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Work generally available from:
Armstrong's Gallery, Pomona, Los Angeles.
Brook Street Pottery, Hay on Wye.
Contemporary Ceramics, Great Russell Street, London
Church House Designs, Congresbury,Somerset.
Cube Gallery in Bristol and Marylebone London
In case of difficulty contact me direct, as above contact details.
Other Information:
Available for lecturers , demonstrations on a limited basis.
I have always wanted to draw people into my own miniature world evoking an ambivalent response about it's reason for being, it's small scale or my exact source of reference for it's creation. Working on such a small scale I have needed to make the images very intense and with enough energy to fascinate and intrigue, giving the pieces a life of their own avoiding the sweet, the twee, or the cliché that so easily takes over miniature "ceramics".
Childhood experiences may account for my obsession for small objects. I was brought up in a small end of terrace house with parents, grandparents and uncle. I slept in a baby's cot in my parent's room until I was seven. When my uncle left home I transferred to his box room measuring five feet by six feet. This was my only personal space until I left home aged twenty-two.
I was an only child an although I had many friends I spent much time in my own micro world of Cowboys & Indians, Knights in armour, Dinky toys and train sets. I particularly liked to lay on the floor with a train set and enter a miniature theatre of imaginary events and scenes. In later childhood I became a dedicated plastic kit modeller. Realising that it was the painted surface effects that interested me most I started to paint pictures in oil paint of imaginary landscapes and buildings, creating another world for my mind to inhabit.
Later, in Art School, pottery was a secondary interest to my painting until I discovered the work of Lucie Rie and Ruth Duckworth. I realised that pottery was much more interesting when it was small, delicate and with an element of fantasy, which I found lacking in the average teapot or casserole dish of the time. Discovering their work coincided with a passionate desire to collect seashells and I began to make my first miniature vessels inspired by nature.
Although political and cultural statements have become fashionable with visual artists I do not make work with a conscious message, preferring to deal with the "abstract" qualities of Art. My work is a kind of therapeutic antithesis to the difficulties and pain I have suffered, creating beauty rather than offering access to the tragic aspects of my life. The "Human Condition" is much more suitably expressed through the media of films, T.V. and music.
Current visual sources of inspiration include illustration of marine creatures and science fiction hardware, fossils, tin plate toys and various eroded objects. By extracting essential elements from these sources and reflecting them in my own imagery I hope to create a vessel with an ambiguous mysterious "presence". The structure is accurately engineered on the Potters Wheel and then softened by coloured glazes to make the finished object appear to be a synthesis of mechanical and organic qualities like a man-made object being eroded by time and taken back by nature.
Because the source material on which they are based is so varied they evoke a variety of responses from other people. Some find they are like seashells or other beach combings, others think that they may have just landed from outer space or look like indeterminate body parts. It suits me that different people find different identities for the pots. The comment that I like to hear most however, is that although the forms are obviously static they appear to be moving or about to move like an animated creature.
Source material and my objectives have not changed much over the years. After studying art for ten years I quickly "found my voice" and matured as an artist. Work has consequently progressed and developed as a result of changes in process and material. Having absorbed source material thoroughly it appears in the pieces without much conscious effort to study it anymore and often one piece is the source of inspiration for the next.
All work is fired to Orton cone 8 (1260°C.) oxidised feldspa the glazes layered with oxides.
Porcelain - The images and forms I work with require the fine texture and whiteness available with porcelain bodies. The body needs to be high-fired to give physical strength to the very light weight, thinly walled structure of each piece. The lightness of the form creates a feeling of delicacy and preciousness similar to a seashell. Translucency in also produced, but this is irrelevant because most forms have openings too narrow to allow visual access to the interior.
The whiteness of porcelain gives a good ground for the application of glazes without affecting the colours unlike a normal stoneware body. The porcelain body is smooth and characterless allowing me to control or impose my own texture upon it.
Throwing and Turning - The pots are made on the potter's wheel with a thick section - to be turned when leather hard with very sharp steel tools. Because porcelain is such a poor body to work with - it is necessary to make a thicker pot than would be made in Stoneware body. This initial thrown thickness helps to support the extreme shapes I use and to allow instant removal from the wheel.
When the pot has been turned completely and the correct thickness achieved, I apply water with a large soft mop brush to soak and soften the whole form, especially the mouth, so that I can effect my typical distortion of the opening. Pots intended for lustre or sponged Vanadium Oxide treatments are left to dry at this point.
Other pieces are textured by attacking the softened surface with various sharp tools; a model makers pointed wire brush being the most commonly used. Some pots have a variety of radial lines incised into the surface at this "leather hard" stage. All are left to dry slowly in a controlled atmosphere for two or three days before Biscuit firing.
Biscuit and Glost Firing - Biscuit firing temperature is about 1000°C. After firing I squirt glaze into the interior with a slip trailer - put the pot back into the kiln and fire to 100°C to dry out the surface of the pot which has been saturated by the interior glazing and so would not soak up the application of the exterior glaze.
This interior glazing is a lot of work for something that won't be seen and the observer could not be aware of. However, it is extremely important to enclose the walls of the pot with a sandwich of interior and exterior glaze - glazing on one side only would course 'Dunting' (cracking on cooling) because of the unequal tensions created when the pot is cooling after the Glost firing. Glost firing temperature is Orton Cone 8 (1260°C) oxidised.
Glazing - I use a number of glazes often laying one over another or over various oxides:
The pots with physical texture have Vanadium oxide rubbed into the surface followed by sprays of Rutile, Chrome or Copper Oxide followed by the glaze.
The smooth surface pots are given their particular surface quality by thickly sponging on Vanadium Oxide, and then spraying glaze and either Rutile or Chrome Oxide.
The Vanadium Oxide interrupts the flow of the glaze as it fluxes at high temperature making the glaze and colours variegate and form a physical, as well as the visual, texture.
Lustre - Lustre comes from the manufacturer in small bottles ready prepared for use. It is normally fired on at approximately 750°c in an oxidising atmosphere.
The lustre is painted on to the fired glazed surface. After firing this would normally produce a lustrous iridescence colour surface. However I interfere with this effect by dropping spots of detergent, paraffin or cellulose thinners onto the lustre whilst it is still wet to break the surface tension, causing a streaky quality. I usually marble together two or three different colours.
Post Firing - On some pots some areas of glaze, especially shinny glaze, are rubbed over with the abrasive paper to matt the surface and enhance the colour qualities of the glaze.
The last operation is cleaning off dirt produced by grinding the surface with the silicone carbide paper, or residue from the lustre firing. This is done with cellulose thinners and "Groom" - a commercial product for cleaning carpets. Pots that have had their surface ground will be warmed up and a thin layer of wax polish applied.
1960 - 1967 - Studied at Stoke-on-Trent College
1967 - 1970 - Royal College of Art.
1970 - 1975 - Lecturer at York School of Art
1975 - 2003 - Lecturer at Cardiff School of Art, University of Wales.
1972 - Contemporary Applied Arts, London - formally British Craft Centre.
1974 - Oxford Gallery, Oxford.
1974 - Midland Group Gallery
1974 - Sutton College, Surrey
1978 - National Museum of Wales
1979 - Oxford Gallery, Oxford.
1980 - Graham Gallery, New York
1985 - Graham Gallery, New York
1988 - Aberystwyth Arts Centre
1997 - European Ceramics, Yorkshire
1999 - Graham Gallery, New York.
2002 - Newport City Museum & Art Gallery
2003 - JG Contemporary (James Graham and Sons) New York
2006 - James Graham & Sons, New York
2013 - Oxford Ceramics Gallery, Oxford
Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Museum and Art Galleries in :
Leicester, Swindon, Birmingham, Reading, Bradford, Newport Gwent, Portsmouth, Stoke-on-Trent and Nottingham.
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
Holburne Museum, Bath.
Royal Ulster Museum, Belfast.
Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh.
Castle Museum, Norwich.
Abbot Hall, Museum, Kendal.
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff.
University College of Wales, Aberystwyth.
Welsh Arts Council.
