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Re. "Mailbag: CalPERS, council should split Taj Mahal costs,": Daily Pilot reader M. D. Moore is the latest to use the city and the Newport Beach Civic Center as a punching bag, but his Jan. 3 letter was misleading. As such, I feel compelled to address several comments made in the letter.
It was the City Council, not the city staff, that unanimously approved the design and construction of the new Civic Center. Before that approval, there were more than 45 public meetings from the start to the end of that planning process. While I understand that most residents are busy and couldn't participate in those meetings, many residents did, and they helped steer the council's decision. (I actually went from opposing to embracing the project after hours upon hours of study and public testimony.) And the council's decision, made in a public meeting in 2009, was to take advantage of the low-bid environment and build a true civic center, not just a city hall. This was our one chance to build a central gathering place for our community at great pricing — we took it.
Moore keeps comparing apples to oranges. The cost of the Civic Center project today is for the entire project – the 12-plus acres of park, the new emergency preparedness center, the library expansion, the pedestrian bridge, the city hall and council chambers, the parking structure, the storm water protection devices, grading, design, insurance, contingency, construction management, the environmental documents, inspections and more. If we were building just the city hall building, the construction cost would be close to what the Measure B proponents estimated back in 2008. But that was an estimate for one building, not a civic center.
As for our city organization, Newport Beach's workforce is smaller today than it was just three years ago. We're down from 833 full-time positions to about 750 — and getting smaller. Don't be fooled by the "we have more employees than other cities" canard that Mr. Moore used. It's misleading. If you lived in Laguna Niguel, you'd still have a bunch of municipal employees your taxes and fees would fund, but they don't appear on that city's books. They work for special districts, in a fire agency, and at the County of Orange. They still exist, they still have salaries and pensions, and they are still paid for with tax dollars. Even as Newport Beach's staff gets smaller, there needs to be room at a City Hall for the contract employees who might serve our residents and businesses. If you question that, check out the Orange County Sheriff's space at Laguna Niguel's new City Hall.
Mr. Moore also ignored the geography and visitor-serving nature of our town, two features that also make it difficult to directly compare us with cities like Tustin or Orange or even our coastal neighbors. Newport Beach has a bay that divides it (that changes response times, especially for fire/EMS), a harbor, and ocean and bay beaches. Other coastal cities have one or two of those features, but not all of them. We also have millions of visitors year round.
Per capita staffing comparisons don't include the 100,000 people who flock to Newport on a hot summer day. Even if it were possible to upsize and downsize public safety and maintenance staffing by season, doing so is unwise and ignores the taxes that visitors pay (sales tax, hotel bed tax, more).
I do agree with the writer's assertion that Newport Beach's identity is tied to its beaches and harbor. That's why the council has spent significantly more money on the harbor during the past three years.
What the writer likely doesn't realize is that throughout the recession, while we've reduced our staff size and cut costs in a number of areas, Newport Beach has spent more on infrastructure and maintenance. We don't want our city to be like others that cut back on road repair, median maintenance, and other things that keep our property values high. We've also increased the city's reserves to more than $90 million.
Newport Beach is doing more with fewer employees. We were one of the first cities in California to address PERS pension issues. We have money set aside to meet future costs and to help rebuild should a natural disaster occur, and we took advantage of the downturn in the construction industry to build a civic center that will be a community home — not just an office building — serving the citizens of Newport Beach for the next 100 years.
Those are the facts and we've got hundreds of public records to prove it. Or, you can just ask me, any of the council members, the city manager or other staff who have continued to serve us well during some of the most challenging years in our city's history.
EDWARD SELICH is a member of the Newport Beach City Council.


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The Game Giveth and the Game Taketh Away
ELMONT, NY, May 23, 2011--Just arrived back on Long Island and was prepared to wax somewhat poetically about the big race at Pimlico over the weekend.
Instead, I just now read the news about Paddy Prado's retirement with a fractured right sesamoid bone at the top of his right ankle. Talk about a buzz kill.
The good news is that he will make a full recovery and breeders have been ringing up Jerry Crawford, managing partner of the Donegal Racing syndicate, to talk about stallion arrangements.
Given his versatility and class, he figures to be a bit of a hot item, too. But it doesn't make the news any easier to take, especially afteran impressive turf score in the Dixie Handicap, his season's debut.
The sky, which was the limit, has been obscured from view now. Need to feel Dale Romans' pain here. Two big wins in an hour and a half's time, one of them a classic, a dream sequence for a hardscrabble racetracker from Louisville.
Instead, the game says congratulations by ripping your heart out.
"The Preakness, Always a Damn Good Horse Race."
If all the handicappers, writers and fans that underestimated the talent of Shackleford were to line up, the queue would be longer than those in the Pimlico infield in search of a bottomless brew.
"Excuse me," I might say to fellow underestimating Preakness analysts . "Don't mean to cut the line, but I think I was here first."
However, the people who bred, own, train and ride him sure knew what was happening. They knew if they didn't choke the free runner down, just allow him to run at his own fast pace, within himself, that he'd be OK. He was more than OK, especially for a hyper-tense animal.
I watched from the porch outside the press box as handlers stood at his head, stroking his face, petting on him, trying to settle him down as he stood on the turf course pre-race. But, if "that's him," then for him it works.
It takes a very talented horse to open a mile and three-sixteenths route with a :22.69 gambit, slow the middle fractions down to a conservative :49.32, then kick home, pushbutton style, with a final three-sixteenths in a solid :19.25, holding off a horse who still has a leg up on being named the king of the 3-year-old animals at year's end.
But not if Shackleford has anything to say about it, Shackleford, or any member of a good group of horses laying in ambush on both these colts. At the moment, the Belmont Stakes has the potential to be a really good horse race. Not all dirt marathons are, after all.
Polls are becoming incresingly difficult to construct with each passing event, but here's a look at the HRI Triple Crown Power 10, Week 14 edition, an amalgam of accomplishment and promise, per usual:
1. Animal Kingdom - That would be #1 with a bullet if not for Shackleford's very elongated neck at the finish of the Preakness. The kickback excuse--if Johnny Velazquez's post-race network interview in which he kept flicking off pieces of Pimlico from his face is a measure--is valid. A very classy and talented animal.
2. Shackleford - Glad to hear at this early juncture that the Preakness winner is better than 50-50 to return for the Belmont and perhaps the beginning of a rivalry. The giveaway was Romans paraphrasing Woody Stephens' words about speed horses and the Belmont being a good thing. Here's hoping he and Animal Kingdom have a good three weeks.
3. Nehro - Probably a consensus third choice in online pools everywhere off what he's showed in the Arkansas and Kentucky Derbies but I admittedly have a hard time with this one: He remains eligible for preliminary allowance conditions. But he's never taken a backward step since becoming a long distance racer and is on more than capable hands.
4. Dialed In - Realize many people are down on him but lest we forget he won the Holy Bull and Florida Derby and that still counts for a lot. His lack of early speed and performance figures indicating development have been working against him. The race comes up too close, of course, but would have loved to see him in the Met Mile.
5. Mucho Macho Man - An observer at the stakes barn Saturday night informed me that the Macho Man threw another shoe, against the right one, only this time reportedly it was a glue-on, not a conventional shoe. What's next, Air Jordans? Not sure Rajiv Maragh is the answer here; would prefer to see a world class rider for the Belmont.
6. Toby's Corner - He's back galloping again and let's not forget he was higher on the depth chart than Animal Kingdom earlier this year and it's hard to get the image of his powerful Wood Memorial finish out of my head. This is another good colt that might turn out to be an exciting second-season sophomore.
