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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Susan Lenz needs our help!
She has a solo exhibition fast approaching (Sept. 10-October) at the City Gallery at Waterfront Park in Charleston. It will spotlight her Decision Portrait Series during the MOJA 2010 Festival. Susan's work was selected not because it "fits the theme" but because it is contemporary, thought provoking, and incorporates all people. (The word "moja" means "one" in Swahili, suggesting harmony in a global community.)
The exhibit location is gigantic. Susan said, "I'm talking several rooms spread over TWO stories." And that leads to the dillema and the request for your help. She has more than 45 finished pieces, but needs 45 more!
Susan has a blog that is specifically for the Decision Portrait Series. It is HERE! The blog opens with a "wish list". But, Susan is happy to consider just about any decision....big or small....on the list or not. [Photos are of pieces in the Decision Portrait series. First is Susan's self portrait. For more detail check out her blogsite or click on the photo. Photo 2 is Happily Ever After. Photo 3 Overcoming Domestic Abuse. Photo 4: Marked for Life. Photo 5: Behind on the Mortgage.]
Susan said, "All I need is a signed model's release and a digital image. I'll provide the model's release and a self-addressed, stamped return envelope for those in the USA. Those living outside the country will have to furnish their own postage! Every time I finish a portrait, I share it via email with the "model" and include a "rough draft" of the intended blog post. This gives each participant the opportunity to see the work first and make suggestions about the wording that accompanies their image. Of course, all participants will be invited to the exhibition and any other future show (yes, I'm still submitting for other solo opportunities)."
her email.
I've included her WISH LIST here, but please visit the blogsite to see the 45 she has finished -- you will leave changed, touched by the faces and the simplicity of these quilts telling such meaningful life-changing choices that the people have made.
Title: Midwife. (Preferably someone who both delivers babies and has had a child at home!) Stitched words: Helping and having babies at home.
Title: Homeschooling. Stitched words: Both mother/father and primary educator.
Title: Good Samaritan. Stitched words: I changed a flat tire for a complete stranger.
Title: Terms of Marriage II. Stitched words: I signed a prenuptial agreement.
Title: 20/20 Vision. Stitched words: I had Lazar eye surgery.
Title: Dieter. Stitched words: I lost weight. (Must be a lot of weight....I'm envisioning one of those "before" and "after" sort of images...or the model inside of or holding a very, very noticeably larger pair of pants.)
Title: On Call. Stitched words: Hotline crisis volunteer
Title: CEO. Stitched words: My decisions affect hundreds (I'd prefer a rather large company!)
Title: Smaller. Stitched words: I had my stomach stapled.
Title: Smoker. Stitched words: Two packs a day (or something like this....must be someone who really enjoys smoking and isn't trying to quit.)
Title: On Fighting Cancer I and II. Stitched words: I chose chemotherapy over a mastectomy and I chose a mastectomy over chemotherapy. (I am interested in any other type of medical decision!)
Title: On Fighting Cancer III and IV. Stitched words: After Chemo, I wore a wig and After Chemo, I didn't wear a wig. (I am interested in any decision regarding hair loss....due to cancer or any other situation.)
Title: On Aging I. Stitched words: I've dyed my hair for years.
Title: On Aging II. Stitched words: I've had a tummy tuck.
Title: On Aging III. Stitched words: I've had a face lift.
Title: On Aging IV. Stitched words: I've had botox.
Title: On Aging V. Stitched words: Viagra
(I am interested in any significant decision that deals with a pursuit to ward off signs of aging.)
Title: I am a Woman. Stitched words: I was born a man. (Also, vice versa....any gender decision, including transvestism are of interest.)
Title: Creationist. Stitched words: Darwin was wrong and/or The universe was made in seven days.
Title: Adoption I. Stitched words: I contacted my birth parent(s).
Title: Enhanced. Stitched words: I took steroids.
Title: Unfaithful. Stitched words: I cheated.
Title: Injured. Stitched words: I didn't buckle up. (This needs to be someone who, not wearing a seat belt, was permanently injured as a result of a car accident. Of course, it would be my honor to also stitch a photo of someone who unfortunately died....with permission from his/her family.)
Title: Thinner. Stitched words: Liposuction.
Title: Divorced. Stitched words: Irreconcilable Differences (Ideally, this would be both people...a mutual decision.)
Title: Whistle Blower. Stitched words: I turned in my employer
Title: Learning to Read. Stitched words: I taught; I learned. (Ideally, this would be two adults in a literacy program.)
Title: Marijuana. Stitched words: High on high.
Title: Astrologer. Stitched words: Spiritual advisor and/or It's in the cards.
Title: Surrogate Mother. Stitched words: I gave birth for someone else's family.
Title: Draft Dodger. Stitched words: I refused to go to war or Conscious Objector
Title: Overcoming Domestic Abuse. Stitched words: I pressed charges. (This one is actually complete but I'm leaving it on the list as I'd love to stitch Dealing with Domestic Abuse with stitched words, "I didn't press charges" or another variation.)
Title: Graffiti Artist/Vandal. Stitched words: (symbol of the "tag")
Tile: DUI. Stitched words: I made a mistake.
Title: Gang Member. Stitched words: I wear my colors
Title: Neo-Nazi. Stitched words: Master Race
Title: Public Servant. Stitched words: I ran for office (Must be a non-career politician! I have a lead on this one...I hope!)
Title: Homeless. Stitched words: No Fixed Address (This can't be someone with a mental disease but someone who chose to live this way!)
Title: Illegal Immigrant. Stitched words: I want the American Dream (I don't need to picture anyone's face.....an image hiding one's identity would be perfectly fine!)
Title: Voters. Stitched words in front of three people: Republican, Democrat, Independent
Tile: Runaway. Stitched words: I left home.
Title: Shoplifter. Stitched words: It wasn't mine.
Title: Nun. Stitched words: Married to Christ.
Title: Monk. Stitched words: A Vow of Silence. (Or other wording depending on vows.)
Title: Prostitute. Stitched words: By the hour.
Title: Exotic Dancer I. Stitched words: Single mother providing for her kid(s)
Title: Exotic Dancer II. Stitched words: Paying for my college tuition
Title: Speeder. Stitched words: Too many mph
Title: Relief Worker. Stitched words: I went to Haiti to help
Title: Cremated. Stitched words: My daughter/husband/friend scattered my ashes
Title: Peer Pressure I. Stitched words: I got into a car with a drunk driver
Title: Peer Pressure II. Stitched words: I called my parent(s) for a safe ride home
Title: Accepting Help. Stitched words: I never thought I'd need food stamps
Title: Drop Out. Stitched words: I quit school
Title: Custody. Stitched words: I fought to raise my child/grandchild
Title: Boomerang. Stitched words: I moved back in with my parent(s)
Title: Bike Rider. Stitched words: I don't even own a car
Title: Volunteer. Stitched words: Giving my time for _____ (Name of cause or group....prefer someone who is a very serious volunteer donating regular hours over a period of years.)
Title: For Science. Stitched words: I donated my body to the medical school.
(I'd like a Hindi...because I don't even know how to phrase these!)
Susan adds: "I am open to creating new portraits that are similar to any that are completed....another way of depicting a similar (or even the same) decision." Contact Susan via her email. And thank you!
4 comments:
- Gayle Pritchard said...
What a cool project. Good luck with the exhibition!
- Mar 17, 2010, 9:50:00 AM
- Caron said...
