bug!
Oh.My.God! I had to laugh! She had just portrayed some people's personalities perfectly!
In Darkness, Light!
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Oh, Yes I Did!
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Yule Be Home for Christmas?
Merry Meet Friends, Followers and Lurkers!
So, last night we decorated our Yule/Christmas tree. It was a beautiful evening for it too. The snow was falling and it was just...enchanting!
I poured myself a glass of wine. Ok, that's another big whopping lie! It was actually two glasses, but hey, it's really good wine. Then, I put on Mariah Carey's Christmas CD. Yeah, yeah, I know...some of you guys HATE Mariah and probably don't consider her CD actual Christmas or Yule music. I might tend to agree, but I have a warm place in my heart for "All I Want For Christmas is You." No, it's not the wine! Wise asses! Besides, I like to dance while I decorate the tree!
Justin came downstairs as I was tweaking the decorations and with his usual cheerful sarcasm asked, "Mom, you're Pagan, why are you listening Christmas music?" Kyla came in a short while later and asked the very same question. I realized that this was going to require a little more explanation than, "because I like it."
There are people who believe that being Pagan immediately makes us either "anti-Christian" or incapable of embracing or celebrating anyone else's traditions. This is simply untrue and definitely not a misconception I wanted my children to foster! Many of us were not raised Pagan and still celebrate the traditions we grew up with.
In all my years of practice, I have met very few Pagans who actually have a problem with Christianity. Of those, their issues have nothing to do with Christianity per se, but with a few followers who can't resist repeatedly assuring us that we will be spending all eternity in some warm and toasty place and no, I don't mean the Caribbean. I will admit however, that there are those who have denounced their Christian upbringing and hold Jesus Christ personally accountable for all those things that have gone horribly wrong in their lives. While I'll not judge any one's reason for choosing a path, if one is harboring revenge in their heart, chances are that eventually, they will find dissatisfaction with Paganism as well.
"Nothing takes everything in your life and makes it all better again." Yeah, I'm paraphrasing "The Craft", but this refers to Paganism as well and most appropriately makes my point.
Kyla then asked, "well, do you believe that Jesus Christ was the Son of God?" I explained that it didn't matter whether I believed it or not, but that he believed it and convinced millions of people of it and that now, some 2000 years later, those people still have faith that he was. I told her what I believed was that there were many sons and daughters of one Universal Divine, but that Jesus Christ was one of the greatest teachers and spiritual leaders of our time. I further explained that because now is the time when many are celebrating his birth, anyone who recognizes him as such can celebrate it along with them. Anyone, of any faith, who truly understands the message that he attempted to bring to the World also knows that this is not my philosophy, but his.
"Peace on Earth"
Blessed Yule and Merry Christmas,
Saturday, December 13, 2008
And That's Whazzup!
I always have Ray critique my entries. He read my most recent and said that while he enjoyed it, he felt I could have expressed why I love animals so much in fewer words. After rereading it myself, I had to agree. I think this probably sums it up perfectly!
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
A Rose By Any Other Name...
Did you notice I used the term, "companion animals" rather than "pets". Apparently, referring to them in the latter sense is considered derogatory. You can't make this stuff up. A professor at the University of California, at the insistence of the animal rights activists, decided that "companion animals" is the more respectful term when referring to one's pet. This is the kind of verbal engineering that is now required in order to live in our society. We are always dancing on egg shells for fear that we will offend some one's race, sex, religious affiliation or anything else that one could possibly find to be offended by. Why shouldn't the same apply to the family pet?
Let's get real here for a moment, shall we? How many names do you currently have for the same pet? Go ahead, you can say it, I already know. We often have nicknames for our pets that sound absolutely nothing like the names they've been given. Those of you who have met our dog..um, my apologies, our Canine American, Ginger, probably have heard us refer to her as, "Patootie", "Tootie", "Toots", or "The Baby". This is, of course, with the exception of Ray, who likes to refer to her as "Baby Wheezer". Guess friggin' what? Animals will react to the inflection in one's voice. That's why you can call them "asshole" and as long as you say it nicely, it's all good with them! Still, I usually make every effort to be respectful and maintain an air of political correctness, lest one of my "companion animals" decides to pee on my bed in protest!
In addition to our various "companion animals", we also have a large Koi pond that is the home to 22 of our "aquatic acquaintances". We feed the "fine feathered friends" that frequent the "feathered friend feeder" in our backyard, not to mention the chipmunks and squirrels as well. I'm not sure of the politically correct term for "rodent", but I like to refer to Chipmunks as "Professional Landscape and Excavating Engineers"and Squirrels as, "Suburban Tree Experts with Suicidal Tendencies.
If you've been reading me for a while, you've met the newest member of our clan, Autumn and Jazzy (she's the cute one in the surgical cap) but most have never heard me mention, Dominick. Dominick was my Mom's cat. We raised him from about the time he was 6 weeks old. He lived with her until she moved from our family home and was no longer able to care for him. On a recent trip to our veterinarian of 30 years, the technician asked, "Tracy, we're updating our computer system. I'm assuming we can remove Dominick?" "Why?", I wondered. Did I miss something? I immediately swung around and glared accusingly at Ray, who was fortunate not to have appeared guilty of any sinister act. No, in fact, the vet tech's assumption was a perfectly reasonable one. Dominick is an enigma unto himself!
