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Graduates of associate degree programs with a technical or career focus can continue their education in Granite State College's Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Applied Studies. This degree program was developed in collaboration with the Community College System of New Hampshire (CCSNH), and offers A.S. or A.A. degree graduates from CCSNH and other accredited institutions a seamless transition to a bachelor's degree at Granite State College.
Some examples of associate degrees that transition into the Bachelor of Science in Applied Studies program include computer technology, fire science, automotive technology, dental hygiene, and graphic design. Examples of highly specific, career-focused associate degrees that are also well-suited to this bachelor's degree program include interior design, human services, culinary arts, massage therapy, criminal justice, occupational therapy, paralegal studies, travel and tourism, or others.
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Prepare for a career working with young children in the human services field. The B.S. Applied Studies in Human Services and Early Childhood Development has five possible career tracks within the human services field, each focused on working with young children in a different setting: Child Services, Advocacy, Allied Health Services, Education Services, and Administration and Leadership. Specific careers may include: Assessment worker or Family Service Worker for The NH Division for Children, Youth and Families, Family Worker or Home Visitor (direct work) for Private/Non profit agencies, Family Worker for Developmental Area Agency, Child Development Worker at a domestic violence shelter, Volunteer Coordinator at a child advocacy center, Family Coordinator at a Visitation Center, Advocate in diversion/delinquencies program, Family Worker at a Community Mental Health Center or a Community Health Clinic, Family Worker or Home Visitor with Head Start.
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A Novel
Left for Dead
A Novel
When Santa Cruz county deputy sheriff Jose Reyes, one of Ali Reynolds's classmates from the Arizona Police Academy, is gunned down and left to die, he is at first assumed to be an innocent victim of the drug wars escalating across the border. But the crime scene investigation shows there's much more to it than that, and soon he and his pregnant wife, Teresa, are both under suspicion.
Ali owes Reyes a debt of gratitude for the help he gave her years earlier. When she's summoned to his bedside at Mercy Medical Center in Tucson, it's impossible for Ali to turn away. Upon arriving at the hospital, Ali finds her good friend, Sister Anselm, is there as well, working as a patient advocate on behalf of another seriously injured victim, an unidentified border crosser who was raped and savagely beaten.
As more bodies begin to pile up, Ali becomes determined to seek justice, even when it becomes impossible to know where the danger is coming from. Fast-paced, tension-filled, and intriguingly complex, Left for Dead is J.A. Jance at her riveting best.
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- December 2012
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Left for Dead is a complex, twisting narrative about the devastating violence from the Mexican drug wars in Arizona. When several attempted murders occur within miles of each other, and two of the suspects are drug dealers, Ali Reynolds steps in to help protect the victims and prove their innocence. As more bodies pile up, Ali must confront the evil of the drug cartels across the border head-on, with no way of knowing who the next victim will be.
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1. The novel opens with Breeze Domingo, a.k.a Rose Ventana, sleeping on a "sagging leather couch in a filthy apartment." (p. 1) How does this initial introduction to Rose set the tone for the book? Do you feel sympathy for Rose's situation? Do you like her? How much agency do you think she has in determining her situation?
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Aging: Practice Interventions
Lenard W. Kaye
Social workers address older adult issues at all levels of service planning, policy-making, and delivery and across a wide range of community and institutional settings. While various models of practice intervention with older adults exist, more recently the focus is on the integration of micro and macro strategies with an emphasis on strength-based perspectives to geriatric social work practice. The older adult population will expand dramatically and become increasingly culturally, racially, and ethnically diverse in the future and social work services will need to be sensitive to the variety of issues faced by a more heterogeneous and sophisticated older adult population.
Alcohol and Drug Problems: Practice Interventions
Maryann Amodeo and Luz Marilis López
This entry focuses on practice interventions for working with families and individuals including behavioral marital therapy, transitional family therapy, and the developmental model of recovery, as well as motivational interviewing, cognitive-behavioral therapy, relapse prevention training, and harm reduction therapy. A commonality in these intervention frameworks is their view of the therapeutic work in stages—from active drinking and drug use, to deciding on change, to movement toward change and recovery. We also identify skills that equip social work practitioners to make a special contribution to alcohol and other drug (AOD) interventions and highlight factors to consider in choosing interventions.
There are a range of practice interventions for clients with AOD problems based on well-controlled research.
Catheleen Jordan and Cynthia Franklin
Assessment is an ongoing process of data collection aimed at identifying client strengths and problems. Early assessment models were based on psychoanalytic theory; however, current assessment is based on brief, evidence-based practice models. Both quantitative and qualitative methods may be used to create an integrative skills approach that links assessment to intervention. Specifically, assessment guides treatment planning, as well as informs intervention selection and monitoring.
Chaos Theory and Complexity Theory
Keith Warren
Chaos theory and complexity theory, collectively known as nonlinear dynamics or dynamical systems theory, provide a mathematical framework for thinking about change over time. Chaos theory seeks an understanding of simple systems that may change in a sudden, unexpected, or irregular way. Complexity theory focuses on complex systems involving numerous interacting parts, which often give rise to unexpected order. The framework that encompasses both theories is one of nonlinear interactions between variables that give rise to outcomes that are not easily predictable. This entry provides a nonmathematical introduction, discussion of current research, and references for further reading.
Cognitive Therapy
Joseph Walsh
Cognitive therapy is a perspective on social work intervention with individuals, families, and groups that focuses on conscious thought processes as the primary determinants of most emotions and behaviors. It has great appeal to social work practitioners because of its utility in working with many types of clients and problem situations, and its evidence-based support in the literature. Cognitive therapies include sets of strategies focused on education, a restructuring of thought processes, improved coping skills, and increased problem-solving skills for clients.
Common Factors in Psychotherapy
James W. Drisko
This entry examines the common factors approach in social work and in related professions. The term "common factors" refers to a set of features that are shared across different specific models of psychotherapy and social services, but may not always be conceptualized as being curative influences. The common factors approach broadens the conceptual base of potentially curative variables for practice and research. The history of common factors, the research designs and statistical methods that have led to the approach's elaboration, the approach's empirical base, and its fit with social work's person-in-environment perspective are each explored. The intersection of the common factors approach with the evidence-based practice movement is examined. The role of common factors in the psychotherapy integration movement is also discussed. The implications of the common factors approach for research, policy, and practice in social work are identified.
Counseling Older Adult Victims of Ageism in the Workplace
Margo A. Jackson
Despite the significant life and work experiences that a growing number of older adults have to contribute to the workforce, pervasive ageism operates in overt and covert ways to discriminate against older workers in hiring and workplace practices. This article provides a current overview of definitions, prevalence, types, and effects of ageism in the U.S. workplace. For social workers counseling older adult victims of workplace ageism, this article discusses theories, foundational knowledge, and ongoing self-awareness and training needed for bias awareness. Counseling strategies and resources are highlighted, including coping and resilience strategies to counteract ageist stereotypes and discrimination, facilitate job-seeking support, and advocate for older workers by promoting awareness and serving as a resource for employers to reduce workplace ageism.