Crafts Council, London.
Yorkshire Education Authority.
Boyman-van Beunigen, Rotterdam.
Art and History Museum, Brussels.
Princessenhof Museum, Leeuwarden, Holland.
Museum of Applied Arts, Sydney, Australia.
National Gallery of Victoria, Australia.
Perth Museum, Australia.
Museum of Hannover, Germany.
Keramion Ceramics Museum Germany.
Landes Museum of Decorative Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Bellerive Museum, Switzerland.
County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
Institute of Art, Chicago, U.S.A.
The Mint Museum of Craft & Design, North Carolina. USA.
Taipei County, Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan.
Arizona State University, Art Museum, U.S.A.
The American Museum of Ceramic Art, California. USA
Arkansas Art Centre, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
David Owsley Museum of Art, Ball Street University, Indiana. USA
M.O.M.A New York City.USA
My work has been included in many International publications since 1970 recently Ceramic Review number 186.
2003 - Contemporary Studio Porcelain. By Peter Lane. A & C Black
2004 - Porcelain and Bone China. By Sasha Wardell, Crowood Press Ltd
2004 - The Teapot Book. Steve Woodhead, A & C Black Ltd, London
2005 - Ceramics technical, number 20, Australia.
2006 - 500 Pitchers, Lark Books, New York, USA
2007 - 20th Century British Studio Pottery, Jeffrey Jones, A & C Black, London

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Paramedic who Responded to Texas Blast Arrested
WACO, Texas - A Texas paramedic who helped evacuate people on the night of the deadly fertilizer plant explosion in West has been charged with possessing bomb-making materials, including a pipe and chemicals.
A criminal complaint unsealed Friday says Bryce Reed has been charged with possession of a destructive device. The McLennan County Sheriff's office says there's no evidence at this time linking Reed's arrest to the fire or explosion at the West Fertilizer Co. that killed 14 people.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives special agent Douglas Kunze says in the complaint that sheriff's deputies were called earlier this week to a home near West where they found a pipe, chemicals and fuses.
They say the objects belonged to Reed, who didn't enter a plea when he appeared in court Friday.


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OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco is in a contract year. But according to those around him, it's the farthest thing from his mind.
Discussions on a new deal for Flacco are ongoing between agent Joe Linta and Ravens vice president of football administration Pat Moriarty, and while there's hope, there's not a deadline for the parties to reach an agreement.
"All the conversations have been productive," Linta said Wednesday morning. "We've gone back-and-forth on proposals. And the biggest thing I can tell you is that Joe's so focused on winning that all of this isn't something he's paying a lot of attention to, he's got such a chip on his shoulder about winning now. The most telling quote from Joe I can give you is that he told me, 'I've got a contract, and I'm gonna honor it. He's part of a rare breed in this day and age."
Wednesday is Flacco's third day of practice, as the quarterbacks work with the rookies and injured veterans at the club's facility. The veteran reporting time is 6:40 p.m. ET on Wednesday, with the team's first full practice set for Thursday.
But Linta left the door open for negotiations to continue after the Ravens get training camp going. There is, again, no deadline in his mind.
"Not on our end -- Pat can call me today, Halloween, Thanksgiving, whenever, and Joe gives me the leeway to talk whenever," Linta said. "We're not creating any artificial deadlines. I do know once he's on the field, his focus is there, but we can keep working."
Flacco's salary cap charge for 2012 is in excess of $8 million. The Ravens were less than $1 million under the cap before finishing Ray Rice's deal, which created more room, last week. And Linta said his belief is any cap concerns could be addressed in the structure of a new deal, so he doesn't see that as a stumbling block.
Which means it's hard to predict when a new contract will come.
"It could happen by lunch, or two years from now," Linta said. "I'd say we're close enough to keep talking, but far enough apart where it's not done. They clearly value the kid as a significant player. Anyone who watches the film knows why. ⦠We've had very productive conversations - they've been cordial, and they're ongoing, and have been between Pat and myself 98 percent of the time."
And one last time, Linta promised Flacco's focus is far from his paychecks: "The only distraction for Joe would be me calling him. I've been doing this a long time, and I've rarely seen a guy so single-minded."


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As mentioned in an earlier post, I took a rain check on participating in the world-changing event that was Live Earth and chose instead to participate in the slightly less than global Festa di Bermondsey over the weekend
Without quite reaching the spectacular heights of some previous years, the event still managed to include enough beer bellies, fighting dogs, discarded children and old men engaged in public frottage to make it the success that it always is.
And, of course, Chas and Dave were there…
Based on a couple of chats I've had with people who attended both Live Earth at Wembley and some of the festivities in Bermondsey I get the distinct impression that Chas and Dave were miles better
And the viewing figures for Live Earth seem to bear that out
As a Man Made Global Warming sceptic I should be pleased that the event had such a lukewarm reception
But I'm not
After all, when you find yourself in the same company as a newspaper such as The Daily Mail there's a good chance something isn't entirely right
And the problem is (obviously) this - just because the environmental movement is infested and corrupted by all sorts of unpleasant individuals and vested interests that doesn't mean environmentalism is not worthwhile and essential. It's just that environmentalism, just like lots of other well-intentioned isms past and present has become a tool for other less well-intentioned agendas. And there's a nasty risk that scepticism about a particular brand of environmentalism will translate into scepticism about all environmentalism
So where the fuck does everyone go from here? Where are the good guys?
And the best line heard in Chez Stef (a zero car household) on this subject in recent days was delivered by my other 1/2 after I rattled off a list of the cars Madonna owns (Mercedes Maybach, two Range Rovers, an Audi A8 and a Mini Cooper S). As the Mrs put it...
And for anyone who wasn't privileged to catch Dave Edmunds' scorching, Global Warming enhancing, Saturday night set at Southwark Park here's a clip of a slightly younger Dave in action...


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We've been driving around the village of Southampton to assess damage. As expected, our south facing Atlantic beaches took a major hit, scouring the dunes from most of the beaches. The pictures and video here that show rocks and revetments were photographed on Tuesday evening. In our twenty years in the Hamptons, we've never before seen the hardscape, as they were completely covered by dunes. Meadow Lane, which services the ocean front mansions, was flooded and impassable on our reconnoiter, but it was nothing like the photos we saw online of Dune Road in Hampton Bays. (Dune Road and Meadow Road were once the same road; the 1938 hurricane that created the Shinnecock Canal split the barrier beach into two parts, separated by access from the ocean into Shinnecock Bay.) The easternmost end of Dune Road, where Oaklands and Sundays on the Bay are located, have lost ALL of the dune that separated the Atlantic beach from the road, the parking lots, and the marina on the bay. The road disappeared entirely under sand, and the entire spit is flat as...well, as a beach.
But Southampton village is fine, has power, and is open for business. Restaurants are serving meals to those either without power or just consumed with cabin fever (the Southampton Publick House was PACKED last night!) Road crews have cleared broken tree branches to the road verges and the town and village trucks are busy collecting debris, while LIPA is in evidence restoring power to those who still are out.
I apologize for sounding banal, with our tiny little losses, when so many, many others have suffered far worse fates and will be putting their lives together for weeks, maybe months. Our hearts, prayers and positive thoughts go out to our friends and guests west of us on Long Island, and especially coastal New Jersey who have suffered catastrophic losses.
On a positive note: We just had our first EVER trick or treaters knock at the door of A Butler's Manor! (When the street parallel to you is called Elm Street, and many of the houses on it decorate accordingly, no one usually ventures beyond to our humble front door.) Bless kids -- no hurricane damage is going to keep them from Halloween candy!
May we learn from their resilience!


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- Jenny
Pasta Carbonara with Fresh Green Beans is one of the most satisfying weeknight dishes I have made in weeks, but I was nearly killed trying to get it on the table. Well, let's stick with maimed.
First, I made a peach tart crust in the food processor, and the cord from my machine somehow managed to slip into the open flame where I was heating up my pasta water, and after a few POP! POP! POPs! and some sparks, there went that thing. The shock begot by my Cuisinart's untimely death was yet behind me when I went to grab the pan in which I had sautéed my bacon, and its handle, apparently also caught up in the mad heat that this stove produced, burned my hand.