I've lived with cats my entire life and I have NEVER ever had a cat live this long. I guess one might say that it's a testament to how well we've cared for him or excellent cat genes on the part of his parents, but whatever it is, it's really beginning to freak me out! Dominick is now approximately 26 years old, in human years, to our closest guesstimate. That would make him 120 years old in cat years!
I have to be honest, caring for a cat of this advanced age is not all sunshine and roses. Literally. Dominick behaves the way you would expect anyone who has lived to be 120 years old might. He sleeps more often than he's awake. He walks with a slow shuffling gait and he has lost many of his teeth which, without dentures, requires that his food be as close to pureed as possible. None of these things stop him from being the first one to ask to be fed in the morning! Unfortunately, his eyesight is not as great as it used to be, so occasionally, he will presume he's in his litter box, when in actuality, he's not.
Dominick isn't exempt from the "various names for the same pet" phenomenon either. We call him "Dom", "Nickie" "Domi" or "Keith", because well...we think he's begun to look like Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones in his old age. Despite how derogatory it may be, my kids refer to him as "Smelly Cat", and with good reason. The loss of teeth has left him with a remarkably pungent aroma that often enters a room before he does! Sorry, Keith!
As you can imagine, living with so many critters requires teamwork on the part of the entire family. Most mornings, Ray is on "cat detail". Before work, he goes down to the basement, cleans the litter box and checks to see that they have fresh food and water. On a recent morning, he came storming up from the steps, pissed off to beat the band! I couldn't imagine what had happened, then he shouted, "Trace, we have to do something about this fucking cat! (That would be Dominick) "It's getting to be "that time!." Oh, no he didn't! I couldn't imagine what poor, crotchety old Dominick could have possibly done to deserve such disrespect, until I saw Ray, with a look of utter disgust on his face, grab a Lysol wipe and start cleaning off the bottom of his bare foot. I took a wild guess and innocently asked, "Domi missed the litter box?" He was not amused!
We have discussed that, in all likelihood, unless nature makes the decision for us, we may eventually have to help Dominick off to the next phase of his soul's journey. This has got to be the absolute worst part sharing your lives with pets. You just know going in that it's a broken heart waiting to happen. At some point, you may have to make the difficult decision to end a pet's suffering and yet, you somehow find that strength because you love them too much not to. We all concluded that, for Domi, now is not that time. He still appears healthy and has just as sunny a disposition as he had when he was was a kitten. For now, Dominick a.k.a. Keith will remain "aromatically challenged" and Ray has learned to wear shoes when he's on "cat detail."
In Darkness, Light!
Monday, December 8, 2008
Because I Said So!!!
So it was 2, count em', 2 degrees when I woke up this morning! It's about 12 degrees at this writing. I finally had to accept the realization that Winter has, indeed, arrived.
Last night, as I watched the street lights shimmering through the frost on the windows and listened to the howling wind whipping around the house at 45 miles an hour, I decided to break out my most beautiful, toastiest flannel sheets. Ahhhhh, there's nothing quite like the feeling of soft, cozy flannel against your skin...well, that and a warm husband and a dog or two.
Just as I nestled beneath the warmth of my blankets, feeling safe, content and thankful, a thought intruded on my peaceful state of mind. There were people out there in this frigid cold without flannel sheets, or comfy blankets. Or coats. Or homes. I felt dreadful. Many of us have begun doing prosperity work for ourselves, our friends and others who are struggling during this economic crisis and I am no exception. I made a conscious decision that I needed to focus more work, both literally and magickally on those who were most in need. I began thinking about what magickal work might be appropriate and I said a little prayer, asking Hecate for guidance. Working with Hecate requires dedication, devotion, humility, courage and the ability to always expect the unexpected. Tonight would be no different.
As I lay there, just beginning to fall asleep, I experienced what can only be described as a psychic "nudge". I suddenly felt that I needed to light the black devotional candles on my altar. Oh c'mon! I was not hauling ass out of the sinful decadence of my cozy, flannel sheets for nobody, no how! I began going over all the excuses in my head why I shouldn't get up at that very moment. It was midnight! I had to get up early and...and I might wake Ray! Let it suffice to say if there was an excuse to be found, I was going to find it! Dammit. Just then, a thought...no, more like a message popped into my head, "You ask for my help, yet you can't get your ass out of bed to light a couple of candles." I threw off the sheets, reached into the draw and pulled out my match sticks.
