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Dasha's next move
Ginny Dougary
November 2012
Dasha Zhukova addressed a roomful of architecture critics at the ICA in London earlier this year, announcing the latest move in her mission to bring contemporary art and culture to Moscow. It was the first time, she tells me afterwards, that she hadn't read from notes, and although this seemed to improve her performance – she reckoned – it was still pretty nerve-wracking for her.
There was something almost school-girlish about her demeanour as she answered questions from the audience. She wore her hair in a long pigtail on one side, a white shirt with a buttoned-up collar under an orange sweater, orange tweed Capri trousers and high-heeled white patent shoes. She speaks in perfect English with a faint Russian intonation, as well as an occasional upwards Californian lilt. She is very beautiful, as has often been noted, but her face has an open, appealing quality about it; her critics have called it blank, but there is nothing vacant at all about her steely gaze.
The Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Zhukova's initial cultural foray into her birthplace, which opened in Moscow in 2008 – housed in a vast former bus terminal designed by the constructivist architects Konstantin Melnikov and Vladimir Shukhov in 1926 – was an encouraging first move on her part. It announced an approach, which now seems to be her modus operandi, of taking over ruined Soviet architectural masterpieces and working with world-class architects to create sympathetic restorations. That Garage lease has come to an end, and the exhibition space is now moving to Gorky Park.
The Garage's first home was in the northern, semi-industrial outskirts of town and attracted about 300,000 visitors a year. The new site will accommodate 3.6 million annually, and after Gorky Park has been renovated that number is expected to rise to nine million. The job of transforming the 1960s concrete prefab building in the park, which was a popular restaurant until it was abandoned in the 1990s, has been entrusted to the Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas.
Zhukova has a cold and asks her assistant to get her something to soothe it. At 31, she looks younger and has a son – Aaron Alexander, who will be three in December – by her 46-year-old partner, Roman Abramovich, the Russian billionaire and Chelsea Football Club owner.
She explains that she is not restricting her sights to Moscow. Zhukova and her partner have big plans for St Petersburg, too – namely, transforming New Holland, a 19-acre island and former naval yard in the heart of the city, into a creative hub.
When this is completed in 2018, she is hoping that New Holland will be part of the international must-see arts chain linking MoMA in New York, Tate Modern and the Pompidou Centre. It is Zhukova and her non-profit Iris Foundation, dedicated to promoting contemporary culture, which are behind the overall design. (She has just received an award from Independent Curators International for her work.)
"Both these projects share the same backbone. What kind of drives me to do these works is to really progress contemporary culture in Russia," she says. "I think a good term for it is 'cultural urbanisation'. It's entertainment as well as education. I'd like to set up a school of design, which doesn't exist yet in Russia, and do a lot with technology there as well. The internet can give young people a fantastic platform to become financially independent and have global businesses without leaving Russia."
I tell her how much I like the idea of keeping the original faded-but-beautiful fabric of the Gorky Park building. "I'm very proud of Soviet aesthetics," she says. "I guess that once the Soviet system collapsed, it wasn't a very desired design feature. I don't know if it was because I was too young or … well, I don't know why, but I really like that aesthetic. It's so important for what we are doing in Russia [by "we", she means the foundation, presumably, as well as Abramovich, but it does rather add to her arts tsarina aura] – and for Russia in general to find itself in the contemporary world. It's good not to turn our back on such a beautiful history …"
Zhukova has a large vision of what she wants to accomplish and pulling it off cannot be easy in Russia, despite her partner's influence and connections. "We have bureaucratic problems like everyone else – but, you know, it's important to know how to operate within the system you are existing in," she says pragmatically. "You can yell and complain about it all you want, but that's not going to help you."
Is she impatient? "I can be, but if something captures my attention, I am completely absorbed. I am very determined; I tunnel-vision straight to where I need to go. I guess that's the thing I really know how to do."
So does she never have hissy fits? "I don't. I never yell or scream. I mean, definitely not at work," she grins, and her face opens like a flower. "I never yell at anyone I work with. I get frustrated, but I have this survival instinct – whenever I have a hurdle, I figure out how to solve it."
Zhukova is circumspect. She cannot afford to alienate those in control of the country, but she is, one suspects, naturally non-committal. This may be the ingrained suspicion of opening up to strangers that can come with being born into extreme wealth, or perhaps partly a sort of historic defensiveness in her Soviet DNA. At any rate, if you long for her to be a bit more spontaneous and less of a controlled diplomat, you long mostly in vain.
Zhukova was born in Moscow in 1981 – christened Daria (Dasha is a nickname) – the only child of Elena, a molecular biologist, and Alexander, who became an oil magnate. Her family was well connected – largely scientists, writers and linguists: "It was the usual, normal Moscow intelligentsia," Elena has said. She was three when her parents divorced, and her mother left the USSR in 1990, with nine-year-old Dasha, because she had been offered a good position at the Baylor College of Medicine, a leading centre of biomedical research in Houston, where she had some family.
"When the Soviet Union collapsed, my mother found it very difficult to be in this quite aggressive environment and she couldn't really handle the abrupt changes," Zhukova explains. "So we didn't actually emigrate to America, we thought we were just going for a year or two and then, I guess, she decided to stay. You know, I can't imagine what it takes to get up in your thirties, with a child, and say, 'OK, now I'm leaving and going somewhere I don't know.'"
Elena is Jewish and Zhukova identifies herself as Jewish, although her father is a Christian. Zhukova's first school in the US was a Hebrew college, which she attended for three years. It must have been tough not speaking a word of English when she arrived. "I'm a quick learner," she says. "When you're in a situation that is foreign to you, you just have to pull yourself together and adapt."
Elena was then offered an opportunity at UCLA – "which was a huge honour" says her daughter – and mother and daughter moved to California. By the time Elena retired, she was a professor of molecular biology there, as well as an authority on diabetes. "My mother is quite a serious person, who is more interested in substance than aesthetics. We always had very serious scientists hanging out at our house," Zhukova says, before correcting herself. "That sounds a bit silly. What I mean is she had all these graduate students who would constantly come by the house – and I always thought that was very funny, because they were so studious and a bit geeky." Zhukova went to a small, sporty private school – Pacific Hills – in West Hollywood (alumni include Monica Lewinsky and Drew Barrymore), which she loved and describes as "a kind of weird utopian community. I still stay in touch with some of my friends, which is one of the reasons why I'm on Facebook."
She had a great college experience, too, she says, at UC Santa Barbara, where she considered following in her mother and grandmother's steps in medicine but graduated in 2003, instead, in Slavic studies and literature: "Although I'm very interested in science and technology, I guess I couldn't sit still long enough to be a doctor."
At 22, she moved to London to study homeopathic medicine, a course she didn't complete. She was living in one of her father's penthouses in Kensington, dating a tennis player and generally living the kind of life that earned her the label "glamorous socialite". It was also where she first began to take an interest in contemporary art.
In 2005, she met Abramovich – a friend of her father's from his oil-trading days – at a dinner party in Moscow. Abramovich, who was born into poverty and orphaned at the age of four, had just sold his stake in the Russian oil giant Sibneft for $13bn and was moving into steel, gold and real estate, which he still invests in through his Millhouse company. He divorced his second wife, Irina, in 2007.
Despite the couple's properties all over the world – three in London alone, as well as three yachts, houses in the south of France, Moscow and St Barts, where Abramovich made headlines, in January, for spending £5m on a New Year's eve party – Zhukova has said that it is her mother's home in Los Angeles that still feels like home to her.
It is striking that Zhukova is at her most open when talking about her family (her partner, of course, is another matter; the closest I get to that subject is to ask if she likes football; "I'm the last person you should be talking to," she replies).
When I ask her which parent she is most like, she says probably her father – who lives in Moscow now – although as she was brought up by her mother, she figures it balances out. "My Dad is a very optimistic person," she says. "He's very positive, he loves people, he's very clever and he's very funny. He's a great dad. Obviously I saw less of him when we were in America, but it always just felt normal when I saw him again."
Both her parents remarried and both had twins – her mother, a boy and girl, now aged 19; her father, twin boys aged 16: "My parents have always stayed good friends and I feel like I'm part of a huge family. I don't think of any of my siblings as half-siblings – I'm actually very close to all of them."
Her mother is "very affectionate. She was and is very reasonable with me. I always felt like I had independence but enough structure not to fly off the deep end. I always felt that I never wanted to disappoint my parents, so that kept me on track."
Sometimes, she admits, this involvement can be a bit annoying: "[My mother] is just involved with everything that I am doing. She will probably read this interview, for instance. I'll speak to her just casually about a project, and she will come back the next day and say, 'You know, honey, you should also consider this.' Sometimes I'll say, 'Oh, Mum, you don't know what you're talking about,' but a lot of the time it stays in the back of my head."
Does her mother have a say about her private life? "Not so much about my private life! I draw the line there!"
I ask her if she is affectionate to her son in the same way that her mother was to her? "Oh I just want to bite him and kiss him and hug him … He runs away from me when he sees me. The older he gets, the more obsessed I become because you can really communicate now." So is it time for another one? She grins: "These controversial questions!" Zhukova's first child is her partner's sixth: "I would like to have a big family," she says.
Zhukova has made some mistakes in the past when talking to journalists. On one occasion, when asked who her favourite artists were, she sounded as clueless as a valley girl, saying that she couldn't, like, really remember any of their names. "I was new to this whole world. I thought I shouldn't name names because it might seem like giving preferences. I was just getting started and didn't know how to handle it. I feel a bit more confident now and feel that it's OK to have personal preferences. I'm also less shy than I was."
So what has been her favourite show at the Garage? "Let me think if I want to answer this." Can she at least name one of her favourite pieces? "I will say that my favourite installation was Dan Flavin's long, wide corridor of multicoloured light installations. That was just so beautiful …"
Although she may be associated with the monumental splash of her partner's big buys in 2008, when Abramovich spent £43m on Francis Bacon's 1976 "Triptych" and £17m on Lucian Freud's "Benefits Supervisor Sleeping", Zhukova's personal taste seems to be quirky and modest. "I am drawn to humorous art that is ironic," she says.
She also has a rebellious streak and a love of the outré and extreme. One of her ambitions, she said in an interview, was "to push the boundaries of publishing". Garage, the magazine – with Zhukova as editor-in-chief, and former Paris Vogue editor Joan Juliet Buck as editorial consultant – has certainly published some firsts. The inaugural issue last year commissioned a number of big-name artists to design tattoos, which would then be grafted on to the bodies of various "living canvases". Damien Hirst came up with a butterfly tattoo for a vagina, which was one of the covers of the magazine (even with a concealing sticker, this was still banned by WH Smith). "I was slightly hesitant, because it's very provocative," she says. "But I just love the image and I love the extra dimension that the sticker gave it. It's not offensive at all, it's quite beautiful. I'm glad we did it."
In the same issue, there is a profile of her maternal grandmother, "Soviet Scientist, Maria Rudnitskaya", written by her granddaughter. Zhukova's granny, who moved to the US in 1992 to help her daughter with her family, looks brilliant – small and plump, with a lovely smile – wearing an animal-print kaftan, massive earrings and leaning on her walking stick. She remembers the war, spending shifts on the roof, picking up the hissing balls from the firebombs dropped by the German planes. Then the evacuation to Tashkent, working in the military plant during the day and in the evening working for her chemistry degree. Back in Moscow, she worked as a clerk in the naval ministry, then as a technician at the Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, completing her PhD. During her career she developed therapies for infertility and gangrene, for haemophiliacs and diabetics. In trying to understand what motivates Zhukova, with her pioneering zeal to make a difference to her old country, I don't think one can underestimate the influence her mother and grandmother must have had on her growing up.
Zhukova's looks and her relationship with such a wealthy man make it easy for her critics to dismiss her. For instance, when she first appeared on the London scene, she was always described as a model. But when I couldn't find any modelling stints in her CV, I asked her about this. She sent back an email, saying: "When I was 14 I tried modelling, but my career lasted exactly one month. I was more interested in playing volleyball!"
Not long after we met, the news from Russia was making headlines for all the wrong reasons. I did try to get Zhukova to comment on the unfolding story of Pussy Riot but she declined. However, one of the two issues of the Garage magazines she had sent me was a celebration of gay marriage: "With same-sex marriage now enshrined in state law [in New York], Garage celebrated by inviting designers and artists to collaborate on special wedding outfits and cast real life couples to wear them."
At the end of our conversation, I read back something she had once said: "I definitely see the Garage as an institution that can implement social change in the country." How did she feel about a country that bans Gay Pride demonstrations on the grounds that gays are satanic? "You know, I'm very bothered by any kind of intolerance, and I think that comes from ignorance and from being part of a very closed-off society. It is something we are definitely fighting, indirectly, at the Garage. But there's no point just sitting and criticising Russia; what we are doing is the opposite of complaining about what's wrong. We are trying to give choices, to educate people and make a positive change."
Dasha Zhukova is only 31. If she wants to change the world, she has plenty of time ahead of her.
Dasha Zhukova is expanding her Garage arts centre in Moscow, and now has designs on St Petersburg. Her critics in the art world may still not take her seriously, but they can't ignore her.
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Man Charged With Raping 13 Year-Old Girl – $100,000 Bail Set [AUDIO]
Damon Parsons, 40, was charged in Missoula Justice Court on Monday, February 24, with sexual intercourse without consent, for allegedly raping a 13 year-old girl in 2012.
According to court documents, a representative of the Montana Child Abuse Hotline contacted Detective Scott King of the Missoula Sheriff's Office to report that a then 38 year-old male, Damon Parsons, had sexual intercourse without consent with a 13 year-old girl, identified only as Jane Doe. The girl was interviewed at First Step, and described the rape that allegedly occurred in August of 2012.
Deputy Missoula County Attorney Jessica Finley, appearing for Patricia Bower, asked Judge Karen Orzech for a high bail.
"Your honor, Ms. Bower is requesting that the bail be set in the amount of $100,000 due to the serious nature of the allegations by the victim in this case," Finley said. "Detectives were unable to locate him, as his original appearance was set for December of 2013, and his whereabouts have been unknown since."
Judge Orzech granted Finley's request and set bail at $100,000. Parsons was remanded back to the Missoula County Jail.
Sexual intercourse without consent is a felony, punishable by not less than two to four years, or more than 100 years or life in the Montana State Prison, and a $50,000 fine.
Deputy Missoula County Attorney Jessica Finley