(Do you agree that the home cooking world can be strictly divided between cutters and burners and that the two groups are distinct in important ways that make them as distinguishable as say St Bernard lovers with those who prefer small, hairless cats? Discuss.)
At this point my husband came into the kitchen and supervised as I began to quietly chop up my onions and garlic, saying, "I really think I need to make sure we don't have any more incidents this evening. And you know last week the chicken was a little undercooked, too."
This is the sort of capping statement that might well make a young bride start to cry. Those of us who have been married a good while know that the contract dictates that the cook in the family refrain from such rejoinders as, "I fed you a little raw chicken which was from the farmer's market so no harm no foul, and, anyway, if I didn't cook you would have to call in the Red Cross to make sure this family didn't starve," and in exchange the non-cook looks the other way when the Amex bill comes for the new food processor that replaced the perfectly good one. (Or, as in my case, a week after the fact, an Amazon box may show up with a new 11-cup model, and your non-cooking spouse, not wishing to starve, nor hear you whimper as you look at pie crust recipes you can no longer make, will smile silently behind the newspaper.)
So. Just as my onions were starting to get nice and soft, and holding a pack of frozen peas against my burned hand, I quickly trimmed up some lovely haricots verts, which believe it or not were the thing that drew me to this recipe. I just love the idea of these delicious little beans providing the fresh crunch against all this fat and salt.
In went the garlic, and watching carefully, and stirring now and again, I waited for my moment to add the bacon. Everything should get nice and soft, not mushy, and that goes for the pasta you've just thrown on, too.
Next came the part where I then became gripped with fear. Would adding cream and eggs turn my dish into scrambled eggs with bacon? In fact, if you take it off the heat and move your eggs and cream mix very carefully but consistently through the bowl, it will heat into a creamy coating, just as mtlabor promises you.
I threw on my cheese, and plopped a bowl in front of my husband, tossing a quesadilla toward the incipient pescatarian. I ground a bit of black pepper into each of our bowls, and we dug in. To comment on such a dish would be to somehow dampen its decadent pleasures, and so we sat in silence, happy to be alive, and praying (in vain) for leftovers.
Pasta Carbonara with Fresh Green Beans
By mtlabor
Serves 2 to 4
A New Way to Dinner, co-authored by Food52's founders Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs, is an indispensable playbook for stress-free meal-planning (hint: cook foundational dishes on the weekend and mix and match 'em through the week).
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|Roast Pork!
2.5kg rolled pork belly roast (Get your butcher to do it)
1 tablespoon chilli flakes
1 tablespoon cumin seeds
1 tablespoon mustard seeds
1 tablespoon crushed garlic
1 tablespoon salt
2 tablespoons oil
1. Preheat oven to 200ºC. If your oven has a fan function then use this.
2. Score the skin of the pork with a sharp knife then pat dry with paper towel.
3. Mix together the flakes, seeds, garlic & salt and massage into the pork rubbing in well between the scored lines.
4. Place pork on a rack in a roasting tray (It's important to let air circulate around the roast for even cooking).
5. Insert a meat thermometer into the middle of the meat, avoiding the bone. (only for the rich and fancy people)
6. Drizzle over the oil.
7. Pour 1 cup of boiling water into the oven tray.
8. Place in the pre-heated oven for half an hour and then reduce the temperature to 120ºC and cook a further 3-4 hours until the juices run clear when the meat is pierced or until the thermometer reaches 71ºC.
To serve
Serve with roast vegetables and Brussel sprouts.
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Citigroup is scheduled to announce its Q1 earnings Monday morning.
Wall Street is looking for EPS of $1.00 on revenue of$19.8 billion.
However, a bottom line surprise alone won't cut it this earnings season.
On Friday, JP Morgan and Wells Fargo each beat on the top and bottom lines. But both underperformed the stock market on Friday as their shares sold off.
With Citi's stock price up 27 percent this year, details will be very important.
"Going into 1Q results, we think C...may be better positioned (given upside from cap mkts, expenses and provision expense)," writes Deutsche Bank's Matt O'Connor.
Credit Suisse's Moshe Orenbuch is also optimistic. From a note to clients last week: "We expect the large banks to kick off 2012 with respectable 1Q results. We look BAC, C and JPM to benefit from improved trading in 1Q. Commentary around loan growth and demand, in addition to commentary regarding pace of capital deployment will be focal points. We are positively biased to large banks given stocks are seeing at attractive valuations given expectations for improved profitability and greater capital deployment of capital in 2012."
Morgan Stanley's Betsy Graseck is a bit more guarded. "We are Equal-weight on the risk that a slow-down in emerging markets offsets improvements in US housing," she wrote.
Analysts will also be looking for an update on Citi's plan to resubmit its capital plan to the Federal Reserve. In case you forgot, Citi is doing this because they recently "failed" the Fed's bank stress test.
Citi is also one of the many banks that Moody's recently put on credit watch. The ratings agency warned that the Citi's credit rating could be slashed by up to two notches. A downgrade of this nature could be bad news for Citi's derivatives business, writes Bank of America's Guy Mozkowski. "Though liquidity/ funding impacts appear manageable for firms in our coverage, we expect derivative counterparties will likely remain highly credit sensitive, and may substantially reduce activity with firms at risk of "Baa"-rating, including: C."
All eyes will be on Citi tomorrow morning.
Don't Miss: Bank Of America Presents 18 Companies That Will Beat and 6 Companies That Will Miss Earnings Estimates This Quarter >


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PARIS -- French President Francois Hollande says the country's troops will stay in Mali to fight extremists at least through the end of this year.
France's leadership had pledged to pull out quickly after launching a military operation in the West African country in January. French-led forces quickly pushed al-Qaida-linked fighters out of Malian cities.
But pockets of resistance remain.
Hollande said on France-2 television Thursday night that the first of France's more than 4,000 troops in Mali will pull out in late April.
By July, he said about 2,000 French soldiers will still be in the former French colony, and at the end of the year "1,000 French soldiers will remain." He said the French troops would likely be part of a U.N. peacekeeping operation that France is pushing for.


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Is It Always Safe To Drive Too Slowly? Must Check Adverse Effects Of Slow Driving
Find here, a detailed account of the adverse effects of slow driving and how it can lead to accidents on the roads. You can find expert opinion that clears the air that slow driving is as bad as fast driving. This hints that drivers should be alert and maintain speed limits without being too fast or too slow.
It's almost every day that drivers here and see warnings for driving slow to avoid any dangerous situations. However, that may not be the case all the time which means that slow drivers can also increase chances of accidents on the road. How??? Well, experts suggest that excessive caution may not be the best course in all occasions. They say that being too slow and unaware about what's happening on the road may work against you.
Slow speed is equivalent to speeding up as suggested by driving and road safety experts. The biggest reason is that when you are too slow it prompts other drivers to overtake even on bendy roads and that may lead to an accident. Essentially, the slow speed being a blocking factor may frustrate the other driver.
This can also be the case on motorways as if one of the cars is on the wrong lane then it may adversely affect others who are driving safely. This clears the air that if one does not need to speed up then they do not need to slow down as well. They can maintain the speed limit and drive in the proper lane. Drivers who love to drive in the central lane should make a conscious effort to be in the inside lane provided they are not overtaking.
Experts suggest that too slow driving is a result of a lack of confidence and that crops up when people are just interested in passing the driving test. If they have practised enough then there is no chance of fear while on the road. Also, while learning they should invest enough time in mastering good driving sense as too much delay and weak decision making on the road would leave other drivers baffled. In driving time, The biggest reason is that when you are too slow it prompts other drivers to overtake even on bendy roads and that may lead to an accident.
