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What is a work of art in the age of $120,000 art degrees? A new report (PDF) by activist collective BFAMFAPhD laments the shrinking job prospects and growing debt burden for art school graduates. Hyperallergic offers a breakdown of the results in "Indicting Higher Education in the Arts and Beyond." Among their findings:
- 7 of the top 10 most expensive schools in the US are art schools, and arts graduates' debt loads are higher than those of non-arts graduates
- 40% of working artists do not have bachelors degrees in any field
- Only 16% of working artists have arts related bachelors degrees
- Women and racial minorities continue to lag far behind white males in representation among art graduates and as professional artists
The traditional approach is failing us. Unless you're given a full ride scholarship or else have parents with mad money to burn, attending art school in this day and age is a waste of your money. Students graduate woefully ill-prepared for the realities of being professional artists and loaded down with obscene amounts of debt.
Don't do it. THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS.
You don't have to go to college to be an artist. Nobody will ever refuse to buy one of your paintings upon discovering that you haven't earned a Bachelors. Comic publishers do not ask for your GPA before examining your portfolio. You do not need a diploma to sell art. It's only the education behind the degree that matters. The work that you produce should be your sole concern.
There are free courses all over the world that offer superior education for a mere fraction of the price of an American University. Here are a few:
Art History
About University Art History Courses: chronological descriptions of important periods in art history.
Art History Now & Then: links useful for learning art history in traditional and modern ways.
Art in Renaissance Venice - a 6-hour, advanced course unit that investigates how this art was affected by the diverse population and the geographical location.
Art of the Western World - Appropriate for high school and adult learners, this series is presented through 9 videos. The hour-long videos trace Western art history from its roots in Classical Greece through the major movements of the 20th century and the contemporary international art scene.
Art Since 1940 - Though the focus of Art Since 1940 is on post-WWII American art, the course also looks at art work from other world cultures. Readings, assignments and lecture notes cover topics like surrealism, the San Francisco School, happenings, pop art, identity politics and new media art. Some of the artists discussed are Joan Miro, Mark Rothko, Laurie Anderson and Maya Lin.
Khan Academy has an impressive library of free videos for teaching art history.
Khan Academy has an impressive library of free videos for teaching art history.
Drawing and Painting
About University Email Painting Courses: courses arrive right to your inbox and you can do them whenever you like!
Arty Factory Drawing, Painting, and Designing Lessons: free, illustrated art lessons.
Draw Space Drawing Lessons: beginner, intermediate, and advanced lessons, including specific subjects like perspective, caricatures, animals, and faces.
The Elements of Drawing - works of the influential artist and poet John Ruskin (1819-1900) are used to explain topics that include line, tone, measuring, color, collecting information and working creatively.
Figure-Drawing Lab - Created by associate professor Ralph Larmann, these animated drawing tutorials address the many facets of drawing the human form, such as proportion, shading, texture and construction.
Larry's Art Watercolor Lessons: free lessons include those on color, perspective, masking fluid, and painting fish scales.
Through Ruskin's Eyes - features drawing exercises based on Ruskin's teachings, using the themes of nature, architecture, landscape and narrative.
Graphic Design
About.com Free Desktop Publishing Courses: list of free resources to learn desktop publishing from designing cards to creating newsletters.
Performing Arts
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Advanced Projects in the Visual Arts: Personal Narrative: investigates the use of personal narrative in cinema (as follow up to Introduction to Video)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Theatre Arts Course: features materials and an image gallery detailing pre-rehearsal preparation through the final production of the Internationalist.
Tufts University Producing Films for Social Change: readings and discussions dealing with news, media ethics, the declining credibility of the press, responsibilities to the public, social justice issues, First Amendment principles, and more.
PhotographyBeginning Photography Tips & Techniques Video Series - eHow's 14-part series that explains the differences between using a 35 mm camera and a digital camera, how to load film into a 35 mm camera, various film formats, how to correctly use light meters, and other basic photography techniques.
PhotographyCourse.net - Offers beginning, intermediate, and advanced film and photography courses covering areas such as optics, cameras, light, webpage layout, and digital photography.
PhotoWalkThrough - Collection of tutorials on how to use photo editing software, particularly Adobe Photoshop.
ShortCourses.com - "The On-Line Library of Digital Photography," which runs the gamut on digital camera information from basic camera equipment to pixels and image sensors.
SLR Photography Guide - Collection of tutorials on everything you need to know about using your SLR digital camera.


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As states decide whether to expand their Medicaid programs based on the provisions of the health care reform law, the success of the expansions will be determined, in large part, by the strength of the primary care workforce. This makes it incumbent on state and federal governments to enact payment reforms and other policies to bolster the nation's primary care infrastructure.
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That was one of the main messages delivered by AAFP EVP Douglas Henley, M.D., to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius during a meeting between HHS officials and physician organization representatives at the agency's headquarters on Aug. 3.
Most states are expected to expand their Medicaid programs to the levels called for by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which likely will create a greater demand and need for primary care physicians and primary care services, Henley said he told Sebelius. He noted that the HHS meeting provided yet another opportunity for the Academy to stress the importance of a solid primary care framework when implementing the health care reform law.
HHS has been meeting with various stakeholders during the past several weeks to generate support for the Medicaid expansions -- which, in large part, would be paid for by federal dollars -- and to explain how broadening the Medicaid program will benefit physicians, providers and patients. Other groups represented at the Aug. 3 meeting were the AMA, the American College of Physicians, the American Osteopathic Association and the American College of Surgeons, among others.
"HHS is urging folks to have an informed and data-driven conversation about the importance of expanding Medicaid," said Henley after the meeting. He noted that HHS officials cited a recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine(www.nejm.org) that compared three states that substantially expanded adult Medicaid eligibility with neighboring states that did not expand eligibility. The study found that Medicaid expansion in those three states led to lower mortality, improved care and greater access among newly covered Medicaid populations compared with similar populations in the states that did not expand Medicaid coverage.
Moreover, according to HHS, the expansions will save money by averting the cost of more uncompensated care.
Henley and other representatives at the meeting, meanwhile, spoke about the importance of providing states with data about what the expansions mean -- how many more people would be covered and how they would be covered, for example.
"The AAFP is planning to provide that data to state chapters in the near future," Henley said.
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The new Clonmacnoise app takes you back 1,000 years to one of Ireland's most important monastic settlements, says Vanessa Harriss
Sightseeing is hard work, not just physically but mentally, especially if you're wandering around ruins. It's difficult to picture how a place used to look, even with a guidebook, history notes and a good imagination.