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Leprosy is a disease caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae.
The word comes from the Greek "lepra", meaning "scale" or "flake".[1] It is also known as Hansen's disease, named after its discoverer Gerhard Hansen.
Leprosy is transmitted via the respiratory tract or skin contact and mainly affects the skin, the peripheral nerves, mucosa of the upper respiratory tract and the eyes, afflicting all ages and both sexes. The incubation period can last anywhere between three months and 40 years, with the average being three to five years. Leprosy is chronic, but much less contagious than has been commonly supposed. It is curable and if detected early and treated with a prescribed duration of drug therapy, it will not cause any permanent disability.
Leprosy is one of the world's oldest known diseases, known to the ancient civilizations of China, Egypt and India. Leprosy was also rampant during the 13th century in Europe. Historically, it is one of the most stigmatized diseases with a reputation of being highly contagious, disfiguring and incurable. In the past leprosy sufferers were banished to leper colonies. Unfortunately, this practice still exists is some countries today,[Citation Needed] even though leprosy is now curable and is not considered highly contagious.
Worldwide there are 290,000 leprosy cases being treated as of January 2005; according to the World Health Organization, 75 percent of leprosy cases arise in nine countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.[2] Significant illegal immigration occurs from of these countries to the United States, potentially circumventing public health measures concerning leprosy as well as other contagious diseases.
"According to Dr. Barbara Stryjdwska, Clinician at the National Hansen's Disease Programs in Louisiana, there are only approximately 150 new leprosy cases each year in the United States, and most of these are in immigrants coming from countries where Hansen's Disease is endemic. In 2002, 96 cases were reported to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The incidence may be greater however, because many patients do not want to be reported because of their immigrant status. Additionally, if patients do not seek or purchase treatment, they are hard to be tracked. ... Because leprosy is such a small problem in the United States, and since 90% of cases are imported (immigrants from countries where leprosy is endemic), there is little reason for a leprosy vaccine to actually be utilized in the United States ...."[3]
See also
- ↑ http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=leper
- ↑ "Doctor says he treated woman with leprosy," The Macon Telegraph (Georgia), June 7, 2007.
- ↑ http://www.stanford.edu/class/humbio103/ParaSites2006/Leprosy_vaccine/vaccineinus.htm


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I arrived home last night to a great surprise via Google alerts: Plan B Nation—described as "a smart blog by writer and lawyer Amy Gutman on 'Iiving creatively in challenging times'"—had been dubbed Website of the Week on the SecondAct blog.
Woo hoo!
There's something especially sweet about recognition that comes out-of-the-blue, and I quickly shared the news with my wonderful friends, who were duly delighted for me.
"That is fabulous—congratulations," exclaimed one lovely Facebook pal. "As says Joseph Campbell, Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls."
On the one hand, I loved the sentiment. On the other, I had to laugh. I can't count the number of times when no such thing has happened. I'm living proof that you can follow your bliss headlong into a wall.
It's true that in recent months, my life has been on the upswing—I've been picking up paying work and this blog (which I love writing) has been featured on New England NPR and otherwise gathering steam. But it's also true that I'm just emerging from two quite difficult years. And I got there (just as I got here) by trying to follow my heart, my bliss, or whatever you want to call it.
I use the word trying for a reason. We often talk as if it's easy to know the right thing to do, you just need the courage to do it. I don't quite see it that way. To me, the whole process of charting next steps is endlessly mysterious (as well as endlessly fascinating).
For example: How do we know that we're listening to some true, higher, authentic self (assuming that such a thing even exists, which, as I've written before, is subject to debate) as opposed to internalized parental tapes or other conditioning?
The best answer I've ever gotten to this question (which I've asked more times than I care to count) came from Stephen Cope, author of the terrific Yoga and the Quest for the True Self. What he proposed—and this was a long time ago, so I may not have it exactly right—is to focus on two questions:
1. Is this desire one that has stayed with you over time?
2. How does your body—your physical self—respond to this desire?
Over the years, I've referred to these questions a lot, and I'm pretty sure they've helped.
Still, as I think back over decades of decision making, it strikes me that my more problematic choices have stemmed not from a failure to consult my heart but rather from careening between extremes.
Not happy being a newspaper reporter in rural Mississippi? Fine! Why don't you go to Harvard Law School and then practice corporate law in Manhattan?
Not happy practicing corporate law in Manhattan? Fine! Why don't you quit your job and study yoga and write mystery novels?
And so on.
It's not that any of these choices were inherently bad ones—I liked law school. I had fun writing thrillers. I was fortunate to have the opportunity to do any and all of these things—just that they probably weren't the shortest or simplest path to a stable and sustaining life.
Those who follow a macrobiotic diet believe that when we eat extreme Yin foods (sugar, alcohol) we crave extreme Yang foods (red meat, eggs). It's best to avoid such foods, they say, as we are healthiest when we mainly eat foods at the middle of the Yin/Yang spectrum.
Similarly, I've come to think that I make better decisions when I'm operating from a baseline of equanimity, not when I'm attempting to race from one peak experience to the next. You might say I've adopted a macrobiotic theory of life.
In the end, though, I don't really see any way around the fact that life is essentially messy and unpredictable, regardless of what we do. It gets bad, then it gets better, then it gets worse, then it gets really really great, and then it sucks, then it's okay for a while. You can follow your bliss to . . . well, bliss, or follow it into a wall. If you live a long and full life, you'll likely do both more than once.


