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Providing Monitored Alarm Systems In Southeast MI Since 1985
Telesis Electronics is a communications systems integrator specializing in the concept of Total Home and Commercial Electronics. What this means for you as a Telesis customer, is that you are in the hands of a company that not only understands the intricacies of today's commercial and consumer electronics industries, but also the environments within which this technology is being placed - your home or office. We have acquired this knowledge through many years of one-on-one interaction with home buyers, consultants and architects, builders and building trade workers, and equipment manufacturers.
We understand the specific needs that each of these groups have, and how they are dependant on one another to produce the results that you envision. We provide the glue to make electronics systems "stick" together in an intuitive fashion to create your unique Digital Home.
Telesis Total Home and Commercial Electronics, Inc became a reality in 1994 to better identify with the core business and create an opportunity for the company to expand into other areas of home electronics integration. Today, the company is located in South Lyon, Michigan, as it has been since the beginning. The original spirit of those early days can still be seen in each employee as they tackle the new challenges of the digital era with the same dedication to detail and concern for the customer as always.
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Of all of the advantages that technology solutions from Telesis Electronics can provide, none is more important than the safety of your family and your belongings. That is why no home should be without the added security features that a monitored alarm system from Telesis can provide. For the lowest monthly service fee in the industry, Telesis offers 24/7/365 peace of mind.
A variety of sensing devices can be installed throughout your home that communicate with a base to notify the central station of alarms. First responders are dispatched immediately. Although you cannot put a price on safety, when the security solution is provided by Telesis Electronics, it's nice to see that the price is reasonable!
Whether that comes from a closed circuit television system, an alarm system monitored 24/7/365, or both - Telesis can provide security bliss.
Commercial Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) Surveillance Systems
Closed Circuit Television solutions from Telesis Electronics can provide security cameras throughout your home that integrate into your whole-house video distribution system. Now, while watching your favorite movie, you can bring up the PIP window on your TV to see the pizza delivery at your front door. Or, peek in on the baby's room while still snuggled in your bed! The practical and convenient uses of a home CCTV system go far beyond simple exterior perimeter monitoring to make it a necessary element in your overall home technology plan. Security systems from Telesis Electronics can allow amazing, live interactions with your home from anywhere in the world.
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A business executive that was traveling abroad had scheduled an appointment in his home for contractors to do some work. Upon the contractors arrival at his home, he was notified on his PDA by the home. He then deactivated the alarm, opened the garage door, and monitored their movement through his home on his PDA. When they were done, he closed the garage, set the alarm and watched them drive away - all of this from Europe!


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The biggest reason we are struggling as a species and how I believe we can change this.
This essay is how I see things and what I'd like to do about it. It starts out a little dark, but gives some solutions towards the end, as well as my inspiration for it – so please read all the way through. Irene.
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Functional art. Nothing under the hood of a hot rod fits that description better than a vintage manifold. In fact, lots of rodders have cool old-time multi-carb manifolds hanging on their walls, strictly for decoration. That makes them art. Let's talk about making them functional.
Vic Edelbrock Sr. was one of hot rodding's founding fathers. The company he started in the '30s has been manufacturing modern and vintage performance parts to the hobby ever since—and the product that started it all was the Edelbrock Slingshot manifold for Flatheads, tested on Edelbrock's own '32 roadster on SoCal's dry lakes.
The latest Edelbrock catalog, containing hundreds of products, still includes the legendary Slingshot manifold. In addition, Edelbrock has re-released several other vintage two-barrel multi-carb intakes for Flatheads, Ford small-blocks, Ford Y-blocks, Chevy small-blocks, and other engine applications.
Over at Blundell Speed & Machine, Chad Blundell has been following this closely. Edelbrock offers carburetors and linkages, but not fuel rails and fittings. Blundell has been developing hard line fuel rails and banjo fittings for early two-barrel carbs like Stromberg 97s, Holley 94s, and Rochester 2GC, as well as new early style two-barrels, like the new Stromberg 97, Demon 98, Speedway Motors' 9Super7, and the Edelbrock 94. When a customer sends a manifold to Blundell Speed for a custom fuel rail, its dimensions are recorded and kept on file. Eventually Blundell will have dimensions on virtually all popular manifolds, and will be able to build precise rails without needing an actual manifold. Chad Blundell already had the critical dimensions for most of the vintage Edelbrock intakes now being reproduced. The question was, were the dimensions on the new versions identical to the old versions? If not, he would need to develop two fuel line systems for each style of manifold—one for the older version and one for the new version. It was time to do some finding out.
The first step was to convince our connections at Edelbrock to let us borrow some of these new manifolds. Technical sales guy Smitty Smith generously let us borrow the manifolds we needed. They even delivered the parts in person directly to Blundell Speed.
In every case, the new Edelbrock manifolds looked practically identical to the original versions; so far, so good. But looks can be deceiving. So the next step was to deliver the manifolds, old and new versions, to Sean Wertens at Dimensional Inspection Laboratories (DIL) in Santa Ana, California. The trip to DIL served two purposes: to get scientifically precise dimensions on each manifold and to find out how close the new manifolds are to the originals.
While waiting for DIL to get back to us with the dimensions on the intakes, we went back to Blundell Speed to do a few more eyeball comparisons between some new and original Edelbrock manifolds.
A couple of days later, Chad Blundell called to share the findings from DIL. It was good news. On all of the new Edelbrock vintage manifolds, the dimensions relevant to creating fuel rails, were identical between the new and old versions.
Fuel rails for all of these manifolds, with corresponding carburetor options, are now in stock at Blundell Speed & Machine. For one-off or more elaborate applications, Blundell can design and produce fuel rail systems to order. A "Build Your Custom Fuel Rail Here" prompt on the Blundell Speed website allows customers to order a custom system by using simple menu prompts for brand of carb, number of carbs, type of manifold, inlet style, and other variables. If you've got some rare, never-before-seen manifold, Blundell can build a system for that too, but you'll have to send the manifold so it can be dimensionally inspected for an absolutely correct system (and those dimensions will be stored by Blundell for the next customer with the same rare application).
The do-it-yourselfers among us can order unassembled components to built their own fuel rails, including fittings, tubing, solder, and flux. The Blundell website features a YouTube video, hosted by Chad Blundell, which provides step-by-step instructions for soldering the fuel delivery components and creating a custom configuration.