7. Astrology - This lightly raced colt is improving with every start, from his head-banging game finish in the Jerome to his brief but noteworthy surge at headstretch at Pimlico. Finishing third in the Preakness is an accomplishment and he's finally catching up with the group in experience and conditioning. Connections are thinking Haskell. Given his style and where's he's at in his form cycle, they should be thinking Belmont.
8. Uncle Mo - Whatever happened to….? He is still the 2010 juvenile champion and still ran "faster" on the Equiform performance-figure scale in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile than any 3-year-old has this year; won the Timely Writer (I know, I know) and did finish third in the Wood. Belongs here until he runs again or is retired; whichever comes first.
9. Alternation - After his Arkansas Derby too late rally from impossibly far back, he lowered his body and came with a vengeance after the talented and at this point underrated Adios Charlie and nailed him in a very solid 1:49 3/5 in Belmont Park's Peter Pan. If he enters the Belmont as expected, he will make his presence felt.
10. Master of Hounds - Can't remember the last time a fifth-place finish got everyone so excited but when it's the Derby, after shipping over late from Europe with precious little time to acclimate, you must take notice. Now there are bad seconds, or bad thirds, but his was a good fifth, remembering the slow pace and his solid late run. It impressed Garrett Gomez, not an especially impressionable type.
Written by John Pricci - Comments (18)

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Hostess, the makers of Twinkies, Ding Dongs and Wonder Bread, is going out of business after striking workers failed to heed a Thursday deadline to return to work, the company said.
"We deeply regret the necessity of today's decision, but we do not have the financial resources to weather an extended nationwide strike," Hostess CEO Gregory F. Rayburn said in announcing that the firm had filed a motion with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court to shutter its business. "Hostess Brands will move promptly to lay off most of its 18,500-member workforce and focus on selling its assets to the highest bidders."
Hostess Brands Inc. had earlier warned employees that it would file to unwind its business and sell off assets if plant operations didn't return to normal levels by 5 p.m. Thursday. In announcing its decision, Hostess said its wind down would mean the closure of 33 bakeries, 565 distribution centers, approximately 5,500 delivery routes and 570 bakery outlet stores in the United States.
Hostess suspended bakery operations at all its factories and said its stores will remain open for several days to sell already-baked products.
The Irving, Texas-based company had already reached a contract agreement with its largest union, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. But thousands of members in its second-biggest union went on strike late last week after rejecting in September a contract offer that cut wages and benefits. Officials for the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union say the company stopped contributing to workers' pensions last year.
NBC's Savannah Guthrie read a statement on "Today" from the bakers' union that said: "Despite Greg Rayburn's insulting and disingenuous statements of the last several months, the truth is that Hostess workers and the union have absolutely no responsibility for the failure of this company. That responsibility rests squarely on the shoulders of the company's decision makers."
Rayburn responded that he had been "pretty straightforward in all the town hall meetings I've done at our plants to say that in this situation I think there is blame that goes around for everyone."
He denied that the decision to shut down could be a last ditch negotiation tactic to get the union back to the table.
"It's over," he said. "This is it."
Rayburn, who first joined Hostess earlier this year as a restructuring expert, had earlier said that many workers crossed picket lines this week to go back to work despite warnings by union leadership that they'd be fined.
"The problem is we don't have enough crossing those lines to maintain normal production," Rayburn told Fox Business.
Hostess said that production at about a dozen of the company's 33 plants had been seriously affected by the strike. Three plants were closed earlier this week.
The privately held company filed for Chapter 11 protection in January, its second trip through bankruptcy court in less than a decade. The company cited increasing pension and medical costs for employees as one of the drivers behind its latest filing. Hostess had argued that workers must make concessions for it to exit bankruptcy and improve its financial position.
The company, founded in 1930, was fighting battles beyond labor costs, however. Competition is increasing in the snack space and Americans are increasingly conscious about healthy eating. Hostess also makes Dolly Madison, Drake's and Nature's Pride snacks.
If the motion is granted, Hostess would begin closing operations as early as Tuesday.
"Most employees who lose their jobs should be eligible for government-provided unemployment benefits," Hostess said.


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Resources >> Browse Articles >> On the Job
10 Worst Time Wasters at Work
Tania Khadder | NursingLink
Culprit #6: Ineffective Multi-Tasking
Everyone likes to think they're great at multi-tasking, especially nurses. And maybe you are. But there's a limit to how many things you can do at once without taking away from the quality of your work and, ultimately, slowing down the process. Shifting between five different projects at once? You're probably wasting your time.
The solution: Prioritize and then break up your day accordingly. It's the key to successfully completing any project. Write down everything you hope to achieve and assign a set time to do so based on importance. With nursing it's easy; you have patients to take care of, doctors to help, and charting to do! Don't move on to the next task until you've really completed the previous one. Not only will you do a better job when you're focused, you'll also force yourself to finish something within the time allotted.


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New lawsuits in Arizona, Florida and Indiana call for the freedom to marry
March 13, 2014
On March 13, a trio of federal lawsuits concerning marriage protections for same-sex couples, were filed in three different states. The cases - filed in Arizona, Florida, and Indiana - join more than 50 other lawsuits where same-sex couples are seeking the freedom to marry or respect for their marriages performed in other states. Marriage litigation is currently pending in 28 different states, and in seven of these states, appeals are now before federal appellate courts. Learn all about Marriage Litigation HERE.
Here's what's going on in each of the new cases filed today:
Lambda Legal filed this federal lawsuit - Majors v. Roche - in Arizona on behalf of seven same-sex couples - and the surviving spouses of two other same-sex couples - seeking the freedom to marry or respect for legal marriage licenses received in other states.
"Every day that same-sex couples in Arizona are denied marriage, the government sends a message that their families are not worthy of equal dignity and respect," Lambda Legal Senior Council Jennifer Pizer explained.
The plaintiffs include married same-sex couples, couples who want to marry in Arizona, and individuals whose same-sex spouses have passed away without Arizona ever respecting their status as a married couple. The lead plaintiffs are Nelda Majors and Karen Bailey (pictured), who are both in their 70s and have been together for more than 55 years.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida filed this federal lawsuit - Grimsley and Albu v. Scott - on behalf of SAVE, an LGBT organization in Miami and eight married same-sex couples seeking respect for their marriages legally performed in other states.
The lead plaintiffs are Sloan Grimsley and Joyce Albu, who work as a firefighter and a consultant assisting parents of children with developmental disorders, respectively. The women have been together for nine years, married in New York in 2011, and are raising a 2-year-old child together.
"I'm proud of the work that I do protecting my community, but the law in Florida doesn't let me protect my own family," Grimsley explained. "We just want the peace of mind of knowing that those vows we took to care for one another aren't dependent on where we are."
Lambda Legal filed this federal lawsuit - Baskin v. Bogan -on behalf of three same-sex couples seeking the freedom to marry in Indiana.
The plaintiffs include: Rae Baskin and Esther Fuller, who have been together for 24 years; Bonne Everly and Linda Judkins, together for over 13 years; and Dawn Lynn Carver and Pamela Eanes, together for 17 years. All of the couples are unmarried.
The named plaintiff, Rae Baskin, explained, "We just want what everyone else has in Indiana – a real, honest and legal marriage. We are a family. Esther loves me unconditionally and I can't imagine life without her."


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Team 3: Betrayal of Mistletoe - Would You Like a Rust Sandwich?
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[Jul. 14th, 2006|
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Would You Like a Rust Sandwich?
This is the second post for Hellboy, Kate, Warren, and Leon. If you are on one of the other teams, please do not read this post until the game is over! The information contained herein could give some things away!
Old Silent Hill notes
Wandering monsters are again described at the end of this post. This post needs to be completed on or before July 19th.