In addition, pedestrians may also get confused as they may think that you have lowered down speed to let them cross the road and this confusion may lead to accidents if any of the two parties are unaware about the actual situation. Drivers who love to drive in the central lane should make a conscious effort to be in the inside lane provided they are not overtaking. To resolve this, experts suggest that drivers should proceed with a degree of caution but not exaggerate it so that it impedes safe driving. This brings us to a conclusion that neither speeding nor slowing down is a good driving practice. So, the best way is to keep the pace and be within the speed limits.


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Long Overdue
Posted by dan in Birfday, Photoshop Makes Me a God on June 4, 2010
K-Mack, otherwise known as C-Minus, otherwise known as Krissy-B is super-preggers and officially past her due date. So to ease her and her husband's nervous anticipation and to reward their impatience, I have generously photoshopped what their offspring will most certainly look like. It didn't even take much imagination, just a few collaged photos and a little trick I learned from the late great Conan O'Brien's "If They Made It" segments. Even though we do know for a fact that at some point, presumably around nine months ago, they did indeed make it. So with the magic of the internet, I present to you the not-yet-born baby K-mack/Kroggy.
As another gracious gesture of generosity, I've also taken the liberty of updating birfday.net for use as their personalized online birth announcement for when the actual blessed day arrives:


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The prosecution is not the only side of the James �Whitey� Bulger trial propelled by Central Massachusetts residents.
Mr. Bulger�s lead lawyer is J.W. Carney Jr., who lived in Worcester for two years.
The New Bedford native studied at Chandler Junior High School from 1963 to 1965. After school he delivered The Evening Gazette on Olean Street, where he lived � from Mower Street to the last house before the Holden reservoir.
Now 61, the defense lawyer remembers watching television with his parents when Jack Ruby killed Lee Harvey Oswald and how �it was upending their well-ordered world. My parents were stunned and my mother was crying.�
Mr. Carney returned to Worcester to study at the College of the Holy Cross, entering with the class of 1974 and living at Healy Dormitory for a semester with future Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. In the upheaval of the Vietnam War years he took a year�s leave and joined the Teamsters� a union membership he still holds (�If this legal job doesn�t work out I can always go back to the union.�)�and loaded trucks on Route 20.
Mr. Carney returned to Holy Cross, this time living in a sixth-floor walk-up tenement on lower Pleasant Street, and graduated with the class of 1975. �The two periods I lived in Central Massachusetts were very important to my development. I look back on these two periods with great fondness.�
Asked if he had been older would he have agreed to defend Mr. Ruby � or Mr. Oswald � the Boston College Law School graduate said, �I�ve spent 35 years in the criminal justice system and I�ve never turned down representing someone when the court has asked me to represent him or her.�
Mr. Carney said he never asked to represent Mr. Bulger but is doing so by appointment of the federal court. His previous clients include abortion clinic killer John Salvi and Tarek Mehanna, who was convicted on terrorism-related charges, both court appointments; and Kenneth Seguin, who killed his wife and two children, whom he represented privately.
While it would be hard to find two more different people than Mr. Mehanna and Mr. Bulger, there is a common theme in those cases. Mr. Mehanna said he refused to inform on fellow Muslims, and that�s why he was prosecuted.
In Mr. Bulger�s trial, Mr. Carney concedes that the South Boston mobster was a drug dealer, loan shark and a bookmaker, but fights the prosecution�s contention that he was an informant.
One of the first times the former Most Wanted fugitive could be heard to speak in court was to say during arguments among the lawyers, �Because I wasn�t a (expletive) informant.�
In a trial expected to last at least three months that is forcing lawyers to work nights and weekends, Mr. Carney looks forward to listening to his music collection that is in the neighborhood of 10,000 albums.
He recalls that the record that started the collection was �Meet the Beatles,� purchased for less than $2 in a music store on Pleasant Street in Tatnuck Square.


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Jenny is in perpetual search for easy, weeknight recipes to attempt to feed her family. When they balk, she just eats more.
I don't know about you all, but I can't stop buying mangoes, and, of course, eating them.
I love mangoes cut up in cottage cheese for breakfast, dashed with a little ground chile for a midday snack -- a la the cut fruit vendors I so loved in Los Angeles -- and eaten over the sink with nothing but a knife and a napkin, as I try to salvage every meaty yet slithering chunk of sun.
Mangoes were my children's gateway tropical fruit. Bacon girl sadly went on to eschew all fruit not disguised in pancake batter, but the incipient pescatarian who learned the ways of lamb and never looked back continues to love mangoes. I often put them in her packed lunch or mix them into her morning smoothie.
Finally there is the husband, who does not drink alcohol and treats himself to a mango lassi at Indian restaurants when others at the table are ordering Kingfishers.
Perhaps you feel I speak too ostentatiously about the mango, defending a vitamin C powerhouse that needs no further PR campaign. Very well then, here is the recipe: Mango Lassi - Indian Mango Smoothie, which is nothing terribly complicated or representing an unheard of idea for most of you.
Instead, I am offering a dash of inspiration that would indeed work well on a mango promotion site, except that I would really have to seriously object to wearing a large white flower in my hair as I championed the idea of the mango lassi for breakfast.
I would like to say that any habit or peccadillo my husband brought into this marriage (um, no, I was not aware you planned to referee five soccer games in Northern Virginia on Saturday and would be using the car for seven hours) has been completely offset by his recent purchase of the expensive and totally unnecessary Vitamix blender that now sits on my counter. If you love a cook and owe them a present, get this.
But even in your standard blender, this mix of milk, yogurt, ice and honey will be zipped together in less than a minute, and the next thing you know you'll be ready for a big day at the office, or curling up with a V.S. Naipaul novel. That's your business.
I made two optional changes to this recipe, and they are to taste. I reversed the amount of milk to yogurt (plain full fatted please, I used Brown Cow because I could not find my beloved Blue Ridge) because I like a thick smoothie. Instead of honey, I opted for a quarter teaspoon of cardamom, just to give it a little special flair. A sprig of mint is of course also optional; drinking to your heart's desire, as rmansuri suggests, required.
Mango Lassi - Indian Mango Smoothie by rmansuri
Serves 2
1 Ripe Mango3/4 cups Cold Milk3 tablespoons Cold Plain Yogurt3 tablespoons Honey1 pinch Salt1 handful Crushed Ice1 sprig Fresh Mint
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Jennifer Hudson surprised the crowd on hand for Rachelle Ferrell's show at Viper Alley in Lincolnshire Saturday when she joined the jazz singer/songwriter on stage for an impromptu duet.
Apparently most of the crowd was unaware Hudson was in attendance sitting in a booth until Ferrell called her to the stage.
"Tonight I got to be in the presence of another one of our music greats, Rachelle Ferrell," Hudson tweeted. "A great reminder that real music still do exist."
Hudson can be seen in the upcoming "The Three Stooges" film, which hits theaters April 13.
Heads up: The Bulls will host their 23rd annual "An Evening with the Chicago Bulls" at the United Center April 3. The dinner and auction benefit the Bulls' charitable efforts. For tickets, go to Bulls.com/charitydinner. … Beverly McClellan, a finalist on this past season of NBC's "The Voice," will perform at the Chicago Red Dress Party April 21 at the Joffrey Ballet Studios. For tickets, go to chicagoreddressparty.org.
On the record: "I'll do it, but no one's offered it to me." – Actor John Cusack talks about a "Con Air" sequel in an interview with the BBC News website (via AV Club Chicago).
Sighting: Former NSYNC singer Lance Bass tweeted on Monday that his dinner at the newly opened RPM Italian in River North was "Insanely good!"
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Diamond Foods Is (Emerald) Nuts About Super Bowl XLIV
November 24, 2009: Diamond Foods confirmed it is nuts about the Super Bowl, revealing that it again has purchased time during the NFL's big game to launch a TV spot.
Although creative was not detailed, the company said its Emerald Nuts brand would have a new commercial during Super Bowl XLIV, airing on February 7, 2010 on CBS. The spot, from Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco, would follow in the footsteps of such Emerald Nuts commercials as "3 PM Natural Energy" featuring Robert Goulet, which aired during Super Bowl XLI; and "Unicorn," which ran during Super Bowl XL.