Now, though, the hi-tech wizards of the 21st century have created a gateway for time travel. With a few taps, your iPhone or iPad becomes a window on to the world around you – as it was a millennium ago. Turn, and the view turns with you. Suddenly an empty field is a noisy marketplace; a deserted lake shore is full of busy craftsmen plying their trades; a lone wall becomes a soaring cathedral.
The app Clonmacnoise was created by Irish 3D-technology firm RealSim Games. It shows users how the monastic settlement of the same name in County Offaly would have looked 1,000 years ago.
When RealSim Games chose where to start their technical time travelling, they chose Clonmacnoise for good reason: Lonely Planet calls the site "one of Ireland's most important ancient monastic cities, with numerous early churches, high crosses, round towers and graves."
Gavin Duffy, Managing Director of RealSim Games, goes further, "It's a hugely important and underappreciated site, not just in Irish history but in early European history."
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So how did Gavin end up remaking such an epic ancient world? After studying geophysics, he started RealSim Games, creating spatially accurate projections of housing developments for planners.
To achieve enough detail in its computer models, the company used technology developed for video games. "Games feature complex fantasy worlds," explains Gavin. "Game designers had already written the software to recreate perspective and light – we just applied it to the real world."
Fate and timing then coincided to introduce Gavin to a rather more ancient architectural world. The Republic of Ireland's national broadcaster RTÉ happened to making a documentary, The Secrets of the Stones, about Clonmacnoise, and Gavin got a call asking him to create a simulation of the settlement.
"It was a challenge because not much of the city remains. The ecclesiastical buildings and the high crosses have survived because they're stone, but the houses were wood, so we just had archaeological finds to work from," says Gavin.
However, the team, which included an archaeologist, a 3D modeller, a graphic designer and a programmer, realised they were onto something special. Just one more ingredient was needed to make a virtual time machine – and a world first: GPS technology. With that in the mix, the team could create an app that moves with the user, superimposing the past onto the present.
"Plenty of tourist sites use computer simulations," says Gavin, "but they are pre-rendered, 2D versions. They can't respond to your movement; they can't see what you're seeing when you're seeing it."
The potential is huge, and Gavin's excitement is contagious. "Imagine what you could do with a city! You could walk down the street and see the shops that stood there 400 years ago." However, ancient worlds aren't built in a day. "Our next app is medieval Galway," says Gavin but, as ever, the devil is in the detail. "At the moment we're trying to work out the texture for the doors. We'll get there, but it has to be right."
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It happens about this time prior to each expansion. People get nostalgic, reflect upon all the things they did and enjoyed over the previous expansion, or even the whole life of WoW.
Some people stretch their reflections back as far as vanilla beta, others only one or two expansions back.
Stories of the good (and bad) old days, the great instances, events and periods in class dynamics.
Occasionally people, like Larisa, feel a little left out of the discussion. They feel they missed the exclusive parties, the invite to the standing room only events is the best they have ever achieved, no reserved seating for them.
Me, I get a little nostalgic for those things I have been "privileged" enough to experience since I joined in vanilla, but it is often the "If only…" things that I think of at this time.
I don't feel like Larisa, in that I aren't a part of an exclusive club, I was present in vanilla and if not for circumstances, I guess I could have been a member of that exclusive club.
The things I have missed (or delayed) have been due to choices made. First and foremost of those choices was to put my work, wife and child (and other family for that matter) ahead of WoW reducing me to one night per week, so I have no regrets, RL is always, always > WoW.
Bloody hell, that is one of a long preamble, which will continue just a little longer.
It isn't other's nostalgia that has spurred this post, rather a recent achievement, gained late, yet still gained, that brought this to mind. I finally completed "What a long strange trip it's been", got my protodrake and that feeling of "what now".
TreeHuggerDave tells me that completing the "trip" was something that undermined his desire to continuing to play, due to "what next".
If only…
I tried ram racing 3 years ago. It's much more simple than the quantity of guides would suggest and it's kinda fun.
If only…
I hadn't gone to India at WoLK launch. Rather than catching the plane while others installed their shiny new WoW DVDs, I had stayed behind and joined the crush in Northrend.
Of course, in reality the real crush of India is way better than the virtual crush of WoW.
If only…
I hadn't guided newbs in our guild
Back in Vanilla I never got a toon to level cap. First hurdle was my limited time. Second hurdle was, as a leader in our reasonable sized guild (about 500), it unofficially fell to me to help people through the mid level instances, introduce then to the guild and the game.
It wasn't until Burning Crusade, encumbered only with a handful if friends, that I hit level cap.
but then.. the experience of playing with same level people (that could spend 7x the time) was great as well… no regrets
If only…
I leveled to cap in Vanilla
That feeling of hitting cap, 60 at the time, "back when it was hard" a grind would have been a feeling that eclipsed the feeling of flying (literally) to 70.
If only…
I raided in Vanilla
I knew a lot about the raids, through reading and eavesdropping on my raiding guild mates, but I never got to experience the nightmarish achievement of living through the raids.
I've done them now, along the way from 70 to 80, and I found they were amazing, even challenging (admittedly with smaller groups). If only I could have experienced them in the day you needed 40 people in the hope that one outlasted the boss.
If only…
I hadn't started on a deserted US server.
When I 1st logged on, I joined my mates on Dalaran, Horde side. It was great being online with my mates, but I was way behind them, so rarely played with them.
Meanwhile the server, being primarily occupied by Americans, was deserted during my play time. Often when people recall the 1st time the realized they were playing an MMO, it was the 1st interaction with complete strangers, I recall my 1st experience was passing another player on a lonely road… about a month after I started playing!
Then there was that Friday night (prime time right?), in Arathi Highlands, when I did the /who…
1 player…
If only…
I hadn't been the 6th
Part of the issue when I started playing was that I was the 6th mate to join WoW. That I joined later than the others was less of an issue than parties are limited to 5 players.
So my first 50 odd levels were solo… well me an my pet Worg. Luckily I chose to play a hunter as my 1st character, so I wasn't completely alone.
If only…
We had 10
3 servers later there were just 5 of us, ripping through Aman'Thul's Outland. Refugees from another Oceanic server and an imploded guild, we struggled through the 5 man content as a well-oiled team.
As we approached the time to enter Kara a few more mates joined us. We could field 7-8 players each week. However, due to our aversion to guilds (and the drama they breed… we were guild implosion refugees afterall), we never had a regular 10 man group.
Every week was spent training the pugs, ending at the Post-Curator black hole. We knew we were competent. If we ever pushed into someone elses raid, we would be the top at whatever our role was. I guess this was a product of always being 2-3 people short, even if we had warm bodies in our raids.
If only…
Ran all my dailies
When you only play one night a week (which I did until recently), and that night is dedicated to raiding, it's hard to do even one daily, let alone a days worth, or several days in a row.