You begin outside of Alchemilla Hospital in the east side of Old Silent Hill. East and West Old Silent Hill are connected by a bridge.
Old Silent Hill (East) map.
Old Silent Hill (West) map.
Old Silent Hill
Outside Alchemilla Hospital
It's nighttime, and Silent Hill is living up to its name. No sound can be heard from the town except for your own footsteps on grimy pavement.
On the sidewalk is a chalk drawing of an angry-looking sun chewing on a crying stick figure of a child. Atop the drawing is a cassette player. Inserting the tape into the player, you hear what sounds like a recording of a radio talk show:
"Well folks, yesterday, summer solstice, longest hottest and sunniest day of the year saw a lot of activity locally, didn't we Tony?"
"Definitely right about that, Pat, a crime spree that police are saying, they're saying these are unrelated crimes, now, and people just tend to go a little crazier in the summer heat. What do we have here, now, uh, ah here we go. Robert Fitzpatrick, age 43, died in Brookhaven Hospital yesterday, police say he was stabbed six times by a delirious roommate who mistook Fitzpatrick for his daughter-in-law. Ouch. In Lakeside Amusement Park, Carrie Stanz, age 13, became separated from her school group, and anonymous reports tell us she was accosted and sexually assaulted by a park employee. Just goes to show, folks, never trust a clown! (beeping noise, hosts laugh) Teenagers! A group of teenagers, reportedly intoxicated, pushed over and shattered tombstones in our very own Cemetary last night at around two in the morning, and one of them was subsequently arrested there for indecent public exposure. Way to go, kids. Pat, you take a couple, this is just depressing."
"All right! Hmmm, let's see, oh, here's a good one! Police this morning found the decaying body of one Eleanor Marie Cappaletti, age 27, on the shore of Toluca Island. Reports say that she died of strangulation and posthumously suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the face and chest, and her darling fiancee is currently the number one suspect after police learned of a phone call he made to a friend in which he accused her of sexual indiscretions. Unfortunately for her grieving family, surprise surprise, her darling fiancee's body was also found in his apartment this morning! An apparent suicide. I don't have any notes here on the method, but apparently, there are pictures already up on the internet, and it was gruesome, ladies and gentlemen. Jimmy Marine was transported to Alchemilla Hospital, where he died. See ya in Hell, Jimbo! What else, what else... John Doe, unidentified hobo, dead in Rosewater Park, blah blah blah, oh, here we go! 23-year old Darius Boca attempted to rob 16-year old Derek Jensen at knifepoint as Derek was waiting for his father to pick him up from choir practice at Balkan Church yesterday. When Jensen proved not to have any money, Boca assaulted him, stabbing him twice in the chest. Neighbors witnessed the attack, but declined to call the police until five minutes after Boca had already made his hasty retreat. Nice going there, everyone. I think that's enough for this morning, don't you?"
"Pretty much, Pat. Always glad to be a member of the human race on a day like this!"
The Streets of Silent Hill
The shops and houses look as though they haven't seen human activity in many years. Paint is cracked and peeling from the walls, and a layer of dust is settled over the doorknobs. Most of the buildings cannot be entered; windows are boarded up, and door locks are jammed. In some cases, the doors even seem to have melded oddly with their frames. The streets are impassable at some points as noted on the map, blocked off by impossibly tall chain link fence and razor wire.
Toy Shop
A few small mannequins hang on strings from the ceiling in such a way that they seem to be pointed at you as you enter. A whole row of cotton-stuffed dolls in blue dresses have had their heads torn off. A small knife sits amongst a cluster of sad-faced clown dolls.
The Bridge
The bridge is lowered, and easy to pass over. If you should look over the sides, though, you will see no water. Instead of a tributary, it seems to be suspended over endless darkness.
Pet Shop
Cages that once contained cats, birds, hamsters and mice are all empty with no evidence that they were ever used. Several large wire cages intended for dogs, though, are still occupied even now. Rotting Sniffer dogs lie dead in each and every one, riddled with bullets, and the floor is sticky with their blood.
Balkan Church Exterior
On the large double doors to the ordinary-looking Balkan Church are drawn two things. The first is an angry-looking sun, pointing and smiling maliciously at you. The second is a bit of verse:
"Transgressions committed
are forgiven within.
To unlock sweet redemption,
consult the landscape of sin.
Neither motive nor measure,
nor method nor victim,
but places left tainted
are your order and dictum."
Next to the door is a keypad, the standard 3x3 with numbers 1-9. A little sun is drawn on its side. Check your puzzle solutions with a GM to determine if the doors open.
Balkan Church
The entryway of the church is dim and dark, empty space whistling in the air of a high, vaulted ceiling. There is a font of what was once holy water, perhaps, but it is dried up, only black stains streaking the stone bowl. A number of paintings line the walls, but they are so worn and stained their subjects are difficult to discern. One features a hulking red figure; no amount of weathering can obscure its bulk. Across the way the portrait is even more smeared; the only discernible object is a wavering halo of flame. There is another door, leading to the Hallway.
The hallway looks quite plain, if lightless and unkempt like everywhere else in this town. There are two doors along each side, and large double-doors at the far end. On the four smaller doors are written, "Sisters," "Brothers," "Fathers," and "Daughters." On the double-doors are written "Mothers" and "Suns." The "Fathers" door is locked, the other four doors are unlocked.
Apparently the bedroom of some member of the church clergy. The closet does not contain priestly smocks or habits or anything so familiar, but strange red and white robes. Hanging on the wall is an oil painting of a pregnant young woman with shoulder-length dark hair and a corona about her head. She's chained to a wall by her hands and feet and is on fire, some flesh reddened and blackened, but oddly, looks blissfully happy about it. A bronze plaque at the bottom reads, "Holy Mother." Someone has slashed the painting from one corner to another.
This seems to be a priest's study, but all the pages in the books are torn out and missing, and the desk is smashed into a million pieces, as though dropped from a great height or as though someone spent several hours on it with an axe.
This seems to be one half of a confessional, the half intended for a penitent rather than the clergyman. The grated window to the other half is shut tight, and hanging above it is not a cross, but a symbol that looks like an open eye. The symbol itself seems to be bleeding, a slow lazy drop that runs down the wall and lands with a patter on the handle to the sliding confessional window.
"Mothers and Suns"
Beyond the double-doors is the church sanctuary. It's cramped and claustrophobic; you seem to jostle against each other even when you are far apart. It's an odd quirk of perception—from the outside it looked broad, even roomy. Many of the pews have been overturned, making picking a path difficult. The only light in the room is a dull, watery glow over the altar, on which rests a book. The book with a marked off page which reads:
"Bless my mouth that these words read
offer passage free from dread
Bless my eyes that they may see
the veils shall be as glass to me
Bless my ears that they may hear
the silence in the spaces clear
Bless my hands that they may reach
the walls of other planes to breach
Bless my feet that they may walk
between the worlds, safe paths unlock
Bless my mind, Lord keep me sane
protect this traveller from all pain
All these things shall come to me
if Thou seest fit, provide the key."
An explanation beneath the verse is written in Latin, proclaiming this to be an incantation which will open a path between spirit world and the real world, provided one has a sacred object with such a portaling power in one's possession to focus the incantation upon.
Picking the book up feels like pulling an object from tar, and when it is freed, the room seems to shift and swirl around you. There is no sound, no light, but somehow everything seems loud and disorienting. Eventually the chaos builds to a frenzy and the walls ceiling and floor themselves begin to change. Long, wooden arms, patterned with wiry sinew and pulsing veins reach out to swipe and strike at you and your team members. These arms can be cut away, but more will always be produced. This "monster" will be more difficult to battle than any of the others encountered thus far.
