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Able Rank Requirements Changes
Changes to the Able rank requirements from the Sea Scout Manual 11th ed.
- Ideals
- Organize and conduct two impressive opening and closing ceremonies for your ship.
- Submit an essay of 500 to 1,000 words on how our nation's maritime history has contributed to our way of life.
- Active Membership
- Attend at least 75 percent of your ship's meetings and special activities for one year. Note: Check with your ship's yeoman.
- Prepare and present a program on Sea Scouts for a Boy Scout troop, Venturing crew, Venturing Officers' Association meeting, school class, or other youth group. Your presentation should last a minimum of 15 minutes and describe the activities of your ship and Sea Scouts.
- Leadership
Either serve and fulfill the responsibilities of a crew leader or an elected officer of your ship, or serve as an activity chair for two major ship events. Responsibilities should include planning, directing, and evaluating the event. (These events are in addition to the Ordinary requirement.)
- Swimming
Pass all requirements for the BSA's Lifesaving merit badge.
- Safety
- Develop and use a customized vessel safety checklist for a boat used by your ship.
- Demonstrate your understanding of fire prevention on vessels.
- Know the classes of fires and the substances that will extinguish each type of fire.
- In a safe place, under adult supervision, demonstrate your ability to successfully extinguish a class A and a class B fire with an approved fire extinguisher. See that the fire extinguisher used is properly recharged or replaced.
- Conduct a fire safety inspection of the vessel normally used by your ship or of your ship's meeting place. Note any fire hazards and report them to your ship's adult leaders.
- Complete the American Red Cross Standard First Aid course.
- Obtain CPR certification from a certified agency.
- Demonstrate the Heimlich maneuver and tell when it is used.
- Marlinspike Seamanship
- Complete a back splice, eye splice, short splice, long splice, and a palm-and-needle whipping.
- Sew a flat seam, round seam, and grommet eye in canvas or sail material. Describe how each is used in construction of and the care of sails.
- Describe the parts of a block and explain how blocks are sized. Describe the following types of tackle: luff, gun, double purchase, single whip, and runner. With the help of another shipmate, reeve a double purchase tackle.
- Boat Handling
- Demonstrate your ability to properly operate a small boat equipped with a motor. Included should be fueling, starting, leaving a dock, maneuvering, and coming alongside.
- Know the names and functions of lines used to secure a vessel to a wharf or pier. Understand and execute docking commands used in handling lines on your ship's primary vessel.
- Anchoring
- Describe the various kinds of anchor rode and the advantages and disadvantages of each type.
- Identify the parts of the anchor cable starting with the anchor and ending at the vessel.
- Describe the methods of marking chain and demonstrate that you know the chain markings on your ship's vessel.
- While on a cruise assist in the construction of an anchor watch schedule and stand one watch.
- Identify a capstan or windlass and explain its use in handling line, wire rope, or chain.
- Navigation Rules
- Demonstrate a working knowledge of Navigation Rules, International and Inland.
- Explain vessel lights for the following: towing (astern, alongside, pushing ahead, and cannot deviate), fishing, trawling, restricted maneuverability, underwater operations, constrained by draft, and aground.
- Describe special lights and day shapes deployed on the following vessels: not under command, restricted by ability to maneuver, constrained by draft, fishing (trawling), and sailing vessels under power.
- Understand the system of aids to navigation employed in your area. Include buoys, lights, and daymarks, and their significance and corresponding chart symbols.
- Read in detail a National Ocean Service (NOS) chart, preferably for the area normally cruised by your ship, identifying all marks on it.
- Explain the use of tide tables, current tables, light lists, and how to update a chart using the Notice to Mariners.
- Piloting and Navigation
- Describe the deck log kept aboard your ship's principal craft. Keep a complete log for three cruises.
- Lay a course of at least three legs and execute it using dead reckoning.
- Demonstrate your ability to fix your position by the following methods: taking bearings from two known objects, running fix, and estimated position.
- Establish distance from a known object using "double the angle on the bow" and explain how to set a danger angle.
- Discuss how GPS (Global Positioning System) operates and the purpose of waypoints. While underway, demonstrate your ability to use a GPS using three different waypoints.
- Discuss the method of establishing a radar fix.
- Practical Deck Seamanship
- Demonstrate your knowledge of personal safety equipment needed while cleaning, maintaining, or repairing your vessel.
- Know the names, uses, sizes, and proper care of the common hand tools used by your ship.
- Identify and explain the use of the following: thimble, shackle, turnbuckle, pelican hook, and other ship's hardware and fittings commonly used aboard your ship's vessels. Describe how each is sized.
- Demonstrate proper surface and coating preparation, coating techniques, care of stored coatings, and cleaning of brushes and tools used to maintain surfaces on your ship's vessel.
- Explain techniques used for the maintenance, protection, and repair of hulls and decks on your ship's vessel.
- Environment
- Demonstrate your knowledge of local environmental laws related to the proper storage, disposal, and cleanup of maritime coating materials, fuels, and other environmentally sensitive materials.
- Discuss with an adult leader the dumping of garbage in the marine environment. Review the contents of the MARPOL placard and locate it aboard your ship's vessels.
- Write a 500-word report on a marine endangered species (mammal, bird, fish, or reptile). The report should include a description of the species, its habitat, history, current population numbers, and current steps being employed to help
- Cruising
Earn the Long Cruise Badge.
- Electives - Do any three of the following.
- Sailing: While leading a crew of not less than two other persons, demonstrate your ability to sail a sloop or another suitable vessel correctly and safely over a triangular course (leeward, windward, reaching marks), demonstrating beating, reaching, running, and the proper commands.
- Vessels: Teach and lead a crew under oar using a boat pulling at least four oars single- or double-banked. Perform the following maneuvers: get underway, maneuver ahead and back, turn the boat in its own length, dock, and secure.
- Drill: Demonstrate your ability to give and execute commands in close-order drill.
- Engines:
- Understand the safe and proper procedures for the use of gasoline and diesel inboard engines, including fueling, pre-start checks, ventilation, starting, running, periodic checks while running, securing, postoperative checks, and keeping an engine log.
- Using the type of engine aboard the vessel you most frequently use, demonstrate your understanding of basic troubleshooting and the preventive maintenance schedule recommended by the manufacturer.
- Yacht Racing:
- Demonstrate your understanding of the shapes, flag hoists, gun, and horn signals used in yacht racing as well as a working knowledge of the racing rules of the International Sailing Federation.
- Serve as helmsman, with one or more additional crew members, of a sloop-rigged or other suitable boat with a spinnaker in a race sailed under ISAF racing rules.
- Maritime History: Know the highlights of maritime history from the earliest times to the present. Include the evolution of vessel construction and propulsion, important voyages of exploration and development, the origin of maritime traditions, and the achievements of notable maritime leaders in U.S. sea history.
- Ornamental Ropework: Demonstrate your ability to fashion the following items of ornamental ropework: four-strand Turk's head, coach whipping, cockscombing, round braid, flat sennit braid, wall knot, and crown knot. Make a useful item such as a boatswain's lanyard, rigging knife lanyard, bell rope, etc., or decorate a portion of your ship's equipment such as a stanchion, rail, lifeline, tiller, etc.
- Fiberglass Repair and Maintenance: Demonstrate your proficiency and knowledge of fiberglass repair and gel coating while working on your ship's vessel or other similar vessel.
- Specialty Proficiency: Become a certified scuba diver or become proficient in boardsailing, surfing, kayaking, or whitewater rafting/canoeing.
- USPS: As an apprentice member of the United States Power Squadrons complete the Seamanship and Piloting courses.
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-- DanMaker (talk) 18:00, August 14, 2012 (EDT)
I have updated the requirements. Thanks for the contribution. All too often Sea Scout materials are out of date. —Ajames15 (SysOp) 20:57, August 14, 2012 (EDT)
links and formatting
added link to lifesaving mb and Long Cruise badge, minor formatting changes -- DanMaker (talk) 13:08, August 22, 2012 (EDT)


