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Will Budget Fights Consume Obama's 2nd Term?
WSJ Washington bureau chief Jerry Seib on Wednesday night's vote to re-open the government and the budget battles likely in the coming months. Photo: Getty Images
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I've often pondered this question - would you swap your entire vintage collection for a certified screen used prop of equal or slightly higher value?
Maybe a cool little question to put on the main page?
Thankfully, I am not into props so that's an easy one for me. Somehow they dispel some of the magic as, once in hand, a lightsaber doesn't work and a blaster rifle doesn't fire laser bolts. hey just become worldly, prosaic objects out of context. Nicely crafted of course, but no- give me vintage toys any day!

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Today was the Lord Mayor's Show in London. The show is one of the oldest and well established pageants in Britain. The show is the confirmation (or inauguration) of the new Lord Mayor, it is a combination of carnival, pageant and trooping – it features appearances from the mounted band of the Household Cavalry (pictured) and besides when in the presence of a member of the Royal Family, the Lord Mayor's presence is the only other time the band wears their famous gold coats as traditionally, the Lord Mayor pays for the tunics.
The pageant processes through London when it culminates in arrival at the Royal Courts in Westminster, where the new Lord Mayor swears allegiance to the crown.
The parade, which begins at about eleven o'clock, concludes at about half past two in the afternoon. The procession is over three miles long, but the route itself is much shorter; the head of the procession reaches the end of the route before the Lord Mayor even leaves his home. In the evening, a fireworks display is held.
With almost 500 years of history, this is the second oldest pageant in terms of its origins, only second to the State Opening Of Parliament. Although Her Majesty plays no particular personal part in this ceremony, it is her that the new Lord Mayor swears allegiance to
The Lord Mayor travels in a State Coach, very similar and in fact the panels on the side were designed by the same person who designed those for the Royal Golden State Coach for George III that is used at coronations. In today's money, it would have cost over £120,000 to make.
Along the route, the Lord Mayor stops at St Paul's Cathedral in order to receive a blessing from the Dean on the Cathedral steps. On his arrival at the Royal Courts of Justice in Westminster, he takes the oath of allegiance; the return procession then recongregates on Aldwych, outside the London School of Economics stretching down to the River, before it begins from Temple Place.
When returning, as when going to the Royal Courts of Justice, the Lord Mayor joins the back of the procession. Upon his return to Mansion House, members of the City of London Corporation welcome him.


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The ongoing support of a parent can be extremely valuable, because nearly every college student occasionally encounters difficulties related to a course. However, cooperation between a parent, staff, and professor is usually not enough to resolve the issue. The solution usually requires the student to do something different. It could be to change how the student was already doing something, or to start doing something new. Either way, the student must be centrally involved in the solution. This is the reason a parent should attempt to get their son or daughter to play a central role in the act of requesting help. Otherwise, it can become a silent message to the student that successful achievement may result from waiting, even though college courses tend to move at a brisk pace. The most potent support from a mother or father is to promote full involvement of the students in any problem solving discussions with a professor or staff.


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The "Classic Series" wheel is a design that captures the early days of Hot Rods. Features include a 3-spoke design, highly polished with a billet aluminum trim ring. The wheel has an extra-thick foam cushion grip for comfort. The Classic Series wheel is 14-1/2" in diameter with a 2-3/4" dish. The wheel is available in black or white.


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Federal judge in Kentucky strikes down marriage ban; 23rd pro-marriage ruling in 1 year
July 01, 2014
Today, July 1, 2014, U.S. District Judge John G. Heyburn II ruled in favor of the freedom to marry, striking down a constitutional amendment in the state that restricts marriage to different-sex couples. The ruling is stayed pending further action from the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Previously, Judge Heyburn struck down the portion of the marriage ban in Kentucky that denies respect to same-sex couples who legally married in other states. Shortly after that ruling (in Bourke v. Beshear) in February 2014, two unmarried couples intervened in the case, which was retitled Love v. Beshear.
The Kentucky cases were filed last summer (with the intervening couples granted permission in February) by private lawyers from Clay Daniel Walton & Adams and Fauver Law Office in Louisville, KY. Bourke v. Beshear will be considered by the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit this summer, with oral arguments scheduled for August 6, 2014, the same day that oral arguments will be heard in marriage cases from Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee. For more information about the 6th Circuit marriage cases, click here.
The ruling reads:
Sometimes, by upholding equal rights for a few, courts necessarily must require others to forebear some prior conduct or restrain some personal instinct. Here, that would not seem to be the case. Assuring equal protection for same-sex couples does not diminish the freedom of others to any degree. Thus, same-sex couples' right to marry seems to be a uniquely "free" constitutional right. Hopefully, even those opposed to or uncertain about same-sex marriage will see it that way in the future.
The Court's holding today is consistent with Bourke, although it requires different relief. The ability to marry in one's state is arguably much more meaningful, to those on both sides of the debate, than the recognition of a marriage performed in another jurisdiction. But it is for that very reason that the Court is all the more confident in its ruling today.
In the ruling, Judge Heyburn dismantles the arguments that the defendants asserted in their briefs, most prominently the argument that allowing same-sex couples to marry in Kentucky will lower the birth rates in the state. Judge Heyburn wrote:
Perhaps recognizing that procreation-based arguments have not succeeded in any court post-Windsor, Defendant adds a disingenuous twist to the argument: Traditional marriages contribute to a stable birth rate which, in turn, ensures the state's long-term economic stability.
These arguments are not those of serious people. Excluding same-sex couples from marriage does not change the number of heterosexual couples who choose to get married, the number who choose to have children, or the number of children they have.
This is the 23rd consecutive ruling in favor of the freedom to marry in the past year. For all of the pro-marriage rulings issued since 2013, click here.
Freedom to Marry founder and president Evan Wolfson applauded the ruling today. He said:
Today a Republican-appointed federal judge in Kentucky held – as have more than 20 other judges and as did the U.S. Supreme Court last year – that discriminatory state marriage bans are unconstitutional. It is wrong for the government to deny same-sex couples the freedom to marry the person they love; a freedom that is part of every American's liberty and pursuit of happiness. Today's ruling in Kentucky underscores that America -- all of America -- is ready for the freedom to marry, and the Supreme Court should bring the country to national resolution as soon as possible."
For information on all 70+ marriage cases currently working their way through state and federal court in 32 different states and territories, visit our Marriage Litigation resource.


