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Fitness is sight though. I can feel it coming on and my patience is paying off. I'm also being very diligent with rolling, massage, rest, diet, etc. I'm not waking up incredibly sore and seem to be bouncing back from workouts easier then I have in years. This is also my first time training seriously for something with Hoka's on my feet. I get jokes all the time that they are for old men...Well that's kinda the point! I'm turning 40 in just over a year so I'll take any advantage I can! I can feel noticeable differences in running with Hoka's. That's saying a lot with 20 years of running experience under my belt. Everyone that knows me, knows that I'm very susceptible to injury - all of those years of abuse and hard mileage leaves me very vulnerable to injury. I truly think the Hoka's will be my secret weapon in this goal of mine to break 2:40 in the marathon.
It's very surreal to dive back into the sport of running. Even though I did triathlon for 4-5 years, I really haven't immersed myself into the sport since 2002 when I left my dream of qualifying for the Olympic Trials in the 5000 meters while training/competing for Bob Schul's Olympic Development team in Ohio. Back then I lived and breathed the 5000 meters - reading and watching everything I could...
I'm doing the same thing now, but for the marathon. No, I'm not trying to qualify for the trials! It's just that I'm an all or nothing kind of personality, especially when it comes to athletics. I'm just obsessed with trying to get the most out of my body and this goal is no different.
Olympic Trials, came close...Qualifying for IM 70.3 WC's, check...Qualifying for Kona in my "Kona Journey, nope... Breaking 2:40 in the marathon before I'm 40? TBD!
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Mariah Carey said she shouldn't have been an "American Idol" judge.
Carey, as you may know, served on the panel for just one year, which was full of drama and feuding between her and fellow judge Nicki Minaj (who has also left the show). Carey told New York radio station Z100 it was a bad move. "I should've been a mentor on the show and that's it. I should've been the Jimmy Iovine."
That's a strange thought. She would never fit into his clothes.
Music mogul Iovine, who heads up Interscope Records, was a mentor to the show's aspiring stars from 2011 until 2013. Speaking of Iovine, Carey said "There needed to be that person that was brutally honest, but the brutality didn't have to be so visceral. We didn't need to be brutal to people just to make ourselves feel bigger."
Carey said, "I felt that going into the direction of making it a 'reality show' isn't what I signed up for. The real Mariah was so not there."
Of course not.
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The church actually has been sold and is going to be demolished in a month to build some high rise condos and stores.
If you are ever at the Brooklyn Library in Grand Army Plaza, the historical society there on the second floor has some newspaper articles for when it was built as a movie theater.
It's truly a tragedy that such an amazing historical relic is going to be demolished.
Someone also recently told me that in the early 80's or so, they used the place as a disco nightclub, which must have been incredible.
Now it just houses a population of cats for the newbie hipsters to the hood to walk by and say "Oh how cute."
Do you have any additional details on the new building? Who is building it?
I also have heard that the building will soon be demolished, and the site re-developed. As a result, I decided to do a little digging.
But first, here's some photos of the site we are talking about:
As stated above, the property is owned by Charity Baptist Church. However, I have heard that they do not use the large theater portion of the building, because it is in a state of disrepair and their congregation is not that large.
It isn't clear to me that the property has officially changed hands, so we may just have an "option to purchase" at this point.
However, I'm pretty certain we are soon going to see demolition and development begin soon (say, over the course of the next 2 years) because a LLC has recently been formed:
http://appext9.dos.ny.gov/corp_public/CORPSEARCH.ENTITY_INFORMATION?p_nameid=4210976&p_corpid=4213419&p_entity_name=1515 bedford avenue&p_name_type=A&p_search_type=BEGINS&p_srch_results_page=0
NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 1515 Bedford Avenue Realty LLC.
Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/07/2012. Office location: Kings County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The Post Office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him is 1515 Bedford Avenue Realty LLC, 522 Lefferts Avenue, Suite Gr, Brooklyn, NY 11225. Purpose of LLC: To engage in any lawful act or activity.
It is a BIG site, and I understand that the developers are currently in the process of submitting plans to the city and investors.
The LLC shares an address with a firm called Realty Within Reach.
If I get my hands on plans for the site, I'll post them ...but I think it is reasonable to assume that after demolition and construction, we will have a new, multi-story building featuring market rate condos or apartments.
...as a result of being at a geographic high point, the higher floors will have views of Manhattan and command in excess of $700 a sq ft....
Looks like the church is in the final stages of moving out of there - floors look to be mostly empty.
Friday they took out stove and kitchen parts. Today they packed up uhauls with a lot of chairs and tables. They also removed light fixtures and the organ in pieces.
Does anyone know who if anyone is taking care of the cat colony that live in the brick part of that building?
I do not know about the fate of the cats, but I would advise them to move quick. ...The building is slated for demolition.
Does anyone know how high the new building is supposed to be? The last I heard, it was supposed to be a mix of subsidized and market rate units.
Possible timeline:
Demolition and excavation, Fall and Winter 2012 - 2013.
Pour foundation, Spring 2013.
Fun with steel, Summer 2013.
Facade, Fall 2013
Interior work, Winter and Spring 2013 - 2014.
Occupancy, Summer 2014.
Will there be first floor retail?
It is zoned R-6, which (since we are talking about new construction in a somewhat expensive area of NYC) generally means that it will become a 7 - 13 story building.
As a general rule, buildings must provide more open space around them, relative to their proposed height. So, I predict tall a building that will take full advantage of the land's already high geographic point to provide views of Manhattan and the bridges.
In terms of commercial, R-6 sites have a C-1 or C-2 overlay, meaning "yup, it could have ground floor retail".
...whether it WILL have these things depends on the market conditions that the builders/investors perceive.
It's a shame it couldn't be saved.
Several of the churches along EP used to be theaters, that have been "saved" (pardon the pun).
Still other theaters are in disrepair and falling down, like the Slave, which might be saved
The Kings Theater, on Flatbush, is being brought back to life: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_Theatre_(Brooklyn,_New_York)
If you have ever been to Flushing, you have likely seen the old, massive RKO theater, which (after being stuck in discussion for decades) is slotted to become apartments and retail.
Here's a list of former theaters in Brooklyn, some are shells waiting for a new life.
On a (geographically)-related note - what's up with the gas station on the corner of Bedford and Eastern Pkwy? They've stopped selling cigarettes and lottery tickets, and they've taken down one of the big red LED signs. Trouble with NY State, or a prelude to closing?
I love the smell of asbestos in the air in the morning....it smells like victory! The site was trapped/baited 10 days back or so.
Next step: Con Ed, the gas company and the water company come by to turn off all of the utilities.
Then, advance crew of the demolition team spray paints markings on the building, indicating where the structural and electrical elements are.
Then, side walk scaffolding and a wall appears.
Finally, the monsters arrive:
Late Feb 2013. Demolition has yet to begin.
Clearly, this timeline is not going to happen:
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I do not know about the fate of the cats, but I would advise them to move quick. ...The building is slated for demolition.
Does anyone know how high the new building is supposed to be? The last I heard, it was supposed to be a mix of subsidized and market rate units.
Possible timeline:
Demolition and excavation, Fall and Winter 2012 - 2013.
Pour foundation, Spring 2013.
Fun with steel, Summer 2013.
Facade, Fall 2013
Interior work, Winter and Spring 2013 - 2014.
Occupancy, Summer 2014.
It has begun. The grate on the Bedford entrance is mostly rolled up. When I peeked in a little while ago I saw there were construction type lights* hung all through the inside and there is a small construction type vehicle* with a big grabby part in the front only just inside the front doors and one man bringing pieces out.