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Since, I assume most of you can't read Russian, I asked Avl if it would be ok for me to cross post the interview here. He graciously agreed. You can find the original version in Russian here. Also, please note that I answer all of these questions in late May early June. Some of the answers may seem a little strange and out of date given that 4.2 has since been released.
Hi, Graylo! Let's start with a question about your nickname - it's kinda unique. Can you tell us about the story behind it?
- It's not all that exciting. My middle name is Gray, and I just started adding syllables on the end of it until I found one I liked. All of my alts fit that same pattern. It's very creative as you can see.
What's your WoW story, Graylo? What classes have you played?
- WoW is my first MMO. I got a free trial with one of Blizzards RTS games and decided to give it a shot. That was in December of 2006 just before the TBC patch was released. I was hooked almost immediately and have maintained my account ever since with out any big breaks. In that time, I've played ever class to some degree, but only the caster DPS classes to max level. Prior to the release of Cataclysm I had 5 level 80 characters (mage, warlock, Shadow Priest, Ele Shaman, and Druid of course). I have raided the warlock and shadow priest at various times as an alt, but never seriously. Most of my attention is focused on my Druid, but I have gotten my shaman to level 85 as well.
When was your famous moonkin born?
-Graylo is actually the first toon I created, and has always been my main toon. I chose a Druid because they were said to be easy to solo and very versatile. I didn't know anything about the game other then what I had read online, so a druid sounded like the safe choice. My first few months playing WoW were an absolute disaster. Two thirds of my talent points were spent in Balance, the other third was spent in resto, but I spent half the time DPSing in Cat form with a mixture of caster and melee gear. As I said, I was a walking disaster. Then at about level 50 I realized that if I respecced I could pick up moonkin form, and haven't looked back since.
What's you favorite thing is WoW currently? What activity you like the most?
- I've always been a raider. My primary goal in this game is to kill all of the raid bosses before the next content patch and get all of the raid related achievements. I've tried other aspects of the game off and on, but none of them have really stuck with me.
Is there any WoW achievement you are proud of? Some PvE boss or arena rating actually?
-The achievement I'm most proud of is getting Glory of the Raider (25man) and Immortal before patched 3.1 was released. This meant that I got the Black Proto-Drake as a reward. The Immortal achievement was such a pain in the butt because, little stupid things could screw it up. When we finally got the achievement it was cathartic. We had been working on Immortal for months with several near misses. The tension we felt by the end of the instance was enormous and being able to let all that go at the end was awesome. It was one of the happiest moments I ever had in this game.
The other big moment was killing Lady Vashj in TBC. My guild at the time had gone through a lot of trials and progression related drama, and it was awesome to finally kill her. In reality, it wasn't all that impressive because we were the fifth or sixth guild on the server to do so and it was after Sunwell was released, but it felt like a breakthrough to us.
Is there any feature, ability or mechanic in the game you would like to change?
- There isn't really a specific mechanic that I would like to see changed, but I do think that moonkin are a little too complicated overall. Having three nukes and two DoTs by themselves would be fine, but they way they interact with Eclipse and some of our other abilities pushes it a little over the edge for me. I don't like all of the run of play choices that we have to make at the moment.
Should I save this Starsurge cooldown for Eclipse or cast it now? Should I wait to refresh this DoT or do it now? Should I clip this DoT or refresh it later? Should I spam MF while moving? Should I cast Starfall now or wait? Should I hold solar now or can I get back to it in time?
I'm not against having to make choices in the run of play. That is what separates the excellent players from the average, but it seems like Moonkin have a lot of choices at the moment. I would like to see some of those choices simplified.
If I had to pick one mechanic to change/remove, I would pick the 4T11 set bonus. Yes, it is very strong and yes it is going away for all practical purposes in patch 4.2, but I've found it to be a real pain in the neck. It's just too easy to waste in my opinion. We transition between Eclipse procs so quickly now that it's difficult not to waste part of it with Starfall. I will be glad when I don't have to worry about it any more.
Back to your moonkin, what thing amuses you the most of him?
- Obviously the dance is a lot of fun, but I find the various graphical errors over the years to be the most fun.
What do you mean by graphical errors? Will be happy to see one myself!
- The moonkin model can only stand, sit, and dance. As a result it's had issues where and there where it didn't interact well with something else in the game, like having Moonkin stand on mounts rather then riding on them. My favorite one comes from Ulduar. For a short period of time when a moonkin got on one of the choppers the sidecar folded up and it looked like the moonkin was being dragged behind the bike. I posted a picture of it on the blog a while back.
What specs your moonkin has? What are the reasons behind it?
-The spec I use changes depending on the needs of the fight we are focusing on and the needs of the raid, but this is what I consider to be fairly standard raid build. (link)
I consider the fourth tier of the balance tree to be my optional choices. I picked them up because they are the best DPS options available at that point or I like the utility they provide. I skip all of the mana talents, because I haven't had any serious mana issues since the start of the expansion. I do pick up Fungal Growth on some fights because the slowing utility can be helpful, but the graphic is annoying enough that I leave it off when I don't need it. I skip Blessing of the Grove because it is incredibly weak (0.05% increase per point) and I prefer the utility of other talents.
Some people disagree with me but I do not consider Perseverance to be an optional talent. In my experience, raid attempts rarely wipe due to a lack of DPS. Most of the time the wipe is caused by someone doing something stupid and dying or killing someone else. They are also due to not having enough experience with some mechanics of the fight. Damage reduction and survivability help with both of these issues. Therefore, I don't consider it to be an optional talent.
Given only 3 words, how would you call current state of moonkins in PvE?
- Complex, Wanted, Beaten up
If a blizzard developer asked you to add only one feature to your beloved spec, what it would be?
-I would like better cooldowns. I would love to have something like Arcane Power, Icy Veins, or Elemental Mastery. Those cooldowns are nice because they say, I need to do more damage right now, without the complication of having do deal with trents or stars hitting the wrong targets.
Time for some blog questions, Graylo! When have you started to write Gray Matter?
- I wrote my first post for the blog in September of 2007.
What were the reasons for you to start a moonkin blog?
- When I started my intent wasn't to write a "moonkin blog." The blog started out as more of a WoW diary then anything else. As I've said before, I didn't know anyone who played this game when I first started, but I had read about it quite a bit online and had looked at a couple of WoW blogs. As I was leveling Graylo, I had a lot of thoughts and issues I wanted to talk about, but I didn't have anyone to talk about them with. Since I had read a couple of the other blogs I got the idea to post my thoughts on this game on a blog. It took me probably six months to actually sit down and write that first post, but I've been a fairly regular poster ever since.
The blog became more moonkin focused when I got more serious about raiding. Moonkin was not a popular raid spec in TBC so there weren't a lot of Moonkin theorycrafters out there. Also, I didn't trust the few numbers being posted by people on the forums. So, I did the math myself to verify or refute the numbers being posted. With that math I was able to show things like why Wrath was a bad raiding spell and why Crit was the worst raiding stat. I didn't do the research for the blog, but I wanted to get more readers and no one else was posting this type of information. So, I started to post my research on blog to get more readers and I became known as a moonkin blogger.
Does your blog improve your playstyle and WoW statistics?
- Yes and no. I didn't do my spec research to have something to write in the blog. I did it so that I would know what was the best way to play and then realized it would be good info to post on the blog. With or without the blog I would still do research and read the various sites see how I could improve my play. However, the blog keeps me honest and attracts a lot of attention and suggestions. If I post something stupid on the blog it gets corrected pretty quickly because someone reads it and tells me I'm being stupid. It also, forces me to do the research a little more quickly rather then waiting for someone else to do it.
In short, I would probably come to the same conclusions and play choices without the blog, but I probably get to them a little more quickly because of the blog.
What drives you crazy about it?
- At time's I am a victim of my own success and I feel like the blog is more of an obligation then a hobby. A lot of good things have happened to me because I've written this blog and I don't regret any of it, but the pressure to be Graylo can be tough at times.
Hm, obligation? Pressure to be Graylo? Sounds like you have more to say, Graylo!
- If someone's looking for moonkin information now there are several good sources to find it. Hamlet's guide on EJ is great. Calculated's Guide on the Moonkin Repository's the best I've ever seen. WoW Insider is finally covering Moonkin well. There is Moonkin information all over the place now but this hasn't always been the case. As a result, I used to get a lot of e-mails, asking why I haven't talked about a particular topic or why my gear list hasn't been updated yet. The worst example happened in ToC when Blizzard used different names for the Alliance and Horde items. Adding the horde items in the list required a lot of extra work that I wanted to avoid. I thought people could figure it out, but a ton of people complained and I ended up adding them anyway. To some extent I think it's forgotten that the blog is a hobby and that I have a career and family outside of WoW. I'm not always able to respond to things right away, or even do the amount of theorycrafting I used to do, because I just don't have the time anymore.
And it's not just readers that put this pressure on me. I put it on myself a lot of times, because I like being "Graylo, the Moonkin Expert." I find it very frustrating to see others make comments and observations on EJ or TMR that I think I should have thought of as well or posted about first.
I love writing the blog, and I love all the things it has provided me over the years, but it's no longer a casual activity that I do when I have time or feel like it. In that way, it's become a bit of an obligation.
What thing you want to improve in your blog?
- There are a lot of things I would like to improve about the blog, but I'm too lazy to do most of them. I would love to switch it to a Wordpress format instead of Blogger, because I think it looks a lot cleaner. I wish I had an editor to find my mistakes that I miss. I wish it had more pictures.
Our readers liked your moonkin gear rating. What's the story behind it? Was it a social demand from your friends/colleagues?
- I wrote my first gear guide purely to get readers. This was during TBC and there seemed to be a lot of questions about cloth vs. leather and crit vs. other stats. It was just a simple pre-kara guide to tell people where the good rep gear was and what were the good dungeons to run. In early WotLK, I stole the idea of using a more mathematical approach for creating the gear list from the feral blogger Kalon at ThinkTank.
I like to think of the gear list more as a reference guide then an actual gear guide or BIS list. BIS lists are impractical because you don't get all the gear at once, and most players don't have a hope of ever getting the BIS item in every slot. What I like about my gear list is that it shows all of the options and where you can get them. This way, if you know you are weak in a particular slot you can quickly see where your upgrades are. I also like that it shows which upgrades are significant and which others aren't that important.
Is there any secret benefits of having a moonkin blog? :)
- I've benefited greatly due to having the blog. I've gotten into guilds, because of my blog. I got into the Cataclysm Beta because of my blog. I've been offered free stuff from other game developers because of the blog. Most of all, it's very pleasing to know that I've created something that the players and creators of this game have found to be valuable. I'm very proud of the fact that I've had some impact on this game.
What advise can you give to a novice blogger?
- The best blogging advice I can give, is to write because you want to write. I've seen a lot of people start blogs because they want to be e-famous, be listened to, or make money. Most of those guys burn out quickly and are unsuccessful because blogging is a lot harder, and less rewarding then it looks. I wrote Gray Matter for over a year, before I got any serious traffic, and most of my success comes from a lack of competition when I started rather then being a great blog. A new blogger starting today would have a much tougher time then I did. So, if your primary reason for starting a blog is to be read then I would reconsider, because chances are you are just going to be frustrated and disappointed.
From a technical perspective, my suggestion would be to buy your domain name when you start. Domain names are not expensive and owning your own can make a lot of things easier down the road. Owning your own domain name means you can redesign or and move your blog/site without having to redirect your traffic. I wish I had bought my Domain name when I started.
Moonkin bloggers an elusive people, don't you agree? :)
- Moonkin Bloggers have become more elusive recently with people like Quith and Relevart getting out of the blogging game.
What can you tell our Russian readers about yourself?
- I'm a married 35 year old father of two small children. I work in the banking industry. All in all my life is fairly normal and boring. Outside of WoW I spend my free time reading, watching movies and tv. I also spend a lot of time watching and reading about soccer. Most of my casual wardrobe consists of soccer jerseys. I am quite pissed that Qatar stole the 2022 World Cup from us, but congratulations you Russia for getting the 2018. Choosing Russia made a lot of sense to me.
Woot! Married, two small children! Does it mean you play less now and spend more time with your family than before?
- Yes, and no. My son was born about 6 months after I started playing WoW, so family has always limited the amount of time I could play. In my four years of raiding the amount of time I spend raiding has been fairly constant, and since my kids go to bed before raid time they don't have any impact on my WoW time from that perspective. That said, they have limited more of my casual raid time, since we do more stuff on weekends, and they don't take as many naps as they used to.
Where do you live atm?
- I live outside Milwaukee Wisconsin in the US
What music you prefer to listen? During raid-time maybe?
- I can't listen to music or watch anything on TV while raiding. It's just to distracting for me. Outside of raid my musical interests very. Right now I'm listening to band like Emery, Thrice, Bullet's for my Valentine, but my interests change pretty quickly.
Some people think we, moonkins, are fat, clumsy and got large hair irl. Is it true?
- Unfortunately for me this is a little too true, but definitely not true across the board. Have you seen a picture of Murmurs/Tyler Caraway on WoW Insider? That is one skinny kid.
Is there a favorite moonkin meal you like to eat? :)
- Now that I'm not a Tauren anymore I have to say a Hamburger.
Time is money, friend! As a final word in this interview, what would you say or wish to our Russian audience?
- I just want to say thank you to all the readers. My blog would be anything without them and I appreciate all of their support.
Thanks a lot, Graylo, that was an awesome interview!
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What's Your Instinct: Father Makes Son Hold Sign In Public After Bullying Another Student
Jonathan Higbee | October 4, 2013
A Texas father has a zero tolerance policy for bullying, and has no regrets for a controversial punishment he sentenced to his son.
After finding out that his 4th grader had bullied another student, Jose Lagares had his son stand on a busy street corner holding a sign that read, "I am a bully. Honk if you hate bullies."
Many in the community criticized Lagares for his public punishment of his son, to which he responded by standing on the same street corner holding a sign that read, "I am not sorry!!! Honk 2 Stop bullying."
What do you think of the father's handling of his son's bullying?