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What the hell is with this kid? Some games you think he's breaking out and becoming that Defenseman we all hope he'll be.
Then he goes out and plays like he did against the Habs!
How many times did he try to outskate a Canadian around the net with the puck, only to be checked from behind and it resulted in a scoring chance? In fact I believe it caused a goal once. He's not fast, he's got to move the puck, that's his strength, the first pass! He shouldn't be trying to be Bobby Orr. I think it happened 3 times last night where he was being pursued from behind and tried to elude the Dman by going around the net....only to be checked.
Secondly, when will he ever get a shot through from the point? I've never seen a defenceman get so many shots blocked in my life. He either misses the net, wide, or fires it 3 feet high. That is when he's not having his shot blocked. This kid could have so many goals this year if he could hit the net consistently. I just cringe when he gets the puck back there. He can't take one timers to save his life either. He either fans on it, or just wires it by everyone's head. Shoot the puck LOW!! You're an NHL defenceman, this should be something you mastered in college!!
Some games he'll look great, and I'll be pretty excited, other games it's like WTF is he doing out there?
Nice to see Gonchar's effort has picked up immensely. Although I'm having a problem when he carries the puck up the ice. He's starting to do that quite well, but then he hits the blueline and everything goes for a **** fromthere. He'll make moves up the ice, but once he crosses the blueline, he just stops, tries to sluff it off, or lazily dumps it in. Problem being, he's slowed everyone down by skating it through the neutral zone so slow, and we have no forecheck. Why can't he continue to make a few more moves across the line? I dno't get it!! It's like he just loses his game completely once he crosses the blueline.
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Circuit judge orders new trial for SC man who blames Zoloft in grandparents' shotgun deaths:
Christopher Pittman is the poster boy for the kids criminal crowd. At the age of 12 in Chester, South Carolina he took a shotgun and killed both of his grandparents, Joe and Joy Pittman, while they slept. He then set fire to the house, stole their car and drove off.
When he was captured by police he told them that a 'black man' had killed his grandparents and set the fire. This must have been the same mysterious black man who killed Susan Smith's kids but I digress.
Pittman was tried as an adult, convicted of their murder and sentenced to 30 years behind bars. During the trial his defense argued that Pittman was mentally ill and killed his grandparents because of the anti-depressant Zoloft.
What's usually left out of the story mainly told by the middle-aged hausfraus who defend him is the kid was an anti-social and sometimes violent kid and the night he killed his grandparents was the night he had gotten 'the belt' from his grandfather.
Anyway he's now been granted a new trial on the grounds that he did not receive proper counsel.
Here's what's going to happen. He's going to get off at the new trial. Then it will only be a matter of time before he does something else to land back in jail.
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Gay Mormons? That's among the most striking contradiction in terms I know of! Oh, sure, I have no doubt there are gay Mormons ... VERY quiet and VERY closeted ... while the church hierarchy spends millions supporting Prop 8!
... millions u say? and there's millions going hungry~ that's the kicker. cya::::::::::::: : : : :
Indeed! American Atheists' press release touched on Prop. 8 and other discrimination:
"... Mormonism ... has already used its money and might to impose its beliefs on the non-Mormon citizens of California."
"We need to know if Mr. Romney supports these and other discriminatory actions of his church ... to which he continues to donate millions of dollars."
And the email to CNN from the LDS Church spokesman completely misses the point. So what if there have been black (second-class) members throughout the church's history, and closeted LGBT Mormons?
Hundreds of millions of women are second-class members of misogynistic religions (Mormon Church not excepted) -- that doesn't make that discrimination right either!
(There's a lot of discussion about this at Hang With Friends. Thanks, Jim, for sharing the video!)
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I rather imagine that there are "gay Mormons" who are public and available for interview. Just as the most dictatorial governments have "happy citizens" who will sing the praises of their oppressor to visiting journalists. And African-American Mormons who will guarantee that they have always been treated as equals. There are, after all, people who will do anything if the carrot and the stick are properly applied. And most Americans neither know nor care much about how crazy the Mormon faith really is, lest they notice how crazy their own beliefs are.
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The Japanese publisher first looked at its end of the fiscal year lineup, complete with a Final Fantasy MMO for PC and PlayStation 3 and Deus Ex: Human Revolution, and penciled in $142.4 million in projected revenue. Then the digital roof caved in.
Final Fantasy XIV Online on PC is still not charging subscription fees as the company works to iron out numerous bugs and gameplay issues, and the PS3 version has been delayed indefinitely. Square Enix also reshuffled the FFXIV development team, and the company is now working to take the game in a new direction.
Human Revolution, long in development at Eidos Montreal, has been bumped to fiscal 2011 for "further polish," a move no doubt triggered in-part by FFXIV's failures and the "harsh market feedback" Square Enix noted it has recently received. Numerous retailers were already accepting pre-orders for Deus Ex, which was set to ship on March 8.
The delay now slots Human Revolution's release sometime between April 2011 and March 2012. Asked for clarification or a smaller release window, Square would only say the game will ship sometime before April 2012.
Sharkey says: The FFXIV hot mess is particularly odd when you consider Square already has experience with Final Fantasy MMOs. How could the company have screwed this one up so badly? And given that we've already seen what looks like a highly polished Deus Ex game, it appears Square is now a little gun shy. At least Human Revolution won't ship until it's really, officially, completely done.


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Sheldon Township files suit against wind farm owner over poor road work >
The owners of the Settlers Trail Wind Farm in Iroquois County are named as defendants in a lawsuit filed by township officials.
Sheldon Township is suing the wind farm owner, E.On Climate and Renewables North America LLC, for more than $1.8 million.
The township alleges that the company failed to adequately restore township roads used to build the 94-turbine wind farm in 2011.
The lawsuit, filed this week in Iroquois County, claims that road restoration work, which was required to be done by E.On as part of a "road upgrade and maintenance agreement," remains "deficient." The poor roads cover a five-mile radius."
A contractual agreement required E.On to repair all roads damaged during construction to their "pre-construction condition" or better.
The $1.8 million lawsuit, according to township officials, reflects the cost for having the necessary restoration work completed.
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Today at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show, Microsoft announced that "the next version of Windows will support System on a Chip (SoC) architectures, including ARM-based systems from partners NVIDIA Corp., Qualcomm Inc. and Texas Instruments Inc. On the x86 architecture, Intel Corporation and AMD continue their work on low-power SoC designs that fully support Windows, including support for native x86 applications."
To drive the point home:
Microsoft demonstrated the next version of Windows running on new SoC platforms from Intel running on x86 architecture and from NVIDIA, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments on ARM architecture. The technology demonstration included Windows client support across a range of scenarios, such as hardware-accelerated graphics and media playback, hardware-accelerated Web browsing with the latest Microsoft Internet Explorer, USB device support, printing and other features customers have come to expect from their computing experience. Microsoft Office running natively on ARM was also shown as a demonstration of the potential of Windows platform capabilities on ARM architecture.
"Windows will continue its industry-leading support across the widest possible set of devices, delivering the breadth and choice that customers demand. Intel and AMD continue to evolve and improve the x86 platforms, including new low-power systems, and advance new designs such as the recently announced 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ processor family and AMD's Fusion accelerated processing units (APUs). NVIDIA, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments are joining Microsoft to provide ARM-based designs for the first time.
To those with long memories, Windows NT supported other processor architectures besides Intel, but that support disappeared over time due to lack of market interest. Now the situation is reversed with the mobile market compelling "light" architectures and operating systems that have the traditional Wintel players scrambling. Windows 8 is unlikely to arrive before 2012, but the real question though is whether a full-fledged Windows OS is really the right fit for the mobile market and when touch enabled apps will arrive to run on it.