I was a little surprised by how small the operation is. Tomorrow I'll try to bring my phone to take a picture if WhyNot doesn't beat me to it.
*I know nothing, nada, zip about construction equipment. This was a very little monster though.
Something like this?
Similar, but it had a top part to hold what the scooper thing grabbed. Similar size though.
sounds like interior demolition:
Seats, furniture, non-load bearing walls.
The Department of Buildings and/or FDNY has now put "this building is vacant" marking on the outside walls.
Readers, it shouldn't be long now....
Those who like old theaters in Brooklyn might enjoy this bike ride, which focuses on them:
Anyone know who is running this s*&t show, er, inept process? For the last week there was a hose running from the hydrant on Lincoln into the building under an old door. Today that hose is gone and I saw a worker clomp out with a big wrench and open the hydrant to wash his hands. Me thinks that's not standard building code? Besides this the process is going insanely slowly with limited people and the one vehicle every week or so.
I haven't seen any permits on the building. If they ever get past this tiddly, pick-up-a-few-pieces-and-put-in-dump-truck stage and actually demo the building I hope they have their acts a little more together. For the sake of the Pre-school next door if nothing else.
The demolition permit states who is supervising the work.
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The demolition permit:
Anyone know if getting DOB markings also means that all utilities have been shut off? ...seems logical.
In terms of hydrants, I have seen water from hydrants routinely used for dust control, and things like making cement.
It sounds as if they are still in the stage where they are salvaging metals and scrap.
Given its arched roof and huge interior void, I am interested in seeing how they go about demolishing this thing.
Here's specs on the existing building: http://www.fastaddressinfo.com/1515_Bedford_Ave_Brooklyn_NY_11216_3012530001.htm
I'd really like to get the plans for the new building, and assume they will be published before construction occurs.
...first we need demolition.
I think I may have gained some insight as to why demolition has not yet begun.
You see, the developers appear to have requested that this plot be up-zoned, and a decision will be made in the present process that re-zones CH West of Nostrand.
If you look closely on the map below, you will see a R7D IZ proposed for Bedford and EP.
stay with me. don't be scared.
Basically, this would allow a much larger building than the present R6 designation.
If the developers are successful, this building will be massive, and they may bundle the demolition costs as part of the overall Cost-ROI pitch to investors.
Ok, now for some math:
An R7D has a 4.2 FAR, and if the developers decide to take the affordable housing incentive "IZ", this could increase the FAR to over 5.0 (4.2 x 1.2).
Translation: A really big, tall, building would be allowed.
related reading:
A big huge building there sounds awful. What are the odds they're going to be able to rezone that little section? Do you think they'll just grease the palms of whoever is in charge? A building that like would stand out horrifically in the area.
If greasing of the palms is required, it has likely already happened: This map is the proposal of the Dept of City Planning.
It now goes thru a few comment periods with CB8 and and the Boro Pres Office.
People want "affordable housing", and this would cause some affordable units to be built in exchange for a larger building. Nothing is free....
...even if affordable units are not built, this building will likely be tall, so it can provide the maximum number of units with views of Manhattan.
Note: When affordable units are built, they are often on lower floors.
Yeah, and I'm not sure I can be bothered to find the link, but I recently read that "affordable housing" is for people earning in the rough area of $60,000-$125,000 a year. When given that option developers serve the highest end of that spectrum so it's not even really all that affordable.
The definition is often based on 60% of area median income.
Yes, their goal is to house the "best off, best behaved, and most credit worthy" of that demographic.
Tall buildings near subway stations make sense to me. More apartments overall means less competition.
Starting with the Meier building at GAP, we seem to have a tall building at every intersection on EP, all the way thru Franklin.
The one being built on Franklin will be 8 stories. I hope to impersonate a potential buyer of a top floor unit to get to see the view on open house day.
Will you please take good pictures? I'm a little surprised the developers didn't buy the day care next to the theater and make an even bigger building lot.
Based on the dumpster out front, interior demolition seems to be continuing.
Yes, I will take pictures....
Brownstoner picked up this thread today, May 21, 2013, and adds that the property sold for $575k
Yup, the guy "Montrose Morris" describes as telling her about this site on the tour is yours truly.
August 1, 2013
If all goes according to plan, the lot that the theater is on will be upzoned on August 7, 2013.
Discussion of pending zoning changes: http://www.brooklynian.com/forums/topic/crown-heights-west-zoning-fun
Soon afterward, I expect architect plans that are compliant with the new zoning code in effect for this lot to be filed with DOB.
Spoiler alert: It is going to be BIG. There is going to be a lot of press about it.
1515 Bedford Avenue,
Brooklyn NY 11216
On Sept 24, the City Council finally passed the zoning changes jabbered about above.
At this very moment, some architect is putting the finishing touches on a huge document that describes their intentions. It will then be sent to DOB and investors.
Then, websites with paid staff (Curbed NY and Brownstoner) will beat me at this game and publish photos of the renderings.
We now move to the question on the minds of some people: Are the tax and zoning incentives large enough that the developer will choose to participate in affordable housing rental programs such as 421-a, or 80/20?
My prediction: Given that the building will likely provides view of much of Manhattan as well as the Verrazano Bridge, I suspect that they will instead build market rate condos, or rentals.
If the developer does choose to create "affordable units", they will not meet the definition of affordable used by the people rapidly being priced out of the area. They will instead be perceived as affordable only to those who are rapidly moving in.
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Brownstoner picked up this thread today, May 21, 2013, and adds that the property sold for $575k
Yup, the guy "Montrose Morris" describes as telling her about this site on the tour is yours truly.
In return for the low purchase price, the developer must reportedly provide space for the church in the first floor of the new building. I'm also hearing that low income church members will get preference for some of the units, and that a total of 120 units are being considered.
Note, much of this may be subject to change.
Workmen have started putting up scaffolding around this site. Assuming demolition to follow.
Yup, plans were recently filed and today (Nov 21) the real estate press is jumping on it:
buzzbuzz wrote: In Crown Heights, a new 114-unit building is coming to 1515 Bedford Avenue, formerly home to a 1926 theater.
Located on the corner of Lincoln Place, the 10-story, 90,806-square-foot project will be designed by Issac & Stern Architects. The developer is Realty Within Reach, according to the plan exam application filed November 18th. The building will include underground parking for 30 cars, storage, a laundry room, rooftop recreational space and first-floor retail space.
10 Stories is pretty high, and definately the result of the recent rezoning that was passed.
However, so far I have not seen any mention of the developer taking the incentives to build even higher and include "affordable housing", so the planned building might be all market rate, or it may have affordable units that are not open to the public and don't qualify for the incentive (ie are just for the members of the church).
The rooftop recreational space sounds awesome, and will allow views in all directions.
The Daily News got an interior photo, and ran an article today. It looks totally gothic.
They state that Brownstoner broke this story, even though it was broken by Brooklynian long before then, and Brownstoner cites yours truly as a source. I am glad I am not in this for credit.
And, for extra fun, here's a photo that shows what the exterior of the theater and the surrounding neighborhood looks like in 1929.
You'll have to click, because the photo is copyrighted, and won't allow me to embed.
Nov 30
Workers have now erected scaffolding all the way to the roof. As part of this process, the rusting metal fire escapes have been removed:
Demolition of the structure looks like it will start soon.
Cold, dangerous, labor intensive work.
Dec 9
The DOB is presently reviewing the plan for the new building:
Dec 19
It appears the water towers will be next to be removed.