text: Quite a few AT&T customers are worried about the status of their iPhone 5—they haven't yet received a shipping confirmation email, and some have been told by sales reps that they could be waiting until as late as October 15. So far, there's no official word from AT&T. But what about you? Will you get your precious new smartphone tomorrow, or has your shipment been delayed? [AT&T Forums]


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Antiques, Collectibles And eBay
Probably some of the most profitable categories on eBay are the antiques and collectibles categories.
People collect some incredibly strange stuff! Anything from antique toasters and meat grinders (yuk!) to mermaids and fossils. The antiques category and collectible category are literal goldmines for the treasure hunters of today.
Don't think this is true? Google the Top 10 Rare Items Sold On eBay in 2011. $24,000 for an inflatable football helmet? Really?? I guess you never really know what you have until you put it up on eBay.
The key to antiques and collectibles is the research. If you already know about antiques and collectibles its quite a bit easier. If you don't you have to use your research tools. We compared two of the main players on our site.
Imagine the fun you're going to have on your treasure hunts. You can go to local auctions, estate sales, thrift shops, garage sales, etc. Find something that looks totally off the wall and whip out your iPhone. Fire up your Terapeak research tool (they have a mobile app that's why I love 'em). Do a quick Terapeak Price Report and see if that old Spider Man comic is worth the $10 price tag. SHAZAM!! Look at that. Terapeak shows the value at $1200! You buy it. List is. Sell it. Take the family on that weekend trip to Disney. Thank you Terapeak!
The antiques and collectibles categories are probably the only categories you can really pull off home runs like these. That's what makes them so popular. Buying used sports equipment or electronics is easy and a lot of people do it. The problem is, the prices are limited. Don't get me wrong, I'll buy and sell iPods all day long if I can make a buck. But selling 100 iPods to make a few hundred bucks just ain't the same as selling some ugly old vase and making $1000.
If you do begin to play with the antiques and collectibles market, do some homework and learn to id fakes. If it looks old, it may be brand new. Trust me on this one. I sold antique reproductions from China for years. Those guys can make it look old before the paint has even dried!
Its very important because if you plan on selling something and claiming its old, it had better be old. If I'm paying you $700 for an antique iron mechanical bank, I better not get an "antique looking" mechanical bank. This is a loser for both parties. You probably paid waaaay too much for the reproduction thinking it was antique and that mistake was just magnified when your buyer paid $700!
Picking items up at garage sales or thrift stores is great. You're usually dealing with honest people which can give you some history on the item or just know nothing about it. Either way, its usually an honest answer.
Antique shows, antique dealers and auction houses (especially the traveling kind) BEWARE. While many of them are legit and honest business people, many are just the opposite. I can't tell you the amount of dealers and auctioneers I met over the years that could make up "legal" ways to claim a fake was authentic. For example: "folks this pool table was rumored to have been owned by ______fill in the blank". It looks old, people are bidding so it MUST be real!
Remember what somebody said back in the day, "There's a sucker born every minute."
Don't be that sucker. Go make some money kid.