Every so often, a bubbling sound preceeds a shrieking face appearing on a wall, floor, or ceiling amidst the arms. This is only visible for a short time, and then it sinks back into the surface it came from. Silencing its shriek—which means destruction of the face—will calm down the maelstrom and end the battle.
When all is returned to relative 'peace' the altar itself will sink into the floor, revealing a doorway behind it, to a secret room. This room contains another altar, but it isn't nearly as benign as the one previous. The surface of the altar itself is splattered in red and thick, black sludge. An overturned goblet drips what appears to be spilled blood. Just beyond the altar looms a hole, about four feet in diameter and ringed with symbols written in red. Its darkness is endless, and you cannot see the bottom.
We strongly recommend against passing through this hole without a way to exit the world. And hopefully by now, it is July 19th. Please inform the GMs when your characters use the hole, and congratulations, you have completed your two worlds!
Enter THE HOLE? [yes] [no]
All monsters can be killed. If you want to go for extra atmosphere, monsters may get back up again after being knocked down unless you stomp them good. ;-)
: A large odd-looking fleshy creature, with semi-hardened skin in some places, and exposed wiry musculature in others. It has oversized hands for feet, and there's just a lump where its head should be. Its actual head, with a contorted human face, takes the place of a lower torso. It groans occasionally as it moves, and when it's struck.
: It gets around using its oversized hands, and has no problem balancing on one to take a swipe with the other. It can "sprint" at the same speed that a person can.
: It attacks by striking the target with one of its oversized hands, and packs a surprising amount of strength in the blow. Note that, because it attacks with what is effectively a leg, it cannot attack while on the move.
: Its skin is somewhat hardened, deflecting some blunt melee blows. It takes a lot of damage to take it down.
Probable Location
: On the streets.
Gumhead (
: It stands about 5'5'' and looks and sounds apelike. Its flesh seems to be rotting, and some of them have a second face apparently trying to emerge from its neck. Some of them carry long blunt weapons, lead pipes or branches or golf clubs or the like. Often appear in groups of 2-4.
: They walk on two legs like a human, awkward-looking but surprisingly nimble on their feet. You can outrun them, but they're pretty good at dodging hits.
: Attacks with its blunt weapon, or just trying to pummel you with its hands. They're quiet adept at stealing a melee weapon from your hands and turning it against you.
: Tough to get solid hits on in melee, and because of its jerky movements, it's hard to shoot consistently. It takes a fair beating to take one down.
Probable Location
: Anywhere.
: A bat-like creature with a long sharp beak. Its wingspan is about two handspans, and it sounds like a buzzing insect as it flies. Tends to hide in a shadowy spot, in a corner or under an awning, until you pass by. They usually come in groups of 3-6.
: Flies, but isn't very agile in the air.
: Scrapes or gashes you with its hooked proboscis as it flies by. Not very damaging.
: One blow is enough to elicit a bird-like screech and take it out.
Probable Location
: On the streets.
Sniffer Dog
: Patches of it have fur, but the rest looks as though it's had its skin carefully stripped away. Its long tongue drags along the ground, and it's often found feeding on the corpses of dead Sniffers. Tend to appear in packs of 2-3.
: Just like normal dogs. Very difficult to outrun.
: Mostly biting, sometimes clawing as well.
: A couple of blows are enough to take it down.
Probable Location
: On the streets, and in the Pet Shop.
Although appearance, speed, and power vary by Victim, all ghosts behave essentially alike.
Ghosts make low strange moaning noises from time to time, but are otherwise silent.
Ghosts float, sometimes just above ground, sometimes well above it. They can pass through walls, but it's a difficult process. They must struggle to pull themselves through, leaving trails behind them of what looks like molasses (see linked image). For this reason, most ghosts will not bother to pursue you if you go to another location.
-An "aura of damage" surrounds all ghosts. If you are within about ten feet of the ghost, it begins to affect you, growing stronger the closer to the ghost that you are. Your life begins to literally leave you. This manifests as a feeling of weakness, red and blurred vision, a buzzing or ringing in your ears, and a headache so powerful that it can effectively paralyze you at close range to the ghost. Any open wounds that you have may begin to bleed badly, and you feel cold. A healthy person exposed to this effect uninterrupted for about three minutes, dies. If you are wearing a Saint Medallion, however, the effect on you is completely negated.
-The voluntary attack that ghosts use is to reach into your chest cavity and constrict your heart, paralyzing you and causing more and more harm the longer the contact is maintained. Sometimes this attack causes blood to appear over the entry point, but it does not actually cause a wound. Ghosts are reluctant to touch you if you're wearing a Saint Medallion.
Ghosts cannot die. Dealing a sufficient amount of melee damage will cause them to fall to the ground and be inactive for about 15 seconds. Usually, this takes the equivalent of several axe blows, or a full clip of regular ammunition. Shooting a ghost with a single silver bullet causes them to the ground and writhe, gasping and making a strange sucking noise, for about 30 seconds.
Victim 01
: A tall bald man, dripping and decaying, in tattered black clothes.
: His "aura" and physical attack are the weakest of the ghosts, and he's not very fast, either.
Probable Location
: In Balkan Church.
Victim 12
: A teenage boy in a brown beanie hat, his head slowly wobbles from side-to-side in an unnatural way.
: His attacks deal moderate damage, but he's not very aggressive.
Probable Location
: On the streets.
Victim 14
: A man in a brown sweater. Sometimes, as he reaches for you, you can hear the sound of bones wetly cracking.
: Quite aggressive, and his "aura" saps life more quickly than those of the previous ghosts.
Probable Location
: In Balkan Church.
Victim 17
: A young man perpetually on fire, writhing in agony. If you're wearing a Saint Medallion, the fire that covers him dies down a bit. He holds a broken metal chalice in one hand.
: Victim 17 can use the jagged chalice as a gashing weapon in addition to the usual attacks. He's somewhat slow, and his heart-constricting attack causes moderate damage, but his aura is unusually powerful. Additionally, the flames can and will burn those who fight him at close range, even those who are usually impervious to fire.
Probable Location
: In Balkan Church.
Victim 18
: A fat balding shirtless man with the numbers "18121" carved into his bulging stomach. His eyes are white and rolled back in his head, and he sometimes sings a garbled, eerie, warbling wordless song. He sometimes appears wielding a nightstick.
: Very slow, but his attacks are very powerful, and it takes a lot of damage to take him down.
Probable Location
: In Balkan Church.
2006-07-17 11:11 pm (UTC)
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Well... Leon doesn't have a better plan. He drew lines on the map, marking it off into a 3x3 grid.
"Hn... ok. So if 'places left tainted are [our] order and dictum'..."
He played the tape again, numbering the locations as they were mentioned on the tape. "then.... '7194685' would be the code."
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2006-07-17 11:24 pm (UTC)
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If he kept pacing, he was going to wear a hole in the steps. Course, Warren's first thought was to burn the door down but, well, burning churchs brought up some thoughts that he really, really didn't need to be having right now. Yep, last thing he needed was to have him relating Silent Hill to a situation that was stimulating for him.
Stupid teenage hormones.
Still bouncing on the balls of his feet, he tapped in that code. And nothing happened.
"Uhmm, Chief? You fucked it up somewhere. Wanna try again?' Snarky tones, turning to look from Kate to Leon. "You wanna give it a go, Babe?"
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2006-07-17 11:40 pm (UTC)
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Kate frowns at the map, then at the keypad. (She's even too preoccupied to take notice at being called "babe" again, although if she did, that would probably put a similarly perplexed frown on her face.)
