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Saturday, March 25, 2006
this is not the path I sought
this is not the dream I bought
just a fever of fate I caught
from Dark Rivers of the Heart
Dean Koontz
29 comments:
- ValGalArt said...
Beautiful illustration, great perspective, love the watching cat!
- Saturday, March 25, 2006 1:05:00 PM
- isay said...
i agree-the perspective is great and it's creepy----and it makes me think...
- Saturday, March 25, 2006 2:04:00 PM
- Francesca said...
Ooh this is great, reminds me a little of de Chirico. Very creepy and atmospheric, one to spend time with :)
- Saturday, March 25, 2006 3:13:00 PM
- the heartful blogger said...
This is so creepy, you achieved the atmosphere well! Like the ginger cat too!
- Saturday, March 25, 2006 3:22:00 PM
- The Unknown said...
Very odd and beautiful. I love it.
- Saturday, March 25, 2006 6:04:00 PM
- Katili said...
This has a special stopped, dreamlike feeling. I also like the perspective and the small coloured details. You have well captured the moment just before "it" comes. I love Stephen King, but Dean Koontz is as powerful a mystery and scary tale writer. They have different styles, which I like.
And I like your style, too. Very talented.
- Saturday, March 25, 2006 7:20:00 PM
- Twisselman said...
Something wicked this way comes... Your illustrations are so rich in their storytelling. Think I said this once before... but your art would be great to put in front of a creative writing class and have the students interpret.
I've only seen Dean Koontz's names on the cover of books... the quote makes me want to open up one of those books.
Oh, and the storm clouds below reveal any number of monstrous faces.
Missed getting to either of your feet posts last week, but I especially like the Downtown Divas approach.
- Sunday, March 26, 2006 12:16:00 AM
- Alina Chau said...
This is great!! reminded me of Deli's style!! GREAT WORK!
- Sunday, March 26, 2006 2:44:00 AM
- TXArtcGal said...
Very eerie!! Awesome job...and, it tells so much! LOVE your other monster illo too!! Dark and ominous! (insert Twilight Zone theme here)....
- Sunday, March 26, 2006 2:59:00 PM
- kimbu said...
As ever, your stuff is great. Love the cat looking up, about to run.
- Sunday, March 26, 2006 3:29:00 PM
- pablo said...
What is coming? Maybe some big monster? Or maybe the man with the potatoes he come - everybody happy - mash potato fiesta!
You never know.
Nice - I like very much!
- Sunday, March 26, 2006 3:32:00 PM
- Teri C said...
Wow, such depth and brooding. Great job!
- Sunday, March 26, 2006 4:48:00 PM
- 2danimator said...
nice composition and depth.
- Sunday, March 26, 2006 8:24:00 PM
- Roz Foster said...
What a dark and mystical beach front town. I feel like a ghost ship is about to land on the shore. Great atmosphere!
- Monday, March 27, 2006 12:05:00 PM
- steve said...
OOOH--spooooky stuff. This is an excellent accompanying illustration to the book passage.
- Monday, March 27, 2006 12:21:00 PM
- Tony Sarrecchia said...
Cool. I love the sureal look to this. Great job.
- Monday, March 27, 2006 12:50:00 PM
- catnapping said...
great perspective! I love the cat in the foreground, and is that another one on the rail of a distant balcony?
cool illo. spooky.
- Monday, March 27, 2006 6:07:00 PM
- carla said...
This is defintely very very scary looking...it's ominous in the way the building and the dark sky crowd us...it makes me feel tense...the walking figure could either be evil or a victim. I love the cat! I agree with twisselman - your paintings would make awesome writing prompts!
- Monday, March 27, 2006 7:27:00 PM
- Lou said...
A very eerie seeting indeed. Sort of looks like the cat is waiting, but knows what is coming in the distance. Great colors and atmosphere! Great job!
- Tuesday, March 28, 2006 9:41:00 AM
- butterfly said...
As carla said , I also felt tense when I saw this illo. I t looks like a storm is coming. tripping..I really like this one..
- Tuesday, March 28, 2006 10:35:00 AM
- Suzan said...
Very nice! love the soft painterly look. Great colors and feel.
- Tuesday, March 28, 2006 12:29:00 PM
- Jaimie said...
what a frightening yet strangely beautiful landscape. I love the mysterious feel of this
- Tuesday, March 28, 2006 5:43:00 PM
- Bron Smith said...
I really like your Dean Koontz piece. I like your digital brushy style. I can't figure out whether it's Photoshop or Painter.
- Wednesday, March 29, 2006 1:55:00 AM
- buep said...
Scary! Really great colors . You 've achived the atmosphere! I like this one!
- Wednesday, March 29, 2006 5:23:00 AM
- Toni said...
Wonderful feel for this piece. It would look great on the book cover. the perspective is awesome.
- Wednesday, March 29, 2006 9:43:00 AM
- Lauren said...
Wonderful illustration! Great use of colors and I love the 3D/ real look. Also, nice use of contrast. As soon as I saw this picture, I got a spooky feeling.
- Wednesday, March 29, 2006 10:14:00 AM
- AscenderRisesAbove said...
wow I really like this illustration; love the movement of the horizontal and vertical lines.
- Thursday, March 30, 2006 12:59:00 AM
- ks said...
i really like this piece. i like the waves and the look of the sky, the strange light
- Thursday, March 30, 2006 6:59:00 PM
- kan said...
Just wonderful Your style is so rich and glowing.
- Wednesday, April 12, 2006 5:05:00 PM

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With the Kings heading off to the gambling capital of the world, Las Vegas, for two exhibitions, it almost seemed appropriate to ask a percentage-based question.
Kings captain Dustin Brown continues to improve in his recovery from a hamstring injury … so what are the chances he will be in the lineup for the season opener Thursday against Minnesota at Xcel Energy Center?
"If you ask me — 100%. Barring no setbacks," Brown said Thursday after practice. "If you ask me today: Will I be playing in Minnesota? Yeah."
Said Kings Coach Darryl Sutter: "As long as he continues to go forward, he will be."
Kings goalie Jonathan Quick will play Friday against the New York Rangers, and it appears Sutter is leaning toward having goalies Ben Scrivens and Mathieu Garon split time Saturday against the Colorado Avalanche.
Defenseman Jake Muzzin (tweaked knee) won't play Friday and Sutter said they would wait to see in regard to Saturday.
Brown planned to stay behind in Los Angeles on Thursday and said he would be a game-time decision for Saturday's game. He practiced with the main group Wednesday and Thursday, his first sessions since he suffered a hamstring injury on Sept. 12, the opening day of training camp.