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Full Grading the States report online at: www.nami.org/grades09
National Average is a D
14 States Improve Grades; 12 Fall Backwards
State Budget Crises Threaten Ruin
Washington, D.C. - The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has released a new report, Grading the States, assessing the nation's public mental health care system for adults and finding that the national average grade is a D.
Fourteen states improved their grades since NAMI's last report card three years ago. Twelve states fell backwards.
Oklahoma showed the greatest improvement in the nation, rising from a D to a B. South Carolina fell the farthest, from a B to a D. However, the report comes at a time when state budget cuts are threatening mental health care overall.
"Mental health care in America is in crisis," said NAMI executive director Michael J. Fitzpatrick. "Even states that have worked hard to build life-saving, recovery-oriented systems of care stand to see their progress wiped out."
"Ironically, state budget cuts occur during a time of economic crisis when mental heath services are needed even more urgently than before. It is a vicious cycle that can lead to ruin. States need to move forward, not retreat."
This is the second report NAMI has published to measure progress in transforming what a presidential commission on mental health called "a system in shambles."
NAMI's grades for 2009 include six Bs, 18 Cs, 21 Ds and six Fs, based on 65 specific criteria such as access to medicine, housing, family education, and support for National Guard members.
"Too many people living with mental illness end up hospitalized, on the street, in jail or dead," Fitzpatrick said. "We need governors and legislators willing to make investments in change."
In 2006, the national average was D. Three years later, it has not budged.
NAMI is the nation's largest grassroots organization dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by mental illness.
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powerful needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 61 designs submitted by 15 freelance designers.
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I am a life coach living in the beautiful & sunny miami Florida.
I help clients determine and achieve personal goals. A Life coach use multiple methods that will help clients with the process of setting and reaching their personal goals in life. I do focus on the elements of psychology (sports, clinical, developmental, organizational and social development) and other organizational or leadership principles.
I am catering to a person who has reached a point in their life's where they begin to ask ( Is this all there is in life?)
They want to experience more from life. A life coach supports you in moving your life forward.
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Living in the Miami & Miami Beach, South Florida Area
Average income 100K
Age 40+
Areas of practice:
Creating an Empowered Mindset
Accessing creativity
Attracting abundance
Managing negativity
Cultivating courage
Time management
Celebrating successes
Problem solving
Getting organized
Prioritizing your life
Strengthening discipline
First be creative. As was my title states.
I do have a logo on my site which is busy, that you can use for reference you may do something like this but I think its way to busy. http://positivelystrong.com/ keep it simple stupid. (KISS)
It need to be powerful but overwhelming. I do like my business card I had bought online, It has a guy reaching out to the sky and standing on a large rock i really like and the background of the card has like sun rays you will see the image below. Also I am open to new suggestions.
I would like to use yellow and red like my web site and on old business card. It does not have to be exactly like that. If you have ideas of modern colors go ahead and use them.
Please remember the designer that wins this contest I will have a private contest for business card and postcard design once the logo has been chosen.
Key elements:
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- Trustworthy
Look & Feel: Desired as Opposed to:
- Functional but not dull
- Fresh but not cold
- Warm but no cluttering of colours
- Outstanding but not screaming
- Trustworthy but not boring
- Contemporary but not "too abstract modern"
- Professional
No use of cartoons or stock photography.
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Has anyone had experience using the small 7 gallon stainless conical ferminters available? I am having good luck using carboys, but would like to simplify the brewing process and reduce the risk of contamination or oxidation. This seems to be a good solution, but would like input before spending that much money.
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Have you used the Fermentap system? It all looks good, but would like to hear some references on how well it actually works. Does it clog easily?
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Last year my lovely wife bought me a Mini-Brew conical from the homebrew shop for about $100.00. It's a plastic conical; please save snickering for last , holds 6.5 gallons; easily enough to make a FULL 5 gallon batch, is alittle over 3' tall, and has two stainless ball valves for trub removal; bottom, and hydro readings; about 10" up the side of the 45 degree slant. The system works great. The plastic is a polymer that is alittle more than 1/8 inch and alittle less than 1/4 inch thick; use a standard rag to clean and it will never scratch. Every thrid time I use a cleaner, but normally alittle bleach does fine. The only thing is that the trub tends to stick to the slanted walls, but a few taps with the handle of a kitchen knife knocks it loose real quick. It has a BIG hole at the top for easy cleaning, and all edges are rounded for easy cleaning. Anyhoo, for a one bedroom apartment, shallow in the pocket book, brewer like me it's a WINNER!!!! Stainless rules I know, but the other is a usable solution.
Good Luck,
Malt Vault
Good Luck,
Malt Vault
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make another batch
The Fermentap looks very good on paper but actually works very poorly. The sides are not steep enough to have the trub truly settle to the bottom. Your opening to remove trub is a racking tube which is entirely to small so it clogs easily and often. If you want something that will be a conversation piece and look impressive until you use it - buy it. Otherwise save your money and make another batch.
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mini-brew 10 gal conical
I just ordered the mini-brew 10 gal conical $225. I already own their mash/lauter tun.
Why everyone gets so !@#$ crazy about plastic scratching,,,i don't know. What kind of stirrers are u using? A chain saw.
Stainless looks nice. I'll let u all know how the fermentor works after I use it.
Why everyone gets so !@#$ crazy about plastic scratching,,,i don't know. What kind of stirrers are u using? A chain saw.
Stainless looks nice. I'll let u all know how the fermentor works after I use it.
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Last week I scored a drool-worthy sales meeting for my Web consulting company. Winning this contract would add a blue-chip client to our roster and serious inflation to our bank account.
The night before the meeting, I was anxious. What should I wear? To sales meetings, I usually wear nice slacks, an elegant shirt and heels. This prospect, of dot-com fame, was more likely to be casual, so perhaps jeans would be better. I texted a trusted male colleague to get his opinion.
Me: What should I wear? Tight jeans, hipster shirt + flipflops? Or dressy pants, fem shirt, heels?
Male colleague: Tight jeans.
That's it. Two words. "Tight Jeans." OK, I get it. Point taken. My ass sells. Five years ago, that wouldn't have been the case (see my earlier post on weight loss). I remember being harassed at a night club on 14th street in New York City for having a very large butt, and we're not talking J Lo butt. I was depressed about it for weeks. I'm currently and have been for about four years, quite slender, but the psyche of "fat girl" still follows me around.
So my web consultancy means a lot to me, and its income feeds many families in the U.S. and abroad. I enjoy selling large, high-dollar deals that allow me to pay myself and my deserving team of hard-working web producers well. So, if wearing tight jeans helps sell deals, why shouldn't I? I'm sure my mother read me feminist rants as bedtime stories, but I love putting on my size 6 jeans. And if that helps me beat out the competition, I'd really prefer to suppress my inner Gloria Steinem, thank you.
What struck me even more than my colleague's curt reply was the willingness and ease with which I climbed into my skinny jeans the following day. I strutted my little tush past my husband, looking for a compliment, which he willingly bestowed. See, my thinness is definitely a source of pride, revenge on that jerk who called me "fat" in a bar oh so many moons ago, and something I work hard to maintain. It does give me power, I feel worthy of more attention (as twisted as that is), and I get it.
In the end, my prospective client showed up in a classic Brooks Brothers suit and I sorely regretted my choice of clothing. I still don't know if I won this particular contract. Regardless, I think my brain power overall was the selling point, not my clothing, and I don't think I'll be wearing jeans to a meeting like this again.
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Los Alamos National Laboratory
Katharine Page—Atomic-level insights for better materials
A Love for Science
Impassioned by materials science, Katharine Page told her college magazine almost 10 years ago to this day, "I love the progression of science. It's exciting to think about being in a field that's starting up, with so much that can be looked into. I hope that in 10 years, I'll be contributing to the field." She got her wish.
Today, Page leads a team at Los Alamos that uses the Neutron Powder Diffractometer (NPDF, a neutron scattering instrument also used for crystallography) to investigate atomic-level structures. Page's research supports materials' advances that could have wide-ranging impact, investigating, manipulating and manufacturing particles at a level that is one-billionth of a meter small.
For example, her examination of the fluid-mineral interface in carbonate materials at growth conditions similar to those found in underground reservoirs may improve future carbon sequestration methods.
Los Alamos inspires big changes, one atom at a time
Although she studied chemical engineering and was a NASA intern, it was Page's work with scientists at the Lab's Lujan Neutron Scattering Center during a college internship that opened her eyes to the intricacies of nanostructures, inspiring her to study materials science in grad school and pursue a career in the dynamic field.
After getting her doctorate in materials, she completed a Director's Postdoctoral Fellowship at Los Alamos, studying neutron and synchrotron radiation at facilities around the world before becoming a staff scientist in 2011.
Excited about solving the mysteries behind the expanding complexity of engineering materials, Page says her team is learning how to make the world more secure, energy efficient and environmentally friendly.
She is equally fervent about the Lab's role in training, educating and inspiring the next generation that will tackle future challenges. Dedicated to helping kids love science in various outreach activities, Page advises young women to be unafraid of exploring new career options and to always ask questions and learn from others along the way.
Still quite young herself but very accomplished (a three-time collegiate national champion athlete who competed in the Olympic trials while finishing her Ph.D. has also published book chapters), the new mother was recently named one of the Lab's Women Who Inspire.