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We began Gregg's carefully plotted barbeque tour in Taylor at Louie Mueller Barbeque in a setting that is as rustically American as Chez L'Ami Louis is Gallic, if not more so. Since 1959, Mueller's has been housed in a cavernous edifice that lays deceptively within the shops on
We entered the dim, large hall which houses the main dining room, service counter, and various smokers and pits. (It was once a ladies' gymnasium.) The paint on the walls is so dark from smoke and rust that it is impossible to ascertain the original color. The only sources of light are the handful of half-open window panes at the nexus of the high ceilings and front walls. But the ceiling's dark wood cannot refract the meager quantities of rust-tinged sunshine that penetrate the panes; it's just as well because our gustatory and olfactory senses were all that we needed.
Gregg ordered beef and pork ribs, sausage, and of course brisket at every establishment we visited -- and as is the custom, he ordered by the pound. (We supplemented this basic menu at Mueller's with a bone-in rib eye.) We quickly learned that silverware, plates, sauces, and side dishes were all extraneous on this BBQ tour. The only necessities? Butcher paper, fingers and thumbs, and the occasional raw onion and sliced pickle to cut the palate when the meat flavor became excessive.
Mueller applies a rub to its meat that consists exclusively of salt and pepper. All of the various meats thus have a peppery taste, and virtually of all of them are delicious. (I thought the pepper inundated the nevertheless overcooked steak.) As it turned out, Mueller's meaty and succulent beef ribs, a carnivore's fantasy, and the well-done, peppery pork sausage were probably the best of the weekend for their respective genera. In fact, the sausage proved to be the only edible version as every other establishment, including the several self-proclaimed specialists in sausage, sold coils of encased grease, surpassing the beleaguered Dodger Dog as the zenith of treyf cuisine.
After a freight train temporarily blocked our way out of
The day's penultimate lunch was Meyers' Elgin Smokehouse, which similarly has a smokehouse and market, and touts its beef sausage. Potential patrons followed the Soup Nazi methodology of customer service. We were stationed in the adjacent room behind a line that was some 15 feet from the counter. Once summoned, we ordered, paid, and received our lunch. The next customer was not summoned until we exited the counter area.
Running out of intestinal capacity, we only tried the brisket, the sausage of which Meyers is so proud, creamed corn, and a pit-smoked baked potato. Once again, the brisket was outstanding and had a nice smoke ring. Meyers uses a spicy and smoky rub that is not as strong as Mueller's, though much more pronounced than Southside's elusive rub. The creamed corn is sweet and tasty and, though we had high aspirations for the pit-smoked potato, it tasted like an ordinary baked potato. Once again, we were not charmed by the sausage's fat and grease.
Meyers was to be the final lunch of the afternoon. But on our drive back to
While we waited for our food, Gregg snapped a few photos of the trailer for posterity in plain view of the nervous proprietor. When I returned for some napkins, the owner raised the issue of the photos and asked, "Are y'all a part of some kind of con-cern?" I assured him that our intentions were entirely benevolent.
As great as the barbeque is, the local cuisine is otherwise mediocre at best, and often inedible. Contrivances like Frito Pie and hunks of what could be government cheese simply do not pass muster. On Day One, at least, supposedly urbane
Louie Mueller Barbeque
(512) 352-6206
Southside Market & Barbeque
1212 Hwy 290
(512) 285-3407
Meyer's Elgin Smokehouse
188 Hwy 290
(512) 281-3331
Lost Pines Bar-B-Que
(512) 321-8551

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Here's the latest article from the Journals site at BellaOnline.com.
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Guard who let thieves into Gardner Museum breaks silence
Thieves made off with $500k in rare art 23 years ago
The guard who was on duty the night of the biggest art heist in U.S. history is breaking his silence.
Rick Abath was working at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston the night two thieves stole 13 priceless works of art.
Abath told CNN that he let the thieves in thinking they were police officers.
"Cops rang the doorbell, they said Boston police report of disturbance on the premises, so I buzzed them in," he said.
Once inside, it quickly became clear to Abath that the men were not police officers.
"The cop dealing with me said, 'Don't I know you? There's a warrant out for your arrest. Step out from behind the desk,'" Abath said.
The thieves duct taped him and another guard and left them in the basement.
On Thursday, he told CNN that the FBI first treated him as a suspect.
"I knew I was (a suspect). I opened door," he said.
This week, the FBI announced it knows the identities of the thieves but the agency won't reveal names.
The FBI is running new public service announcements aimed at finding the stolen art.


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CHAMP Community Organizer and HIV PJA leader Waheedah Shabazz-El gave the final word at closing session of International AIDS Conference: "Human Rights as a Conscious Achievement"
Watch it right here, and here's the text:
"Human Rights as a Conscious Achievement"
IAC 2010 Closing Speech
Waheedah Shabazz-El, USA
I want to start by honoring the Creator for what has been created here. I am truly humbled by this incredible opportunity. I want to thank the city of Vienna, acknowledge all of the Dignitaries, my Colleagues and my Friends.
This 18th International AIDS Conference has been a true testament to what we can accomplish when we share a mission. Even as we've explored evidence on prevention, funding for universal access and the value of early treatment for HIV/AIDS, our mutual strategy is to press forward in our fight for human rights and against the devastating effects of HIV and AIDS.
Commonly, we aspire to live in a world free from stigma and discrimination irrespective of who we are, where we come from and what we believe in. This is a great challenge, but I strongly believe we can get there through our collective power. We gathered here in order to take on the shared responsibility of delivering on our commitment to Universal Access to prevention, treatment, care and support to all those who need it.
We have examined both our successes and our failures. By doing this we have strengthened each other.
Collectively we have reaffirmed that Human Rights and HIV Prevention Justice are the cornerstones of our universal response to HIV and AIDS.
Around the world we face systemic human rights violations. Globally, women and girls face daily struggles against violence, inequality, violations of sexual and reproductive rights, such as forced sterilizations, criminalization of sex work and of HIV transmission. Around the world we can't deny that HIV travels the well-worn path of gender inequality. I envision a world where this inequality no longer exists and where the human rights of women are consciously upheld.
As your positive Sister in this world I have witnessed inequality, discrimination and injustice. With you by my side I am no longer alone and marginalized. As you stand here with me today I can feel changes and say yes to "Rights Here, Right Now" Moving forward-can our lessons bring real victories towards achieving real Human Rights for all Women?
We must meaningfully involve women and girls living with HIV in all aspects of policymaking, program development, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation -- and we need properly resourced programs that address the reality of our lives.
We must accurately capture data on the social and economic factors that lead to increased vulnerability and worse health outcomes for women and girls, in all of our diversity, including transgender women.
We must end the criminalization and violation of the rights of women living with HIV and AIDS, especially for women behind bars, women who use drugs, and sex workers.
We must support responses that address inequality and Violence Against Women in all regions, irrespective of the type of epidemic.
For all people we have to ensure that:
- Communities are able to access HIV education, prevention, testing and counseling services that meet their needs. We must eliminate all funding for abstinence-only programs that fail young people by violating their right to life saving information.
- All people with HIV have the right to work, have a full and satisfying sexual life, bear children, and access high quality HIV care that meets their needs.
Let us now look to the future.
In two years , we welcome you to our nation's capitol in Washington DC -- please understand that you will be coming to a country that is still very much a work in progress when it comes to addressing the HIV epidemic within our own borders. We require your support to end the AIDS crisis both inside and beyond our borders. No one person or country has all the answers and we all have much to learn.
But I am proud that for the first time the USA has developed its' own National AIDS Strategy - something our previous government felt was not a priority. ALSO under the leadership of President Barrack Obama, my country has finally lifted its outrageous travel ban on HIV-positive people entering the country! This makes it possible for the 19th International AIDS Conference to return to the US after a 23-year absence!
However, it disturbs me that two of the most vulnerable populations, sex workers and drug users, will not be allowed to legally enter the US and participate in IAC 2012 in Washington, DC.
Another win is that Congress has finally voted that federal dollars can be used to support needle exchange programs. This is a vote for Human Rights, a vote for evidence-based prevention, and a powerful reminder that clean needles save lives. But we face many difficulties in the USA.
We witness more and more people being placed on waiting lists for life saving ARVs. We have enormous wealth but many people, including those with HIV, are homeless. 1 in 4 persons living with HIV in the USA is estimated to spend time behind bars each year. More than half of all African American Men Who Have Sex with Men are HIV positive. And every 9 and half minutes a person is infected with HIV, disproportionately people of color and women. In fact, over 60% of all new HIV infections diagnosed in women are among women of color, primarily African American women.
In my country, infections through all modes of transmission have increased, and overall HIV prevalence in Washington DC is higher than some countries with severe epidemics. Stigma is very much alive. The rights of people living with HIV are routinely violated, and religious leaders are just beginning to understand their role in this epidemic. So please understand, you will be coming to a country that needs your assistance. Bearing in mind these challenges, let us affirm our commitment to the work we must achieve during the next two years, where ever we live.
When we reconvene in two years we must be able to declare that:
We stood by our commitment to reach Universal Access and kept HIV on the global agenda as a human rights imperative.
We ensured that HIV remained among the highest funding priorities for our leaders.
We continued to support people with HIV to advocatefor themselves and their communities
We created space in programs and at decision-making tables for women living with HIV ... and My sisters, we must prepare ourselves to assume those roles.
We mentored young people and supported their leadership.
We have provided information about HIV and AIDS regardless of language or access to technology.
We made sure that men, women and trans women behind bars have access to prevention, treatment, care and support services.
We defended the rights of all people who use drugs and ensured that they have access to the full range of services including harm reduction.
We have our work cut out for us!
Right now, as we end this conference, let us resolve to greet Washington DC with unforeseen strength borne of the vows echoed Right here. This fight is not over-it is just beginning, from Vienna's shores to Washington DC. We will hold each other and our elected leaders to their obligations and their promises to fight HIV and AIDS around the world.
Human Rights here -- Right Now!
Say it with me -- Human Right here, right now!
Please allow me to thank Philadelphia FIGHT, CHAMP, ICW Global, US Positive Women's Network, ACT-UP Phila, Penn CFAR, the Conference Coordinating Committee for inviting me to speak today, my family back at home and all of you who travelled from far and wide to attend this conference and ... I pray your travels home are safe and May Peace be Unto You.