You might say Brown has had a dizzying day or so. His wife, Nicole, gave birth Wednesday afternoon and all are doing well. After practice, Brown had said one of his three sons suggested his sister be named, "Roger."
"A 5-year-old's imagination, I guess," Brown said. Later on Twitter, he said the baby girl's name was Mackenzie.
And the handing-out-of-cigars ritual seems to be a thing from a previous era. "I don't know if we have enough guys that smoke cigars," Brown said. "I don't."
He knows one thing, however. They are stopping at four children.
"This is it. You can put that on the record," Brown said. "I'm done."
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Sutter gave considerable insight into upcoming roster moves when asked about the performance of defensemen Keaton Ellerby and Jeff Schultz in camp.
The Kings placed defenseman Andrew Bodnarchuk on waivers and if he goes unclaimed Friday morning, he heads to the Manchester (N.H.) of the American Hockey League.
It became clear from Sutter's comments that Ellerby, who was acquired in a trade with the Florida Panthers in February, will be staying around. The Kings signed Schultz as a free agent in July after he was bought out by the Washington Capitals.
"Keaton's had a great camp," Sutter said. "Very, very good. Jeff's been a guy that's had to adjust to how we play. I said before, it's not easy for a guy to come from the East to the West, first off.
"There's big adjustments between teams, not just in getting to know players but big adjustment in terms of style of play and in terms of responsibility in certain parts of the game."
This sounded a bit like what Sutter said last season when Ellerby was making the adjustment to the Western Conference.
"Keaton has been a guy, quietly, even last year … he played left side and right side and he's an important guy," Sutter said.
"It's probably been on record — guys we are going to need — and obviously we can't play them all. At the same time, they're important players on our team."
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We just arrived home last night from a little holiday catching up with lots of friends. The round trip totalled about 2000 kms. We're thankful for safe travelling and lovely hospitality from a number of friends. The main reason for the trip was to attend the 50 years reunion with fellow students who attended Sydney Missionary and Bible College between 1962-1965. I hadn't seen most of the people since I finished college 47 years ago! Can you imagine what fun it was trying to work out who was who! It was a special time of celebration and remembering wonderful times together.
Of course, there was far too much talking to even think about doing craft! The only reason I achieved my one little hexie flower was because a car transporter truck caught fire on the M1 Pacific Highway and we were stuck on the road for 65 minutes. You can see a photo of the inferno and read about the loss of a Maserati and a rare British car (as well as the truck!) here.
Some lovely friends took my husband and I out to the Hunter Valley Gardens as a treat for my birthday which is coming up soon. The Gardens are quite spectacular, even in Autumn.
The day was topped off with a fabulous lunch at the Billabong Smorgasbord restaurant. I have never seen so much choice - the range of food was amazing - and delicious! Needless to say, we didn't need much for the evening meal!
We visited a number of quilt shops during our travels. Sadly, our local quilt shop closed down a couple of weeks ago so I took the opportunity of stocking up a bit on pink and burgundy while I had access to quilt shops:
And a couple of threads. For years I have chosen to use Anchor stranded cottons as I prefer their colour range and the quality of their thread. Because we have lived in the country for decades, I have made sure that I always have every colour in the Anchor range so that it's there when needed. Lately it has become increasingly difficult to purchase the threads as most stores have taken to stocking DMC. Imagine how happy I was to find a little country store where I was able to purchase all but one of the numbers I needed.


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Thanks for posting about the PA death certificate problem. I have ancestors one generation distant who are PA people and trying to get records has been a huge frustration for me. The problem is worse than sending money and information about death date: I requested death certificates for two of my ggrandparents and received "No-Record Certification" pages for both, listing the names, dates, and locations I supplied. I later found a death certificate for my ggrandmother in Ohio! The No-Record Certification was worthless to begin with but after finding her death certificate in Ohio, I almost felt like it was fraudulent.ReplyDelete
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U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Christian Employee Discharged After Refusing to Work on Sunday, Agency Charged
INDIANAPOLIS – Magnetics International, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation that supports steel mills by regenerating hydrochloric acid used in the steelmaking process and generates iron oxide as a marketable byproduct, will pay $30,000 to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
According to the EEOC's suit (Northern District of Indiana, Civil Action No. 2:11-cv-364), Daniel Bewley was hired as a laborer at Magnetics' Burn Harbor, Ind., facility. Bewley notified Magnetics of a conflict between the schedule the company expected Bewley to work and Bewley's religious practices, yet Magnetics fired Bewley instead of offering a reasonable accommodation.
Before he accepted an offer of employment, Bewley, a Christian, was told that he would not be required to work consecutive Sundays, his Sabbath. According to Bewley's sincerely held religious beliefs, he had to attend church at least every other week. When Magnetics scheduled him to work a second consecutive Sunday, Bewley reminded Magnetics of its commitment and informed Magnetics that he could not work because of his obligations to his church. Magnetics forced Bewley to choose between working the scheduled Sunday shift and losing his job, and ultimately terminated his employment. The company refused to attempt a reasonable accommodation, as federal law requires, and which would have prevented this problem.
Such conduct violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title I of the Civil Rights Act of 1991. The EEOC filed suit after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process.
The consent decree settling the suit requires that Magnetics track and respond appropriately to requests for religious accommodation for the next three years; post a policy of non-discrimination; train its employees on non-discrimination; and report to the EEOC on progress in this area.
"Federal law is clear that employers must make a reasonable effort to accommodate sincerely-held religious beliefs," said EEOC Regional Attorney Laurie Young. "Doing so is the best way to avoid lawsuits like this."
The EEOC is responsible for enforcing federal laws against employment discrimination. Further information is available at www.eeoc.gov.


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Balconies & Windows
They all look the same after awhile. Windows and balconies on one of the buildings in the Chinatown area of Chicago.
Bridge Bolts #1
I just thought this made for some interesting shapes and textures. Under one of the elevated track bridges at Cermak in Chicago, Illinois.
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311 South Wacker
I loved the way the crown looked up against the "Sears" - Willis Tower.
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Hilliard Towers Apartments, formerly known as the Raymond Hilliard Homes CHA housing project, is a residential high-rise development in the near South Side of Chicago, Illinois Taken from Chinatown.
Feeling Foggy
The Chandler Building, 450 E Waterside Dr, Chicago, IL 60601
Taken on a foggy day from the Chicago Riverwalk.