Netherwing and Skyguard dailies were just completely out of the question. Daily Mechanar runs for badges completely out of the question.
So many things in WoW "rely" on daily play. There may have been welfare epics, but if you don't have the time to earn them, they might as well not exist.
I might have been able to do as much dps as a player in "full epics", but a quick inspection of my character suggested to the casual observer that I didn't care.
I dare say I spent more time "playing WoW" than most of them, but my actual ingame time was probably at best 1/5 of theirs.
If only…
I joined a raiding guild
Maybe if I had joined a raiding guild, even if 6 months ago, I would now have Ulduar clears and a Kingslayer title… maybe.
Of course there is also a good chance that I would I've missed out on all the other sights, sounds and achievements from the rest of the game, denied to me for the previous 4 years.
If only…
I PvPed from Vanilla
Oh PvP, how do I love you, let me count the ways…
Yet, it wasn't until mid TBC that I ran my 1st Alterac Valley and loved it. Yet I still wasn't PvPing at that point. The other BGs scared me, death scared me.
Of course limited time forced choices, but still, I had 3 level 50 odd toons in Vanilla. None that reached the giddying hieghts of raiding, or the pressures of grinding raid mates.
If only I had spent my time in BGs rather than (ultimately) wasted leveling.
If only…
I watched the opening of the gates of AQ, rather than being stranded on a different continent.
At least I got to participate in some of the lead up events. Too low level to make any impact. Completely at the mercy of the epically geared level 60's around me.
When the gates opened I was elsewhere watching the servers crash around me. I regret not seeing the gates open before the crash.
If only…
I got involved in the Zombie invasion
The days of the zombie invasion coincided with my packing and preparation for India, as well as some insane 12 hour +/6+ days at work. If I logged on during the excitement it was only for 30 minutes or so at a time. I had to live the event through other people's eyes. I know many hated it, I enjoyed what I saw. If only I played it enough to hate it.
If only…
I ran Ulduar, at least once
Squidly took my attention away from Gnomeaggedon when Ulduar and ToC was released. I'm not losing sleep about ToC, but the little bit of Ulduar I have seen makes me wish for more.
If only…
If only I didn't play "If only…" I couldn't have done what I have done.
I think I am very, very lucky. I have managed to get an ongoing entree of WoW. I may not have savored any one dish till it's very last morsel, but I have been able to tantalize my pallet with a huge variety of the tastes and textures that WoW has had on offer.
For those of you that have missed one, two or even 3 releases of WoW (assuming you are just beginning your WoW adventures now), don't sweat the nostalgia. Like old movies, you can still experience most of them, but the exciting times, your exciting times, are yet to come.
If only…
If only I could meet all of you ingame!
Of course, one such opportunity is fast approaching, one of those "If only…" opportunities to not miss if you are a blog reader.
"BBB's" Raid from the Heart
Come join the Raid from the Heart!
is coming up, a date is set for October 16th. THAT'S NEXT WEEKEND!!!. Come along, see, speak to, and get screenshots with your WoW blogging Heroes and Heroines.
… and of course donate to a worth cause!
- Heart and Stroke Foundation (Canada)
- British Heart Foundation (UK based organization)
- National Heart Foundation of Australia
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St. Louis named 2014 SPR Distribution Center of the Year
S.P. Richards Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Genuine Parts Company (GPC: NYSE) and leading wholesale distributor of business and office supplies, announced today…
St. Louis Distribution Center named 2014 SPR Distribution Center of the Year
S.P. Richards Company presented its St. Louis, Missouri location the 2014 Distribution Center of the Year award at the company's recent National Sales and Operations Meeting. This honor is awarded each year to the S.P. Richards distribution center that achieves the highest combined results in a number of key performance measurements including service levels, order and inventory accuracy, inventory turn, sales and employee productivity.
St. Louis General Manager Mike Hamblin accepted the award on behalf of the employees of the Distribution Center. He commented on the honor, "The Distribution Center of The Year award is S.P. Richards Company's highest honor.
Our St. Louis team strives to give our customers the best service possible every day and this award recognizes their hard work and dedication."
Rick Toppin, S.P. Richards Company President and COO added, "We couldn't be more proud of our St. Louis Distribution Center team. Under Mike's guidance, St. Louis delivered outstanding results in every key performance indicator. We appreciate their dedication to providing exemplary support for our customers year after year. We thank all of the employees at the St. Louis Distribution Center for their efforts and congratulate them on earning this award."
S.P. Richards Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Genuine Parts Company (GPC: NYSE), distributes a wide spectrum of business products to office products resellers throughout the U.S. and Canada. These products include consumable office supplies, office furniture, computer supplies, consumer electronics, safety and security items, cleaning products, breakroom and food service supplies from all of the major industry manufacturers. S.P. Richards Company markets several proprietary lines under the brand names of Lorell®, Integra™, Sparco™, Genuine Joe®, Nature Saver®, Compucessory®, Elite Image® and Business Source®. The company operates 44 Distribution Centers across the United States and Canada.
Genuine Parts Company is a distributor of automotive replacement parts in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Australasia.
The Company also distributes industrial replacement parts in the U.S., Canada and Mexico through its Motion Industries subsidiary. S. P. Richards Company, the Office Products Group, distributes business products in the U.S. and Canada. The Electrical/Electronic Group, EIS, Inc., distributes electrical and electronic components throughout the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Genuine Parts Company had 2014 revenues of $15.3 billion.


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You live life in the fast lane and need a mobile that can keep up with trends and manage your busy lifestyle. Meeting your wireless aspirations, the surprisingly slim and artistically designed Motorola L6 delivers a rich, multi-sensory communication experience that keeps you connected. Easily capture and share your adventures with an integrated VGA digital camera, video capture and playback and multimedia photo album creation tools. And when not expressing your artistic side, leverage Bluetooth® wireless technology*, Push-to-Talk over Cellular (PoC)**, and advanced messaging functionality*. Explore and uncover a new wireless world with the intuitive, sleek, sensorial Motorola L6.
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Lord Mandelson has opened a consultation on banning the use of union blacklists by employers.
The listening period starts today and runs till 18 August - shorter than usual because Mandy wants to introduce legislation in the autumn. The Department of Business, Innovation and Skills also said the shorter period was justified because a fuller consultation was carried out in 2003.
The regulations would prohibit compiling, disseminating or using blacklists of staff with union affiliations. They would make it unlawful to refuse employment or dismiss staff as a result of such a list. It would also be illegal for a recruitment firm to refuse to put you on the books as a result of such a list. Individuals and unions will be able to sue for compensation if such a list is used or distributed.
The ICO found evidence of union blacklists going back 30 years when it investigated Ian Kerr's The Consulting Association. TCA had itself been trading for 15 years.
