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Leave it to a man from Glasgow, Kentucky to pin the tail on the heartbreak. At a time when I couldn't swallow, only be swallowed by a grief that tore every bit of my being, made my nerves throb and my skin burn, there was no understanding, only tears and pain and agony. Not even words, just a grief that knows no master, isn't fair or relenting.
In that jagged blade - one that feels like its tearing me apart - there is the knowledge that this is real. The bad, yes, but the good. To know that kind of good can be, indeed last, there is much promise to be had - and much solace in 17 years of love with boundaries, smiles as a matter of course, realities tempered by a soft touch and a gentle rising and falling of breath. To love so big is more than worth the incredible, but transitory pain of the loss.
The decorator who believed in bold pastels and jewel tones - who gave the Greenbrier in White Sulfur Springs, Virginia and the Carlisel Hotel in NYC their signature high elegance, high gloss, high comfort style - also believed in bringing that euphoric intense sense to living. Never one to need large budgets (though they helped) or intricate googaws to bring her looks to fruition, Draper takes the same approach to entertaining, believing seizing the now is more important than waiting for the perfect moment - and offering a philosophy of graciousness that makes basic meals seem like magical dinners and themed parties something to talk about for weeks.
Written in her high social je ne sais croix tone, this is a pleasure to read for how she puts her thoughts together. Factoring in her actual thoughts, this is a playbook for communing, engaging and entertaining others that could make having parties a way of being rather than a major exertion. And the more you reach out, share, create a circle of friends that is about the moments, the richer you become.
Bonus: In The Pink - Carlton Varney
Varney is a modern day designer of clothing and interiors. With a mad eye for color, he could be considered an acolyte of Draper's luxe comfort and high intensity tones. A strong sense of whimsy allows Varney to capture Draper's greatest work on all levels - and not just one of clinical assessment - in this book that is as much social archeology as catalogue of fabulous hotels, homes of the privileged and Draper's own favorites. To see a more elevated time when style was the rule, Dorothy Draper made stunning environments seem effortless - and this is an informed eye's look into the why, what and how.
Cyan Scarpati was a beautiful wild flower, free spirit of a girl - with the jet black hair, the kohl-lined eyes and the wildest, kindest of hearts. Her parents - John and Rafe are equally amazing open-armed members of the world - are the kind of people who inspire folks to reach for their dreams, even when there are over-riding conditions that make futility inevitable.
For what is futility if you shine bright in the moments? If your sparkle inflames others, sets imaginations on stun and makes you consider the reasons why you wouldn't in a way that might well make you try. In the end, Cyan's heart wasn't meant for this world - and at 16, she beams moonlight and star dust, but somehow she still shines. She is ours, even as she's gone, a glorious pinwheel example of hope in full-bloom even as the flower begins to die; that glory in complete blaze, that will to glow that can't be extinguished no matter what.
With Jeff Tweedt on the cover, considering the realm and range of WIlco, American Songwriter is the place to consider the timelessness of great songs and the inevitable evolution of the process. But as perhaps the most visceral emotional currency that we have in this faster, harder, more specific world which we insist on hurling ourselves through, the songs remain the same, change, return, expand - and its all thoughtfully considered in this little magazine that could.
Alt-troubadour Todd Snider, post-pop songsmith Evan Dando, progressive visionary Moby and the 25 songs the staff thinks are the ones from the last quarter century that really matter. Diversified, leaving plenty of room for identification or debate, but certainly miles of process and meaning.
Enzo is a dog who might as well be human… or superhuman, in the insight he has is true and pure as most people's best reasoning. Bought as a puppy, one man's best friend moves from bachelorhood to dating to marriage to family to family struggles as a constant companion and true clarity broker - and also the receptacle for the truths about high-level car racing, something man and dog not only love, man is trying aggressively to pursue.
In watching the races, simulating the courses and - for Enzo - one trip around a track to know what it means to fly, the metaphors for life emerge. And in Enzo's loyalty and cheering on his human, the reality of love's unconditional potential is revealed. Just as importantly, it is an insight - optimistic, yet somehow feeling true - of what the big transitions mean, especially to the dogs who love us no matter what.
A wise friend who loves writing suggested I read this. On the brink of losing my very best friend, it may be the greatest kindness I've been rendered - in a lifetime of amazing kindnesses. And not only is it about freedom, grace, wonder and transcendence, this is a book about possibilities, hope and the way the moments come when they're supposed to. Pleasepleaseplease, if you read one book, this is it.
It looks like grand luxe elegance cast as someone's very fashionable den. Overstuffed leather, deep colored walls, impossibly contrasted black & white famous of game, celebrities, flowers, fashion. And the menu: elevated American. Impossibly goat cheese tarts, stuffed pork tenderloins that balances spinach, mushrooms and cherries against a porcini cream, Steak Diane, Dover sole in light lemon butter, an impossibly classic Caesar salad and creamed corn that will make you see pyramids.
Once upon a time, classic American cuisine was its own standard. RL Grille reminds us of that, as it creates an atmosphere to linger, to celebrate, to relax. When chic is about comfort, but with an accessible opulence and welcoming sense of place, this is just what the clothing has always embodied.
Steve Earle may well have been tortured singer/songwriter Townes Van Zandt's leading acolyte - and with his just released Townes, he offers an insight into the Houston-born artist that makes the inscrutability of his spare lyrical style a direct hit on most people's emotional cores. Noted critic Anthony DeCurtis gets inside Earle through both the Grammy-winning activist's insight into his mentor, his analysis of why songs work and his reasons for doing this album.
Just as importantly, DeCurtis captures the passion of an artist's passion and reveals the ferocious intellectualism that drives the "well-read high school drop-out." In recognizing who Earle is as Earle reveals Van Zandt's gifts to a broader audience, the reasons creatives are so essential becomes mandate.
Well-written, beautiful-turned and willing to scrape away the obvious, this is what journalism should be.
If there was a modern day counter-culture, Memphis-discovered, East Nashville-residing Todd Snider would be the beat hipster troubapoet. Little bit Dylan, little bit Prine, little bit Jerry Jeff, a pinch of Hunter S. and a dahs of Bukowski, he's got that low slung "yeah, whatever" that's honed on hypocrisy, boorishness and bullying. He's got a cotton candy heart, rapier clarity, a sweet temper til you mess with it, a Bohemian disdain for the conveyor belt of fame and salty tang to his twang that's more old burlap than blazing neon.
Lie on your back. Breathe deep, exhale. Slowly raise your legs from the hip and bring them to perpendicular. Raise your hips and let the toes continue falling backwards, let gravity pull them over your head until they touch the floor - or go as far as you can go without ripping something.
Put your hands straight out if you need steadying. But once you're over, bring them behind your back - palms turned out - and lace your fingers. The stre-e-e-e-tech feels delicious - and it stimulates your thyroid in ways modern perscriptives can't. Hold it 30 seconds, a minute, 5. Breath and experience the entirety of your body, uncrumpled, unfolded, unburdened. Pretty wow!
They are organic. They are creamy - and smooth. They are… profound. The tiniest nibble is an ocean of everything that cocoa and butter and cream can muster. When you add in truffles made with goat cheese, green tea, cranberries, ginger, wasabi, fresh cranberries and myriad quixotic variations, not to mention not to chewy salt caramels and the traditional varieties of almonds, peanuts, cashews, raisins and coconut, it is worth the small ransom they will charge you. Ecstaty in a pretty blue box. Promise.
Every now and then, someone falls out of the sky - and they startle you. Crystal vision, quick thinking, multi-tiered analysis, love of laughter and the will to get it done with as little drama as possible. When you add in aesthetics that're highly refined - be it books, restaurants, music or the cut of a certain kind of skirt, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's Margaret Thresher is a painter worthy of her canvas and her view.