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By KATHRYN FLAGG
HANCOCK — "Our school will shine tonight," belted out students of the Hancock and Granville village schools last Wednesday night, taking the stage in the packed Hancock Town Hall to the thunderous applause of parents, teachers old and new, and alumni of the tiny village schools.
Wearing t-shirts emblazoned with pictures of both the Hancock and Granville schoolhouses, the 32 students threw themselves into their last hurrah: an end-of-year concert that held a special note of finality this year.
By KATHRYN FLAGG
MIDDLEBURY — Based on scores on a recent statewide hospital "report card," Middlebury's Porter Medical Center might appear to have a bit of studying up to do.
Hospital officials say they're taking the scores seriously, but when it comes to painting a complete picture of just how well Porter is doing, the June report card only goes so far.
ADDISON — Vermont and New York officials have signed an agreement spelling out each state's responsibilities in the upcoming replacement or rehabilitation of the Champlain Bridge, tentatively slated for 2013.
By ANDY KIRKALDY
CORNWALL — Six years ago, when Cornwall resident Emery Tillman was a nine-year-old at Camp Songadeewin on Lake Dunmore, she could have focused on anything from tennis to crafts.
But the camp's kayaks proved to be the greatest lure. Before long, the New Orleans native had spent hours out on the water and mastered an essential trick of kayaking — popping back upright after rolling underwater.
By KATHRYN FLAGG
BRISTOL — In a public hearing on Tuesday to discuss the draft of a new Bristol Town Plan, Bristol residents had one consistent bit of advice for town planners: it's all in the details.
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Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Line a large heavy baking sheet with parchment paper. Stack the phyllo sheets on a work surface and roll up into a cylinder. Cut the rolled stacked phyllo sheets crosswise into 1/2-inch-wide sections. Unroll the phyllo sections and toss in a large bowl to separate the strips. Gradually drizzle the butter over the phyllo, tossing constantly to coat. (The phyllo strips might break up into smaller pieces.) Sprinkle the Parmesan over the phyllo and toss gently to coat. Arrange the phyllo mixture evenly over the prepared baking sheet. Bake until the mixture is crisp and golden, about 10 minutes.
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The hand-built Aston Martin V8 Vantage is a sport coupe that was introduced by the esteemed British manufacturer of elegant, high-performance cars in 2006. Aston had previously used the Vantage name to denote the highest-performance versions of the models on its roster like the GT-based Virage in the 1990s. However, 2006 marked the introduction of the Vantage as its own model.
Aston Martin V8 Vantage Origins
As one of the smallest, leanest, and most affordable models on the Aston roster, the V8 Vantage is actually intended to be an entry-level model if such a term can even be reconciled with the uber-exclusivity of the Aston Martin brand. The V8 Vantage was initially unveiled as a concept car in 2003 and the production version of the car was introduced two years later at the Geneva Motor Show. The first commercially available version of the car was the 2006 model year.
About Aston Martin V8 Vantage Cars
Aston Martin designed the V8 Vantage with the intention of competing with high-end models from German sports car makers such as Porsche, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz. Hence, the V8 Vantage is more compact than many Aston Martin cars and has a slightly more down-to-earth price tag, selling for about $110,000.
The V8 Vantage is visually striking, as you would expect an Aston Martin to be. It was also designed to be produced and sold in greater numbers than many of the larger, loftier, and less "entry-level" models of Aston Martin. Reducing the V8 Vantage's size and price tag had the effect of rendering it more of a regular sports car, as opposed to the elaborate grand tourers for which Aston Martin is renowned. Nevertheless it is considered to be among the best-driving Aston Martins ever produced. Although it may not offer the handling of the top-of-the-line Porsche 911, the V8 Vantage is an Aston Martin and that will almost always trump Porsche in terms of rarified exclusivity and stunning good looks.
Modern Aston Martin V8 Vantages
Powered by a 4.7-liter V8, the 2012 Aston Martin V8 Vantage is capable of producing 430 horsepower and generating 361 lb-ft of torque. Transmission-wise, the current model V8 Vantage features a sophisticated seven-speed, automated manual Sportshift II with a single-clutch gearbox operated by a computer. Drivers have the option to choose between a fully automatic operation and direct shifting through steering column-mounted paddles. Like previous models of the car, the 2012 V8 Vantage features rear drive.
The 2012 V8 Vantage is available in two different body styles: a hatchback coupe and a convertible roadster. Standard equipment for both includes 19-inch alloy wheels, xenon headlamps, rear parking sensors, power seats, power lumbar adjustment, automatic climate control, and a stereo system with a six-CD changer and iPod/USB interface capabilities.
Optional features are also available, such as cruise control, satellite radio, heated seats, and a hard-drive-based navigation system. There is also a Sport Pack available that includes revised springs, dampers, and anti-roll bars, along with lighter forged aluminum wheels. There is also a selection of custom paint and leather color choices available.
Additional features of the 2012 V8 Vantage include stability control, traction control, and driver's side and curtain airbags. In terms of fuel economy, the V8 Vantage can achieve 14/20 mpg city/highway.
In addition to the base model version, Aston Martin made two additional versions of the V8 Vantage available in 2012. These are the lightweight N420, which is available with either a six-speed manual or six-speed automated transmission, and the V8 Vantage S, a model engineered for higher performance.
Aston Martin V8 Vantage Evolution
When the V8 Vantage was first introduced in 2006, it was available solely in the coupe body style and only with a six-speed manual transmission. The 2006 and 2007 models also lacked the steering wheel audio controls that have been standard since 2008. Other new additions introduced with the 2008 model included auxiliary audio jacks, console-mounted upholders, and antennae that were mounted on the body (as opposed to being embedded in window glass).
2008 also saw the introduction of the limited edition Vantage N400 that offered what could only be called uber-high-performance. Earlier models of the Vantage, prior to 2009, only boasted 380 horsepower and produced 302 lb-ft of torque. The center control stack on pre-2009 Vantages was less attractive and ergonomic, and the navigation systems were DVD-based as opposed to hard-drive-based. Hard-drive-based navigation systems and xenon headlamps became standard in the 2010 version.
2016 Aston Martin V8 Vantage
Convertible, Coupe, Sports
2015 Aston Martin V8 Vantage
2014 Aston Martin V8 Vantage
2013 Aston Martin V8 Vantage
2012 Aston Martin V8 Vantage
The V8 Vantage S model was new for 2011, adding power, and pairing with a new seven-speed auto-clutch manual. Four special editions were released last year for the Vantage, the brand's least expensive exotic offering.
2011 Aston Martin V8 Vantage
Entry-level might not be the word that comes to mind for a car priced at over $100,000, but the 2011 Aston Martin V8 Vantage could be considered just that for someone wanting to join the ranks of Aston owners for the first time.
2010 Aston Martin V8 Vantage
For 2010, the Aston Martin V8 Vantage remains virtually identical to the previous year, but minor cosmetic changes may be in store for 2011, when the V12 Vantage is slated to head to U.S. soil.
2009 Aston Martin V8 Vantage
The 2009 Aston Martin V8 Vantage is a two-seat luxury sports car, available either as a coupe or a soft-top roadster convertible.
2008 Aston Martin V8 Vantage
The 2008 Aston Martin V8 Vantage serves as the entry-level Aston Martin.
2007 Aston Martin V8 Vantage
The 2007 Aston Martin V8 Vantage includes everything that you could want in a sports car, and it comes at a price that makes it a steal in the sports car market.
2006 Aston Martin V8 Vantage
Coupe, Sports
Attractive sports car is the way to describe the 2006 Aston Martin V8 Vantage.


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Like the recent "Take This Waltz,"directed and written by Sarah Polley, the new American indie "Celeste and Jesse Forever" begins and ends with an unspoken question: Is this mismatched couple meant to stay together?
Set in a universe of restless narcissists — meaning LA — the movie written by Rashida Jones and Will McCormack and directed by Lee Toland Krieger opens with a montage of how Celeste (played by Jones) and Jesse (Andy Samberg) meet, date, marry and then split. Already? Usually this sort of montage fades out before the "directed by" credit hits the screen, at the "marry" part.
"Celeste and Jesse Forever" is different, enough to distinguish itself from a lot of other small-scale relationship films. Its characters, post-split, are trying to remain friends, because it's easy and comfortable, too much so. Jones and McCormack write about bright, quippy people who are simpatico in their senses of humor but stuck in a kind of post-adolescent rut.
Audiences prefer their romantic comedies to stick to A leads to B leads to C, and concludes with ending D. This one scrambles its ABCs just enough to make the outcome feel like life, as opposed to just another movie.
Jones' Celeste works as a pop-culture branding guru (already, we're in a somewhat rarefied realm of "relatability") who becomes a sounding board to a reckless young pop star (Emma Roberts). Jesse is more boy-man than man, and hasn't yet gotten his career going. Celeste and Jesse try to date their way out of their nagging attachment to each other. Chris Messina plays the brightest of several prospects for Celeste; Jesse, meantime, becomes more seriously involved, and the best of "Celeste and Jesse Forever" confronts the neediness behind Celeste's behavior toward Jesse, post-divorce.
Samberg's performance doesn't push the comedy, though he's not yet what I'd call a gripping or surprising screen actor. Jones is about five steps up from there. She's learned all the right lessons from her work thus far, notably on "Parks and Recreation," about how to inhabit a scene naturally, without leaning too hard into the punch lines. A hard drinker and quick-witted sweetie, Celeste is neither heroine nor anti-heroine. She's a little messed up, a little lost, a little mean, a little nice.
It's nice to see someone like this at the center of a movie, however facile and coy parts of the movie may be. It's hard to build a story around two people who find each other delightfully funny this much of the time; certainly it puts pressure on the actual funniness of the material, and the task grows more challenging because Celeste and Jesse are meant to be sort of low-level pathetic as well as medium-level charming. Jones is first-rate (and her fellow writer McCormack is fun as the wild-eyed pot dealer, Skillz). The film has a conventional fake-documentary look, but underneath it is an honest concern about how to learn to treat people well and kindly after the end. Or to get to an ending, or a new beginning, in the first place.
'Celeste and Jesse Forever' -- 3 stars
MPAA rating: R (for language, sexual content and drug use)
Running time: 1:31
Opens: Friday


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sbc needed a new stationery design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 101 designs submitted by 23 freelance designers.
Sophisticated and classy business card for a Dermatologist!
Skin and Beauty Center
SBC is the acronym we use for our office. It stands for Skin and Beauty Center. We are a cosmetic, medical and surgical dermatology practice. We want "SBC, Skin and Beauty Center and cosmetic, medical and surgical dermatology" in a nice design at the top of the card. The middle of the card will have the physicians name (Payam Saadat, MD) with "Dermatology and Skin Surgery" underneath and then lastly, our address (6221 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 101, Los Angeles, CA, 90048) and phone (323/857-0777)/fax (323/935-8804) will be at the bottom. Again, our goal is to have a very nice, neat and sophisticated business card that reflects our business model. Colors, we are thinking all neutrals, and MAYBE introduce one bold and bright color in the mix as a standing detail.
- Skin and Beauty Center
- Cosmetic, Medical and Surgical Dermatology
- Physician Name
- Dermatology and Skin Surgery
- Address
- Tel and Fax Number
- card formatted and delivered in Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator
- Don't want flashy/busy card