Architectural MURDER plain and simple
I have been riding past this building for six months now and always love the massive windowed arches. Last time i rode by I saw the scaffolding of doom. I crossed my fingers while reading the NYDOB notices hoping it was an exterior renovation, but alas, this, like so many other treasures before it, will be destroyed. If Yosi at Realty Within Reach happens to read this, SHAME. You have no vision beyond the thickness of your wallet.
I'm not so sure I would like a church gathering in my residential building every week, even multiple times per week. This deal seems so odd...and I bet that the person assigning apartments is not exactly going to be making sure they go to the deserving families. I'm thinking this is an opportunity for excessive nepotism and favoritism. Then again, I am a cynic and a nihilist and I think Game of Thrones tells us the truth about human nature. Maybe this church will prove me wrong when this building is ready and there is a transparent process regarding which church families get apartments in the new building.My experience from my mis-spent youth is that church related housing traditionally goes to one of four types of people: 1) Housing for the clergy and their families (pastor, assistant pastor); 2) Housing for the handyman or secretary who is essentially needed to be on call 24 hrs to deal with any physical plant issues and tend to live in or close to the church so there is always someone to respond (they make sure the heat/ac is on early Sunday morning, open and close the space for groups that meet mid-week like the choir, youth groups, prayer ministry, scouts, band, etc); 3) Emergency housing for church members (it's medium term (6 mos to 1 year) housing for people that may have lost their home and need a place to get back on their feet while they find another home) or 4) low-cost housing for elderly church members.


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JahRock'n Productions & Holy Culture releases single 'Deliver Me' for Hurricane Sandy Relief
A Single From JahRock'n Productions and Holyculture will Raise Money for Hurricane Sandy
Release 22nd Janurary, 2013- JahRock'n Productions, in collaboration with Holyculture, will soon be releasing a single for Hurricane Sandy Relief. The song, called Deliver Me, features a wide array of talented artists: DJ Wade-o, Twyse, Heesun Lee, Kei Kei, and MC Jin. All of the proceeds from the single will go to Hurricane Sandy relief. It will be available on all major digital outlets next Tuesday.
All the artists who collaborated on the song are from the New York or New Jersey area. Both states were heavily affected by Hurricane Sandy, which tore through the states last October. Hurricane Sandy left a swath of devastation and destruction across the Northeast.
The words are direct and clear. "Many of us lost cars, homes," the single goes. "But you still gave us life."
The song brings a message of hope, saying that in the midst of the storm, "You're in desperate need of a miracle. If you turn to God there's plenty."
Deliver Me is a single that encapsulates the personal experiences of the artists, who were personally affected by the hurricane. But the song also expresses the hope found in Christ, even in the midst of the devastation.
"I jumped at the opportunity to produce this record," Chris Belmont, CEO of JahRock'n Productions, said. "My city was rocked by the super-storm., I felt a sense of responsibility. Working with Holyculture was a no-brainer for me."
100% of the proceeds will go towards support charitable and local relief efforts. Purchase the new single on iTunes by clicking here.
Deliver Me
Produced By: Josh Hawkins @Superduper808 (JahRock'n Productions)
Performed by: Kei-Kei (chorus)
TWyse – @TWyse
HeeSun Lee – @heesunlee
Kei-Kei – @kei_squared
MC Jin – @iammcjin
Written By: Chris Belmont – @chrisbelmont (JahRock'n Productions @jahrockn)
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Muscle misery: Do statins threaten exercisers?
Muscles on Taylor Lautner, Matthew McConaughey, and Hugh Jackman are hot. I used to lift– until I hurt my rotator cuff when I was 29. I still lift weights, but these days I do more aerobics and calisthenics.
Is my statin breaking down muscle I've worked so hard to build up?
Statins are drugs that lower cholesterol. Simvastatin, pravastatin, Lipitor, and Crestor are well-known statins used to prevent and treat coronary artery disease. But they can also cause muscle problems.
In June, the US Food and Drug Administration recommended against starting patients on 80mg a day of simvastatin. Increasing simvastatin from 40 to 80mg lowers cholesterol only about 5 percent, so the risk of muscle injury from high-dose simvastatin outweighs this small benefit. (At the same time, the FDA recommends continuing simvastatin 80mg if the patient has tolerated it for more than one year.)
The endless statin commercials that clog the airways have made patients rightfully wary of potential muscle problems— but they rarely lead to death. Though numerous studies on statins didn't see any risk of myalgias (muscle soreness), myositis (muscle injury), or rhabdomyolysis (severe muscle injury that can lead to kidney damage) when compared to placebo, clinical practices suggest otherwise.
So what's the truth?
As a patient who takes a statin for high cholesterol (damn this American diet! Instead I need to eat more fish and kimchi!), I can't tell if my thighs ache because I exercise so much or if it's a statin side-effect. In large clinical trials, 2-11 percent of statin users complain of myalgias– but this is about the same as people taking a placebo.
Typical symptoms are muscle weakness and aches involving thighs and shoulders. It can be hard to get out of a chair or to lift things above the head. Less often, tendon pain and cramping occur with statin use.
"Myo" means muscle. "Myositis" means muscle breakdown, which releases an enzyme, creatinine phosphokinase (CK). CK levels at least ten times above normal are really significant because the chemicals released in muscle injury can damage the kidneys— in an effect called rhabdomyolysis– and be fatal. But these bad events occur in less than 0.1 percent of statin users.
While rare, rhabdomyolysis can occur in patients simultaneously using other medicines that interact with the statin. Gemfibrozil (used to lower triglycerides), niacin (used to raise good cholesterol and lower triglycerides), some antifungals and antibiotics, cyclosporine, and warfarin are a few drugs that when combined with a statin can harm muscles.
Some folks with statin-induced muscle injury don't have any symptoms. In a small study, 10 of 14 test subjects without symptoms on a statin actually had muscle biopsies showing some level of muscle damage (unlike the one of eight control subjects). We aren't sure what causes the muscle damage. Perhaps it's that statins decrease coenzyme Q10, which is important in muscle cell energy production. It could be from an increase in plant sterols that are toxic to muscles.
Lowering cholesterol has been shown to greatly reduce heart disease, strokes, and atherosclerosis (clogged arteries). However, some people cannot tolerate the statin wonder-drug. These people need to hold the myo– I mean mayo– in their meals and get some exercise.
Dr. Hook cracks a joke or two, but he's a respected physician with an interesting website, drjohnhong.com. Email him with your questions!
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Dr. hook, are you familiar with the genetic studies implicating mutations in the SLCO1B1 gene which encodes the transport protein responsible for movement of statins into the liver for Phase II detoxification? Though numbers vary from one report to another, one of the studies noted mutations in SLCO1B1 in 24 to 32 % of the Finnish population (where studies were first performed) while another of the mutations occured in 5 to 6% of the population. These mutations are associated with greatly increased incidence of myalgias and myopathies, prompting discontinuance of the statin in many cases. Further studies note greatly increased plasma statin levels for these individuals,indicating an inability to clear statins.


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The Varsity Club - A WPMBA's Golf Course/Boardroom
I'm a golfer and I was reading an article on *Golf Etiquette* just to brush up on making sure I was following some basic rules that I had either assumed or didn't know but I was more intrigued on how the article talked about how the golf course had been transformed into an executive boardroom. I kind of knew this, but never really paid too much attention to it.
This should not be surprising, after all, a golf outing with friends, family, and/or colleagues can be time consuming (hopefully in a good way) and many important conversations and decisions can happen without even knowing about it. In fact, after the golf outing, actual work meetings on topics go by smoother because direction, strategy, or decision was already made. With this being said, I was thinking that the Varsity Club for WPMBA's is similar to this golf course setting.