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A Book that Cleans Water?
September 01, 2016
Recently we've looked at the issue of Clean Water, first delving into the fascinating history of and process of water treatment and purification in Part 1 and Part 2 of this series. Next we turned our attention to the world stage, where 1 in 9 people (some sources estimate that it's closer to a third of the world's population) do not have access to clean, safe drinking water. Close to a billion people worldwide. Last month we looked at an exciting new tool for bringing clean water to a part of the world where it is not readily available. Lima, Peru's billboard that creates clean drinking water from humid air is an amazing innovation. And it's not the only one. There are a number of exciting new inventions that can help people around the world have access to safe, healthy drinking water. Would you believe there's a book that delivers clean water? A straw? A bicycle? Read on . . .
The Drinkable Book™ by WATERisLIFE
Yes, an actual book with pages that can purify water. Each page of the book is coated with silver nanoparticles, which kill 99.9% of the bacteria passing through them. Users can remove a page of the book and use it many times as a filter. In addition, each page contains printed copy as well — important information (in a variety of languages) on water hygiene, sanitation, and safe water tips. WATERisLIFE estimates that each book can provide a person with clean water for up to four years.
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The LifeStraw:
The LifeStraw is another astounding invention; it's actually a "straw" that filters dirty water and makes it safe for drinking. It's a small lightweight tube that can purify a minimum of 264 gallons of water and removes 99.9% of bacteria and parasites. It's an inexpensive ($19.95) way to deliver clean drinking water. Also, "for each LifeStraw you purchase, one school child in a developing community receives safe drinking water for an entire school year" through their program, FOLLOW THE LITERS.
The CycloClean water-purifying bicycle:
The Cycloclean is used for both transportation and filtration. The bicycle can transport people in remote areas to places where they can find water, and then the four attached filters purify the water, harnessing the kinetic energy produced by the pedaling. The Cycloclean can produce 6 liters of drinking water per minute,
3 times amount of daily drinking water needed for a single person.
LUVWater water bottle:
A water bottle that can purify drinking water? Yes! LUVWater is an inexpensive, self-powered water purifying water bottle developed by students at the Integrated Innovation Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. Not yet in the production phase, the water bottle uses the weight of the water itself to power UV-LED lights which kill 99.9% of waterborne pathogens.
And that's just to name a few. There are so many remarkable inventions and so many organizations doing tremendous work to combat the lack of clean water across the globe. We will look at some of those organizations soon, but if you're interested in more information about exciting innovations in providing safe potable water, check out some of these:
A Water Tower that pulls drinking water from thin air.
The Hippo Water Roller: a simple innovation to help people in rural areas carry more water more easily.
The Water Cone: The Watercone® is a solar powered water desalinator that takes salt or brackish water and generates freshwater. It is simple to use, lightweight and mobile.
The LifeSack: The lifesack is a container (that can be worn as a backpack) that can be used to deliver food, then used to purify water. It uses SODIS (Solar Water Disinfection Process) technology: UV-A-radiation and the bag's thermal treatment process work together to kill deadly microorganisms and bacteria in water.
Inhabitat.com, 6 Water Purifying Devices for Clean Drinking Water in the Developing World
Nippon, Cycloclean: http://www.nipponbasic.ecnet.jp/e-cc.html
Mashable.com, World Water Day Inventions:
Waterislife.com: http://waterislife.com/clean-water/new-technology
Herox.com, Ten Awesome Water Purification Inventions
LifeStraw: http://lifestraw.com/products/lifestraw/
Luv Water: https://yourstory.com/2014/01/luv-water/
Goodnet.org, 5 Amazing Inventions that Deliver Clean Water


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Visionwind Media necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 86 diseños de 27 diseñadores freelance.
A premier hair salon with 35+ years in an exclusive Southern California community is looking for a beautiful and effortless design for our website. We have a thorough description, are very open to your creative ideas and look forward to working with all talented designers. Please read the brief for all the details.
We want a homepage template designed that can be used as a basis forthe entire site. The primary purposes of the site are to establish tothe visitor that this is a premier salon, it is beach chic, relaxed andbeautiful. We want a WELCOMING design. The main goal is to lead the visitor to call or click to contact the salon.
Thetemplate homepage should be obvious and as self evident as possible,don't make the visitor think and lead them to click or call the salon.
Please read the entire brief to get all the details and please let us know if you have any questions, we really look forward to your creative designs!
- Size: 800 to 960 pixels wide (this is flexible, but it needs to be a standard size that works well with joomla or drupal)
- Keep the same logo design, but the colors (please do not use the green and yellow in the logo posted below), position and orientationcan change and it can be modified slightly as long as the generaldesign of the logo remains the same.
Here are only digital files we have of the logo:
http://www.visionwindmedia.com/proj…oyello.gif - Please do no use these colors though
http://www.visionwindmedia.com/proj…logobw.psd - black and white version.
- We are looking for a color palette using:
Coral Pink (Hex: #F88379) (RGB: 248, 131, 121)
- Elements of Sites we like:
Like blues from montage spa site:
Clean design of sites lucy.com (also like colors of corals on lucy) and restorationhardware.com
Like the theme/atmosphere of Tommy Bahama style, no so so much their website, mostly their catalogs and physical stores.
Like the look of the site http://www.rubann.com/ and that the focus is on calling and services offered
- A prototype of elements is to get an idea of the elements we are lookingfor to present on the page is below, it is not meant to be a placement guideline, feel free to move,adjust and transform the elements as your creative talents desire. Click on the small yellow notes to see comments about the elements and many of the buttons/links are live.
Click here to see the prototype of elements
- Deliverables:
1. A completed homepage template in PSD format, that is ready to be converted to CSS/XHTML, keep in mind this will be used with a joomla/drupal CMS, please design accordingly.
2. An example of how this template will apply to the stylists bio page and/or other pages on the site.
We don't want a cluttered or overwhelming site, the idea is toquickly communicate the idea of elegance, beauty and class in a beachchic relaxed and welcoming site.
Nothing cartoonish.
Please don't make a design that will need to be entirely made in flash. We are planning to use CSS with Joomla or Drupal for site.
Pleasecompletely ignore our current site at: http://www.kittieolivier.com the newsite should look nothing like this site or color scheme.


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The visual arts are rapidly changing and evolving as a result of the development of new techniques and media and because of the ever-changing trends and scholarship. With a strong knowledge base and experience with contemporary and traditional materials and techniques, graduates of the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Art program are highly prepared for a career in the visual arts.
Students enrolled in the art program at the University of Rio Grande will have the opportunity to work in a wide variety of materials and media, including:
- Drawing and Painting
- Ceramics
- Sculpture
- Digital and Darkroom Photography
- Printmaking
- Graphic Design
- Video
- Digital Imaging
Classroom and studio activities are structured around close personal attention in a family atmosphere. Students get to know the faculty well through extensive one-on-one training and mentorship. Numerous social activities within the department lead to strong bonds that last for years to come after graduation.
Students are expected to develop professional practices from their first semester in the program. Each student documents her or his work and engages in professional development activities including exhibitions, design work, commissions, outreach, curating and student teaching.
Additionally, there are many opportunities for school-sponsored student travel. In recent years, the art department has visited dozens of museums in cities such as:
- Venice, Florence and Rome, Italy
- New York City, NY
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Huntington, WV
- Columbus, OH
- Cincinnati, OH
Faculty are active professionals in their discipline. Each of the three full-time faculty hold terminal degrees from accredited institutions, and average 23 years of college teaching experience and over 100 exhibitions. Faculty skills cover a wide range of specializations, and share common skills and attitudes. All the faculty are active in assessment of student learning, and continually update course materials to incorporate new technologies, materials, contemporary art trends, and developments in pedagogical research.
With the support of the Office of Academic Affairs, there are numerous opportunities for student research and publication/exhibition. In recent years, students have worked side-by-side on Provost's Academic Excellence initiatives such as:
- A three-panel installation in Rio's board room including six students and three faculty that included painting, drawing, photography, cast paper and glass sculpture.
- An animated film.
- A trip to a printmaking conference where students participated in open portfolio reviews in Missouri.