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The Aon Building with the Radisson Aqua behind it.
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OTTAWA - The Senate is asking outside auditors to check out the residency claims and expenses of three of its members, including a senator facing criminal charges on another matter.
The committee, which oversees the upper chamber's internal budgets, has asked the Deloitte accounting firm to review the residency claims of Conservative senators Patrick Brazeau and Mike Duffy and Liberal Mac Harb.
The accountants will look at their claims about where they live and their related expenses.
Duffy is a senator for Prince Edward Island, Brazeau holds a Quebec seat and Harb, a longtime former Ottawa MP, sits for Ontario.
Committee chair Sen. David Tkachuk and deputy chair Sen. George Furey are also seeking a legal opinion on the question of Duffy's residency, says a news release.
In a statement today, Duffy insisted he has done nothing wrong.
"As a Prince Edward Islander, born and bred, I am proud to represent my province and its interests in the Senate of Canada," Duffy said in the statement.
"I represent taxpayers with care, and Canadians know I would never do anything to betray the public trust. I have a home in Prince Edward Island as required by law. I will have no further comment until this review is complete."
Meanwhile, Brazeau appeared today in a Gatineau, Que., court on charges of assault and sexual assault. He is to be released on bail with a number of conditions and is expected to return to court next month.
Police arrested the controversial senator Thursday at his home just across the river from Parliament Hill following a 911 call.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper swiftly expelled Brazeau from the Conservative caucus. He intends to remain in the Senate as an independent, his office says.


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Writer of 'Daredevil' Comics: Equating Piracy With Lost Sales Is 'Baloney'
from the if-so,-then-every-stolen-car-is-a-lost-sale dept
It's been pointed out here on multiple occasions that one pirated item does not equal one lost sale. It's a fallacy various rights holders have used for years in order to exaggerate losses (helpful when asking the government to write legislation favoring clunky business models) and to justify stupid, restrictive DRM (helpful for punishing paying customers).
Mark Waid, the writer of Daredevil and Green Hornet comics, as well as a distributor of digital comics via his own site Thrillbent, made this point during a recent panel at Comic Con International. (via Nate Hoffelder)
"I think it is not only unaffected by piracy, it benefits from pirating. You cannot stop pirating of comics. It's like trying to push the tide back with a broom. You can either be angry about it, and resistant, and fight and clamp down harder, or you can find ways to make that tool work for you. With Thrillbent, we offered all our files free to download on a weekly basis, so you can read them free on the site and you can also download them for free, and that way, sure enough, we got to control the quality of the image, we got to make sure it was not out of focus or crappy or corrupted files or whatever, we got to make sure there was a placard at the end that says, hey, if you like this come to Thrillbent for more stuff, and that worked wonders for us. And I know that pumped up our traffic. That is not the answer for every publisher, but I will go to my grave not buying the baloney that every pirated comic was a lost sale."Rather than seeing the drawbacks inherent in digital distribution, Waid (along with others at the conference) see opportunities that weren't previously available with physical distribution. Digital distribution has pushed comics to new audiences in places where brick-and-mortar stores would be impossible or unsustainable, like foreign countries (or "Mississippi," as Waid pointed out). The end result is growth across the board, both physical and digital.
[A]s Joe Field [owner of Flying Colors Comics in Concord, CA] pointed out early in the discussion, both digital and print sales are growing. "In my 27 years in this business, this is probably the closest we have gotten to having all cylinders clicking at the same time," he said. "There are a lot of reasons for that, and I'll grant that digital plays a part in that because digital has created a universality in the availability of comics. Had there been some way to instantly open 10,000 good brick and mortar stores, well located, in places all around the globe, maybe digital wouldn't be growing the way it is."Essential to the growth of digital platforms is the removal of barriers like DRM, something that restricts content to certain devices or certain countries. More comics are attempting to run DRM free, including Image Comics and a handful of others. Thrillbent runs DRM-free and allows for downloads of purchased items while others have moved their comics exclusively to cloud services, which can be their own forms of DRM, as Waid points out.
"Personally, I actually like owning the files," he said. "I'm comfortable enough with cloud-based stuff, but given a preference, I'd rather own the files just because I don't want to be in a situation where I don't have internet connectivity and I suddenly remember that album I wanted to listen to or the comic book I wanted to read and I don't have access to the cloud at that moment. But that's just me. Part of doing this through the [Thrillbent] storefront, it's, let's give it a whirl and see, and we'll feed that data back to everybody."As Waid states, his distribution scheme won't work for every player in the content industry. But his underlying point is essential: treating piracy as lost sales tends to result in actions that are ultimately customer-unfriendly. It shifts the focus from providing the best possible experience for paying customers to anti-piracy efforts, something that rarely pays off in the long run. Most of this seems to be based on the rationale that doing "something" to fight piracy is better than making no effort at all, even if those who have dumped a ton of money into these efforts rarely produce any data showing a positive return on investment. Waid's response -- trusting your paying customers and treating piracy more as a vehicle for exposure than anything else -- just makes more sense.
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I would like to remind EZ up that there was culture here before the West Indians moved in, and that change does not stop just because you want it too. Everyone has roots and a right to enjoy themselves as long as it doesn't infringe on their neighbors rights to enjoy themselves. You seem to think that only your rights and preferences matter.
311 worksUmm no it really doesn't. Unless by works you mean 6 to seven hours they dispatch a cop who arrives after the party ends and then closes the ticket.
FYI for all who live on this block - the usual offender is 848 Park Pl. This is an HDFC, 8 unit coop that seems to have some kind of party space on the basement level that opens to their small backyard. They've been having these kind of parties since we moved in - summer 2006. Usually they wind down around midnight but they were still jamming at 1:30 when I went to bed last night.streetview of 848 Park Place: https://goo.gl/maps/hAcA0


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PLA chairman Robert Tripp Jackson welcomed the crowd, noting the community service organization's members "do a lot of hard work, and they've been doing it for a long time."
Organized in 1961, the PLA hosted its first membership dinner in 1964. It has striven over the years to improve the aesthetics of the Peninsula, including removing unsightly billboards, planting numerous varieties of trees and creating an eco-friendly garden on medians at Nimitz and West Point Loma boulevards.
Besides beautifying the Peninsula, PLA also works directly with federal, state and local agencies on projects to improve the quality of life for residents.
Following a slideshow depicting PLA improvement projects, new board members were sworn in by interim District 2 City Councilman Ed Harris.
"Every time you drive around, you see the [beautified] boxes, the trees, the medians. What this organization does is really important," said Harris.