It charged building firms and recruiters £3,000 a year plus £2.20 for every record checked. The company, which has now ceased trading, held records on thousands of building workers.
Some records referred to poor work practices, failure to follow health and safety rules and even violence against colleagues, but the vast majority referred to union activity. The ICO said 75 per cent of the records held were about union activity or support.
Worried builders can contact the ICO to see if they're named in the records.
The government accepted that its proposals could be avoided by simply running a website from abroad, but said British users of such a service could still be punished. Reporters are exempted from the regulations, as long as they don't name anyone. A report in The Guardian sparked the original ICO investigation.
The ICO investigation of Droitwich-based The Consulting Association was its first use of an Enforcement Notice to shut the firm down. TCA held a list of 3,213 building workers and was used by 40 major clients. The ICO said Kerr is due to be sentenced next week.
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In its latest short-term energy outlook, the EIA projects domestic crude production will hit 7.9 million barrels per day in 2014.
The last time we hit that mark was in 1989, according to oil markets guru Stephen Schork.
One of the major beneficiaries of this surge has been the railroad industry, he writes.
And among all rail companies, BNSF may be best positioned to take advantage of shipments of crude from America's oil boom.
Three years ago, of course, Warren Buffett bought BNSF railroad for $26 billion.
It's looking like a wise investment.
"We're the 1,000-pound gorilla in the oil markets," BNSF CEO Matt Rose told Bloomberg. "Crude by rail is going to be really strong for us. It's been a real benefit to us to replace some of that lost coal business."
The company says it will boost crude-oil shipments by 40 percent this year, to 700,000 barrels per day, Bloomberg reports.
Schork points out that in declines in rail shipments across the industry of coal are being offset by shipments of crude.
Whereas year-on-year coal movement's in November 2012 were down 10½%, shipments of oil were up by 45% and shipments of crushed stone, gravel, sand (as in, fracking sand) were up by 7.8%.
BNSF's raw material volumes were little changed in 2012 as competitors posted declines, based on Association of American Railroads data, Bloomberg said.
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We are very excited to introduce the super stylish Petunia Pickle Bottom to our existing range of change bags
Hailing from the US these bags are making their debut to the UK this month (FEB) so grab yours now to be first in line!
A modern mother's quintessential companion, the iconic Boxy Backpack features a versatile design, lighter weight construction, and comes with Stroller Straps
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Miss A loves The Fresh Beat Band on Nick Jr. and secretly so does Daddy B. {Shhh don't tell him I told you.} Nick Jr. first shared this fun show with American families in August of 2009. Since then, the musical fun that Kiki, Twist, Shout and Marina bring have taught and continue to teach valuable lessons to preschool viewers, like getting along, not giving up, and solving problems as a team.
The Fresh Beat Band, was originally planned to be called, "The JumpArounds," however before the show officially aired the name was changed. Following suit, in this past season, season two, some of The Junior Beats {the mini Fresh Beat kids} and the actor who played Reed, the owner of the Good Note Music Store were replaced. Is it me or does it seem like Nick Jr. is mixing things up with The Fresh Beat Band from season to season? Now that the third season of Fresh Beat band is upon us, things are no different.
Recent clips for the show's next "new" season have sprung up on Nick Jr. touting lots of new things for the show, while also showing off a new cast member, Tara Perry. Perry will take on the role of Marina, who was originally played by Shayna Rose.
Allegidly, Shayna Rose is getting married and perusing other career options that are taking her away from The Fresh Beat Band. I know Miss A and maybe Daddy B too, will miss her dearly.
What do we know about the "new" Marina, Tara Perry though? Perry, age 25, has directed and stared in quite a few youtube videos, and had a tv appearance here and there, but her "claim to fame" is that she is The Movie Maven on Sci-Fi's Mania.com. For more on Perry, check out her IMDB page she doesn't have a wikipedia page yet, but now that she's on Nick Jr. I assume that will be coming soon.
Although the "new" Marina still has red hair {noticeably darker}, and a turquoise and purple outfit, you can't pull one over my kiddo. I'm not sure if it's an effort to help Marina blend in or some new duds for season three, but all four of the Fresh Beats have new outfits, and on a side note hubby thinks that Shout has gained some muscle {that's debatable, I think it was just covered by the collegiate sweater}.
While I'm not a huge fan of change, especially when it comes to television characters, she is a fellow Sagittarius so maybe I'll cut her a little slack. Honestly though, I'm not really sure how a different Marina will affect the show, personally, I don't think that it will, especially when it comes to the kids. I think they'll be confused for a minute, get over it, and be dancing all over the room like with any other episode.
For NEW Season 3 Fresh Beat Band Episode Synopsis and to weigh in with your thoughts, check out http://www.mommybknowsbest.com/fresh-beat-band-season-3-episodes/.
I'd love to hear your opinions on the topic. What are your thoughts on the new Marina? Do you like the changes that are coming to Nick Jr.'s Fresh Beat Band? Is your child {or someone else in your household} excited for season three?


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A Gripple employee, who has promoted the manufacturer's unique construction products in 23 countries over 16 years, was chosen by the company to accept officially its fifth Queen's Award from the Lord-Lieutenant for South Yorkshire - the second for International Trade.
In the presence of the Sheffield-based staff and invited guests, the Lord-Lieutenant, Andrew Coombe presented the Queen's citation to Allan Young on behalf of the company. He is now the international business development manager for the employee-owned manufacturer of the iconic Gripple fastener.
Initially Allan developed construction sales in the UK by establishing and leading a sales team for five years. He then went 'down under' spending three years living with his family in Australia where he helped to build sales of a new innovative Gripple hanging system.
He returned to the UK in 2011 when his current role was created. Since then he has been involved in securing business in the Middle East, South America and Asian countries for Gripple's extensive range of construction products.
Ed Stubbs, the Gripple managing director, said: "Allan was chosen by the company because his sales expertise has been instrumental in the company's international success, making Gripple the world market leader in the supply of wire joining and tensioning devices. With people like him we will undoubtedly continue to work onwards and upwards."
Gripple has won two Queen's Awards both for innovation and international trade and one for sustainable development. Since its last Queen's Award in 2012 the company's turnover has more than doubled.
Now with more than 550 staff - 250 of them based in Chicago, Strasbourg and New Delhi - the company has 3900 customers across 80 countries, accounting for 85 per cent of its £50 million turnover with more than 500 million Gripple fasteners used in construction, agricultural and civils markets since its 'birth' in 1989.
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RCRD LBL Premieres "Activate (DJ Mr. White Remix)"!
"It's arguable that Is This Hyperreal?, the forthcoming album from Atari Teenage Riot, is the finest album of their years of insurrection." – The Quietus
"It's a successful, Herculean project that completely steamrolls any music in its wake."