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Bella Swan's 'Twilight: Breaking Dawn' Wedding Dress Can Now Be Yours [PHOTOS]
While the 'Twi-hards' who flocked to see 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1,' the popular series' penultimate big screen chapter, will never be able to marry a vampire, they can at least look like Bella Swan on their wedding day. Designer Alfred Angelo has just released a $799 "Bella" replica wedding dress for all your 'Twilight'-themed wedding needs.
The bridal retailer has been working with Summit Entertainment since May on the gown, which features long lace-trimmed sleeves, a Chantilly-inspired lace applique trim and a plunging cut-out illusion back.
A closer look at the dress is below. If you happen to be a 12-year old girl who is tempted to put the dress on your Christmas list, don't. Not only is there zero chance your folks will buy it for you, but you are going to freak them out by even asking.
[via Wall Street Journal]


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In 'Prisoners', two young girls are kidnapped, and one dad takes justice into his own hands. The film stars Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Terrence Howard and Maria Bello. VPC
As summer fades and studios enter the fall and awards season, studios begin releasing more adult fare.
Hollywood began its seasonal migration to more adult fare this weekend as the fall-oriented Prisoners scored a convincing win at the box office.
The crime drama starring Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal collected $21.4 million, according to studio estimates from ticket talliers Hollywood.com.
The haul slightly exceeded analysts' expectations, propelled by strong reviews as Prisoners marked one of fall's first awards contenders. According to survey site Rottentomatoes.com, Prisoners won over 79% of critics and an impressive 90% of moviegoers — a strong public reaction to a dark, R-rated film that runs 2½ hours long.
MORE: The weekend's top 10 films
The film benefited from public hunger to get away from summer's big-budget spectacles, says Tim Briody, analyst for ticket trackers Boxofficeprophets.com.
Briody says Prisoners "found the right combination of star power and strong reviews to give audiences a reason to check out the crime thriller in what's been a weak September at the movies."
Gitesh Pandya of Boxofficeguru.com says the film's pedigreed cast, which included Viola Davis, Terrence Howard and Melissa Leo, "played to a mature adult crowd," often neglected in the summer gold rush for teen audiences.
Alas, it was the kids left with the scraps this weekend. Insidious Chapter 2 took second place with $14.5 million in its second weekend.
The Robert De Niro comedy The Family was third with $7 million, followed by the Spanish-language family comedy Instructions Not Included with $5.7 million.
The 3-D IMAX re-release of The Wizard of Oz found some gold on the yellow brick road, capturing $3 million and ninth place, meeting most forecasts. Final figures are due Monday.
Attendance is down about 2% from last year's pace, according to Hollywood.com.


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A Convalescent,
An invalid girl,
A case!
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Use titanium nails to screw her fractured humerus to a 4 inch mental plaaaaaaate!
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Posted by Miss Snark at 8/15/2006 08:52:00 PM
2 comments:
- Pete Tzinski said...
This is brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. I sung it to my wife, while I was puttering around the kitchen, and delighted in the perplexed look I got.
- 8/15/2006
- Zolah said...
A-thank-e-you, A-thank-e-you. I'm on all next week at the London Palladium.
- 8/16/2006
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American guitar makers Gretsch have announced details of a limited edition reproduction of George Harrison's black Gretsch Duo Jet guitar.
The guitar was played by Harrison on The Beatles' early releases, and also featured on the cover photograph for his 1987 album Cloud Nine. It was played in the Cavern Club and other Liverpool venues, and on several of The Beatles' visits to Hamburg, Germany.
It was used during the group's audition for Parlophone/EMI at Abbey Road on 6 June 1962, but was retired the following yaer when Harrison aquired more guitars including the Gretsch Country Gentleman and Tennessean models.
In the mid 1960s Harrison gave the Duo Jet to Klaus Voormann, who kept it for 20 years.
I'd asked him what happened to the guitar and whether I could have it back, because of its nostalgic value. So he returned it to me, and I had it fixed back in its original form with the original pickup and switches that had been missing from it since he owned it.
The Duo Jet was restored in 1985/6 by luthier Roger Giffin, who rewired it and added a DeArmond pickup in the neck position, replacing one Voormann had installed.
The reissue
Available in any colour as long as it's black, the G6128T-GH George Harrison Tribute Custom Shop Duo Jet is priced at $20,000. Limited to a run of just 60, the guitars will go on sale from May 2011.
The model also comes with two previously-unpublished photographs of Harrison with his original Duo Jet guitar, a UK 7" vinyl copy of Got My Mind Set On You, one of Harrison's personal guitar plectrums, and a DVD, The Making Of George Harrison's Tribute Gretsch Guitar. It will be accompanied by a deluxe tweed hardshell case.
Featuring reproduction scuffs and scratches, it has been praised by Harrison's son Dhani, who says: "I've never seen a more precise and detailed replica of any guitar in my life."
The G6128T-GH George Harrison "Tribute" Duo Jet – of which only 60 will be made – mirrors every scratch, ding, worn finish patch and rust spot of Harrison's guitar. Crafted by master luthier Stephen Stern and his crew at the Gretsch Custom Shop, it also faithfully replicates the modifications that were made to the original guitar in the late 1950s by its original owner (who had a Bigsby® tremolo unit installed), and those made by Harrison himself. True to form, the tremolo arm of the new replica's Bigsby® B6C tailpiece has a black Phillips head pivot bolt, and the strap button on the lower bout is offset to accommodate the Bigsby®.
George Harrison described the Duo Jet as his "first real decent guitar". He bought it second-hand from a Liverpool taxi driver and former merchant sailor, Ivan Hayward, in the summer of 1961, and played it for the following three years.
Hayward paid $210 for the guitar during a late 1950s stopover in New York, and kept it for three years before deciding to sell it. He wanted £90 (around $255 at the time) for it in Liverpool, but Harrison had just £70, and left an IOU – copies of which are included with the 2011 guitars.
It was my first real American guitar. And I'll tell you, it was secondhand, but I polished that thing. I was so proud to own that.
Gretsch's reproduction model was created by luthier Stephen Stern. During the production process, a CAT scan was used to determine the chamber style of the guitar's semi-hollow body. The scan also solved uncertainty about a flaw in the neck.
The doctor zeroed in on it, like you would a human bone, and said if it was cracked we would see it; there was no fracture at all. So that line, that finish flaw, is included in the reproduced guitar.
Product manager, Gretsch Guitars
Also on this day...
- 2012: US publishing rights for six early Beatles songs are sold
- 1969: Get Back/Let It Be sessions: day seven – George Harrison quits The Beatles
- 1968: Recording: Wonderwall Music by George Harrison
- 1967: Recording: Penny Lane
- 1966: US single release: Woman by Peter And Gordon
- 1964: Live: The Beatles' Christmas Show
- 1964: US album release: Introducing The Beatles
- 1963: Live: Grafton Rooms, Liverpool
- 1962: Live: Cavern Club, Liverpool (evening)
- 1958: Live: New Clubmoor Hall, Liverpool
Want more? Visit the Beatles history section.


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Whole-grain bread rolls
There are not many things that can beat the whole grain bread, unless it's 8 delicious little whole grain breadrolls ;-) These are perfect for breakfast, and you can easily prepare and bake them in one evening, for e.g. Sunday breakfast! :-)
My fool-proof recipe will be a great fun, and a good addition to your baking arsenal.
When you make your own pasta, you will always end up with some scraps, even more if you make ravioli. You can easily recycle this leftover pasta to make maltagliati, meaning "poorly cut" in Italian, which was traditionally meant as food for the poor. We are way past that, and today you can enjoy rich texture and amazing flavor of your pasta without the social stigma ;-)
Vegetarian bento
Today was one of these days that my coffee needed a coffee... And I really couldn't make myself cook in the morning. So, the vegetarian bento was made! It's fast, it's simple, and it tasted great. Consider that a fancy salad for lazy days.