Bringing in the press by the truckload, she's about translating cultural relevance, lived in history and a passion that transcends words rather than merely cataloging artifacts to wow the journos. To find a woman so generous of her spirit and so good at her job may explain her success… never mind her dogged hours and attention to detail… this is a woman who is cellularly inclined to tell her story and make friends doing it.
There is innocence here - and just the husk of songs that would bewitch and captivate generations. Stevie Nicks was the ultimate gypsy ballerina sensitive girl poet - Bohemian, mysterious, magical, sexy, but somehow sweet. And she conjured towers of images held together with ribbons and feelings, and it was always "just what I wanted to say."
To understand how fragile - and frighteningly accessible - Nicks' songs are, the appearance of Nicks' demos on YouTube further demonstrates she is one more strong, but broken heart beating just down the block. A few chords, her smoky voice scratchy in places, the emotions so big even in a quick sketch of what the song was. To know that you don't need big production to be knocked over by an emotion, a story, a revelation, but better something undistilled and uncluttered, this is the proof. Go see.
Classic. Basic. Deep. Refined. Sporty. Dark, but not black. Navy blue is an American classic. Chic without being overly formal, yet impossibly formal when rendered in chiffon and draped or sliced to silhouette the figure. But mostly, it is the most wearable, throw it on and go color! To blend in without disappearing; to have regality without fromp or pomp.
Navy blue is a one color fits all proposition: the beach, the cocktail lounge, the office, beyond.
She is not as well as she once was. She can't hunt munk, nor scowl at rabbits in the backyard through the windows. She likes the slow stroll at Radnor, the scents and the delicious atmosphere. But at this point, her aesthetic heaven is to be curled up inside my thighs and my tummy, feeling the closeness and knowing she's loved.
And even more than the petting and the gentle scratching, there is Pooh. Yes, Pooh - A.A. Milne's "silly old bear." When Zelda's brother died - she's certain she killed him - we read the story of Piglet and Christopher Robin and Eeyore and what went on in the 100 Acre Woods, and she liked it. Found the rising and falling of sentences reassuring, and no doubt loved the focused attention. Now Winnie The Pooh is the ultimate communion of Mommy and Spaniel, there on the floor, under the window, time reduced molasses, moving sweet and slow all around her.
It is an overgrown Victorian, lovingly restored - and the hippest granite lap pool with a sign at one end that blazes "Soul" in red neon. Each room is its own jewel, its own design, its own reality. Bungalows, suites, studios: all with high end amenities and turntables and a well-turned vinyl library.
The appointments are strictly bohemian luxe. Heavily polished black lacquer dragon legs supporting equally polished black leather cushioned sofas, red velvet benches built into the walls, serious dark wood tables showing the wear beyond the oil and everywhere you look there are the low live oaks, holding time and life and weather somehow softer from above.
And the lounge with its cobalt walls and a white peacock stuffed and standing just above the bar, watching it all go down. Sophisticated wine. Beer golden in good glasses. Platters of charcuterie and goat cheeses served with slices of baguette and the sense that in this place only this place exists. Not quite Alice In Wonderland nor Cote d'Azur less than a block off South Congress, just shy of the Contential Club - and yet, it is a miracle of hushed imagination and Technicolor dreams.
One of those temples of local color where the politicos, stars, jocks, truckers and neighborhood warehouse workers tuck themselves into nicked Formica tables to have breakfast and lunch, but no dinner. It is huevos, burritos, sides of fajita meat and even chicken fried steak, myriad taco options and salsa and hot sauce they make themselves. All quickly turned and the sort of soul comfort food that makes spicy nurturing rather than flame-throwing…
But it is the picadilo appetizer that is most intriguing. A less than demi-loaf of airy, yeasty bread is sliced down the middle and toasted, then loaded up with ground beef dotted with bits of onion and who knows. It is served with a special hot sauce to be spooned liberally upon it. It is warm and sustaining, giving you the protein rush, the carb tranquility and enough pungent tang to make your taste buds engage and exult. Be warned: it really is a meal, but well
They'd be so great if… I think it could work if… I know they keep doing, but…
A long time ago, a dear friend encouraging me to end it with a beau who had to go said it like this. "It ain't you, baby… You're cool. That's as plain as the nose on his face. He can't see, ain't gonna see it - and you're wasting time waiting around on the blind to get sight." So true.
People are as they are. If you ask nicely, explain evenly, even demonstrate the why and the how - and the behavior/situation/reality doesn't change, it's the reality's reality. People are as they are. Work dynamics rarely change without a major motivation. It is what it is. You can wait around for something character-shifting to happen - or you can accept how it is, then lead your life according to what you need. It's that simple, and if you think you're cheating yourself out of what you want, what you want isn't waiting around for someone to act better, treat you right, realize how good you are.
Knowing and accepting sets you free… to find the very thing you are looking for.
Cut in two, blanche. Spread in a single layer in a baking dish - and pour the tiniest bit of quality olive oil, shake some good sea salt and then drizzle with the best Balsamic vinegar you can find. Bake at 300 for 20 minutes. Broil for 30 seconds to crisp the caramel. Serve hot - or cold. Great the next day or two, as the flavors settle and the tiny little cabbages become satisfyingly crisp yet somehow surrendering to the bite. They are wondrous as a side, tossed into a salad or omlette - or tossed into the air like a little snack you can snap for.
There are 255 icons from the songs of Tom Waits - slowly unlocked the more you send them to your fellow Facebookers. A Fashionable Cross Dresser, the Piano Has Been Drinking, Carnival Lights, Swordfishtrombone, The Girl of Your Dreams, The Ocean Doesn't Want Me, even an Ole 55. To the true fan, it's the ultimate talisman of a friend or moment - and one click drops an odd little imagine into their box.
For the hipster, the curious, the willing to try, these postage stamp images - A Fairy Tale Gone Very Wrong is lush, an Advocate is pure kitsch and Too Many Nights in the Bar is a postcard that captures the essence - this is cooler way to jiggle the memory, suggest the next move or cap a conversation. Plucky, funny, at times soul opening, Tom Waits is the grifter raconteur of the past three decades for good reasons. If you're on Facebook and you're NOT foraging through Tom Waits' Musical Trunk, you're missing most of the fun - and perhaps missing out on the songs it could lead you to!
Otis Redding working for him core. A classic album that requires no real explanation - except to remind people that the gruff in Reddings' voice was tear your resolve to shreddedness, and the raw was the evidence of the real. When he sings "Respect," it's something he damn well knows he's earned… and isn't gonna fight you for, and when he leans into the Stones' "Satisfaction," the frustration is palpable. This is a real live, throw you down man - and baby, his very voice is a witness to the way he's gonna make you moan.
A very dangerous, naughty naughty web site that captures the ultimate quarry: the ni plus ultra French high heel with the lipstick soles at a price that will prevent nosebleeds. Reasonable may not be the word - although for this level of construction and design (never mind sexiness), it might be more appropriate to deem them fair. With a large selection, enough stock to make this something other than the two pair bait'n'switch, addicts, junkies and shoeaholics have a place to light… at a price that will give them room to kill again.
So clean, so easy. Grab a pen and styart scratching and hacking away… Say all the things that need saying… Put it up on a bulletin board and let your push pins do the talking. Simple, easy, peel and start carving, spiking and inflicting whatever kind of malevolence suits your crime.
And then, when your done, either put it on the refrigerator as a reminder of the havoc inflicted… or burn it up and throw the ashes to the wind. Quick, dirty, done. The sense of relief is exponential - and there's another page ready to go whenever the next person requires voodoo.