I could supply a photo for
Title: Adoption I. Stitched words: I contacted my birth parent(s).
Such a cool project!
- Mar 17, 2010, 1:28:00 PM
- P. Rovillus said...
Fortunately, I started off with extremely thick hair, but now it is getting pretty thin on top and I've noticed a slight receding of the hairline in front. I am so frustrated over my Doctor's lack of knowledge and willingness to research it. I even went to a Dermatologist about it. They all just say if it bothers me to start using Minoxidil, but that is a lifelong commitment and I'm only 55 (just turned).
- Mar 18, 2010, 1:45:00 PM
- Susan said...
Hi Dawn!
Thank you so very, very much for posting this information. I've had many, many responses and have at least ten model's releases in the mail which will hopefully all lead to important pieces in the series. Several people also sent other leads. I'm very grateful and will be happily stitching soon!
- Mar 22, 2010, 9:20:00 AM


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Did you hear? CBGB's owners are raising money and looking for a new venue to reopen! Happy day!
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Say want you will about stoner ingenuity, but I don't see a lot of potheads rolling around with portable grow labs. Just sayin'
Disney cartoons From the '40s Are Way More Sexist than I Remember
Then again, Warner Brothers was putting out stuff like "Bugs Nips the Nips" (look it up) at that point so it's not like Disney was the only asshole in the room.
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To my surprise, the meeting's chair stated this committee's meetings will not be open to the public, and thus, I oppose the formation of such an illegal secret committee — one that will cost the taxpayers $200 an hour, the pay rate of the borough solicitor who proposed this cockamamie idea.
Why the need to research the bulk trash issue? There have been several people, including myself, who have been doing fact-finding for the past month, costing the taxpayers nothing. In my opinion, 99.99 percent of the residents of Slippery Rock are for changing the bulk trash pickup date back to May, after the university's commencement.
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Rascal Flatts Reveal Summer 2012 Tour Dates
With Rascal Flatts' new album 'Changed' coming out on April 3, they've been teasing their summer tour for a while now, keeping fans guessing about the details as they drop descriptors like "spectacular" and "fresh." The wait is finally over, as the trio announced that they will be traveling the country on American Band Tour beginning June 15 at Hartford, Conn.'s Comcast Theatre.
The 'Easy' singers also announced that they'll be taking some fellow bands on the road with them, including Little Big Town, Eli Young Band and Edens Edge as the openers. The tour will go into September, hitting stops all across the country, with Thompson Square filling in for Eli Young Band for at least two of the dates. The last four dates have yet to be announced, though their locations have already been revealed.
"We are always looking for new ways to re-energize our live shows," Jay DeMarcus said of the tour. "We thought bringing out these bands, whom are among some of our favorite vocal groups, would make a great night of entertainment!" And they're not the only ones who are psyched about the upcoming tour.
Hitting Twitter late last night, Edens Edge tweeted, "Really excited that we'll be going on tour with Rascal Flatts! So honored to be part of this and share the stage with such awesome bands! Check out the dates and let us know if you're comin' to see us. <3 HB, CG, and DB."
Tickets for the American Band Tour are available for purchase on Rascal Flatts' website.
Rascal Flatts 2012 American Band Tour Dates:
6/15 – Hartford, Conn. | Comcast Theatre
6/16 – Boston, Mass. | Comcast Center
6/23 – Washington, D.C. | Jiffy Lube Live
6/24 – Virginia Beach, Va. | Farm Bureau Live
6/29 – Cleveland, Ohio | Blossom Music Center
6/30 – Darien Center, N.Y. | Darien Lakes Perform.Arts Ctr
7/6 – Bangor, Maine | Bangor Waterfront Pavilion
7/13 – Dallas, Texas | Superpages.com Center**
7/14 – Houston, Texas | Woodlands Pavilion**
7/20 – Detroit, Mich. | DTE Energy Music Theater
7/22 – Cincinnati, Ohio | Riverbend Music Center
7/27 – St Louis, Mo. | Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
7/28 – Chicago, Ill. | First Midwest Bank Amp.
8/9 – Charlotte, N.C. | Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
8/10 – Raleigh, N.C. | Time Warner Cable Music Center
8/11 – Philadelphia, Pa. | Susquehanna Bank Center
8/31 – Indianapolis, Ind. | Klipsch Music Center
9/1 – Pittsburgh, Pa. | First Niagara Pavilion
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TBA– San Diego, Calif. | Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
TBA– Atlanta, Ga. | Lakewood Amphitheatre
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A Justification for Translation
Why Every Christian Should Care About Gospel Resources in Languages Beyond Their Own
English is the most dominant global language ever. So why are we at Desiring God doing so much work to translate our resources into other tongues? Why not just spend the same amount of time, money, and effort teaching people to read our English resources rather than doing the hard (and sometimes messy) work of translation?
To answer this question, we need to back up and consider another: What warrant do Christians have for translating at all, whether it's a sermon or, more importantly, the Bible itself? We are aware of another religion in which translation of its holy book is theologically problematic. Where do Christians get the idea that it is not only permissible, but even a good idea to translate?
Profound answers to these questions have been set forth by Andrew Walls, a man once dubbed by Christianity Today as perhaps "the most important person you don't know." In 1996 he published The Missionary Movement in Christian History in which he argues that translation work is both permissible and necessary to the Christian faith. He gives two main reasons for making this claim:
- translation is a central component of the gospel of Jesus Christ, and
- translation is God's means for sustaining and maturing his people.
1) Translation is a central component of the gospel
Christian faith rests on a divine act of translation: 'the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us' (John 1:14) ... Incarnation is translation. When God in Christ became man, Divinity was translated into humanity, as though humanity were a receptor language. (Walls, 26-27)
Walls makes the case that translation is central to the gospel because the incarnation of Christ is itself an act of translation. Jesus, in becoming a man, translated the fullness of God's person and character into human form. As the author of Hebrews states, Jesus is "the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature" (1:3). Or as Paul says in Colossians, "He is the image of the invisible God" (1:15).
But the glory of Christ's incarnation, his translation, isn't just in the fact that God became a man, as incredible as that is. The real glory is in why he became a man. The author of Hebrews explains:
Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery. . . . Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. (Hebrews 2:14-17)
In other words, Christ converted his heavenly, spiritual life into the currency of earthly flesh and blood so that he could die in that flesh and blood and thereby pay the debt of sin that was due on man's account. Jesus became a man so that he could satisfy the wrath of God against men ("make propitiation") and redeem them from the power of Satan and death. The real glory of Christ's incarnation is in what he used it to express: incomprehensible mercy, faithfulness, and sacrifice—in sum, love—for the sake of sinners.
There are at least two parallels between Jesus' incarnation and the task of translating the Bible and other Christian texts.
A. Incarnation occurs through translation
Lamin Sanneh, in his article "Christian Missions and the Western Guilt Complex," acknowledges the distinct power of human language. In speaking about the history of translation in Western missions, he states, "The importance of vernacular translation was that it brought the missionary into contact with the most intimate and intricate aspects of culture."
Sanneh is suggesting that, rather than being an impersonal, inanimate system of symbols for transmitting a message, like math or computer code, language is more like blood in a culture's body. It is a unique, native, and living medium that pulses in and out of every area of a culture. As it does so, it influences and is influenced by—and sustains and is sustained by—the other parts.