Direct Social Work Practice
Joseph Walsh
Direct social work practice is the application of social work theory and/or methods to the resolution and prevention of psychosocial problems experienced by individuals, families, and groups. In this article, direct practice is discussed in the context of social work values, empowerment, diversity, and multiculturalism, as well as with attention to client strengths, spirituality, and risk and resilience influences. The challenges of practice evaluation are also considered.
Empowerment Practice
Ruth J. Parsons and Jean East
The concept of empowerment has deep roots in social work practice. Building upon the work of empowerment theorists of the 1980s and 1990s and applied broadly in the 2000s [Itzhaky and York (2000), Social Work Research, 24, 225–234; Travis and Deepak (2011), Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 20, 203–222], the concept of empowerment has evolved from a philosophical level to practice frameworks and methods. Substantial research confirms empowerment outcomes as personal, interpersonal, and sociopolitical. Practice interventions contain both personal and structural dimensions and are accomplished through multilevel interventions. Based on transformation ideology, empowerment is a counter to perceived and objective powerlessness. Social work relationships provide an opportunity for experiencing power and collaboration. Empowerment interventions are often useful with vulnerable populations, such as women and members of stigmatized groups.
Family Therapy
Cynthia Franklin and Laura M. Hopson
Family intervention has become an important tool for social work practitioners. This entry provides a brief history of family intervention and important influences as well as a synopsis of current research. Although these interventions require more research to better understand the populations for whom they are most effective, the evidence supports their usefulness in addressing such issues as aggression, substance use, and depression, among others.
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ILC Global Design Effort (GDE)
The GDE was the international team, led by Barry Barish, that led the planning, design and R&D programme associated with the ILC for the period of 2006 until 2013. The GDE activities were completed with the production of the Technical Design Report and associated cost estimate.
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These more technical pages are the main source of information for the members of the Global Design Effort. They include contact information, project reports, updates and much more.
Organisation Organisation chart for the GDE
Contacts and photos Browse the GDE members directory
Meetings A list of upcoming ILC meetings
Director's Corner Articles from the GDE Director, Barry Barish
Director's updates Latest updates from the GDE Director, including EC public meeting minutes
Project Managers A web page collecting info about the ILC-GDE Project Management
LC Accelerator school International Accelerator Schools for Linear Colliders
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New Palermo coach Alberto Malesani has said that the demonstration organised by the fans ahead of his appointment is normal under the circumstances.
President Maurizio Zamparini's car was reportedly targeted by the fans who are unhappy with the unrest at the club.
Malesani is the third appointment of the Serie A campaign for the Rosanero and the new coach admits that the fans' protest is understandable.
"Yesterday's protest was normal and I did not see anything barbaric," Malesani told reporters.
The 58-year-old coach also revealed he is looking forward to meeting his players when they return from their international commitments towards the end of the week.
"Unfortunately, I won't be able to work with many of the core players for a few days, as they are away on international duty. [When they return] there will be a discussion on tactics, but right now the most important aspect is the psychological one, so we are working on that first of all."
Malesani also said he will be looking towards the experience of his senior players to help him in the early stages of his new job.
"Fabrizio Miccoli and Massimo Donati have experience and that can be crucial in these situations. I will rely heavily on those two, especially when it comes to the locker room environment.
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Evolution of a Room: 1 Room, 3 Designs
My dining room, which is just off of my kitchen, has gone through many transformations. Originally, it was a dining room, of course, with a rectangular square table. Sometimes it got used for dinner parties but most of the time it was hidden by drifts of mail. And then it morphed.
It became my home office. I moved in furniture from my living room -- a console table became a desk, two end tables held books and papers, a side chair became my office chair, two storage ottomans pushed together became a small settee where visitors sat.
But, as eager as I was to have a real office, I've come to realize that I don't work at a desk. I like to lie down, usually on the couch or in bed, with the computer propped against my knees and, therefore, the room didn't get as much use as I'd planned. What was getting use was that small settee. I don't know if this is true in your home, but in my house, everyone ends up in the kitchen. I needed to incorporate those two facts -- I like to work lying down and everyone always end up in the kitchen -- into the room's next incarnation. So now the "dining room" has become a new kind of office, where I can lie down to work and where people can sit for cocktails and appetizers while I mess about in the kitchen.
Two white Lack shelves, found on Craigslist, were turned on their side to perform bench duty. A side table was brought in from the living room along with an ottoman and a dining chair, a rug was pulled over from the kitchen. While this is probably not the room's final incarnation (I'm debating more changes -- whether to keep the chandelier or replace it with a fixture that doesn't hang quite so low; whether to pick up a small drop leaf table "just in case" I feel like working at a desk -- but I'm going to live with the room "as is" for a few weeks before I buy anything), it's a study in how a room can (and should) evolve as your needs grow, as your taste changes, as you learn how your particular home naturally gets used for the life you are living today.
Take a look at your home. If a room has outgrown its usefulness, consider morphing it into a room that will work for your needs. Don't be afraid to move the furniture around, steal pieces from other rooms or look at an old item in a new way.
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In contrast with the extravagant designs normally associated with Maison Worth, the pristine silhouette and tender proportions of this gown demonstrate the restraint of which the house was equally capable. The sculptural clarity of this gown's lines provides a textbook example for anyone interested in emulating its design.
Bodice: Fitted; short-waist length; wide neck; short sleeves; pleated tulle ruffle at neck and sleeves; self trim at neck; self bows center front and sleeves; center front lace-up closure.
Skirt: Floor-length with train, fuller in back.
Belt: Self belt, horizontal pleats, center back bow and streamers.
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This evening dress is a fine example of Worth's ability to design simple gowns as easily and superbly as extravagant ones. The slightly trained crinoline of this dress is typical of the mid-1860s silhouette and features a flatter skirt front with its fullness pulled to the back and held in place with multiple cartridge pleats. The long seams on the skirt are hand sewn. Collar, bows, pleated belt, streamers, and fringed streamers are all fabricated of the self-same ribbed silk. The edges of the collar ruffle are cut with small scallops and left raw. The ruffle is pleated ½" from the upper edge and sewn to the edge of the collar with running stitches and is covered by a bias strip. The streamers on the front bow are cut with straight edges into points. Only a few seams on the bodice have been machine- stitched.
Worn by either Mrs. Benjamin Talbot Babbitt or Mrs. Frederick E. Hyde.
Gift of Richard H. L. Sexton and Eric H. L. Sexton, 1962.
A sketch for the evening bodice of this gown is in the Worth archive of the Fashion Museum of Bath and North East Somerset Counties. Referred to as "baby doll," the princess seaming (an unbroken waistline) of the evening bodice introduces an innovation that would set the tone for the fit of many of Worth's subsequent designs. The daunting cost of any of the house's more extravagant designs motivated many bridal clients to consider extending the usage of a one-time investment by ordering an evening bodice as well as a modest chapel bodice. The fullness of the skirt and the inward bend of the evening bodice busk place the donor's date for original use in dispute. Both elements more closely conform to Worth's designs of the mid, rather than late 1860s. But the elongation of the evening bodice's basque agrees stylistically with those at decade's end.
Chapel bodice: Fitted; waist-length; band of beads and pearls applied front to back, either side center front; swansdown band on left side (reconstructed from original design); round neck, small round lace collar; long sleeves, ruched tulle band below elbow; swansdown band (reconstructed from original design), pearls, and beads at cuff; center front button closure.