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Antiques Roadshow "Baltimore, MD - Hour Three" Appraisers find a rare violin made in 1798 by French violinmaker Nicolas Lupot, accompanied by a bow crafted in the style of Dominique Peccatte. The violin is valued up to $140,000 and the bow $20,000. Part 3 of 3G
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Priceless Antiques Roadshow Ceramics specialist Will Farmer meets fanatical members of the Clarice Cliff Collectors Club. Later, some of the more bizarre items seen on the show over the years are unwrapped.G
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Rick Steves' Europe "London: Historic and Dynamic" Rick ponders royal tombs in Westminster Abbey, learns how to triple the calories of an English scone at teatime, discovers treasures in the British Library, and enjoys the vibrant evening scene in Soho. He uncovers Churchill's secret World War II headquarters, joins the 9-to-5 crowd in the new London, shops where the queen shops, and straddles the Prime Meridian at Greenwich.G
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The Lawrence Welk Show "Do You Remember?" Norma Zimmer describes "My Favorite Things." Larry Hooper and Buddy Merrill cut up during "Sleepin' at the Foot of the Bed." The orchestra performs a medley of songs from the Rogers and Heart musical "Carousel."G
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Are You Being Served? "Christmas 1976, Father Christmas Affair" The pre-Christmas sales drive is opening, and a call goes out for volunteers. When Young Mr. Grace mentions money, staff Santas of all shapes, sizes and sexes rush forward.G
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Keeping Up Appearances Christmas Specials "1991" Hyacinth roars into the holiday season, even getting Richard into a Father Christmas outfit, then confronts a drunken "Daddy" in the church rectory, and a case of mistaken identity leads to a strange meeting under the mistletoe.G
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As Time Goes By "Wedding Day Nerves" Wedding day nerves get the best of Lionel while Jean tries to remain calm despite her sister-in-law's help.G
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Outnumbered As the family tries to get rid of Auntie Angela, another guest arrives to stay. Mum has to decide what to do about Jake's girlfriend. Ben and Karen discuss dreams, the mafia and trampolining bears.G
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My Family "One of the Boys" As Roger and Abi's big day is approaching, Roger's mother, Nerys, visits to check out her future daughter-in-law. Ben is pleased that his old college buddy is due momentarily so he won't have to deal with Nerys' visit. But when his friend arrives, Ben finds he has an even bigger adjustment to make.G
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Doctor Who Series "The Curse of the Black Spot" The TARDIS is marooned onboard a 17th-century pirate ship whose crew members are being lured to their death by a beautiful siren. When the captain's son is taken, the implacable pirate must place his life in the Doctor's hands and with him, take an extraordinary leap of faith.G


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Promoting Digital Security for LGBTI Communities
31st August 2016
For lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people around the world, especially in places where non-conventional sexualities are stigmatised, threatened or even illegal, access to online LGBTI communities provides essential space to connect with allies, friends and the broader movement, and to learn more about sexual rights. These positive developments have however come with new opportunities for homophobic responses, violence and coercion. This Eldis gender update looks at cases where people's security have been put at risk connecting through online forums and apps – including a recent incident at the Rio Olympics – and goes on to recommend a set of resources to help LGBTI communities improve their security both on and offline. Photo: KURU KURU WORLD by Mikati SladeCreative Commons License


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Best Special Issue
- First – "Back to Campus 2007"
o "Comprehensive back-to-school issue chock full of information on issues, people to know and new instructors. It even includes a feature on summer reading by faculty members. A tremendous resource for students."
- Second – "The Inauguration of Patrick White"
o Engaging look at the inauguration of the college's president, including his favorite movies. What sets the issue apart, though, are the historical sketches of the college's other fourteen presidents. Impressive work.
Best Stand-Alone/Pullout Section
- First – Patrick Smith, Elijah Sanders and Chad Simpson – Monon Bell/Founders Week
o Impressive use of photos, old and new, to tell a brief history of the college. Lots of quotes juxtaposed with photos make it a winner
Best Breaking News Story
- First - Gary James – Venis, Clerget in Tie shocker
o Timely account of an unusual election. Lots of quotes from a wide variety of students
Best in Depth Story
- First - Patrick Smith – Faculty survey reveals two worlds
o Impressive job of obtaining a document the administration didn't intend to release. Good interpretation of raw data
Best Staff Editorial
- Second - Patrick Smith – CFO stonewalls financial information
o Nice job holding administrators feet to the fire. Reasoned, civil but still tough-minded.
- Third - Patrick McAlister and Josh Harris – Bachelor busts bookstore trust
o Measured challenge to bookstore monopoly. Editorial suggests room for compromise.
Best Opinion Column
- First – Chad Simpson – The problem with gay blood
o Uncompromising look at discrimination. Good enterprise reporting as well as straight forward writing.
Best Sports Column
- Second - Chuck Summers – Another instant classic
o Infectious enthusiasm for a surprisingly successful team. Effective use of very short sentences
Best Entertainment Column
- Second – Kyle Cassidy –
o Lots of humor in off-beat review. Good job of discussing the actors and their various contributions.
Best Sports News Story
- Second – Chuck Summers – Battle for the bell
o Excellent preview of the season's big game. Good focus on a backup quarterback who must step in for the regular starter
Best News or Features Story
- Second - Patrick McAlister, Chris Nelson and Jacob Clough – Meet the Interns
o Entertaining personality profiles of foreign language interns. Good effort to find a unique angle for each intern
- Third – Rob Fenoglio – Master plan under way
o Long range planning may lack sex appeal but has big time consequences for students. Good job previewing the planning process
Best Overall Design
- First – The Bachelor Staff – Back to School Issue
o Good use of color and cutouts on page one. Sports pages are easy to get in to, with dominant art as well as info boxes and a smaller photo to grab the eye. Nice use of mug shots with new faculty and summer reads stories too. Photos are clear and look good.
Best Front Page
- Second – Clayton Craig – Chapel Sing 2007
o An unusual page, dominated by the photo of a man with a painted face singing, but it works, thanks to the quality of the photo and the use of reverse text on the headline
Best Sports Page
- First – Chuck Summers – Bringing the Passion
o This page looks professionally designed from the cutout photo to the 2007 little giant football schedule at the bottom of the page. Outstanding work that would be honored with an award in any division of competition
- Second – Chuck Summers – Battle for the Bell
o Well designed page about the big rivalry game. Placing story between the headline and photo ties the package together neatly. Well done.
Best Feature Page
- Third - Patrick McAlister and Clayton Craig – Martinez finds 'Real America' at Wabash
o Solid design with a good headline, well packaged with a dominant photo
Best Feature Photo
- Third – Clayton Craig – Chapel Sing 2007
o Excellent portrait. The angle, shooting slightly up at the subject gives the reader the feeling that the subject is lifting his voice to the heavens.
Best Sports Photo
- Second – Elijah Sanders – Dannic Gets Tossed
o Sharp stop-action shot of quarterback winging the ball downfield under pressure. What makes this shot is the defender leaping high at the right of the frame in a vain attempt to knock down the ball.
Best Photo Essay or Picture Story
- First – Clayton Craig – Introducing Your New Photo Editor
o Five excellent photos, including the effective use of dominant art in design, make this a top notch story. The shooter has an uncanny eye fro interesting landscapes and nature. Good use of lighting too. Effective use of white space allows the page to breathe.
Best Editorial Cartoon
- Third – Dick Page – Welcome to Ashcroft's lemonade
o Innovative design with multiple panels. Clever take on a national issue