Here, let me explain…
With the last class session of the week, it's Thursday night and it's getting late, we are all tired, we have been pushing our brains to the limit after working a full 8 hour day and sitting through 4 hours of class and yet we are all excited to meet up at this magical place called the Varsity Club. Yes, the Varsity Club, a place where projects get mapped out, homework questions get answered, tail gates and parties get planned and where WPMBA's enjoy each other's company with cold beverages in hand to close out another long week.
As a WPMBA it's important to understand that our life is dominated by 40 hour work weeks, 8 hours of class time, at least 6 hours of outside the classroom prep work, family time, and leisure time. Needless to say, time spent with friends and class mates is important and we value every opportunity provided. It's not only about hanging out with these folks but also to have each other's backs when it comes to getting through the quarter in one piece.
For me personally, I value every chance to network with different people in the program. If you think about it, that's one of the prime reasons why Fisher is as successful as it is with its enormous resources dedicated to student groups, seminars, career fairs, and guest speakers like Ben Bernanke and Jeffrey Immelt. It's all about networking and that's one of the big reasons I chose Fisher in the first place.
So, back to the Varsity Club. First off, it's not a club per say but more of a bar setting. We usually head out of class to drop our books off in the car and cross the street to VC. Once there, we are usually in a pack. This is to say that group members from classes and previous classes combine to form this super group of individuals who know each other pretty well. Depending upon the weather, we either migrate to the patio and sit around tables or stand inside.
Our chats are typical to any other setting but will always come back to school work at some point. Here is the part that is so valuable to those that come out to VC on Thursday nights and I have listed some questions that get answered relevant to the MBA program and our course work:
- What did you get on homework problem 3? How did you do it?
- You know, I'm thinking about the group project and I think if we focused more on marginal benefit to position our Economics paper it would…what do you guys think?
- The exam is coming up next week, here is my strategy for answering questions on financial leverage and using these concepts and equations, does this make sense?
- For our presentation next week for Marketing, who feels they can explain this topic better, do any of you guys have a preference?
- What are you planning on taking next qtr? Oh, really? Cool, what classes are you taking first so that we can stick together again?
It shouldn't be a surprise that these questions are brought up and get answered in other forms and in different settings like group meetings, email, and phone. But, a "free" group meeting at VC can help pave the way for the actual group meeting to go smoother. In addition, remember what I said about our strenuous lives with work, school, family, and leisure? Yeah, needless to say every opportunity we get to chat we capitalize on it.
On the flip side, I am very much aware that many of our colleagues simply don't have the luxury to stop by at VC every Thursday night because of family commitments. After all, classes end at 10 pm and we usually are at VC till 11 pm. I also notice that the "usual" crowd are the ones that show up at VC and the majority of them do not have family commitments anyway. With this being said, I am not advocating one way or another but shedding light on how VC is our golf course and boardroom where we all have a good time and yet get some "work" done.
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Emily Miller remembers learning about Title IX during history class, probably sometime in junior high. Shes a little fuzzy on the details, including how and why it came about.
Every time she steps on the pitch, though, she feels its effect.
At 16, Miller cant even imagine who shed be without the game. Shes played since kindergarten and credits soccer for her independence and self-confidence. Now a starter on the varsity team at New Trier High School in suburban Chicago, shes proud when someone describes her as the athlete or the soccer player.
Soccer, she said, is what makes me Emily Miller.
As Title IX celebrates its 40th anniversary Saturday, the WNBA is in its 16th season, Hope Solo and Natalie Coughlin will be two of the biggest names at the London Olympics and participation numbers for women in college and high school athletics are at an all-time high. But perhaps the greatest legacy of the legislation originally intended to prohibit discrimination in education is found in Miller and the hundreds of thousands of girls like her: a generation of young women growing up strong and self-assured because of their participation in sports. A generation for whom sports is so ingrained in their lives, they cant fathom being on the sidelines.
A generation for whom Title IX is ancient history, if they remember it at all.
Thats the way it should be, said former Sen. Birch Bayh, who co-authored and sponsored Title IX. It should be a given. Thats what we were trying to accomplish.
No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance Title IX
The words sports or athletics are not even mentioned in Title IX. At a time when women earned 9 percent of all medical degrees and just 7 percent of law degrees, Bayh and the other Title IX supporters were simply hoping to provide more opportunities for women in higher education, give them a better shot at higher-paying jobs.
It was clear that the greatest danger or damage being done to women was the inequality of higher education, Bayh said. If you give a person an education, whether its a boy or girl, young woman or young man, they will have the tools necessary to make a life for families and themselves.
But just as admissions numbers and financial aid fell under the broad definition of education program, so, too, did athletics.
Sport is an educational opportunity. You learn about yourself and the world through sport, said Angela Ruggiero, president-elect of the Womens Sports Foundation and a member of the 1998 U.S. team that won the first Olympic gold medal in womens ice hockey.
It wouldnt be enough for schools to tack sign-up sheets on a bulletin board and count that as a team, or clear out a storage closet and call it a locker room. Title IX called for equal opportunity to play, and that meant schools had to offer scholarships and provide the same access to equipment, coaching and facilities.
Some prominent coaches and athletic directors, worried that Title IX would gut football, pushed to have revenue sports namely football excluded from the compliance formula. But their attempt to amend the legislation in 1973 backfired. Spectacularly.
The Department of Health, Education and Welfare instead was ordered to develop a framework for how Title IX was to be interpreted and followed, with most of the regulations addressing athletics. It was these rules, issued in 1975, that provided the backbone for the legislation and have allowed it to withstand repeated challenges in court.
They could have gotten exemptions for the big sports ... if they didnt cry so much about it, said Donna Lopiano, who has been at the forefront of defending Title IX, first as the womens athletics director at Texas from 1975-92 and then as CEO of the Womens Sports Foundation from 1992 to 2007. It created this media attention that allowed the women to voice the benefits of sport for boys and girls, and they convinced the public and Congress this was important for boys and girls. That was a tremendous accident.
Once given the chance, girls flocked to the playing fields.
Before Title IX, fewer than 300,000 high school girls one in 27 played sports; there were less than 32,000 female athletes at the collegiate level. By 1974, just two years after the passage of Title IX, the number of high schoolers participating in sports had skyrocketed to 1.3 million.
Now more than 3 million high school girls one in two play sports. More than 191,000 females played NCAA sports in 2010-11. And unlike their mothers or grandmothers, who were often limited to basketball and softball if they did get a chance to play, women now are participating in everything from squash to skiing, rugby to wrestling.
Title IX was the second-most important piece of civil rights legislation passed in this country, said Debbie Yow, athletic director at N.C. State. Had it not passed, the options and opportunities for women in this country and the world would be vastly different.
Aside from the general health benefits of any physical activity, studies have shown that female athletes do better in school and have higher graduation rates. White female athletes had a 74 percent graduation rate compared with 68 percent for the overall student body, according to the most recent federal government calculations. The graduation rate for black female athletes was 66 percent, compared with just 46 percent in the overall student population.
A 2002 survey by Oppenheimer Funds found that 82 percent of female business executives had played organized sports after elementary school.
We compete every day in life, and it taught us how to in a healthy way, Yow said. In a more comprehensive way, it taught us how to lead.
Female athletes are also less likely to smoke, use drugs or be suicidal. And, according to the Womens Sports Foundation Report: Sport and Teen Pregnancy, published in 1998, teenage athletes were less than half as likely to get pregnant as non-athletes and are more likely to delay having sex for the first time.