Then her eyes widen a little bit. Oh, for...
She steps forward. "Inset," she says simply.
She says the code aloud now as she punches it in.
"7195382. There, let's see..."
She feels a little swell of pride as the door opens. She's not completely useless, then. Just mostly useless.
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2006-07-17 11:44 pm (UTC)
Balkan Church - Entryway
Leon looks at the map again.
Well... shit.
"Good catch."
With the door open, Leon put the map away and stepped inside, drawing his gun.
The entryway of the church is dim and dark, empty space whistling in the air of a high, vaulted ceiling. There is a font of what was once holy water, perhaps, but it is dried up, only black stains streaking the stone bowl. A number of paintings line the walls, but they are so worn and stained their subjects are difficult to discern. One features a hulking red figure; no amount of weathering can obscure its bulk. Across the way the portrait is even more smeared; the only discernible object is a wavering halo of flame. There is another door, leading to the Hallway.
Leon just glanced at the art as he passed, then headed towards the hall.
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2006-07-18 12:14 am (UTC)
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Following him in, Warren fights the urge to cross himself. Which sucked because the only time he ever had that urge was when he was with Jean-Paul in a church and that was shit he didn't need in his head.
Moving slowly, looking up and down the pews, ignoring the art after a cursory glance. Except the one, the one in red. "The Church of Hellboy,' he mutters questioningly, trailing after Leon.
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2006-07-18 12:29 am (UTC)
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Hellboy stares at the obscured image of the painting for a moment; at the faceless red figure there. His eyes narrow on it as Warren speaks.
hate this place..."
..It vent its rage against the people until it was covered in their blood..
HB closes his eyes and shakes his head before following after Leon. There are things he doesn't need to think about right now.
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Our History
Although the official history of Seattle Central began in 1966, its main campus is the site of two important Seattle schools that preceded the present day college.
Broadway High School
To accommodate the dramatic increase in Seattle's population caused by the Alaskan Gold Rush of the 1890s, Broadway High School was built in Seattle's Capitol Hill district and opened in 1902. Broadway High graduated many of Seattle's outstanding and prominent citizens and cultivated a reputation that continued even though its educational focus changed. The Broadway High Alumni Association is extremely supportive of Seattle Central and annually contributes funds for scholarship programs at the college. Learn more and visit the new site
Edison Technical School
In 1946, the high school completed its gradual transition to vocational training and adult education and was named Edison Technical School. It began offering college courses in 1965 and in one year, evolved into the first community college in the city, Seattle Central College. North and South Seattle Colleges began operation in 1970.
Broadway Campus
In accordance with a 1969 master plan, extensive renovation and new construction at Seattle Central took place over a seven–year period. With the completion of the Broadway Performance Hall (built from the central section of the high school). In 1978, the college campus possessed a striking historic reminder of its past that augments the modern main building next to it. These two buildings are appropriate symbols of the school's long standing commitment to provide quality education to all who seek it. The college's Broadway campus also includes a complete Student Activity Center, Bookstore and Student Government buildings.
Seattle Vocational Institute
In 1995, Seattle Central began directing the operations of the Seattle Vocational Institute, which provides short–term job training programs. The SVI facility (located at 2120 South Jackson Street) was completely renovated between 1995–1996 and re–opened that fall. It enrolls about 500 students each quarter.
Wood Technology Center & Seattle Maritime Academy
The college operates two satellite branches, the Wood Technology Center and the Seattle Maritime Academy. The Wood Technology program facility (located at 2310 S. Lane) offers instruction in carpentry, marine carpentry (boat building and repair) and cabinetmaking and millworking. The Seattle Maritime Academy, located on the Lake Washington Ship Canal next to the Ballard Bridge. A state–of–the–art facility will be built in 2014 on the waterfront location. Students receive hands–on training on the three ships owned by the Academy and also do internships at sea.


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It's Not True What They Say About Pensions
So, what are we going to do about those big fat pensions collected by public employees? You know, those retirement
benefits that supposedly are threatening to bankrupt state and local governments everywhere.What to do?
That's easy. We can make that problem disappear quickly –just like that! We need only realize that the
problem simply does not exist, despite the claims by rabid anti-union forces and the many people who they've duped.Here's the basic situation: Anti-union forces are attempting to weaken the public employee defined pension plans
that provide employees a specific monthly payment on retirement. The plans cover about five million older Americans,
providing money that many drawing benefits very much need to escape poverty and stay off government assistance. Those receiving the benefits, many at rates granted originally in lieu of pay raises, in turn create more than $358 billion
in economic output nationwide and create more than 2.5 million jobs.State spending on pensions amounts to no more
than 4 percent of the state budget, on average. In most states, employees must contribute up to 8 percent of their wages to
their pension fund, a bit more than private employees contribute toward their pensions.You should also know that,
despite what you may have heard, government pension funds are not going broke. They in fact have been growing as Wall Street
has been doing better.Those basic facts and others that are often lost amid the anti-pension clamor from those
on the political right who would just as soon do away entirely with pensions, But they were laid out clearly by panelists
in a forum earlier this year sponsored by the National Public Pension Coalition.Panelist Dean Baker, an economist
who's co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, noted the concern that pensions are endangering government
services stems from "a crisis that has been invented" by employer groups.Baker said the make-believe
crisis stems largely from the 2008-09 market crash. That caused an estimated $800 billion of the $1 trillion shortfall in
pension plans, but he said the plans should be able to recoup their losses.But what of the public employees supposedly
drawing pensions of $100,000 a year, or even more? As panelists pointed out, they're pretty much make-believe, too.Then how much do they make? In New York, as another panelist, New York State Controller Thomas DiNapoli reported,
the average pension, including those of police and firefighters, is just a little over $19,000 a year. Three-quarters
of New York's pensioners overall get less than $30,000 a year, and less than one-half of 1 percent get more than
$100,000.Panel member Janet Cowell, North Carolina's state treasurer . said the average pension in her state
is a mere $22,000 a year. She said fewer than 300 retirees get $100,000-plus pensions – "and some of
those are basketball coaches."Rhode Island retiree Dolores Bresette, a voice from the trenches, as it were,
told her unfortunately not uncommon story to the panel.She said "I worked for the State of Rhode Island for
37 years and contributed 9 percent of my salary to my pension fund. Now, after years of saving and preparing for my retirement,
so much of what I and thousands of other public workers were promised is being taken away." That's because of last
November's enactment of a "Retirement Security Act" which, among other things, suspended cost-of-living adjustments
for Rhode Island retirees indefinitely."There are real human implications of the current efforts to dismantle
public workers' pension funds", Bresette declared, "and people in Washington and the country need to see that."She and other panelists warned that "in addition to the human implications there are serious social and economic
consequences that will develop over the long term if the shift away from defined-benefit pensions continues. Instead of dismantling
public employee retirement systems, policymakers should be working to improve retirement security for the private sector workforce."Policymakers will soon face another major crisis related to retirement benefits, noted panel member Hank Kim, an expert
on public employee retirement systems. He said that overall, pension funds covering privately employed workers now contain
more than $8 trillion less than they'll soon owe retirees.If pension benefits are denied or reduced as a result,
that could very well cause a significant segment of the 75 million baby boomers to delay retirement. Which would put them
in competition for jobs with 80 million younger workers, the so-called millennials, over the next 10 to 15 years.That could also cost taxpayers. For, as panelist DiNapoli said, if needy retirees couldn't find jobs that would
provide them enough to live on, the government would ultimately have to provide them welfare grants.The pension
opponents wouldn't be left with much of a choice. They'd have to abandon their anti-pension position or agree to tax
increases that, as you might imagine, they don't much care for.Either way, we'd be winners.Copyright © 2012 Dick Meister


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For spring, we took a trip with Tory's collection - the show's tribal theme was clearly inspired by the designer's international travels. The first looks sashayed down the runway in beautiful hues of yellow, black, and cream, followed by looks in muted rouges and floral prints. The bags were entirely funky and varied from structured travel bags with prints and patterns to small crossbody bags adorned with tassels and bobbles. The Tory Burch girl is spunky, well-traveled, and fun, she doesn't take herself too seriously but she cares to dress as carefree and immaculately as possible, which is precisely what this collection delivered. The Parisian touches from last season are long gone and easy breezy pieces are here to stay. These are by far the best designs I have seen from Tory, and if this is a look at what is to come, I want to see more.