Like blood, language is as unique as the body of the culture in which it lives, reflecting its nature and experience. It houses the people's knowledge, containing those categories, terms, and concepts that have been acquired through collective education. It also retains their history, being filled with idioms and allusions that all point to some prior cultural experience or expression. It reflects a people's lifestyle and geography (Sami has hundreds of words for snow, for instance). It is the material of their prayers, their stories, their music, and their conversation. Sanneh is right in saying that language touches "the most intimate and intricate aspects" of a culture.
SIL International affirms this reality in their Linguistic Creed: "As the most uniquely human characteristic a person has, a person's language is associated with his self-image. Interest in and appreciation of a person's language is tantamount to interest in and appreciation of the person himself."
Therefore taking on another's language is, like Jesus' incarnation, to share in their "blood." Translation enables you and your message to move into the lives of individuals and cultures to depths and extents that would otherwise be impossible from the outside.
B. Translation communicates to commoners
Sanneh spells out another way in which translation mirrors the incarnational ministry of Christ. Instead of just addressing the religious elite, Christian translation takes the message of the cross to the common folk.
In many traditional societies, religious language has tended to be confined to a small elite of professionals. In extreme cases, this language is shrouded under the forbidding sanctions of secret societies and shrines, access to which is through induced trances or a magical formula. The Christian approach to translatability strikes at the heart of such gnostic tendencies, first by contending that the greatest and most profound religious truths are compatible with everyday language, and second, by targeting ordinary men and women as worthy bearers of the religious message.
Marvel at this last sentence. The message that is implied when we translate the story of the cross into the common languages of the world is 1) "the greatest and most profound religious truths are compatible with everyday language" and 2) ordinary men and women are worthy bearers of the message.
Amen! Is this not the glory of our gospel, and the sweet reality of our own salvation?
For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being might boast in the presence of God. (1 Corinthians 1:26-29)
Our Savior affirmed the everyday and the common in his incarnation. He came as a poor carpenter's son and spent his life ministering to women, children, fishermen, prostitutes and tax collectors. He spoke in parables that communicated the deepest spiritual truths in terms and concepts simple enough for any farmer or family member to understand.
Modern day translation of the Christian message continues Jesus' work of coming to the common. People are saved, and their faith is nurtured, when they encounter Jesus in the language they know best.
For a recent example of this, see the BBC's magazine article and corresponding video, "Jamaica's patois Bible: The word of God in creole."
2) Translation is God's means for sustaining and maturing his people
So, zooming back out, we've just made the case that translation of the Christian message is permissible because, as Walls suggests, Jesus' incarnation was an act of translation that allows, yea, demands further translation. A second reason Walls gives for why Christians can and should translate is that translation is essential for sustaining and maturing God's people.
A. Translating for the church's survival
Regarding the way in which translation sustains the church, Walls argues that if in the last 2000 years the Christian faith had not continued to traverse new cultures and languages, then it would have long since perished from the earth.
Christianity . . . has throughout its history spread outwards, across cultural frontiers, so that each new point on the Christian circumference is a new potential Christian centre. And the very survival of Christianity as a separate faith has evidently been linked to the process of cross-cultural transmission. Indeed, with hindsight, we can see that on several occasions this transmission took place only just in time; that without it, the Christian faith must surely have withered away. (22; emphasis added)
To illustrate this point, in the second chapter of his book Walls chronicles how, in its early days, the church went from being mostly Jewish in ethnicity to mostly Greek just before the fall of Jerusalem; and then how it transferred from the Greeks to Europe's "barbarians" just before the Roman Empire fell; and then how, just as the faith began to wane in Europe, it spread to North America; and how, now, as it wanes in the Western world, it is spreading to South America, Africa, and Asia.
History has shown us that, as much as we wish it weren't true, the Christian message does not flourish indefinitely in one place or culture. Over time either the culture or its acceptance of the Christian message weakens and is overtaken by another culture or belief system. Therefore, if we wish to see the church survive into the future, we must continually be looking ahead to what languages and cultures and locales it has yet to penetrate, and then we must support that work.
In saying this, I am not suggesting that the survival of the church is entirely or even ultimately in our hands. Jesus' promise that the gates of hell shall not prevail against her still stands (Matthew 16:18). Nevertheless, God does use means for sustaining her, and translation appears to be a primary one. Indeed, one can see how the need for the faith to move from one language and culture to another in order for it to survive is in God's wisdom. Through designing it this way, he has implanted an urgency and a necessity for the gospel to go forth and make a home among every tribe, tongue and nation.
B. Translating for the church's maturity
Regarding the way in which translation leads the church into greater maturity, Walls begins with the premise that, by God's design, every culture has its own distinct perspectives, concerns, patterns of thought, etc. that set it apart from others. These distinctives inevitably make the work of translation difficult, but the results are of benefit to everyone.
New translations, by taking the word about Christ into a new area, applying it to new situations, have the potential actually to reshape and expand the Christian faith. Instead of defining a universal "safe area" where certain lines of thought are prescribed and others proscribed or ignored (the natural outcome of a once-for-all, untranslatable authority), translatability of the Scriptures potentially starts *inter*actions of the word about Christ with new areas of thought and custom. (29)
Walls is saying that, as Christ is incarnated through translation into other cultures and, therefore, into entirely new spheres or corners of life and thought, we learn more about him. We've never seen him in that garb before; and as he fills these new cultures (which he inevitably must do, if believers in that culture are to submit all things to him), we are going to notice new things about him. And in doing so, our knowledge and imitation of him is going to mature.
To give an example of this, I need to quote Walls at length:
The Synoptic Gospels, rooted as they are in the soil of Palestine, set forth the Good News of Jesus in terms of the themes he himself preached, the Kingdom of God and the work of the Son of Man. But how rarely the letters of Paul, addressed to the Hellenistic world of West Asia and Southern Europe, employ the term Kingdom of God; and they never once speak of the Son of Man. Such Palestinian titles had little immediacy in the world of the new Christians; they required footnotes. In order to explain in the Greek world who Christ is and what he did and does, a new conceptual vocabulary had to be constructed. Elements of vocabulary already existing in that world had to be commandeered and turned towards Christ. And once that happened, and Hellenistic people began to see Christ in their own terms, a host of questions arose that Palestinian Jews, even those who had had a Hellenistic education and were at home in the language, felt no need to raise. Christian preaching and Christian understanding moved beyond the category of Messiah—which for many of the earliest believers must have seemed the heart of the Gospel—to embrace such categories as Logos and Pleroma to explain the significance of Jesus. (xvi-xvii)
Walls sees reference to this process of church maturation in the metaphor that Paul introduces in Ephesians 4:13. In the same manner that local church bodies are built up, so too the global church matures through the collaborative contributions of each member, "until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ."
Another way Walls helps to illustrate this idea is to picture the world as a theater. Jesus is on the stage, and the audience is composed of all the world's people groups, each seated in their own unique seat in the house.
Others seated elsewhere in the world theatre will see the same action, hear the same words; but their seating will enable them to see parts of the stage that we do not and will obscure some things which may seem to us crystal clear. (46)
If Walls is right in his understanding here, then he is also right in concluding that the church is in a more privileged place than ever before.