Diamond Foods joins other confirmed Super Bowl XLIV advertisers as Anheuser-Busch, Bridgestone, Hyundai, PepsiCo, Cars.com, CareerBuilder, Monster.com, HomeAway and GoDaddy. Movie studios also are expected to have air time to promote Spring and Summer 2010 releases. Analysts put the cost of a 30-second spot at between $2.5-$3 million, although a company such as Anheuser-Busch generally gets a reduced rate for running upward of five minutes of ads.
"We are out to drive innovation and excitement in our snack categories and effective, creative advertising is part of that. Not only do we try to create unique value in our products and packaging, but we strive for breakthroughs in our approach to advertising as well," Michael Mendes, CEO of Diamond Foods, said in a statement. "We intend to apply our Emerald creativity and focus on consumer needs to our new Pop Secret brand...so watch this space."
According to Diamond Foods, Americans will consume 3.8 million pounds of popcorn and 2.5 million pounds of snack nuts on Super Bowl Sunday. The company just launched a "Holiday Treat" campaign for its Diamond of California brand, with print and online ads featuring recipes that can be enhanced using nuts.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Elmhurst football team's outstanding 2012 season came to a close after dropping a 24-17 decision to fourth-ranked University of St. Thomas in the second round of the NCAA Playoffs.
Elmhurst came storming out of the gate, scoring the game's first 14 points, but St. Thomas (12-0) used a pair of big plays to close the first half on a 21-0 run and open up a 21-14 lead at the break.
"There are certain games that come down to one play here or there," said Elmhurst head coach Tim Lester. "Today's game fit that description. I give St. Thomas a lot of credit, they made the big plays when they needed to and got the job done.
"We were able to take advantage of some shots down the field a few times today," said Lester. "We know St. Thomas has a great defense, but we took advantage of a few match-ups and found some openings."
St. Thomas answered back at the end of the first quarter. The Tommies drove 74 yards in just seven plays Braddock capped the drive with a one-yard touchdown plunge to cut the Elmhurst lead in half.
After an Elmhurst punt, the Tommies knotted the score on just one play. Matt O'Connell connected on an 88-yard strike down the middle to Matt Misiewicz to pull the Tommies even at 14-14. Elmhurst appeared to be on the verge of going back on top as the Bluejays drove down inside the Tommies' 10-yard line. On a first-and-goal from the St. Thomas six-yard line, a botched pitch on an option play was recovered by the Tommies' Ayo Idowu. Idowu rumbled 86 yards to the end zone to put the Tommies on top 21-14.
"The St. Thomas cornerback made a great play," said Lester. "He was able to get in to the backfield and hit Scottie before the pitch got to him. We were close to recovering the fumble, but it just bounced back to St. Thomas. Sometimes the bounces go your way and sometimes they don't."
Trailing 21-14 to open the second half, the Bluejays received the opening kick in the third quarter and promptly cut into the Tommies' lead. Aided by a roughing the kicker penalty on St. Thomas, the Bluejays drove down to the Tommies' 10-yard and settled for a 27-yard field goal from David Tomis to make the score 21-17.
St. Thomas answered back with a 17-play scoring drive. The Tommies kept the drive alive by converting on third down on three occasions, including twice on third-and-long. St. Thomas drove to the Elmhurst 11-yard line and went up 24-17 on a 28-yard field goal from Gaupner.
Elmhurst had several chances to even the score in the fourth quarter, but the Bluejays were turned away by the Tommies' defense three times. After Gaupner's field goal, the Bluejays drove to the St. Thomas 30-yard line before turning the ball over on downs after failing to convert and a fourth-and-10. Elmhurst's defense held St. Thomas to a three-and-out and Elmhurst drove the ball down to the Tommies' 16-yard line before coming up short on a fourth-and-six pass play.
Elmhurst's defense forced St. Thomas to punt on fourth down allowing the Bluejays one final drive. Elmhurst took over at their own 20-yard line with 1:17 left on the clock and no timeouts left. St. Thomas stopped the Bluejays' on a fourth-and-seven attempt from the Elmhurst 23-yard line and then ran out the clock to preserve the win.
"Our defense has always played well with our backs to the wall," said Elmhurst cornerback Jamall Lane. "We made some key stops when we needed to, but it just wasn't enough today."
Elmhurst finished the contest with 368 yards of offense and 20 first downs, running 70 plays at St. Thomas. The Bluejays proved they could run against the Tommmies' defense, rushing 41 times for 174 yards. Williams rushed 25 times for 105 yards to close out his career with over 2,000 yards on the season and over 5,100 in his career.
"This was a special season for us," said Williams. "I told people four years ago when we were freshman that Elmhurst was going to win a league championship and we did that. My offensive line was amazing this year and I wouldn't trade a single one of them."
Furco finished 14-of-29 through the air for 194 yards. Corey Thonn caught three passes for 44 yards while Gabys hauled in two passes for 82 yards.
St. Thomas totaled 387 yards of offense, rushing for 186 and passing for 201. O'Connell finished 11-of-14 for 201 yards and a touchdown while also rushing for 90 yards. Braddock totaled 91 yards on the ground on 18 carries for the Tommies. Dan Ferrazzo caught six passes for 70 yards to lead the Tommies' receivers.
Lester is proud of all that the Bluejays accomplished in 2012. Elmhurst finished the season with a 10-2 overall record and won a share of their first league championship since the 1980 season while also becoming the first team in school history to participate in the NCAA Playoffs and win an NCAA playoff game. The Bluejays also earned their first-ever national rankings, climbing to 17th in the final regular season D3football.com poll.
"At the beginning of the season, I told them that this was the 93rd season of Elmhurst football and that every year is remembered differently," Lester said. "We accomplished so much this season, that I don't think people are going to forger number 93 any time soon. We may have lost today, but I told our team in the locker room after the game was over to not hang their heads. They played their hearts out this whole season and should be proud of they accomplished."


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December 1997
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In each of its three previous budget policy statements, the Commission on Higher Education emphasized the advantages to individuals and society of a strong system of higher education. Although individuals clearly derive direct economic and other returns, including substantially higher lifetime earnings, there are significant returns to society as well. In a global economy based increasingly upon the transformation of knowledge rather than raw materials, social investment in the creation and dissemination of knowledge becomes ever more critical. Higher education serves society by preserving and advancing knowledge, enhancing economic growth, enriching the culture and community, developing a spirit of civic and social responsibility, and increasing tolerance and understanding in a diverse society.
Since its creation in 1994, the Commission has completed several studies that illuminate the condition of New Jersey's higher education system and the implications for budget policy. First, the Commission's 1995 Report on Funding and Tuition Establishment identified four goals for financing higher education. These goals are:
|establishment of a partnership of shared responsibility for higher education among students, government, and the institutions;
|adequate and predictable operating and capital support for each sector;
|a continued commitment to student assistance programs; and
|a cost-effective delivery system that embodies resource sharing for systemwide efficiencies and institutional accountability for the prudent and efficient stewardship of the state's investment in higher education.
The following October, the Commission completed work on a vision and long-range plan for higher education in New Jersey. Entitled Looking to the New Millennium: New Jersey's Plan for Higher Education, this document suggests ways in which higher education can help the state address six critical issues.2 As essential conditions for achieving the vision, the plan calls for a partnership to fund the operating costs of the institutions, continued support for student assistance programs, public funding to preserve and renew facilities, and increased investment in technology. From the colleges and universities, the plan seeks a clear focus on their individual missions and statewide needs, collaboration and coordination to serve students effectively and efficiently, and ongoing accountability. The plan also calls for state-funded incentives to enable institutions to meet certain clearly identified needs: improving graduation and transfer rates for minority or low-income students; increasing external research funding; and supporting urban revitalization in the state.
In May 1997, the Commission adopted its second systemwide accountability report, this time focused on Higher Education Costs and Revenues. Using data from 1994 (the most recent available on a national level), this report concluded that, compared to other states, higher education in New Jersey was well supported by the public considering the small size of the system and the large proportion of students who attend college out of state. The report did not discuss, however, whether the level of support was adequate to achieve the desired quality of the system.