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Q&BA: How do we know some meteorites come from Mars?
This Q&BA video's a bit longer than usual, but what the heck. It's a fun topic!
First: every now again when I have time I do an interactive live video chat on Google+ where people can ask me questions about space and astronomy. I call it Q&BA, and it's always fun to hear what questions are on people's minds.
In this episode of Q&BA, I was asked about Mars meteorites: how do they get to Earth? I talk about their transport mechanism, as well as how they get blasted of the surface of Mars, and how we know they come from the Red Planet at all. It's a pretty common question, and a pretty cool little slice of science.
[Note: I was having software issues when I recorded this on a Google+ Hangout in January 2012, and the aspect ratio is a bit wonky.]
So there you go. I've seen a few Mars meteorites, and they're pretty nifty. One of these days I'll have to see about getting one to add to my collection of iron and stony meteorites, too. It's be nice to have a chunk of actual planet that's not Earth sitting on my display shelf.
I have an archive of Q&BA links and videos. Take a look and see if there are other ones that tickle your imagination.
Related Posts:
– Q&BA: Can we build a space habitat?
– Q&BA: The Science of Science Fiction
– Q&BA: Which moon has the best chance for life?
– Q&BA: Why spend money on NASA?
– Q&BA: What happens if you are exposed to the vacuum of space?


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If you enjoyed Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner, you might also like these evocative novels about family and friendship.
"In this provocative and page-turning debut novel, Hinnefeld recounts the life of bird-lover, environmental activist and artist Addie Sturmer Kavanagh. Opening with Addie's death from cancer, and her troublesome dying wish, Hinnefeld's narrative migrates to Addie's days as a college art student, when she fell in love with birds and with the professor teaching her their biology."– Publishers Weekly
A luminous work of fiction that celebrates the uncommon in common lives, and the redemptive power of love. Mary and O'Neil frequently marveled at how, of all the lives they might have led, they had somehow found this one together. In Cronin's tender, heartwise novel, eight stories trace the lives of these two vulnerable young people as they rediscover in each other a world alive with promise and hope.
Ian McEwan has caught with understanding and compassion the innocence of Edward and Florence at a time when marriage was presumed to be the outward sign of maturity and independence. On Chesil Beach is another masterwork from McEwan—a story of lives transformed by a gesture not made or a word not spoken.
Waldman's follow-up novel to Love and Other Impossible Pursuits explores the aftermath of a family tragedy. Set on the coast of Maine over the course of four summers, Red Hook Road tells the story of two families, the Tetherlys and the Copakens, and of the ways in which their lives are unraveled and stitched together by misfortune, by good intentions and failure, and by love and calamity.
What I Loved begins in New York in 1975, when art historian Leo Hertzberg discovers an extraordinary painting by an unknown artist in a SoHo gallery. He buys the work; tracks down the artist, Bill Wechsler; and the two men embark on a life-long friendship. Part family novel, part psychological thriller, What I Loved is a beautifully written exploration of love, loss, and betrayal-and of a man's attempt to make sense of the world and go on living.


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Chris Gayle willing to quit West Indies captaincy and face future without Tests
The West Indies batsman admits he could step down as captain and believes Twenty20 cricket will kill the five-day game
"I wouldn't be so sad," says Gayle when asked how he would feel if Test cricket were to die out. He prefers Twenty20 over the traditional game. About the captaincy he is similarly blase. "To be honest with you, there's a possibility I might give it up I will be giving it up, shortly."


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Opinion: Governor Moonbeam for President?
Hoover Institution research fellow Bill Whalen on the "California miracle," Governor Jerry Brown's political and policy ambitions, and the future of California's GOP.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... back to Opinion Journal why Mary Kissel ... believe it or not California still has the Republican party ... and they're getting together this weekend for their winter meeting to strategize about the future ... wishing to be a fly on that wall ... well we've got Hoover Institution research fellow Bill Whalen here ... to tell us a little but about what to expect Dell ... Republicans have been blown out of the water in California in these last couple of Alexion's this is Ardi have a future in the state ... the show ... from a stunning area ... this came from Washington Dublin based were ... aren't right Governor ... Jerry Brown ... from getting is that California is in our model for the nation in terms of ... turning itself around well that is a scary thought ... economically these ... but is also a scary thought in terms of politics because politically ... it will probably stay right now ... and so the state GOP needs to begin this weekend ... start to ... get itself back into the game ... the State Shield in California has a lot of debt some ... pretty ineffectual leadership that if I'm being nice ... are there any names the names that are willing to step in your bill the to help out ... now here's the problem of the parties to go ... shortcuts the last decade old son ... watchwords atorney Witten are your last three gubernatorial candidates in California ... on one thing in common they are a first-time candidates people and parachuted ... out there that ... don't work with the latter other people's mid nineteen nineties ... it is looking to earn ninety nine Interactive twenty five years experience in elective office ... in you can use ... or backwards ... up the crowd is growing this last point since the early nineteen sixties ... eight years ago the state ... then the Republicans had two advantages that the GOP is not that today one of the electorate in California was far more conservative so when social unrest what price the Berkeley protests broke out ... well it was considered Republican ... and secondly to enroll in a moment to be very charming candidates ... the electorate in California is not as assertive else was there and is already on the rise ... Democrats seem to have a pretty deep bench ... Jerry Brown is back on Harris's state attorney general ... others ... I is that also a major problem facing the GOP about thirty seconds left though ... Democrats because the Democrats are all in the Democrats in Saturday's seventy years and fifteen ... politics ... I'm going to the Republicans would go on tell anything there is a long run it ... began again and this is getting Republicans elected to the local level and build mobile or just its ... top that is bigger than the last last decade or so ... California Republican winter meeting ... probably not going to be much


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MIDDLETOWN, Conn. – A pair of jumpers over the final one minutes, 27 seconds of the second half would erase the Beacons four point lead to force their first overtime game of the season. In the overtime, women's basketball would shoot a combined 50.0% from the field to defeat Albertus Magnus College by the final of 84-80 on day two of the Wesleyan University (Conn.) Courtyard Marriot Invitational.
Throughout the five extra minutes of play, UMB never once trailed as they improved their overall record to 2-1 on the year. Olivia Murphy (Canton, Mass.) led the way in the OT scoring six of the Beacons first eight points. Lauren Perra (Taunton, Mass.) also made an impact in the overtime as she dropped in a combined six points over the final five minutes. UMass would outscored Albertus Magnus (1-1) 15-11 in the overtime.
Murphy led the afternoon with a double-double of 16 points and 16 rebounds, while Perra recorded a team-high 18 points. Perra was 5-for-16 from the field, with four of those baskets coming from behind the arc. At the line the junior guard was a perfect 4-for-4. Murphy went 8-for-13 from the field, 8-for-8 at the line. On the glass she pulled down eight offense and eight defensive boards. The sophomore forward also managed three assists and four blocks.
As a team the Beacons shot a combined 41.4% from the floor, and 30.8% from the 3-point range. On the glass UMass Boston held outrebounded their non-conference opponents 52-37.
Keeping Albertus in Saturday's contest from start to finish was Lianna Carrero, as she finished with a game-high 33 points on 10-of-20 shooting from the floor. Carrero was also 5-for-8 from behind the arc and 8-for-8 at the line in 38 minutes of playing time.
Also having a strong game for the Beacons was senior Andrea Suffredini (Milford, Mass.) as she the guard finished third on the team with 11 points and also had three assists. Both Perra and Brittany Moore (Billerica, Mass.) finished second on the glass with eight boards each.
In the final 20 minutes of play, Perra led UMB with 12 points on 4-of-7 shooting, with all four baskets scored from long range. Karle proved to be the answer for her squad as she dropped in 16 including the two huge field goals to force the overtime.
Off the Beacons bench Katrina Edwards (Springfield, Mass.) and Moore each finished with seven points respectively, while on the glass it was all Murphy as she ripped down six boards.
Women's Basketball returns to action on Tuesday when they travel to Fitchburg State University for a 7 p.m. non-conference game.