Since none of us can read the Scriptures without cultural blinkers of some sort, the great advantage, the crowning excitement which our own era of Church history has over all others, is the possibility that we may be able to read them together. Never before has the Church looked so much like the great multitude whom no man can number out of every nation and tribe and people and tongue. Never before, therefore, has there been so much potentiality for mutual enrichment and self-criticism, as God causes yet more light and truth to break forth from his word. (15)
Though more could be listed here, and even these could be expounded much more fully, I conclude by listing two implications of the understanding of translation that I have developed in this article:
- As individuals, families, churches, denominations, missions boards, etc., we should care about and prioritize translation work, especially Bible translation. This work is at the heart of our faith (embodying the method of our Savior in saving us), and it is essential to the church's survival and growth in maturity.
- In addition to the Bible, we should value and translate John Piper's (and others') content, because of how it helps people read and understand Scripture for themselves. (Reflect, for instance, on how Piper's and/or other non-biblical-authors' works might have helped you in your understanding, though you already had the Bible in your language.)
For some of you this application means that you should take an incarnational dive into one of the unreached languages of the world, learn to speak it, develop a writing system for it, teach other speakers how to read it, create a dictionary, and translate the Bible into it. Organizations like Wycliffe, for example, are doing the church a great service by spotting which languages still lack the Bible and then equipping people to go and meet the need. Or you could go through an organization like The Seed Company, which is focused on developing the capacity of local church leaders and mother-tongue translators to translate the Bible for themselves.
For others it means that you should take the fluency God has already given you in another language and get down and do the tough, loving work of translating gospel material into it, whether it's an updated translation of the Bible, a classical theological work, or a modern sermon. Gospel Translations has a good thing going in this regard. And, of course, this doesn't mean translating only from English into other languages. Translation should be happening in every direction.
For the rest of us it means that we should encourage and honor those involved in translation, and support them prayerfully and financially as much as we're able.


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Kat Von D and DJ Deadmau5 Split
After what seemed like several months of romantic bliss, the tattooed twosome, Kat Von D and Deadmau5 have called it quits.
On Saturday, the 30-year-old celebrity tattoo artist announced on her Twitter account that her relationship with the Canadian recording artist has ended.
"Man, I sure was wrong. But at least he made it a no-brainer to break that off. #lessonlearned," tweeted Von D.
"Now, we can get all of the 'I told you so's' outta the way…And move on. Clarification: Deadmau5 and I are no longer together."
Deadmau5, whose real name is Joel Zimmerman, also went on Twitter and Facebook that same day to publicly share his side of the story.
"Going to spend a little while screwing my head back on. I guess I'm not cut out for relationships right now. And…it happened too fast, I lost my balance and fell into a familiar dark place.That place that I'm having difficulty with.
"She deserves someone stronger," he wrote. "That's it for the personal stuff…on with our regularly scheduled deadmau5 crap," tweeted the DJ.
However, it seems like there may be more behind the breakup than what the two are willing to share.
Cuban-American gossip blogger Perez Hilton is reporting that suspicious tweets between Deadmau5 and "Dancing with the Stars" contestant Chelsea Kane could be a reason why the couple are no longer together.
last week Kane tweeted, "@deadmau5 Waking up to you fanning me with your ear almost made it all worth it. Thank you. :)" In response, the DJ tweeted, "@ChelseaKane glad I could lend an ear ;) feel better!"
That same day, Von D responded, "@ChelseaKane are you f****ing serious? F*** off with that."
It looks like the trio deleted the scandalous messages since the tweets can no longer be found. All three have kept mum on the situation.
Katherine von Dranchenberg, the Mexico-born Argentine starlet behind "LA Ink," made headlines last summer after publicly calling off her engagement to television personality and actress Sandra Bullock's ex-husband Jesse James due to his chronic infidelity issues. This summer, she was reportedly dating British rapper Scroobius Pip.
Von D was previously married to Dallas-based tattooed artist Oliver Peck. She was then in an on-again-off again relationship with Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx. The two broke up in 2010.
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The Birth of Valerie Lynn
Thurs 3/6 @ 9:15PM notice first pressure waves 10 mins apart, got to
bed around 11:30PM
Friday 3/7 @ 7:20AM, can't sleep through it anymore.
At 8:49AM I called the midwife to give heads up.
At 11:38AM I called again with no change.
By 1:13PM we decided this was it.
Donna arrived by 5PM, first vaginal check was 5-6cm.
Around 7:45PM second vaginal check was 8-9.75cm
Waters broke on the toilet before 8PM.
Baby born at 8:12PM.
Thinking back after being asked if I was in pain at anytime, I can honestly say, "No I wasn't in pain!" This was the most intense activity I have ever done and even though there might have been a TON of pressure in my hips and mild discomfort as my baby crowned, none of it *hurt* and none of it was un-manageable. I can honestly say my daughter's birth was pain-free!
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Cisco Tries Reinvention in a Tough Time
Cisco shares tumbled this time last year after executives warned their biggest corporate customers were ordering less equipment. If history repeats itself this week, the networking giant will join a dreary but growing club. Photo: Getty Images.
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Henry is shocked—SHOCKED!—that I dare move around in space and talk to him and have the gall to ask him questions. He learned from someone (I'm still searching for the source, and I will find it, oh, and how that person will rue the day) to answer every question with the handy phrase "Of course I (fill in the blank)." The above should be stated in weary indignation, as if the questioner should really know better by now. "Did you have a good day at school?" I might ask. "OF COURSE I didn't!" This is usually followed by violent eye-rolling and the occasional drop to the floor. His horror that I would dare ask such a question renders him incapable of bearing his own weight. His legs have simply given out from the shock. And yet here she comes again, with more questions! "Did you have gym today?" The eyes roll around and around. "OF COURSE. And it was BORING. All we did was WALK in CIRCLES."
Even if the response is positive, the affect is the same. "OF COURSE I had a good day at school. I only had the BEST DAY EVER. AAAAAAH." "And what made it the best day ever?" I might ask. "Obviously, that I WAS THE BEST KID," he booms, "And of course I ANSWERED EVERY QUESTION RIGHT." Then he throws himself to the ground because he can't believe he has to WALK with ME. GOD.
On the other hand, he's answering my questions this year. He can act as tough as he likes, but I'm still getting the precious, precious info. I realize that being excited to hear that "Nicholas STEPPED on my FOOT during LINE-UP" is pretty pathetic. But seriously, it's the most he's told me since the day he entered preschool, all those many years ago, when he wanted to marry me but didn't want to tell me what they ate during snack time.


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Children"s Healthcare of Atlanta has released its 2014 Summer Safety Tips, which focuses on five aspects of summer safety that parents and children can practice to ensure a safe and healthy summer. The list includes helpful advice to promote water, travel and play, sun and skin, heat and fireworks safety.
"Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death in children age 14 and under," said James Fortenberry, M.D., Pediatrician-in-Chief, Children"s Healthcare of Atlanta. "Summer is an exciting time for kids. With that excitement comes an added responsibility for parents and children to educate themselves on what they can do to ensure a safe and healthy summer."
Children"s has created a special section of their website dedicated to summer safety awareness. Parents can visit choa.org/summersafety to educate themselves and their children on ways to have a safe and healthy summer. The tips include:
Water Safety – Drowning is the second leading cause of unintentional death of children age 14 and under. Practicing water safety including boat, pool, swimming, life jacket and general water safety can help prevent this.
Play & Travel Safety – The summer season brings more time outside and on the road. Keep your family safe by practicing safe play and travel tips like following road rules on a bike or properly buckling your children while in the car.