It is what we all want, covet, desire - and it is perhaps the greatest lie told to oneself. Cool, that ever elusive commodity that deigns desirability on whatever possesses it can not be conjured, crafted, constructed or manufactured; the more you try, the further you drift from the desired end. And yet, like Moby Dick, the chase is eternal, damning, futile.
Noah Kerner's book captures - as much as humanly possible - lightning in a bottle. Distilling both the ways that things emerge as cool and considering the evolution of the perception of same. Just as importantly, Chasing Cool deconstructs this most elusive quality is undermined, compromised and sludged up with the notion of cool rather than the genuine reality.
Authenticity is the key. But there's so much more to cool than that, and this is a book for anyone who's ever wondered how or why or what. A exhilarating read about a most quixotic state.
A large crepe poured onto a crepe maker. Then as it turns golden, it's covered with a whole Hershey bar, marshmallow fluff and graham cracker dust. Folded once, then flipped and allowed to finish cooking. It is a matter of seconds, and yet, in those few passing moments, the insides become a delicious gooey mess that won't - unless you're just not good with basic cutlery - end up all over you.
A grown-up rendering of an ultimate childhood yummy, sans the campfire. S'More crepes are as smile-inducing on a dreary day as new puppies, but they won't chew your shoes or wet your carpet. Sit inside the almost Zen-like coffee shop and savor the meltingly rich, impossibly delicious culture clash as summer camp goes Francophile. Sneak away, feed your inner child, nourish the innocence within.
The logs, but especially limbs, break that brown/black water and reach parallel to the surface. They are sodden, but the exposed bark is thirsty for the sun's drying warmth. And dotting the wrinkled gray/black fallen branch are turtles of varying sizes, necks stretched as far as they can go - still in the sun the movement they're committed to.
And sharing these floating nature barges are geese. Canadian geese holding moons beneath their wings, so the sun and penetrate their feathers and rejuevnate them as they migrate back. The geese will from time-to-time unfurl their wings and reach up, turtles turning slightly jealous - and the geese settle down, like some kind of aviary bodyguard. It is lazy… and melting back into life… and remembering who your friends are as everyone comes back to life.
So snarky. So up the games, the lies, the hubris… and that's just the wanna-bes miles for the fringe of what is almost kind of happening. As citric as it is mocking, this webisodic short-film series gives you plenty of reasons to laugh and remember the toxic bent of self-importance writ large across the famous in their own mind yearning to be bold-faced to their rest of us
With Sarah Silverman, Andy Dick and Isla Fisher, this is another moment of needle to the balloon from the lovely folks at My Damn Channel, who're always quick to skewer a totem or deflate the bloated! How the machinations turn, scams fall apart, the homage and grunting of never quite happening, but always having some kind of come to bet on. Anyone who loved "The Player" will howl at the hubris writ tiny. New episodes every Monday.
We know who we are: the ones who lives between the cracks, who can make do anywhere somehow. It is the ability to kill 6 hours waiting on the plane, to find the free wireless in a strange city, to know how to change in a convenience store and still be put together. Not quite rules of the road nor the drifters' playbook, this is a functionality that allows for a life where there are gaps between the orchestrated and the optimal conditions…
A suspended elixir of sweet chestnut essence designed to draw our and temper grief, sadness and loss. It is not a magic cure with its long thin glass dropper, and yet, somehow two-to-three drafts of the slightly brandy-esque liquid grounds you in the tides and swells of something so vast. For those who cope by shutting down, by turning away, but denying the magnitude of the emotion, this is a safe way to let it come… at a pace that isn't crushing, with a clarity that lets the tides rise and set you afloat to a more settled place. Highly recommended
Not the mean ones, of course. But the people who've had too much fun, starting to run out of gas. They are not your problem, and hopefully they have friends who're taking care of them. But as the glitter of the over-festivity fades, you can have a moment to see people's souls at their most exposed. There is no editing when the intoxication begins to exhaust the party animal, and that which they hide emerges in a softer form: their sadness, their pain, their anger even.
It is what it is. And in it, there is what we are, too. The things we deny. The truths we think make us weak or not enough. But really, those are the places where our honesty seeps through and we can understand each other at such a deeper place. Especially on the faces, the responses, the words of people we'll never know and most likely will never see again.
In spite of the Jane Birkin looking photo on the cover, Holly Williams - grand-daughter of yes…—is a woman in phase with the hearts and souls of the distaff side. With an arcing taste of what it means to be female, she taps Tammy with her angst and her rawest desire… whether it's the languidly sultry "Three Days in Bed," the appropriately worldly stridence of "He's Making a Fool Out of You" or maintaining her strength in the storm "Without Jesus Here With Me."
This is a smart, sexy woman who's not only not afraid to know, she's not afraid to tell the truth. And rather than indulging in clever wordplay, she leans into the emotions, lines things out straight and offers up her heart and her grit against a new kind of modern country music. Her spare piano-grounded take on Neil Young's post-romantic malaise "Birds" throbs with the ache of what's gone, even as it looks to the other's future with hope. A majestic album that gives a strong, sturdy alto the dignity and real country foundation it was born to grow strong and bold in.
Underneath the trees with chickens under foot, Blue Heaven is a little bit old Florida, a little bit Haiti - and the languidness and humidity that marks the Southern-most part of the Sunshine State only heightens the vibe at the demi-Nawlins restaurant where time drags and meals are bathed in laughter from friends, vacationers and families enjoying a meal where the stress seems to melt away. Because in the end, there is something about Blue Heaven that is narcotic in its tranquilizing.
They are back. After Gwen Stefani's solo records and tour and kids. Never broken up, just letting the blond vixen walk her dance moves in a slicker, glossier form, No Doubt rolls for the music, not to pimp some new record they needed to "get out" - making their ska-grounded catalog undulate one more time. It is an opportunity to be street and pretty, roots and raucous, silly and over-the-top.
Though the little (Harajuku) girls may not remember, what's not to like about the frenetic Orange County post-punkers? "Just A Girl" Cali-fornicates what the United Kingdom's Madness and English Beat set to percolating, and even the sultry "Underneath My Clothes" captures that reggae-grounded earthy sensibility.
Subtitled One Family, The Beautiful People & the End of the Sixties, this book traces a star-crossed couple drowning in the luxe, lewd rock & roll excess of the Rolling Stones as they hit their Exile on Main Street apex/nadir. Rolling Stone's Will Dana calls the book, "a rock & roll Tender Is The Night," and he's not wrong as a pair of very beautiful, very privileged, very in love young parents succumb to the decadence, debauchery, drugs, high wire sexual dynamics in some of the world's most elegant and exclusive domains.
Tommy Weber and Susan "Puss" Coriat embodied what it meant to be British upper class beyond the rules people. They challenged every notion, rule and standard - and lost so much along the way. Never mind the two small children, the glamorous life of relative leisure, the drive for fame and the swirling cast of supporting players that included Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Jimi Hendrix, Charlotte Rampling, Anita Pallenberg and a strong sense of innocence - and paradise - lost. The sort of real life that defies fiction, this is a blistering beach read for anyone who's more taken by the late 60s social upheaval than the Gossip Girl/East Hampton entitlement and indulged behavior.
It has a note of good green tea, an almost woody amber sense, but a freshness that comes from the earth. On your pulse points, it opens your mind even as it lulls you into a place of being open, yet grounded. When I want to dream, but in a way that holds me to terra firma, this is a wonderful place to start. It opens the brain, offers a kite's tail to grab onto and a warm breeze to fly on.
Few things are both bucolic and inspiring. This is one. Put it on and see how people soothe into their beings more fully than normal and offer up truths they never think about to you. A miraculous scent that opens doors, hearts, minds without overpowering.