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What an unbelievable quilt of Janet's. It is a Kim McLean pattern Stars and Sprigs. It was lovely to finally meet Janet from Quiltsalott.
This is Cathy from Cabbage Quilts and it was great to finally meet her. I was very disappointed last year I missed out on meeting her when she called into Material Obsession as I was on the Queen Vic trip. My Group told me how lovely she was and now I know too.
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The Evil Eye (Astonishing #33, June 1954)
Pablo Ferro was born in Cuba, and moved to New York as a teen. A self-taught animator, he began his career freelancing for New York companies like Academy Pictures and Elektra Studios, and eventually found a job with a studio that produced commercials. Through Stan Lee he briefly worked in the field of comics, contributing science fiction stories to Atlas' Mystic comic book (1953-54).
In 1961 he became one of the partners to form Ferro, Mogubgub and Schwartz with animation stylist Fred Mogubgub, and in 1964 he formed Pablo Ferro Films. For over three decades he worked as a director, editor, producer and title designer, among others for Stanley Kubrick. His credits include such films as 'Dr. Strangelove', 'The Russians are Coming', 'Bullit', 'Midnight Cowboy', 'A Clockwork Orange', 'Men In Black' and 'Napoleon Dynamite'.


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A front-wheel drive hatchback has no right to look as good as this new Seat Leon Cup Racer, which debuted at Europe's giant Wörthersee VW meet over the weekend.
The car is stripped, caged, and widened, with power raised up to 330 horsepower. You can spec it with DSG for 70,000 Euros, or with a sequential gearbox for 95,000. If you're an American, just drool at this forbidden fruit.
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Is Network Technology a Key Enabler for Smart Eco-City Development?
Earlier this week, the US-China Green Energy Council convened an impressive seminar on "Smart Eco-City Development Progress: Connecting People in Unique, Innovative and Regenerative Communities."
Participants came to the discussion from many angles — infrastructure, engineering, architecture, urban design, planning, technology development, energy, to name just a few. That diversity of perspective certainly added a layer of richness to the debate, especially when skeptical voices worried about the longer-term impacts of the global recession. Clearly, there was a lot of ground to discover in one short event.
Three panelists, including myself, shared our background, experience, and views, and the floor was opened for what turned out to be a vigorous discussion. Our moderator was James T. Caldwell Ph.D., Director of UCGEC and the Chair of UCGEC's Green Building and Ecocities Task Force. He also serves as a consultant to Heller Manus Architects, based in San Francisco, which is undertaking massive projects in China for their clients.
I laid out the story behind Cisco's 'Smart+Connected Communities' initiative, which is improving the delivery of urban services while strengthening economic development in cities of varying sizes and types. I also explained some of S+CC's current areas of focus, and presented some of the work now underway in Asia, Europe and North America. For more about IBSG's perspective on this work be sure to take a look at the blog post, "Innovation in the 21st Century," written by Nicola Villa, global director of IBSG's Urban Innovations team. And for a deeper dive, you may want to review Nic's white paper, "Connecting Cities: Achieving Sustainability Through Innovation," which he co- authored with Shane Mitchell, IBSG Public Sector.
Joining me was Eric Lundquist, an architect, and Managing Director of Heller Manus Architects. Eric's firm has clients with a total of 7,500 acres of development in California, Arizona, Texas, Florida, Russia, Mexico, and China, and he said that "we must recognize that each project has a unique geography, culture and its own strategic imperatives for sustainable, healthy and attractive communities." Eric described "how diverse goals and ecological imperatives are integrated through architectural planning in partnership with key stakeholders."
Ed Cazalet, Ph.D., and President and CEO of TeMix, Inc., also weighed in. With forty years of electric industry experience as a founder and CEO of several companies and as a Board member of the California ISO, Dr. Cazalet described TeMix's "Smart Transactive Energy Services" as "useful for eco-city smart grids." He explained that his company's technology will "optimally coordinate renewable energy production, storage, grid demand, and traffic among all components and players on the grid." He included in his presentation a review of renewable energy micro-grids, including one proposed by OSISoft for Hainan Island in China.
As we wrapped up for the day, I found myself reflecting on the initial statement the organizers released about the seminar's focus: "The key to human survival and healthy fulfillment is strengthening economic, intellectual and social growth in ways that maintain healthy, resilient eco-systems (global, regional and local). Since all these variables change, we survive and thrive by designing, measuring, connecting and managing our built environments interactively. We adapt, innovate and change in full view of the unique and charming qualities of each city and ecosystem. In smart eco-city development, we connect its diverse natural environments, diverse communities and creative people with flexible, connected built environments. We interactively encourage, preserve and balance the special qualities and contributions of each city, species, community, individual and ecosystem. We cannot measure and manage every variable. This approach optimizes self-management, creative innovation and it minimizes unforeseen consequences."
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"Mad Sam" DeStefano
The story of a man many consider to be the most vicious in Chicago gangster history.
by Allan May
Charles "Chuckie" Crimaldi worked as a "juice collector" for Sam DeStefano during the 1950s and 1960s. He claims that Sam pioneered "organized" loansharking in Chicago, and, because of his success, he had the permission of Anthony Accardo and Sam Giancana to stay independent. Crimaldi claimed DeStefano "could make loans anyplace in the city irrespective of the jurisdiction allocated to the sharks who came later after Sam had greased the skids."
DeStefano's independent status was confirmed by Roemer who wrote that Sam once told him that he was never a made guy because he could never submit to the discipline of the outfit. Crimaldi reported that one of Sam's pastimes was to drive along lonely country roads and look for burial grounds for his future victims. "We could bury a dozen guys there and nobody would ever find a smell of 'em." He would also go to pig farms and stare at the pigs for as long as an hour contemplating how he would feed his victims to the pigs so he could destroy the "evidence."
When DeStefano was upset his face pinched up and his eyes narrowed. His voice became gravelly and he spoke his words very slowly and punctuated his conversation with the filthiest profanity. In addition, DeStefano's eyes bulged, his lips drew back to reveal an evil smile, and he would begin to drool. He was a cautious man, almost to the point of being eccentric. He once sent a gold watch, engraved with, "To Bob from Sam" as a gift to a politician who owed him several hundred thousand. He explained his reason for sending the watch this way: "That way, if we have to whack him, everybody'll think we were friends; and I won't draw no heat from the dead son-of-a-bitch."
The five-feet, eleven-inch, 165-pound DeStefano took to wearing heavy, black-rimmed glasses even though his eyesight was near perfect. He wanted people to think that when he took his glasses off he was nearly blind. That way he could remove them and be able to observe all that went on around him without those present thinking he could.
While he was in prison in Wisconsin for eleven years, the only reading material he had was a Bible and a dictionary. He could engage in endless arguments about the Bible's teachings and quote long passages. What makes this so bizarre is that according to Crimaldi, DeStefano was a devil worshipper: "(Sam) was convinced that he was indeed Satan's disciple. When he was in trouble or getting 'heat' … he would drop to his knees and pray. The ritual was always preceded by a violent rage during which he would stomp the floor and swear endlessly. He seemed to lose contact with the world around him and his anger propelled him through a series of spasms into some private hell where only he and the devil could enter. On all fours he would smash his fists against the floor in frustration and rage. The drool would pour from his mouth in streams to form frothy puddles beneath his face. His gravelly voice would become a croak so guttural that his words were barely comprehensible. Once he had reached this state, he would pray to the devil."
In the early 1960s, one of DeStefano's collectors, William "Action" Jackson was indicted on a hijacking charge. In an effort to receive a lighter sentence, Jackson was believed to be bargaining with the FBI. Although Bill Roemer would deny that they had struck a deal with Jackson, Jackson was spotted meeting with agents in a Milwaukee restaurant owned by Louis Fazio, an acquaintance of DeStefano. Later Sam lured Jackson into a trap. Then he and his men tortured the 300-pound collector for three days until he finally died.
In 1963, DeStefano got even with another of his collectors. Leo Foreman was a granite of a man – six feet, two inches tall and 270 pounds. What began the road to his demise was DeStefano receiving a minor traffic ticket. Instead of paying the fine, Sam went to trial where he knew Foreman was a friend of the judge. DeStefano enjoyed courtroom confrontations and often acted as his own attorney. He always made sure his underlings were around to see his performance. In this case his sneering courtroom antics caused him to be fined several hundred dollars for contempt even though he was found innocent of the traffic violation. When the decision was read, he went into a "slobbering rage" and cursed everyone in the courtroom. But most of his anger was directed at Foreman. Not long after this, DeStefano caught Foreman mishandling some of his money and declared a death sentence on him. When Sam went to Foreman's office and confronted him with his evidence, Foreman admitted that he might have made some "arithmetic mistakes." DeStefano cursed at Foreman and growled, "You think "Action" Jackson had it rough? You're gonna think he was on a picnic!" With this Foreman pulled a gun and ordered DeStefano out of his office.
The cautious Foreman was able to avoid Sam's wrath for weeks until Mario tricked him into believing Sam was ready to let bygones be bygones, if Foreman helped fence a diamond theft and paid back his debt. On Nov. 14, 1963, Foreman was lulled into such a false security that he was playing cards with DeStefano in Sam's home. Shortly thereafter, Mario and Crimaldi arrived and they all left for Mario's house. When they arrived, Mario got Foreman to go down to his basement under the pretense of seeing his new bomb shelter. Once there, Mario and Crimaldi pulled guns and fired. Then Tony Spilotro, who was hiding in the basement, stepped out and fired.
Foreman was lying on the floor writhing in pain, although not fatally wounded. Suddenly Sam appeared, dressed in pajamas, and went right over to Foreman. Grabbing Foreman's face, he cursed at him and told him he was going to be a blood sacrifice to Satan. After being viciously tortured, Foreman mercifully died. As DeStefano turned to leave, he looked down at the body and said, "Look. He's got a smile on his face. Looks like he was glad to die." He undoubtedly was.
Foreman's body was stuffed into the trunk of a car and found a few days later. Police evidence technicians vacuumed his clothing and discovered paint and wood chips embedded in the fabric and sealed them as evidence. Seven years later, Mario sold his house. Investigators went in and were able to match the paint and wood chips they had saved since 1963 to similar material found in the basement, as well as blood specks. By this time Crimaldi had become a government witness. With his grand jury testimony and the evidence, Sam and Mario DeStefano and Anthony Spilotro were indicted for Foreman's murder. All three were released on bail.
Before the trial began, DeStefano threatened Crimaldi in the courthouse elevator. Because of Sam's courtroom antics, the attorneys for both Spilotro and Mario filed motions to have their clients tried separately from Sam. Their motions were granted. During previous courtroom appearances, Sam had acted as his own attorney, shown up in court wearing pajamas, or been brought in to court in a wheel chair or on a stretcher. During one appearance he used a bullhorn to make himself heard.
The trial of Spilotro and Mario was set to begin on April 30, 1973. On Saturday morning, April 15, Sam DeStefano was sweeping out his garage. Although never proven, Bill Roemer surmised the following. Spilotro and Mario drove to Sam's home to go over a plan to kill witness Charles Crimaldi. Getting out of the car, the two men approached Sam. Mario, in front, suddenly stepped aside and Spilotro fired two blasts from a shotgun. The first hit Sam in the left arm nearly severing it. The second blast hit him square in the chest. The devil worshipping, clown prince, and mad hatter of the Chicago underworld was killed instantly, a fate so many of his victims had been denied.
Copyright 1999 by Allan May