Skirt: Full; floor-length with train; applied tulle band from knee to hem, pleating at top and bottom edges; deep, pleated hem ruffle; applied pearls at train hem.
Sash: Cream satin; center back bow and streamers; tulle overlay, beads, pearls, and swansdown (reconstructed from original design) at ends.
Evening bodice; fitted, waist-length at center front with deep busk point, graded basque; off-the-shoulder neck, pleated tulle edging; sleeveless, ruched satin and shirred and puffed tulle bands at armholes; pearls, swansdown (reconstructed from original design), and tassels at cutaway edges, neck, and hem.
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The evening bodice front has seams from the armholes to the front edges. The side panels are devoid of horizontal waistline seams. Its busk point is finished with double piping and boned with three stays. The off-the-shoulder neckline is trimmed with a decorative satin band embellished with pearls and beads on tulle. Pleated tulle is applied to the neck edge. Ruched satin and shirred and puffed tulle bands trim the armholes. The graded front is embellished with the same decorative bands as the chapel bodice; swansdown and beaded fringe are applied at the edges.
The tulle overskirt (reconstructed from physical evidence and period plates) is pleated at the top and bottom with a tulle ruffle applied to the upper edge. Starting in the mid-1860s, Worth favored the use of silk tulle as either a major decorative element or as neckline trim. Regrettably, due to the inherent perishable nature of the material, very few garments have survived with their original trim intact; here the skirt overlay has been replaced by man-made maline.
Worn by Clara Howard at her marriage to James Flower in 1869.
Gift of Mr. Pierre Lorillard Barbey, Jr., 1972.
Departing from the round and dome-shaped skirts of the 1860s, Worth swept their residual volume backward and poured it over a tournure or bustle. That unwieldy silhouette, originally introduced at the end of the 17th century, would define fashion throughout most of 1870s and '80s. Many Worth clients, unwilling to abandon costly but outmoded garments, brought them back to Worth, who combined their contrasting materials into fresh, new incarnations. This afternoon dress is one such example and features a "fan train," which was introduced by Worth and cited in an 1873 edition of "Harper's Bazar. "
Bodice: Fitted, waist-length, two deep basque points at center front and center back; V-neck, organdy ruffle; pink silk mock vest with narrow shawl collar; tan overlayer, pleated, crossed tan silk bands at bust, silk ribbon rosette at center front; elbow-length sleeves, pink silk turned-back curved cuffs; detachable organdy undersleeves with eyelet embroidery; fringe at hem.
Skirt: Floor-length, flat front with train; Center front panel with alternating rows of pink silk, tan silk, and fringe, ribbon rosettes on either side of center front hip to hem; gathered tan silk side panels extending into bustle and train, rust ruffle at hem, pink silk lining; pink silk underskirt, pleated ruffle.
Garment structure
The bodice is boned to the waist is extended by two basque deep points at center front and a single point at center back. Smoothly fitted, its waistline unseamed, it has long vertical darts on the front and seams from the armholes to the hem on the back. The flat-fronted floor-length skirt dramatically contrasts with its back-thrusting and hitched trained bustle, arranged to reveal its pink silk underskirt. In an unusual departure, Worth's lean front and full back are "…cut in a new and admirable fashion which combines gracefulness of effect with great economy of material," according to "Harper's Bazar," December 19, 1874.
Like most designs of this period, machine stitching is used on the primary seams, with secondary elements such as the stay pockets, the seams joining the cuffs to the sleeve, bindings, and finishing details stitched by hand.
Worn by mother of the donor.
Gift of Mrs. Henry Martyn Alexander, 1940.
The combination of Lyon-milled, historically referenced florals with period details came to define the work of Maison Worth. This afternoon dress exemplifies the atelier's proclivity for 18th-century inspired design in its lighthearted combination of pink and white rose sprig meanders, ecru bobbin lace tablier, and lace engageantes.
Bodice: White satin brocade; boned, fitted, elongated-waist length, center front point, tails; sweetheart neck, pink satin yoke, lace fichu over pink satin; elbow-length sleeves, double-layered lace engageantes; pink satin bows at bust and sleeves; pink satin edging at hem; center front button closure.
Skirt: White satin brocade; floor-length with train; lace over pink satin center front panel, pleated ruffle at hem; open either side center back, tiered lace flounces over pink satin insets, curved tab hem; pink bows either side center back.
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This afternoon dress illustrates Worth's ability to integrate different textures, patterns, and cut. The brocade, a seemingly simple small-scale rosebud/sprig pattern, in fact comprises at least four different sub-patterns woven in the matching background color.
The fine-quality machine-produced Valenciennes is used abundantly not only in the shirred drape at the front, but also for the four tiered flounces tucked under the brocade on either side of the back skirt.
A plain pink satin underlayer is used to highlight the rosebud pattern on the lace panel at the front, on the train and on the pleated hem ruffle. A single lace dust ruffle peeks out from under the rounded tab hem of the brocade train.
Worn by either Mrs. Benjamin Talbot Babbitt or by Mrs. Frederick E. Hyde.
Gift of Richard H. L. Sexton and Eric H. L. Sexton, 1962.
Relying primarily on its pungent aniline-derived colors for impact, this otherwise unadorned asymmetrical design illustrates Maison Worth's ability to reserve its battery of decorative pyrotechnics for evening use. This gown showcases the confidence and precision that could produce equally spectacular daywear, as illustrated by its swallowtail-cut basque and crisp, knife-edged bustle.
Bodice: Boned, fitted, waist-length, hip-length basque tails; band collar, lace ruffle; elbow-length sleeves, ribbon rosette at sleeve ends, engageantes; pleated integral self belt; center front button closure.
Skirt: Floor-length with train, overskirt, open at front, pleated and gathered in back, flat, center front underskirt panel, self ruffles at hem, fringed taffeta swag at front from right hip to left knee; purple, fuchsia and lace ruffles at train hem; fuchsia lining.
Garment structure
The bodice fastens at center front with buttons and hand-worked buttonholes. It extends to the waist and is finished with a pleated cummerbund band. Long pointed tails extend below the hips and are edged with a corded piping. A small weight is concealed between the tail layers to hold them in place. The band collar is trimmed with a shirred strip of machine-made lace hand sewn to the inside. The same lace is used to trim the elbow-length sleeves, which also feature a large self-fabric rosette. Lined with fuchsia silk, the rosette's eight loops are sewn to reveal both sides.
The asymmetrical skirt has an overskirt that is open at the front. On the right-hand side, the overskirt turns back to show the contrasting facing. The overskirt is pleated and gathered in the back. The train hem is finished with knife-pleated ruffles in purple, fuchsia, and lace. The underskirt panel is flat at the center front and trimmed with a self-fabric ruffle over a fuchsia ruffle at the hem. A separate swag, fringed with purple silk and small fuchsia beads, is inserted between the two skirts at the front from the right hip to left knee.
Worn by the donor's mother.
Gift of Mrs. William Raymond, 1952.