The intangible benefits may be even greater.
Aly Marzonie, one of Millers teammates, would barely say a word on the field after making the varsity squad as a sophomore. Two years later she was a co-captain, and it was her voice that could be heard above the crowd during games, calling out directions and encouragement to teammates. Marzonie has learned how to work and get along with teammates she might not otherwise consider friends, and shes got enough self-confidence to hold her own in conversations with both adults and fellow teenagers. Her time-management skills would put some folks twice her age to shame.
Marzonie may have learned these skills through soccer, but shell use them long after her playing career is over.
Any situation, I could relate to soccer, she said. Its nice to revert back to something Im comfortable with in an uncomfortable situation.
Its not just women whose mindset has changed over these last 40 years. Boys have grown up watching sisters, friends, classmates, even their mothers play sports, and the distinction between an athlete and a female athlete has faded. All four of tennis Grand Slam tournaments pay equal prize money to the mens and womens winners. Last years Womens World Cup final between the United States and Japan earned the highest television rating for any soccer game on an ESPN network.
Not only is Notre Dame guard Skylar Diggins the highest rated college player on Tweetscenters most recent Power Rankings and Swag Index, at No. 6 shes one spot above Kevin Durant. Diggins jersey may as well be the uniform at Irish coach Muffet McGraws summer basketball camps for both girls and boys.
Its rewarding to look at that and see they have such great respect for (Diggins) and what shes accomplished, McGraw said. They dont care shes a girl; they just know she can play.
For all the strides female athletes have made, however, the playing field is not yet even. Women typically make up more than half of the student population but were only 43 percent of the athletes last year, according to the NCAA. A 2007 study found that female athletes had received only 35 percent of total athletic expenditures in 2004-05. In the latest update of their Women in Intercollegiate Sport study, R. Vivian Acosta and Linda Jean Carpenter found there were 215 female athletic directors at NCAA schools in 2012. But only 36 were in Division I and less than 5 percent of those were at Football Bowl Subdivision schools, the power brokers in collegiate sports.
And even though Title IX has been upheld by the courts time and again, it remains a matter of debate in the court of public opinion. There was a net loss of 300 mens teams in Division I between 1988-89 and 2009-10, according to the NCAA, and Title IX often is blamed for the cuts. Never mind that theres nothing in the legislation about cutting mens teams to create opportunities for women. Or that the huge size and expense of football squads creates an inherent imbalance.
Theres a lot more gains to be had, Ruggiero said. I think theres a lot more room for growth, certainly in the participation numbers.
There is also a vast difference when it comes to fan interest in womens sports at all levels.
Though the WNBA has not only survived but thrived, thanks in large part to early support from the NBA, there is no other major womens professional league. Not even the fervor that surrounded last summers World Cup could save Womens Professional Soccer, which folded last month after three seasons. The NCAA set an attendance record for womens basketball with 11.2 million people last season and that was still only about a third of the 33 million fans the men drew.
Entire towns turn out for a high school football game, while the girls are lucky to get a few handfuls of friends to join their parents in the stands.
Football is so intense for boys, and girls sports should be looked at like that, too, said Maddie Mulford, another New Trier player. Were all athletes. Our goals are all the same.
Equal opportunity, on the field and off.
Though athletics may not have been the main objective of Title IX, the original supporters get immense satisfaction whenever they see a playing field filled with girls. Or hear fathers exhorting their daughters the same as they do their sons: Run! Shoot! Tackle!
Because as girls such as Mulford and Miller show, the lessons and attitudes learned on the field are not left there. They apply everywhere, to everyone.
What makes the papers is the sporting aspect. But at the bottom of it, what were talking about is how do we educate our children to the best of their abilities? Ruggiero said. Whether thats in the science department, math department, athletic department, its one in the same.
When you break it down, youre going to support Title IX, she added. It wasnt, Lets make a quota. It was, How do we better educate our children? And athletics is part of it.


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Happy New Year 2011 to all!
Up until a year ago, I didn't do new year's resolutions. After hearing my spiritual advisor comment, "aim for nothing, get nothing" I figured I can give it a try. Last year's resolution was to finish reading one book. I did that, finishing The Shack and just recently, a career-related book.
This year I will try for two resolutions: eliminate the word "stupid" and eliminate profanity from being issued forth from my mouth. I think today I've already broken both, but I will try again tomorrow. My dog is not stupid, he's ornery. And it's not "f--ing NO" but perhaps an "emphatic NO." Kinda hard when you live with someone who just won't take a simple "no" for an answer and I have go banannas and yell and curse before the message gets through. And then I get the "why are you yelling at me" response. We'll see how it all works out.
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Authors: Kansas Land Trust Company
Date: Undated
This advertisement, presumably created by the Kansas Land Trust Company, lists thirty main points about Kansas Territory, including the advantages of settling in Kansas and general statistics about the territory. It also mentions the town of Quindaro and its growing influence in the area along the Kansas River. For those interested in obtaining tickets, the advertisement furnished the address of the New England Emigrant Aid Society. The bottom of the flyer provided the names of the officers that were involved in the company and their contact information.
Keywords: Advertisements; Boston, Massachusetts; Emigrant aid companies; Emigrant aid companies - Free state; Kansas Land Trust Company; Land; New England Emigrant Aid Company; Quindaro, Kansas Territory; Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894; Settlement; Simpson, Samuel Newell; Skilled workers; Walker, Joel
Agreement for the establishment of the Quindaro Town Company
Authors: Guthrie, Abelard ; Robinson, Charles ; Simpson, Samuel Newell; Walker, Joel
Date: November 1, 1856
The document outlined the details related to the establishment of the Quindaro Town Company. It called for the distribution of lots (shares) among the four founders and outlined plans for selling the remaining lots. It also proposed how proceeds from the sale of lots would be used for various improvements and the number of lots designated for civic purposes.
Keywords: Economic development; Guthrie, Abelard; Quindaro, Kansas Territory; Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894; Simpson, Samuel Newell; Town companies; Town development; Town shares; Town site speculation; Walker, Joel; Wyandotte County, Kansas Territory
Account Book, 1856-57
Authors: Robinson, Charles
Date: December 1856 - April 1857
This cloth bound journal, identified as "Dr. Chas Robinson Account Book, 1856-1866," contains territorial entries for 1856 and 1857 only--entries such as, "S. W. Simpson To Joel Walker For Draft (for the purchase of land)" for $500 and "Notes Receivable // To Sales of Stock // For Thaddeus Hyatt's Note . . . The understanding is that Hyatt shall not receive his certificate for shares until he has put on the Kaw River a Steamboat of 40 tons buthen, worth $5000., and suitable to navigating the Kaw River."
Keywords: Account books; Douglas County, Kansas Territory; Financial statements; Grover, Joel; Hyatt, Thaddeus; Kansas River, Kansas Territory; Lawrence, Kansas Territory; New England Emigrant Aid Company; Quindaro, Kansas Territory; Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894; Steamboats; Walker, Joel; Wyandotte County, Kansas Territory
Letter, Chas. Chadwick to Hiram Hill
Authors: Chadwick, Charles
Date: March 25, 1858
Charles Chadwick wrote from Quindaro, Kansas Territory, to Hiram Hill in Massachusetts, regarding various aspects of town development. Chadwick told Hill of some controversy over his ownership of some lands, both "outside" and in town, which were also being claimed by Wyandotte Indians. He described the potential for new businesses to open in Quindaro, including a machine shop and foundry. Chadwick waited for the arrival of new immigrants and hoped the "eastern capitalists" would introduce more money into their economy. He added his comments about the fraudulent ratification of the Lecompton Constitution, suggesting that the Constitution would do the most good "with the. . .box under the woodpile".