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MU Extension > For faculty and Staff > Fee generation > Fee generation guidelines
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To ensure long-term success in the 21st Century, MU Extension must continue to diversify all funding streams to increase revenues to support programmatic efforts across the state. Historically, cooperative extension programs have relied on federal, state and county appropriations as well as grant and contract funding to underwrite the cost of programs. Recent areas of growth in funding streams include gifts, sponsorships and fees. The current complement of resources being generated is not keeping pace with the rising costs of education or with the increasing demand for educational programming from Missouri constituents.
Over the past few years, the decreased availability of appropriated funds has created a greater need for the development of fees to support MU Extension programming. It should be noted that revenue generation via fees is not new to MU Extension. Continuing education programs have routinely charged fees. Counties often charge fees to supplement county commission appropriations. Fees currently support 10 percent of MU Extension's overall budget, 48 percent of the budget for continuing education programs and 1 percent of the budget for cooperative extension programs.
This document serves as a framework for the generation and use of fees by MU Extension and provides guidelines for establishing and implementing fees for MU Extension programs and services.
A public or private good can create public value.
A successful fee model for MU Extension must have a solid foundation of principles from which to operate. Fees, and all revenue generation opportunities, will follow the "MU Extension Guiding Principles for Revenue Generation." (available at http://extension.missouri.edu/staff/feegeneration/ )
Further explanation of these principles as they apply to fees follows:
It also provides a mechanism to capture projected and actual program income from:
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The problem started when I switched to systemd.
This is my /proc/mounts:
rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0
proc /proc proc rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0
sys /sys sysfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0
dev /dev devtmpfs rw,nosuid,relatime,size=1551160k,nr_inodes=216763,mode=755 0 0
run /run tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,mode=755 0 0
/dev/sda5 / ext4 rw,relatime,data=ordered 0 0
securityfs /sys/kernel/security securityfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,relatime,mode=600,ptmxmode=000 0 0
tmpfs /sys/fs/cgroup tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,mode=755 0 0
cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,release_agent=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-cgroups-agent,name=systemd 0 0
cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpuset 0 0
cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpuacct,cpu 0 0
cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/memory cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,memory 0 0
cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/devices cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,devices 0 0
cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/freezer cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,freezer 0 0
cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,net_cls 0 0
cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,blkio 0 0
systemd-1 /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc autofs rw,relatime,fd=25,pgrp=1,timeout=300,minproto=5,maxproto=5,direct 0 0
tmpfs /tmp tmpfs rw 0 0
mqueue /dev/mqueue mqueue rw,relatime 0 0
debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs rw,relatime 0 0
hugetlbfs /dev/hugepages hugetlbfs rw,relatime 0 0
/dev/sda1 /media/boot ext2 rw,relatime 0 0
fusectl /sys/fs/fuse/connections fusectl rw,relatime 0 0
/dev/sda6 /media/media ext4 rw,relatime,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/sda5 /media/root ext4 rw,relatime,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/sda6 /media/sda6 ext4 rw,relatime,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/sda1 /boot ext2 rw,relatime 0 0
/dev/sda3 /media/usbhd-sda3 fuseblk rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksize=4096 0 0
gvfsd-fuse /run/user/1000/gvfs fuse.gvfsd-fuse rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1000,group_id=100 0 0
sda1 (boot partition), sda5 (root partition) and sda6 (data partition) are all mounted twice. This is my fstab:
# /etc/fstab: static file system information
# <file system> <dir> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
devpts /dev/pts devpts defaults 0 0
shm /dev/shm tmpfs nodev,nosuid 0 0
/dev/sda1 /boot ext2 defaults 0 1
/dev/sda4 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/sda5 / ext4 defaults 0 1
/dev/sda6 /media/sda6 ext4 defaults 0 1
So it seems that all my partitions get mounted both where the fstab tells them to, but also at /media/, why is that?
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My Elegant Pattern GTK theme.
My game development blog, now on a new site.
'~/.xinitrc is an Archer's DE' - moljac024
I don't think this would cause all the problems you describe - but your fstab is not up to current standards. Notably, you should remove the devpts and shm entries, and I believe the dir for swap should be "none" not "swap".
Actually, given the pattern, I can't help but wonder if you (perhaps accidentally) had sda6 as root for abit and you mounted all your arch system partitions at mountpoints in sda6. If you then forgot to unmount, that *might* lead to results like this. What is sda6?
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I fixed fstab the way you described, but it indeed didn't change anything.
Hmm, I don't know about accidentally, but I never knowingly had sda6 as root, I don't think my system would be able to boot then. sda6 is just a storage partition, I keep my music, films and downloads there.
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'~/.xinitrc is an Archer's DE' - moljac024
Something is automounting your partitions under /media. Looking at your mounts, I suspect it is gvfs. Disable/remove that for a second and see if you issue stops.
Edit: BTW, do you ahve multiple automounting services running on your system in addition to gvfs?
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As far as I know I only have gvfs, never configured anything else. I tried just unchecking the box in Thunar but it didn't help, should I disable it otherwise?
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My game development blog, now on a new site.
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Is your issue related to this:
Never argue with stupid people,They will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.--Mark Twain
Not sure, I saw the topic you linked, but it mentions specifically external devices and not system partitions and people reported the problem gone with Thunar update, while my problem still persists despite keeping everything up-to-date.
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My game development blog, now on a new site.
'~/.xinitrc is an Archer's DE' - moljac024
usually udisks is the one mounting to /media, but I assume that it is intelligent enough not to mount partitions that are already mounted and/or in fstab. do you maybe have some of those crappy old udev automount rules in /etc/udev/rules.d/?
Yes! That was it, thank you, solved
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Serving Size: 4
Preparation Time: 30 minutes
spicy - check, damn tasty - check. i've been making this one for a while. i throw in califlower now instead of potato to reduce the starch, but the potato tastes better. i think it also thickens it but i just cook it longer. that really condenses the flavors. i dont put in the green pepper either, b/c i'm not a fan of it. .


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Lindenwood University's 2011-12 Speaker Series will continue with author, journalist, and satirist P.J. O'Rourke at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 4, at Lindenwood's Bezemes Family Theatre. Admission is free and open to the public.
The Bezemes Family Theater is located in the J. Scheidegger Center for the Arts at 2300 West Clay Street, one block west of First Capitol Drive St. Charles.
O'Rourke, considered by many to be America's premier political satirist, has published 12 books and has more citations in the Penguin Dictionary of Humorous Quotations than any living writer. In the early 1970s, he joined The National Lampoon, where he became editor-in-chief. In the '80s he became a foreign correspondent and since has covered crises and conflicts in more than 70 countries.
O'Rourke has written for a multitude of diverse publications, including Rolling Stone, where he was the foreign affairs desk chief for 15 years. He is the H.L. Mencken Research Fellow at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C., and a frequent panelist on National Public Radio's game show "Wait, Wait…Don't Tell Me!"
Known as a hard-driving, cigar-smoking conservative, he, in fact, bashes all political persuasions. As he puts it, "Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys." His newest book is titled Don't Vote: It Just Encourages the Bastards. Other books include Parliament of Whores, Give War a Chance, and Holidays in Hell.
The Lindenwood University Speaker Series will run through April with events featuring author and journalist Novella Carpenter (Sept. 20), author and political commentator P.J. O'Rourke (Oct. 4), Storm Chaser and Meteorologist Reed Timmer (Feb. 22), and author, livestock innovator, and autism advocate Temple Grandin (March 13).


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- Oct 2:
- Walmart's controversial Boulder grocery store opens, met by 'unwelcome party'
- Sep 25:
- Walmart previews Boulder store as opponents plan 'unwelcome party'
- Jun 20:
- Boulder anti-Walmart coalition sends message to retail giant
- Jan 26:
- Walmart in Boulder: A 'Faustian bargain'?
- Jan 23:
- Walmart: We weren't 'trying to hide anything' about Boulder store
- Jan 21:
- Walmart confirms plans to open long-rumored Boulder store at Diagonal Plaza this fall
- Aug 25:
- Walmart buzz grows around mystery grocer opening at Boulder's Diagonal Plaza
There currently are 14 larger-format grocery stores and supermarkets operating within Boulder, with Walmart Neighborhood Market set to open Wednesday and a Trader Joe's arriving next year, which will bring the total to 16.
1. Alfalfa's Market, 1651 Broadway
2. King Soopers, 6550 Lookout Road
3. King Soopers, 3600 Table Mesa Drive
4. King Soopers, 1650 30th St.
5. Lucky's Market, 3960 Broadway
6. Natural Grocers By Vitamin Cottage, 2355 30th St.
7. Safeway, 4800 Baseline Road
8. Safeway, 2798 Arapahoe Ave.
9. Safeway, 3325 28th St.
10. Sprouts Farmers Market, 2950 Baseline Road
11. Sprouts Farmers Market, 2525 Arapahoe Ave.
12. Trader Joe's, 1906 28th St. (Opening in 2014)
13. Walmart Neighborhood Market, 2972 Iris Ave. (Opening Wednesday)
14. Whole Foods Market, 2584 Baseline Road
15. Whole Foods Market, 1275 Alpine Ave.
16. Whole Foods Market, 2905 Pearl St.
The controversy about Walmart aside, when the world's largest retailer opens its Neighborhood Market store in Boulder this week, it will add another player to a local grocery market already teeming with competition.
Fourteen larger-format grocery stores and supermarkets operate within the city of Boulder. Safeway, Kroger's King Soopers division and Whole Foods Market each operate three stores and are complemented by natural and independent grocers that include Sprouts Farmers Market, Alfalfa's Market, Lucky's Market and Natural Grocers By Vitamin Cottage.
Add in the Neighborhood Market, which is slated to open its doors to shoppers Wednesday morning, and a Trader Joe's specialty grocery store that's due to arrive some time next year, and the total will rise to 16.
"We certainly appreciate the need to have a diversity of shopping options," said John Tayer, president and chief executive officer of the Boulder Chamber. "They certainly see an opportunity, and that's why they decided to open here."
Adiena Holder, general manager of the new Walmart Neighborhood Market at 2972 Iris Ave., said the 53,500-square-foot store's prices, selection and convenience-tailored layout would cater to area residents.
"I think there is a need for a Walmart in this area," she said.
'Disruptive' force
Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc. opened its first Neighborhood Market in 1999.
It closed out last year with 286 of the smaller-format grocery stores in the United States and has pushed that number above 300 through September, regulatory filings show.
The average Neighborhood Market, at 38,000 square feet, is about one-fifth the size of a typical Supercenter, and Walmart has become more efficient at operating its grocery stores, allowing for greater expansion, officials have said.
During the next 18 months, Walmart expects to grow its Neighborhood Market store base to "500 units and beyond," Bill Simon, president and CEO of Walmart U.S, said earlier this month when presenting at the Goldman Sachs Global Retail Conference.
"This is one of the fastest growing formats in retail, 60 percent growth ... we're very pleased with the format," Simon said at the conference, according to a transcript posted at Seeking Alpha.
The Neighborhood Markets were recording mid-single digit comparable store sales -- revenue measured and compared at stores that generally have been open at least a year -- performing well in "customer experience" measures and providing operating leverage to Walmart, Simon said, noting the same-store metrics were approaching those of the Supercenter.
Robin Sherk, an analyst who follows Walmart for Kantar Retail, said prices at a Neighborhood Market are typically on par with that of a Supercenter and below that of a traditional grocery store by a couple percentage points.
Walmart's efforts to tweak the Neighborhood Market concept and improve operating efficiencies have allowed the retailer to keep prices low, Sherk said.
The stores are boxy with inexpensive fixtures, she said, adding that the Neighborhood Markets typically also have eliminated full-service counters in favor of pre-packed, to-go offerings.
The price points have made the concept compelling to shoppers and the results have been favorable for Walmart, she said.
"You're going to see this format accelerate," she said. "It's going to become part of the national lexicon."
The expansion of the Neighborhood Market concept has had significant effects on the broader grocery segment, said Mark Hamstra, retail and financial editor for Supermarket News, a New York-based trade magazine for the food distribution industry.
"Not surprisingly, they've disrupted the grocery industry in a big way," Hamstra said of Walmart's Neighborhood Market stores.
Most affected usually are the supermarkets and regional grocery chains, as Walmart tends to attract the lower- to middle-income customers who are not as concerned about the variety of products as they are about prices, he said.
"They (Walmart Neighborhood Markets) are priced very competitively, but they still -- to some degree -- have some of the same shortcomings as the Walmart Supercenter," he said. "That is, there's a perception that the variety and quality and service levels are not the same as you would find in a more traditional supermarket."
In Boulder, Walmart's chief competition would be King Soopers, Safeway and, in some sense, Target, Walmart's Adiena Holder said last week.
Grocery chains such as Safeway and King Soopers have competed head-to-head against Walmart in several markets and have fared better than smaller chains with less financial resources, said analysts Sherk and Hamstra.
"You might see companies like King Soopers and Safeway emphasizing more of their service departments, in-store bakeries, meat-cut-to-order ... touted more in their advertising," Hamstra said.
'Pie obviously gets smaller'
Kris Staaf, a spokeswoman for Safeway's regional office in Denver, said it is a company policy to not comment about competition, but noted the company would continue to work hard to serve residents in Boulder.
"We've been in Boulder for quite some time, and I think given the recent natural disaster and floods that impacted our customers, we've worked hard to step up -- whether that's food for first responders or raising funds," she said. "That's something that is woven in, that we do day in and day out."
Kelli McGannon, a spokeswoman for King Soopers, would not address specific competitors, but said the regional chain's goal is to continue to be local, provide fresh products, fast checkouts, low prices and strong customer service.
"I don't think, for us, anything specific changes," she said. "We just have to continue to work hard to earn (shoppers') business no matter who the competitor is."
McGannon declined to address whether the Boulder King Soopers stores would offer special promotions in the wake of this week's new arrival.
"We think that our prices and variety are certainly points of differentiation for us than any competitor," she said. "At the end of the day, the customer wins with competition and competition makes us all better."
It remains to be seen whether there is enough market share to go around when Walmart and Trader Joe's open in Boulder, said Bo Sharon, founder and owner of Lucky's Market. Sharon's Boulder-based grocer recently opened a second location in Longmont and has plans for several more Lucky's dotted across the United States.
While lauding that competition benefits consumers and forces retailers to perform their best, Sharon said he expects that Walmart and Trader Joe's would end up redistributing existing grocery store sales.
"The reality is, the pie obviously gets smaller," he said.
When Albertsons closed its Boulder stores, including the location at Diagonal Plaza, the neighboring Safeway store at 3325 28th St. most likely picked up some sales, he said.
"Perhaps they'll shift back," Sharon added.
Some Boulder shoppers say their habits are tied to store loyalty, location, personal beliefs and prices.
Customer loyalties
On a recent weekday, Griffin Ameen placed a bag of King Soopers groceries in his backpack, zipped up the satchel and readied his skateboard for a ride home a couple blocks away from the store off 30th Street and Arapahoe Avenue.
His loyalty resides with King Soopers, primarily because of its proximity.
"To be honest, I don't have a car, and don't want to go far," said Ameen, 25.
Lynn Stuart, 57, of Boulder, said that the new arrival of Walmart would not change her shopping patterns.
"I will never, ever shop at a Walmart," she said. "I don't like that they come into towns and undercut prices."
While other residents and city officials -- including Boulder's deputy mayor -- have shared similar sentiments about Walmart, the store's prices are favorable to residents like Kelly Cirbo, 25.
"I'd shop there," he said. "I like Walmart; I'm a fan."
Laurie Radatz, 53, said she didn't have the best experiences or perceptions of Walmart when she lived on the West Coast and now shops at Target and Safeway.
"I don't really shop at Walmart," she said. "My husband, on the other hand, does."
Contact Camera Business Writer Alicia Wallace at 303-473-1332 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Retailer Game has conceded defeat in its survival battle after failing to raise new funding, jeopardising hundreds of West Midlands jobs.
The group, which employs more than 6,000 people and was reportedly battling to raise £180 million this week, said it intended to appoint administrators as rescue talks have not made sufficient progress.
Game, which operates 600 stores in the UK and 1,300 worldwide, intends to appoint administrators in the coming days but in the short term it will continue to trade as discussions with its banks and other potential funders continue.
This will fuel expectations that it will attempt a pre-pack administration deal involving the sale of some of its estate.
It is understood that one of Game's main lenders, taxpayer-backed Royal Bank of Scotland, objected to the terms of a rescue deal with private equity firm OpCapita, which recently bought electrical goods retailer Comet.
Earlier today, Game's shares were suspended after it admitted the business has no value.
Game has outlets in the Pallasades, Bullring, Fort Shopping Centre, West Bromwich, Sutton Coldfield, Solihull, Walsall and Dudley.