Sun & Skin Safety – Melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer that can spread rapidly to different parts of the body, accounts for up to three percent of pediatric cancer. Protect your kids by taking measures to prevent sunburn, and by understanding the potentially permanent effects of excessive sun exposure.
Heat Safety – Each year, young athletes and children die from heat-related illness, which is completely preventable. Know the signs of heat illness, keep kids hydrated while playing outside, and understand how to protect babies and young children from the heat.
Fireworks Safety – When it comes to fireworks safety, stick to the professionals and keep kids away. Doing so can prevent burns, the most common fireworks injury.
"We see an increase in emergency department visits during the summer months due to unintentional injuries that can be prevented by taking a few extra safety precautions," said Dr. Fortenberry. "Summer should be a fun and active time for families, not spent in the hospital."


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An (almost) Spring Day at Copper Mountain [PHOTOS]
We had our March 18, '2 days before the official start of Spring' trip to enjoy Copper Mountain planned since January. My wife Sarah would take a lesson and I would ski with my good friend Kevin. For years I had been telling her, because she was not a skier or snowboarder, about the perfect day. The sky so blue it makes you want to swim through it. Snow on the trees from the snowfall last night. A sunny, beautiful powder day--one of God's finest gifts to a guy like me. Well, it was handed to us and we have the sunburn to prove it.
I can't say enough good things about Copper Mountain. It is a joy to be there. We are SOOOOOO lucky to call Colorado home.


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Creative Knitting's September 2012 issue is filled with designs to transition your knitting from summer into fall. Youll find patterns for soft, knit cowls, stylish hats and more. Join editor Kara Gott Warner as she previews this issue's sophisticated designs for fall. As an added bonus, you'll find a short tutorial on how to keep your first few knitting stitches in place.


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LesleyG necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 265 diseños de 56 diseñadores freelance.
101 Kids Deco
I am an ex-digital agency owner, and its my revenge to give as bad a brief as the ones i received over the past 11 years :-)
My wife and I are in the process of setting up an online eCommerce site called 101 Kids Deco - http://www.101kidsdeco.com, you can access a preview of the Shopify website site by using the password letmein.
The products we are selling are Walltastic - http://www.walltastic.com are a fantastic kids mural wallpaper company, who sell a mixture of classic and well known branded Murals for Kids Bedrooms, our aim is to sell Walltastic's fabulous range of Wallpapers online in the UK through a highly targeted website.
The target audience is parents located in the UK aged 28 to 45 (predominately female but not exclusively) of children aged 1 to 12 years old.
These parents will be looking to make their Kids living areas as fun as possible for their little ones :-)
Basically i need a Killer Logo :-)
You can see the space (top left where the writing is) by looking at the website http://www.101kidsdeco.com pass: letmein
To bring a sense of familiarity i would like to see the use of the Walltastic RED used in their branding, whilst i feel this may may help, i am open to suggestions. Also i am not stating that the Logo should be exclusively red!
We may drop the 101 from the name in the future, but for the moment it is important it stays.
I like Logo's that have hidden meanings, and that are very modern in terms of web design. e.g i like all the recent/new current brands that have a more chunkier feel, sometimes called the web 2.0 feel (if you get what i mean :-) - Baring in mind i am the Target Audience too with 2 young Kids and 39.
Also be weary that although we will be exclusively selling Murals to begin with we may move into more Kids Deco in general - hence the name.
Above all the Brand must inspire confidence and trust.
Whilst the Branding is targeted at parents and the products are for children, the age of the children may go beyond 12 in the future, so beware of making the branding too "kiddy-fied"
I would like to have room for a strap line (that may change as the business develops) for creative purposes lets start by using the one
"Children's Wallpaper Murals" but create logos with and without please!
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First Snow
Linda L. Ruiz 3/11/2006 12:13:09 PMWow, Allen this is awesome. I love how the fox just pops with color. Great capture. #406988
Glenn E. Urquhart 3/11/2006 12:23:08 PMQuite impressive wildlife photo, Allen! Excellent Capture! Cheers, Glenn. #2521737
Kathy Radford 3/11/2006 3:14:01 PMYou were lucky to get such a great shot Allen. Great work. Kathy in NH #2522059
Jim Huffield 3/11/2006 5:11:37 PMVery nicely done Allen. Jim #2522217
Melissa Heinemann 3/11/2006 6:07:53 PMThis is a great photo.....Amazing capture...lucky you....Proudly display this one! - Melissa #2522267
Crystal M. Gove 3/11/2006 8:40:48 PMGORGEOUS shot of this fox, Allen :o)!!! The coloring and detail is awesome. Congrats on such a beautiful capture!!! #2522508
Angela K. Wittmer 3/13/2006 8:15:20 AMbeautiful photo! I love the placement of the fox & the stark contrast between the snow & the fox.. well done! #2527471
Dan Walters 4/28/2006 4:09:10 PMGreat photo and congratulations! Been there many times to shoot foxes. #2703071
Glenn E. Urquhart 4/28/2006 4:14:44 PMCongratulations on your winning photo, Allen! Well deserved! Cheers, Glenn #2703105
Thomas Lindgren 4/29/2006 1:36:04 AMCongratulations Allen, Well deserved.
Thomas #2704417
Lisa Beightol 4/29/2006 4:33:18 PMThis is an absolutely beautiful picture, wonderful composition and contrast, and I love foxes! Congratulations! You deserve it! #2706480
James E. Coleman 5/2/2006 12:36:59 PMAllen,
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Ross Throndson 5/7/2006 6:45:26 AMBest Fox Photo I've ever seen! Great Shot!!! #2734210
Lynn Schmidt 5/11/2006 8:02:49 AMWow! Congratulations on your Fox, its a beauty #2751275
Donna La Mattino Pagakis 5/12/2006 7:48:32 AMVery beautiful, love the clarity and awesome fox. Congratulations on your win! #2755656
Kay E. Mahoney 5/23/2006 6:07:36 PMCongratulations on your beautiful winner. #2806258
Susie Peek-Swint 10/8/2006 1:16:24 PMAwesome capture ~ belated congrats on this beautiful shot! #3423115
Terrill Province 12/12/2006 7:20:53 AMThis popped up on my screen as a "Featured Gallery" and I just had to write...
FANTASTICALLY BEAUTIFUL CAPTURE - - - really made my morning and I wanted to thank you.
Congratulations all around. #3694671
Janine Russell 12/12/2006 8:12:12 AMAllen, excellent color, detail, exposure and composition; congratulations on your feature in SnapShot and your Second Place Win. #3694871
Donna La Mattino Pagakis 12/12/2006 8:55:38 AMYou have a very beautiful featured gallery!! Congratulations on your win too. Great shot! #3695029
RC Fritz 12/12/2006 9:21:24 AMBeautiful picture Allen! Excelent composition! Congrats on your WIN! #3695148
Carolynn Bennett 12/12/2006 2:14:37 PMWhat a beautiful shot! The color of the fox just jumps right out. Did you do any PS? Congratulations on your winning. #3695911
Nancy Donnell 12/13/2006 7:32:56 AMAllen, this is beautiful! #3697994
Photographer 1/25/2016 8:30:11 PMwith all of the white background it truly makes the fox pop out! :) #11426921
Ellen Hodges 1/28/2016 5:52:52 PMSuperb capture! #11427838
James Kooper 5/31/2017 2:56:42 AMWhat a great capture it is! #11601770
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Tip of the Day: DIY Deep Conditioner
Try an at-home hair mask. Deep conditioning treatments are essential to keeping your hair in good condition, but you don't need to spend tons of cash on them. Saturate your strands with olive oil, argan oil, or coconut oil and pull them into a shower cap for anywhere from 30 minutes to overnight.