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Morecambe maintained their position at the top of League Two with a battling 2-1 victory at Dagenham.
After a first half of few chances, Morecambe took the lead three minutes into the second period through the in-form Danny Carlton.
Kevin Ellison played a long ball that beat the Dagenham defence and Carlton was there to run clear of Mark Arber and produce a neat right-footed finish to beat Chris Lewington.
Jim Bentley's side doubled their advantage on 54 minutes after another swift attack. Lewington punched a Laurence Wilson cross clear but the ball fell perfectly for Stewart Drummond, who produced a cool finish to put the ball into the empty net from 12 yards out.
Lewington then produced fine saves from Carlton and Lewis Alessandra before the home side came back into the game with a goal from Oliver Lee 17 minutes from time.
Lee swung in a free-kick from the edge of the area that floated over Barry Roche and into the top left hand corner of the Morecambe goal.
Dagenham then had a Brian Woodall effort cleared off the line by Ellison as they battled to the end.
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text: I'm getting ready to jet back to San Francisco after a great stay in Atlanta. As you probably know, I was here for the 1st Annual Atlanta Food and Wine Festival, which was a lot of delicious fun, and considering this was their inaugural year, I thought everything was really well done. Of course, I'll have a more detailed recap coming, and a couple festival-inspired video recipes, so stayed tuned! In the meantime, here are a couple shots to tease you with. Enjoy!


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The only democracy in the Middle East
- Published in MyView
By Muhaideen Batah
We always hear about a country that is the only "democratic country in its region." We keep unconditionally supporting this country with our taxpayer money and our latest weapons, which get used against civilians, not armies. You guessed it right; it is Israel.
The reality of Israel's "democracy" is that is a democratic country but only for its "chosen" citizens.
There is a citizen of this country who is not one of the chosen. She is Palestinian and she committed a "crime" by getting married to a man from the occupied West Bank. Her husband was not allowed to visit or join her in Israel, so they lived in his village in the occupied West Bank. They had two kids. They could not survive on her husband's salary as a high school teacher in the occupied West Bank. He did not get paid for a long time because of the economic embargo imposed on the PA by not only Israel but also by European countries and the U.S.A.
To help her family survive, that woman walked every day between her husband's village and her parent's village, a small "Israeli Arab" village in Israel, to work as a preschool teacher. This trek required that she cross the military "checkpoint" established by Israel along the 1967 border separating these two villages.
The harassment she went through every time she crossed the checkpoint would not be accepted by anybody in a civilized country, but she had no choice. One day before the second Intifada, she was in her seventh month of pregnancy. She was going home, after showing her Israeli ID (as an "Israeli Arab," you must have your identification card with you at all times). The soldier told her "stand here for a while." She stood for two hours in the hot summer sun. Finally, she told him, "I want to go home and there is no reason why I should be standing here," and she started walking. He said to his fellow soldiers, "Should I shoot her?" Then he yelled at her, "I will shoot if you do not stop and come back." She said, "Do whatever you want; I am going home." All of that was in Hebrew, because she is an Israeli "citizen" who had to learn Hebrew in school.
Another time when she got to the "checkpoint," she encountered an Israeli "settler"/colonizer with his M16 who started harassing her and said, among many things, to her in a very broken Hebrew, "You come here to kill us." She looked at him and said, "Look who is talking. We have been here for centuries and you just came to my country from America. You can barely speak Hebrew, and you are telling me that I came here to kill you! What a moron." All of this while Israeli soldiers stood watching.
Eventually, the walk became too difficult so she and her kids moved back in with her parents on the Israeli side of the border. She goes on weekends with her children to her village to be with her husband. She has to take a torturous, expensive, all-day taxi journey through fields and back roads to avoid soldiers, because it is no longer legal for her to cross the "border" to visit her husband.
Recently she had to renew her ID at the interior office in her region in Israel. When she got to the office, they said, "We were waiting for you to come here. We are confiscating your ID because you do not live in Israel; you live in the West Bank." Then later they claimed that she was "asking" for an ID, not renewing her old one. They said to her, "You have to bring us proof that you live and work in your village." So she had to bring all of her pay stubs from several years, and that was not enough.
They sent an investigator to her hometown to see where she works and lives. He showed up one day in her school and said, "How can I know that you really teach here?" She said, "Ask the kids." He took photos and asked her to show him the house that she lives in. She went with him to her parents' house. When they arrived there, she took him to the second floor where she lives and he took photos of the room and the cupboard where she stores her clothes and her children's clothes. He then said, "Is this where you live? How can you live in one room with two kids?"
These are some of the ways that Israel, the only "democracy in the Middle East," is dispossessing its Palestinian citizens. It is a form of ethnic cleansing or fascism -- making life so miserable that they will feel no choice but to leave permanently.
By "birthright" all American Jews (and all Jews anywhere in the world for that matter) are Israeli citizens. However, many native born citizens of Israel are not treated with basic rights of citizenship just because they are of a different religion. Worst yet, many other native inhabitants of the land, the Palestinian people forced to leave in 1947/8 and 1967, are not allowed to return to their homes in spite of their internationally recognized Right of Return.
Many of the new Jewish citizens from abroad come to Israel as colonizers or "settlers" to the occupied West Bank, go freely any time day or night, in and out any way they wish. Israel has roads in the occupied West Bank for "Jews" only; non-Jews (i.e., Palestinians) will be shot if they drive or even walk on those roads.
God bless democracy and the countries that support democracy.
P.S. This woman happens to be my younger sister. M.B.
Muhaideen Batah lives in Waitsfield.


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ACLU to Pa. school: Allow Gay-Straight Alliance
PHILADELPHIA — The American Civil Liberties Union is threatening legal action against a central Pennsylvania school board that denied students' request to form a Gay-Straight Alliance club at their high school.
The ACLU of Pennsylvania contends the Chambersburg Area School Board's vote is a violation of the federal Equal Access Act. Congress originally passed the law in 1984 to address what lawmakers had called "perceived widespread discrimination" against religious speech in public schools but has since been applied to organizations including Gay-Straight Alliance clubs.
In a Tuesday letter sent to school officials on behalf of the students, the ACLU said the board has until Friday to reverse its decision or face legal action. Federal courts have consistently upheld the law's protection for students who want to establish Gay-Student Alliance groups, ACLU attorney Molly Tack-Hooper said.
"Schools need to understand that they cannot pick and choose which clubs to allow," she said. "The same law that ensures the right of GSAs to exist also protects the existence of a variety of clubs, from scrapbooking to religious clubs."
The ACLU noted that previously approved Chambersburg Senior High School extracurricular groups include the Bible Club, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the Ping Pong Club.
Without approval, groups can't use the school's public-address system, post fliers, participate as a group in school events or hold fundraisers.
Equality Pennsylvania Executive Director Ted Martin urged the school board to reconsider and "do the right thing" for its lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students and their supporters.
"Given the lack of an LGBT-inclusive anti-bullying law in Pennsylvania, local school districts are left on their own to ensure safe environments for LGBT students to learn and to be themselves," he said.
About two dozen Chambersburg students first proposed the Gay-Student Alliance at the January school board meeting and were told their bylaws needed revisions. When they returned Feb. 27, the board voted 5-4 against approving the group.
Nearly 6,000 people have signed an online petition at Change.org started by 2010 Chambersburg graduate Thomas McCalmont, who said he was bullied daily at the school because of his sexual orientation and was driven to thoughts of suicide by his senior year.
The school district superintendent's office did not immediately return a call seeking comment.