Keywords: Business enterprises; Chadwick, Charles; Guthrie, Abelard; Hill, Hiram; Quindaro, Kansas Territory; Railroads; Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894; Robitaille, Robert; Town development; Walker, Joel; Wyandot Indians
Letter, C. Robinson to My Dear L [Amos A. Lawrence]
Authors: Robinson, Charles
Date: May 9, 1859
Transcription of a letter from the Amos Adams Lawrence Collection, Massachusetts Historical Society. Charles Robinson wrote from Lawrence, Kansas Territory, to Amos A. Lawrence in Massachusetts. Robinson described the complicated political situation which had arisen from the development of Quindaro. Personal disagreements between Abelard Guthrie, S.N. Simpson, Joel Walker, and himself were making progress difficult. Robinson hoped that, upon their resolution, they could move forward with securing a contract with the Parkville & Grand River Railroad, as well as plans for a college. Two church groups had expressed interest in opening up their own institutions, or working with Robinson to found one. Robinson included a plat map for a prospective site, to which he did not entirely give his support; he added comments regarding the admission of women to the college, and thanked Lawrence again for his support of their enterprises.
Keywords: Churches; Divorce; Emery, James Stanley; Guthrie, Abelard; Land claim disputes; Lawrence, Amos Adams, 1814-1886; New England Emigrant Aid Company; Parkville & Grand River Railroad; Railroad companies; Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894; Simpson, Samuel Newell; Town development; Universities and colleges; Walker, Joel; Women; Wood, S. N. (Samuel Newitt)
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Stock selloff has reached panic levels as oil falls below the psychologically critical level of $30/barrel. WTI futures fell below $30 for contracts expiring in February briefly on Wednesday, before ending the day slightly above at $30.58. The decline was prompted by news that Iran will add 500,000 barrels a day of exports within a week of the removal of sanctions against the country.
Additionally, the Energy Information Administration announced that U.S. crude inventories rose 234,000 barrels to 482.6 million last week, while crude output rose 8,000 barrels a day to 9.23 million. Analysts call the data "ugly" for both commodity and inflation bulls, noting that demand cannot meet the continued growth in supply. Additionally, gasoline stockpiles continue to climb, with 8.4 million barrels more of gas on hand bringing the total cache to 240 million barrels. That is the highest stockpile in almost a year.
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While the increase in oil supply, lower energy costs, and greater availability of energy would traditionally be seen as tailwinds for U.S. consumer spending, investors in the stock market are not interested in betting on a more robust and monetarily empowered American citizenry using their purchasing power to consume goods and services.
Instead, the fall in oil prices has helped exacerbate a stock sell-off that has made January already a poor performer for all American indices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 2.21 percent on Wednesday after a strong early start to the day, bringing the index down about 6.6 percent already for 2016. The broader S&P 500 index fell almost as much in the same period, and both indices are headed for a bear market if the trend does not reverse.
Technology stocks have been hit even harder, with the Nasdaq Composite down 8.2 percent year-to-date, and 13.5 percent off their 52 week high.
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Corporate debt is also falling, causing borrowing costs for large firms to rise. The trend is partly a result of a fear of contagion--as oil gets too cheap for energy companies to drill out of the ground profitably; they will be forced to declare bankruptcy. As that happens, debt holders will lose both principal and interest payments, causing greater economic malaise. Meanwhile, companies dependent on the energy sector will also see a fall in revenues, and oil field workers will lose their jobs as a result.
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A 14-year-old girl has been arrested for the murder of Robert Daley, 45, who was found dead in his London apartment on Friday evening. Daley had just been freed from rape charges.
The same teen suspected of murdering Daley filed charges against him earlier this year. He was also accused of attacking the girl's 18-year-old sister. The Metropolitan Police child protection team launched an investigation, but they were unable to prove that Daley had attacked either girl. On April 13th, prosecutors decided that there was insufficient evidence against Daley, and allowed the suspected pedophile to go free.
Police believe the girl entered his apartment and stabbed him to death early Friday evening. He was found alive, and barely able to speak. He died moments later, after giving his first name to police and paramedics. They initially arrested an 18-year-old man for the murder, but on Sunday the suspected victim was detained. The girl is still being held.
The Daily Mail took it upon themselves to interview some of Daley's neighbors, who all tell the same story. "He was a decent neighbor who had never caused any problems," said Barry Boreland, who found Daley's body. "He never caused trouble. I saw him riding his mountain bike near his home a couple of hours before his death and he didn't look like he had a care in the world. It is all a terrible shock," added his friend from the nearby pub. Even more disturbing is David Eden, who described him as a "bit of a ladies man."
Girl, 14, Arrested Over Murder Of 'Paedophle' Robert Daley [Daily Mail]
'Paedophile Is Killed By Girl He Attacked' [The Mirror]
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Montgomeryville cosmetic and family dentist Dr. Beth Skovron launches new video website for patients. This highly personable Montgomeryville dentist is known for her spa-like amenities that make dental visits to her practice one that more closely resembles a trip to a Montgomeryville day spa. Dr. Skovron even has her own oxygen bar!
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By Carden Hedelt, MCSC Corporate Communications
Salvation came to the heart of Texas in the form of a four-year-old black Labrador Retriever named Toro.
All through December, schools in Coryell County, Texas received bomb threats. There were 11 threats made that month against Copperas Cove High School, Copperas Cove Junior High and S.C. Lee Junior High.
School officials called to nearby Fort Hood to borrow the Army base's bomb sniffing dogs, when they were available.
"When those dogs weren't available, they had to call a private firm at a huge cost," said Deputy Doyle Dickens of neighboring Bell County.
While these threats were coming in, Deputy Dickens was in Southern Pines, N.C., to pick Toro up. Like those dogs at Fort Hood, Toro had been trained to detect explosive scents. He got that training through the United States Marine Corps as an improvised explosive device detector dog.
Toro is one of hundreds of IED detector dogs that have been transferred to dozens of government agencies, state agencies, universities and local police departments from the Marine Corps.
"He has been a godsend to us," Deputy Dickens said. "He has been aiding the county in ways that we couldn't have imagined when we picked him up."
Deputy Dickens said that Toro has been helpful in proving the presence of explosives, or lack thereof, in ongoing cases. Also, when the time comes, Toro will provide a pre-transportation security sweep for Nidal Hasan, the suspect in the Fort Hood shooting that left 13 dead and 29 wounded.
More than anything Toro provides the comfort of knowing that, should there ever be another bomb threat in Copperas Cove or anywhere nearby, he will be there to help.
According to Deputy Dickens, that would not be the case had Toro not come free of cost to Bell County.
"No way could the county afford to go down and purchase this dog," he said.
Tight budgets are common among the agencies that adopted IED detector dogs after their retirement from military service.
At $35,000 per dog, Louisiana State Fire Marshal Butch Browning got six figures' worth of bomb detection for Louisiana in the three IED detector dogs he requested transfer for.
"We probably couldn't have afforded to buy these dogs," he said. "In times of shrinking budgets, to get these retired dogs with no cost to the state of Louisiana, that's tremendous."
The dogs, having recently completed their training for civilian duty, will be stationed in Baton Rouge, Monroe and Lafayette. With the dogs located strategically in these cities, most of the state of Louisiana will be within an hour and a half of one of the bomb detector dogs.
"It provides a level of security that we want to be able to give to the people here in Louisiana," Browning said. "And the dogs are top quality."