The Victorian formula for the virginal white wedding gown—orange blossoms and tulle—is challenged here by the rich cherry clusters of the dress made for Annie Schermerhorn. The silk tape fringe and elaborate pearl embroidery underscore an elegance closely aligned with the house's ball gowns. Although wedding protocol closely delineated the rare exceptions under which one could re-wear a wedding gown—foremost being presentation at the Court of Saint James—the opulent beauty of this design must have presented countless temptations for a repeat wearing.
Bodice: Boned, fitted, deep center front busk point, basque tails; square neck with stand collar, cream chiffon fichu, pearl appliqué; fitted, elbow-length sleeves, inner side satin, outer side net, pearl appliqué, knotted cream satin bands over net creating slashed effect, net frill at shoulders, ivory satin cockade at outer elbows; center front button closure.
Skirt: Floor-length with train; draped at center front hip, swagged either side center back, fringe at ends; chiffon flounce, pleats at hem.
Garment structure
The bodice has a center front closure with self-fabric covered buttons and thread buttonholes; the square neckline has a stand collar with cream chiffon fichu and pearl appliqué. The lower edge is finished with a single satin piping. The seam allowance of the piping covers the raw edges on the wrong side. The bodice has a plain weave silk backing with boning casings sewn by hand and hand overcast seams. The skirt front is backed with silk taffeta. Two layers of self fabric were used to create the bustle. The outlining fringe is hand stitched. There is a pleated chiffon flounce at the hem and a dust ruffle around the entire skirt.
Worn by Annie Schermerhorn at her marriage to John Innes Kane, December 12, 1878.
Gift of Miss Fannie M. Cottenet, 1932.
The tiny proportions (well under five feet) of his client did little to deter Worth from combining a wide range of textiles, trims, and finishes in the fabrication of this visiting costume. The bell-shaped skirt departs from the exaggerated bustle silhouette of the time, culminating in a slimly-seamed center-back cascade embellished by the color contrast of its crenulated hem. The dress epitomizes the verticality of the princess line.
Redingote style, striped satin over lavender mock underdress; floor-length with slight train; bell-shaped skirt, flat in front, fuller in back; center front lavender panel, brocade mock sash crossed at right hip, draped either side of center front, brown and purple fringe at ends; lavender stand collar, integral brocade cravat; striped satin overdress, inverted pleats either side of center back, looped lavender ribbons, lavender fringe; stand collar; long, fitted sleeves, split at wrist, mock brocade undersleeve, pleated organdy cuff ruffle, lace edging; striped satin tabbed hem; center front button closure.
Garment structure
The dress is contoured with long vertical darts and is seamless at the waist. The floor-length overskirt hem is tabbed in a reprise of Worth's mid-1860s designs. The 8½"-wide double dust ruffle is sewn to the underside of the hem on both the front and back of the skirt. The dress is lined with silk taffeta. The sleeves are hand sewn into the armholes and trimmed with narrow self-fabric piping, a wider brocade mock undersleeve and a pleated organdy cuff with lace edging. The edges of the seams are overcast with thread by hand.
Worn by mother of donor.
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Looking for things to do, places to stay and great food along the Yadkin River? Yadkin Riverkeeper today launches a new online tool that is designed to showcase unique experiences and river access points to encourage greater use of North Carolina's second largest river basin.
Tourism is one of North Carolina's largest industries. Yadkin Valley tourism alone brings in $240 million annually and supports 1,890 jobs (2011). The new online tool, created with a grant from the Chatham Foundation, maps locations of interest along the river basin.
There are more than 60 destination points from as far west as Blowing Rock and the start of the river at W. Kerr Scott Reservoir through the valley to the Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge.
Travelers looking for the best points of interest will find some of the country's most scenic mountain overlooks at Kerr Scott Lake and Morrow Mountain. The best campgrounds and canoe/boat rentals dot the valley. Bed and breakfast establishments, wineries and local restaurants also are featured.
"The Yadkin River is one of our state's richest resources, but it's also one of the most under-utilized recreational experiences," said Dean Naujoks, the Yadkin Riverkeeper. "Every June, we host the Tour De Yadkin where we paddle all 185 miles to see its scenic beauty and educate people on the importance of preserving the unique resource. We realized that people need to know about the great experiences they can have along the river. We hope this new tool will bring more people out onto the water."


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"Innovation in Action" at Emmanuel College
In an ever-changing world, Emmanuel College provides an innovative academic environment that sustains the pace.
Mary C. Waters, the M.E. Zukerman Professor of Sociology and former chair of the sociology department at Harvard University, presented the inaugural address of the Catherine McLaughlin Hakim Lecture Series on March 31st.
Mary C. Waters, the M.E. Zukerman Professor of Sociology and former chair of the sociology department at Harvard University, presented the inaugural address of the Catherine McLaughlin Hakim Lecture Series on March 31st. Waters' lecture, "Five Years After Hurricane Katrina: What 'Recovery' Looks Like for Survivors," offered insight into the psychological and sociological resilience of the people of New Orleans as well as the post-traumatic growth of the city since the 2005 natural disaster.
According to data compiled as part of Waters' research, nearly half of the New Orleans' residents sampled suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) within a year after the hurricane. Although the vast majority was evacuated before Katrina hit, the psychological and physical toll remains. Results from a follow-up survey completed in 2009-2010 showed that a third of the residents continue to suffer from PTSD; only 13% of the population are back living in their homes and just 35% overall have returned to the city.
"New Orleans is recovering, but it's a changed city," said Waters. "Some of the city's poorest residents haven't come back and won't come back."
Waters' research was a collaboration between professors at Princeton University, Washington State University and the University of Massachusetts-Boston. Originally, respondents were asked to take part in an "Opening Doors Sample" to gather statistics on community college student enrollment for the Louisiana Department of Social Services. After Hurricane Katrina, the data offered valuable insight into key demographics of New Orleans' residents. Ninety-two percent of the sample population were women, 85% were African American, and nearly half lived in the city's Ninth Ward, an area that suffered catastrophic damage due to Hurricane Katrina.
Despite the trauma that continues to impact New Orleans and its people, Waters emphasized that post-traumatic growth and social and psychological resilience remain strong. She said that many people have tried to find the good that came out of Hurricane Katrina and have discovered new possibilities, personal strength and an appreciation for life they did not possess before.
The Catherine McLaughlin Hakim Lecture Series is endowed by Dr. Raymond Hakim in honor of his late wife Catherine, a 1970 Emmanuel graduate. The series is sponsored by the Department of Sociology and focuses on issues of sociology, social justice and policy on the local, national and international levels.
Catherine passed away in 1992 after a battle with metastatic breast cancer. In her memory, Dr. Hakim also established a chair in nephrology at his alma mater, McGill University, as well as a named professorship within Vanderbilt University's Department of Medicine, where he served as a full-time faculty member in the Division of Nephrology until 1996. He believes his late wife would be touched by the lecture series named in her honor at Emmanuel.
"Catherine always had fond memories of Emmanuel College," said Dr. Hakim. "We thought it would be great to commemorate her memory and the memories she had of Emmanuel by establishing a lecture series in her honor in an area she loved."
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Week 28 Matches
Wednesday, Sep 9
VAN - COL 10 pm ET
POR - SKC 10:30 pm ET
Friday, Sep 11
RNY - CHI 7 pm ET
Saturday, Sep 12
PHI - CMB 7 pm ET
HOU - RSL 8:30 pm ET
DAL - NYC 8:30 pm ET
COL - DCU 9 pm ET
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Sunday, Sep 13
TOR - NER 5 pm ET
ORL - SKC 7 pm ET
Back to a more normal schedule this week.