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|Aunt Lucie Bailey
This real postcard photograph from 1912 was one of three related postcards I recently found at a local antique shop. Don't you just love her hat? Someone has identified this woman as "Aunt Lucie, Wm Bailey's sister." Here is the correspondence side of the postcard:
As you can see, the postcard was mailed to Miss Rose Bailey of 57 Vicarage Road, Willesden, London NW in July 1912. The other two postcards that were found with this one were sent by Rose Bailey. On one of those postcards someone has identified the subjects of second postcard as "Wm & Rose Carol Krup Bailey, 1912."
|Wm & Rose Bailey
The two other postcards were addressed to:
1) Mr. H. Egerton
121 Erskine Hill
Hampstead Grd Suburb
Golders Green
London NW
2) Mrs. Egerton
18 Cromwell Terrace
West Hill Park
Halifax, Yorkshire
Mrs. Egerton appears to be Rose's sister. Here is the back of the postcard:
I tried to tie these Baileys all together but frankly, haven't found anything fruitful by running through searches on Ancestry or Familysearch with the various names and places. I haven't much experience with British research in general, and I don't have a subscription to any of the UK genealogy sites. Are there any seasoned UK researchers out there willing to give this a go?


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Marc Watts needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 78 designs submitted by 25 freelance designers.
Versa Robes (http://versarobes.com.au)
We sell custom made products including wardrobes, show screens and splashbacks.
We have a very high quality product and cater for builders, offices and home owners.
We take pride in our products and believe they are built with better quality parts than our competitors.
Builders, office managers, home owners that are looking for custom made shower screens, wardrobes, splashbacks and other custom made products.
Our customers are looking for quality products and are looking for a company to take care of all the details.
We have also just received a new logo which will be similar to
The colours on the website should be close to the logo and be black, white and red
Overall the website should be
simple, easy to navigate, very professional, safe, reassuring (through testimonials, warranties etc), reliable, trustworthy, innovative, bright
Container for website should be around 960px to 980px in width.
Page requires a rotating images banner or a montage of images like on (http://www.ganedenlandscaping.com)
Product details should be in main content area and show image and description. We will also be adding an ecommerce functionality later so you may add in those types of attributes such as price and add to cart buttons.
The website should be two columns with the left column containing all our categories, for example:
-> wardrobes
-> mirrored wardrobes
-> sinks
-> taps
-> splashbacks
We would also like a couple of modules such as 'life time warranty on wardrobes' and 'two year warranty on splashbacks'. These should be in the right column.
Therefore this is a 3 column website
left - categories
middle - content
right - modules
Our main menu should contain the following items
- home
- process
- why us
- testimonials
- staff
- about
- contact
We like these two websites
An example of an accordian type menu can be found at http://www.ipcglobal.com.au/product…range.html


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Édouard Manet, (born January 23, 1832, Paris, France—died April 30, 1883, Paris), French painter who broke new ground by defying traditional techniques of representation and by choosing subjects from the events and circumstances of his own time. His Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (Luncheon on the Grass), exhibited in 1863 at the Salon des Refusés, aroused the hostility of critics and the enthusiasm of the young painters who later formed the nucleus of the Impressionist group. His other notable works include Olympia (1863) and A Bar at the Folies-Bergère (1882).
Let's settle this once and for all!
Early life and works
Édouard was the son of Auguste Manet, the chief of personnel at the Ministry of Justice, and Eugénie-Désirée Fournier. From 1839 he was a day pupil at Canon Poiloup's school in Vaugirard, where he studied French and the classics. From 1844 to 1848 he was a boarder at the Collège Rollin, then located near the Panthéon. A poor student, he was interested only in the special drawing course offered by the school.
Although his father wanted him to enroll in law school, Édouard could not be persuaded to do so. When his father refused to allow him to become a painter, he applied for the naval college but failed the entrance examination. He therefore embarked in December 1848 as an apprentice pilot on a transport vessel. Upon his return to France in June 1849, he failed the naval examination a second time, and his parents finally yielded to their son's stubborn determination to become a painter.
In 1850 Manet entered the studio of the classical painter Thomas Couture. Despite fundamental differences between teacher and student, Manet was to owe to Couture a good grasp of drawing and pictorial technique. In 1856, after six years with Couture, Manet set up a studio that he shared with Albert de Balleroy, a painter of military subjects. There he painted The Boy with Cherries (c. 1858) before moving to another studio, where he painted The Absinthe Drinker (1859). In 1856 he made short trips to The Netherlands, Germany, and Italy. Meanwhile, at the Louvre he copied paintings by Titian and Diego Velázquez and in 1857 made the acquaintance of the artist Henri Fantin-Latour, who was later to paint Manet's portrait.
During this period, Manet also met the poet Charles Baudelaire, at whose suggestion he painted Music in the Tuileries Gardens (1862). The canvas, which was painted outdoors, seems to assemble the whole of Paris of the Second Empire—a smart, fashionable gathering composed chiefly of habitués of the Café Tortoni and of the Café Guerbois, which was the rendezvous of the Batignolles artists. As he created the work, passersby looked with curiosity at this elegantly dressed painter who set up his canvas and painted in the open air. At the Salon of 1861, Manet exhibited Spanish Singer (1860), dubbed "Guitarero" by the French man of letters Théophile Gautier, who praised it enthusiastically in the periodical Le Moniteur universel.
Mature life and works
From 1862 to 1865 Manet took part in exhibitions organized by the Martinet Gallery. In 1863 Manet married Suzanne Leenhoff, a Dutch woman who had given him piano lessons and had given birth to his child before their marriage. That same year the jury of the Salon rejected his Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe, a work whose technique was entirely revolutionary, and so Manet instead exhibited it at the Salon des Refusés (established to exhibit the many works rejected by the official Salon). Although inspired by works of the Old Masters—Giorgione's Pastoral Concert (c. 1510) and Raphael's Judgment of Paris (c. 1517–20)—this large canvas aroused loud disapproval and began for Manet that "carnival notoriety" from which he would suffer for most of his career. His critics were offended by the presence of a naked woman in the company of two young men clothed in contemporary dress; rather than seeming a remote allegorical figure, the woman's modernity made her nudity seem vulgar and even threatening. Critics were also upset by how these figures were depicted in a harsh, impersonal light and placed in a woodland setting whose perspective is distinctly unrealistic.