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"As evidenced from the very beginning, ATR haven't slowed down or cleaned up their act in the 12 years between albums. Instead, Is This Hyperreal? sees them picking up right where they left off with banging electro beats, distorted synths and shouted political lyrics."
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This is Boeing's next big destructive bad boy. "Boeing is in production on at least one "proprietary" strike weapon system" says Shelley Lavender, VP and general manager of Boeing's global strike systems. Nobody knows anything about it.
The weapon was shown for the first time at the Surface Navy Association's annual conference in Washington D.C. It could be a Tomahawk-ish cruise missile that can fit in the F-35's weapons bay or some other munition. All we know is that it is big and unlike anything in the current US arsenal. [Defense Tech]


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Of all the libraries, archives, or historical societies I've been to, this repository has made the biggest impression. The Montgomery County History and Archives, (New York) was formed in 1934 and is housed in an 1836 old Courthouse. It is this Courthouse that I decided to write about. Yesterday, I was at the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) talking to somebody and it was mentioned they had New York roots because she knew I was working on my Albany line. I asked if they had ever been to Fonda, and she didn't know what I was talking about. Returning home, I knew immediately that I should write about this wonderful place. If you have ancestors in this area of New York, you are very fortunate.
In 2000, the year of my trip, I had no expectations of this facility, since the internet didn't provide any information and I didn't even have the catalog of their holdings. Somebody must have raved about it, or I read about it, either way, I wanted to visit Fonda, the Courthouse and Stone Arabia, NY. When we went, I could have stayed for days, but the four hours had to do. One thing I absolutely loved was their huge collection of DAR books for cemetery listings, births and deaths, most were from the 1930s. (I bet it is the next largest collection of these books next to the collection in Washington, DC). The following year, I bought the catalog with thoughts of another trip. The cost is now $12.95, (my 2001 edition has 186 pages). Permission was granted to show my scanned pages, as well as to use the photo of the Courthouse.
From their web page, "Vital records, such as births, deaths and marriages, are indispensable to the genealogical researcher; Note that these records were not required to be kept by the State of New York prior to 1880 (only miscellaneous records in the city and town clerk offices prior to that date). The Montgomery County Department of History and Archive and research library contains the third largest collection of indexed genealogical records in the State of New York to meet these and other needs.
The historical and genealogical research library contains thousands of original county records - (common pleas, deeds, Supreme Court and Surrogate's Court), along with a vast collection of genealogical material - (census, cemetery, military, church, etc.) that are vital to the researcher. Also vital is our over 500 historical and genealogical folders compiled by the department over the past 54 years." I believe I've shown why I loved this place. See Wikipedia information about Fonda.
My blog has been changed to make it more appealing for those who have New England ancestors and want to see the area through photos. Things I'll include are typical white New England churches, libraries showing their genealogical collection, historical societies, cemeteries, war memorials, in general, anything to do with history.
For four years I've blogged mostly about my personal genealogy in New England (Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire), New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and the Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada. I still will, can't forget my own roots.
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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is creating a board to advise federal agencies carrying out two wide-ranging programs to protect the Great Lakes, EPA chief Lisa Jackson said Thursday.
Jackson leads a task force with representatives of 16 federal agencies that have roles in the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. The new panel will make suggestions.
The EPA will accept nominations for membership and expects to establish the board this summer. Candidates could include representatives of environmental advocacy, agriculture, academic research, state and local government, and Indian tribes.
"As we work to set a new standard of care for these waters, it's important that we hear from experts and stakeholders who can strengthen our efforts," Jackson said.
The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative is designed to make progress on some of the region's most longstanding environmental problems, such as invasive species, toxic pollution, disappearing wetlands and other wildlife habitat, and runoff from farms and cities.
Congress has appropriated more than $1 billion for the initiative. President Barack Obama has requested $300 million for the next fiscal year.
The water quality agreement is a U.S.-Canadian blueprint that identifies problems needing long-term attention. The two nations are renegotiating the agreement, first signed in 1972 and amended several times since.
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Make-ahead mushroom soufflés
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- Vegetarian
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- fat14g
- saturates8g
- carbs5g
- sugars2g
- fibre0g
- protein8g
- salt0.41g
- 140g small button mushroom, sliced
- 50g butter, plus extra for greasing
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- 25g plain flour
- 325ml milk
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- snipped chive, to serve
Fry the mushrooms in the butter for about 3 mins, then remove from the heat and reserve a good spoonful. Add the flour to the rest, then blend in the milk and return to the heat, stirring all the time to make a thick sauce. Stir in the cheese, season to taste, then leave to cool.
Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Butter 8 x 150ml soufflé dishes and line the bases with baking paper. Stir the egg yolks into the soufflé mixture, then whisk the egg whites until stiff before folding in carefully. Spoon into the soufflé dishes and bake in a roasting tin, half-filled with cold water, for 15 mins until risen and golden. Leave to cool (they will sink, but they are meant to). You can make the soufflés up to this stage up to 2 days ahead. Cover and chill.
When ready to serve, turn the soufflés out of their dishes, peel off the lining paper, then put them on a baking sheet lined with small squares of baking paper. Top each soufflé with 1 tsp crème fraîche and a little cheese, then scatter with the reserved mushrooms. Bake at 190C/fan 170C/gas 5 for 10-15 mins until slightly risen and warmed through. Sprinkle with chives and serve.


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The Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) claimed that global warming would cause the massive Himalayan glaciers to shrink to extinction by 2035. As reported by The Australian, the IPCC cited campaign literature published by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in making the claim, even exaggerating that report to pin a high likelihood on the prediction.
The WWF gleaned its information from a 1999 article published in the journal New Scientist. The author, Fred Pearce, had quoted Indian scientist Syed Hasnain who was at the time chairman of the working group on Himalayan glaciology for the International Commission on Snow and Ice. Hasnain told Pearce he had data about a portion of the Himalayan glaciers he feared were at risk. Pearce told The Australian he eventually obtained a copy of Hasnain's report, but it contained no specific date by which any melting was forecast to occur, nor had it been peer-reviewed or published in a scientific journal.
Hasnain now works for the head of the IPCC, Rajendra Pachauri, as head of the glaciology team for TERI, an energy research institute headquartered in India. Last week TERI announced plans to collaborate with the University of Iceland and the Carnegie Corporation of New York to study "the effects of climate change on the Himalaya and the manifold consequences that follow for the possibilities of water management and food production on the plains below." In its press release, TERI bemoaned the fate of Himalayan glaciers: "According to predictions of scientific merit [emphasis added] they may indeed melt away in several decades." The EU Referendum reports that TERI received hundreds of thousands of dollars toward this research from the Carnegie Corporation.