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Clarity app needed a new print or packaging design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 187 designs submitted by 50 freelance designers.
Shared Earth.com
Shared Earth.com is a free website where people with land can connect with people who want to garden or farm.
It's a not for profit organization, designed to help more efficiently use land and create organic local produce.
The way is works is a person with land posts their info on the website. Then farmers and /or gardeners match up with the land owner. They agree on a plan (what to grow, how produce will be shared, etc.) and then the gardener or farmer gets to work.
Think match-making for land and gardeners.
Anyone who has land to share.
Anyone who wants to grow something on land.
You can see the site at http://www.SharedEarth.com
Username: sharedearth
password: guest
There are TWO (2) components to this contest:
1) A visually appealing logo. the logo MUST have .com in the logo.
2) A graphic design image which can sit on the home page and explain what the site does. Think about a picture that shows:
Bob has land.
Jane wants a garden.
They meet, agree on a plan and Jane gets to work.
Then they share the produce.
BOTH of these things are required to claim the prize in this contest. Thanks.


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Born in 1949. BA, University of North Dakota, 1971, J.D., University of North Dakota 1974. Private practice in Jamestown, ND 1971-85; private practice, Fargo, ND 1986-88; Assistant State's Attorney, Stutsman County, ND 1974-76. Assistant City Attorney, Jamestown, ND 1977-78. City Attorney, Jamestown, ND 1977-85; Special Assistant Attorney General 1978-86; Attorney Jamestown Public Schools and outlying districts 1978-87; Cass County Judge 1988-94. Elected East Central Judicial District Judge in 1994, 1996, 2002 and 2008. Retired as District Judge September 1, 2010. Married. Three children.
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BCI Remodeling nabs city golf championship
BCI Remodeling won the league championship of the Cross Creek Men's Golf Association Sunday taking out Hi-Way Service with a gross score of 320-361 and after the handicap was figured in BCI held a 289-307 advantage.
The two teams had advanced to play Sunday by winning team matches Saturday. BCI had captured the Thursday Night division play with a 326-340 gross score win over Complete Flooring and 297-309 handicap mark. In Monday Night action, Hi-Way Service fought off a challenge from Mr. Grumpy Pants, 337-365 (gross) and 283-306 (handicap).
In the semi-finals, three golfers shot sub-80 rounds in the Thursday night tilt with Keith Blythe and Bob Goulet tearing up the Cross Creek course with one-over par rounds of 73 for Complete Flooring and Steve Pilkington fired a 79 for the eventual winners. The next two scores for Complete Flooring found Mike Rambo and John Goulet with respective marks of 95 and 99 and when BCI's Jim Manley and Greg Litchfield both toured the course in 80 strokes and Jeff Bauermeister posted an 88, they were able to sneak past the strong play of Blythe and Goulet.
Hi-Way Service rode to a nearly 30 stroke win over Mr. Grumpy Pants and they were led by Kraig Hart and Scott Ellsworth with rounds of 75 and 76 respectively. while Craig Coshow ended up at 84 and Mike Grimm had a 102. Luke Ainsworth had the low effort for Mr. Grumpy Pants with a 79. Kevin Mahlan took an 88, Brian Ehrsam came in at 91, and Ray Ditto had a 107.
That set up another 18-hole encounter for the title on Sunday. Bauermeister took a 76 for medalist honors for the winners while Hart knocked in three birdies on the front nine enroute to a 35 but the back nine wasn't as kind and he ended with a 77.
The rest of the BCI team played consistent golf as well with Manley and Litchfield get taking 81 shots while Pilkington toured the links in 82 swings. For Hi-Way Service, Other players for Hi-Way Service found Ellsworth at 83, Coshow at 94, and Grimm with a 107.


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Dr. Bernard Mallinger has the war to thank for his career. After serving in the U.S. Air Corps in World War II, Dr. Mallinger took advantage of the GI Bill and went to college.
The Pittsburgh native stayed close to home for his undergraduate studies, attending the University of Pittsburgh. After graduation, Dr. Mallinger decided on a career in medicine, and after being accepted into the well-respected Pennsylvania College of Optometry, he decided to look into optometry.
At PCO, Dr. Mallinger spent two years in the classroom and two years in a clinical setting. There, he learned and developed the fundamental skills he would need to practice and grow with the ever-evolving science. He forged his own career and started a private practice in 1952 following completion of his studies.
Dr. Mallinger is the founder of Mallinger and Eger Optometric Associates in his hometown of Pittsburgh, where he continues to work and reside.
What inspired you to go into optometry? How long have you known you wanted to do that?
Optometry was my second choice; medicine was the first choice. I was able to gain acceptance into optometry school, and I figured I would go and try it. And if it didn't work out, I could pursue something else. After I discovered I enjoyed it, I decided to stay with it. I enjoyed the work; I enjoyed the interaction with the patients. It seemed to suit my interests and my needs.
Are you involved in any organizations that support your career development goals? How can optometry students tap into these organizations?
I am in the Western Pennsylvania Optometric Association, the American Optometric Association and am a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry.
What jobs have you had in your career?
I've only had one. I started in private practice in 1952, and I've been in private practice ever since.
What are some of your personal and/or professional goals for the future?
After 55 years in the practice, I'm really getting close to the time where retirement is the future.
Is there anything you would you change about your career if you could?
I think the development of the practice has been very gratifying.
Tell us about your education in the field of optometry. How did you choose which school(s) to go?
I went to Pennsylvania College of Optometry. I chose it because it's in Pennsylvania, and it's the closest one, and it had a good reputation. I was fortunate to be accepted there.
What factors should prospective optometry students consider when choosing a school?
Certainly investigate the quality of the school; investigate the areas of advanced study they can do. Somebody who wants to interact with the public and provide service - those are the critical things when considering a career in optometry.
Describe the 'hands-on' phases of your optometry education.
You spend primary first two years in the classroom and labs and the third and fourth year in clinical honing your skills.
How well did college prepare you for life as an optometrist?
I think it did a pretty good job at the time. The profession has changed and grown immensely, but it certainly gave me the fundamental skills needed to grow with the profession.
As in all healthcare fields, there has been a tremendous amount of new information, new equipment. In the whole area of eye care, the understanding and ability to care for problems, when I started, were things not able to be done.
In retrospect, what do you know now, that you wish you knew before you began to pursue your education?
I think I got a fairly good understanding of what professional life was going to be.
What types of continuing education requirements should optometrists expect once they graduate and land a job?
I think almost every state board requires that you have to have so many hours of continuing education and clinical training. Frequently, you can go to meetings where you can go to a variety of courses. Organizations provide classes, too. Most of the optometry organizations have meetings, and part of those meetings is educational in nature.
Describe a typical day of work for you. What exactly do you do? What are your key responsibilities?
I come to work early. I do routine examinations of the eye and the health of the eye. I see emergency cases - people who have sore eyes or infected eyes, contact lens problems.
On a basic level, what skills does your job demand?
The basic knowledge, the ability to apply the knowledge and the ability to judge the person and how they respond so you can get the information to do the best job.
What are the most challenging aspects of your job?
When people come in with diseases or injuries and are not as responsive as you would like them to be, such as glaucoma or retinal problems that would prevent a youngster from being able to read.
What are the hottest optometry specialties? What other kinds of job tracks are available to graduating students?
Right now contact lenses and refractic surgery are the biggest ones. I think it requires additional schooling and it requires experience, a combination of both.
What are the best ways to get a job in optometry?
Get in touch with the local or state optometry associations. They would know where to look.
What are some of the top challenges facing optometrists during the next decade?
The biggest challenge in general to healthcare is the invasion of healthcare companies, and their control of what you can and can't do.