They are traditionally German… these think little melt in your mouth wafers that're layered with flavored creaminess. A whisper of cookies that dissolves into whatever flavor is spread between the wafer, adding texture and crunch and a take-it-with-you, not-quite-so-moist slice of torte for its tin-foil wrapped trouble.
But leave it Mexican/South American food producer Goya to figure out how to create a cream that is all the rich caramel goodness of Dulce de leche, that wondrous reduced evaporated milk magic that makes everything beyond. The reduced buttery richness of dairy, the dash of salt for contrast, the honeyed sweetness - all set off by the thin layers of vanilla crispness. With café con leche, ice cream or even a pate of fresh fruit, these are a sweet punctuation mark that makes everything somehow deliciously more.
It is hot, churning, the water surging at tired muscles, releasing the ache, the tension, the exhaustion with its series of turbo-jets. There is steam rising from the 100 degree plus water, and as it floats towards a truly black sky in clouds and twisted sheets, tiny shiny bits of white — stardust? — falls slowly, softly, turning in the moonlight in a pirouette of gravity and inevitability.
Above, in that inky softness, stars twinkle and pour out a whiter than white light — making it so many pin prick diamonds to punctuate the still night sky. It is all possibility and beckon: come into yourself, let go of yourself. Feel the sensations, be overwhelmed by the vastness of the woods, the snow, the sky and notice how exciting the tranquility can be. Breathe slowly, deeply, absolutely and smile into a moment that is as perfect as our imaginations can hold.


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Friday, August 13, 1999 Published at 10:13 GMT 11:13 UK
World: Americas
Human smugglers caught off US coast
The immigrants were found in the bow of the boat
More than 130 men, believed to be Chinese, have been found hidden in a ship intercepted off the United States east coast.
Immigration authorities say the incident was clearly one of smuggling.
All those found were detained after the ship docked in the port of Savannah, Georgia.
The discovery comes a day after Canadian authorities seized a boat carrying about 150 illegal Chinese immigrants in the second such incident in less than a month.
Canadian officials, who had been monitoring the vessel, said it unloaded its cargo on Wednesday in cold, stormy conditions on the remote and largely uninhabited Queen Charlotte Islands, about 500 miles north west of Vancouver.
The ship was intercepted by a military plane as it tried to flee.
Children on board
Last month another ship smuggled 128 Chinese to Canada's Pacific Coast.
Canada's immigration minister says in light of the two landings she will review Canada's immigration laws but she is rejecting calls for such ships to be automatically turned away when they enter Canadian waters.
Police and immigration authorities have expressed concerns that Canada may now be facing a human smuggling problem similar to one already experienced by Australia and New Zealand.

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Well it's Christmas time again and Merry Christmas from MIami Appliance Repair and if you do not celibrate this holiday that's fine, I hope you are enjoying any and all Holiday celibrations.
Keep Your Refrigerator Coils Clean...
Just a friendly reminder that it might be a good time to get down on your knees and take the panel off of the front bottom of your refrigerator and look with a flashlight to see how dirty your coils may be.
Especially if you own a pet your coils should be cleaned two times per year!
The best way to clean the coils yourself is to turn your refrigerator off in the fridge section dial. Turn off then if you have a coil cleaning brush (Found Here) from any Home Department Store (Home Depot, Lowes, Ace, etc...) you can shove the coild brush gently in and out of the coils.
Once you pull the brush out you should have a vaccuum handy with a hose that will suck the dust and dirt off of the coil brush.
If you have neither then you may be able to swipe the coils with a damp cloth but keep in mind this will only get the front surface.
Hope this tip helps!
Once again Happy Holidays!
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OSU Computer Science provides technical support to users accessing the department server or using the laboratories and seminar rooms. Support ranges from support logging on to any technical question in the use of department equipment or a request for a resource.
The general form to request help is the system support page. When writing provide the room, machine, problem or request, and any screen information provided. This is the most effective way to convey a technical question or problem since the request is seen by multiple people, and technical data such as what message was seen at the time of the problem is easier to document in writing. If you need help logging on to the CSX servers for the first time, we provide some online documentation, as well as answers to several technical FAQs.
If support about any other rooms or machines outside the department is desired, email the OSU ITD helpdesk: email@example.com.
If Microsoft software either for Windows or Mac Apple is required, the Microsoft Imagine page will provide downloads through the OSU/Microsoft Campus Agreement. This link also appears on any Computer Science Department page at the bottom. Faculty will email students with ID and Password for this site.
The University, through ITD, offers Microsoft and other software for both Microsoft and Apple; OSU ITD Software Distribution can help. Just login in with the O-Key ID and Password.
The department has a number of facilities. They may be reviewed on the Facilities page.


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Brussels' missing link: the digital position paper?
April 13, 2010 in Brussels, EU Council, EU Parliament, EU Presidency, European Commission, European Union, Public Relations, Social media, Technology | Tags: Brussels, Cisco, communication, Digg, digital, Facebook, Lobbying, Public Affairs, Public Relations, Reddit, social media release, Stumbleupon, Symantec, Twitter | 4 comments
Since Ivy Lee's famous press release in 1906, media communication has evolved. Some would argue the pinnacle of this development is the social media press release. It's nothing revolutionary in The Lobby's opinion, but it does hit the nail on the head in one sense – in keeping with the times.
Digital is here to stay, whether you like it or not, which to a certain degree means that tools, plied for whatever trade, that keep up with the changing face of internet technology are probably more likely to survive, thrive, and get the job done.
Here are some mind boggling statistics to reinforce this point:
- In 1995 there were 45.1 million internet users, at the end of September 2009, that same figure had risen to 1.73 billion.
- On average 247 billion emails are sent every day.
- There are over 234 million websites and 128 million blogs today.
- 27.3 million tweets are sent on Twitter every day.
- Facebook serves 260 billion page views per month, or 37.4 trillion page views a year.
Now then, back to the social media press release. The basics are straightforward and well established, especially for public relations professionals. It's a digital news release that contains multimedia elements such as MP3 files or links to podcasts, graphics, video, RSS-feeds, Technorati tags and 'add/share' buttons for popular sharing platforms such as Digg, Reddit, Stumbleupon etc. Here you can see two examples of social media releases from Cisco and Symantec.
So what about the position paper, the staple food of the ever-so-non-digital Brussels public affairs scene? At the risk of upsetting our peers in Brussels, it seems the most avant-garde move that that public affairs professionals have done on this front is to turn a Word document into a PDF, ideal for – yes – printing. OK that's not quite true, but you get the gist.
Where is the digital position paper? The tool that in the future will form the means to communicate with stakeholders (when we've finally evolved into a paperless society and when digital paper has taken off in a big way), the tool that will be read by Commission, Council and Parliament officials on Android powered pads. We're not there yet, but the tools to create such a position paper are most definitely here or in the pipeline at the very least.
Imagine opening up a truly interactive and visual position paper. The key messages are there sure, but, for instance, the manufacturing process is displayed in crystal clear video, statistics and key figures come to life when clicked, diagrams and charts are smoothly plotted across your screen, the CEO of the company gives you a quick tour of the company's upcoming priorities etc.
This vision might seem to be a simple attempt at daring to be bold, but, it could still be rather more effective when it comes to communicating with stakeholders in Brussels, than the traditional two-pager in black and white with a few logos in the header…
We're curious to know what people think, both inside and outside of the institutions. Is the digital position paper part of the missing link? Could it improve communication in Brussels (and D.C. for that matter)?
– Emil
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An administration official says President Barack Obama will call for new tax breaks to allow businesses to write off 100 percent of their new capital investments through 2011.
The official says the latest plan would save businesses $200 billion in taxes over two years, allowing companies to have more cash on hand.