I tried to be as quiet as I could, fumbling in the dark, chilly, flannel free room, for the matches while blindly trying to light the wicks in the black glass pillars. The first went off without a hitch, but as I attempted to light the second, the flame quickly consumed the wooden match stick, scorching my fingers! I silently screamed a couple of colorful words that began with "Mother" and blew out the match, dropping it to the floor. Probably not my best choice of words given whom I was invoking! I glanced over to see if Ray had heard me. Nope, there he was, completely oblivious to to my attempts to burn down the house. After making sure that the dropped match stick was indeed out and that the fire elementals were not going to party in my bedroom after I fell asleep, I reached again for my match sticks and a shot at the second pillar. I lit the second match, thinking that I really wanted to make this fast so I wouldn't burn myself again and so I could get back to bed. As I turned back toward my altar, leaning over to light the candle, there to my sheer and utter amazement, was the second black pillar, flickering in the darkness.
In Darkness, Light! Seriously!
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Karma...it is a Bitch!
Rant Warning: This post may contain adult language and depictions of graphic violence that may objectionable to some of my readers!
Still reading? You were warned!
Ok so, on June 12, 1994, news reports began filtering in that OJ Simpson's ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson and her lover, Ron Goldman, had been murdered. It was a brutal, vicious, horrible crime. Both were repeatedly stabbed a total of 30 times. Ron Goldman's throat had been slashed twice, severing his jugular vein. Nicole Brown Simpson was nearly decapitated during the attack. OJ Simpson was eventually accused of committing the murders and those who were following the case had already begun taking sides for what would be dubbed "The Trial of the Century.
I'll be honest, I am not now, nor have I ever been, a sports fan. The most I actually knew of OJ Simpson was that he was a famous football player, who went on to become an actor. Period end of story. Other than this, I couldn't tell you whether he was married and if so, to whom. What I eventually learned however, was that OJ had married Nicole Brown when she was 18 years old. He was 30. They had two children, Sydney, who was 9 years old and Justin, who was 6 at the time of their mother's death. Nicole divorced OJ in 1992 citing, "an abusive relationship".
Now, while I may not be a fan of football, I confess, I am a fan of murder. Ok, allow me to rephrase. Murder trials have always fascinated me. I get completely caught up in the sensationalism of the trial, the testimony, the forensics, the collection and presentation of evidence. This case was no different and I followed it for the 37 weeks to it's conclusion. Not only were there accusations of murder, but of evidence mishandling, racism and conspiracy. I gotta tell ya, this was a murder fan's wet dream!
I remembered being at a Christmas Party in which the festivities came to an abrupt halt as everyone watched O.J.'s infamous "Bronco Run". As we stood there glued to the TV, everyone offering their own opinions, I remembered thinking to myself, "Brother, you're fucked!" That moment did it for me. It seemed completely pointless to waste the time and money on a lengthy trial. No matter how much I would enjoy the drama, there was just no way any jury was going to acquit this guy! He was evading the police and...he was carrying a loaded gun. This wasn't rocket science...it was murder.
Nine months later, I was in my office when one of my co-workers announced that the jury had finally reached a verdict. Everyone dropped what they were doing and made a mad dash to get their places in front of the TV. I didn't feel any sense of urgency, however. The guy was guilty. G-U-I-L-T-Y, he ain't got no alibi! He's guilty! Guilt, guilt, guilty! I wasn't going to stop what I was doing to hear something I already knew. I nonchalantly strolled into the waiting area where the TV was tuned to the trial coverage just in time to hear the reporter announce, "OJ Simpson acquitted of the murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman". There sat an obviously relieved OJ Simpson, grinning like the fucking Cheshire Cat! There I stood, completely fucking floored!!!
I thought my head would explode! What about all the evidence?!! Where was the fucking justice! When I saw Ron Goldman's parents weeping, and the look of stunned disbelief on the faces of Nicole's sisters, I realized I had just witnessed the most monumental travesty of justice one could ever fucking imagine! I would just never understand how the jury could have arrived at such a verdict. I still can't!
Later in a Civil Suit however, OJ was found liable, by unanimous decision, for the death of Ron Goldman and for battery against his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson. The Superior Court awarded 8.5 million dollars in "compensatory damages" to the Goldman family. Compensatory damages? You mean compensation for sitting through 9 months of grueling, heart wrenching testimony complete with graphic autopsy photos describing, in vivid detail, the last moments of your child's life? I know that, at times life is unfair, but this was fucking ridiculous!
Ten years later, OJ Simpson still professed his innocence. He managed to keep a fairly low profile until a couple of years ago when he attempted to publish a book entitled, "If I Did It". This was to be a "hypothetical" account of how he "might" have committed the murders, if in fact he did just "happen" to do it. He also planned a television special by the same name, with one minor adjustment, entitled "If I Did It, Here's how it Happened". What struck me even more than his utter fucking audacity, was the mind-boggling lack of respect it demonstrated towards not only the victim's and their families, but for his own children! Thankfully, the book release and television special were cancelled shortly after they were announced.
Then, in September of 2007, "The Juice" was arrested yet again, because ya know, he was just so fucking innocent the first time! Two counts of robbery with a deadly weapon, conspiracy to commit robbery, burglary with a deadly weapon, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon and coercion. He claimed he was just trying to get back his own "sports memorabilia" that had been stolen from him, but he intended no harm. Yeah, I guess that was what the gun was for, you fucking idiot!