Bob Bolton, director of airport design and construction, reviewed construction that is under way on the north side of the airport to add a 21,000-square-foot central distribution center, a new rental-car center in one building and a fixed-base operator building for general-aviation aircraft, while realigning the airport's Washington Street entrance to improve traffic circulation and safety.
"The rental-car building, a $316 million project, will be completed in August 2015," said Bolton.
He said improvements will include a fire lane, a landscape buffer, a drainage swale, a new sidewalk, street lighting and palm trees.
Bolton said San Diego is the 14th-largest rental-car market in the country and that it's also "the third least-expensive rental market in the top 20."
About 14 percent of travelers arriving at Lindbergh Field rent a car an average of 4.6 days, Bolton said, adding that the new rental-car center will streamline the entire rental process.
"It will take all 80 buses and consolidate them on the north side of the airfield," Bolton said.
Plans for the rental-car center include a restaurant, he said.
"The restaurant is being developed as a shell space with views of downtown, the harbor and the airfield," he said, noting the new restaurant will not be geared specifically toward airport customers, but rather is meant to serve the entire community and be a place where "people can meet and enjoy themselves."
More than 16 rental-car brands will be represented at the new facility, Bolton said. There are also plans for several pieces of public art to adorn the facility.
Unified Port of San Diego CEO Wayne Darbeau said the Port has downsized staff significantly over the last few years, going from 700 employees to 530, while reducing its departments from as many as 20 down to 11 and cutting its executives from 11 to five.
The Port's top official noted the news of late is mostly good.
"The cruise business is coming back and there's been a significant uptick in maritime revenue of $30 million from the two cruise-ship terminals," Darbeau said.
Joel Valenzuela, the Port's director of maritime operations, pointed out San Diego is one of only two natural, deep-water ports in California.
"The key to our mission is the preservation and development of water-dependent uses of the bay, including cruise and cargo operations, as well as the maritime industries working the waterfront shipyards, ship repair facilities and the Navy's presence," Valenzuela said.
The really good news, said Valenzuela, is that Disney has announced it will have seven home-ported calls in San Diego next season.
Darbeau characterized San Diego as a "global gateway" for cargo.
He said San Diego is the fourth-largest state port in terms of volume of business, trailing only Los Angeles, Long Beach and Oakland. He said San Diego is the primary port terminal for Dole fresh fruit as well as being a major shipping point for mangos from Latin America.
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PONTIAC, Ill. - The Route 66 Association of Illinois has announced the newly elected 2013 members of the Route 66 Association Hall of Fame.
This year, there were 17 nominations for the Hall of Fame Committee to consider for this prestigious honor. Every year, nominations are accepted for those people, businesses, and destinations that meet the criteria of having made significant contributions to the character or history of the Illinois portion of Route 66.
The newest members to be inducted at the Hall of Fame banquet on Saturday, June 8, in Lincoln, Illinois will be: The Palms Grill, Atlanta; George B. Cathcart, Edwardsville; and the Wilbur Fawns Sr. Family, of Williamsville and Sherman.
The Route 66 Association has its Annual Motor Tour starting Friday, June 7, proceeding south on Saturday, June 8, and ending on Sunday, June 9.
This years tour, Back To Our Routes, starts in Plainfield on Friday night. Saturday morning, there will be a huge sendoff at the Route 66 Museum in Berwyn before participants head south to the Hall of Fame dinner/new members induction ceremony at Lincoln College in Lincoln.
Sunday morning, they will start heading south again and the tour will conclude with a party at the new Route 66 Welcoming Center and Museum in Litchfield.
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Sorbetto with lace cap sleeves
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My first attempt at Colette Patterns free pattern download: The Sorbetto Top and I am very pleased with the result. I've got a few more versions brewing in my mind…
I used the remainder of the left over satin from The wedding dress project for my Sorbetto. The vintage crocheted lace trim I had bought at Sydney's Stitches and Craft Show (2009), back when 'The wedding dress project' was just newly dancing into my imagination. Of course, I didn't end up using even a quarter of all the lace trims that I bought, so I am very happy to finally put some of it to use. I used the lace trim on either side of the top half of the box pleat because I didn't have enough to edge both sides of the entire length of the box pleat. That was a blessing in disguise because now I prefer the shorter lace detail as it gives the blouse a vintage, "bib" look. I also used the lace trim at the armscye to make lace cap sleeves. I used self-made bias tape to finish the inside edge of the lace an as armscye facing.
The pattern was easy to use and pattern instructions easy to follow. There are just two pattern pieces, bust darts, a box pleat detail down the front midline and no fiddly closures! The neckline and armscye are finished with self-made bias tape. I have a feeling that I will make may more projects from this pattern…
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Ivory satin from Tesutti Fabrics; white vintage crocheted lace trim; thread; (ALL from my stash!)
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Apr 23, 2012, 06.16 PMby calafia110
I never thought of doing the Sorbetto in satin and lace. This is the prettiest version I have seen. I will definetely be trying this!
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Apr 27, 2012, 12.37 PMby cynthia-1
Thanks everyone for all your lovely comments!
Apr 22, 2012, 07.21 PMby Rosemarysclothes
The satin and lace makes this one of the nicest Sorbetto's it have seen.
Apr 22, 2012, 05.35 PMby laurenp
This is the nicest Sorbetto I've seen.
Apr 22, 2012, 05.15 PMby milkyway
OMG this is so beautiful!! really love it!
Apr 22, 2012, 03.44 PMby mojo elgin
wow! what a beautiful top! Great job… :)
Apr 22, 2012, 01.25 PMby mixtlii
Really sweet!
Apr 22, 2012, 09.58 AMby jadealamode
wow!!it looks so cute!
Apr 22, 2012, 09.41 AMby Amelia Midgley
Love it! Looks so well made too. Great job!
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A Project Manager noted as a social champion for her remarkable participation on Cisco DocWiki, Janel is an expert within the realm of collaboration and social media for the Knowledge Management & Delivery team. In particular, she aims her focus on empowering customers by delivering relevant content on a timely basis while maintaining meaningful two-way conversations with them on numerous social channels.
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Can a stunt kite provide adequate training on kite control if used with a control bar instead of straps?
I have 6' stunt kite I was thinking about flying w/ a control bar, I'd really like to put all my $$ towards lessons and gear...
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This will be my first time kiteboarding. I've just ordered The Complete Kiteboarding DVD, The Ultimate book of powerkiting, & Kiteboarding vision.