Colorado and KC have two games, the rest 1. USA
vs Brazil friendly Tues 8 pm central from NE.
Dempsey is staying home to recover further from
his hamstring injury. Any opinions on USA-Peru
last Fri? Drogba's fee is at 9 this morning.
That could change if he gets a few more hat
tricks. I'm curious to see how SJ plays without
Bernardez but with all the Nat team players who
were gone. Seattle might try to exploit JJ
Koval in the back line. Comments? Share your
thoughts below.
from Seattle SC
on Mon 9/7 14:04 ET
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Prediction: Winner of SJ-SEA ends up making the playoffs. If they tie, Seattle gets the spot. from Mohawks
on Tue 9/8 9:08 ET
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Ives just viewed my LinkedIn profile. I've finally made it in life from Weirder Bremen
on Tue 9/8 21:15 ET
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Hulk scores for Brazil. What's his first name?
from Carnival FC
on Tue 9/8 21:50 ET
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Incredible from Stormin Union
on Tue 9/8 22:17 ET
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Klinsmann doesn't have a clue what he is doing. For god's
sake bring back Howard vs Mexico (Guzan is light years away
from Howard in my opinion). This game looks like a
continuation of the pathetic gold cup where I wasted money
watching the USMNT get embarrassed in the 3rd place match.
This team has no identity with a clueless coach at the helm.
Excuse my ranting but this is unacceptable to a die-hard
USMNT fan that has been following the team since 1994.
from Carnival FC
on Tue 9/8 22:24 ET
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"He's got pace and he's got promise but he's still quite raw..."
Well, I hate to say this but the guy that is raw was probably
our best player tonight.
from Carnival FC
on Tue 9/8 23:20 ET
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Whenever I watch a beat down like Brazil put on us, I often
wonder how the result may be different if the NFL, MLB, and
NBA took a back seat to soccer in our country...
from FC Byrd Turgler
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I often wonder why people think Tim Ream is an acceptable candidate for national team duty. I have never wondered whether or not he would be an acceptable left back in an international match. The slowest player on the field should never be your left back at this level. This could have easily been an 8 or 9-1 scoreline. I've kept an open mind about Der Klinsy, but I've about lost my patience for it. Tim Ream at left back is pretty damn close to a fire-able offense in my eyes. from Carnival FC
on Wed 9/9 0:51 ET
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Norm, thought you would enjoy this read, or anyone for that
"A good carpenter doesn't blame his tools and a good coach
doesn't blame his players. Especially when he's using a
hacksaw to pound a nail.."
-in reference to Klinsman's comment about Bedoya not
getting into rythm. according to Bedoya, he has never played
that position professionally until tonight
and Jurgen played Ream at left back?
from Stormin Union
on Wed 9/9 7:43 ET
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Exactly, over-tinkering and playing players out of position is a
definite sign that he doesn't know what he is doing. He is
doing exactly what Nowak did in philly when he ran the team
into the ground and then was fired. Ego is the main problem
with these type of coaches, they convince themselves that
they know what they are doing even though everything is
falling apart around them due to their wrong decisions.
from Carnival FC
on Wed 9/9 12:44 ET
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It baffles me why a coach would tinker when going up against
a team like Brazil.
That is when you take your best players and put them in their
best positions to see where you stand...
from FC Byrd Turgler
on Wed 9/9 13:48 ET
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Yes he played the slowest player (including the goalkeepers) on the field at left back. from Arrows SC
on Wed 9/9 20:41 ET
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I had a school function to go to and missed the
first part of the game. I watched about twenty
minutes from 2-0 to 4-0 and couldn't take it
anymore. We looked horribly amateurish. What a
from Seattle SC
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Off to a good start this week, hopefully heading back into the Top 25 (I'm 26th, worst I've been in months) ...
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With the outcome of the approaching EU referendum still the 'known unknown' for UK assets, Head of Hermes' Investment Office, Eoin Murray, and Group Chief Economist, Neil Williams discuss the implications of Brexit-risk for the economy and financial services. They argue the risk could extend beyond the June vote, and also beyond the UK.
A long, drawn-out 'can of worms'
Neil Williams said: "Our base-case remains that Brexit can be avoided, given the unlikelihood of wanting to risk weaker ties with our main trading partner, FDI foregone, and a diluted relationship both with the US and other third-parties that use the UK to access the Single Market.
"Inertia ('better the devil you know') could also play a part - as it did in 1975 when the UK survived its first in-out referendum. Turnout was 65%, with 67% voting 'in'. The turnout this June could be just as high, given emotively charged issues such as fiscal profligacy and immigration. Yet bookmakers' predictions of a similar two-thirds/one-third vote look complacent against polls suggesting the 14-17% 'don't knows' will swing it on 23 June."
The UK's renegotiation could take several years, just to end up close to 'square one'
Neil Williams said: "Should Brexit occur, getting to the next stage would be a long, drawn-out 'can of worms'. Even a 'soft exit' – where trade relationships and freedom of movement are broadly maintained - would probably need several years just to end up close to 'square one'. Greenland's (EEC) departure in 1985 took three years; the UK - much larger and, after 43 years, more entwined in the European project - would need even longer than this.
"Brexit would then risk a spill-over into the remainder of the EU. A 'trap door' opened by the UK could well be approached by others. This questions the EU as a relative haven should Brexit occur. In which case - given the second-round effects and the ECB's ongoing QE - Brexit would probably benefit the US dollar and Japanese yen.
"With 2017 general elections due in France (April/May), Germany (by late October), and potentially Italy and The Netherlands, it's doubtful the UK will be shown much sympathy by its former peers should it try to secure a 'no-strings' exit deal."
More QE?
Neil Williams said: "The pound would probably fall on a Brexit. As a guide, our inflation simulations suggest a fall in the pound to £/$1.20 from June would push the CPI back above the BoE's +2% target by New Year. In our 'base case' (i.e. no Brexit), the CPI does not breach 2% till 2018. Further sterling weakness, to £/$ parity, would bring this 2% forward to November 2016, leading to 2.5% before next spring. But we doubt it would trigger a BoE rate hike, given Brexit's feared hit to growth.
"With rate hikes deferred, short-term conventional gilts may benefit initially, especially on a hard exit. But this could be short-lived, given about one third of the £1.3trn gilts outstanding is backed by international investors sensitive to currency and ratings risk, particularly if Brexit reignites the risk of Scotland breaking from the Union.
"In which case, it's possible that dealing with Brexit and a hit to growth may need the BoE to again be a sponsor of gilts, via QE - potentially intensifying the pressure from 'lower for longer' yields on pension schemes."
Brexit would throw up macro, passporting, & regulatory challenges to financial services
Eoin Murray said: "The impact on financial services would be critical, with Brexit offering macro, 'passporting' and regulation risks.