I hadn't heard anything recently and I had begun to wonder what was going on with the trial. Then yesterday afternoon, in one of the most awesome examples of Karmic retribution I have yet to witness, the verdict was handed down. Guilty! G-U-I-L-T-Y, you ain't got no alibi! You're Guilty! Guilt, guilt, guilty!
I've always said that if OJ Simpson were to be thankful for just one thing, it wasn't that he got away with murder, but that I was not the one on the bench at the time of his trial. I couldn't have been more happy if I handed down that fucking verdict myself!!! Ok, I'm lying. I would have been much happier with the death penalty and that's as much leniency as he fucking deserves.
Then this morning, I caught the end of an interview on NPR in which the verdict was being discussed. I tuned in just in time to hear one of the hosts saying, "This is a really tough break for Mr. Simpson. He's 61 years old". A tough break? A tough fucking break! They did not just say a tough break! That's when I began screaming at the radio! Ron Goldman will never have the opportunity to see 61 years old. Nicole's children grew up without their mother and have lived in the shadow of her gruesome murder for as long as they can probably remember. How dare they offer this murderous rat bastard any sympathy at all. Tough break my ass!!!
Shortly thereafter, they aired a sniveling, groveling OJ Simpson explaining to the Judge that he never meant to hurt anyone.
And, if you listened very closely, you'd have heard my little violin playing, "My Heart Bleeds".
Thirty three, count em', thirty three years with no possibility of parole for first 9 years!
"Mr. Simpson, have a Merry Fucking Christmas. Please extend my warmest regards to your cellmate, Bubba!"
In Darkness, Light!!
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
"Quirks of Fate"
Merry Meet Friends and Lurkers:
So, as most of you know, we've lived here in Ridgewood for about 14 years. It seems strange to hear myself say that. Has it really been that long? It's so much different than the place I grew up. It really is a lovely place to live, with a strong sense of community and family values. It's just so...blissfully friggin' normal!
While my husband and I have managed to find our niche here, after having recently "outted" myself to the entire community, I think it's safe to assume that we will NEVER fit in amongst the "Ridgewood Elite." Chances are I will not be invited to join the Ridgewood Women's Club. As heartbreaking as that may be for some, since it's not something I've ever aspired to, I think I'll survive somehow. We feel that it's a really sad state of affairs when you have to deny who you are in order to fit in. This is something we continue to impress upon our kids as well. Quite frankly, "fitting in" is highly overated and rather denotes a lack of courage, in my humble opinion.
I am well aware that there are those who undoubtedly shake their heads condescendingly, imagining how sad it must be that I've deluded myself and my family into believing in the power of Witchcraft or that I put my faith in a religion that reveres the Earth, aligns itself with the phases of the sun and moon and celebrates the seasons. Yet, I can absolutely appreciate why that might be so difficult for some to grasp. Given the stereotypical bullshit and negativity fostered by the media, I might have a difficult time wrapping my mind around it as well, if...I didn't know what I know now. Still, you'll not hear me ask for understanding or even acceptance, but merely a mind that is willing to consider the possibilities.
As children, we are blessed with an undeniable, wide-eyed innocence that finds the magic in everything. We believe, without question, in the existence of Santa, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy. As parents, we try to prolong those beliefs for as long as possible in order to preserve that childhood innocence. Think about that. Why do we find that so important? Is it merely the loss of innocence that concerns us so or perhaps, the loss of something deeper? If you can think back to a time when that sense of enchantment was still a part of your life, you will glimpse the essence of what brought me to a path of spirituality, kinship, sensuality, empowerment, beauty and yes, magick.
As we grow into adults the realities of life tend to color our perceptions. We are taught to conclude that there must be a "logical" explanation for even those things that often defy logic. We lose our magick. I have since learned that "logical" explanations should not always be my first consideration. I've experienced too many things in this lifetime that can't ever be defined logically. That's not to suggest that they don't exist, but that they only occupy one corner of the many realms of possibility.
When I think back to my own childhood, my family had their own "quirky" beliefs. I presumed these were things shared by everyone, so I never questioned where they came from. What do I mean by "quirky?" Ok, well, say someone happened to drop their fork from the dinner table, my Mom would announce, "company's coming". I found the fact that she could predict one's arrival based simply upon the slip of a utensil utterly....fascinating! Can you imagine the impact on a child's impressionable mind when later company did, in fact, arrive?! My Aunt Mary would warn us not to piss off anyone, lest they put the "malocchio" or evil eye on us. I also remember being told that a bird accidently flying into the house was portentious of a death. What is perfectly obvious to me now is that my family was practicing a diluted form of Italian folk magick!
As a result of growing up with these little "quirky" family traits, I often found myself looking for signs or omens in things like the weather, the turning leaves, rocks, the behavior of animals, as well other more mundane occurrences. Admittedly, all this holds much more significance for me now that there's an entire magickal system behind it.
Speaking of signs, have you heard that The Farmer's Almanac is predicting one of the coldest Winters we've had in centuries! It has indeed been much cooler at this time of the season than it has in recent years. The pansies I planted at Samhain have confirmed this prediction. While they usually thrive beautifully until February, I now find their little heads droop mournfully and they seemed huddled together against the soil as if to keep warm.