The plan is the latest in a package of economic proposals Obama is announcing in hopes of jump-starting the economy ahead of the November election. He is also calling for a $50 billion investment in infrastructure and a permanent extension of research and development tax credits for businesses.
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PPEH was established in 2014 with many contributions of volunteer time, labor, and service. This collaborative, generous, and generative ethic remains at our core.
Now, with support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, PPEH is growing our leadership team. Founding Director Bethany Wiggin is the Program's Faculty Director. PPEH also has a Topic Director to co-design and curate the annual theme. In 2017-18, Professor Etienne Benson helps steer our conversations asking : "How Did We Get Here?" We are also delighted to announce that Dr. Paul Farber is our brand new Managing Director--and will be a crucial member of our leadership team.
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Dr. Paul Farber comes to PPEH from Haverford College and Mural Arts Philadelphia. He is also the Artistic Director of the innovative public art and research project, Monument Lab. His commitment to developing arts-driven public conversations about history, memory, and our collective future make him an ideal collaborator on PPEH's various projects on environmental pasts, presents, and futures. This is also a homecoming for Paul, who did his undergraduate work at Penn in Urban Studies. Welcome, Paul, to the PPEH core team!
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8.1. The structure of British society has experienced
fundamental change since the National Insurance system was introduced
in 1948. That system, which was based on the social insurance
model proposed in the 1942 Beveridge Report, was premised on a
world in which:
8.2. That world, if it ever existed, certainly exists
no more. This chapter considers the way in which the very different
social and economic context of the early 21st century
poses new challenges with respect to the financing of retirement
and old age. Particular attention is paid to the economic and
social circumstances of women and ethnic minorities.
8.3. Most pensioners are women; thus an effective
economic regime for retirement will be one that fully accommodates
and responds to the fact that women's life histories, in terms
of work and caring responsibilities, are on average different
from those of men. We agree with Ms Jeannie Drake (Equal Opportunities
Commissioner) that a pension system that fails women is one that
must be judged to fail in its overall performance (Q487).
8.4. Women pensioners are more likely than men to
be poor because of:
8.5. Changes in women's employment patterns and earnings
means that it is likely that women with high educational qualifications
and earnings potential will in the future retire with pension
entitlements close to those of men, even if these women have children.
Women with mid or low-level qualifications will continue to accumulate
much lower pension entitlements, and having children will continue
to have a strong negative impact on their pension accumulation.[85]
Improvements to women's employment opportunities and relative
pay will help to reduce the male-female pensions gap, but it is
likely to remain large.[86]
8.6. The most important cause of women's low pension
accumulation is the time they spend out of the labour market (or
in part-time employment) in order to provide care for family members
(children, sick, disabled and elderly). The contribution-based
nature of the basic state pension means that people who do not
have a full contribution record cannot qualify for a full basic
pension. Fifty per cent of those currently in retirement do not
qualify for a full basic state pension in their own right (Q398).
Dr Jay Ginn (Centre for Research on Ageing and Gender, Sociology
Department, Surrey University) noted that carers (whether male
or female) are entitled to carer credits within the state pension
system, but that such credits do little or nothing to lift such
persons above the means-tested income threshold in retirement,
because the basic state pension to which the carer credits contribute
is paid at such a low level (Q390).
8.7. A further problem with the existing system of
carer credits is that to receive the credit for care other than
for a child, the recipient has to demonstrate that the need for
care is sufficiently severe to require the payment of a care or
attendance allowance. Professor Heather Joshi noted that there
is a great deal of caring activity which lowers people's earnings,
but which falls outside of the strict qualifying criteria of the
carer credit (Q393).
8.8. We conclude that the contribution basis of
the basic state pension acts as a significant barrier to the acquisition
by women of full state pension entitlements.
8.9. It would be possible to remedy this problem
through a more extensive and more sophisticated system of carer
accountancy, but we think there is little to be gained by further
complicating an already complex National Insurance contribution
system. In fact, we see little purpose in this contribution system,
which appears to be a now largely dysfunctional legacy of the
post-war Beveridge welfare plan.
8.10. Virtually all citizens make positive contributions
to the economy and society through their paid and unpaid work
in the period between the end of their formal education and their
retirement. The Government's success in operating an active labour
market policy to extend employment opportunities to all groups
and ages within the population means that few people can now shirk
their responsibility to contribute positively to the economic
welfare of the country. Thus there seems little reason to operate
a complex accounting system to track NI contributions and credits
over each persons working life in order for them to qualify for
a full or partial basic state pension which, in any case, will
be supplemented in retirement by means-tested benefits for between
a half and three-quarters of all retirees (see paragraph 10.19
8.11. We therefore recommend that the basic state
pension should be paid on the basis of citizenship rather than
contribution record.
8.12. Many current women pensioners and older women
workers have relied on their husbands/partners to make appropriate
pension provisions. The financial position of this group needs
to be protected, even as pension provision for the future shifts
over to an individualised basis (Q487). We believe that our recommendation
of a shift to citizenship-based entitlement will do much to protect
and enhance the interests of current women pensioners who have
derived rather than individual pension entitlements.
8.13. A citizenship pension will also serve, to some
degree, to protect the income in retirement of divorced women,
but the impact of divorce on pensions extends well beyond the
scope of the state pension. The United Kingdom has the highest
divorce rate in the EU, and it is estimated that four out of every
ten marriages entered into in the United Kingdom in 1996 will
end in divorce. Few retirees have yet experienced old age as divorcees,
but the proportions are growing.[87]
8.14. The Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 now
allows courts to share pension entitlements on divorce. We received
evidence from Debora Price, a barrister, which suggested that
this law may have little impact on the pension entitlements of
most women, for two separate reasons. First, even if pension entitlements
are split on divorce (and since this is enabling legislation,
there is no legal requirement for judges to consider the retirement
prospects of both parties), the value of such entitlements at
the median age of divorce (late 30s) is typically low. Secondly,
divorced women have a low probability of participating in pension
accumulation after divorce because they frequently have young
children to care for.[88]
8.15. We recognise that the issue of pension splitting
on divorce is complex, and we believe it warrants further detailed
consideration. We also recognise that the prevalence of long-term
cohabitation also poses issues for the allocation of pension entitlements
(Q422). We believe that these are issues that have important implications
for gender equality, and thus may fall within the remit of the
Equal Opportunities Commission.
8.16. An additional issue of gender equality relates
to the market for annuities. The purchaser of an annuity makes
a lump-sum payment to the provider (an insurance company) in return
for a guaranteed income stream. Since older women can, at any
age, expect to live for more years than men, they have to pay
a larger lump sum for any given income stream, since they are
likely to receive that income for longer. Some witnesses argued
that higher annuity costs for women at any given age amount to
discrimination. It was pointed out that although there is a clear
sex differential in survival rates at 65, there are also clear
differentials by socio-economic class, ethnicity, education and
occupation, yet these categories are not used to determine annuity
rates (QQ432-5, 511).
8.17. The issue of whether annuity rates should continue
to be gender specific, or whether they should be provided on a
gender-neutral basis, is of growing significance, because the
rapid move of occupational pension schemes from defined benefit
to defined contribution principles means that many more retirees
in the future will obtain their private pension income from an
annuity (Q511).
8.18. Furthermore, defined benefit pension schemes
offer survivor benefits for dependents (most frequently paid in
the form of a widow's pension), whereas most annuities are purchased
on a single-life basis, which means that when the annuitant dies,
there is no continuing income for any dependent (Q505). It is
unclear whether married couples realise the implication for surviving
dependents of single-life annuities. The Fawcett Society and Women's
Budget Group suggested that when an annuity is purchased by a
married person, it should normally be a joint-life annuity unless
the non-purchasing spouse explicitly agrees to the purchase of
a single-life annuity (Q431).