I'm excited and anxious to get started, that I'm having trouble sleeping at night. My wife is also starting to think something's wrong with me. Man, I haven't even started yet. Is this normal?


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The contents herein are entirely player made and in no way represent official World of Warcraft history or occurrences which are accurate for all realms. The characters and events listed are of an independent nature and applied for roleplaying, fictional, speculative, or opinions from a limited playerbase only. Guild pages must comply with the guild page policy.
~ Lady Zaknefia Silverspear, Guild Mistress
Server: Server:Wyrmrest Accord US
Type: Role-playing
Faction: Alliance
Website: http://thevioletdawn.webs.com/
History Edit
The Violet Dawn is an organization, a gathering of liked minded adventurers and heroes who strongly believe in the concept of peace throughout Azeroth, of living in harmony with one another, regardless of Faction. Originally founded by Zaknefia Silverspear,Because of her father, she grew up with a fierce belief that members of the Horde and the Alliance could co-exist peacefully alongside one another. She has since, dedicated her life in pursuit of this cause, believing that there were others out there that were of like mind. And so she set out in search of these individuals, slowly but surely gathering them and uniting them under one banner to strive towards the goal of bringing about peace and harmony to Azeroth.
Thanks to this desire, she formed the order known as The Violet Dawn, a guild dedicated to this cause, different branches scattered across Azeroth and beyond to gather these kindred spirits to fight for peace in secret from the Judging, prying eyes of those whom desire only warfare. in hopes of bringing a divided Azeroth together, to create a world where Orc and Human would not throw away their lives to barge into battle against one another. The Violet Dawn is a banner, an Organization where people believing in the dream of Peace amongst each other can share and start this movement to bring enlightenment into not only our leaders hearts and minds but our peers also.
We discriminate against no one wishing to join our cause and become a Knight of the Order, those who do reach Knighthood receive a violet sash. Which they may wear on their person in any fashion of their choosing.
About UsEdit
We are mostly a Role-Playing guild, once we start getting more active members we will also partake in PVP and PVE also. We look for every class, race and level. Willing to abide by the rules and create a fun and exciting atmosphere for people to come, enjoy each-others company and overall have a blast playing a game together, with friends. What else could you ask for!
Guild rules Edit
The rules here are simple, and all members must abide by them, regardless of rank. Though we are a very laid back and fun group of players, there are some "laws" that must be set to insure everyone is given equal treatment in The Order. The rules are as follows:
- 1: A guild is like an extended family,so please,treat other members with kindness and respect!
- 2: Discrimination of any sort against race, religion, or sexual orientation will NOT be tolerated! We are a LGBT friendly Guild.
- 3: Please be courteous towards others, regardless of whether or not the individual is in the Guild or not.We must set an example for others and take pride in our Order and thus we must conduct our selves with dignity and honor.
- 4: All members must have the add-on "Gryphon Heart item (GHI)" downloaded, Special items are created and handed out as a symbol of rank to those who receive promotions with in the Guild. In short, GHI is required for promotions. Promotions will be handed out once a member has proven them selves in the eyes of their peers, be it through questing, dungeon running, or any thing else with a fellow guildie that levels the guild or unlocks achievements/goodies for the guild, being a frequent player, attending RP Events, or lending aid to fellow guildies.
- 5: No harassing members! Especially The Guild Mistress or any Officers. Bugging someone for a promotion will NOT get you promoted faster.
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The young must grow old,
- Whilst old ones grow older,
- And cowards will shrink,
- As the bold grow bolder.
- Courage may blossom in quiet hearts,
- For who can tell where bravery starts?
- Truth is a song, oft lying unsung,
- Some mother bird, protecting her young,
- Those who lay down their lives for friends,
- The echo rolls onward, it seldom ends.
- Who never turned and ran, but stayed?
- This is a warrior born, not made!
- Living peace, aye many a season,
- Calm in life and sound in reason,
- 'Til evil arrives, a wicked horde,
- Driving a warrior to pick up his sword,
- The challenger rings then, straight and fair,
- Justice is with us, beware. Beware!
"Friend is a very small word,
- A little sound we make,
- For one who is true, one who will do,
- Great deeds for friendship's sake.
- So while I grieve for you, my friends,
- Who gave all that you could give,
- You'll be my friends in memory,
- For all the days I'll live."
"Fate and seasons smile on all,
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- This bounty from both earth and tree,
- Was made to share, twixt you and me,
- To Mother Nature let us say,
- Our thanks, for life and health this day."
- "Autumn comes, the summer's flown,
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- Sit you down 'midst friends!"
~ Lady Zaknefia Silverspear
Officers Edit
Lady Zaknefia Silverspear Guildmistress
User:Arthonias/Arthonias Griggs
Castor Lightful
Aeroja Rinne
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That is the longest non-answer I have ever seen. I am not sure what points you are even trying to make.
1) There was no need to clarify - you interpreted my statement as all things made by Apple.
2)A user interface includes two finger item sizing on the screen. Taking cues is different than ripping off patented features.
3)You stated "that Samsung has made a better product in the Samsung Galaxy S III" and based that belief on the amount of pre-order sales. I agree that pre-order sales are indicative of market interest but it is not proof of a better product.
4) If they did invest R&D dollars to make an improved product in the Galaxy III; then, as I suggested, perhaps they should have done that the first time around and saved themselves the cost of an IP trial and a $1 Billion settlement against them.
5) Your sarcasm comment (lol) I don't even know what you are trying to say?!
As to matching wits - please. First, try to put a coherent statement together and then keep the rambling passion out of it - the CAPS get tiring.
I am not advocating Apple or it's products; just commenting on what happens when a competitor decides to rip off a competitor's IP (and then loses).
I hope your comment isn't that because Apple ripped off competitors (a viewpoint not proven in a court of law) that it is okay for others to ripoff Apple.
Apple has a 60+% share of the tablet market (notice I didn't say iPad market).
Your statement that "nothing was ripped off" "with the exception of user interface features" is so blatantly nonsensical it is hard to believe one would write it. It is the user interface features that make the iPad and iPhone innovative.
Pre-order sales are not indicative of a better product. Pre-order sales just reflect a single moment in time order; it doesn't even measure market share. As to your contention that the Galaxy S III product is both far superior and BETTER: wow, it is probably also smarter and more intelligent. That was a sarcastic remark of me being redundant by repeating myself.
As to my posting a biased comment, please - I was just pointing out that Samsung would have been better investing R&D dollars than ripping of a competitor.