Not surprisingly, Pachauri downplayed the importance of the revelation about AR4's source of glacier information, though The Times of India quoted an apologetic Pachauri acknowledging that the IPCC's reputation will suffer. "We have to see that its gold-plated standard is maintain," he reassured The Times.
Though TERI can rest easy knowing its Carnegie money is secure, this latest revelation is especially embarrassing for the IPCC, which brags it uses only the latest, peer-reviewed research in writing its regularly published assessment reports. The next, Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), is due for release in 2013. The Australian quoted the IPCC climatologist who had charge of the Himalayan glaciers chapter in AR4, Murari Lal, "If Hasnain says officially that he never asserted this, or that it is a wrong presumption, then I will recommend that the assertion about Himalayan glaciers be removed from future IPCC assessments." He also admitted having little knowledge of glaciers.
Other scientists scoff at the idea of a catastrophic Himalayan glacier melt of such massive ice formations. As reported by The Australian, Cambridge University's director of the Scott Polar Research Institute, Julian Dowdeswell, explained, "A small glacier such as the Donkriani glacier is up to 120m thick. A big one would be several hundred metres thick and tens of kilometres long. The average is 300m thick so to melt one at 5m a year would take 60 years."
Other officials are enraged at the revelation of IPCC's deceitful tactics. The Times of India quoted environment minister Jairam Ramesh complaining that "due diligence had not been followed by the Nobel peace prize winning body." Ramesh feels vindicated since the IPCC has ignored his challenges to AR4. Though he admits dramatic changes in recent years to Himalayan glaciers, he said the "IPCC's alarmist position ... was not based on an iota of scientific evidence."


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Why Netflix Never Implemented The Algorithm That Won The Netflix $1 Million Challenge
from the times-change deptYou probably recall all the excitement that went around when a group finally won the big Netflix $1 million prize in 2009, improving Netflix's recommendation algorithm by 10%. But what you might not know, is that Netflix never implemented that solution itself. Netflix recently put up a blog post discussing some of the details of its recommendation system, which (as an aside) explains why the winning entry never was used. First, they note that they did make use of an earlier bit of code that came out of the contest:
A year into the competition, the Korbell team won the first Progress Prize with an 8.43% improvement. They reported more than 2000 hours of work in order to come up with the final combination of 107 algorithms that gave them this prize. And, they gave us the source code. We looked at the two underlying algorithms with the best performance in the ensemble: Matrix Factorization (which the community generally called SVD, Singular Value Decomposition) and Restricted Boltzmann Machines (RBM). SVD by itself provided a 0.8914 RMSE (root mean squared error), while RBM alone provided a competitive but slightly worse 0.8990 RMSE. A linear blend of these two reduced the error to 0.88. To put these algorithms to use, we had to work to overcome some limitations, for instance that they were built to handle 100 million ratings, instead of the more than 5 billion that we have, and that they were not built to adapt as members added more ratings. But once we overcame those challenges, we put the two algorithms into production, where they are still used as part of our recommendation engine.Neat. But the winning prize? Eh... just not worth it:
We evaluated some of the new methods offline but the additional accuracy gains that we measured did not seem to justify the engineering effort needed to bring them into a production environment.It wasn't just that the improvement was marginal, but that Netflix's business had shifted and the way customers used its product, and the kinds of recommendations the company had done, had shifted too. Suddenly, the prize winning solution just wasn't that useful -- in part because many people were streaming videos rather than renting DVDs -- and it turns out that the recommendation for streaming videos is different than for rental viewing a few days later.
One of the reasons our focus in the recommendation algorithms has changed is because Netflix as a whole has changed dramatically in the last few years. Netflix launched an instant streaming service in 2007, one year after the Netflix Prize began. Streaming has not only changed the way our members interact with the service, but also the type of data available to use in our algorithms. For DVDs our goal is to help people fill their queue with titles to receive in the mail over the coming days and weeks; selection is distant in time from viewing, people select carefully because exchanging a DVD for another takes more than a day, and we get no feedback during viewing. For streaming members are looking for something great to watch right now; they can sample a few videos before settling on one, they can consume several in one session, and we can observe viewing statistics such as whether a video was watched fully or only partially.The viewing data obviously makes a huge difference, but I also find it interesting that there's a clear distinction in the kinds of recommendations people that work if people are going to "watch now" vs. "watch in the future." I think this is an issue that Netflix probably has faced on the DVD side for years: when people rent a movie that won't arrive for a few days, they're making a bet on what they want at some future point. And, people tend to have a more... optimistic viewpoint of their future selves. That is, they may be willing to rent, say, an "artsy" movie that won't show up for a few days, feeling that they'll be in the mood to watch it a few days (weeks?) in the future, knowing they're not in the mood immediately. But when the choice is immediate, they deal with their present selves, and that choice can be quite different. It would be great if Netflix revealed a bit more about those differences, but it is already interesting to see that the shift from delayed gratification to instant gratification clearly makes a difference in the kinds of recommendations that work for people.
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It's a simple straight denim skirt, made ages ago - can't even remember the pattern but it was plain - very plain. It has been usurped by the recent 4D skirt.
The only unique thing about this skirt was the closure. I didn't have a 7" zip but I did have some 4" zips salvaged from RTW low rise jeans bought when I thought I'd look good in them! I figured 2 X 4" = 8" so instead of putting in the darts at the front of the skirt, I put in the zips instead and it works!
With the little scraps of leftover denim leftover from 4D and a a pair of teenage son's too short jeans I made some petals and leaves and sewed on some flowers. It was a little awkward at times as this skirt is lined but we got there in the end.
I even got out some coloured thread and sewed some stems and highlights.
I cut out little circles of a small piece of quilting cotton that has been waiting to be used for something to brighten the denim on denim.
So a refashion of a home made skirt.
Off to Dublin for a few days - annual choir tour. I'm robes mistress so I'm needed to sew on buttons and sort out hems. Goodbye Valentino said she brings sewing projects with her on holiday - mine make their own way there! I've got my list of fabric shop addresses and in between rehearsals and evensong you'll find me rummaging amongst the silks and tweeds. I've got my pattern ideas for autumn and the required yardages for each - it'll be such a pleasure to 'touch' the fabric before I buy rather than virtual internet shopping - ohh real life! Can't beat it.