On a recent particularly cold, windy morning, I stepped outside to find a plant that my friend, Niki, had given me at the Spring Equinox, blown face down on our deck. Where it had once been filled with beautiful multi-colored daisies that heralded the arrival of Spring, it now lay completely lifeless, withered and bare. I didn't have the heart to throw it away but....how friggin' depressing! I shivered against the wind, pulling my bathrobe tightly around me and wondered what the Winter might bring. Damn Farmers! What are they doing predicting the weather anyway?! Don't they have something more interesting to do...like, oh I don't know, farm!
Despite the gloomy forecast however, this November has also marked a significant turning point for me on my path. While I'll not say more, let it suffice that neither sign, nor omen was necessary to recognize that everything in my life thus far had led me to that moment.
Perhaps a day or so after I'd reached this milestone, I happened to be passing by the window and out of the corner of my eye I glimpsed :::cringe:: the first flakes of the season and no, I'm not referring to my neighbors. Yes, this was clearly an unmistakable sign!! It was an omen that I could expect to spend the next six months freezing my ass off!! I watched the little happily dancing snowflakes swirling around my deck....content in the knowledge that they were pissing me off, but then, I noticed something else. At first I thought it must be my imagination, because it just didn't seem, well, "logical". I stepped out into the falling snow, only to find my poor, pitiful, potted daisies, blooming vibrantly! "But, that's just not possible", I concluded. Just a day or two before, they weren't only merely dead, but really most sincerely dead! As I left the house that morning....I noticed that a few of our roses had bloomed as well.
There are signs along all of our paths in life that seem meaningless, yet hold hidden truths that reveal themselves in time. Then there are those whose message is crystal clear, unquestionable, and profound. Yet, one doesn't need to practice Witchcraft to recognize these signs, but merely require the trust of a child, a mind unbound by fear, a willingness of heart and the ability to embrace one's magick!
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NASHVILLE, TENN. - Tennessee State dropped its Ohio Valley Conference opener to Eastern Illinois 76-67 in women's basketball action Saturday night at the Gentry Center
Kesi Hess had a season-high 19 points on five-of-seven shooting from three, but it wasn't enough as EIU (5-6, 1-0 OVC) shot 58 percent from the field.
The first half saw nine ties and nine lead changes with neither team holding more than a three point advantage. Ultimately, the Lady Tigers (4-7, 0-1 OVC) held a 33-30 halftime edge, including 19 points from the bench. All 10 of Destiney Gaston's points came in 10 minutes of first half play off the bench.
Despite getting outshot by the Panthers by seven percent in the first 20 minutes, TSU attempted 11 more shots and made three more than EIU.
TSU's largest lead of the contest was five in the opening minute of the second half when Avery Jones connected on a pair of free throws.
The Lady Tigers held the lead for most of the first 10 minutes of the second half until Katlyn Payne hit one of her four three-pointers with 12:55 remaining. It was the early stages of an EIU 31-18 run that would close out the game. The Panthers would not trail again.
A three from freshman Brianna Lawrence pulled TSU even at 52 with 11 minutes left. It was the 12th and final tie of the ball game. From that point on, TSU made only five shots the rest of the way, including three from Simone Hopes, while EIU hit 11 of their last 15 shots. Hopes was one of three Lady Tigers in double figures with 13 points.
EIU's Ta'Kenya Nixon led all players with 21 points and eight assists.
It is the 14th straight win for the Panthers over the Lady Tigers. EIU holds a series edge of 27-10.
TSU plays at #14 Louisville (11-2) on Monday at 6 p.m.
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Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has made no secret of his belief that concluding a genuine peace deal with the Palestinian Authority simply is not possible at present. He reiterated that position in an address to foreign ambassadors and consuls in Jerusalem on Sunday.
With so much of the region in turmoil - from the Islamist takeover in Egypt, to the fragile condition of Iraq's democracy, to the ongoing bloodshed in Syria - now is not to the time to be pushing an ill-advised Israeli-Palestinian peace arrangement.
"In the midst of an earthquake do you start to lay the foundations for a new building?" Lieberman asked rhetorically.
As he has in the past, Lieberman suggested that the focus of Israel and the international community should be maintaining the status quo in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, while trying to improve economic conditions in Palestinian-ruled areas.
As further evidence that a true peace is not possible at this time, Lieberman pointed to Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas' trip to Turkey last week, during which he had a highly publicized meeting with female Palestinian terrorist Amneh Muna.
In 2001 Muna used the Internet to lure 16-year-old Ofir Rahum to the Palestinian town of Ramallah, where she and accomplices brutally murdered the Israeli youth. Muna was released from an Israeli prison in the recent prisoner swap that saw Israel free over 1,000 terrorists in exchange for abducted Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
Lieberman previously noted that Abbas had no reason to visit Muna except to glorify the terrorist murder of Israeli Jews, even when the victims are children. With such people, it is impossible to have truly peaceful coexistence.