"Measured properly, services in the UK accounts for about 80% of what we produce, and has, more than any other sector, been the driver of the UK's recovery from the 2008-09 crisis. Within that, financial services is about 8% of the UK's gross value added. While this may appear modest, financial services has been the heartbeat of this growth, providing disproportionately large trade benefits, employment, and tax revenue. The UK has a trade surplus in financial services of over £16bn, out of a total services surplus of some £17bn. This surplus is equivalent to about 1% of GDP, with 40% of our financial services exported to the EU.
"Then there's the EU's 'passporting' system that currently allows financial services businesses to operate in other member states without setting up a local branch. If the UK loses the ability to provide cross-border financial services, the industry will be faced with significant additional costs such as establishing local branches in European centres, maintaining local capital, and the compliance costs of seeking approval from multiple local regulators."
UK financial services have more to lose than most other sectors from a Brexit
Eoin Murray said: "London's status as a global financial centre and gateway to the EU would be threatened if it's no longer the dominant force in clearing European financial markets. London enjoys 'king status' as the centre for clearing foreign exchange trades (over three quarters of EU trading) and bond futures.
"Critically, London has benefitted from the privileged position bestowed upon it by the European Court of Justice that ruled out the ECB's requirement that clearing houses of euro-denominated business between European banks be based in the euro-zone, and regulated by the ECB. A Brexit could forego this special status.
"And there's the regulatory challenges Brexit would throw up. A large amount (43 years worth) of EU regulations have been fully or partially implemented into UK law. Many of these rules apply directly to member states; they would ultimately fall away on a Brexit, and have to be passed as new UK law. Even outside the EU, regulation would of course still be needed - but replicating the EU's would be no easy matter, and could not happen overnight.
"Overall then, financial services has more than most other sectors to lose from a Brexit. Given the City's strong starting point, Brexit may not short term be a complete 'disaster', as the City maintains, at least initially, much of its comparative advantage. But, is it all worth risking?"
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|Miss Stein, during her college years; a typical page from The Making of Americans.
This post, like several others, concerns New England, which is inevitable if one can go back far enough in one's family tree in this country, to the time and place of the Making of America. When I began this blog, it had not occurred to me I would be spending so much time Down East, or on the Cape, or in Beantown. It was one of those momentary, late-night mental lapses, like when I was so pleased I was fortunate enough to be descended from Mayflower passengers who survived....
Anyway. Boston makes me think of Harvard, which school Miss Stein attended; correctly, she attended the Harvard Annex, now Radcliffe, due to her gender. She studied psychology and philosophy under William James, among others, although she did not receive a degree.
It was a very lovely spring day, Gertrude Stein had been going to the opera every night and going also to the opera in the afternoon and had been otherwise engrossed and it was the period of the final examinations, and there was the examination in William James' course. She sat down with the examination paper before her and she just could not. Dear Professor James, she wrote at the top of her paper. I am so sorry but really I do not feel a bit like an examination paper in philosophy to-day, and left.
The next day she had a postal card from William James saying, Dear Miss Stein, I understand perfectly how you feel I often feel that myself. And underneath it he gave her work the highest mark in his course.
This famous anecdote is from The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas, written--tellingly--by Miss Stein herself. She later dropped out of Johns Hopkins medical school, stating simply that she was "bored." Harvard, of course, has produced many writers (well-known--and otherwise) who did graduate, among them John Collins Bossidy ("otherwise"), whose sole remembered literary legacy is the toast he gave in 1910 at one of his alumni dinners:
I uncovered this bit of doggerel shortly after I discovered I was a Lowell, or rather, a Lowell descendant, from Percival Lowle (or Lowell), the first of the American Lowells. And what is behind Bossidy's toast? The Lowells (along with the Cabots, and--I suppose--others), were considered Boston Brahmins, an upper-class elite that constituted the "first families" of New England, and who, according to Wikipedia, "form an integral part of the historic core of the East Coast Establishment." Well then. Among the other forty-or-so Brahmin families are such familiar presidential names as Adams, Coolidge, Delano, and Quincy; other noted families like the Cabots, Forbes, Peabodys, Putnams, and such; and even a few that connote nothing (to me at least), like Saltonstall, Tarbox, and Wigglesworth, who, presumably, did talk to each other, if not to the rarefied Lowells.
In his seminal (if self-published) work, The Historic Genealogy of the Lowells of America 1639 - 1899, the author, the Rev Delmar R Lowell (with perhaps a bit of bias) wrote:
To do justice to the name of Lowell would require more than a moderate sized volume; a name not only distinguished in literature, theology and jurisprudence, but in all the relations of life.
In the words of another noted--if fictional--WASP: La di da, la di da, la la. But Rev Lowell has a point. A later Percival Lowell founded the Lowell Observatory; his brother Abbott was president of Harvard, his sister Amy was a Pulitzer Prize winning poet.
Like cousin Delmar, I will not attempt a "full history," but at least tell a little about the Lowell who got the whole ball rolling in the not-yet United States: Percival Lowle.
Percival was born in Somerset, England in 1571, where his Lowle forebears had lived for at least four hundred years. The family was well-to-do; there is believed to have been aristocracy on both sides. At any rate, by 1597 Percival was the Assessor in the village of Kingston-Seymour. He married his wife, Rebecca (whose last name has been lost to time) about 1599 (although records differ). Within a few years he was a prominent merchant in Bristol, running the firm Percival Lowle & Co. with his son John, and other family members. Then a remarkable thing happened:
In the year 1639 he cut asunder from all connections with England, and with his family, consisting of his wife, Rebecca, his two sons, John and Richard, his daughter Joane, and their respective families, and came to the Massachusetts colony and in June of 1639 settled at Newbury.
The causes that led to the abandonment of his nativity, and to exile himself from the associations of a lifetime — the island home of a long line of distinguished ancestry — is a study of interest. He was then sixty-eight years of age. He had been successful even to opulence, and his age and circumstances would seem to have invited him to ease and retirement befitting his surroundings at Bristol.
Although accounts differ (boredom, money, a distaste for Charles I) as to what caused him to make this drastic and potentially dangerous change, most agree that John Winthrop, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, was looking for dependable, reputable people to settle in this troubled area and was able to persuade Lowell and family to make the voyage on the ship Jonathan. Certainly, the men were friends. Upon Winthrop's death, Percival wrote a lengthy poem, A Funeral Elegie, just two verses of which follow.
You English Mattachusians all
Forebear some time from sleeping.
Let everyone both great and small
Prepare themselves for weeping.
He was New England's Pelican
New England's Gubernator
He was New England's Solomon
New England's Conservator.
Although I have nowhere near the accomplishments of the varied Lowells (whose other descendants include everyone from T S Eliot to Tuesday Weld), perhaps there was one small legacy: it seems it is from poet Percival--a tenth great-grandfather--that I inherit my love of italics, which I use nearly as much as he did.
|First Burying Ground, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts.
The image at the top is a portion of the Lowell coat of arms.
Gertrude Stein again: "I love it and I write it. I want readers so strangers must do it." Don't be a stranger. Feel free to "Follow" this blog, or leave a comment. I'd love to hear from you.
Even if you're not a Cabot--or God.
1. Percival Lowle or Lowell (1571 - 8 Jan 1664) was born in Somerset, England, and married Rebecca LKU (1575- 28 Dec 1645), possibly in 1598 or 1599. They emigrated to the Massachusetts Colony in 1639, where they were among the founders of the town of Newbury.