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7:00 am
Rick Steves' Europe "Istanbul" Rick loses his way in the Grand Bazaar, munches through the famously fragrant Spice Market and follows the fall of the ancient capital of Byzantium and the rise of Islam at the city's wall.G
7:30 am
Smart Travels - Europe with Rudy Maxa "A Music Lover's Europe" For a totally different view of Europe, Rudy shows smart travelers how to organize a trip around a theme. Rudy discovers surprising and fresh takes on Europe as he sets out on a music lover's tour. Winning, live performances by the Sicilian folk band Diascouri, and by Groupo Emiliano, a zany, classically-trained quartet from Emilia Romagna, are the backbone of this offbeat trip. D
8:00 am
The Desert Speaks "Sea to Sky: Along An Incan Road" Sandwiched between the Pacific Ocean and the Andes are enigmatic remains of pre-Incan cultures, with vast rock art sites, colossal effigies etched into the nearly lifeless desert and burial sites that lay forgotten under the arid land for centuries. Examine these ruins and remains before venturing to the skies for a bird's-eye view of the famed Nazca lines. These mysterious drawings in the desert floor are astonishing in their creativity and size, with images of hummingbirds, monkeys and parrots hundreds of feet long and perfectly proportioned and geometric shapes that extend for miles. D
8:30 am
Hey Kids, Let's Cook "Baked Potato Bar" Whether you serve them up mashed, stir them into casseroles and soups, or simply chop them up to make French fries, potatoes are absolutely delicious. You may know potatoes as just a side dish or accompaniment to a meal, but today we're going to serve these potatoes as the main dish? We're making them the center attraction! We're creating a Baked Potato Bar. When these are hot out of the oven, we'll serve them up with a variety of fresh toppings that will create a perfect meal. D
9:00 am
Growing a Greener World "Moss Gardens (Raleigh, NC)" In this episode, we learn how moss is an incredible eco-friendly plant that needs very little water, no fertilizers, clipping or mowing and yet, it stays green all year long! We cover all the basics and make a miniature tabletop landscape that will give years of enjoyment. D
9:30 am
This American Land "Whitewater, Wading Birds, Wildlife Brigades" The show heads to Colorado, and one of the most breathtaking places most people have never heard of.G
10:00 am
Cook's Country from America's Test Kitchen "Autumn Desserts" Bridget reveals the secrets to the ultimate Apple Dumplings. Then, Adam reveals his top picks for cake carriers. Next, Chris learns about the best apple varieties for baking at Saratoga Orchards. D
10:30 am
Aviators Night Time Flying: Kurtis and Anthony take us night flying. Some say it's more beautiful. while others think it's more dangerous! PT-19: Wayne Boggs introduces us to his historic PT-19 trainer aircraft. D
11:00 am
Song of the Mountains Jimmy Fortune. D
12:00 pm
Sesame Street "Build A Better Basket" Alan, Rosita, and Elmo are putting together a basket full of goodies for Little Red Riding Hood to take to her grandma's house. Red Riding Hood comes by ready to pick up the basket and asks if they tested it to make sure it was strong enough to stand up to the Big Bad Wolf. They agree to test the basket, and Alan holds it up saying, "I got a basket of goodies for you, Grandma. D
1:00 pm
Dinosaur Train "That's Not A Dinosaur/Tiny's Garden" The kids visit the Big Pond to attend the Biome Block Party. While attempting to win the leaf-necklace contest, Keenan Chirostemotes claims the Pteranodon sibs can't compete for the prize for "dinosaur" with the most leaves because they are not dinosaurs. This launches the kids into a song called "That's Not a Dinosaur", as all the non-dinosaurs sing their piece. D
1:30 pm
Super Why! "Sleeping Beauty" Ahoy Matey! Yo, ho, ho and.a cup of tea?! Uh oh, Princess Pea wants to play Tea Party but Pig and his brothers would like her to play Pirates! The Super Readers travel into the famous story of Sleeping Beauty to speak with a Princess who loves sleeping just as much as Princess Pea loves tea parties! The Super Readers apply their literacy powers to wake Sleeping Beauty.and wake her. D
2:00 pm
Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! "The Surprising Bean/Hear Here" The Surprising Bean - Nick keeps trying to surprise Sally, but he just can't do it! The Cat takes them to find a real surprise in the Skippylarito Fields! Once there, Cat shows them a special bean - that suddenly moves! With a shrunken Thingamajigger, they go inside the bean and meet the moth larvae that lives there. They learn that it's really the moth that causes the bean to move. What a neat surprise indeed! Hear Here - The kids hear chirping but can't find where it's coming from. D
2:30 pm
Wild Kratts "Octopus Wildkratticus" When Martin accidentally knocks Aviva's creature power suits into a deep Arctic trench, the Martin and Chris dive down in search of them in Aviva's newly invented Octopod submarine. Science Concepts: An Octopus can use ink, jet propulsion, tentacle regeneration, and camouflage in order to escape or hide when in danger. Each feature has an important function for survival. D
3:00 pm
Wyland's Art Studio "Sea Turtle Reef" Create this beautiful reef using Wyland's technique, drawing, and painting in the same motion.G
3:30 pm
Piano Guy The program theme is sacred and inspirational songs. Host, Scott Houston demonstrates a tip called The Gospel Walk-Up. Scott and his guests also show viewers how to play "Jesus Loves Me" and "Down By The Riverside. D
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Nature "Great Zebra Exodus" When thunderclouds begin to gather over Botswana's Kalahari each year, 20,000 zebras begin an ancient journey, as southern Africa's biggest animal migration gets underway. The story of this spectacular annual migration is told through the eyes of zebra stallions, their mares, and their young, revealing the trials and triumphs and the fascinating social bonds that hold zebra families together.G
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8:00 pm
Life In Cold Blood "Land Invaders" Among chorusing frogs in Panama, Sir David Attenborough asks how amphibians first managed to invade the land. The Australian lungfish, an ancient relative of the amphibians that can breathe air, and the giant Japanese salamander give vital clues about their first tentative steps. They also demonstrate their fiercely protective parenting skills. Part 2 of 5G
9:00 pm
Appalachians The phonograph and radio expose mountain people to new influences and their own music reaches across America. The New Deal of the 1930s and the War on Poverty in the 1960s help relieve the area's continuing poverty. Outside investors still control much of the land, but today, the mountains' cities are vibrant and traditional culture is revived. Part 3 of 3G
10:00 pm
Nature "Great Zebra Exodus" When thunderclouds begin to gather over Botswana's Kalahari each year, 20,000 zebras begin an ancient journey, as southern Africa's biggest animal migration gets underway. The story of this spectacular annual migration is told through the eyes of zebra stallions, their mares, and their young, revealing the trials and triumphs and the fascinating social bonds that hold zebra families together.G
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Cowboys Fans Supporting Super Bowl XLV at Cowboys Stadium
Are you still mad about the 2010 Cowboys season? Well, a great friend of mine said something the other day that really stuck with me.
She said:
I am really excited for our metroplex and what hosting a Super Bowl means for the local economy. Really hoping it turns out so well we can win another SB bid. I am the biggest Cowboys Fan you can find but I am happy to host these fans of these other teams who earned their way to this game and wish them all good luck.
I would like to see other people around here thinking the same way and being grateful for what this is doing for our community and for our stadium. Let's be good sports and welcoming hosts. We are Dallas Cowboys fans and we have class and pride. Let's show it.
So we didn't make it (not even close), but we still have the responsibility of hosting the biggest game in the business. We can be proud and still be respectful and show good sportsmanship.
Hey, I don't want the Steelers to win another trophy either and I'm not saying we have to root for them to win but we can be civil and not act like our rivals up in the city of brotherly love… yeah, you know who I'm talking about.
Everyone has the right to their own opinion, this is just mine (and my buddy Tiffany's). If you share our view on this year's Super Bowl, here are some buttons for you to use as you please. Use them as your profile picture on your favored social network or IM, use them on your own blog, or any other way you choose.
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'I Hate My Teenage Daughter' (Fox)
The series stars Jaime Pressly ("My Name Is Earl") and Katie Finneran ("Wonderfalls") as single moms who worry that their overly indulged daughters will turn out to be mean girls. RELATED: Photos: TV stars promote network lineups Fox unveils prime-time schedule Video: Watch a sneak preview of "I Hate My Teenage Daughter" -- Joy Press Photo: Katie Finneran, left, and Jaime Pressly in "I Hate My Teenage Daughter."
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