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Last September, Abby Prestin received a CT scan that showed a large tumor pushing against her windpipe. "It was just hanging out with my heart and lungs," she said. "That's the day I knew I was sick with something more significant than allergies." Prestin, a fit 33-year-old, had been fighting a nasty cough since the spring. It wasn't until August, though, when she started to lose weight, feel short of breath and lag under a persistent fever, that she went to the hospital.
The diagnosis was terrible, but competing with Prestin's fear was a strong sense of irony. Only three days before she learned of the tumor, a study based on her doctoral work had been published in the journal Media Psychology. Its topic: how movies and TV can generate hope and motivation in viewers who face daunting and emotionally draining challenges such as cancer.
"I worried about how I chose a career working on research that helps prevent or control cancer and then I got it myself," she said. "That was, in a weird way, kind of embarrassing."
But rather than sitting around thinking of the irony of her life, she has chosen to turn herself into the subject of her newest study. She is investigating which media can help a young social scientist cope with a diagnosis of large B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma, which typically hits people much older than her and has a 10-year survival rate of 71 percent for low-risk patients like Prestin, according to the American Cancer Society.
"I've always felt hopeful about the diagnosis," Prestin said, "but when I need to be picked up, I turn to media. Movies and books take me out of my reality."
Prestin was inspired to study emotional coping mechanisms a decade ago, after her mother's death from colon cancer. Eventually, she made this work the focus of her social sciences doctoral research. Then, five months ago, when she was told she had cancer, she began to study herself.
Life as a cancer patient turned Prestin into a more astute researcher, she said. Her experiences in hospitals suggested new applications for her research and revealed some unanswered questions in her previous analysis, such as whether helping patients feel hopeful about their long-term prospects can help them conquer stress and fear on a daily basis.
Her background in social science research became a kind of coping mechanism. When she felt afraid of hearing negative test results or undergoing procedures, for instance, she would use her academic knowledge and training to not let her emotions overwhelm her.
Studies have shown that while having a positive attitude cannot on its own fight serious biological illness, being upbeat is associated with resistance to the common cold and with fewer self-reported symptoms of pain. A meta-analysis by researchers at the University of California at Riverside suggested that "positive psychology interventions" — such as having a patient focus on positive past experiences or practice mindfulness meditation — can reduce depressive symptoms.
The research Prestin had published in Media Psychology had found some positive effects. It used 248 individuals and split them into four test groups. The first watched "underdog narratives" — fictional and true stories about people and animals facing significant challenges. Among them was a news story about a disabled dog that relearned to walk and a pep talk by a coach in the 1999 football film "Any Given Sunday." The second group watched clips from popular TV and movie comedies such as "Two and a Half Men" and "The Hangover." The third group watched nature shows. The fourth group, which was the control, watched nothing. All participants (except for those in the control group) watched their specific genre five minutes a day for five consecutive days. Then they answered a series of questions about their emotional state.
Prestin found that participants who watched the underdog narratives were both more hopeful about the future and newly motivated to overcome personal challenges. While feelings of amusement and calm can raise a person's spirits, "they don't make you feel like you want to go out and change the world," Prestin said.
Prestin also discovered that, unlike emotions such as calmness and happiness, hope lasted. "Even up to three days later, the underdog group felt more hopeful," she said.
And the people who watched the underdog stories didn't need to see the underdogs succeed in order to feel inspired. For instance, the "Any Given Sunday" clip featured no footage of the team actually winning. Still, people reported feeling motivated to accomplish goals and overcome personal challenges. "It was the process of coping that made people feel hopeful," Prestin said.
Here's another irony: After completing her PhD at the University of California at Santa Barbara, Prestin moved to Bethesda, where she worked in the behavioral research program at the National Cancer Institute, studying the relationship between positive media messages and cancer-related stress. Last May, she took a job at the Food and Drug Administration to help implement and support tobacco regulation. She wanted to help people improve their odds of avoiding cancer.
"In academia, the research just stays there," she said. "I wanted to bring research to people directly." Prestin was happy with the move because the FDA job still involved the study of media messages and cancer prevention.
Her diagnosis came five months later.
Prestin the research subject has given Prestin the researcher plenty of material to work with since then. Her doctors said that drugs should be able to eradicate her tumor, so they put her on a six-month chemo regimen. For the first few months, she and her husband traveled to the Yale Cancer Center, where her stepmother used to be an ER nurse, so that Prestin could have her infusions close to family.
She lost her hair and felt achy from a drug that makes her chemo-affected bone marrow pump up production of white blood cells, and she often experienced extreme fatigue. At times, Prestin was so weak that she couldn't lift a fork to her mouth. She also experienced a mental fuzziness often called "chemo brain."
Having never been a very sick patient before, she said this "challenged a lot of my assumptions. How you test questions based on [academic] knowledge is different than how you test questions based on real life."
For example, it initially didn't occur to Prestin to put herself on the same underdog regimen that she had created for her study. She was too busy with all the medical tests and chemo and trying to stay on top of her FDA work. But she quickly realized that televisions in hospital waiting rooms were problematic. "They played these horrible talk shows in the waiting rooms," she said. She remembered one news program about a person who had been set afire. "I was being prepped for surgery and freaking out because of the news," she said.
Prestin realized that it wasn't good enough to simply give stressed-out patients random daily doses of uplifting media. There were certain situations in which media could help — or seriously hurt — a patient's mental state.
"We have research that suggests that media can affect emotions," she said. "When you're getting chemo and you're sitting around and watching TV, that's an opportunity that should be pursued."
At one point when Prestin began to panic during an echocardiogram, she made herself think about the motivational videos from her study, hoping that might help. But her dread persisted. Why, she wondered? And then she had a eureka moment: "The underdog scenario didn't apply to me," she said. "The emotion I needed was bravery."
Unlike people inspired by underdogs, Prestin did not need a motivational push to begin tackling problems; she was already meeting them head-on, getting treatment and following her doctor's orders to the letter. Instead, she wanted — needed even — to see people who displayed courage in dangerous situations. She wanted to see them triumph.
"I was thinking, 'Is there media that shows people in the line of fire? Because that's what I need,' " she said.
When she read novels during her chemo treatments, she found she "felt most satisfied in following a narrator through to a positive resolution." It buoyed her. She gave up on one book when she realized there would be no happy ending.
Bravery narratives resonated with Prestin most of all when the protagonists felt isolated. "As much as family and friends love you and help you through cancer," she said, "certain things you have to do alone. Those have been the scariest things for me. You need to pull that courage from somewhere."
So she recalled the moment from "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" in which Harry walks alone into the forbidden forest to confront Voldemort. She already knew there would be a happy ending, despite Harry's belief that he would die. But focusing on Harry's decision to "face an uncertain future" without the aid of his friends gave her courage.
Little research has been done about the relationship between bravery and health or about how media scenes depicting courage might help the seriously ill. But Robin Nabi, a professor of communication at Santa Barbara who was Prestin's PhD adviser, said there has been extensive, potentially relevant research into "modeling" — i.e., predicting how people will emulate behaviors and attitudes they see on TV. Most of these studies have focused on emulating negative aspects of violence and sex. But Nabi says that "models of courageous behavior could most certainly instill feelings of courage in audiences" that could help them cope.
Prestin would like to take on this research, though at present the task seems daunting. "On the days that I have energy, I'm very excited about these new ideas," she said. But after her chemo infusions each month, she often feels as frail as a woman of 90. "When I have no energy, I think, 'Oh, yeah, I'll do those one day.' "
Still, Prestin continues to test her hypotheses on a sample of one and recognizes that this, in itself, is a powerful coping mechanism.
"It has helped me to understand what I'm going through in more of an objective manner," she said, "and to know that how I think is affecting how I feel."
Prestin completed her chemo in late January, but a CT scan in February showed the presence of masses in her chest. She is now enrolled in a clinical trial protocol at the National Institutes of Health. To battle her continued anxiety, she turned again to science. She returned to some unpublished research from her doctoral years in which she interviewed breast cancer survivors about how they use media to cope with stress.
She is coding the results and hopes to publish them. Not only does this work shift her focus away from her own worries, it has also given meaning to her recent trials. "I don't want this experience to be 'Oh you got sick and that's that,' " she said. "If I can use my skills and experience for some benefit, that's what I'd really like to do."
Miller is a freelance writer and author of "The Year of the Gadfly," a novel.


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CRL has released a short video on its Purchase Proposal Program for CRL librarians interested in cooperative collection building. This five-minute "how-to" video, which outlines the steps for nominations and voting, is now available on CRL's YouTube channel. Nominations for the 2015 Purchase Proposal Program are due by September 30.
CRL welcomes suggestions for additional short videos on available collections and services. CRL's YouTube channel already features recorded presentations from a variety of webinars and forums. Visitors can see rebroadcasts that highlight research resources for Southeast Asia, Africa, and other regions; explore issues in access to news and government information; and survey the availability of text and data mining in licensed databases; among other topics.