That quality allows the dogs to be put to work in diverse fields. What handlers ask Toro to do in Bell County differs from what handlers ask Hope, another black Labrador Retriever, to do at Stanford University.
"Stanford attracts a lot of dignitaries and other significant military officials and other public officials so we have to make sure we have a clear area," said Stanford University Police Department Lieutenant Kay Iida. "For our campus, these visits happen on a regular basis so we have to make sure we have a dog that can handle that."
The training process is what sets the IED dogs apart in terms of quality. Labrador Retrievers, at least one year old, start their training in how to detect the scent of explosives and alert their handler at a distance of up to 300 yards. The training lasts at least 70 days.
At the height of Operation Enduring Freedom, this training had produced over 638 dogs that were deployed with Marine units. The requirement sharply dropped in the last year. Sam Pitts, the program manager for the IED dogs program at Marine Corps Systems Command, wanted to see the dogs well taken care of and able to continue their useful service outside of the Marine Corps.
"All of us in the program are taxpayers too," Pitts said. "We thought that transferring these dogs to federal, state, local and municipal organizations that needed them would not only enhance homeland security but also make good use of the money used to purchase these dogs."
The transfer program has put dogs into the hands of the Los Angeles Police Department, D.C. Metro Police, the University of Kentucky Police Department and several other agencies across the nation.
If the dogs are not transferred to any of these organizations, they become eligible for adoption. Due to widespread interest, there is a hierarchy for who receives priority for adoption: handlers who are Wounded Warriors, then Wounded Warriors, then handlers, then Marines and finally, the general public.
In all, 378 dogs have been transferred or adopted.
As there is currently a waiting list for transfers and adoptions, any dogs that retire from their service in the Marine Corps will have a good home waiting for them.
"Every single one of these dogs is being transferred or adopted," Pitts said. "They're being used or being adopted by a family [who will provide human affection and comfort]. That's very pleasing to us. They deserve that comfort."


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*Acrylic paint
*Fabric Medium paint {helps the paint adhere to fabric}
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*Drop cloth or something to lay under your curtain
Let's Begin!
It may take a few minutes extra, but taking the time to prep and be sure you have everything secured down will help eliminate any errors.
I taped down the drop cloth so it wouldn't move and cause problems, and also taped down the curtain to prevent any slipping while I was moving the stencil around.
I bought my stencil from Cutting Edge Stencils and I LOVED the high quality and ease it made stenciling. I figure the investment for the stencil was worth it since I was saving money doing it myself anyways.
Let's Paint!
I used a stencil dabber {see the paint tray for example} in the beginning because the grommets made the stencil elevate off the fabric a little, and I wanted to be extra careful. Using a dabber takes a VERY long time... so after about two rows when the stencil was more flat I used a soft roller {as pictured in Materials needed}.
After the first section was complete, it was ready to take a peak and see if it had worked... or if my attempt was complete failure.
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It worked!
Now it was time to move the stencil to the next section....simply {and very carefully} lift the stencil off the curtain and move to the new section to be painted. Remember to be sure to pay attention to the design and realign it correctly so there's no gaps, or changes in the stencil design.
Once your all done... sit back and look at your first completed panel. {HAPPY DANCE}
And trust me... I did my happy dance for a long time!
Overall from prep to clean up one panel took about two hours (plus three more hours of drying) so plan ahead and be patient! It's a long project, especially depending on how many panels you have but the results are fantastic!
Hope the tutorial works for you and please, please let me know if you paint your own curtains! Link back to me with your post about your curtains, or even send me an email with pictures!
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Stop 114A — 14 August 2012 Internet Blackout
The DAP would like to fully support the campaign launched by The Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) Malaysia to hold Malaysia's first ever internet blackout day to protest against the introduction of the Evidence (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2012.
On May 9 2012, the Evidence (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2012 was passed in the Dewan Negara and gazette by the Law Minister last month. We deem the amendment as a blatant intrusion upon the fundamental human rights of Malaysia's internet users and thus urge the government to repeal this amendment immediately.
Section 114(A) severely infringes upon the freedom of online expression and undermines the civil liberties of Malaysia's internet users. We believe the amendment may be construed as an attempt by the powers that be to censor and police what can and cannot be said on the Internet. Such regulation passed with an ulterior motive in mind, only serves to undermine the purpose of the internet to disseminate information and facilitate an environment of open discussion.
Due to the broad scope of the terminology employed in the amendment, situations may arise where the act may impair the delivery of justice to wronged parties and even be used to persecute them. Internet subscribers may be held accountable for any comments or content deemed slanderous or offensive published through their internet connection even though it was published by somebody else without their consent. Victims of online identity theft may be charged under the act if offensive content is published online using their stolen accounts.
It is plain for all to see that the act just makes it easier for the prosecution to find scapegoats when dealing with cybercrimes instead of finding the real perpetrators. Under this act, identity thieves, con-artists and hackers will remain at large so long as they ply their trade using an internet connection that is attached to somebody else's name.
Furthermore, the following sentence "is presumed to have published … unless the contrary is proved" found in Section 114(A) places the burden of proof on the defendant. This runs counter to the principle of law where the defendant is innocent until proven guilty.
The act also openly discourages people from sharing their internet be it access to their internet connections or to the websites they operate. Hotels, restaurants and even cyber cafes will no longer be able to offer internet access to its patrons for fear of falling afoul of the law. This clearly runs contrary to the objective of making Malaysia one of the most "connected" countries in the world.
Thus, we would hereby like to reiterate our support for CIJ's initiative to launch an Internet blackout day on 14 August to voice our protest and dissatisfaction against the implementation of the Evidence (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2012.
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The sooner the better: a sash hung shoulder to hip. We know what they say about the personal, we know that it's now more than, we know no men are an: tightly wrapped and ripe for unpacking. Somewhere in the scrutability of the newspaper's back pages, in the personals, in the comics, in the classifieds, a stark marker of time, of the concerns of the day. Who wants yesterday's papers? And when do we want it?
Derrick Woods-Morrow (b.1990. Greensboro, NC) is a conceptual artist navigating and negotiating sexual identity through photography, sculpture, installation, and performance. He is the recipient of the 2015 Professional-Development Fellowship in the Visual Arts by the College Association of Art, the Carol Becker Merit Scholarship (SAIC), the Graduate Dean Professional Development Award (SAIC), and is a Terry Plumming Scholar. He has attended the ACRE residency, the Fire Island Artist Residency, was the Latitude Artist in residence in March of this year. He has shown work at Xpace Cultural Centre in Toronto, The Sullivan Galleries, The Kinsey Institute, The Maier Museum of Art, the Center on Halsted in Chicago, the Student Union Galleries, Hyde Park Art Center, Filter Photo, ACRE, The Chicago Cultural Centre, and The Bureau of General Services – Queer Division in Manhattan and most recently debuted his first solo exhibition @ Lesley University's Vandernoot Gallery. He recently completed his MFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, is a 2017 BOLT resident with the Chicago Artist Coalition, 2017 CAD resident and currently is an Adjunct Professor of Photography and Teaching Artist at the University of Illinois Chicago.