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Will It Be Ready In Time For SEMA?
Oh Project Hypersilver, you have cost excessive amounts of blood, sweat, and tears from our friends and coworkers who have dedicated their elbow grease as well as long late-night and weekend hours to make sure you are ready to wow the crowd during your big debut at the SEMA show this year.
We have to say that at this point, it has been well worth it. Personal life outside of Project Hypersilver has somewhat halted over the past month while Technical Editor Marc Christ and the team have explored every option and possibility to fit inside one small 1988 Fox-body hatch Mustang for the big SEMA show.
Many trips have been made to our chassis shop Demon Motorsports in Crystal River, Florida and to Spike's Performance in Ocala where the coats of silver were laid on Project Hypersilver to make sure things were going as smooth as they possibly could. Racing against time, the Mustang slowly started coming together piece by little piece.
Project Hypersilver left our shop late last week to get some audio work done at Soundwaves of Tampa for some more aftermarket lovin'. With time running low and stress levels high, the Mustang finally made it back to our shop late Friday night where the team worked diligently over the weekend to get everything together before the truck shows up to haul it off to SEMA. With the SEMA show looming over our heads and some little things still needed, will it be done in time?
While we can't show you just how far it has come since its salvage days, we can tell you that you will be pleasantly surprised when the covers come off on November 5th at 11:30 inside of our Source Interlink Media booth at the show. Come hell or high water, it will be at SEMA to knock your socks off and we here at Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords, cannot wait!
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I lived in the San Jose area and really loved San Francisco. No city like it, in this country anyway. Virginia has nothing remotely close. We do have lots of trees, deers, and mountains though. And of course, D.C. But the ice and cold during winter, and the humidity in summer - who needs it. Big cities don't attract me much. If I were a swinging extravert, maybe. Not sure where I will move to next. Me and Virginia are not a perfect fit.
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DerekG needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 147 designs submitted by 38 freelance designers.
"Investors Empowered"
The company is headed by a 10-year veteran in uber-successful stock trading. He now advises the consumer trader, in real time during the trading day, as to the stocks and specific strategies he trades each day. He is confident, successful, experienced, and VERY knowledgeable in the market.
Our market is NOT the new, inexperienced trader--it is experienced traders and investors who, despite having experience, are not as successful as they know they can be. They are comfortable seeking guidance, trading information and advice in order to be better traders and investors. The market is predominantly male, 25-65, middle to upper class.
We would like a company logo. Simple is better than elaborate. It should communicate our confidence, that we are cutting edge, we do things the "today" way, and we make a lot of money.
A major feature of our program is that we provide text and email communications, multiple times per day, as we find stock conditions that are ideal, in real time. In this way, we are trading "right by our clients' side"; we are there with them during uncertain times; we give them confidence, support and advice, and empower their trading (hence the company, name: Investors Empowered).
As such, it would be cool if the logo somehow conveyed the idea of "power"; that you derive power from us; empowerment and support (support almost to the point of being trading partners..)
I leave color choices to you. The initials IE (for Investors Empowered") can be incorporated if you like, but not at all necessary--could just be a logo without initials. It needs to be simple but immediately impacting and strong.
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It's the start of a new era. Jaguar is now owned by the Indian company Tata and a brand-new, radically different iteration of the Jaguar XJ has been launched. It's also the end of an old era, where Jags always looked like they were supposed to, and that cosy gentlemen's club interior of wood and leather was as familiar and welcoming as a family home, albeit a well-to-do one. But we don't have to bid farewell to it just yet. There's plenty of life left in these old cats. There are XJs out there in good condition with sticker prices at virtually half of their new MSRP. A more civilized world of driving awaits.
The quintessential British sedan. Rivals include the perennially brilliant Mercedes-Benz S-Class and the BMW 7 Series, but there's something about a Jag that feels less brash, more classy, more like the acceptable face of capitalism. Although the XJ hasn't always enjoyed the best of reputations, the model codenamed X350-while still under Ford ownership-enjoyed a happier time. The body was now made of aluminum and build quality issues were fewer. Engine options chopped and changed somewhat. The range started with a 4.0-liter V8 producing either 290 hp in naturally aspirated form or 370 hp when supercharged. This went up to 4.2 liters making 294 hp, then 300, or a blown 400 hp in the XJR and Super V8. Each version deploys a ZF six-speed automatic transmission (with the famed J gate to select manual override) that sends power to the rear wheels. And because the standard car wasn't exactly blessed with plenty of rear passenger space, a long wheelbase version offered much more legroom. The longer and even more luxurious Vanden Plas and Super V8 models came out in 2005.
What Makes It Great
Jaguar invented the word "wafting." Not really, but the XJ has a ride quality that suits this description to a tee. When driving the unforgiving streets of a harsh world, the XJ is a serene cocoon furnished with fine materials. What people might not know, though, is that it can be pushed way beyond the limits of decorum, eschewing understeer as if it were a crass intrusion from a lower plane of existence. To translate, it's a great drive. These models have CATS (computer active technology suspension) as an option, giving the XJ a deceptively nimble feel. Occupant space can seem a tad limited compared to something like an S-Class, but there's a feeling of sitting in the driver's seat rather than on it, making one feel more involved, although in a seemingly effortless way.
What To Look For
"The newer, the better" is always a good rule. Most Jaguar woes usually center on iffy electrics; one computer glitch put the transmission into reverse at high speed, but this was fixed on a recall. And those annoying little parking dings are more expensive to fix with an aluminum body. Other than that, it's just the usual used-car rigmarole of service history, outstanding finance, checking the oil filler cap for white deposits, making sure the brake discs aren't scored or warped, and all the other standard checkpoints.
What We Found
How does a 2005 XJR with 33,000 miles for $30,800 sound? We found one for sale in Vegas through Craigslist. Better still, a 2003 XJR with 70,000 miles for $13,993. A 2005 long wheelbase model with a naturally aspirated V8 and 24,529 miles is selling for $22,992. Auto Trader came up with a nice XJ Sport with 60,535 miles for $11,800. Remember, Jags come with a lot of goodies and chances are these prices are negotiable.
Easy Power
For a supercharged XJR, finding 35 more horses and 37 lb-ft is a simple ECU re-flash. Arden (through German Motoring) also offers a high-performance exhaust. Combine the two and the result is an extra 60 hp. For bigger numbers, it's an engine rebuild with uprated crank, cams and pistons. To go with forced induction, a company like Vortech can probably help. Finding someone to put a supercharger on a V8 in America should be a simple task.
For The Money
A 2005 Mercedes-Benz E350 with 60k miles, a 2003 S500 with 45k miles, or a 2004 Range Rover with 87k miles-each can be had for $20,000. Yes, the S500 is tempting, but none of these options have the cachet of an XJ. The Range Rover will be too thirsty and will probably be plagued with more reliability issues. Come on, it's time to put a bit of class on that driveway.