Comparative data for four-year institutions indicated that the state colleges, independent institutions, UMDNJ, and Rutgers relied upon tuition and fees for a share of their costs at a level that is relatively consistent with their peers nationwide. NJIT's reliance on tuition and fees was greater than that of its four public peers. Spending patterns and amounts at the four-year institutions were consistent in most areas with averages of their peers, although the eight state colleges/universities included in the report did spend at an average of approximately five percent higher per full-time equivalent student than their peers, after adjusting for higher costs in New Jersey.
For the community colleges, the data clearly indicated that students pay a greater share of the costs in New Jersey than elsewhere in the nation. Spending per credit hour at the community colleges was five percent higher than national averages, again after adjusting for higher costs in New Jersey.
The state and county governments, institutions, and the public have been responsive to some of the needs and concerns identified in these reports. For example, the FY 1998 budget included funding for an incentive program to improve the graduation rates of minority or low-income students and for debt service on a new Higher Education Technology Infrastructure Fund, which was enacted in September 1997. Direct operating support for four-year and two-year institutions was increased, and there were reductions in fringe benefit contributions, primarily as a result of reduced costs for health benefits. In addition, the appropriation for Tuition Assistance Grants provided for a 3.5 percent increase in awards. Previous budgets increased awards for students in the Educational Opportunity Fund, made support of EOF's summer program predictable, and provided assistance for facilities and equipment.
There are, however, many remaining needs that were identified in the Commission's reports. In spite of periodic infusions of capital, deferred maintenance increases throughout the system. The goal of having the state support 2/3 of operating costs at the four-year institutions3 becomes more elusive as tuition and fees grow at rates greater than those for state support. Moreover, tuition and fee increases have not funded a wasteful system; the Governor's College Review Team Report concluded that the four-year public institutions it examined were generally run efficiently and effectively. At the community colleges, the situation is worse. Recent spending increases averaged less than the overall rate of inflation, but even so the partnership is further from the goal of 1/3 state support, 1/3 county support, and 1/3 student support.
The FY 1999 budget must recognize that the various sources of funding for higher education are interdependent. For public institutions, operating revenues come primarily from public support and tuition and fees. Other sources of funds are often restricted and do not address ongoing operations and the renewal of facilities. If administrative efficiencies have been implemented and the growth in public support is inadequate to meet rising costs, institutions turn to their students. The relationship for capital needs is more complex since publicly supported bonds are available and private donors are more willing to give money for new facilities than they are for ongoing operations or maintenance. Neither bonds nor donations cover all the needs, however, so that institutions may once again turn to their students or defer the necessary expenditures.
A greater reliance upon tuition and fees in turn affects the Tuition Assistance Grant (TAG) and Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) programs. To the extent that additional state operating and capital support reduces the need for tuition and fee increases, additional state aid also reduces the need for growth in the dollar value of TAG and EOF awards. There is not a dollar-for-dollar relationship because not all students receive aid and because many students who receive TAG and EOF awards go to independent institutions. But growth in operating aid will diminish the need for additional student assistance award increases.
The choices that institutions ultimately make regarding tuition, fees, and operations affect different groups differently. Part-time students are ineligible for TAG and so directly absorb increased tuition and fees as higher costs unless they receive financial aid other than TAG or assistance from their employers or other third parties. Alternatively, they may reduce the hours they attend, thereby extending the time it takes them to attain their educational goals. For full-time students, TAG, EOF, or federal aid may offset some of the increase, but if grants are not sufficient these students, too, will absorb the costs immediately, increase their debt burdens, or take longer to complete their course work.
Institutions also face dilemmas: if they raise tuition or fees, they may find themselves facing growth in yet another cost, scholarships to enable students to continue their education. Or, having already taken administrative measures to reduce their costs, the institutions then resort to measures that directly affect students, such as eliminating courses or sections, increasing the use of adjunct faculty, or reducing academic support such as library and computer services. For institutions with high percentages of students on assistance or who are part-time, the choices can be more stark since scholarship demands are higher because it is more difficult for their students to absorb increases.
This discussion would not be complete without mention of the recently enacted federal Hope Scholarships, which promise first- and second-year students tax credits of up to $1,500 per year against payment of tuition.4 The credits may well benefit middle class students but are unlikely to make higher education any more affordable for poor or working class students, because federal aid and state grant or scholarship assistance that a student receives is deducted from the available tax credit, or because the student's or family's tax liability is not sufficient to take advantage of the full credit.5 Students who receive maximum TAG and EOF awards, not to mention Pell Grants, are thus unlikely to receive any federal income tax credit, since the assistance received will exceed the value of the credit (100 percent of the first $1,000 paid in tuition, and 50 percent of the next $1,000 paid). It should also be mentioned that the credit is "backloaded," that is, it will be realized in the spring, which does not address the cash flow needed to pay tuition in the fall.
Higher education finance thus resembles a partially blown-up balloon: if one tries to squeeze it in one place, needs expand in another. The FY 1999 budget policy recommendations that follow need to be taken together to ensure that the result is a system of higher education that improves, not one that declines.
The Tuition Aid Grant and Educational Opportunity Fund programs are the cornerstone of New Jersey's commitment to making higher education affordable and accessible. The emphasis of the TAG program is on providing access, affordability, and choice to students demonstrating financial need, while EOF promotes access and retention for students from economically and educationally disadvantaged backgrounds by offering financial assistance and educational support services not normally provided by the institutions. Although both of these programs have received continuing support, they need increasing support to meet ever growing needs.
Tuition Aid Grants
The FY 1999 budget for tuition assistance should continue to rely on current year funding and ensure that the awards to students are based upon current tuition rates, including past increases.
During the past year, increasing attention has been focused on the issue of financial assistance for part-time students. It will not be an easy task to craft a program that meets the needs of part-time students: many receive assistance from alternative sources such as employers; part-time students are eligible for federal Pell grants and student loans; and no comprehensive data exist on how many students would otherwise qualify financially, particularly since some will now benefit from the Hope Scholarships. The task should, however, be undertaken to meet the needs of the large numbers of part-time students, particularly in the community colleges. Accordingly the Commission supports efforts to create a financial assistance program for part-time students, but funding for the program must not come at the expense of the needed increases to the existing program for full-time students.
Educational Opportunity Fund
During the past several fiscal years, two critical funding issues were addressed for the EOF program. The fiscal year 1996 budget provided the first grant increase for students in almost a decade, further enabling students to meet fee and other increased costs of attending college. The fiscal year 1997 budget provided direct funding for the summer programs, replacing the use of unreliable carry forward funds to partially finance the program. This direct appropriation assures that institutions and students can plan appropriately for summer programs. Nevertheless, since neither students nor institutions receive other funding for the summer programs, the Commission urges that the FY 1999 budget provide inflation-based increases for the summer programs. To keep pace with continuing growth in fees, books, room and board, and other costs of attending college, the FY 1999 budget should also provide an increase in the academic year grant to students.
In addition to these inflation-based adjustments, the EOF board proposed three initiatives, which the Commission endorses. First, merit grants should be awarded to EOF students who maintain grade point averages of 3.0 (B) or better to signal a commitment to academic excellence. Second, additional funds should be awarded on a competitive basis to institutions to stimulate program innovation in five broad areas: a) improving the preparation of EOF students for majors requiring strong analytical, math, and science backgrounds; b) improving student performance in so-called "gateway courses," that is, academic courses that institutions have identified as important prerequisites, yet that are major barriers to student academic progress; c) early-intervention/ pre-college programming; d) state-wide staff development; and e) initiatives that address the board's concern for a stronger connection with the world of work. Third, institutions should receive awards based upon outcomes such as retention and graduation of students or institutional commitment above minimum requirements.
Martin Luther King and C. Clyde Ferguson Scholarships
These programs provide scholarships to medical or dental and law students, respectively, who are from disadvantaged or minority backgrounds. Funding for these programs has been level since their inception while tuition and other costs have increased. As a result, the universities have reduced the number of students served, the amount of the grant, or both. While students should contribute to their education, especially at the graduate level, the Commission again recommends that sufficient funds be provided so that 60 students in each program can receive the maximum award established by law.