8.19. We recognise the importance of these criticisms
of the way the annuity market currently operates, but we are wary
of suggesting any changes which might be seen as imposing greater
costs on this market. We agree with the Equal Opportunities Commission
that the whole area of gender and annuities requires further investigation
and analysis.
8.20. Public and private pension entitlements among
minority ethnic elders are low. This is a function of:
8.21. Although the low income of today's minority
ethnic elders is largely the result of the specific labour market
experience of this cohort, the current high rates of unemployment
and low skills among younger members of some minority ethnic groups
(especially black and Pakistani/Bangladeshi) makes it likely that
low pension entitlements will endure well into the 21st
century for new cohorts of retirees.[90]
8.22. The problem of unemployment and low earnings
is compounded by a lack of targeted information about long-run
saving. According to the Policy Research Institute on Ageing and
Ethnicity, "the financial services sector does not currently
connect with the ethnic minority community."[91]
However, PRIAE pointed out that the DWP is now developing information
on state pensions that is specifically targeted at minority ethnic
communities, particularly in response to concerns about the low
take-up of means-tested benefits by minority ethnic elders (QQ536-42).
8.23. In general, minority ethnic elders are much
more likely to be in receipt of means-tested benefits than are
white elders. Data for the period 1991-96 suggest that, whereas
one third of white people aged 60+ were in receipt of means-tested
income support, 45 per cent of Indian, 58 per cent of black Caribbean
and 76 per cent of Pakistani and Bangladeshi elders received means-tested
income support.[92]
Our proposal for a basic pension based on citizenship rather than
a full NI contribution record would significantly improve the
economic position of these ethnic elders.
8.24. A citizenship pension could also be designed
to ensure that current and future immigrants who, because of their
age on arrival, cannot accumulate a full NI contribution record,
would qualify for an adequate basic pension without the need for
a means test. We believe that this would provide a significant
incentive for such people to accumulate additional voluntary savings.
Joshi, volume II, p 139 Back
EOC , volume II, p 176 Back
Debora Price, volume II, p 467 Back
Ibid, p 470 Back
CRE, volume II, p 194; PRIAE, volume II, p 198 Back
PRIAE, volume II, p 200 Back
Ibid, p 198 Back
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CIT, a major lender to smaller clothing suppliers, will tack a 1 percent surcharge onto loans it makes to finance apparel deliveries to the struggling retailer, sources told The Post.
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Wells Fargo took its action prior to Feb. 24, a source said, when Penney revealed a disastrous fourth-quarter loss of $552 million as comparable sales plunged 32 percent.
CEO Ron Johnson's bold turnaround strategy at Penney has backfired badly. The retailer also disclosed last month it delayed payments to vendors in a bid to shore up its balance sheet.
Some analysts estimated the late payments totaled as much as $340 million.
Penney, sources added, also lately has sought to stretch out its trade-payment cycle by delaying recognition of inventory deliveries by as much as 30 days.
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Nov. 2, 2006
Santa Clara, Calif. - Santa Clara University juniors Matt Hatzke and Matt Marquess were named ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VIII winners for their outstanding work on the soccer field and in the classroom in 2006. Both players have been key contributors to the men's soccer team's West Coast Conference Championship season, while maintaining high grade point averages. By being named District VIII winners, both players will now be eligible for Academic All-American honors, which will be announced at a later date. Santa Clara has posted an 11-3-4 record on the season and a 7-1-2 mark in WCC play.
"I am very proud of what our players accomplish both on and off the field," said head coach Cameron Rast. "Matt and Matt are both exemplary students and have been integral to our team's success this year. They are great representatives of the soccer program as well as the University."
In his third year as a Bronco, Hatzke has been a rock at left back for a defense that has allowed only 16 goals in 18 games and posted seven shutouts. After overcoming an early-season injury, Hatzke has proven to be a great two-way threat for SCU, playing strong defense while also jumping into the attack. He scored his first goal of the year against Portland on Oct. 8 on a free kick. In the classroom, the marketing major has a 3.77 GPA.
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Lets say it does happen. I have a few questions. Who replaces Perlozzo? Does Mazzone go with him? Who is going to be held accountable for hiring the managers that continue to fail? Who is going to be held accountable for signing players that aren't very good?
I hate to say this but I laugh every time the Orioles lose. It is what I expect. You know they are going to blow the game. Its like you know what's going to happen next. Kind of like a horror movie. The Orioles never let me down. They always blow the game.
Sammy Sosa is on the front page of The Suns sports section today. It says that Sammy Sosa is just fine with the lack of fanfare around his chase for 600. That makes two of us.
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Well my first "official" week of training for the Boston marathon is done. Only 11 more weeks of training until the 2010 Boston Marathon! I am using a Hal Higdon plan specifically for Boston. I used his plan last year and it worked well. I am taking off one of the easy run days and making it a swim. So 5 days of running. I ran a 6 mile pace run on Thursday, a 5 mile Tempo run yesterday, and 12 miles this morning. My legs are tired. I am definitely splitting up these work outs next week. My hope is to make it to Boston uninjured and run a good race and have fun! Secretly I would like to run a 3:30. But I can't be too hasty.
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On 7/21/2010 11:16 AM, Chris Hofstader wrote:
A lot of us, including me, complain about performance and functionality in various applications when running orca. We've got to stop whining and get hacking. It would be good to have people take the lead on Firefox, OpenOffice and other "high value" programs. It would also be useful for people to take charge of entirely new AT (like speech recognition) projects to help us move forward in areas that are not already covered.
I will raise my hand on the speech recognition project but, it comes with some caveats.
I believe strongly that the tools first approach you and others have spoken of misses the needs of the upper extremity disabled. their primary need is income. You can't have freedom of choice if you can't make money. For example, today, if I want to make money, I must use NaturallySpeaking. There is no choice and the speech recognition projects available today or the near future are not sufficient to replace NaturallySpeaking (I.e. they couldn't write this e-mail and they take way too much time to set up).
I would propose organizing the project to first satisfy the economic needs of the disabled community, so they can make money, they can be independent and as a result, be able to make choices about software freedom.
In the speech recognition domain, that means creating better user interfaces, tools to assist in specific tasks, multimachine dictation targets, and also changing existing tools (languages, build tools etc.) to work with speech recognition instead of trying to make speech recognition work with it. (I.e. rebuilding make syntax to something you can speak instead something that is convenient for machine)
Once we have built tools, from the outside in, that experience will guide the development of OSS speech recognition engines and the eventual replacement of systems like NaturallySpeaking.
This philosophy is analogous to the strategy used by the free software foundation in its early days. The GNU toolchain was built to run on top of many platforms and this enable people to create the OS and the kernel which gave people the power to make choices about free software or not.
Taken same philosophy to speech recognition, I would recommend the following path:Cultivate resources to put NaturallySpeaking under wine. Itit's very close to ready and the final push to make it real isn't happening. My reason for this step is that it removes all nonfree software except the speech recognition engine. This gives us a place to work from, to experiment with various techniques for cross machine speech recognition work.
Develop advanced dictation box which is the simplest model for reliable data injection into applications. This is the first layer that will enable upper extremity disabled users to make money. This is where you can start writing documentation, e-mails etc.
Develop advanced UI techniques such as "interrupting cow" grammars and advanced dictation box input and output filters. this is where system administrators can start making money because the grammar would enable a lot of administrator tasks.
Develop programming by voice editing and code creation. We'll probably need a lot of help from Emacs folks because we will need to dig down deep into the IDE layers. This is where programmers can start making money because, obviously, they can write code. This is also the layer which will enable disabled users to contribute to the project. I can't write code using an unenhanced speech recognition product.