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This is quite interesting:Back in Denmark and with 6 teams left, Phil asked Ernie & Cindy which two teams they'd want to be in the Final Three with. They decided that the easiest competition would be Amani & Marcus and Jeremy & Sandy.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVh0oPOsjPg&feature=sh_e_se&list=SL
Has anybody seen Murtz Jaffer's prediction yet? I can't find it.
Quote from: Squall16 on December 11, 2011, 02:14:39 AMWho's Nancy?!A racer from TAR 1 who passed away yesterday. Her and her daughter was a beloved F/F team who made it in 5th place. If you haven't watched TAR 1 DO IT! It's really a great season.
Who's Nancy?!
Not even one second of any new footage from the next leg......they are trying really hard to keep it all under wraps this time.
Here you go.....murtzjaffer Murtz JafferMy official Amazing Race 19 finale prediction is Ernie and Cindy winning tonight.
How did Nancy die?Belle Book
Here you go.....murtzjaffer Murtz JafferMy official Amazing Race 19 finale prediction is Ernie and Cindy winning tonight.
Quote from: RealityFreakWill on December 11, 2011, 03:40:03 PMHere you go.....murtzjaffer Murtz JafferMy official Amazing Race 19 finale prediction is Ernie and Cindy winning tonight.I hope he's wrong again :/
I attempted to redo what Ernie/Cindy and Jeremy/Sandy were forced to do regarding an Internet search of "The Dump". I tried the following under the following search topics in www.google.com:"the Dump""The Dump" and AtlantaOnly when I added the word "residence" after Atlanta did the right answer come up on the first page of the search results. If they did not do that, then those 2 teams would have had to get lucky in advice from locals (which is the way Ernie/Cindy got the lead and why Jeremy/Sandy fell into 2nd place).
The Dump - Atlantawww.thedump.com/stores_atlanta.html... Marcus Blvd. Atlanta, GA 30324; Telephone: 404.442.1900 ... We dump everything that gets between you and the best bargains in the business. We don't pay ...
The clue used "former residence;" and I would think a competent internet search would have used both terms.
They were headed to the map task the last time we saw them, so I assume they did it; had they been short-circuited to the final mat, I think we've would have been told.
Sorry if it's been mentioned before but does anyone know the time difference between 1st and 2nd?
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In a new YouTube video released Wednesday, David Cameron, the British prime minister, delivers a message regarding the Christian faith.
In a new YouTube video released Wednesday, David Cameron, the British prime minister, delivered a message regarding religion. Cameron began by discussing the importance of Easter to the Christian faith and recalling his recent visit to Israel. "Easter is the most important date in the Christian calendar and an incredibly special time for people across Britain and around the world," Cameron said in the video. "Last month, I was in Jerusalem and Bethlehem, and I got to see for myself the places where Jesus was born and died. It was an extraordinary experience to be in those places where so much history began." The prime minister then explained how Christianity is a boon to the U.K. "Easter is not just a time for Christians across our country to reflect, but a time for our whole country to reflect on what Christianity brings to Britain," Cameron said in the video. "All over the U.K., every day, there are countless acts of kindness carried out by those who believe in and follow Christ." In closing, Cameron asked to viewers remember those who do not have the right to practice their religion. "Religious freedom is an absolute, fundamental human right," he said. "Britain is committed to protecting and promoting that right, by standing up for Christians and other minorities, at home and abroad."%3Cimg%20src%3D%22http%3A//beacon.deseretconnect.com/beacon.gif%3Fcid%3D161493%26pid%3D46%22%20/%3E


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OTTAWA (Reuters) - Mark Carney, the next head of the Bank of England, has shaken up the stuffy culture at the Bank of Canada with his unconventional approach. The big question is will he be able to do the same at an even more hierarchical institution - the Bank of England.
Carney is known as a whipsmart central banker and financial regulator. But Reuters' interviews with former central bank officials reveal his behind-the-scenes role in changing the way the secretive Canadian central bank is run.
Carney raised the bar for economic research, streamlined communications and brought in more financial markets expertise, the staffers say. But he also could be abrupt and dismissive when he disagreed with people or ideas.
With the Bank of England under fire for its centralized structure and the high level of power in the hands of the governor, Carney's record in Ottawa provides clues to how he might approach those challenges in his new job.
When he took the helm in Canada in 2008, global financial markets were imploding and some said it was not the time to gamble on an organizational revamp that could disrupt operations and unsettle staff.
But he did gamble. That year, not only did he cut benchmark interest rates to 1.5 percent from 4 percent and inject billions of dollars into money markets, but also he undertook the bank's biggest restructuring since the early 1970s.
It worked, making it easier for specialists to work together and respond to the crisis, the former officials say.
"If you remember what was going on in 2008, this was the period of the acceleration of the global financial crisis and a number of people said to me in early 2009, 'you know, I'm sure glad we did this'," said David Longworth, whose 36-year career at the bank culminated in a 2003-2010 term as deputy governor.
Canada, unlike Britain, bounced back relatively quickly from a mild 2008-09 recession.
None of its banks needed bailouts and the central bank never resorted to quantitative easing, which the Bank of England and the U.S. Federal Reserve both did.