Apple is not only effectively competing in the marketplace (60+% share) BUT they also just won an award of $1 Billion (straight to the bottom line) AND Apple will most likely get an injunction against Samsung meaning those products will soon be off the market. How can Samsung market a cheaper product than Apple - easy - rip off Apple features instead of investing R&D dollars to make an even better product.
Wonderful! Thank you Mr. Inman for hopefully encouraging Mr. Carreon to begin digging again. I was despondent when Mr. Carreon dropped the lawsuits - reading his ridiculous tirades was a great way to start each day with a laugh. C'mon Mr. Carreon, don't let Mr. Inman get the better of you; get back on your horse and take another shot at the windmill.
I check this site every day hoping to read another Carreon story. I love this guy and hope he never stops. Please Mr. Carreon, continue to carry on - I look forward to starting my day with a good laugh!
The flaw is not in the logic; it's taking the pricing example literally. Increased revenue (due to unit volume) is not an AUTOMATIC increase in profit. The cost savings of producing something in larger quantities may be (and usually is) less than the dollars given up due to discount pricing. Example A: Build 10 units for $1 each and sell each for $10 = profit of $90. Example B: Build 20 units for $0.75 and sell each for $3 = profit of $45. I am sure there are numerous scenarios that could also prove that the right mix of cost savings versus price discounting would result in higher profits. The point of my original comment is that we need to be careful in assuming that discounting will ALWAYS result in a better business model.
There is a big difference between revenue and profit. Selling at a discount can provide an increase in revenue but that does NOT automatically equate to an increase in profit. I can sell a lot more of watermelons at $1 each than I can at $3 BUT if they cost me $2 each I can't make up the difference by selling in volume.
Inventing a novel way to do/make something (for which you obtain a patent) and running a business successfully are two different things. Just because a company (Grail) has poor business execution does not mean that rights to their novel idea should be abandoned. If a company with savvy business expertise wants to capitalize on a good idea (that does not belong to them) then they should pay for it. Paying a royalty on a patented product/idea is not uncommon and has made many a inventor and company very wealthy. Unfortunately, a big company that tries to steal a novel idea form someone (especially when using their resources to just bury the inventor) is also not uncommon. That seems to be the case here - shame on Mitsubishi.
A caveat: if the person who is streaming the video is not doing anything illegal - then the UFC has no recourse whatsoever.
Hence, the need to develop a different business model.
Correct and much more succinctly written
I believe that once something is purchased, it becomes the property of whomever bought it subject to whatever restrictions the seller placed on that purchase and which the buyer agreed to. Any subsequent use of the purchased item is solely the responsibility of the buyer. So, if the buyer decides to publish it (e.g. streams it on a site) free of charge then anyone should be able to watch it without repercussion. If the original seller has an issue with that - take it up with the person who originally bought the product. Those individuals who later watched the free streaming video did not agree to any restrictions with the original seller - they only watched content under the terms presented by the person making the content available to the: free and unrestricted. In the case of this discussion, the original seller presents a ridiculous argument by tyring to sue the fans (current or future) who watched a video provided by the original buyer. He wants to link the purchase agreement he made with the original buyer to automatically extended to everyone, everywhere. If the original seller has a beef with anyone it is with the original buyer and it should stop there. The future fan did not agree to anything with the seller and it should not be incumbent on the future fan to do the police work of the seller.
Because a person may be a customer is not relevant to how to address piracy. One has nothing to do with the other.
A) The issue is addressing piracy
B) The poor kid topic is raised under the guise of being relevant to piracy
C)The discussion on piracy is abandoned and we are now talking about not alienating potential future customers; that is a marketing discussion not a piracy discussion
The industry's current business model needs to be reworked and recent efforts to prevent piracy are draconian at best BUT the argument made by Mr Masnick is fallacious. The real issue is how to effectively address piracy, the Red Herring argument presented (poor college kid so its okay) is irrelevant and a distraction.


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Los Alamos National Laboratory
Barbara Tenorio-Grimes—Providing science opportunities to minorities
Barbara Tenorio-Grimes a strong supporter of the benefits of education
Tracing their roots back to the first Native Americans that lived in Northern New Mexico more than 800 years ago, the members of San Felipe Pueblo are proud of their ancient origin and cling to traditions.
Raised on this Pueblo, the very challenges that were omnipresent—unemployment, poverty, poor health—inspired Barbara Tenorio-Grimes to look beyond the hills of her community for a means to improve herself and the lives of her people.
A new world
Tenorio-Grimes found the college environment to be unfamiliar and disconnected, nothing like her traditional community in which many still spoke the Native Keresan language daily and individualism was not rewarded. Overcoming many obstacles, she pursued a graduate degree in education, determined to use it to help other minorities achieve the same success.
A foot firmly in both worlds, Tenorio-Grimes is the Los Alamos tribal education liaison, supporting science education outreach and minority student recruitment. For more than 20 years, she has built effective partnerships between tribal and federal governments, providing a cultural bridge between the seemingly disparate domains.
Helping others achieve greatness
A strong supporter of the benefits of education in science, math and engineering, Tenorio-Grimes led development of the Lab's educational outreach programs for K-12 students and teachers. She has recruited and mentored many students and interns from across many cultures, often providing free housing to them in her home.
In one example, Tenorio-Grimes recruited Fawn Coriz, an undergraduate student raised and living on a nearby Pueblo. Today, Coriz is a chemical engineer and group leader at the Lab.
Praised for her character, courage and commitment, Tenorio-Grimes is a recipient of this year's Los Alamos Women Who Inspire awards. She has also received community service awards multiple times from the American Indian Science and Engineering Society, and she serves on its board of directors.


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Tesla Reigns in America's Wealthiest Zip Codes
Tesla Motors's Model S sedan is the best selling car of any sort in eight of the top 25 wealthiest zip codes in the U.S. for the first eight months of the year -- and every one of the zip codes is in California. Mike Ramsey reports. Photo: Tesla.
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American Museum of Natural History
Scientific Publications Policies (October 2010)
1. Introduction
1.1. The Serials. The museum publishes three scientific serials—Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (for zoological monographs), American Museum Novitates (for shorter zoological works), and Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History (for works in anthropology).
1.2. Purpose of the Serials. The AMNH scientific serials are primarily intended to publish the research results of AMNH staff, fellowship recipients (postdoctoral scholars and graduate students), and affiliated scholars (Research Associates).
1.3. Scope of the Serials. Submitted manuscripts should report significant new discoveries of fact or interpretation that contribute to the advancement of a scientific discipline traditionally covered by our series (see 1.1). In general, the museum does not publish editorials, review articles, institutional histories, or new editions of previously published work.