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Taft Union High School officials are inviting parents and community members to join them for a free hot dog barbecue as partners in educating students at Back-to-School Night on Tuesday, Sept. 10.
The event begins with dinner in the quad from 6 to 6:25 p.m.
The band will perform during dinner.
At 6:20 p.m., Principal Bernardo Valenzuela will welcome parents, introduce school board members and give an overview of the evening's events during a five-minute orientation.
"We want to emphasize that parents are our partners in education and give them a chance to see what their children are doing at school," he said. The format is designed to make the school more open to parents so they feel comfortable.
Parents will have access to the library from 5 to 7 and may sign up for a MyCats account. A Verification Pass Code or VPC code was mailed home. The account allows parents to check their child's grades.
From 6:30 to 8:10, the evening will follow the traditional format where parents follow their child's class schedule from Period 1 through 7.
Each class visitation with teachers will last 10 minutes.
Passing periods are five minutes each. Period 1 will be from 6:30 to 6:40; Period 2 from 6:45 to 6:55; Period 3 from 7 to 7:10; Period 4 from 7:15 to 7:25; Period 5 from 7:30 to 7:40; Period 6 from 7:45 to 7:55; and Period 7 from 8 to 8:10.
Teachers will provide a course overview including expectations, goals and objectives, textbook and materials, and grading and homework policy.
Parents with specific questions about students are asked to contact the Guidance Center in the main administration building to make an appointment. Counselors will be available in the Guidance Center.


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January 23, 2006
One day every school year, for six years now, Wabash College students switch roles with their professors.
It's called the Celebration of Student Research, Scholarship and Creative Work. Scheduled from 1-4 p.m. Friday in Detchon Hall on campus, students present their research on topics encompassing nearly every academic department at Wabash, through oral presentations, posters, performances and exhibits. Only a select number of students, sponsored by faculty members, are asked to participate. Classes are always canceled the afternoon of the event so everyone on campus, the public included, can attend. A book containing abstracts of every student's presentation will be available at the conference. (See Celebration schedule here.)
"We do this to spotlight the good work of our students," said Todd McDorman, associate professor of Rhetoric and this year's committee chair of the celebration. "(They) produce a number of worthwhile projects that are much like those the professors themselves undertake. The celebration gives students a broad public audience."
Most of the participants spend class time and summer vacations formulating their projects. Merely showcasing their work in their respective classrooms makes for limited viewing, McDorman said.
"This is a time to bring the entire campus together and invite the Crawfordsville community as well to experience that good work. It's to show appreciation of that work, to honor that work and give them the type of public audience we think this creative work deserves."
Topics run the gamut. It's as arcane as Christopher Jackson and Michael Lawlor's "A New Axiomization of the Variety of Trimedial Quasigroups" to the lighter, more universal "It's Always about the Subtleties: Comedy as a Stage for Social Critique in 'Chappelle's Show,' " by Robert Alexander II. Area residents may be interested in the local flavor of "A Taste of The Strawberry Festival" by Zuber Ahmed and the state history of "The Milan Miracle: The True Story Behind the Movie 'Hoosiers' " by Collin Lanam. Altogether there are six different subjects on Indiana history, sponsored by a Lilly Grant named Present Indiana.
Besides raising the "intellectual climate" on campus, McDorman said the celebration benefits students in a number of ways.
"It motivates students to take classes in other departments," he said. "It may inspire students to pursue a higher degree. This is a way that treats them like scholars. It gives (faculty) a chance to interact with our students essentially as peers — much like we'd interact with colleagues at academic conferences. It helps students prepare for life after college in terms of graduate school. This is much like the research they'd produce (there). It also helps them in terms of learning how to communicate their material to a diverse audience. Scientific research that focuses on nanomaterials, for instance. When someone interested in chemistry approaches that student, he'll probably explain it in a particular way. When I approach that student, they're going to need to explain it in a different way, with a different vocabulary. Students getting that sort of experience in relating to a lay audience, that's going to be valuable to them if they move forward."
The celebration's assets extend to the faculty as well.
"I think we learn a great deal," McDorman said of himself and his colleagues. "We do that most by engaging the students who are presenting in areas outside our own discipline."
Since participation in the celebration is by invitation only, those students are commonly nervous about their performances and the value of their analyses. Those giving oral presentations, for instance, have 20 minutes to fill. In the six years McDorman has been involved with the event, he's seen student contributors parlay that tension into worthwhile output.
"They take it very seriously," he said. "I can't recall ever seeing a presentation where the student seemed disinterested or acted like they didn't want to be there, which frankly you can see sometimes in a classroom."
Senior Travis Ross admits to feeling some stress before he discusses his topic, "One in Christ or Quietness and Submission: Contextual Exegesis of Pauline Doctrine on the Role of Women in the Early Church."
"I was very honored to be asked, although I'm a little nervous because I don't exactly know what I'm doing," he said. "The quality of work produced by the other students kind of sets the standard for the afternoon. I'm hoping I measure up."
Ross combined his English and religion majors when deciding on his research. After taking a critical reading course, he started thinking about different ways of interpreting literature. "That put me in the realm of, could I attempt to use some of these things in an argument about Scripture?" Ross said.
Most of his study was spent learning how to interpret Scripture and ascertaining the historical context in which it was written. Ross is confident in his subject because he said it's something that's been largely ignored.
"That's kind of what led me to do it — simply because no one else really had," he said.
Ross is but one example of the celebration's worth, and how rewarding an experience it can be for all involved.
"There's no credit given," McDorman said. "This isn't a course. This is something (students) are doing for their own betterment and because this is research they're proud of. They want to engage audiences by sharing."
Coggeshall is a reporter for the Crawfordsville Journal Review.


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Ballistic Nanotransistors - Learning Module
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This resource is an introduction to the theory ballistic nanotransistors. No transistor is fully ballistic, but analyzing nanotransistors by neglecting scattering processes provides new insights into the performance and limits of nanoscale MOSFETs. The materials presented below introduces the...
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National Center for Learning and Teaching in Nanoscale Science and Engineering. (NCLT). The mission of NCLT is to develop the next generation of leaders in NSE teaching and learning, with an emphasis on NSEE capacity building, providing a strong impact on national STEM education. The guiding...
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Bandstructure of Carbon Nanotubes and Nanoribbons
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Nanocyl Broadens Portfolio of PREGCYL Xarbon Nanotube Product Line
|(Nanowerk News) Nanocyl announced today it has broadened its portfolio of PREGCYL™ prepreg materials for advanced composite applications.
|PREGCYL is a family of carbon nanotube epoxy resin prepregs that add structural conductivity, strength, durability and weight reduction to fiber-reinforced composite materials used in aeronautic, automotive, marine and sports applications.
|The new PREGCYL product line, announced at JEC this year, will now have more than 15 products, including new weavings, weights, and types of fibers such as aramid, HM carbon, HT carbon, and glass.
|With the addition of these new products developed for industrial and sport applications, Nanocyl intends to become the preferred supplier for CNT-enhanced materials in the composite materials industry.
|"Offering our OEM customers a wider range of PREGCYL prepregs will help them to better meet the global demand for producing higher-performing materials and products at a lower total cost," said Luca Mezzo, Nanocyl's manager of R&D and business development for structural composites.
|"Other OEMS can benefit too," Mezzo added. "Our PREGCYL prepregs can give them the performance advantages of safety, conductivity and reinforcement they must have for their rugged, lighter-weight composite applications."
|PREGCYL™ is one of three CNT product lines Nanocyl offers for high performance composite parts and materials. The other two are EPOCYL™ and SIZCYL™.
|EPOCYL™ is a family of carbon nanotube epoxy resin systems that add structural conductivity, strength, durability and weight reduction to fiber-reinforced composite materials used in aeronautic, automotive, marine and sports applications.