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The Mets didn't exactly win one for Brad Emaus last night, but in his honor played crappy baseball as they were stuffed by the Houston Astros, a team they should handle.
Guess not.
"Our team has not played well in any aspect,'' GM Sandy Alderson said last night, narrowing it down. The Mets were supposed to be under talented on the field, but they were supposed to hustle and play sound fundamentally. That was going to keep them competitive.
The foundation is pitching, but the Mets have cracks all over. Jon Niese was behind in the count all evening and it is somewhat of a surprise he only gave up two runs through six innings.
RA Dickey goes tonight. He kept the ball around the plate for the most part last season, but that's past tense. His control, like that of Mike Pelfrey, is also off. Dickey is no longer a surprise, he no longer sneaks up on teams. Teams are waiting for him.
The bullpen has been a disaster, and now we learn Bobby Parnell has numbness in his middle finger and can't properly grip the ball. His velocity has been down. So much for him being the eighth-inning set-up reliever and future closer. There are just too many issues for him. Should the numbness persist, the disabled list can't be far away.
Numbers wise, the Mets are averaging giving up roughly three runs a game after the fifth inning, a clear indictment of their bullpen. On the bright side, Francisco Rodriguez in on a pace to not reach 55 competed games.
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For a baseball writer spring training can be a magical time. My first was in 1991, when I covered the Orioles. There was also time in Florida with the Yankees and Mets. All produced keeper memories, which flooded back this morning.
Things weren't as stressful with the Orioles, mostly because there was only three or four writers. We showed up early, got our stories, wrote and played basketball. Larry Lucchino, then the Orioles president, played and chewed me out when I didn't pass him the ball.
After that, it was usually seafood, a movie or the dog track. One night, Jim Henneman from the Baltimore Sun and his friend, nicknamed "Smoothie,'' hosted us. We pooled our money and gave it to Smoothie to wager. Just as Smoothie was leaving the table, Rick Vaughn, the PR director of the Orioles, deadpanned: "I can't believe we just gave all our money to a guy named Smoothie.''
Another time Mark Maske of the Washington Post and Peter Schmuck of the Sun and I were talking with reliever Arthur Rhodes, who could hit triple digits. Maske asked Rhodes if he were to throw 100 fastballs how many times do you think we'd make contact?
He said, "Maybe 10 to 15. … What about you?''
I was thinking maybe a foul tip.
But, it isn't always smooth. Once a delicate story broke in the morning, but worked itself out during the game. Later, the Orioles manager, the late Johnny Oates, told us of the changing development. We were circled around him and he asked if we had a problem changing the story.
Nobody had an issue. When Oates got to me, I simply said, "I guess I have some rewriting to do.''
What followed was a loud crash when Oates kicked a chair and screamed, "I knew it. I knew you'd be the one to write it.''
He didn't get I wasn't going to print the original version. I simply turned and walked away as there was no purpose getting into it with him in public. As I was leaving the clubhouse, Brady Anderson said, "don't worry about it, you've arrived when the manager rips into you.''
Another Orioles favorite was Mike Mussina, who passed time with a six-by-three foot crossword puzzle in the corner.
Maybe my most memorable spring was spending nine straight weeks at the Tampa Westshore Marriott during the strike in 1995. It was like being Norm from Cheers, as everybody at the front desk greeted me by name. A supervisor even tried to get me my own parking spot.
The Yankees and Mets are different animals.
You arrive with a plan that often never materializes. In the spring of 1999, I had a plan every morning, but followed through maybe five or six times. That was when Joe DiMaggio died. Then, one day we were writing about Darryl Strawberry's cancer when a Yankee staffer gave us a release that Joe Torre left the team to be treated for prostate cancer.
That day didn't end until close to midnight.
That was the spring George Steinbrenner called Hideki Irabu "a fat pussy toad.'' The Yankees were to fly to Los Angeles that day for an exhibition series with the Dodgers. Steinbrenner huddled with GM Brian Cashman, interim manager Don Zimmer and pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre for hours on what to do with Irabu, who triggered it all by failing to cover first base for the second time in as many starts.
The meeting lasted so long the Yankees had pizza delivered to the clubhouse.
I should have known what kind of spring it was going to be when on the first day the Yankees traded David Wells for Roger Clemens.
The Yankees beat was always competitive, made more so by the daily Steinbrenner watch. It was by luck one day I caught him coming in from the parking lot. He answered a couple of questions and then spent ten minutes talking college basketball.
Say what you will about Steinbrenner, but he was colorful and brought something to the table. He could be infuriating, but you had to wait him out. The worst words a Yankees writer could hear on his voice mail was, "John, George Steinbrenner returning your call.''
You knew you weren't going to get him a second time.
Meanwhile, Jeff Wilpon, for his part is accessible. Fred Wilpon usually holds court once a spring, and once uttered the words "playing meaningful baseball in September."
With the Mets, many stories are gathered on the backfields. That was when I met Sandy Koufax. I knew I wasn't going to get questions answered, but told him of when my dad took me to Shea Stadium and said to me, "you need to see this guy pitch.''
He asked what I remembered and I sheepishly told him Wes Covington homered and the Mets won. He looked me straight in the eye and said, "Yeah, I remember that, too.''
I will always love Koufax for that.
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New at the NJ Archives: WWI Casualty IndexPosted: December 28, 2010 Filed under: Genealogy | Tags: Announcements, NJ, References Leave a comment
I missed this in the mad rush to Christmas Day!
On Dec. 23, the New Jersey State Archives launched a new database: World War I Casualties: Descriptive Cards and Photographs. It includes 3,427 entries for New Jersey soldiers killed during 1917-1918. These entries reflect data cards issued to adjutant generals for recording details about soldiers killed in action (or who died of other causes while on duty). Often, they include a photograph as well.
If you go to the link, you can search by surname. The list of results will tell you whether there's a card there and whether it has a photo as well.
I don't have any NJ-based World War I soldiers in my own tree, but I pulled up an entry to see what can be seen. It included a service photograph plus a nice clear scan of the index card, which includes spaces for the soldier's name, residence of record, birthplace, age, service record, engagements fought in, rank, date of service, date of death and name of the person notified of the death.
Even if every space isn't filled in (this particular card didn't list the engagements fought), there is still lots of potentially useful information. And the photos are incredible.
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William Tyler Hayden: Determined to make a difference
William Tyler Hayden has a direct goal in life: He wants to make a difference in the lives of others.
"Every day, I try to do something that will better myself…and rub off onto other people," he said. "I hope to make a positive influence in their lives."
Hayden, of Leesburg, Va., will be one of 15 incoming freshmen entering East Carolina University in August as EC Scholars — the most prestigious academic scholarship program the university offers.
At ECU, Hayden plans to major in either biology or biochemistry, with goals of pursuing a career in dentistry. He chose ECU from among several universities where he was accepted, in part because of the EC Scholar Program. "I believe this program will create numerous opportunities for me, help me meet influential people and build a future in Greenville," he said.