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Belt Loop and Pin
Physical Fitness Sports Belt Loop
Belt Loop Requirements
Complete these three requirements:
- 1. Give a short report to your den or family on the dangers of drugs and alcohol.
- 2. Practice finding your pulse and counting your heartbeats per minute. Determine your target heart rate.
- 3. Practice five physical fitness skills regularly. Improve performance in each skill over a month. Skills could include pull-ups, curl-ups, the standing long jump, the 50-yard dash, and the softball throw.
Sports Pin Requirements
Earn the Physical Fitness belt loop, and complete five of the following requirements:
- 1. Make a diagram of the Food Guide Pyramid. List foods you ate in a week and show where they fit in the pyramid.
- 2. Choose a form of exercise, bring your heart rate up to target, and keep it there for 15 minutes. Don't forget to warm up and cool down.
- 3. Set up a four-step exercise program. Chart your progress for five days a week for two weeks.
- 4. Explain the reason for warming up and cooling down before and after each exercise session.
- 5. Visit a local gym and talk to a trainer about exercises and programs for young people.
- 6. Participate in some aerobic exercises at least three times a week for four weeks.
- 7. Build an obstacle course that could include some exercises with jumping, crawling, and hurdles. Time yourself three times to see whether you can improve your time.
- 8. Swim for a total of an hour, charting your time as you go.
- 9. Participate for at least three months in an organized team sport or organized athletic activity.
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Cub Scout Academics and Sports Program Guide, 2003 Edition (BSA Supply SKU #34299)
Related achievements, electives, or other awards
- Wolf Achievements 1, 3, 8
- Wolf Electives 18, 20
- Bear Achievements 16
- Bear Electives 18, 19, 20
- Webelos Athlete Activity Badge
- Webelos Sportsman Activity Badge
Webelos Scouts that earn the Physical Fitness Belt Loop while a Webelos Scout also satisfy requirement 10 for the Webelos Athlete Activity Badge and part of requirement 3 for the Webelos Sportsman Activity Badge.


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Jeff Gardner needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 153 designs submitted by 70 freelance designers.
Yoga Classes.info
We are building a global yoga directory that will help students find a class, teacher, studio, workshop or event.
The directory will also provide teachers with an opportunity to advertise and promote their business.
Yoga students - 80% female and 18-35 years of age
Yoga teachers - predominately female
Avoidance of the typical Indian yoga motifs, Sanskrit symbolism or the usual yoga clichés.
Clean, minimalist yet strong, modern - Zen like.
Think 37 signals design philosophy - nothing superfluous
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This is what I made!
And now back to stitching. I've decided to make both my mum and my mother in law a quilt for Christmas. One top is done, now on to the next. I'll show you next week.
And here's something I came across today; nothing to do with quilting, but really interesting. Check it out!
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Huntington Paranormal and Haunted and Historic Guyandotte Tours are once again bringing the history of the Guyandotte Methodist Church graveyard to life with its annual cemetery haunted history tour!
We're taking our tour beyond the iron gates this year and inside two of Guyandotte's most haunted and historic homes. We've also got a few surprises for our guests this year!
If you are in the Huntington, WV area on August 24th or 25th, please stop by and see us! Tickets for this event are FREE, but spots fill up quickly.
Please see our website for more details, and if you can't make it to the cemetery tours, don't fret! We have several more walking tours of the entire historic district planned for this fall, including our ever popular Halloween tour and our Guyandotte Civil War Days' tour.
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A biopsy is the removal of a small piece of tissue for laboratory examination.
Alternative Names
Tissue sampling
How the test is performed
There are several different types of biopsies.
A needle biopsy is called a percutaneous biopsy. It removes tissue using a hollow tube called a syringe. The needle is passed several times through the tissue being examined. The surgeon uses the needle to remove the tissue sample. Needle biopsies are often done using
An open biopsy is surgery that uses local or general anesthesia. This means you are relaxed (sedated) or asleep and pain-free during the procedure. It is done in a hospital operating room. The surgeon makes a cut into the affected area, and the tissue is removed.
Closed biopsy uses a much smaller surgical cut than open biopsy. A small cut is made so that a camera-like instrument can be inserted. This instrument helps guide the surgeon to the right place to take the sample.
How to prepare for the test
Before scheduling the biopsy, tell your doctor and nurse about any medicines you are taking, including herbs and supplements. You may be asked to stop taking some for a while, particularly those that can make you bleed. Such medications include aspirin, Coumadin (warfarin), and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications (NSAIDs).
Never stop or change your medications without first talking to your health care provider.
How the test will feel
In a needle biopsy, you will feel a small sharp pinch at the site of the biopsy.
In an open or closed biopsy, local or general anesthesia is often used to make it pain-free.
Why the test is performed
A biopsy is most often done to examine tissue for disease.
Normal Values
The tissue removed is normal.
What abnormal results mean
An abnormal biopsy means that the tissue or cells have an unusual structure, shape, size, or condition.
This may mean you have a disease, such as cancer, but it depends on your biopsy.
What the risks are
- Bleeding
- Infection
Special considerations
There are many different types of biopsies. Some are:
Abdominal wall fat pad biopsy Biopsy of the biliary tract Bladder biopsy Bone lesion biopsy Bone marrow biopsy
- Breast biopsy
Carpal tunnel biopsy Chorionic villus biopsy Cold cone biopsy Colposcopy-directed biopsy Endometrial biopsy Gum biopsy Liver biopsy Lung needle biopsy Lymph node biopsy Mediastinoscopy with biopsy Muscle biopsy Myocardial biopsy Nasal mucosal biopsy Nerve biopsy Open lung biopsy Open pleural biopsy Oropharynx lesion biopsy Pleural needle biopsy Polyps biopsy Rectal biopsy Renal biopsy Salivary gland biopsy Skin lesion biopsy Skinny-needle biopsy Synovial biopsy Testicular biopsy Tongue biopsy Upper airway biopsy Ureteral retrograde brush biopsy cytology


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Community Profiles San Pasqual Valley
- San Pasqual Valley Community Profile Home
- Planning Group Agendas and Minutes
- Current Community Plan
- Community Contact Information
- Parks & Other Community Services
The San Pasqual Valley plan area includes approximately 14,000 acres in area and is largely owned by the City of San Diego Water Utilities Department. Agricultural land uses dominate the valley's landscape and include various orchard, vine, field crops, dairy operations, and pasture land. The valley is located in the northern most portion of the City of San Diego. The valley is bounded on the north by the city of Escondido, on the east and west by unincorporated land within San Diego County, and on the south by the city of Poway and the Rancho Bernardo community.
In the late 1950s, the Water Utilities Department acquired the San Pasqual Valley for water-supply purposes. In the early 1960s, land within the San Pasqual Valley was annexed to the City of San Diego. The first San Pasqual Valley Plan was adopted in May of 1964. That Plan designated the valley as an agricultural and open space preserve. The San Pasqual Valley Plan Area extends from the Hodges Reservoir eastward to Clevenger Canyon located at the eastern reach of the valley. The Hodges Reservoir landscape includes the broad, open waters of the Hodges Reservoir and the contrasting steep, rocky slopes of the surrounding mountainous terrain to the north and south.