At the Salon of 1865, his painting Olympia, created two years earlier, caused a scandal. The painting's reclining female nude gazes brazenly at the viewer and is depicted in a harsh, brilliant light that obliterates interior modeling and turns her into an almost two-dimensional figure. This contemporary odalisque—which the French statesman Georges Clemenceau was to install in the Louvre in 1907—was called indecent by critics and the public. In his vexation, Manet left in August 1865 for Spain, but, disliking the food and frustrated by his total lack of knowledge of the language, he did not stay long. In Madrid he met Théodore Duret, who was later to be one of the first connoisseurs and champions of his work. The following year, The Fife Player (1866), after having been rejected by the Salon jury under the pretext that its modeling was flat, was displayed along with others in Manet's studio in Paris.
When a large number of his works were rejected for the Universal Exposition of 1867, Manet, in imitation of Gustave Courbet, who had the same idea, had a stall erected at the corner of the Place de l'Alma and the Avenue Montaigne, where in May he exhibited a group of works, including his paintings of toreadors and bullfights. He showed about 50 paintings, but these were not received any more favourably than before. His work from this period was varied in character, but in general it seems to represent a greater concern with close relations of tone and complexities of illumination and atmosphere, sometimes exhibiting a freedom of handling comparable to that in Music in the Tuileries Gardens.
Much impressed by the naturalism of Manet's work, the young novelist Émile Zola undertook to praise it in a long and courageous article published in the Revue du XIX e siècle of January 1, 1867. In the face of the hostility of the public, Zola saw Manet as representative of all artists of importance who begin by offending public opinion. Manet expressed his gratitude in his portrait of Zola shown at the Salon of 1868. The next year Manet exhibited The Balcony (1868–69), in which there appeared for the first time—in the figure of the Spanish girl seated with her elbow on the railing—a portrait of the artist Berthe Morisot, whom he had met at the Louvre. From then on, Morisot, who was to become one of the leading female French Impressionists, was a frequent visitor to Manet's studio. He painted a series of portraits of her, until her marriage to his brother Eugène Manet.
After the positive reviews published by Zola, Duret, and the art critic Louis-Édmond Duranty, Manet at the Salon of 1870 received an homage in paint, Fantin-Latour's A Studio at Batignolles, which served as a kind of manifesto on his behalf. This large canvas shows Manet painting, surrounded by those who were his defenders at the time: Zola, the painters Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Claude Monet, and Frédéric Bazille, and the sculptor Zacharie Astruc. The painting was caricatured in the Journal amusant under the title Jesus Painting Among His Disciples.
During the Franco-German War (1870–71), Manet served as a staff lieutenant in the National Guard and witnessed the siege of Paris. In February 1871 he rejoined his family, returning to Paris shortly before the Commune. His studio there was half-destroyed, but he had taken care to store his canvases in a safe place, and he found them intact. The art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel bought almost everything that Manet's studio contained, paying 50,000 francs in the currency of the time. From about this time on, Manet and his friends met at the Café Nouvelle-Athènes, which had replaced the Guerbois. In 1872 he visited The Netherlands, where he was much influenced by the works of Frans Hals. As a result Manet painted Le Bon Bock (1873; The Good Point), which achieved considerable success at the Salon exhibition of 1873.
Later life and works
The year 1874 was chiefly notable for the development of Manet's friendship with the young Impressionist painter Claude Monet, with whom he painted on the banks of the Seine (when they had first met in 1866, the relationship was rather cool). Manet painted his most luminous plein-air picture, Boating (1874), which was set in Le Petit Gennevilliers and depicted two figures seated in the sun in a boat. It was also at Argenteuil that Manet painted Monet Painting on His Studio Boat (1874). Although he was friendly with Monet and the other Impressionists, Manet would not participate in their independent exhibitions and continued to submit his paintings to the official Salon. When The Artist and Laundry were both rejected by the Salon in 1875, Manet exhibited them along with other paintings in his studio.
When painting Nana (1877), Manet was inspired by the character of a woman of the demimonde whom Zola first introduced in his novel L'Assommoir (1877; The Drunkard); in that same year he painted Plum Brandy, one of his major works, in which a solitary woman rests her elbow on the marble top of a café table. He followed these works with The Blonde with Bare Breasts (c. 1878), in which the pearl-white flesh tones gleam with light, and Chez le Père Lathuille (1879), another of Manet's major works, set in a restaurant near the Café Guerbois in Clichy. The latter depicts a coquette somewhat past her prime having lunch with her young lover in yet another of Manet's bold attempts to portray controversial subject matter in a decidedly modern manner. From then on, Manet did a large number of pastels. In broad, determined strokes he captured the features of George Moore (1879), an Irish would-be painter and later novelist who often joined Manet and Edgar Degas at the Café Nouvelle-Athènes.
In 1880 Manet had a one-man exhibition at the offices of the periodical La Vie moderne (Modern Life), but his legs were already affected by a malady that was to prove fatal. In 1881 he rented a villa at Versailles, and, by the following year, with his illness progressing at an alarming pace, he went to stay in a villa at Rueil. He took part in an important exhibition of French art that was held in London at Burlington House, and at the Salon he showed A Bar at the Folies-Bergère (1882), a daring composition that intensifies the exchange of glances between the image of the barmaid and the customer before her, allowing the viewer to stand in the customer's place. Radical in its obliteration of the boundary between the viewer and what is viewed, the Bar was Manet's last great contribution to the modern vision of painting. On April 6, 1883, after painting some roses and lilacs, Manet took to his bed. Gangrene developed in his left leg, which was subsequently amputated. He died not long after and was buried in the cemetery of Passy.
In January 1884 a posthumous exhibition of Manet's work was held in the Salle de Melpomène of the École des Beaux-Arts. True to his admiration for the artist, Zola wrote the preface to the catalog. It was after this memorial exhibition that Manet's paintings began to gain prominence.
Manet's debut as a painter met with a critical resistance that did not abate until near the end of his career. Although the success of his memorial exhibition and the eventual critical acceptance of the Impressionists—with whom he was loosely affiliated—raised his profile by the end of the 19th century, it was not until the 20th century that his reputation was secured by art historians and critics. Manet's disregard for traditional modeling and perspective made a critical break with academic painting's historical emphasis on illusionism. This flaunting of tradition and the official art establishment paved the way for the revolutionary work of the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists. Manet also influenced the path of much 19th- and 20th-century art through his choice of subject matter. His focus on modern, urban subjects—which he presented in a straightforward, almost detached manner—distinguished him still more from the standards of the Salon, which generally favoured narrative and avoided the gritty realities of everyday life. Manet's daring, unflinching approach to his painting and to the art world assured both him and his work a pivotal place in the history of modern art.