1.4. Edited Volumes. Edited volumes of collected papers (festschrifts, memorial volumes, and symposia proceedings) may not be submitted except by invitation. Prospective editors should contact the Publications Committee of the Senate of the Scientific Staff with a proposal describing the planned volume in substantive detail. Proposals for edited volumes normally must include a commitment to pay all production costs (see 3.3 below).
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2.2. Use of AMNH Collections and Material. Given that the publication series are primarily focused on AMNH research, manuscripts by unaffiliated authors should significantly discuss AMNH collections or research; furthermore, unaffiliated authors are required to fund publication costs (see 3.3).
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Forty-two years before John Smith arrived at Jamestown, and 55 years before the Mayflower landed at Plymouth Rock, Spaniards founded St. Augustine, Florida, the first permanent European settlement in the present-day United States.
Heroic missionaries crossed the Atlantic Ocean out of a desire to preach the Gospel in the new territory of La Florida, as it was then known. In the years following the founding of St. Augustine in 1565, Jesuits launched missionary efforts.
In 1573, nine Franciscan friars arrived. Father Maynard Geiger (1901-77), a prominent Franciscan historian, noted that "at the height of activity there were 50 friars in 44 mission centers working for the welfare of 30,000 converted Indians." The Franciscan missions, like La Florida itself, extended into modern-day Georgia.
One year after he founded St. Augustine, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, the Spanish governor, traveled to St. Catherines Island, Georgia. In time, the Spaniards established Mission Santa Catalina there to evangelize the Guale (pronounced "Wally") Indians.
"Although the Jesuits failed, their energetic Franciscan successors built some of the first churches in what is now the United States, mastered numerous native languages and wrote the first dictionaries based on Indian dialects," said David Hurst Thomas, curator of anthropology at the American Museum of Natural History, in his work "St. Catherines: An Island in Time" (University of Georgia Press, $16.95). "Friars provided instruction not only in catechism but also in music, reading and writing." By 1597, friars had established several other missions to the Guale.
In September 1597, a Guale revolt began. Within a week, five friars from Mission Santa Catalina and three other area missions were dead, and a sixth friar was enslaved. On Oct. 4 of that year, Mission San Pedro, also located in Georgia, was attacked, but converts from the Mocama people were able to defend the mission successfully.
On that day, Father Pedro Fernández de Chozas, who was stationed at Mission San Pedro, learned of the fate of his confreres. "What you see here is all that is left of that priest," said a Guale ruler as he lifted up the hat of a slain friar. "Now there is no Christianity, since it was our very own [g]od who had permitted this to happen." Later that day, Father Fernández described the attack in a letter to the governor in St. Augustine.
That letter (see sidebar) is among the historical records of the friars' deaths included in J. Michael Francis and Kathleen Kole's "Murder and Martyrdom in Spanish Florida: Don Juan and the Guale Uprising of 1597," a remarkable collection of documents published by the American Museum of Natural History in 2011 and available for free online.
Francis, a history professor at the University of South Florida, and Kole, a graduate student at the University of Notre Dame, conducted extensive research at the General Archive of the Indies in Seville, Spain, which houses a treasure trove of documents from the period.
In the months that followed the October 1597 letter, the governor's officials conducted an investigation and saw the remains of missions that had been set ablaze. In retaliation, they set Guale villages on fire. In July 1598, the governor was able to secure the release of the enslaved friar.
Francis and Kole's research is the culmination of more than a century's worth of work by American scholars who, relying on Spanish-language sources, have investigated what happened in 1597. Two of these scholars — Father Alexander Wyse (1912-98) and Father Conrad Harkins, a professor at Franciscan University of Steubenville — played an active role in the friars' sainthood cause throughout the past three decades.
The path to the canonization of a martyr is different from that of other saints. First, a bishop begins the investigation of the life of the murdered person to find out whether his or her death is a true martyrdom — that is, whether he or she voluntarily accepted death inflicted out of hatred for the Christian faith. At this stage, the sainthood candidate is known as a Servant of God.
If the bishop approves, then the Congregation for the Causes of Saints continues the process in Rome. If the Congregation concurs that the death is a true martyrdom, then the pope may accept its decision and issue a decree on the martyrdom of the Servant of God. At that point, the martyr may be beatified and given the title "Blessed," with public liturgical veneration limited to certain areas, such as a diocese, a nation or a religious community. No miracle is required for the beatification of a martyr.
If there are reports of a miracle granted through the intercession of the Blessed, then the Congregation may conduct an additional investigation. If the Congregation determines that the healing is a true miracle, then the pope may accept its decision and issue a decree on the miracle of the Blessed. At that point, the martyr may be canonized and given the title "Saint," with public liturgical veneration extended to the entire Church.
The sainthood cause of the five slain friars — the Servants of God Pedro de Corpa and his companions (Blas de Rodríguez, Miguel de Añon, Antonio de Badajoz and Francisco de Beráscola) — is now in the second stage. In 2007, Bishop J. Kevin Boland, then bishop of Savannah, Georgia, concluded the cause's diocesan phase, and the cause is currently under consideration in Rome.
According to documentation provided to Our Sunday Visitor by the Diocese of Savannah, the historical commission that investigated the friars' deaths relied primarily on three sources that point to the friars' martyrdom out of fidelity to Christian teaching on the monogamous nature of marriage.
The first source dates from 1598 and recounts the Spanish governor's investigation into the friars' deaths. During interrogations of seven young Guale, five agreed that the friars were killed because of their witness to Christian teaching in the face of polygamous practices. After being threatened with torture, one of the youths testified that he knew beforehand of the plan to kill one of the friars; this youth was subsequently executed.
The second source is "La Florida," a poem written in the first decade of the 1600s by a Franciscan friar who had served in St. Augustine. Although "La Florida," according to the diocesan documentation, has "undeniable drawbacks and deficiencies" because of "imaginative flourishes," it testifies to the martyrdom of the friars, several of whom the poem's author knew.
The "most authoritative" source, according to the diocese's documentation, is Father Luis Gerónimo de Oré's "Martyrs of Florida," which was published around 1619. During visits to La Florida in 1614 and 1616, Father Oré, a Franciscan scholar and administrator who would later become a bishop in Chile, gathered information about the details of the friars' deaths. Father Oré wrote that the friars were killed after one of them rebuked a convert for taking a second wife. The convert's name was Juanillo, who was heir to a chiefdom, and the events of September 1597 subsequently became known as Juanillo's Revolt.