2. John Lowell (? - 10 Jul 1647) emigrated with his parents, and once at Newbury, married Elizabeth Goodale (1620- 23 Apr 1651), daughter of John Goodale (1582- 7 Jul 1625) and Elizabeth Parlett (1584 - 8 Apr 1647), sometime between 1639 and 1641.
3. Benjamin Lowell (12 Sep 1642 - 22 Oct 1714) was, with his twin brother John (12 Sep 1642 - 25 Jul 1672), born in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, where he married Ruth Woodman (28 Mar 1646 - 22 Oct 1714), daughter of Edward Woodman (27 Dec 1606 - 17 May 1670) and Joanna Salway (1614 - 1687), on 17 October 1666.
4. Joseph Lowell (12 Sep 1680 - 8 Apr 1753) was also born, and died, in Newbury. It was also there that he married Mary Hardy (2 Feb 1693 - 4 Nov 1747), daughter of George Hardy (1660 - 6 Nov 1694) and Mary Fogg (1 May 1662 - 6 Nov 1694), on 6 December 1707.
5. Joseph Lowell (20 Feb 1720 - aft 1769) married Mary Jones (5 Feb 1726 - ?), daughter of Joseph Jones (1 Oct 1702 - ?) and Mary Prowse (26 Nov 1703 - 1783), on 11 January 1745, in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts.
6. Hannah Lowell (23 Jan 1759 - Sep 1802) married Reuben Grindle (20 Mar 1757 - 15 Jul 1835), son of John Grindle (1 Aug 1714 - 1794) and Elizabeth Dorr (1727 - 12 Apr 1761), on 6 October 1777, in Penobscot, Hancock, Maine.
7. Deborah Grindle (25 Feb 1784 - aft 1860), married Isaac Burnett (1780 - May 1860), parents unknown, on 23 December 1802, in Hancock County, Maine.
8. Nathaniel S Burnett (12 Mar 1826 - 10 Oct 1885) married Rachel Elizabeth Squire (28 Jan 1829 - 21 Apr 1902), daughter of Samuel Squire (13 Apr 1797 - 26 Jul 1871) and Lovina Coleman (27 Oct 1806 - 2 Jul 1901), on 26 December 1850, in Hancock County, Maine.
9. Charles A Burnett (Feb 1856 - 17 Jan 1930) married Ella Swarts (1 Sep 1861 - Apr 1899), daughter of Charles Swarts (12 Feb 1835 - 8 Jan 1909) and Henrietta Davenport (Jan 1836 - May 1904), on 1 September 1879 (her eighteenth birthday), at Spring Lake, Minnesota.
10. Alfred Nathaniel Burnett (19 Aug 1883 - 31 Jul 1959) married Jennie Arleta Eaton (14 Mar 1891 - 15 Apr 1979), daughter of Dor Henry Eaton (May 1869 - 31 Dec 1945) and Anna B Miller (Jan 1867 - aft 1920), in 1909 in Minnesota.
11. Leroy Stanley Burnett (31 Aug 1910 - 11 May 1980) married Hazel Lucille Erickson (6 Sep 1910 - 6 May 2002), daughter of Erick Albert Erickson (28 Aug 1864 - 27 Nov 1948) and Johanna Maria "Marie" Svard (5 Feb 1875 - 28 Apr 1914),on 21 June 1933 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
12. [Living] Burnett married Beverly Alane Brown (8 Aug 1934 - 7 Mar 2010), daughter of Dana Earl Brown (26 Jan 1910 - 10 Sep 1984) and Myrna Margaret Severin (6 Nov 1907 - 12 Jun 1997), on 4 March 1961 in Long Beach, California.
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PDE Camber Plates – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Posted by Acejam on May 5th, 2009
For the past 2 years I've been running RaceComp Engineering Tarmac 2 coilovers. I've been using Cusco camber plates out back, paired up with a set of PDE camber plates up front. The PDE plates are an absolutely excellent product. Their build quality is incredible, and they fit perfect. Their unique design sets them apart […]


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Indie Sweethearts Pitching Products
New ads from Zooey Deschanel, Ellen Page, and Luke Wilson.
The Spot: Actor Luke Wilson stands atop a giant map of the United States, reciting a list of cities and towns for which AT&T provides wireless phone coverage. As he mentions each place, he Frisbees a postcard through the air. "If you want coverage, we've got it," says the announcer.
It's tough to predict which celebrity sellouts will raise our hackles. My personal tripwire was sproinged by the sight of will.i.am happily donning a hat that bore a giant red Target logo. The man's evident eagerness to shill—the corporate-friendly smile, the twinkling eyes—provoked intense feelings of despair in the depths of my soul.
For others, disquietude is occasioned less by the nature of the sellout than by the identity of the perpetrator. My editor has always claimed she's not fazed when celebrities hawk products. But then a pair of indie sweethearts showed up in ad campaigns this fall—Ellen Page for Cisco; Zooey Deschanel for Cotton Inc.—and suddenly my editor started wringing her hands. "It's a whole different breed of people selling out," she fretted in an e-mail. "Those on the upward rather than the downward trajectory." She felt vaguely embarrassed for these starlets. And she wondered: What could they have to gain?
Well, money, of course. For not much work. But let's set that aside. Madison Avenue's filthy lucre is always there for the taking. The question is whether these up-and-comers were wise to grab it.
Zooey Deschanel has been fated since birth to do an ad for cotton. The very mention of her name conjures thoughts of gingham sundresses and periwinkle cardigans. And for her, making this ad actually seems pretty sensible. 1) The ad is for a fabric worn by billions of people for thousands of years. Outside of a charity for children, this is pretty much the most anodyne endorsement I can imagine. 2) The connection feels sincere. Who among us could doubt that Zooey Deschanel enjoys "the look, the feel of cotton" and does so in real life? 3) The ad itself fits her vibe. (By contrast, Deschanel's recent high-fashion print ad for Absolut, in which she rocks a chainmail miniskirt, seems like a departure.) When I go on my imaginary dates with Zooey, we're always riding around on vintage bicycles while shopping for banjos—a scenario that's been uncannily re-created here. 4) Above all, she gets to promote her nascent music career. I have to assume this was the true motivating factor. She simply couldn't pass up an opportunity to sing the beloved "Fabric of Our Lives" jingle, making it a showcase for her breezy, reverb-laden crooning.
For Ellen Page, endorsing Cisco's video teleconferencing systems seems less natural. This isn't a product we'd expect her to use in real life. It's hard to imagine she harbors a quirky passion for the Cisco brand. And the bouncy tone of the ads doesn't jibe with Page's on-screen personality (which is, as best I can tell: introspective, resilient, elfin hipster). My guess is that Page is in fact trying to break free from her established persona, hoping to swerve from alt to mainstream by appearing in upbeat ads for a big, bland company. It's akin to showing a different side of herself on a talk show or on Saturday Night Live. (It's an equally curious choice for Cisco. Are the people who buy video teleconferencing equipment likely to be fans of films like Juno and Whip It? Perhaps nerdy young guys in I.T. departments swoon at the sight of the adorably geeky Page. Or maybe Cisco wants to imply that its equipment is easy to use straight out of the box—even for nontechies—and thus centered the ad campaign on a decidedly nontechie celeb.)