During the last three years, major steps were taken to address several different capital needs on New Jersey's college campuses. The $220 million Higher Education Facilities Trust Fund focused on "bricks and mortar" projects, specifically instructional, laboratory, communication, and research facilities. The new Higher Education Technology Infrastructure Fund, which will be implemented in FY 1998, targets $100 million ($50 million in state-supported bonds and at least $50 million in institutional matching funds) to higher education for video, voice, and data telecommunications equipment and linkages, including transport services and network interconnections. The FY 1999 budget will contain the first full year of debt service for this program.
The Equipment Leasing Fund made grants to institutions to purchase scientific, engineering, technical, computer, communications, and instructional equipment. This program, which began in 1993, has exhausted the initial $100 million. The bonds will be completely retired in two years, at which time the Commission believes the program should be renewed. Renewing the program at that time means that debt service will remain level.
Maintenance and renewal of existing facilities is a priority of rapidly growing proportions. As a result of a primary focus on new construction during recent years, New Jersey's public higher education institutions face a crisis-level backlog of capital rehabilitation and replacement projects, which places at risk the quality of teaching, learning, and research as well as the future of the facilities themselves. Higher Education Facilities Trust Fund projects addressed some of this backlog because some projects involved renovation of buildings for which maintenance and renewal were deferred. The focus of the trust fund, however, was on instructional facilities to prepare the workforce of the future; it did not provide funding for the overwhelming backlog of facilities maintenance and renewal needs, such as repairing or replacing roofs or windows, or bringing facilities into compliance with current codes.
To address the very serious problem of capital renewal, the Commission recommends a five-year capital renewal program for the senior public institutions6 and an expansion of the Chapter 12 debt service program for the county colleges. In FY 1998, the recommendation for the senior institutions was supported by the Capital Budgeting and Planning Commission and included in their budget request to the Governor. The program, which included mandatory matching requirements, was not in the final budget, although the FY 1997 and FY 1998 budgets did include limited funding for capital projects at the four-year public institutions. In the fiscal year 1999 budget, the Commission strongly recommends inclusion of funding for capital programs for both four-year and two-year public colleges, together with continued funding for the debt service costs of the Equipment Leasing Fund, Higher Education Facilities Trust Fund, and the Higher Education Technology Infrastructure Fund.
The FY 1999 budget for the state and county institutions should take the first step in achieving the recommended funding partnership for the four-year, two-year, and independent institutions. For the four-year public institutions, the goal of 2/3 state support of operating costs can be achieved by limiting the growth in student charges and providing more state support. Increased state support for the four-year public institutions should thus be contingent upon a commitment by institutions to hold tuition and fee increases approximately to the rate of inflation. For institutions to make this commitment, state support must be sufficient to fund increases in negotiated salaries, benefits, and other costs over which the institution has no control.
For the county colleges, achieving the goal of 1/3 state support, 1/3 county support, and 1/3 student support realistically requires that reliance on tuition be reduced and state support dramatically increased, while county support grows at roughly the rate of inflation. At a minimum, therefore, FY 1999 state support for the community colleges should be sufficient for them to forego tuition and fee increases.
For independent institutions, the Commission continues to recommend full funding of the Independent College and University Assistance Act.
The FY 1999 budget should provide additional incentives to four-year public institutions that freeze tuition and fees and to county colleges that reduce student charges. To improve the partnership permanently, these incentives would be built into operating aid for FY 2000 and subsequent years, dependent upon the institutional commitment to the funding partnership. These steps, taken together and consistently for the next several years, will bring the state closer to the recommended partnership for all institutions.
For several years, the state has supported a number of higher education programs that have enabled institutions to compete for other funding, serve groups with special needs, or provide other specialized opportunities. These programs are integral to higher education in New Jersey, and the Commission recommends continued support. Recent reviews of the programs for special needs and for language minority students indicate that additional funding is appropriate to serve these growing populations.
The long-range plan identified three incentive programs to enable institutions to meet certain clearly identified needs. The needs identified in the plan are the following: improving graduation and transfer rates for minority or low-income students; increasing external research funding at research universities; and supporting urban revitalization in the state. The FY 1998 budget contained a one-time appropriation of $1.0 million for grants to institutions to address graduation rates, and ten programs are currently underway. For FY 1999, the Commission proposes the first year of a two-year program of urban revitalization incentive grants and matching grants to public and private research institutions when state assistance is vital to obtain external research funds. Each of these incentive programs is intended to stimulate activity in a limited number of institutions, both public and private.
Students, policy makers, donors, and the public expect institutions to deliver a quality education at an affordable price. As part of a continued emphasis on excellence, the Commission encourages institutions to increase their use of performance indicators as measures of progress toward institutionally defined goals, consistent with their mission as well as state needs. Progress toward goals should be monitored and reported in institutional or sector budget requests. The Commission also encourages institutions to engage in periodic external reviews to enhance their effectiveness and efficiency.
With the adoption of Looking to the New Millennium, the higher education community agreed upon several statewide goals. The Commission believes that FY 1999 is an appropriate year to begin to reward and encourage performance by the public two-year and four-year colleges in achieving the goals identified in the plan. The Commission further believes that funding for performance should focus attention on outcomes, such as academic success, rather than processes. The existing accountability reporting process, which was developed jointly by the Commission and the institutions, provides an additional foundation for a performance funding system in New Jersey.
When implemented consistently over a number of years, rewarding past performance creates incentives for continued achievement. Other states have found that relatively small monetary rewards, such as an additional two percent of an institution's budget, are sufficient to motivate change because much of the institution's budget is fixed. While the details of a performance program should be developed with broad participation by the higher education community, the Commission recommends that the equivalent of an additional two percent of operating aid be set aside to reward public institutions that demonstrate improved performance, beginning with key areas such as graduation and transfer rates and operating efficiency. The performance awards proposed for the EOF program would be separate from this program and are targeted to the achievement of specific EOF goals.
Institutions should be evaluated on their year-to-year performance using data from statewide student records and other sources. To ensure that achieving statewide goals continues to command the attention of the institutions, the Commission recommends a commitment to performance funding for at least four years. This time period will also allow for new measures to be developed and existing ones refined to improve the system.
Since its inception in 1994, the Commission has viewed its role as being a responsible advocate for higher education whose decisions are driven by data and analysis. Previous budget policy statements have been particularly sensitive to the state's fiscal condition. With improved economic conditions, the Commission believes it is an appropriate time for the state to reaffirm its commitment to a balanced partnership in higher education. The imbalance in the partnership cannot be overcome in one year, but important steps to change it can be taken in the fiscal year 1999 budget.
1 According to the 1990 Census, 30 percent of New Jersey residents have at least an associate degree and 25 percent have at least a baccalaureate degree.
2 The six critical issues are: the effective and efficient use of public resources; eduation and workforce training; economic growth; community civility; the environment; and health and health care.
3 The 2/3 recommendation does not apply to the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) or to Thomas Edison State College, both of which have unique funding requirements because if their unique missions. For UMDNJ, the Commission recommended that students and their families provide 10 percent of the cost of their medical education, with the remaining 90 percent from public support. For Edison College, the Commission concluded that the state should provide adequate support for the core staff, activities, and facilities of the college.
4 The law also provides Lifetime Learning Credits for subsequent education. The credit is equal to 20 percent of the first $5,000 of tuition and fees paid, or $1,000; the value of the credit will grow as tuition and fee cap increases to $10,000 (a $2,000 credit).
5 The isuue of tax liability arises because the credit is not refundable. In other words, if a student or family only owes $750 in federal income taxes, the maximum Hope Scholarship credit is the same $750.
6 The proposal calls for annual state appropriations equal to 1.0 percent of the replacement value of buildings on the campuses. Half of the appropriation would require a dollar-for-dollar match by the institution, making the total value of the program equal to 1.5 percent of the replacement value of the buildings.