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Financial Aid
Disbursement of Aid
The Financial Aid Office runs a process called disbursement in order to release federal and state financial aid to students' accounts at the Bursar's Office. Typically, financial aid is disbursed just before the term begins, daily during the first week of each semester, and regularly throughout the term. You will want to become familiar with SIS (Student Information System) under 'Account Summary' to ensure that all funds that are 'pending' disburse at the correct time and are applied to your account in a timely manner.
Do not assume that your pending aid will disburse to your account. It is your responsibility to monitor your account to ensure that your bill has been paid by the published due dates or payment arrangements have been made with the Student Billing Office. (920) 465-2224. Aid applications and awards completed just prior to the beginning of the term may delay the disbursement dates, and any applicable late charges or fees will remain the responsibility of the student.After disbursement of aid, if a student's financial aid exceeds the balance due on the student's account, a refund will be generated two days later. Students are encouraged to sign up for electronic refunds, which will allow any excess aid to be deposited directly into the student's bank account. Refunds are available on or after the first day of classes. Recently dropped credits and/or the existence of waitlisted courses will prevent students from receiving their refunds within this timeframe.
Monitor the 'Account Summary' area of SIS regularly, and contact the Financial Aid Office if your aid does not come in when anticipated.
Private Scholarship, Loan and other outside aid Disbursements
Many times, funds from private scholarships and/or loans will come straight to the University for payment to your account balance. If you are expecting private scholarships or other outside aid (private loans, tribal assistance, etc), you'll want to keep track of those disbursements to the University on your own. You can view any aid posted to your account in SIS under Account Activity. The University is not responsible for tracking aid that has not arrived to the University's Bursar Office. Please contact the awarding organization if your funds have not arrived or have not been disbursed to your account.


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A Lesson Study as a Development Model of Professional Teachers
The study aims to 1) identify the teachers' problem to develop a development model of professional teachers with a lesson study-based approach at Muhammadiyah Schools of Sukoharjo regency, 2) find an effective lesson study model as a development model of professional teachers, and 3) analyze a lesson study validation as a development model of professional teachers. The research used a phenomenology descriptive-qualitative method. The subjects included the students, teachers, principals, department head of education, and members of the Regional House of Representatives. The techniques of the data gathering employed the observation, documentation, and in-depth interview. The technique of the data analysis applied the first order understanding and second order understanding. It could be concluded that the four problems to improve the teachers' professionalism with a lesson study-based model are as follows: 1) internal, 2) external (teachers' commitment and concern), 3) an effective lesson study model based on a plan-do-see circle, collaboration, and collegial tutor, and 4) a lesson study validation in relation with the validations of open lesson and reflection, theory, and implementation.
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Joseph long needed a new stationery design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 98 designs submitted by 22 freelance designers.
Craig is an attorney who teaches media law at LSU in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He is a father of four and graduated from Johns Hopkins University and LSU law school. He is forty years old and this is his first foray into elective office. He is running for school board in District 6. The election is October 2, 2010 and we are seeking your creative talents to make a winning yard sign and stationery. Remember the yard sign must be read from a distance, so nothing too fancy.
The district has 18,000 voters. Race: 66.6% is African American, 33% is White. Age 18-85. Income: Mostly poor. Education level: High School or less.
Must be able to be eye catching, but be read from a distance. No pastel colors. Nothing too busy. you can include craigfreeman.com.


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Affiliates of New York-based Hyde Capital LLC have paid a combined $17.3 million for the Briar Club Apartments at 6339 Village Grove Drive in East Memphis and the Cinnamon Trails apartment complex at 6497 Knight Arnold Road in Hickory Hill.
An entity called Briar Club LLC paid $8.7 million for the 272-unit Briar Club Apartments in a March 7 special warranty deed from Briar Apartments LLC.
And an entity called Cinnamon Trails LLC paid $8.6 million for the 208-unit Cinnamon Trails apartment complex in a March 7 special warranty deed from Cinnamon Apartments LLC.
Built in 1985, the Class C, 210,336-square-foot Briar Club Apartments sits on 12 acres on the south side of Village Grove Drive east of Ridgeway Road. An alternate address is 6355 Briar Patch Lane. The Shelby County Assessor of Property's 2013 appraisal was $6.5 million.
And built in 1989, the Class C, 180,648-square-foot Cinnamon Trails sits on 11 acres on the south side of Knight Arnold Road between Ridgeway Road and Kirby Parkway. The assessor's 2013 appraisal was close to $6 million.
In conjunction with the purchases, Briar Club LLC filed a $7.7 million multifamily deed of trust and Cinnamon Trails LLC filed a $7.2 million multifamily deed of trust, both through Arbor Commercial Funding LLC.
Hyde Capital's Tom Intrator signed both deeds as managing member of the respective borrowing entities. His company last year bought the 324-unit Autumnwood Apartments at the southwest corner of Kirby Parkway and Mount Moriah Road Extended for $13.5 million.
Source: The Daily News Online & Chandler Reports
– Daily News staff
Volunteer Mid-South is seeking nominations through March 20 for its 38th Annual Spirit of Giving Awards. The organization will honor the area's top volunteers at a recognition luncheon Thursday, April 10, at 11:30 a.m. in the ballroom of the Holiday Inn University of Memphis, 3700 Central Ave.
Categories for Spirit of Giving Awards include adult, large group, small group, senior citizen, board member, outstanding volunteer program and youth. Details and instructions for submitting nominations are available at volunteermidsouth.org.
First-place winners, except the youth winner, will receive $500 for the nonprofit agency served. The first-place youth winner will receive $250 for his or her education and $250 for the agency served.
– Don Wade
A one-day forum titled "Early Brain Development and Function: Impact on Social and Health Outcomes" will be held March 20 from 7:15 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. at the FedEx Institute of Technology on the University of Memphis campus.
The event is part of the 2014 Norfleet Forum for the Advancement of Health, presented by the Urban Child Institute, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center Department of Preventive Medicine, the UTHSC Neuroscience Institute and the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis. The forum is open to the public, health care workers and researchers for a $25 registration fee.
In conjunction, a free Brain Awareness Night event will be held March 20 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Urban Child Institute, 600 Jefferson Ave. The community discussion is designed to promote knowledge about brain development and its central role in child health and well-being.
Visit urbanchildinstitute.org/brain-awareness-2014 for more information on both events.
A dip in temperatures and high wind Wednesday prompted the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art to postpone its Spring Break Chalk Art Festival to Thursday, March 13, starting at 10 a.m.
The free event is open to children and others who bring their own chalk to create works of art in the museum's plaza.
Local artists will also be part of the festival, creating chalk works that honor artist Salvador Dali. The Brooks is featuring an exhibit on Dali through May 11.
The event will also feature live music and food, and shuttle bus service will from the Overton Square parking garage to the Brooks Museum.
– Bill Dries
The 2014 Westberg Symposium, "Stronger Together: Partnerships in Health Ministry," will be held April 24-27 at Whispering Woods Hotel and Conference Center in Olive Branch.
Faith community nurses, coordinators, clergy, chaplains, health ministers, health promoters and educators, and others involved in health ministry are encouraged to attend.
Rev. Shane Stanford, senior minister of Christ United Methodist Church in Memphis, will deliver the keynote address April 25 at 6:30 p.m.
For more information and registration costs, visit churchhealthcenter.org/westburg2014 or contact Leslie Harrison at 701-2258 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
The 2014 Medtronic Global Heroes team is now accepting applications from runners worldwide that have benefited from medical technology.
Up to 25 runners will be selected to represent their countries and receive a paid entry and travel package for themselves and a guest to the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon or the Medtronic TC 10 Mile, to be held Oct. 3-5.
Since 2006, 184 runners representing 27 different countries have run the course.
Application information can be found at medtronic.com/globalheroes. The deadline is April 25.
The Memphis Farmers Market has hired longtime board member Terre Gorham as market coordinator.
Gorham, who will continue working as editor of the Memphis Downtowner Magazine in addition to her part-time role with the farmers market, will work in tandem with Memphis Farmers Market director Allison Cook to direct, recruit, train, maintain and sustain the volunteer workforce needed to operate the Saturday markets and related activities and fundraisers.
Gorham will manage the 150 volunteers it takes to run a season-long Saturday market, overseeing approximately 300 volunteers over the course of the year. Gorham also will stand in as interim market director on an as-needed basis.
– Andy Meek
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam's anti-meth proposal is advancing in the Senate, but it's unclear whether his administration will be able to muster the votes to have it clear a House subcommittee.
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday evening voted 7-1 in favor of the measure to place greater restrictions on how many cold and allergy medicines containing meth precursors can be purchased without a prescription.
That vote came after the panel killed the companion to a rival measure with lesser restrictions on a 5-3 vote. That measure was the companion to the one advancing in the House, while the governor's bill has languished in the Civil Justice Subcommittee.
Haslam's measure would cap the annual amount of products containing pseudoephedrine that can be purchased at a 2 1/2 month supply, while the House bill would set that limit at an eight-month supply.
– The Associated Press
Senate Minority Leader Jim Kyle says he may swing his support behind a proposed constitutional amendment calling for the popular election of the state's attorney general.
Republican Sen. Mark Green of Clarksville is also considering swinging his vote in favor of the resolution sponsored by Republican Sen. Mae Beavers of Mt. Juliet, which fell two votes short of a majority last month.
Beavers is seeking a re-vote on Thursday.
Under the state's constitution, the attorney general is appointed to an eight-year term by the state Supreme Court.
Kyle said the popular election of the attorney general could present the best opportunity for a Democrat to run a competitive statewide race. The only current positions elected by the entire state are the governor and the Tennessee's two U.S. senators.