Carney can't take credit for all the successes. Prudent banking rules predate him, and all central banks had to innovate during the crisis.
But his ambitious, forceful personality helped him get things done in a way his predecessors did not, officials said.
Like the Bank of England last year, the Bank of Canada received a stinging external review of its forecasting around the time Carney became governor.
"No one could forecast inflation. No one talked about credit and money," prior to the crisis, said a former Bank of Canada economist who joined the bank from the private sector and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Having Carney as a champion of change at the top was like a breath of fresh air. "He wasn't like any of the other governors ... He doesn't look like them, he doesn't sound like them. He's not afraid of change," said the economist.
Many have praised the British central bank and its intellectually brilliant governor, Mervyn King, for helping coordinate the global response to the financial crisis. But some see the 300-year old institution as anachronistic with its doormen in top hats and pink tailcoats. Critics say its rigid, pyramidal structure fosters a group think mentality.
"It's a bit like the Borg - you become assimilated," said former Bank of England economist Rob Wood, referring to the hive-like cybernetic beings in the Star Trek television series.
Carney, who starts his new job in July, has said BoE decisions will not rely on the governor alone. British lawmakers will have a chance to question him on February 7.
Yet Carney, a 47-year-old father of four, is also a tough, demanding boss who does not suffer fools gladly, former staffers say. He set the tone early in his term when he brusquely cut off an economist making a long-winded presentation to the governing council.
"That ruffled a few feathers at the time," recalled one former senior official.
Others, like economist Charles St-Arnaud, appreciated his directness. He recalled how Carney, then a deputy governor, ignored cumbersome chains of command to seek his opinion.
"He just knocked on my door and said, 'Hey, can we speak about Japanese banks?' No preparation, no anything," said St-Arnaud, now at Nomura Securities in New York but then in his mid-20s toiling in relative obscurity.
"You kind of felt that your work mattered," he said. "I need to be on the ball on my file at any time because you never know when he could come back with a harder question."
Longworth noted that Carney took good ideas wherever they came from and had a wider network of external contacts than other governors.
One of the bank's most inventive responses during the crisis - the "conditional commitment" to hold interest rates steady for a predefined period - was an idea from a close aide, said an economist familiar with the decision.
Carney listened, asked for more analysis and ultimately gave the nod. The Bank of Canada, which does not publish minutes of its meetings, would not confirm that information, saying only that decisions are taken on a consensus basis.
Paul Fenton, named by Carney in 2008 to head the newly-created Canadian economic analysis department, thinks Carney got his practical streak from his 13 years at Goldman Sachs (GS.N).
"The fact that Mark was coming from the outside and from a private sector background where one is accustomed to looking at situations, making decisions and making changes, I think that helped," said Fenton, now chief economist at the Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec, a pension fund.
Carney's push to raise the quality of research emphasized the links between financial markets and the economy.
He encouraged tweaks to the bank's main forecasting model to better reflect the impact of financial and credit conditions and hired high-profile economists from the Canadian operations of Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs.
Of the working papers published on the Bank of Canada's website in 2012, 10 were tagged with the key words "financial institutions" or "financial services" compared to one in 2007. There were nine on "asset pricing" and two on "international financial markets" versus none on those subjects five years earlier.
Since 2008 the Bank of Canada's projections at the start of each year for annual GDP and inflation have been slightly better than the private sector consensus, according to an analysis by Doug Porter, deputy chief economist at BMO Capital Markets in Toronto.
At the Bank of England, forecasts have been marginally worse than the private sector, and the bank has consistently underestimated inflation and overestimated growth since 2007, an external review released last November said.
To be fair, few forecasters have done well at predicting the British economy, with its unusually high employment for such a moribund economy, its messed-up banking system and a major government austerity program.
There will be differences as Carney moves to the Bank of England. At the Bank of Canada the openness and debate that officials say exists internally contrasts with a highly scripted, unified public message.
The British central bank is described as the opposite - there is not enough debate internally, but public dissent is allowed. One external review suggested its policy makers were not offered enough alternative views on the economy, and former finance minister Alistair Darling called the institution an "autocratic fiefdom of the governor" in a 2011 book.
On the other hand, four members of its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) are appointed directly by the finance minister, and they often publicly disagree with their BoE colleagues. King has been in the minority in some votes on monetary policy.
He's in for a big "culture shock," former MPC member Adam Posen said this week about Carney.
Fenton said Carney is probably as ready as any foreigner can ever be for the difficult job.
"The fact that he's decided to take the job means he's decided he knows how to deal with it. And he will."
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In 1969, a group of women started meeting in Boston to talk about their sexuality and reproductive health. Almost everyone had a story to tell about a negative experience with a doctor or medical system that failed to meet their needs. At a time when very little information was available about women's bodies, the group, which became known as the Boston Women's Health Book Collective, began compiling information about a variety of issues important to women's lives, from effective birth control to child birth to masturbation. The result was Our Bodies, Ourselves, first published in 1971 and widely regarded today as the bible of women's health.