Which brings us to Luke Wilson and his multiple AT&T commercials. Observe Wilson's blooming jowls and vaguely boarlike visage. Recoil at the sight of his dorky tweed blazer combos. And ponder: What on earth, beyond the lure of a paycheck, might have convinced him to make these ads?
While Zooey Deschanel is off looking winsome in what amounts to her own music video and Ellen Page plays a good-natured bystander observing a product demo, Wilson's role in these AT&T ads is straight-up spokesman. He talks directly into the camera. He attacks the competitor by name. At one point he actually stands in front of a bulletin board and checks off comparison points. So very un-celeb. As a thought experiment, try to envision Deschanel monologuing earnestly about cotton's superiority to rayon, or Page reciting a laundry list of Cisco's tech specs.
There was a time when Luke Wilson was every bit the indie darling that Page and Deschanel are now. Remember the Bottle Rocket era, when Luke and brother Owen seemed to hail from a far-off universe of lanky, windblown mojo? Lately, Wilson's taken to co-starring in Jessica Simpson vehicles. I might have shed a tear once, long ago, over Wilson's descent into quotidian commerce. But now this celebrity sellout moment just leaves me puzzled—not saddened. Wilson is clearly, to use my editor's phrase, on the "downward trajectory."
Grade: D. So many problems with these AT&T ads. They look cheap and slapped together—like they were shot on the fly in a vacant warehouse, Wilson had no time to lose weight for the camera, and the wardrobe department was forced to scrounge for clothes at a nearby JCPenney. What's more, the ads are horribly misleading. Verizon's original comparison ads boasted about a larger 3G data network. But AT&T's response, in the postcards ad, is to tout the size of its regular voice network. It makes me want to grab Luke Wilson by his tweed lapels and shout, "You're making a straw man argument, you jowly sellout!"
With the end of the year approaching, it's time for another "Ads We Hate" compendium, in which Ad Report Card rounds up your least favorite spots. Which ads have dismayed, disturbed, and disgusted you in the past 12 months? Send your suggestions to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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2013 Annual Meeting
Montréal, Québec, Canada | November 1-5, 2013
Nada Naji, University of Neuchâtel
Jacques Savoy, University of Neuchâtel
Tuesday, 10:30am
This article tackles the task of retrieving very short documents via even shorter queries. The problem on hand may relate to the retrieval of tweets, image and table captions, short text messages (SMS) and sponsored retrieval among others. In such cases, document and/or query expansion using thesauri and other external resources (e.g., Wikipedia) usually available on the World Wide Web (WWW) are proven to be effective approaches. However, the focus of this paper is on documents that are written in lesser known languages for which the WWW is of limited use. Our experiments are based on two main corpora extracted from historical manuscripts written in Latin and Middle High German. We found that retrieving very short documents whose lengths are quite similar with short queries given that no external enrichment resources are available, the classical tf-idf model performs as satisfactorily as the more complex models do, if not better sometimes.


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Designers can now use HDR Light Studio to craft lighting set-ups with ease for each Showcase project, seeing the results in real-time on their models.
London, UK (PRWEB UK) 25 January 2013
Lightmap announces the introduction of HDR Light Studio 4 support in Autodesk Showcase Professional 2013 (R1). Autodesk Showcase Professional users can now use HDR Light Studio 4 to create and edit HDRI maps, lighting their scenes with tailored reflections and enjoying maximum realism and creative control. The HDR Live connection enables instant updates in the Showcase Professional viewport, providing a virtual lighting studio. Design presentations and marketing imagery quickly and easily reach new levels of visual perfection.
Mark Segasby, Lightmap CEO says "We've worked closely with Autodesk to integrate HDR Light Studio and Autodesk Showcase Professional to give a great result. Lighting plays a key role in helping to communicate new designs, really making the materials and form come alive. Designers can now craft lighting set-ups with ease for each Showcase project, seeing the results in real-time on their models. Users have a wide range of lighting effects at their fingertips to ensure their designs look their best. It's a very powerful combination.
Autodesk Showcase Professional users can now accomplish these lighting tasks in real-time using HDR Light Studio 4:
- Create perfect custom HDRI maps to light scenes quickly and easily
- Use professional studio lighting with captures of real studio light sources for added realism
- Load and control existing HDRI maps with local adjustments to exposure, color and saturation, even adding additional lights where needed
Adds to Existing Autodesk Compatibility
Autodesk Showcase Professional is the latest Autodesk product to incorporate HDR Light Studio 4 joining Autodesk Maya® and Autodesk 3ds Max®. In fact HDR Light Studio 4 brings real-time image based lighting to every 3D workflow with its powerful standalone capabilities supporting industry standard formats like COLLADA and .obj. Autodesk Design Suite owners will find the HDRI maps made with HDR Light Studio can benefit them in any of their tools that support image based lighting.
Pricing and Availability
Lightmap HDR Light Studio 4 is available immediately starting at £299 / $499 / €399 through the online Lightmap store or through any Lightmap Authorized Reseller.
About HDR Light Studio
HDR Light Studio has become the de facto standard for interactive creation and control of image based lighting for computer graphics. Launched in 2009, the software provides a fast and efficient way to light a 3D scene with photo-real results, while fitting into all major 3D rendering pipelines on the market. It is used worldwide by 3D artists lighting CGI shots of cars, jewelry and all other rendered models and in animated TV commercials and movie VFX. This innovative, patents pending, approach to lighting has allowed manufacturing, visualization and entertainment companies to bring their creations to life with photo-real perfection.
About Lightmap
Lightmap Limited is a leader in photo realistic lighting design tools for CGI and VFX professionals. Lightmap software enables artists and designers to create perfection and control reality when lighting their vision.
HDR Light Studio is a trademark of Lightmap Limited. Autodesk, Showcase, 3ds Max and Maya are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders. Autodesk reserves the right to alter product and services offerings, and specifications and pricing at any time without notice, and is not responsible for typographical or graphical errors that may appear in this document. © 2013 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved.


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Researchers Fret as Social Media Lift Veil on Drug Trials
Online Chatter Could Unravel Carefully Built Construct of 'Blind' Clinical Trials
On her first day in a clinical trial for an experimental multiple sclerosis drug, Jeri Burtchell was convinced she was getting the new drug, not the standard therapy that some patients were randomly assigned to receive.
When she bumped into the trial's lead investigator in the elevator that day, she told him, "I think I know which drug I'm on!" The doctor put up his hands, waving her off. "Don't tell me!" Ms. Burtchell recalls him blurting. "I can't know!"...


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MEPTEC (MicroElectronics Packaging and Test Engineering Council) is a trade association of semiconductor suppliers, manufacturers, and vendors concerned exclusively with packaging, assembly, and test. Since its inception over 30 years ago, MEPTEC has provided a forum for semiconductor packaging and test professionals to learn and exchange ideas that relate to packaging, assembly, and test. Through our monthly luncheons, symposiums, and an Advisory Board consisting of individuals from all segments of the semiconductor industry, MEPTEC continuously strives to improve and elevate the roles of assembly and test professionals in the industry.
Upcoming Dates and Presenters to be Announced