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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed construction of a new Afghan Uniform Police district headquarters facility in Qala I Naw 120 days ahead of schedule.
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed construction of three Afghan Uniform Police headquarters facilities in Western Afghanistan, well ahead of schedule.
The facilities, built by Afghan-owned and operated construction firms with oversight by the Afghanistan Engineer District-South, will serve as bases of operations for 100 personnel at Qala I Naw, 120 personnel at Torghondi, and 60 personnel at Lash Jaween. The facilities at Qala I Naw and Torghondi include separate barracks, locker rooms, and latrines for female personnel.
The $3 million facility in Torghondi, the $2 million facility in Qala I Naw, and the $3.4 million facility in Lash Jaween include administration offices, training rooms, guard shacks and towers, entry control points, water supply, treatment and distribution systems, dining facilities, fuel points, electrical generation and distribution systems and more. The headquarters in Torghondi, Herat province near the border with Turkmenistan, was completed 50 days ahead of schedule, the one in Qala I Naw, the capital of Badghis province, was completed 120 days early, and the facility in Lash Jaween in Farah province was completed 70 days ahead of schedule.
"This is what happens when you have the right people on the team, communicating frequently and putting their efforts behind the same goal. They get the job done accurately and on time or ahead of schedule," said Triet M. Bui, a registered professional engineer, registered environmental health specialist, and certified project management professional with the Afghanistan Engineer District-South.
Bui, a major in the U.S. Army Reserve and graduate of California State University Fullerton, served as the project manager for construction of all three facilities.
"I feel fortunate to have led a crew of knowledgeable and competent experts committed to building quality facilities for the benefit of Afghans" he said.


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- Europa League round-up
L'pool top Europa group, Spurs qualify, Newcastle 2nd
The Europa League is live on ESPN this season. For details on how to subscribe, click here.
Europa League tables and results
Liverpool's first European adventure under Brendan Rodgers will continue into the knockout stage of the Europa League after they beat Udinese in Italy, and they will be joined by Tottenham following their triumph over Panathinaikos. Newcastle, meanwhile, were already guaranteed a place in the last-32 but failed to qualify top after suffering defeat to Bordeaux.
Only a win over Udinese was enough to guarantee Liverpool a place in the last-32, with a draw leaving them at the mercy of Young Boys' result against Anzhi Makhachkala. In the end, the Reds proved masters of their own destiny - crucially so given that a draw would have seen them crash out - winning 1-0 at Stadio Friuli to top the group thanks to Jordan Henderson's goal.
Rodgers was without skipper Steven Gerrard, who was ill for their trip to Italy, but he did name Luis Suarez in a strong starting XI also featuring the likes of Joe Allen, Suso, and Jamie Carragher. That line-up then changed inside 13 minutes as Nuri Sahin went off with a bloodied nose, replaced by Jonjo Shelvey.
The Italians enjoyed the best of the opening 20 minutes, Roberto Pereyra forcing Pepe Reina to tip over at full stretch with a curling effort. But they were then undone at a corner as Suso calmly laid Suarez's flick-on back to Henderson, who drilled home his first European goal.
Liverpool then thought they had doubled their lead when Stewart Downing and Suarez caused problems inside the left channel of the Udinese area, but Downing was offside when he crossed for Glen Johnson to tap home.
Udinese kept Reina honest through Diego Fabbrini's 20-yard effort, but Liverpool had another chance before the break as Jose Enrique failed to pick out either of Suarez or Suso after breaking in behind the home back four. Suarez then hit the bar with an overhead kick with the very final action of the half.
Glorious chances kept coming the way of the Merseysiders as Suso squandered a wonderful opening two minutes after the interval, slashing Suarez's pass wildly off target with his weaker foot. With Young Boys winning against Anzhi, Liverpool knew an Udinese equaliser would see them crash out of the competition.
Henderson tried to ease Liverpool nerves with a well-controlled volley that needed tipping over, and then Suarez drew an ever better save from the home keeper after tip-toeing his way past two defenders. Their plight was aided in the 80th minute by Giovanni Pasquale's dismissal for two bookings, but Liverpool still needed Antonio Di Natale to fire over with the last kick of the game.
Tottenham only needed a draw at home to Panathinaikos in order to advance to the next round, but Andre Villas-Boas had to do without hamstring victim Gareth Bale. Nevertheless, Spurs clinched a 3-1 victory courtesy of goals from Emmanuel Adebayor and Jermain Defoe, in addition to an own goal from Orestis Karnezis, to qualify along with Lazio from Group J.
A subdued start to the game came to life on the half-hour when Adebayor strode onto Clint Dempsey's slide-rule pass to slot the ball underneath the goalkeeper. That appeared to have set up an easy night for Villas-Boas' men but they switched off in the second half and got punished as Zeca capitalised on the sleeping Kyle Naughton at the back post.
Panathinaikos forward Toche then fired agonisingly wide as Spurs nervily tried to cling on, and it needed a moment of fortune to swing the momentum as Dempsey's header came off the bar and bounced into the net off the visiting keeper. Defoe then produced a delightful dink to seal the victory with seven minutes left.
Newcastle were playing for top spot in Group D, which not only would have brought the potential for an easier draw but also guaranteed that the second leg of their last-32 tie would be played at home. However, Alan Pardew's men could not get the win they needed at Bordeaux, losing 2-0 in France.
Cheick Diabate handed Bordeaux a deserved lead when he headed Fahid Ben Khalfallah's cross past Rob Elliot in the 29th minute. Elliot was a busy man in the Newcastle goal and made three superb saves prior to half-time.
Pardew rested several of his main men, including Fabricio Coloccini and Papiss Cisse, and the hole left by Coloccini's absence was gaping as Bordeaux went route one for their second. Mike Williamson's pace was exposed as Diabate latched onto the ball, finding the net to kill the game off.