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Commentary: In a lost life, one shining hour to tell his story
of mental illness behind bars (Post and Courier, may require a subscription)
South Carolina Department of Corrections
Implementation Panel Report of Compliance November 2019
Mediator Report of Compliance with Remedial Guidelines
November 2019 IP Assessment
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Implementation Panel Report of Compliance March 2019
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Nelson Mullins Partners Stuart Andrews, Dan Westbrook,
and SC DOC Director Bryan Stirling Honored
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (Nov. 4, 2016)–The Columbia Urban League has honored Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough Columbia partners Stuart M. Andrews, Jr. and Daniel J. Westbrook, along with S.C. Department of Corrections Director Bryan Stirling, with their Stephen G. Morrison/Nelson Mullins Social Justice Award. The award recognizes the collaborative effort of the three to ensure all prison inmates have access to quality mental healthcare. Click here to read full release.
SCDC, Mental Health Advocates
Reach Historic Agreement
Gloria Prevost, executive director of Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc., and Bryan Stirling, SCDC director, sign the agreement.
March 2017 Implementation Panel Report of Compliance
Mediator's Report of Compliance with Remedial Guidelines
May 2, 2016 Settlement Agreement
(June 1, 2016)--After long-fought litigation and two years of negotiations, a settlement agreement has been struck that could end what Circuit Judge Michael Baxley called the unconstitutional treatment of an estimated 3,500 severely mentally ill offenders in the S. C. Department of Corrections (SCDC) facilities. Click here to read the full news release.
Corrections, Parties Reach Mental Health Agreement (Jan. 15, 2015)
The S.C. Department of Corrections mental health program is "inherently flawed and systemically deficient in all major areas," and prison officials should address the constitutional deficiencies and provide more humane treatment of prison inmates with serious mental health illnesses, a circuit court judge ruled January 8, 2014.
Circuit Judge Michael Baxley said in his ruling that the five-week trial of T.R., P.R., K.W., et al. v. South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. was the most troubling of the 70,000 cases to come before him in the past 14 years.
Click here for a copy of the ruling (PDF)
"The evidence in this case has proved that inmates have died in the South Carolina Department of Corrections for lack of basic mental health care, and hundreds more remain substantially at risk for serious physical injury, mental decompensation, and profound, permanent mental illness. As a society, and as citizen jurors and judges make decisions that send people to prison, we have the reasonable expectation that those in prison – even though it is prison – will have their basic health needs met by the state that imprisons them. And this includes mental health. The evidence in this case has shown that expectation to be misplaced in many instances," Baxley wrote.
The judge's order requires the corrections department to remedy constitutional violations by submitting a remedial plan within six months to include: development of screening and mental health treatment programs; a plan to employ sufficient mental health professionals; a plan to maintain treatment records and administer psychotropic medication with appropriate supervision and periodic evaluation; and a program to identify, treat, and supervise inmates at risk for suicide.
Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc., on behalf of inmates with serious mental health needs filed a class-action lawsuit in June 2005 alleging inadequate mental health treatment for prisoners held statewide by the S.C. Department of Corrections. The lawsuit did not seek financial damages; rather, it asked the court to require the department to design and maintain a program that provides adequate treatment of inmates with mental illness. South Carolina houses some 23,000 inmates, with more than 3,000 inmates with serious mental illness diagnoses (S.C. Department of Corrections data as of June 30, 2011).
"We are greatly pleased with the outcome and call on the Department of Corrections and the Legislature to take steps immediately toward meaningful reform," said Gloria Prevost, P&A executive director. "As the judge pointed out, the evidence is overwhelming that the Department of Corrections has known for over a decade that its system exposes seriously mentally ill inmates to a substantial risk of serious harm. Inmates with serious mental health illnesses are dying needlessly and treated inhumanely. We want the state to provide the resources to allow the Department of Corrections to implement meaningful change and the Department to be fully committed to meeting the medical needs of inmates with serious mental illness."
Ashley Twombley, chair of the board of directors of P&A, noted that "the 19th century Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky said, 'The degree of civilization of a society can be judged by entering its prisons.' The idea is no less true today. Judge Baxley's order gives us reason to be ashamed of our state's treatment of mentally ill men and women. On the other hand, the ruling gives us hope they will be given proper medical care and treated with basic human decency."
In his conclusion, Judge Baxley noted the eight-year length of the litigation. "Rather than accept the obvious at some point and come forward in a meaningful way to try and improve its mental health system, Defendants have fought this case tooth and nail…The hundreds of thousands of tax dollars spent defending this lawsuit, at trial and most likely now on appeal, would be better expended to improve mental health services delivery at SCDC," Baxley wrote.
The judge noted that providing mental health services to inmates has significance beyond the prison walls. "What happens at the Department of Corrections impacts all of us, whether it is from the discharge of untreated seriously mentally ill individuals from prison into the general population, or tremendously increased costs for treatment and care that might have been prevented, or the needless increase in human suffering when use of force replaces medical care. The decisions of our Courts reflect the values of our society. To that end, our state can no longer tolerate a mental health system at the South Carolina Department of Corrections that has broken down due to lack of finances and focus," he wrote.
"This ruling reinforces the evidence that the SC Department of Corrections is in crisis and has been in crisis for more than a decade as several studies have shown," said Joy Jay, executive director of Mental Health of America for South Carolina who served as guardian for the prisoners. "People are dying needlessly in our prisons because of poor treatment. The public should also view this as a public safety issue in that inmates with serious mental health issues who receive no or very abusive treatment will return to their communities worse than when they went in."
National experts and more than 10 inmates testified on prison conditions, including long-term solitary confinement – in one case from February 2001 – February 2008; multiple hours of restraint in crucifix positions with no bathroom breaks; placement naked in shower stalls, interview booths, and holding cells for hours and days with no toilets; and routine and excessive use of pepper spray.
During the five-week trial that began in February 2012, Baxley heard arguments from Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough attorneys Dan Westbrook and Stuart Andrews, representing the plaintiffs. Mr. Westbrook argued at closing that the evidence presented at trial proved that SCDC's mental health system was constitutionally deficient in such areas as crisis intervention, solitary confinement, clinical staffing, record keeping, mental health screening, use of force, and medication administration. Mr. Westbrook argued that SCDC knows of the deficiencies and has failed to correct them.
SCDC attorney Andrew Lindemann of Davidson & Lindemann argued that the court should dismiss the case on a variety of legal grounds, including lack of standing and the separation of powers doctrine. Mr. Lindemann also argued that SCDC should not be held liable when it cannot control its funding. Mr. Lindemann further argued that SCDC has improved mental health services in recent years.
P&A is an independent, statewide, nonprofit corporation that protects and advances the legal rights of people with disabilities. The case is T.R., P.R., K.W., and A.M. on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated; and Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc., v. South Carolina Department of Corrections; and William R. Byars, Jr., as Agency Director of the South Carolina Department of Corrections.