2 The six critical issues are: the effective and efficient use of public resources; eduation and workforce training; economic growth; community civility; the environment; and health and health care.
3 The 2/3 recommendation does not apply to the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) or to Thomas Edison State College, both of which have unique funding requirements because if their unique missions. For UMDNJ, the Commission recommended that students and their families provide 10 percent of the cost of their medical education, with the remaining 90 percent from public support. For Edison College, the Commission concluded that the state should provide adequate support for the core staff, activities, and facilities of the college.
4 The law also provides Lifetime Learning Credits for subsequent education. The credit is equal to 20 percent of the first $5,000 of tuition and fees paid, or $1,000; the value of the credit will grow as tuition and fee cap increases to $10,000 (a $2,000 credit).
5 The isuue of tax liability arises because the credit is not refundable. In other words, if a student or family only owes $750 in federal income taxes, the maximum Hope Scholarship credit is the same $750.
6 The proposal calls for annual state appropriations equal to 1.0 percent of the replacement value of buildings on the campuses. Half of the appropriation would require a dollar-for-dollar match by the institution, making the total value of the program equal to 1.5 percent of the replacement value of the buildings.


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CCV's advisors are available at every academic center. Because so much of what they do involves coordinating, their formal title is Coordinator of Academic Services. They schedule the courses at your academic center and hire the faculty who teach them. They plan center events and workshops. They also build relationships with other organizations in the community. As a result, they are very knowledgeable about CCV.
Academic advisors can help you:
- set short and long-term goals
- consider possible careers and programs that might be a good fit
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- Plan to meet with your advisor at least once per semester, especially during your first few semesters at CCV and as you near graduation.
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- It is important that you feel comfortable working with your advisor. If you feel like a different advisor would better meet your needs, just say so. If you are not comfortable talking about this with your current advisor, speak with someone at the front desk. An administrative assistant can help you make the transition.
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New demands on the work you do require new types of drawings. Depending on your goals, you could benefit from drawing software.
Although software use is increasing throughout the electrical industry, many of us still don't use software for design, data visualization or collaboration. This is unfortunate, because much of this software can contribute dramatically to the bottom line.
Those who use technical drawing software to create, maintain and update electrical drawings benefit from increased accuracy, decreased design time, lower costs of design and construction, increased profits and a competitive edge.
What is technical drawing? Technical drawing (or diagramming) is a relatively new variation of conventional CAD, and it fits squarely between traditional 2-D and 3-D. When CAD arrived on the scene, it promised and delivered increased accuracy and efficiency for visually depicting physical objects in two dimensions. Since then, CAD has gone beyond the physical display of objects to include automation of non-CAD-related processes through integration with compatible software.
Technical drawing fills the gap between traditional 2-D and 3-D. While technical drawing software displays physical representations in 2-D, it foregoes traditional 2-D geometry to produce a drawing. Instead, it uses objects with context sensitive behavior and other intelligence that rivals even the most sophisticated 3-D CAD applications.
Several software applications are now available for functional design, physical design and asset tracking. However, few affordable software applications integrate all of these capabilities. The most effective available technology combines an interactive graphical interface with links to pertinent data for a comprehensive, yet easy-to-learn-and-use technical drawing environment.
Of the technical drawing packages available today, the most widely known are Actrix Technical 2000, from Autodesk, and Visio 2000 Technical Edition, from Microsoft.
Sample scenarios. Let's walk through scenarios suited for today's technical drawing applications.
- You are designing the power distribution system for manufacturing equipment. Another team already designed the mechanical components, using a popular 3-D CAD solid modeling application. Your primary challenge is to create a 2-D electrical drawing to represent the components (bus, transformers, panels, conduit and wiring) each piece of equipment needs. Traditionally, we identified components by description, size and part number, but now you can easily add a customer-pleasing value-added twist to this process. You provide links to maintenance procedures, installation instructions, photographs of the final installation, and even suppliers' Web pages.
- You insert a 2-D view of the 3-D CAD model into the technical drawing session for reference. Using the drag-and-drop method, you select intelligent, industry-specific content to represent each component. Intelligent connectors automatically snap, orient and align in accordance with established conventions. You add hyperlinks to the 2-D electrical drawing to create that extra value-added content mentioned earlier.
- You're doing a turnkey design on a new instrumentation system for monitoring the performance of an existing plant. Another team laid out the main and secondary plant processes. This information is available as 2-D CAD-generated Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs). Your goal is to use the existing P&IDs to represent the process piping, add the instrumentation and create a material take-off for procuring the required instrumentation components.
- You insert the P&ID into the technical drawing session as an interactive background and drag intelligent objects representing instrumentation system components (such as piping, tubing, instruments and electrical controls) into position. They automatically snap, align and orient correctly with respect to the background P&ID. Next, you generate a report including pertinent information such as description, manufacturer and cost. You export this to a spreadsheet to automate the procurement process.
- You're laying out and wiring the light fixtures, lighting controls, receptacles, data jacks and other electrical devices in an office complex. Your task is to display the electrical system components with respect to the floor plan so your client can review the configuration to ensure the arrangement satisfies their needs. Traditionally, this is one of the most irritating tasks in office construction because the client can't visualize the changes.
As in the previous examples, you insert the floor plan into the technical drawing session as an interactive background. Then, you insert electrical symbols representing receptacles and other devices into the drawing by merely dragging content from the content catalog. Symbols snap, orient and align automatically to the CAD background. Within a single drawing session, you and your client evaluate multiple electrical system configurations for convenience and consistency with customers' needs. You even compare the costs of alternative designs by placing alternative layouts on different layers. By dragging the symbol to the new location while associated components remain connected, you incorporate client-requested changes immediately.
- You're managing a technician crew routing cable for a new voice and data telecommunications system. Your goal is to show the completed network so the IT department may subsequently use the network diagram when diagnosing problems.
Because "faster, cheaper, better" is what more of customers expect, they turn increasingly to contractors who can deliver the best mix of these factors. To compete, you can't just work harder - most of us are working about as hard as we can now. You must leverage your existing strengths, and software is one way to do that. You don't need every software package, but you do need the right mix.
Here are some of the features, capabilities and benefits of today's "Best of Breed" technical drawing and data visualization applications.
- Drag-and-drop drawing creation, which is much more efficient than conventional CAD options, enables those with no prior CAD exposure to immediately become productive.
- Thousands of logically-grouped, industry-specific intelligent objects.
- Intelligent connectors that remain connected and aligned, allowing you to maintain relationships between objects when editing the drawing.
- Drawings published on the Web allowing collaboration with suppliers and clients - not just those typically involved in the design process.
- Hyperlinks that allow you to associate objects with technical drawings, other documents, photographs and Web pages.
- Ability to insert CAD files into a technical drawing session enables you to extend CAD data throughout the design process.
- Built-in property reporting automates generation of material take-offs, work orders, purchase orders and similar documents.
- Interactive shape authoring allows conversion of graphics to intelligent objects.
- A powerful Application Programming Interface (API), an effective event handler and built-in Visual Basic Bookmark (VBA) combine to maximize the ease of satisfying requirements unique to a particular project.


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Fingerless Gloves Mittens Wrist Warmers in Grey Aran Wool
These light grey cosy fingerless gloves / mittens / wrist warmers are knitted with a pretty waffle pattern. They are made from 25% Aran wool and are 8 inches long.
Also available in the following Aran wool:
Dusky Grape (with a little tweed)
Duck Egg Blue (with a little tweed)
Sand (with a little tweed)
Deep Teal Green
Please state what colour you would like when ordering, otherwise I will send you the light grey pair automatically.
One size only.
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This item will be posted to you by More Tea, Vicar? within 3 days of receiving payment.
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You have 14 days, from receipt, to notify the seller if you wish to cancel your order or exchange an item.
Unless faulty, the following types of items are non-refundable: items that are personalised, bespoke or made-to-order to your specific requirements; items which deteriorate quickly (e.g. food), personal items sold with a hygiene seal (cosmetics, underwear) in instances where the seal is broken.


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