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SNEADS FERRY Rotary Club is holding a fundraiser raffle for DHS college scholarships. Final ticket sales and drawing from noon to 3 p.m. Dec. 21 at Sneads Ferry Food Lion. Visit sneadsferryrotary.com.
SNEADS FERRY Rotary Club is holding a fundraiser raffle for DHS college scholarships. Final ticket sales and drawing from noon to 3 p.m. Dec. 21 at Sneads Ferry Food Lion. Visit sneadsferryrotary.com.
SWANSBORO VFW Post 9960 hosts a New Year�s Eve party from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Dec. 31. Admission $20 per person. Reservations at 252-393-8053.
SEASIDE LODGE will conduct work in the Entered Apprentice degree at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 16 with dinner at 6:30 p.m.
SNEADS FERRY Community Center will hold its last bingo of the season on Dec. 16 starting up again May 16. Call 910-327-3335.
ONSLOW COUNTY CHIP business meeting at 4 p.m. Dec. 16 at OHM Foundation Board room, 241 New River Drive. Visit onslowchip.org.
JONES COUNTY DSS is accepting applications for its LIEAP heating assistance through Jan. 31 for disabled and persons age 60 and older. Call 252-448-2581.
KNITTING/CROCHET Guild �Chain of Purls� meets at 5 p.m. Dec. 16 at Denny�s Restaurant, 2200 Marine Blvd. Bring a handmade gift to exchange. Call 910-577-7727.
N.C. GUARDIAN ad Litem program seeks volunteers to train as court appointed advocates for abused/neglected children. Classes begin Jan. 7. Call 910-340-8970 or visit gal4kids.org.
BLOOD DRIVE from 1 to 7 p.m. Dec. 17 at St. James UM Church, community life center in Newport.
BLUEGRASS JAM from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Dec. 17 at Hubert Bingo Hall. Admission $1 donation at door. Call 910-326-5297.
HAMMOCKS BEACH State Park Ranger Jake Vitak presents �Oysters, Food, Filter and Fun� at 5:30 p.m. Dec. 17 at Swansboro Recreation Center. Call 910-326-2600.
GEORGETOWN High School Alumni meets at 7 p.m. Dec. 17 at Kerr Street Recreation Center. Bring dolls for Christmas Cheer.
VIETNAM VETERANS of America, Jon Panarese Chapter 654 meets at 7 p.m. Dec. 17 at Carolina Rivers Nursing Home. Bring unwrapped toy for Toys for Tots.


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Tsunami Travel Time Approximation
Eric Grosfils, Pomona College
SummaryStudents are asked to calculate approximate tsunami travel times across the Pacific basin. The assignment builds off of a lab introducing students to Spatial Analyst, and challenges them to think carefully about raster preparation and the extraction of data from a raster using shapefile features.
Type and level of course
Used in an Introductory GIS course topically focused for geology undergraduates.
Geoscience background assumed in this assignment
basic familiarity with a bathymetry map; knowing basic wave propagation concepts helps, but a goal of the assignment is to promote independent investigation into tsunami wave propagation and assess differences between the product a student produces and a comparable "expert" prediction.
GIS/remote sensing skills/background assumed in this assignment
Loading and manipulating a raster using the raster Calculator; basic Spatial Analyst skills (e.g., calculating a Distance product); Zonal Statistics and statistics tools in Spatial Analyst
Software required for this assignment/activity:
ArcGIS with Spatial Analyst extension
Time required for students to complete the assignment:
1-3 hrs (longer if reprojected ETOPO1 raster isn't provided to student, but instead needs to get generated by them)
GIS/remote sensing techniques students learn in this assignment
Using the raster calculator as an efficient means of performing basic calculations. Extracting data from a raster using zonal statistics and a shapefile. Determining the shortest distance between two points.
Other content/concepts goals for this activity
Builds on students' understanding of the reasons for using specific projection types, specifically tapping into why a given projection is or isn't appropriate to use when addressing a given problem.
Higher order thinking skills goals for this activity
Students must conceptualize how best to prepare a dataset for analysis. The travel times determined using GIS alone will be flawed, and part of the exercise is to assess reasons why this might be the case through comparison with an animation showing the results from a more complex simulation.
Description of the activity/assignmentTo prepare for this assignment students work through a lab that introduces them to the basic use of Spatial Analyst. Students are asked to expand upon this introduction by solving a tsunami travel time problem that benefits from careful, intelligent use of the Raster Calculator and Zonal Statistics tools. The result is different than that produced by other methods, and students draw on their previous background and complementary research to assess why this is the case.
Determining whether students have met the goalsI evaluate a map product that allows me to assess the sophistication and accuracy of their raster processing concepts. I assess a written description of the steps used to generate their map product and assessment. I assess the sophistication and accuracy of their analysis concerning possible sources of error/difficulty with the final outcome.
More information about assessment tools and techniques.
URLs and References
Impact tsunami animation: http://es.ucsc.edu/~ward/2004MN4(a).mov
For more information about 2004MN4, couched in terms of an advocacy argument for mitigating NEA hazards, can be found at http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=1024
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- Activity Description/Assignment: Student Handout for Tsunami Problem (Acrobat (PDF) 103kB Aug6 13)
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Al Jefferson tied a career high with 40 points, 16 of them in the fourth quarter, and grabbed 18 rebounds to help the Charlotte Bobcats send the floundering Los Angeles Lakers to their sixth straight defeat with a 110-100 victory Friday night.
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Jefferson set a franchise record with his 11th straight game of 20 or more points, eclipsing the previous mark set by Jason Richardson in 2007-08. It was the 13th game this season in which an opposing player scored at least 30 against the Lakers, something that happened in 18 games last season — and there are still 35 games remaining.
Gerald Henderson added 20 points for the Bobcats. Starting point guard Kemba Walker missed his sixth straight game since a sprained left ankle ended his career-opening consecutive game streak of 190. Ramon Sessions, who has started every game at the point during Walker's absence, had 13 assists and nine points.
Sessions, along with starting power forward Josh McRoberts and reserve guard Jannero Pargo — all former Lakers — combined for 26 points and the Bobcats snapped a string of five straight defeats against Los Angeles.
Charlotte shot 52.3 percent from the field, improving to 5-0 when shooting at least 50 percent. The victory was the Bobcats' ninth on the road, four more than all of last season.
Still missing Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash, Steve Blake, Jordan Farmar and Xavier Henry because of injuries, the Lakers lost for the 18th time in 21 games and remain only a half-game ahead of last-place Sacramento in the Western Conference standings just four seasons after winning their 16th NBA title. Pau Gasol had 24 points for Los Angeles and Nick Young added 21 off the bench.
The snake-bitten Lakers have given up 100 or more points in 14 consecutive games, matching the club's longest such streak since a 17-game stretch in 1986-87.
Trailing by as many as 20 points after a pair of free throws by Jefferson with 4:21 left in the third quarter, the Lakers sliced the margin to 86-73 on a four-point play by Ryan Kelly, who was fouled by Cody Zeller on a shot from the right sideline.
Los Angeles got it down to 86-78 on a layup by Robert Sacre with 11:01 to play, but that was as close as the Lakers got. Jefferson scored the Bobcats' first eight points of the final quarter to help keep the Lakers at bay.
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Jefferson, who signed a three-year, $41 million contract with the Bobcats in July, powered them to a 62-49 halftime lead with 18 points and eight rebounds. Charlotte shot 58 percent in the half, and never trailed after Jefferson's finger roll gave the Bobcats a 26-25 lead with 1:37 left in the first quarter.
In the other meeting this season, the Lakers beat the Bobcats 88-85 at Charlotte with a game-ending 13-4 run and 21 points by Kobe Bryant — one of only six games the NBA's fourth leading scorer has played in this season because of a torn Achilles tendon and a fracture in his left knee. Jefferson was held to 14 points that night.
NOTES: The game ball was being sent to New York to mark the final day of NBA Commissioner David Stern's tenure. He is retiring Saturday on the 30th anniversary of his first day on the job. … Stern saw the Lakers win eight league championships, make 12 trips to the finals and record eight 60-win seasons during his reign. "The success of the league speaks for his success," said Bobcats associate head coach Patrick Ewing, who played 15 of his 17 NBA seasons with the New York Knicks and was the first player selected in the second draft lottery that Stern oversaw in 1985. … Stern presented the Lakers with their championship rings on seven occasions. The only exception was in October 2001, following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
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