The documents discovered by Francis and Kole raise questions about Oré's account. "The root cause [of the friars' deaths] turned out to be the underlying tensions and competition between indigenous Georgia chiefdoms, each jockeying for position and astutely playing the Spanish to further their own localized political purposes," David Hurst Thomas writes in his book.
"Most modern interpretations of the 1597 uprising agree that Franciscan interference in Guale political and religious affairs, most notably their efforts to abolish the Guale practice of polygamy, provided the incendiary spark," Francis and Kole wrote. They add, however, that "based on the evidence available, it is unlikely that we will ever know with certainty the specific reasons for the murders, who committed them or the precise circumstances that surrounded the five friars' deaths."
Mission Santa Catalina ceased to be a Franciscan mission when British troops came to the region in 1680. Whether or not the Church ultimately raises the five Servants of God to the altars, their heroic example of evangelization endures.
J.J. Ziegler writes from North Carolina.
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Quieting the Lizard Brain
What can be a better way to get over the lethargic status quo and (re)start regular blogging than this video – Seth Godin's speech at 99% Conference – on Quieting the Lizard Brain.
In this presentation Seth Godin outlines a common creative affliction: sabotaging our projects just before we show them to the world. Godin targets our "lizard brain" as the source of these primal doubts, and implores us to "thrash at the beginning" of projects so that we can ship on time and on budget.
Worth mentioning the mission framework of 99%, which is a quote from Thomas Edison
Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration


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RN to BSN Program
1. Is your program accredited?
The program is accredited by the Accreditation Commission for
Education in Nursing (ACEN).
2. What type of degree will I receive?
You will receive a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree.
3. What is the process for acceptance?
A student must fill out the on-line application (found under
Admissions). The student must also have original transcripts from
their high school as well as the University/College in which they
received their Associate Degree in Nursing. These transcripts must be
sent to the Admissions Office.
4. What are the requirements for admission?
- Submit evidence of graduation from a State Board of Nursing approved pre-licensure R.N. associate degree or diploma program in nursing (official transcript).
- Interview with School of Nursing Faculty Member and/or Director of the School of Nursing.
- Present evidence of original, current, and valid State of Ohio R.N. License. Student must be licensed in order to register for NUR 30808 (Spring Semester) and all subsequent courses.
- Present evidence of current nursing professional liability insurance coverage.
- Present evidence of original, current, and valid CPR certification card.
- Provide evidence of completion of all course transfer prerequisites for admission to the RN-BSN Program (official transcripts).
- Submit completed Confidential Medical History Form to the University Health Services Office (a Form will be mailed to the student separately by the University Health Services Office once the student has been officially accepted into the Nursing Program).
5. What is the length of the program?
The program is a two year (4 semester) program. The uniqueness of
the program is that it is offered one day a week.
NCLEX pass rate: NA; Student retention students graduating 2016: 44%; Job placement: 100%.


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|Statement by Chinese Ambassador Zhang Yishan at the Third Committee of the 58th session of the General Assembly on Social Development
Mr. Chairman,
The Chinese delegation would like to warmly congratulate you and other members of the bureau on your election. My delegation will fully cooperate with you and the bureau to ensure the success of this committee.
Mr. Chairman,
My delegation fully associates itself with the statement made by Morocco on behalf of the Group of 77 and China. Promoting the coordinated economic and social development and achieving common prosperity have always been the shared aspiration and pursuit of all people around the world. While the international community has been intensifying its efforts and made continuous steady progress in this regard since the Summit on Social Development and the Special Session of the General Assembly on Social Development, we must not ignore the fact that human development is still faced with formidable challenges. Non-traditional security issues such as poverty, environmental deterioration, unemployment, drugs, transnational crime, HIV/AIDS and outbreaks of other infectious diseases have increasingly come to the fore, with some becoming more urgent than ever.
The United Nations is the most universal, representing and authoritative international organization in the world. The international community, in particular governments and people in developing countries, has a very keen expectation towards the UN. The United Nations should, without any hesitation, shoulder the important task of coordinating the efforts of member states, creating a favorable international environment, enhancing international cooperation and promoting the development of individual countries, with the aim of achieving comprehensive development of all countries in the world at an early date.
Earlier this year, at the 41st session of the Commission for Social Development and the high-level segment of the substantive session of ECOSOC, issues of how to further enhancing international cooperation in social development and eradicating poverty in rural areas were well explored and positive results achieved. Moreover, we are happy to notice that new headway has been made in the protection of the rights and interests of vulnerable groups, including the disabled and the elderly. We find these developments gratifying.
Here, I would like to make three observations on how to promote the social development in a balanced and coordinated way:
First, international cooperation should be strengthened to eradicate poverty. In 30 years, the number of the least developed countries has been on an increase, now standing at 49, over a quarter of the total membership of the United Nations, among which are countries in Africa and Asia in particular. The widening gap between North and South and the dramatic distinction between the rich and the poor has become an important factor affecting regional and global stability. The international community should join efforts to prevent the unreasonable phenomenon happening where the rich becomes richer and the poor becomes poorer, thus to achieve common prosperity and totally eradicate poverty so that every country, every family and every individual could live a decent and comfortable life.
Secondly, efforts are required to further promote the coordinated development of economic and social development. Both economic development and social progress are indispensable for comprehensive human development. Social stability and progress constitute an important foundation for economic development, whereas economic prosperity offers a strong guarantee for social progress. They are mutually complementary and neither should be neglected. In the view of the Chinese delegation, to obtain a comprehensive social and economic development requires a comprehensive and holistic vision of development. Efforts should be aimed at a coordinated and integrated development between the economic and the social sectors, urban and rural areas, man and nature. The United Nations should fully play its role in furthering international cooperation in this regard.
Thirdly, it is necessary to strengthen capacity building in global public health. Capacity building in public health is essential for the achievement of successful and healthy economic and social development of countries. The Millennium Declaration has in this respect established the long-term goal of halting and beginning to reverse "the spread of HIV/AIDS, the scourge of malaria and other major diseases afflicting humanity" by the year 2015. We call on the international community to attach greater importance to this issue and, within the framework of relevant activities aimed at promoting the realization of the Millennium Development Goals, enhance national capacities to cope with HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases, with the aim of providing a solid basis for comprehensive development. Proceeding from this conviction, the Chinese delegation will submit during this session a draft resolution entitled "Strengthening capacity-building in global public health", which we hope will enjoy the support of member states.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.