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Title: Development Associate at New York Presbyterian Hospital
Title: Teacher and Graduate Education Student
Title: Underwriter, Liberty Mutual
Title: Las Vegas Market Manager, Expedia
My dad, Joe Farrell '74, went to St. Mike's, as did two uncles and a cousin before me so that's how I ended up so far from home for college. My other cousin just graduated this year so you could say it's our family school.
I'm at Christian Brothers University in Memphis attending graduate school in education through a program called LANCE. You live in community with other people and work on a master's while teaching.
I also was active in the Founders Society as a student ambassador and tour guide, took part in student government and was in the Irish step-dancing club. I found some of my greatest mentors through those activities. I continue to stay in touch with Heidi St. Peter in MOVE and Todd Wright in Wilderness for advice.
I apply my education major directly to my work as a teacher of course and I'm also constantly using ideas from my religious studies and American studies for literature and history courses that I teach. I taught English in Thailand, and I have also done work with confirmation classes at my local parish. I'll be teaching in a Catholic school this coming year, so the religious studies comes into play there.
I grew in my faith at Saint Michael's. I got to decide whether I would go to Mass, and on what role religion plays in my life. I got to think deeper through retreats. Saint Michael's allows you to figure out who you are and what you want out of religion, be that Catholicism or something else. Being open to sharing that faith is important.
My grad school roommate said, "I hope you can learn to love this place as much as you love St. Mike's," but I told her, "that's big shoes to fill."


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There's something going down at this New York art gallery—something involving five thousand custom panels held together by an Office Depot's worth of binder clips. I'll say this much: the inside's a lot more colorful than the outside:
That's right, all those clips are holding together your standard issue technicolor wormhole—an installation at the bridgegallery in downtown New York entitled "chromatex.me." I'm not sure what it means, but it's a hell of a lot more fun than keeping the pages of that TPS report in the correct order. [Chromatex.me via Designboom]


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I'm trying to make a curly que with a narrow strip and I'm not sure how to make a tight curve with the bias strip. You know how a tendril from a vine might turn back on itself then continue on further??? Well, that is what I'm attempting. Hopefully my explanation is clearer than mud. :roll:
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Castellan needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 61 designs submitted by 21 freelance designers.
Castellan, Inc.
We are a large estate management company that works with high net worth families, individuals, foundations and trusts to help manage their household staff and other household issues. Castellan manages all contract staff, construction & maintenance projects and accounting functions. We provide weekly (sometimes daily) updates to family members that may live too far from their loved ones to visit on a regular basis. We are their eyes and ears. Many of our clients live far from their aging parents or vacation properties, so we are here to keep them updated on the issues they are unable to manage from a distance. Our headquarters are in St. Louis, Missouri. Castellan is a latin word and we are a hispanic owned business that is based in an historic/urban area. We love old homes and live in a 140 year old Victorian (this comment will make sense once you read the "requirement" section below).
Our target is individuals, families, trusts and foundations with a very high net worth. We are here to manage the home, so that the aging resident is able to stay in their home vs. being moved into some sort of assisted living facility. We also help manage vacation properties for our clients.
We would like to have a castle or some other cool architectural feature in the design. However, we do not want a busy design.
Our color choice is flexible, but we prefer to stay away from pastels. Primary color(s) or Silver would be our 1st choice and all black would also be an option.
We do not require the INC, to be included in the logo. We'd prefer just "Castellan" and have the inc drop off.
Please do not use any stock images or clip art in the logo
We would like as many file/web options as possible: jpg, layered .psd,.ai (CMYK)
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Crawford to Speak on Finding War Deadby Jim Amidon • March 15, 2013 Share:
Ken Crawford, a 1969 graduate of Wabash College, will return to his alma mater on Thursday, March 21, to talk about his work to bring home the missing World War II servicemen who died on the battlefields in Europe.
Crawford will give a public talk at 7:00 p.m. in Baxter Hall's Lovell Lecture Room. The public is cordially invited to attend.
As chief of the Engineering Division for the 21st Theater Support Command, Crawford supported the search and recovery missions by the US Army Memorial Affairs Activity, Landstuhl, Germany, with the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command throughout Europe, from 1997 through 2002.
While the Department of Defense has ongoing worldwide operations to search for and recover missing servicemen from all wars based on multiple sources of information, the number of missing WW II servicemen recovered and returned to their families is relatively small.
Crawford's lecture presents the search and recovery efforts for missing WW II servicemen over a six-year period in Europe by the US Army-Europe and the 21st Theater Support Command (TSC) in Kaiserslautern, Germany, in collaboration with the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) in Hawaii.
Crawford will detail the process for recovering missing WWII servicemen, from initial research and investigation, through recovery from the battlefield, identification, and return home to their families.
Specifically, he will talk about recovery efforts for P-38, P-47, and P-51 pilots in Belgium, Bulgaria, and Italy, the recovery of B-17 and B-24 crews in France, Germany, and Albania, and recoveries from the Battle of the Bulge in the Ardennes and the 5th Army in Italy. He'll talk about how he led efforts to use supporting evidence, DNA, and third-party confirmation to identify the missing servicemen, and the process of notifying families and executing burial with full military honors at Arlington and other national cemeteries.
Crawford recently retired after 42 years of federal civil service. After graduating from Wabash College in 1969, he earned an engineering degree from Purdue University. He served with the US Army Corps of Engineers in Holland and Germany and later served with the Director of Engineering and Housing as Chief of Engineering Plans and Services for the Army's 54th Area Support Group in northern Germany.
He spent 10 years with the 21st Theater Support Command managing engineering and logistic missions across Europe, including NATO planning and support for Bosnia and Kosovo peacekeeping and reconstruction operations. He led efforts to reconstruct the nations' transportation infrastructure, including rail, highway and bridge building projects. It was in his post with the 21st TSC that he also supported the search and recovery efforts to bring home missing servicemen from World War II.
In his last post before his retirement, Crawford was the Lead Project Engineer for the Civil Engineering Division of the 412th Test Wing, AF Flight Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California. There he led the replacement of a 15,000-foot main runway, as well as renovation of hangars and facilities supporting aircraft test missions, and the construction of new housing units.