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As the devastation wrought by super storm Sandy becomes increasingly evident, one of the greatest of human impulses is certain to kick in: generosity.
Over the next few weeks, we are likely to see a frenzy of clothing drives and canned food drives. Pet supplies, dry goods and books will be donated and dispatched to the affected areas. For many good-hearted people, participating in this kind of giving feels more concrete and satisfying than simply writing a check. But, as we've learned from studying Hurricane Katrina, the Haiti earthquake, the Japanese tsunami and numerous other disasters, unsolicited donations are seldom useful and often burdensome.
The best estimates available suggest that about 60% of the supplies that arrive at a disaster site are not beneficial to the survivors and should not have been sent. Moreover, unloading and storing or disposing of unnecessary donations can take away from more important relief efforts. When trucks, planes or ships laden with donations arrive at a disaster site, responders face a difficult choice. Unloading and processing the cargo requires considerable human resources, yet if the cargo is not unloaded, it can block access for shipments that really are crucial.


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Several departments address the arts at Dominican, including Apparel, Art, Communications and Theatre Arts and Music. Courses meeting the fine arts requirement help students understand and respond to works of fine and performing arts. This includes an awareness of relationships and interactions between artists and their cultural contexts, and an appreciation of ways in which the fine arts express feelings and ideas. This understanding may be gained through personal experience of the creative processes or through the study of works of art; thus, some studio courses and appreciation courses meet this requirement.
Core Curriculum
When new students think about their future college experience, chances are they focus on their major field of study. But, looking back, many Dominican alumnae/i remember classes from their core curriculum as being the ones that shaped their academic experience.
Foundations courses equip students with basic skills fundamental to all other facets of the undergraduate course of study. Accordingly, students are urged to meet the foundation requirements within their first two semesters if at all possible.
Each student must demonstrate before graduation:
Critical Reading & Writing
This requirement may be met by placement examination or by completing with a passing grade college-level coursework in writing equivalent to English 102.
Understanding & Use of Mathematics
This requirement may be met by placement examination or by completing with a passing grade college-level coursework equivalent to Mathematics 130, 150, 160 or 170.
Foreign Language
This requirement may be met by placement examination or by completing with a passing grade a foreign language course at the level of 102. Foreign nationals educated abroad at the high school level are exempt from the requirement.
Information Literacy
Introduction to these skills will take place in English 102, where students will learn the basics of library research. This includes the ability to locate both print and electronic sources by searching library databases for articles and books; effectively using the Internet for academic purposes; evaluating information critically; and using the information ethically and legally. Students who place out of English 102 at Dominican University will be required to complete an Information Access Workshop during their first semester.
Computer Applications
This requirement may be met by placement examination or by completing with a passing grade in CIS 120 or its equivalent.
LAS Seminars
All students enroll each year in Liberal Arts and Sciences Seminars, the heart of Dominican's Core Curriculum. LAS Seminars are small, intimate courses in which students consider multiple perspectives on universal and urgent questions by reading, discussing, and writing about the seminar topic. These courses encourage students to:
- Get excited about learning for learning's sake
- Think critically
- Hone their writing skills
- Explore new ideas and ways of thinking
- Ponder life's big questions
- Make connections between classes and experience
Students choose from a variety of seminars according to their class standing that explore a common theme:
- Freshman Seminar: The Examined Life (100-level)
- Sophomore Seminar: Life in Community (200-level)
- Junior Seminar: A Life's Work (300-level)
- Senior Seminar: The Good Life (400-level)
These are critical aspects of a liberal education that prepare students not only for career opportunities but also for life-long learning.
Note: Students may take two of the Liberal Arts and Sciences Seminars, excluding the Freshman Seminar, to fulfill two of the seven area requirements. Consult the 2015-2016 Bulletin and each year's schedule of classes for area requirements that may be met by particular seminars.
To meet the Core's multicultural requirement, each student must complete one course of at least three semester hours that focuses on:
- The culture or analysis of society or civilization in Africa, Latin America/Caribbean and/or Asia; OR
- The experience, traditions, beliefs, arts or thought of African-American, Asian-American, Hispanic-American or Native American cultures.
Areas of Study
Fine Arts (FA)
History (HI)
Courses that meet the History requirement are designed to help students develop a sense of historical perspective as the term is understood by historians. This involves developing an understanding of the ways societies may change over time and of the importance of sequential occurrence. Students also gain an awareness of complexity, ambiguity and uncertainty as intractable conditions of human society through study of the interactions of diverse forces and circumstances on situations in past societies.
Literature (LT)
English, French, Italian, Spanish - Two main departments address literature at Dominican: English and Modern Foreign Languages. Courses that meet the literature requirement help students understand and respond to works of literature. Such an understanding includes awareness of relationships between authors and their cultural and historical contexts, as well as critical appreciation of ways found by writers to express feelings and ideas through language.
Natural Sciences (NS)
Relevant disciplines include biology, chemistry, nutrition and physics. Courses that meet the Natural Sciences requirement acquaint the student with scientific thought and inquiry. In the process, such courses help students gain an understanding of fundamental concepts and methodologies of the sciences.
Philosophy (PH)
Courses that meet the Philosophy requirement are designed to have students consider philosophy as part of a reasoned pursuit of wisdom in one's life. Such courses focus on some of the "big questions" philosophers typically deal with, such as:
- What makes something "true" or "good?"
- Do human beings have free will?
- Is there more to us than our bodies?
- What's real?
- Does life have meaning?
Students will gain acquaintance with some of the philosophical positions regarding these questions and have numerous opportunities to discuss these questions openly and reasonably within the context of one's personal and professional life, and as a member of one's community.
Social Sciences (SS)
A number of disciplines comprise the social sciences, including Economics, Political Science, Psychology and Sociology. Courses that meet the social sciences requirement provide students with the conceptual tools necessary to think independently about social, economic, psychological or political phenomena. They also become acquainted with various methodologies used to analyze such ideas.
Study in disciplines particularly concerned with analysis of the behavior of individuals, groups, or institutions and their interactions helps students form a sophisticated—informed, complex, and thoughtful—response to contemporary problems.
Theology (TH)
Theology courses invite students to recognize the methods and sources proper to theological reflection, to explore ways that religious traditions, especially Catholic Christianity, raise and attempt to answer questions of ultimate meaning and value, and to articulate a theologically informed position on key questions regarding the transcendent meaning and value of human existence and experience.


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GOP and outside groups break up
House Republicans and big money conservative groups are going through a breakup.
Groups like FreedomWorks and Heritage Action demanded Republicans reject Rep. Paul Ryan's budget deal — or else.
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But 169 Republicans approved it anyway Thursday night.
And even though the deal itself was relatively small, it's still a big moment for House Republicans.
For the first time since they took back the House in 2010, a strong majority of Republicans have rejected the political absolutism encouraged by the professional right that mired Congress in gridlock for years and culminated in a government shutdown this fall.
Speaker John Boehner could barely contain his glee as he knocked the outsiders for the second time in two days on Thursday afternoon."Frankly, I think they're misleading their followers, I think they're pushing our members in places where they don't want to be, and frankly, I just think that they've lost all credibility," Boehner said during his weekly news conference on Capitol Hill.
( Also on POLITICO: Budget deal by the numbers)
The groups — usually glad to cause a ruckus — have hardly responded, even when the writing was on the wall Wednesday.
While conservative leaders signed a group statement on Wednesday condemning the Hill activity, there is little evidence that they are prepared this time to execute the kind of concrete steps they have during other big debates.
The most they could muster Thursday was the release of a photo of a Republican Study Committee staffer, Paul Teller, who was ousted Wednesday for allegedly dealing with the conservative groups. They labeled him a true conservative and used "#TeamTeller" on social media.
But unlike during the government shutdown of October, groups didn't organize a flood of phone calls to urge lawmakers to vote against the budget. It ended up passing without a peep, even though some outside groups urged lawmakers to vote against it.
( Also on POLITICO: NDAA passes House, heads to Senate)
House Republicans have downplayed how tethered they are to outside GOP groups – whose coffers are filled to the brim with conservative cash.
"There's a lot of frustration out there and it boiled over yesterday, and I'm hoping people will understand that we all are in this together and we have to figure out how to move forward and govern while representing our principles," said Rep. Steve Stivers (R-Ohio).
Unlike the past, Republicans are criticizing these groups in broad strokes — they're calling them out for specific misstatements. Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas), who chairs the House Rules Committee, said some conservative figures were spreading rumors that this budget deal would provide a pathway to complete a comprehensive immigration reform, or enact strict gun control.
( Also on POLITICO: Budget deal rolls back spending)
"Every single member wants to be able to effectively communicate with their people that are back home or groups that they are interested in about what the real bills are about," Sessions said Thursday. "It frustrates people when theoretically they are on your same team."
The Scalise episode is perhaps the clearest encapsulation of the split. Teller, who has served on the Hill for more than a decade, was cozy with groups like Heritage Action, and operated within the conservative world both on Capitol Hill and downtown. But Scalise was fed up with him, and canvassed RSC members about how they would feel if he tried to oust them. He knew it would be a controversial decision, but he found support from most Republicans, according to multiple lawmakers who had conversations with him.


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|Bertha Schwartz Gunzendorfer
date unknown
There is so much to say about Bertha Schwartz that I'll have to put it in two posts. Let's start at the beginning.
Bertha, or Birdie as her friends and family lovingly called her, was born in January, 1872 (exact date unknown) in California. Her parents, Louis Schwartz and Rebecca Steen Schwartz, lived in Santa Cruz prior to and after her birth so my best guess is that she was born there. In fact, Louis had a home built at 222 Mission Street in 1867 so Bertha may have entered the world in this home. She was the third of six children and it appears she was the only daughter to live into adulthood.
|222 Mission Street, Santa Cruz
Photo by Eugene Zelenko
My mother recalls that Birdie was an artist of some kind because at the back of the home on Mission Street was a small studio that Louis built for her to use. The house still stands today - next time I'm anywhere near Santa Cruz I'm going to try to get to that house and if I'm brave, I'll even knock on the door!
Bertha and Abe Gunzendorfer were married on September 9, 1894 at the home on Mission Street. The San Francisco Chronicle described it as "one of the prettiest weddings of the season" and went on to say
"The residence and adjacent grounds were bedecked with Chinese lanterns and myriads of incandescent lights, which shone beautifully among clusters of flowers and palms. The nuptial knot was tied beneath a huge floral bell, which was suspended from the alcove of the parlors, the decorations of which were potted palms ferns and floral pieces, intermingled with numerous bulbs of electric lights, which cast a softening glow upon the bridal party, whose silken robes of white formed a pleasing contrast to the bright-hued decorations."
The procession was led by Birdie's "small" niece and nephew and the bridesmaids were Dena, Bella, and Jennie Steen, sister and cousins of her mother. The newspaper described the bride as "a stately and handsome brunette who appeared lovely in a court gown of white faille silk and ornaments of diamonds, gifts from the groom". Someday I'd love to stumble upon a photo of this beautiful bride.
Note: Dena Steen, Birdie's aunt, died less than one month later on October 2, 1894 in San Francisco. I have been unsuccessful in locating any death records, other than the obituary from the San Francisco Chronicle, since most San Francisco vital records were destroyed in the earthquake/fire. It saddens me to think that this 28 year old woman participated in such a beautiful wedding and just a few weeks later was gone. I wonder what happened. If anyone has any suggestions on locating records, I'd love your suggestions.
Birdie and Abe honeymooned in Southern California and Mexico for four weeks and then settled in Monterey. Once in Monterey, Birdie joined the rest of the Gunzendorfers as one of the prominent citizens of the town. When I contacted the Monterey County Historical Society, the gentleman knew instantly of the Gunzendorfer family and was happy to share material with me. The photo below is of Birdie and Abe, date unknown, in the front seat of the buggy.
|Courtesy of Montery County Historical Society
|Birdie & Loraine
During her residence in Monterey, Birdie was a popular member of the community. She was active in many clubs including the Monterey Civic Club as a charter member, Monday Afternoon Club, Native Daughters and the Pythian Sisters.
Next up - Murder on the Orient Express.