Other reasons for selecting ECU are more personal. "I have grown up hearing about ECU from my father, Bruce Hayden, who attended the university. I have always been a Pirate football fan and the spirit at the university is second to none," he said.
Hayden excelled as both a leader and a scholar at Loudon County High School. He credits his determination to be a better person for his accomplishments.
In leadership roles for the DECA business and marketing student organization, Hayden worked to increase the club's membership and coordinated efforts to raise funds for charities such as American Diabetes Association and the Salvation Army. Under his direction, the club raised more than $15,000 for Relay for Life and $6,000 for the Susan G. Komen For the Cure breast cancer foundation.
Hayden served as president of the DECA club during his junior and senior years and as vice president his sophomore year. He participated in the organization's competitions, open to the DECA's 185,000 high school division members, and placed first at the district and national levels.
He was honored in high school by regular selection for the academic honor roll; membership in the National Honor Society and the Spanish Honor Society; the Outstanding Spanish Student of the Year Award given in his freshman year; and the Outstanding Marketing Student of the Year Awards presented in his freshman, sophomore and junior years.
Hayden plans a summer filled with work, sports activities and travel. He is particularly looking forward to an excursion to Belize and a vacation at the North Carolina Outer Banks before his initiation as a full-fledged Pirate this fall.
Hayden is the son of Bruce and Kathy Hayden of Leesburg.
About EC Scholars
EC Scholars exhibit outstanding academic performance and effective leadership skills. They have opportunities to contribute to faculty-led research studies, engagement in the community andmultiple service activities.
The amount awarded to scholarship recipients is $40,000 ($5,000 per semester for eight continuous semesters). In addition, EC Scholars are provided with a $5,000 stipend to help support their required study abroad experience.
The entering Class of 2015 EC Scholar recipients have completed a rigorous three-tier selection process that includes: meeting the Honors College admissions criteria, having an additional faculty review and completing an on-campus interview. The incoming EC Scholar recipients have an average math/verbal SAT score of 1307 and an average unweighted GPA of 3.89.
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Bulldogs Ready To Embark On First Postseason Trip Since 1979
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The Yale University women's basketball team knows that it will be one of 31 teams to earn an automatic berth into the WNIT postseason tournament. All that remains is the wait for the WNIT bracket to be revealed.
The field of 64 teams for the WNIT will be revealed late tonight, a few hours after the NCAA Tournament bracket is determined. The NCAA Tournament selection is tonight at 7 p.m. The WNIT field of 64 is expected to be announced sometime after 10 p.m.
Fans of the Bulldogs can keep checking YaleBulldogs.com for updates.
Yale earned the Ivy League's automatic bid after finishing the regular season tied with Harvard in the League standings with a 10-4 record. The Bulldogs won the tiebreaker by virtue of sweeping the Crimson in the season series for the first time since the 1993-94 season. The Bulldogs finished 10-4 in Ivy League play for only the second time in their history, matching their Ivy League finish in 1988-89.
Yale has played in a postseason tournament only three times in its 38-year history, in 1977, 1978 and 1979.
The field of 64 will include 31 teams that earned an automatic berth and 33 teams that are chosen for at-large bids.
The WNIT will open with first-round games Wednesday through Friday, March 16-18.
Second-round games will be played Saturday through Monday, March 19-21. Third-round games will be held March 23-25. The WNIT quarterfinals are scheduled to be held March 26-28. The WNIT's Final Four semifinal games will be played on March 30-31, and the WNIT Championship game will be held on April 2. All games in the single-elimination format are played at the main or alternate facilities of participating schools.
A team that is offered an automatic bid by the WNIT shall be the team that is the highest-finishing team in its conference's regular-season standings and is not selected for the NCAA Tournament. A team that fulfills these qualities will earn the WNIT automatic berth for their respective conference, regardless of overall record.
The remaining 33 berths in the Postseason WNIT will be filled by the best teams available. Any team from a Division I conference, or a Division I independent team, shall be considered. Any team considered for an at-large berth must have an overall record of .500 or better. Overall record includes conference tournament games.
The following teams have earned automatic bids:
- Appalachian St. (Southern Conference)
- Arizona (Pac 10)
- Boston College (ACC)
- Butler (Horizon)
- BYU (Mountain West)
- Cal Poly (Big West)
- Denver (Sun Belt)
- Duquesne (Atlantic 10)
- Florida Gulf Coast (Atlantic Sun)
- Illinois St. (Missouri Valley)
- Kansas (Big 12)
- Lamar (Southland)
- Lehigh (Patriot)
- Liberty (Big South)
- Loyola-Md. (Metro-Atlantic)
- Michigan (Big 10)
- Monomouth NJ (Northeast)
- Morgan St. (MEAC)
- Old Dominion (Colonial)
- Oral Roberts (Summit)
- Portland St. (Big Sky)
- Rice (Conference USA)
- South Carolina (SEC)
- Southern (SWAC)
- St. Mary's CA (West Coast)
- Syracuse (Big East)
- Tennessee Tech (Ohio Valley)
- Toledo (MAC)
- UMBC (America East)
- Utah State (WAC)
- Yale (Ivy League)
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The Milton Garden Club will hold its largest fundraiser, the 14th Annual Gardens and Homes Tour, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday.
The Milton Garden Club will hold its largest fundraiser, the 14th Annual Gardens and Homes Tour, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday.
"The garden club plants and maintains 10 public gardens that belong to the Town of Milton and 50 or so urns and planters," said Kathryn Greig, co-chair of the Garden Selection Committee. "This event pays for the plants, the fertilizer and anything else we may use."
The tour will feature 11 private gardens, two homes, two public gardens, a special hardscape display and the Milton Historical Society's Lydia Black Cannon Museum, among other features.
One of the featured homes is the Adkins-Draper House, owned by Jim Prettyman and located at 204 Federal St. According to Janey Wilson of the Milton Garden Club, the house was built in 1769 and the front addition was built in 1840. The home was recently restored to period and is furnished with Federal antiques, historical portraits and chandeliers. Outside, hydrangeas surround the perimeter of the back and one side of the house and "The Draper Rose Garden" is next to the patio.
One of the featured gardens is at 207 Federal St., where resident Jolynn Esham has been working on her garden for 36 years. According to Wilson, Esham and a group of friends have collected bricks from the Milton area and made a patio, walkways and raised flower beds. Two ponds have been constructed that are home to fish and frogs.
"Over the years Jolynn has been busy planting a parade of color that begins in February with the flowering helleborous and continues throughout the year," Wilson said. "The garden has been the fulfillment of a dream for Jolynn and was recently designated as a Certified Wildlife Habitat."
Vendors will set up shop in the gardens to sell various items like paintings, jewelry and garden accessories. There will also be demonstrations of wood carving and floral arranging, as well as a plant sale and refreshments compliments of the Garden Club.
The Milton Art Guild will host a reception and featured exhibit "About the Garden" from 3 to 6 p.m. at the Milton Historical Society Museum at 210 Union St.
Advance tickets are $15 and can be purchased at Antiques in Milton, Lewes Printing, Hillside Flowers, Pepper's Greenhouse, Salon Milton and the Milton Farmers' Market. On the day of the tour, tickets will be $20 and can be purchased at the Garden Club booth in front of the Milton Historical Society. All participants will receive a tour book. The event will be held rain or shine.


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The news isn't encouraging for R.A. Dickey, who traveled back to New York this evening with crutches and a boot on his right foot after injuring his Achilles heel.