2011 was a banner year for Our Bodies, Ourselves. It celebrated its 40th anniversary with a revised and updated ninth edition, and was named to Time magazine's list of the 100 most important nonfiction books of the 20th century. Coming in at a whopping 928 pages, the new edition is a must-have compendium of information about female bodies, sexuality and health. And to say the book has legs doesn't quite capture its international success: 31 different editions of Our Bodies, Ourselves have been published in 25 languages around the world, including Arabic, Tibetan and Serbian, making it one of the most frequently translated feminist books of all time.
(And if you're a man reading this and thinking, What does any of this have to do with me? Well, if you know what the clitoris is and, importantly, how to find it, you have books like Our Bodies, Ourselves to thank for helping put women's sexual anatomy on the map.)
"The very early editions focused on demystifying and explaining things that were opaque," says Judy Norsigian, executive director and one of the founders of Our Bodies, Ourselves. "There was literally nothing out there. The challenge was to get something into your hands that could explain these things."
In the early '70s, sexuality was still a "huge, blank slate," according to Norsigian. Distorted ideas about male and female sexuality were par for the course, and many people were hungry for accurate information about sexual anatomy, physiology and response. The fact that Our Bodies, Ourselves contained this information (and more), all while keeping women's experiences front and center, made it an instant classic with tremendous reach, from home libraries to doctor's offices.
Forty years ago, the book's founders sat around each other's kitchen tables and living rooms talking about their respective experiences with pregnancy or miscarriage. For the 2011 edition, they turned to the Internet as a way to bring new voices and a wider range of experiences into the conversation. Thirty-six women of various ages, backgrounds and sexual orientations participated in online discussions about sexuality, intimacy, dating and relationships, with many of these personal stories appearing throughout the new edition. There are also new and updated chapters on environmental health risks, sex and intimacy throughout life and how social media can be used to improve women's lives.
It's not hard to find people for whom the book has had a significant personal impact. As an adolescent growing up in the 1970s, UNLV women's studies professor Danielle Roth-Johnson stumbled onto a copy of Our Bodies, Ourselves in the women's interest section of a bookstore. Her mother—who had gone to Catholic schools and, up until the age of 16, believed you could get pregnant from French kissing—bought Roth-Johnson a copy of the book because she knew how important it was for her daughter to be well-informed.
"What made it significant to me was the down-to-earth and matter-of-fact tone and the revelation that sex was a wonderful and natural aspect of human existence—a very different message [than what] I was receiving from the general culture in which I was growing up," Roth-Johnson says.
She has used the book as a text in her Introduction to Women's Studies courses at UNLV, and makes frequent references to it in other courses. She says the response she has received from both male and female students has been overwhelmingly positive.
"Despite the fact that many [students] have been exposed to sex education presentations in schools, they have not been exposed to the majority of the information in the book. And the vast majority of them are quite hungry for the knowledge they encounter in Our Bodies, Ourselves, a phenomenon which is all the more striking in such a hypersexualized place as Las Vegas."
She continues: "Through the information that I got from Our Bodies, Ourselves, I learned the importance of becoming knowledgeable about how my body functions and the need to be an assertive and well-informed patient with basic literacy in science and medicine—knowledge that I try to convey to my students when I talk to them about health and medical sociology."
Our Bodies, Ourselves continues to be relevant to new generations of readers, including young men. "Many of the male students who have been exposed to the book have expressed their gratitude at my having assigned this book, because they say that it finally answered so many questions that have been shrouded in mystery about women and their bodies," Roth-Johnson says. One man expressed relief to find out that women actually lost very little blood during their periods, because he had always wondered how menstruating women could be healthy, let alone alive. Another story involves a man who, as a 12-year-old, snuck the book out of his mother's bedroom and read it cover-to-cover because he wanted to be a good boyfriend.
Forty years on, stories such as these remind Norsigian just how important Our Bodies, Ourselves is, not just to women, but to men, too. "Our Bodies, Ourselves has been so appreciated and needed," she says. "And when you see what you do is worthwhile, you stick with it."


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A winner was selected from 63 designs submitted by 16 freelance designers.
Located on the Oregon Coast in the US Pacific Northwest we are a casino resort. One of our yearly signature events is a Classic Car show called Surf City. I'm looking for a t-shirt design for this years event.
Audience for this will be the entrants and spectators for the car show. Classic car show enthusiasts collect event t-shirts and we want one that will be worthy of being part of their collection. All age ranges.
The key elements are Classic Car Show, beach and in the back ground gambling. To get a sense of our properties overall theme our website is http://www.chinookwindscasino.com
Attached are samples of other t-shirt designs that are in line with the style of design I'm looking for. The car should be a 57 Chevy or 32 Ford. Specific's that need to be on the design are:
Surf City
Sept. 18-19, 2010
Gambling: slot machine, dice, blackjack cards.
I've also attached a photo of our property.
Added: Per the requirements above I do not need the words "Classic Car Show" in the design. I do need Surf City, the date of the event: Sept. 18-19, 2010 and the company logo is desired but not required.
I've also upload an eps of the company logo.