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Most IT executives in higher education will tell you that they have difficulty keeping up with the pace of technological change. But this can be especially true for those in charge of IT departments at art and design schools. In part, that's because these curricula require an array of technology specializations, including animation, digital video, interactive electronic projects and robotics. Also, the tools and media students need to explore to stay relevant in the marketplace are always changing.
"We try to have someone in academic technology conversant with every technology used in the departments," said Meg Young, director of academic technology services at Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt) in Boston, which has around 2,000 undergraduate students and a few hundred graduate students. "Almost every department has some new technology that they want to explore. I tell people that I have to know 20 programs that are each updated every six months."
Technology is embedded deeply in an art school's curriculum, a fact that was eye-opening for Mara Hancock, CIO of the California College of the Arts (CCA) in Oakland. In 2012, Hancock made the transition to running an art school IT department from her previous position as director of educational technology services, director of online learning and associate CIO for academic engagement at the much larger University of California, Berkeley. Her IT department of approximately 40 people at CCA supports just under 2,000 students.
Changing technologies can quickly redefine what students need to learn in the classroom, and IT infrastructure must change accordingly, Hancock pointed out. "If Adobe is moving to the Creative Cloud, we need to provide it because it is going to be a core competency for our students, so we have to provide the horsepower in our labs," she said.
With the BYOD movement, some liberal arts schools may be thinking about eliminating computer labs, she added, "but here they are so critical for us because students need access to such a rich, wide range of software and architectural platforms to do deep renderings."
Staffing and Funding Issues
The CCA IT organization's largest unit is academic technology. "We have two campuses, one in San Francisco for design and architecture and the other in Oakland for fine arts and photography," Hancock explained. "We have to provide service bureau-like support for them and mentor students. Our system administration group is shallower than on a large campus like Berkeley, but we still have to cover all the bases."
Funding for technology upgrades and staff hires can be a challenge for art schools. "We are unique among art schools in that we are a public college, so we are perpetually underfunded both in terms of equipment and software as well as support staff," said MassArt's Young, who also teaches two classes in the fashion program. It is always challenging to find people with the skill sets needed who want to work for what the art college can pay, she added. "I was hired in 1995 to support multimedia and CD-ROM production, so you can see that what we do evolves with technology trends. We expand our facilities based on what we hear from alumni, faculty and students. Faculty members and chairs query recent alumni about how their skill sets match the requirements of the workplace."
But Young said MassArt's executive leadership fully understands the need to stay current with technology. The school's president, Dawn Barrett, came to MassArt in 2011 after serving as dean of the Architecture and Design Division at the Rhode Island School of Design. "She gets it," Young said. "There is no convincing needed. And our department heads understand that they will cease to be competitive if they don't keep up with technology." For instance the 3D area, which includes jewelry, glass, ceramics, fiber and metals, needs to add exposure to 3D modeling or its students won't be competitive, she noted, and 3D printing is another hot new area.
In the budgeting process, CCA's Hancock has CIO advisory groups on both the administrative and academic sides, which offer input on where to focus IT's efforts. She also hears from technology liaisons, who understand the day-to-day needs of the departments, including those of adjunct professors. Studio shop managers also straddle the two worlds of technology and facilities as they support department chairs.
There is never enough funding to do everything you want, Hancock said, "but we are doing pretty well to meet the broad needs. We have created a refresh cycle for the labs and we are becoming a more mature IT group. We have a great pool of alumni to help meet the challenge of finding people to support diverse academic technology needs."
Hancock also noted that the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design has a CIO group that allows her to compare notes with colleagues. "We have a listserv," she added, "and AICAD has helped us work with peers to capture data for benchmarking."
From DVD to the Cloud
Filmmaking courses at Northeastern University (MA) require students to share their work, critique it and prepare it into a final project. That process once meant sharing DVDs or sending large files across the campus network, recalled Ron Starr, director of media studios and an instructor in documentary film production at the school.
Looking for a way to make it easier for students to share projects with faculty and with each other, Starr starting using the Aframe cloud video-production platform in 2012. Students use Aframe to store full-resolution media in the cloud and move it quickly between partners. They have the option of delivering it as tiny proxy files sent as Web links so people can review video on their mobile devices.
"This allows us to share media without all having to be here at the same time," Starr said. For instance, when students turn in their work at the end of a semester, the instructors don't have to be on campus to watch them. "And in classes where there are group projects, students can much more easily share what they have done," he added. "As we get more instructors using it, it will get more integrated into how we teach. We were able to do this without involving central IT. It is pretty neat that someone who is a non-techy like me can integrate it into the curriculum right away."
Another benefit, Starr noted, is that AFrame allows Northeastern to designate users and accounts. "An issue we have with sharing videos is that students will often want to upload to a YouTube or Vimeo account. Unfortunately, that does not take into account the legal restrictions," he said. Most student projects use copyrighted music (and occasionally video). It is allowable in class under the educational exemption, but not in the world at large. Additionally, students rarely get releases from their actors, and the presumption is that the videos will only be seen in a classroom setting. Using AFrame technology removes the liability for illegal dissemination of video/audio and allows the instructor to designate who can legally and legitimately view the material.
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One of the Inland Empire's most important events occurred 100 year ago this week, an achievement history books have pretty much ignored.
This event's impact on people and the economy was similar to the opening in 2003 of the portion of the 210 Freeway spawning Victoria Gardens and thousands of homes along its route.
On July 11, 1914, the Pacific Electric rail system formally opened a route for its electric trolleys — often called the Red Cars — from San Bernardino, across the previously isolated areas along the foothills and into Los Angeles.
Aside from dirt roads, the area from Upland to San Bernardino — which today is jammed with homes and commerce — offered little in the way of transportation for kids to easily get to high school, farmers to ship their products by train or residents to just get about.
This new route would link us to the 1,000 miles of mass transit taking passengers to nearly every corner of Southern California. It was a system that deteriorated and was abandoned by 1961, only to be revived in the 1990s in the form of our now-512-mile Metrolink transit system.
Two days before the 1914 gala celebration for the event in San Bernardino, the Ontario Daily Report praised the arrival of the Pacific Electric lines and predicted it would "pave the way for the erection of hundreds of homes in the fertile citrus country east of Los Angeles."
The trolley route — which today is the 18-mile Pacific Electric riding and walking trail from Claremont into Rialto — became a catalyst for growth especially for Upland, Ontario, Fontana, and Rialto, as well as San Bernardino.
Railway officials, said the Daily Report, predicted "that hundreds will settle in the territory, which until now has remained to a great extent unpeopled, because of the difficulty in reaching the cities and intervening villages."
And, one might also theorize that it may have paved the way for the future demise of our great agriculture acreage by the arrival of suburbia.
In 1914, Ontario officials were more than aware of the importance of the new line to its well-being, even if it didn't quite touch its borders, and entered the gala San Bernardino parade during the celebration.
Officials refurbished one of their long-abandoned mule cars — which once hauled passengers up and down Euclid Avenue's median between Ontario and San Antonio Heights until replaced by electricity in 1895.
"The old car has been found and painted in exact duplicate of the olden days but the two mules will have to be new ones, for the originals have long ago passed to mule heaven," wrote the Daily Report of July 7.
Those who walk and ride today's Pacific Electric trail may note that while the starting points in Claremont and Rialto are on a straight east-west line from each other, the route has a "bump" in the middle between Grove Avenue in Upland and Citrus Avenue in Fontana. From those points, the route curved north to above Base Line Road in today's Rancho Cucamonga.
This was a result of a campaign by Alta Loma residents, led by Russian immigrant and rancher Peter Demens, to convince the Pacific Electric to move the route farther north to make shipping of fruit from that area much more accessible. The Pacific Electric received money from the ranchers, who also provided some of the right-of-way for the Alta Loma "bump."
In the San Bernardino ceremony on July 11, the silver spike that was hammered into a railroad tie to symbolize the completion of the line was presented to Pacific Electric President Paul Shoup by Demens and residents of Alta Loma.
Someday when you're stuck in freeway traffic going to Los Angeles or the beach, consider a Pacific Electric advertisement on Sept. 19, 1914, about the ease of travel and its "Sunday Excursion Fares" to beach resorts.
You could catch the Pacific Electric and go to Venice or Long Beach or even Seal Beach by train. Roundtrip fare from Rialto was $2.10, Upland $1.70 and $1.50 from San Dimas. Three trains left San Bernardino on Sunday mornings heading west, while the last return train to San Bernardino left Los Angeles at 11:15 p.m.