In theory you can do these in parallel but my best thoughts (so far) lead me to the conclusion that you want to use the dictation box with enhancements to generate code from the natural output of a large vocabulary continuous speech recognition environment.
I consider this amalgam of free and nonfree software acceptable. Instead of serving the philosophical and ideological goals all the free software foundation, it serves a higher purpose. It enables disabled people to be self-sufficient which in turn improves their self-esteem and quality of life. When I was disabled in 1994, I was forced to spend 3 1/2 months sitting at my desk waiting for them to fire me and receive daily abuse by the managers of the company. It took me a long time to get over that and sometimes I think I still haven't. Anything we can do to save people that kind of abuse or give them the freedom to leave that abuse and go to another company where they are appreciated is a very important goal to me.
If you do decide to have me at the core of this project, I will warn you that my time is limited as I am currently looking for work. Yes, being disabled even with speech recognition gets in the way. I would love to do this kind of thing for a living the only folks have found so far would require me to give this IP to them. I can't. it is too important to be held by any one company. This has to be a public resource available to anyone.
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Chianti Classico
A day trip in the Chianti Classico region with small calm towns and amazing views on the tuscan landscape
Cozy Medieval Villages
In this full day or two days tour you will discover the medieval fortified towns that are in a 20 km range from Paluffo.
Etruschi, Nature and Art
A one day tour to discover the wild and peacefull hills of San Vivaldo, Volterra the Etruscan capital city and Colle Val D'Elsa, the small Firenze
One full day is the minimum time requested for this itinerary. After the visit of Siena take a rest protected by strong wall in the cozy and calm Monteriggioni.
Terre Senesi
Enjoy the landscape and the art highlights in Southern Siena region
Castelli around us
A panoramic and relaxing drive in low traffic roads among the historical castles around Paluffo. Some castles are open to visitors also for wine degustations but reservation is required. The tour lasts 2-4 hours.
Two hours path
Discover the small farms, the nature and the views of tuscan country life with this walk. Bring some water, sneakers and avoid, in summer, the hottest hours, lazy walkers can take also three hours.
Short walk around us
The path is about 45 minutes and allow you to discover the Paluffo organic vineyards and olives trees. Sneakers are strongly suggested. The best time are morning and late afternoon.


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Earn the Alaska Performance Scholarship (APS) to pay for college or career training in Alaska
Attention: New SAT cut scores for APS**
The FAFSA is the application for the APS. The priority deadline for filing your FAFSA for the APS is June 30.
visit fafsa.ed.gov
up to $4,755 per year
up to $3,566 per year
up to $2,378 per year
*taken before March 1, 2016 (2400 point scale)
** taken after March 1, 2016 (1600 point scale)
Note: the new SAT cut scores for the APS levels were approved by the State Board of Education at the June 17, 2016 meeting. Click here to find out important details.
Career and Technical Education (CTE) awards can be earned with a qualifying WorkKeys score; however, the APS can only be used for certificate programs of study. CTE awards cannot be used for collegiate programs of study.
The Alaska Performance Scholarship provides an opportunity for Alaska high school students to earn a scholarship to help cover the cost of an Alaska postsecondary education. Alaska high school students who take a more rigorous curriculum, get good grades, and score well on college placement or work ready exams, can earn an Alaska Performance Scholarship to qualified Alaska colleges, universities, or vocational/technical programs.
Alaska residents who graduate from an Alaska high school (public, private, or home school), in 2011 or later and meet the qualifying requirements are eligible for an APS award.
The APS can be used at any participating college or university in Alaska, or for approved career and technical education programs in the state. Click here for more information on participating Alaska postsecondary institutions.
There are three maximum annual award levels: up to $4,755, $3,566, and $2,378. Maximum levels are established based on a combination of minimum GPA and test scores. An APS award may not exceed qualifying costs of attendance (which typically include tuition; fees; required books, supplies, and equipment; room and board; and transportation) remaining after considering all other non-loan aid the student is eligible for. Students may remain eligible for up to 8 semesters, but must fully use the APS within six years of high school graduation.
The APS is sent to schools in two payments, usually 50% of the award when the student begins attendance, and the other 50% at the start of the next term or midpoint of a CTE program. Generally, your school will first apply your APS funds to your outstanding school debt for that year, if any, and then pay any remaining funds to you. Final award notification is made after the postsecondary education confirms qualifying enrollment. Students can monitor their status in their Alaska Student Aid Portal (ASAP) account.
Yes. It must be used within six years of graduating high school unless the recipient qualifies for an extension. Students who wish to apply for an extension must send a written request to the commissioner, accompanied by a signed statement from the institution of higher learning in which the student is enrolled. See 4 AAC 43.045 for more information on extending the scholarship eligibility period. Additional allowable extensions will be set in regulation by the State Board of Education and Early Development through a public policy.
Encourage and support your student to take challenging courses and do well in school. Remember, an Alaska Performance Scholarship is based on rigorous course selection, overall grade-point average in high school and an examination score. Achieving a higher grade-point average and exam score will result in a student eligible for a higher level of scholarship -- The difference could be several thousand dollars over a student's postsecondary years.
You can discuss the eligibility requirements with your student and meet with your student's high school counselor or school district office to verify the curriculum, GPA, and test scores that are part of your student's permanent record. These are used in the calculation of the eligibility status and award level. You can compare this information to the requirements for qualifying and determining award level.
Students may also choose to register for an optional Alaska Student Aid Portal (ASAP) account, in which they can review the eligibility status and award level reported by their school district in late July following high school graduation, and track scholarship usage. The student is the only person who may register for and access their ASAP account. Logging on to ASAP requires that a user affirm that the individual logging on is the student in question, so it is not possible for a parent to access ASAP on behalf of a child, even if your student is under 18.
Take the test early, and make sure you have your scores sent directly to your high school.
SAT Online Registration: Include your high school code when you register. Your scores will be sent about five weeks after the test.
ACT Online Registration: List your high school and check the "YES" box to authorize ACT to release your scores. Your scores will be sent 3-8 weeks after the test.
* Test dates after April 2015 might not allow adequate time for test scores to be recorded prior to high school graduation. High school seniors should plan to take earlier tests in order insure scores are considered for APS qualification.
Remember: Qualifying WorkKeys scores allow you to use an APS for certificate programs only.
For more information regarding the new College & Career Readiness Assessments to include ACT In-School and SAT School Day information visit your school counselor or go to this website: http://education.alaska.gov/tls/assessment/ccra.html
If you know of a career and technical education certificate that leads to your career goals, you have another option. You can qualify for a Career and Technical Education (CTE) APS using WorkKeys scores. The CTE APS can be used for attendance in a career and technical education certification program, but not for a degree program. Learn more about the WorkKeys test.
By qualifying with an ACT or SAT score, you will be eligible to pursue a certificate or a degree program. Download the APS Eligibility Progress Checklist for your class year to review the full requirements for either the Collegiate or the CTE Award.
Beginning with the Class of 2013, a combined WorkKeys score of 13 (with no score lower than 4) meets the test score requirements for the CTE APS award.
The APS application is the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).*
Want free help filling it out? Watch the College Goal Alaska Video, which provides an overview of the FAFSA and a line-by-line walkthrough of the questions on the application.
The priority deadline for filing your FAFSA for the APS is June 30 - but try to complete it as early as possible. As of October 2016, the FAFSA becomes available in October for the school year beginning the following Fall. Many financial aid programs using the FAFSA have early deadlines.
You need to file a FAFSA each academic year you plan to use the award. When you file, be sure to list at least one Alaska institution on your FAFSA - the institution you plan to attend should be listed first - and to list Alaska as your state of residency.