Jesse Malmed is an artist and curator living and working in Chicago. His work in moving images, performance, text and occasional objects has exhibited widely in museums, cinemas, galleries, bars and barns, including recent solo presentations at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, CAVE Detroit, the Chicago Cultural Center, D Gallery, Syntax Season, Cinema Contra, Microlights, Echo Park Film Center, Lease Agreement and the University of Chicago Film Studies Center. His platformist and curatorial projects include the Live to Tape Artist Television Festival, programming at the Nightingale Cinema, instigating Western Pole, the mobile exhibition space and artist bumper sticker project Trunk Show (with Raven Falquez Munsell), programming through ACRE TV and organizing exhibitions, screenings and performance events both independently and institutionally. His writing has appeared on and in Bad at Sports, Cine-File, Incite Journal of Experimental Media, The Official Catalog of the Library of Potential Literature, Temporary Art Review, Big Big Wednesday and YA5. A native of Santa Fe, he earned his BA from Bard College and his MFA from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He was named a "2014 Breakout Artist" by Newcity and has attended residencies at ACRE, Ox-Bow, Summer Forum, the Chicago Cultural Center and Links Hall. He is an Assistant Adjunct Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago and teaches in the Chicago Public Schools through CAPE.
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The American Jewish Historical Society has awarded the biennial Saul Viener Book Prize in American Jewish History to Newberry Vice President for Research and Academic Programs Daniel Greene for his recent book, The Jewish Origins of Cultural Pluralism: The Menorah Association and American Diversity (Indiana University Press, 2011).
Greene's book traces the emergence of cultural pluralism through the lives of a group of young Jewish Harvard students who in 1906 founded the Menorah Association, which advocated a pluralist America that would accommodate a thriving Jewish culture in mainstream American life. The same group later launched the Menorah Journal, which became a leading voice of Jewish public opinion in the 1910s and 1920s.
In its announcement, the AJHS noted that, "Greene persuasively demonstrates that the roots of cultural pluralism can only be fully understood within the social and cultural context of the elite Jewish Menorah Association with which Horace Kallen was so deeply involved and that offered opportunities for Jewish college students to develop rich Jewish cultural interests. Greene illustrates the aspirations, achievements, and limitations of an organization that ultimately lacked the flexibility to adapt to the changing needs of American Jewish college students, but that nevertheless influenced the evolution of American Jewish culture as a harbinger of the multiplicity of expressions of Jewish identity today, where we see the full flowering of Kallen's vision of cultural pluralism. In this way, Greene provides critical insights for contemporary scholars about the possibilities and challenges of creating a lasting Jewish cultural renaissance in the U.S."
"Danny's growing reputation as a distinguished and innovative scholar is confirmed and underscored by the Viener Prize, an award given by a venerable and distinguished historical organization," Newberry President David Spadafora said. "In addition to leading the Newberry's Division of Research and Academic Programs, Danny currently heads the Newberry's two-year project, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, on religious pluralism in American history, which works with community college faculty members in the Chicago area. He also is co-curator of the forthcoming exhibition, "Home Front: Daily Life in the Civil War North," and co-editor of its companion volume, to be published early this fall by the University of Chicago Press. We at the Newberry take institutional pride in our colleague and friend."
Before becoming Vice President for Research and Academic Programs, Greene was the Newberry's director of the Dr. William M. Scholl Center for American History and Culture. Prior to that, he was a curator and historian at the United States Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C.
The American Jewish Historical Society provides access to more than 25 million documents and 50,000 books, photographs, art and artifacts that reflect the history of the Jewish presence in the United States from 1654 to the present. Among the treasures of this heritage are the handwritten original of Emma Lazarus' The New Colossus, which graces the Statue of Liberty; records of the nation's leading Jewish communal organizations; and important collections in the fields of education, philanthropy, science, sports, business and the arts. Founded in 1892, AJHS is the oldest national ethnic historical organization in the nation. AJHS is one of five partner organizations at The Center for Jewish History in Manhattan and has a branch in Boston.


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Business Groups Crank Up Defense of Common Core
Members of the business community are being urged to take up the fight to defend the Common Core State Standards in statehouses and in local communities, as the ambitious academic guidelines come under attack from an unlikely set of detractors on both the political left and the right.
That message was delivered most directly at a recent forum for business leaders held by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which backs the standards. The group has sought to combat what it sees as myths about the common core—such that they are being directed by the federal government, or that they attempt to set detailed prescriptions for daily classroom lessons.
Leaders from Intel Corp., Cisco Systems, and the ExxonMobil Foundation, at a Sept. 17 event held at the chamber's headquarters, described their efforts to promote the standards through different strategies, including coast-to-coast advertising campaigns and outreach to company employees and parents in the overall community. That salesmanship will continue in coming months, according to officials for those companies.
Patrick McCarthy, the executive director of the ExxonMobil Foundation, said critics of the standards, which have been adopted in all but four states, had made headway among state legislators and others, largely because their arguments had gone unchallenged.
"These policymakers are hearing from tea-party activists, from anti-common-core activists," said Mr. McCarthy. "All they're hearing is why the common core is bad. ... Policymakers are eager to hear from [the business community]. They want to hear the other side of the story."
Even so, Mr. McCarthy did not suggest that taking on opposition to the common core would be easy.
He cited the strong reaction ExxonMobil has received since it began a high-profile effort to sell the common core through a series of nationwide television ads. For every 100 emails the company has received in response to the ads, about 99 were negative, he estimated.
"There's a lot of them that say, 'How could you do this? How could you support the common core?' " Mr. McCarthy said.
Debates in a 'Vacuum'
Despite the friction, ExxonMobil will continue to run TV ads, to write op-eds in newspapers, and to aggressively lobby state legislators in support of the standards, he said.
Carlos Contreras, the director of U.S. education for Intel, said his company has been discussing the importance of the common core at forums for its employees, with the idea that those workers will become ambassadors for the standards.
But those efforts have also offered reminders of the tough road ahead. Surveys of Intel employees show that roughly 50 percent of them were not familiar with the common core. And a small but substantial portion of those workers appear to be adamantly against them, Mr. Contreras said.
Mr. Contreras advised the business leaders in attendance to make sure their representatives in states and cities are familiar enough with the standards to defend them.
The message "has to be delivered locally," Mr. Contreras said, adding: "When there's a vacuum, [bad information] comes in."
But Jim Stergios, the executive director of the Boston-based Pioneer Institute, which has been critical of the common core, said it was wrong to assume that the public, or elected officials, would be swayed by arguments put forward by business organizations like the chamber. If anything, the public is likely to be wary of "Washington-based special interests" advocating for standards that, in Mr. Stergios' view, weaken state and local control of schools.
No Impact?
Evidence that business pitches to the public can fall flat could be found in the reaction to ExxonMobil's pro-common-core TV ads, which made "not a whit of difference," in shaping opinion, Mr. Stergios said.
Overall, "I don't think it will have any impact whatsoever," he said of national business groups' touting benefits of the common core.
Gov. Bill Haslam of Tennessee, a Republican, told attendees at the chamber event that complaints about the standards had set the stage for "a real battle" in his state.
Mr. Haslam, a proponent of the common core, said opposition had come from both the far right and far left, creating a "fairly unique push from both ends." He described the standards as part of a broader effort to give parents honest information about academic expectations his state is setting for schools and students.
"The way we address [criticism] is we keep talking about what it is," Mr. Haslam said of the common core, "and what it's not."
The common core also came up when another major business organization that backs the standards, the Business Roundtable, met for its quarterly meeting, also in Washington. President Barack Obama, whose administration has provided funding to consortia of states to align tests to the common core, addressed the group Sept. 18 and thanked its members for backing the standards.
In a speech focused mostly on economic and budget issues, Mr. Obama touted the standards as an opportunity to ensure "that every young person in America has the opportunity to get prepared for the kinds of jobs that are going to exist in the 21st century," according to a transcript of the meeting, which the organization closed to the media.
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