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It was a growing season to remember in the spring and summer of 2004, but a fall California cotton growers would like to forget - at least two months of it.
Producers saw heat unit accumulations disappear in October faster than a cowboy's sombrero in a West Texas dust storm when the weather suddenly turned cold and wet and stayed that way through November. There were two to three weeks left in the San Joaquin Valley picking season when producers' hopes for icing on the biggest cake mother nature ever baked for them turned into a honest-to-goodness mud pie with record four- to six-inch rainfall totals.
Although there were some yield and quality losses from the wet fall, they were not so significant that they took the shine off of what producers call perhaps the best cotton year ever in the San Joaquin Valley. Four-bale fields were commonplace. Five-bale yields were not that rare.
Many producers did not escaped the fall rains, fog and heavy dew that delayed picking, but like Bill Stone of Stone Land Co., Strathmore, Calif., said, "Where would we have been this fall had we not had such a great start and growing season?"
That growing season left Lowell Zelinski little to talk about as the chief organizer and speaker at the recent Central Coast Cotton Conference in Shell Beach, Calif.
However, the former University of California Cooperative farm advisor and now a private consultant, did not mince his words when he said given ideal growing conditions — especially the planting season — realistically no one should have been caught by the rain. The crop was made long before the October rains.
Heat units same
Although the difference between 2003 and 2004 could not be more dramatic, heat units for both years were the same. It was when they arrived that made the difference, according to Zelinski.
The planting season to first bloom in '04 was perfect. "If you could not get a stand this year, maybe you had better start growing trees," he said.
By May 1 growers should have known what kind of year they would have, he added. The only deduct from a perfect start was a July hot spell, but it was not particularly damaging.
Although the weather was ideal, Zelinski said most pest control advisers, consulting agronomists, growers and others capitalized on it to make the best of a good growing season.
Premature cutout from heavily loaded plants was a threat to getting a really big crop, but Zelinski said he was impressed by the proactive approach taken to prevent cutout. "I heard talk in May of preventing premature cutout in the summer," said Zelinski.
Some of the mitigating practices Zelinski said were adjusting lygus treatment thresholds to hold squares, starting first irrigation earlier to prevent stress, using less Pix than normal and water-running extra fertilizer.
It was not a pest-free year, but pressure was low to moderate. "There were very few problems that could not be anticipated," he said.
Mite populations were low but widespread, according to UC IPM area specialist Pete Goodell. Mites were found on Pima for the first time this season, he added. There were migrating populations of lygus and pockets of aphids from Kern to Merced counties.
Build then collapse
"Aphid populations would build and then collapse," said Goodell, who had high praise for the integrated pest management efforts of PCAs who relied on parasites and reduced pesticide applications.
'When plants are growing strong like they were in 2004, they can take a little more damage," said Goodell. "Success breeds success."
"This was a year when IPM was really practiced. There was a lot of monitoring going on and not much money spent on pesticides. It would be nice to know how many times growers and PCAs made decisions not to spray," said Goodell.
Zelinski added he saw increasingly more growers leaving alfalfa strips to keep lygus in alfalfa and away from cotton.
It was such a good year, Zelinski said he knew one producer who foolishly planted untreated seed because planting weather was so ideal. "He was one of the few who replanted. Even in a good year, there is ample reason for seed treatments," he said.
Seed treatment may be even more critical in 2005. Zelinski surmised due to the 2004 wet, cool fall. Bad weather may have had an adverse effect on some planting seed.
"I would think it might be a wise decision to put on the full fungicide rates in 2005 rather than the bottom of the rate. And maybe a little high seeding rate for 2005 would not be a bad idea to guard against poor seed quality as a result of the 2004 fall rains," said Zelinski.
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Ashley Tisdale was spotted at dinner with her BF Christopher French over the weekend and I was definitely feeling her neutral, summer-appropriate vibe.
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Tim McGraw's 'Truck Yeah' Marks Highest-Charting Career Debut
'Truck Yeah'! That's exactly what Tim McGraw is thinking, saying and singing these days. His latest single, which officially impacted country radio on Monday (July 9), racked up a whopping 80 adds on top of last week's 19 early adds, totaling 99 country radio stations that are onboard and spinning the new tune already.
McGraw's Big Machine Records debut is also making some noise on the country singles chart — kicking off at No. 22 on Billboard and No. 25 on MediaBase — making it the highest-charting debut of his career, which is unheard of for a brand new single. McGraw came close to that debuting position back in 2002 when he released 'Grown Men Don't Cry,' which entered the charts at No. 30. But fans and peers alike can't seem to get enough of the rockin' good-time song 'Truck Yeah,' penned by the LoCash Cowboys (Preston Brust and Chris Lucas), Danny Myrick and Chris Janson, which is already a smash across the country.
"Country radio has given me an amazing career already," says McGraw. "I'm 20 years into it, so to be having my highest chart debut ever is such a cool thing. I can't thank everyone in radio enough for the support they've shown me over the years and especially now as I'm starting a new chapter with a new label. It means more to me than ever."
Even with a full career behind him, McGraw is starting fresh, promising fans, "The best is really yet to come!"


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Spell Changes
Originally Posted by MMO-ChampionDeath Knight (Forums)
- Frost Strike now does 105% weapon damage, down from 110%.
- Icy Talons now grants 20% melee attack speed, down from 25%.
- Obliterate now does 230% weapon damage, down from 240%.
Hunter (Forums)
- Aimed Shot now does 280% ranged weapon damage, up from 260%. Additional damage increased by 15%.
- Chimera Shot now does 210% ranged weapon Nature damage, up from 200%. Additional damage increased by 17%.
- Explosive Shot damage and RAP scaling increased by 8%.
Mage (Forums)
- Ice Lance damage and SP scaling increased by 5%.
- Combustion now does 1,040 Fire damage, down from 4,163 + 300.0% of SP.
- Pyroblast damage and SP scaling increased by 33%.
Rogue (Forums)
- Sinister Strike damage reduced by 6%. Additional damage was reduced to 145% of your normal weapon damage, down from 155%.
- Dispatch now does 400% weapon damage, down from 450%. Additional damage was reduced by 11%.
- Revealing Strike now does 125% weapon damage, down from 135%.
- Sanguinary Vein now causes you to deal 20% additional damage to targets afflicted by your Rupture, Garrote, or Crimson Tempest, down from 25%.
Warrior (Forums)
- Raging Blow now does 215% weapon damage, down from 235%.
- Raging Blow Off-Hand now does 215% weapon damage, down from 235%.
- Mortal Strike now does 185% weapon damage, up from 175%. Additional damage increased by 12%.
- Overpower now does 120% weapon damage, up from 115%.
- Raging Blow now does 215% weapon damage, down from 235%.
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