Beginning in 2016, you can file the FAFSA in the fall with the tax information you already have on hand! Learn more about the FAFSA.
Students who are privately home-schooled or attend private schools must submit a request to the Department of Education and Early Development to determine their APS eligibility. The completed request form and all supporting documents must be submitted by July 15 for a determination prior to the upcoming APS award year.
Download APS Eligibility Determination Request Form
Don't forget - you must also complete the FAFSA by June 30 each year you plan to use the award!
Log in to the Alaska Student Aid Portal (ASAP) to verify that ACPE has received your data. If you applied via the FAFSA on the Web, your information should be available in ASAP within five business days.
Remember you need to file a FAFSA every year in which you plan to use an APS award.
An Alternative APS application is available through ASAP for students attending schools that do not receive FAFSA data.
To receive the first award, you must also:
If you want to receive the maximum number of awards, remember:
Be sure to file the FAFSA for the academic year you plan to attend - not the previous year. Apply early (as soon as possible after October 1) to be considered for additional aid programs with the same application.
Log on to the Alaska Student Aid Portal (ASAP) to verify if your application has been received. If you apply via the FAFSA-on-the-Web, your information should be available on ASAP within five business days of completion.
Students can log into ASAP after August 1st to securely access their eligibility information. If your eligibility information isn't available, check back weekly, as high school eligibility data is uploaded to ASAP on an ongoing basis.
Be sure that, prior to school certification:
The APS is sent to schools in two payments, usually 50% of the award when the student begins attendance, and the other 50% at the start of the next term or midpoint of a CTE program. Generally, your school will first apply your APS funds to your outstanding school debt for that year, if any, and then pay any remaining funds to you.
Work with your financial aid office to ensure you meet all payment deadlines.
To continue to receive the scholarship, you need to:
During your first year:
During future years:
As a graduate student:
You must also meet any satisfactory academic progress requirements of your postsecondary institution and program.
APS checklist with information for students planning to complete a certificate program, associates degree, bachelor's degree, or those who are undecided. Reverse side has information and a checklist on how to keep the APS award once you achieve it.
APS checklist with information for students planning to complete a career or technical certificate program only. Reverse side has information and a checklist on how to keep the APS award once you achieve it.
Download the APS Private School/Homeschool Eligibility Determination Application Form
Data on Alaska Performance Scholarship (APS) student eligibility, applications, and award acceptance for the first two academic years are now available. View More Statistics.
Here is a list of approved institutions where you can use your APS
Download the FAQs Here
Click the button below to see school APS contacts.
Please report incorrect school contact information to Felicia Swanson.
Thank you for your work helping students prepare to be eligible for the Alaska Performance Scholarship (APS).
Felicia Swanson is the APS Program Coordinator for the Department of Education & Early Development (EED). She is responsible for helping school districts meet their obligations to: 1) determine students' APS eligibility, 2) ensure this information becomes part of each student's permanent school records, and, 3) ensure student eligibility status is transmitted to EED.
School districts will provide this information to EED through their Summer OASIS reporting. The due date for the Summer OASIS data collection is July 15. EED encourages school districts to submit their complete and accurate data in a timely fashion so that students will receive ample notice of their eligibility status.
Check back frequently for new information or subscribe to updates for important changes.
Felicia Swanson
Program Coordinator
APS Program
Dept of Education and Early Development
Tel: 907-465-2980
Fax: 907-465-8400
All schools or postsecondary training providers requesting to administer Alaska Performance Scholarship (APS) funds must:
1. Have an established status with the Commission on Postsecondary Education.
2. Submit the Program Participation Agreement and all supporting documentation.
View a list of participating Approved Institutions Programs AY 1819.
Important Information: The deadline for the application period for Alaska postsecondary institutions wishing to enroll students receiving APS funds is March 31 of the year prior to the academic year beginning July 1. For more information, please contact our office at email@example.com or 800.441.2962 (In Juneau, dial 907.465.2962).
Application and Certification: Required for all institutions requesting to administer APS funds.
Career and Technical Education CTE Certificate Program Information: Complete for each APS-eligible CTE certificate program. For purposes of scholarship determination, a CTE certificate program is a terminal non-degree program intended to lead directly to employment.
The following sample documents must be included for each CTE certificate program the institution intends to be APS-eligible:
Application and Certification: Required for all institutions requesting to administer APS funds.
Career and Technical Education (CTE) Certificate Program Information: For the purposes of scholarship determination, a CTE certificate program is a terminal non-degree program intended to lead directly to employment. Attach one CTE Certificate Program Information Form for each CTE certificate program.
The following sample documents must be included for each CTE certificate program the institution intends to be APS-eligible:
Institutional financial information for the most recently completed fiscal year.
Consent for Release of Information to the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education. (Required for sole proprietorships and related non-corporate ownership structures.)


text: Officials of the Summit League said Wednesday the University of South Dakota has accepted an invitation to become a member and will start league competition in the 2011-12 academic year. The league's presidents council voted unanimously on Tuesday to extend the invitation. Its membership takes effect on July 1, 2011. In a release, Summit League Commissioner Tom Douple says the Coyotes will have full eligibility for all regular season and tournament championships in 2012-13. Former North Central Conference rival South Dakota State University is a member of the Summit League.


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I'm giving away a $25 store credit at my Etsy Shop, Kaminski's Creations.Plus Free Shipping on your order.
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Check out all of my home decor items, baby gifts, kitchen towels and more.
You can enter starting May 16th at 7 a.m. The raffle will end on May 23rd at 12 a.m. A winner will be announced on May 24th!


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Another giveaway, ladies! But this time, it's open for Indonesian residents only, sorry!
First, let me introduce the amazing host of this amazing giveaway: Carousell app. I've been selling my preloved and used goods for quite a long time and I think I have sold more than a hundred (mostly clothes). It was all started from making a page on Facebook, then later Instagram and now on Carousell app. The third one is the best platform to do your online garage sale because Carousell is specially designed to provide you an unlimited and 100% free spot to display your stuffs. Now can be the right time to finally inspect your room, observe your hidden stash, clean up the abandoned clutter and list some cute sweaters you never wear or shoes that no longer fit your size. And what to do next? Download Carousell for free (available on AppStore and Google Play Store) or check the
the web version here. Here's the extremely three easy steps to start your business with Carousell app:
2. Take a picture of your item
3. Input the title, description and price
And you are done!
Now let's talk about the giveaway! Carousell is currently having this campaign called #SHOPMYCAROUSELL (yes, do check the hashtag on Instagram!) where Indonesian bloggers and celebs are gathered to sell their preloved goods. The mentioned giveaway is linked to this campaign, and here are the details:
1. Shop anything from Carousell
2. Take a picture of you with goods you have purchased (it can be an OOTD post)
3. Post it on Instagram. Don't forget to put your Carousell username, the seller's Carousell username, tag @carousell_id and #ilovecarousell
The giveaway ends on October 23, 2015. The top 5 posts will be sorted for the second round and OOTD voting. And the prizes are (total worth IDR 6.600.000):
FIRST PRIZE: Kate Spade Bag (Red Cedar Street Maise Bag) worth IDR 5.000.000
SECOND PRIZE: Fossil Wallet (Maroon Zip Around Leather Wallet) worth IDR 1.000.000
THIRD PRIZE: Enamel Juicy Jeyfob Bag Charm by Juicy Couture worth IDR 600.000
How exciting! Do click: bit.ly/carousellOOTD for more info!
I also encourage you ladies to shop my closet ;) Feel free to browse through my Carousell account on www.carousell.con/weirdoinpink or search my username: weirdoinpink. The admin from Carousell app will gladly help you with inquires and transactions if you desire to purchase something.


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