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Since it's the end of summer and there are still quite a bit of heirloom tomatoes I thought a great dish that would embody fresh and simple cuisine would be gazpacho. I haven't had a ton of cold soups and I never had gazpacho before deciding to make it for this dinner. I wasn't sure what to expect so I tried this out a week before the dinner. I found from following the recipe that 1) only 1 clove of garlic is needed. As this soup sits (as suggested) the garlic can really overpower the other flavors and be quite unpleasant. 2) As great as this is I can't imagine 4 people consuming that much cold soup. 2 pounds of tomatoes is way too much. 3) I can understand why this often served in shot sized glasses. A little goes a long way.
All that being said I really did enjoy this and so did my guests. I cut down the tomatoes to 1 pound, used only 2 slices of bread, 1 clove of garlic, half of an onion., used 2/3 of a yellow pepper. I served diced avocado, yellow pepper and cucumber for toppings. The ladies enjoyed the crunch it added to the soup.
Click here for a printable version of this recipe.


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Tuesday, May 1, 2012
The 2012 Powershell Scripting Game(shows) in review
Over the past few weeks, those around me know that I've been talking a lot about Powershell, how much it can improve your life, and about the 2012 Powershell Scripting Games. Nearly everyone I've shared with has asked "What are the Scripting Games?"
My answer to them was and will always be "It's a bunch of geeks learning new stuff by attempting to solve 10 real-world scenarios by using Powershell." For the less technical, I would follow that up with "It's kind of like a reality game show only with computers and stuff." Oddly enough, that made sense to most people, so I'll continue with that theme as I share a few of my observations below.
"Survivor" it was not
When others around me (both technical and non-technical) heard this was titled "Games", the near immediate response was "What do you get if you win?" Before feeling compelled to look it up, the first few people got the answer "I don't know…" I really didn't know, and I wouldn't be surprised if others competing would have had a similar response. Never did I feel like the other competitors were in it to beat me – I know I wished no ill will on any of the other competitors. To the contrary – unlike Survivor – I found that those who were participating did their best to help everyone else while not giving up the actual solutions. The Powershell community is a group of people who like sharing knowledge, not a bunch of people who want to out-wit their peers, clamoring to win. Even as the games came to a close, the winners were grateful for their recognition.
"Wheel of Fortune"
Growing up, my Papaw Neier was an avid wheel-watcher. He would watch Wheel of Fortune every night. If we were at his house, it was mandatory to watch it with him. Each of us grandchildren would sometimes randomly scream letters at the TV, but Papaw would always be there to offer sage advice on what letter combinations made the most sense and guide us to the correct solution, never letting on that he knew the answer. These games, as in real life as an IT professional, were a lot like Wheel of Fortune. The initial event description provided the basis – the RSTLN and E. However, it didn't stop there. We weren't left to blindly guess with only the letters first put on the board. A lot of the information was available, but it was the comments to the posts that helped to complete the picture. Scripters would ask questions and someone, usually IamMred, would clarify the requirements, but always without giving up too much information as to give away the solution. Without this careful dissemination of information, some of these events would have been difficult at best. This is a good practice to take back into real life – always be ready to help out someone else, but be slow to give up the answer. Encourage learning, not leeching.
"Beat the Clock"
During the first week of the games, I was able to get the scripts turned in within a reasonable time frame, some within the same day. I even won one of the daily prizes donated by O'Reilly Media! As the second week came, life happened. I had to leave the games on the back burner, not knowing whether I'd get back to them or not. As the second week ended and life returned to normal, I realized I still had time to get all the events completed, but it wouldn't be easy. I had work to be done and leaving the family to fend for themselves favor of the scripting games was not an option. Each evening, after everyone was in bed, I began working feverishly into the early morning (fortunately, Eastern time-zone) to get the events completed just minutes to hours before each of the deadlines. I did my best to make certain that my wife and kids were only moderately affected by my own personal game of "Beat the Clock". I knew the task, I knew how much time I had to get it done, and I knew no one else could do it for me. As a microcosm of real life – we only have so much time, so use it wisely, do it right, and don't forget those who love you.
"Dancing with the Stars"
I've tried on multiple occasions to get through an entire episode of "Dancing with the Stars" without success. While I'm certain that it has significant entertainment value to others, I have never been able to enjoy watching it. However, the premise of the show seems clear – learn from the expert and you'll do better. I am incredibly grateful for the time that the expert judges took to not only analyze and run our scripts, but take the time to comment and offer advice in the process. In Event 2, it was suggested to me to avoid using Read-Host and switch to using PromptForChoice() by Boe Prox. I had never heard of this before, but soon realized how cool it was, implementing it in Event 8. In the comments of my Event 3, Bartek Bielawski introduced me to the ConvertToDateTime WMI method, which I have used professionally already. My scripting and therefore my career are now better off having been granted the privilege of "Dancing with the Stars" during the scripting games. These guys are masters of the craft. For as much time as I put in just writing 10 scripts, I can't imagine how many hours these judged sacrificed to make each of us better at what we do – for free. They deserve an award.
Thanks again to the Scripting Guys, all the judges, and their families for creating an environment where we can all learn to do our jobs better, for free, and have fun doing it. Congratulations to the winners and to everyone, both beginner and advanced who competed.
I look forward to gaining more knowledge and experience next year!
About Kyle Neier
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Indian Chef Maneet Chauhan Eyes Vegas, Raises Aid Money
On the opposite side of the world, relief efforts are ongoing to help victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, and that enabled me to meet the remarkable chef Maneet Chauhan, author of Flavors of My World ($21.95, Amazon.com), a culinary tour through 25 lands with an Indian slant to every recipe. The photos, by Quentin Bacon, are wonderful. Chef Maneet was here last month to host a dinner at Origin India, held to raise money for the typhoon victims.