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Best of Publib Current Topics and Archives
This week in Best of Publib includes some elegant and thoughtful discussions on collection development, the value of GSLIS programs and the future of public libraries – some of the topics we will be reviewing include:
- Topic – Displaying Reserved Items – practical information including self-serve holds and self-check out methods.
- Topic – Guilt – Jobs and People – Library filth – Joe Schallan's musings on the meaning of GSLIS and the 'microbial ecology' of the public library.
- Topic – Proper conduct by retired librarians – Joe Schallan's introspective look at the career endgame – do old librarians just check out or is there more, much more?
- Topic – Library-based IT troubleshooting services – should we help patrons fix those computer things or CTRL ALT DEL the request for help?
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As I mentioned in an earlier post, I had not one but TWO quilt patterns featured in issue 8 of Fat Quarterly. I wanted to show them both today in their entirety, as well as some outtakes that the kids and I had during our photo shoot!
(Quick note of clarification: issue 8 of Fat Quarterly has a paper-piecing theme, but both of my quilt patterns are traditionally pieced (i.e. easy)! Though there are several great paper-piecing projects in the issue, we wanted to be sure we still offered a variety of project types for all sewists.)
First up is my Kingdom Courtyards quilt. I made this quilt to showcase Jessica Levitt's Kingdom line, and it was on display in the Windham booth at Spring Quilt Market in Salt Lake City last year. I love this quilt pattern -- mostly for its versatility and its ability to showcase large prints -- and finally had the chance to write it up to share with Fat Quarterly readers.
Kingdom Courtyards was masterfully quilted by the uber-talented Angela Walters (who happens to have her own book coming out soon!)
My second quilt is called Double Happiness, and I made this quilt with Kate Spain's newest line, Good Fortune. The ever-talented Jackie Kunkel of Canton Village Quilt Works did an amazing job with the quilting. I LOVE Jackie's work -- she always seems to take what I send her to another level with her quilting choices. Thanks, Jackie!
The kids and I had a great time staging an impromptu photo shoot to get some good pictures of the quilt at a local nature center on a grey Sunday afternoon!
They're crazy ... but I love these guys!!


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Medicine Among the Mennonites in Russia
The use of medicine among the early Mennonites of Russia, as in Prussia, was similar to that of any rural area. In the early pioneer days of the Ukraine there was little opportunity for the settlers to avail themselves of the help of medical doctors, drugs, and hospitalization. The traditional bonesetters (Knochenarzte) and midwives functioned. Some of the bonesetters (similar to chiropractors) and mid-wives had through innate gifts, years of experience, and the knowledge conveyed from generation to generation achieved a wide reputation. The ministers or the teachers were often also advisers in health matters. Health rules, recipes, and the practice of the Knochenarzt were transplanted from Russia to the Great Plains of America, where they have been preserved in some forms to this day, particularly in Mexico and South America. Even the popular contemporary chiropractors in Mennonite communities can no doubt be linked to this tradition, e.g., the Tieszen clinic at Marion, SD. Schmiedehaus relates that the Mennonites of Mexico still used such medicines as Schlagwasser, Wunderöl, Kaiseröl, Alpenkräuter, Grossmutters Abführtee, and Dr. Bell's horse medicine.
With the increase of the Russian population in the Ukraine, the government helped provide medical aid to the people. As the Mennonites advanced culturally and economically, they also became interested in better medical care. The Russian zemstvo (rural administration) made some provision for trained physicians around 1850. The primary purpose was to prevent the spread of epidemics. Only at a few places were hospitals erected. One of the first doctors to practice in Chortitza was Karnitzky. A Bernhard Schellenberg became the first "Feldscher," a trained assistant to the physician. Among the first midwives who had received some training was Charlotte Voroshevskaya. She was succeeded by Margarete Wider and later Susie Penner.
The first Mennonite doctor in Russia very likely was Jacob Esau, who was educated at the University of Kiev and became the physician of the Chortitza settlement around 1880. Considerable improvement was made during this period. A small hospital was erected, and two or three assistants (Feldscher) assisted Esau. An apothecary was located next to his office. Medicine, examination, and treatment were free. In addition to this arrangement, the Mennonite factories of Chortitza also employed doctors, among whom were Voth, Hausknecht, Knieast, Ebius, Glückman, Meder, and Heinrichs. Judging by the names, only the first two and last were Mennonites. The factory owners also established a hospital of their own next to that of the zemstvo. One of the most successful doctors with one of the longest terms of service was Theodor Hottmann, who practiced medicine in connection with the zemstvo hospital 1902-37. Hottmann was joined by Dr. David A. Harnm.
In 1908 a new zemstvo hospital was erected between the villages of Rosenthal and Chortitza. The services of the zemstvo hospital were available to all Chortitza Mennonite villages and four neighboring Russian villages. The hospital and doctors were supported by the Chortitza volost (district). For the services given to the Russian village, the provincial zemstvo furnished medicine and instruments as well as two medical assistants and nurses.
During World War I the Chortitza Mennonites maintained a 75 to 100 bed Red Cross emergency hospital in addition to the regular hospital. Many of the Mennonites served in this unit.
Less information is available about the medical care among Mennonites of other settlements in Russia, even in the Molotschna settlement. In most of the other later and smaller settlements, the Mennonites availed themselves of the medical facilities of their neighboring Russian communities. The Molotschna settlement apparently did not have the zemstvo facilities. Franz Wall established a hospital at Muntau (see Muntau Hospital) in 1880. During the last phase of its existence, this hospital prospered under Dr. Erich Tavonius, who served 1900-1927. Other small Mennonite hospitals existed at Waldheim and Ohrloff in the Molotschna settlement as well as in the Neu-Samara settlement. Bethania, near Chortitza, was a mental hospital. On the island of Chortitza a hospital for tubercular patients was established and a sanitarium called Alexandrabad.
"Doktor Erich Tavonius." Unser Blatt II (1927): 307-309.
Hamm, D. A. "Das Gesundheitswesen in Chortitza." Mennonite Life X (April 1955): 84 f.
Hottmann, Maria. "Dr. Theodor Hottmann." Mennonitisches Jahrbuch 1953 (Newton, 1953): 39-48.
Schmiedehaus, Walter. "Mennonite Life in Mexico." Mennonite Life II (April 1947): 29-38.
Wiebe, C. W. "Health Conditions Among the Mennonites of Mexico." Mennonite Life II (April 1947): 43 f.
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Krahn, Cornelius. "Medicine Among the Mennonites in Russia." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 9 Jul 2020. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Medicine_Among_the_Mennonites_in_Russia&oldid=89578.
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Krahn, Cornelius. (1957). Medicine Among the Mennonites in Russia. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 9 July 2020, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Medicine_Among_the_Mennonites_in_Russia&oldid=89578.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 555. All rights reserved.
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