|SIZCYL™ is a new generation of efficient, all-purpose sizing agents for infusion and RTM composite manufacturing of aeronautic and sports applications. It serves as an alternative to conventional solutions that affect resin viscosity.
|About Nanocyl
|Nanocyl S.A., established in 2002, is a leading global manufacturer of specialty and industrial carbon nanotubes. Nanocyl is headquartered in Belgium, and has a division in the U.S. The Asia-Pacific market is covered through a network of partners in South Korea, Japan, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and China. Nanocyl's products fully meet the requirements of clients active in producing synthetic materials and manufacturing equipment for the automotive and electronic industries. As a worldwide leader in the production of carbon nanotubes, Nanocyl is focused on providing complete and value-added solutions to its customers. Nanocyl will invest in additional capacities in 2010 to respond to the increasing demand for carbon nanotube technologies.
|Source: Nanocyl (press release)
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December 06, 2010
Eddie Ma (FEMBA '09) was born in China and moved with his parents to the United States as a teenager. He enrolled in UCLA Anderson's Fully Employed MBA Program in 2006 while working as a systems analyst for the County of Los Angeles. Eddie found his FEMBA coursework to be a great complement to the management experience he had gained in recent years, but he found the Global Access Program (GAP) truly transformational. GAP is a unique educational program that matches a team of students with an international technology company to develop a comprehensive business strategy.
"My team worked with a Finnish company called Mylab that develops laboratory information systems (LIS)," he said. "I remember being advised to think of GAP from the perspective of a CEO, and that's what I did. GAP came at a time in my career when I was ready for that kind of challenge."
Mylab was originally interested in entering the U.S. market but, after extensive primary research, Eddie and his teammates advised against it. "It was clear to us that the U.S. market was saturated," he said. But the team did discover market expansion opportunities in other parts of the world - especially China. The GAP team recommended that MyLab enter China.
"In the spring of 2009, I was asked to go to Finland to provide additional consulting and present a plan for Mylab to enter China," Eddie explained. "We felt this was a much better opportunity and they became very interested." Mylab's senior executives then asked Eddie to visit China in August. There, he toured existing laboratories and met prospective customers.
"Based on all of our analysis, China clearly offered a great opportunity for Mylab," he recalled. And it was clear to Mylab's leadership that Eddie would be a valuable part of the management team. On the last day of his trip, he received an offer to join Mylab as vice president of operations in China.
"I moved to China on October 17, 2009," he remembered. Having become accustomed to the United States, it was difficult moving back to China but he knew this was an opportunity he had to take.
"I had very mixed feelings," he said. "My parents worked hard to move to the United States. And my daughter had just started kindergarten. But I knew I would regret passing up this offer." So he settled in Beijing and brought his family over in January, 2010.
Mylab purchased a small Chinese firm that supplied hospital laboratories so Eddie started with an established sales force and a few existing customers. He quickly developed a production facility and began blending western business practices with Chinese values. He has since been named CEO of Mylab's China operations and has a staff of 20 employees.
"The culture is obviously very different," he said, "and our customers really wanted to check us out even though we had an experienced sales channel. It took months to get our first sale. Since then, we have had several more. It's tough being a foreign company in China. It takes time to get in the circle."
The Chinese National Army is among Mylab's customers. The world's largest employer, the Chinese National Army has more than 1000 hospitals -- of which over 100 are research hospitals.
"Fifty years ago," he said, "medical labs were part of hospitals in the United States. Then they grew out of hospitals to become regional facilities. We are positioning ourselves to do the same thing in China. But people will resist if you move too fast. We are trying to educate customers."
Eddie also had to educate his own workforce. "I think our greatest accomplishment so far has been to build a team environment," he said. "Based on my experience at Anderson, I placed a heavy emphasis on team building. They have been allowed to speak freely and feel they're part of the company. I have told them that my office is always open and they are welcome to speak their mind."
Eddie has asked his employees to model professional business practices. "When someone thinks of Mylab, I want them to think of three things - professional, dedicated and hard-working. Everything we do should convey those qualities. Even small things like sending e-mail."
After his first year, Eddie is energized by the opportunity to bring an important area of technical advancement to China. "My personal goal is to bring Mylab China to a level where it's genuinely respected by hospitals and the healthcare industry. I want to show that western thinking can harmonize with Chinese values. I think the United States and China have much to learn from each other."


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Blog entry A Mother's Choice: Educating her kids or someone to work in the field
In Bolivia, a woman must often choose between depriving her daughter of an education and having no one to work in the fields. This is due to the fact that Bolivia is one of the poorest countries in Latin America: of its 9.5 million population, two thirds live below the poverty line.
It's a choice that no mother should have to make. Just $50, that works out at roughly 14 cents per day for a year, provides nutritious meals for a schoolchild, enabling a family to keep their daughter in school and fueling hopes for a brighter future.
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i think that American (where i live) is reallly lazy compared to these other countries, i mean thats just terrible that they have to live like that. :/ When i graduate i want to open a fund raiser for Bolivia and I WILL work in the fields for these people no one should have to choose between their child and hunger....GOD BLESS THE WORLD
i wonder how old these kids are? thats wat i really wanna know
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i live n da us and we hav it good
i wish other countries would hav it as good as we do
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Hugh Newell Jacobson, or, House Stalking in Nashville
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That is funny...I can just hear your heart racing! That is a very unusual house to be sure. You should have just knocked on the door...I did that once and the lady was so nice and delighted in showing me her home! Thanks for sharing..come say hi :DReplyDelete
Looks like you are a pretty good stalker, if not the bravest. I know exactly what you are talking about. I've often been skittish when taking photos of someone else's house. Who knows what might happen.ReplyDelete
The other day, someone walking by took a picture of the broken pine branches in front of our house and then saw me standing there in the driveway. That was fun! Explanations were forthcoming and I was very amused.
I live in Nashville and would love to ride by that house myself. Can you tell me where it's located? Thanks so much!ReplyDelete
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OMG YOUR PICTURE IS AWESOME!!! I love it in the snow!! thanks for including me in your post!ReplyDelete
you go girl! i think it's equally as beautiful in all that snow! great pic! you done good!!!ReplyDelete
So that was you I was honking at. ..... Just kidding.ReplyDelete
You are so funny - but I would feel the exact same way. I love the look though I am not sure I would do a red door. I guess I am too conservative.ReplyDelete
That is too funny...I think we are all the same with our house stalking. I would've done the same thing. At least your photo turned out great~ most of the time I'm so nervous and jittery my photos of homes are horrible!ReplyDelete
Have a wonderful weekend. :-)
That was a great photo of the house!!!!You are a better stalker than you think!!!!!!Maryanne xoReplyDelete
I would have sketched it in a heartbeat!!!!!ReplyDelete
I'm so impressed! I've had a crush on Hugh Newell Jacobson for quite some time. I never knew that this house is in Tennessee. What a great shot too.ReplyDelete
Annie - So glad you are impressed! I love your photography and your taste! I have to credit Laura Casey for letting me know this house is in Nashville. It was really fun to see - I just wish I could have lingered, for a long time!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 10, 2010 at 1:18 PM
this home was featured in the may 2005 architectural digest issue. you can read about & see the interiors from their website.ReplyDelete


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Would it be standard English to use the verb "to trash-can"?
Although I've not heard "trash-canned" (note the spelling) used this way, "canned" is a common informal term meaning dismissed or rejected.
"The project was so badly funded that it was canned by the committee at a very early stage".
Possibly because the frame is a physical object, "trash-canned" felt more descriptive, but the double "n" is necessary.
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