Dickey described the feeling as if he stepped on a spike, and the club is expected to place him on the disabled list tomorrow. Pat Misch, who hasn't pitched well since being promoted, is Dickey's logical replacement in the bullpen.
Another possibility is Chris Schwinden, but manager Terry Collins didn't mention D.J. Carrasco, who opened the season on the 25-man roster.
Depth was always going to be an issue in the rotation, and the Mets are now without two of their Opening Day starters in Dickey and Chris Young. Don't forget, the team is also minus Johan Santana, and Mike Pelfrey and Jon Niese haven't been effective.


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'Abraham Lincoln:
Vampire Hunter'
Starring: Benjamin Walker, Rufus Sewell
Directed by: Timur
Rated: R
According to this flight of fancy, our 16th president – "Honest Abe" – wasn't exactly forthcoming about his background. Deeply buried in his résumé and an essential part of his raison d'être is a pretty impressive career as a hunter and killer of vampires.Once you get past the silly premise as put forth in Seth Grahame-Smith's 2010 bestselling novel, you can enjoy the ingenious way it all comes together in Timur Bekmambetov's highly stylized production. Forget the 3-D; it's just a tacked on gimmick in a movie chock-full of mind-blowing special effects, mostly there to give you the urge to wipe away the dark, viscous blood spatters Lincoln flings from his silver-tipped ax as he slaughters hordes of vampires. It flies off the screen in relentless streams the color and thickness of Steen's Syrup.
It's better just to go with the whole idea and not ask yourself too many questions as young Abe (Benjamin Walker) grows into manhood and is consumed with revenge after losing a loved one to a blood sucking slave trader (Martin Csokas). In this alternate view of history, the Civil War is fueled in part by Southern vampires who feast on the unfortunate souls. Led by Adam (Rufus Sewell), this faction becomes the enemy of Abe and his vampire hunters: Henry (Dominic Cooper) who becomes a mentor to Abe in the ways of killing vampires; Will (Anthony Mackie) his lifelong friend; and Joshua Speed (Jimmi Simpson), who was a real associate of Lincoln.
The story covers the Springfield days as Lincoln studies the law and goes into politics. There he meets his wife, Mary (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), and rival Stephen Douglas (Alan Tudyck). But while these known facts play out, we are also led to believe he was hunting down vampires, which seem to be everywhere.
With sepia-toned photography from Caleb Dechanel (yep, Zooey's dad), the entire piece has an eerie, Old World quality.
Bekmambetov's strength is in the staging of several memorable action sequences including an intense stampede with Abe chasing his nemesis over the backs of horses, and a battle on a runaway train heading for a burned-out bridge. He makes liberal use of the "Matrix"–style slo-mo, an overused bit, but it nicely shows off Abe's wicked blade skills.
Walker, a Julliard graduate, is better known as a Broadway actor who received rave reviews recently as lead in the musical "Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson." It must be just coincidence that in his first feature film he stars as another president. Hidden beneath prosthetic ears and a nose that mimic Lincoln's inimitable features, it's hard to see that Walker is a handsome fellow.His choice to play Abe as a timid participant in the wacky business of wiping out the vampire population is questionable and his hesitancy to fully embrace the part telegraphs that maybe he wasn't buying any of this, either. For that matter, judging by the limited publicity campaign, it seems there was not a lot of faith in this venture as a whole.
An untested actor and an odd storyline make for one big gamble that might not pay off except with vampire fans. However, I will give credit for the clever way the story molds historical accuracy to fit its purposes. The "railroad" reference is a nice touch.The distinctive visual style and the imaginative staging of the action pieces make this a far more interesting movie than it probably deserves to be. A second feature is on its way, too, based on Grahame-Smith's other best seller, "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies." Oh, goody. Jane Austen.


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JT3T needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 27 designs submitted by 6 freelance designers.
Story Go Round is a small start up. It is a netflix for children's books with curriculum to accompany the book rentals. Books are also available on parenting topics (sleep issues, discipline, etc) and teaching topics (phonics, themes, etc).
Families with children, Homeschool Families, Teachers, Grandparents, Baby Shower attendees
Please use StoryGoRound.com as the brand name for the logo.
Will want a color logo and a black and white version of same logo to be used on various print materials.
Ideally, the logo will capture the idea of the business (book turnaround/rental).
The web design will likely have a carousel theme, but this doesn't have to be a part of the logo.
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Collection Description | Instructions for Use | Finding Aid
Collection Description
This microfilm collection of liturgical chant manuscripts was initiated in 1974 with funding from the Dom Mocquereau Foundation, which has provided additional funding each year since for the acquisition of new films. The collection is intended for use by faculty, visiting scholars, and advanced graduate students who have chosen the medieval chant tradition as a subject for research.
The availability of so many sources in a single archive enormously facilitates the research of those whose investigations involve comparing chant repertories or the readings of a chant as they appear in multiple sources. Many scholars who have used the collection have referred to it in their publications--it has been mentioned several times in the Journal of the American Musicological Society and also in other leading scholarly periodicals.
The database is placed here at the disposal of colleagues in accordance with the aims of the International Musicological Society Study Group "Cantus Planus," which promotes cooperation in computer-assisted projects and the exchange of data in electronic form.
Models for the collection include the archive of microfilms developed by Bruno Staeblein at the University of Erlangen and the collection of photographic reproductions of chant manuscripts at the Abbey of Solesmes.
The Dom Mocquereau Microfilm Collection is housed in the Microfilm Room on the first floor of Mullen Library, where microfilm readers and printers are available. The Collection is arranged by call number, and a print version of the catalog is shelved with the Collection.
Instructions for Use
In the catalog of the collection each film is identified by the city, library, and call number of the manuscript. (The collection is arranged by call number.) The type of liturgical book to which the source belongs is indicated ("antiphoner," "gradual," etc.), as are date and place of origin, type of notation, and number of folios. For some sources additional comments are provided.The call numbers are the designations used for manuscripts in the system devised for the International Inventory of Musical Sources (RISM): a capital letter (or letters) indicating country, then a dash, then an abbreviation for the city, then a small letter indicating the library, an abbreviation representing the collection within the library (if any) to which the manuscript belongs, and a call number. In the case of the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, a typical designation would be F-Pn lat 776.
A Note about the Catalog
The information in the catalog, like the information on the boxes containing the individual films, is subject to correction. Each scholar who wishes to cite one of these sources is urged to verify all such data. References consulted by faculty and graduate students who have catalogued the collection include Corpus Antiphonalium Officii, Le Graduel Romain: Les Sources, the article "Sources: Plainsong" by John Emerson in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, lists of sources in the publications of Corpus Troporum, and such articles as David Hiley's "The Norman Chant Traditions--Normandy, Britain, Sicily."


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Spudaroo.com needs a logo. We just had one produced for our sister site, Bablingo.com and it was the bee's knee's. We want something similar for Spudaroo!
Looking for a little guy for the Spudaroo.com site. Our sister site, Bablingo.com had a popcorn created.. cute little guy that we love. Well we would love a similar concept with lots of web 2.0 love that integrates a 'smart' spud (potato) with some cute design. We're looking for all the usual gloss and strong branding. Impress us again!
Spudaroo.com connects people requiring written content including business plans, presentations, articles and press releases with a community of people who know how to spell. Site will be clean, simple and punchy.
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