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Ever since the Romantics eulogized an island where coast and country collide, RÜGEN has held a semi-sacred place in German sentiments. The great, good and fairly unsavoury of the last two centuries – Caspar David Friedrich, whose paintings did more than any poster to promote its landscapes, Brahms and Bismarck, a couple of Kaisers and assorted grand dukes, Thomas Mann, Hitler and GDR leader Erich Honecker – not to mention millions of families, have taken their holidays on an island renowned for chalk cliffs, 56km of silver sands and beautiful deciduous woodland. Notwithstanding a newfound sheen as coastal resorts reassert themselves as the fashionable bathing centres they were in the early 1900s, Rügen is timeless and uncomplicated, with an innocent, Famous Five quality. Its rural southeast is a gorgeous preindustrial landscape where a steam engine chuffs around small seaside resorts and inland villages knot around cobbled lanes shaded by ancient trees.
Those on a flying visit usually only tick off premier resort Binz, a classic Baltic holiday destination renowned for its handsome Bäderarchitektur, and the Königstuhl at Jasmund, a chalk cliff immortalized by Friedrich in 1818. Do so and you may be forgiven for wondering what the fuss is about – together, they are the busiest destinations on Rügen, and can be overcrowded. With an area of 926 square kilometres, Germany's largest island has less-populated corners to discover. Places like Putbus, not so much a planned town as a Neoclassical folly writ large; smaller resorts near the rural Mönchgut peninsula; or the Jasmund National Park's chalk cliffs cloaked in spacious forest. There are curios such as Prora, Hitler's holiday camp falling into ruin behind the beach, or the lighthouses of Kap Arkona and former fishing village Vitt in the windswept northwest. And then there are places like Hiddensee, a car-free sliver of land just off the west coast that may be the most idyllic spot in the area.Read More
Jasmund and the Königsstuhl
Jasmund and the Königsstuhl
If any one area is responsible for Rügen's stellar rise from rural backwater to holiday haven it is JASMUND. A thumb of woodland and fields poked into the Baltic, much of it protected as the Jasmund National Park (nationalpark-jasmund.de), the peninsula north of Binz is famous for its wooded chalk cliffs. These are the Stubenkammer popularized in works by Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich, a stretch of cliffs that extends for several kilometres. Its most celebrated section is the mighty Königsstuhl cleft that juts from the cliffs – the name "king's stool" derives from a folk tale that whoever scaled its 117m face could claim Rügen's throne. Partly thanks to Friedrich, it's a landmark lodged in the national consciousness.
Whether an artist who eulogized raw nature would have set up his easel today is a moot point because the Königsstuhl is one of Rügen's premier natural attractions. Notwithstanding buses direct from Sassnitz or walking, access is from a sight car park by the main road at Hagen; the car park for the Gasthaus opposite is cheaper for day-long stays should you intend to walk in the area.
Hitler's holiday camp
Hitler's holiday camp
The apogee of the Nazis' "KdF" or Kraft durch Freude ("Strength through Joy") movement, their seaside resort known as Kolos ("Colossus"), at Prora on the east coast of Rügen, was built to provide R&R for the German people – up to 20,000 at a time – before the nation's forthcoming military expansion east. However, construction stalled upon the outbreak of hostilities in 1939 – ironically, the only families to stay here were those bombed out of Hamburg by the RAF in 1945 – then, under the GDR, it was strictly off-limits as a military base. The camp is classic dictatorial architecture – megalomaniac in size, brutal in style – its six-storey reinforced-concrete blocks arcing away behind the coast for over three miles. It takes over twenty minutes just to cycle along the length of the entire complex, which can only be seen from the air, and it is slowly falling into ruin, screened by pine scrub as the debate continues over its future. A proposal to convert it into a hotel came to naught although one building at the north end has been rehabilitated as Europe's largest youth hostel.


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Breckenridge Film Festival 2013 "Best Feature" and "Best Actress" Winner Follows One Woman's Struggle with Faith in the Face of Survival and the Battle Against Time
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100 million viewers watched "The Bible Mini-Series", and now you can experience the passion, the power and the music inspired by the epic mini-series "The Bible" and the movie "Son of God".
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RUN WILD. LIVE FREE. LOVE STRONG., the highly-anticipated, sophomore album due September 16 from for KING & COUNTRY, is available today, June 24, for pre-order on iTunes. Fans who pre-order will receive two tracks instantly from the forthcoming album including hit, debut single "Fix My Eyes" as well as "It's Not Over Yet."
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - An $8.3 million contribution has earned a former University of Missouri curator naming rights for the school's golf course at a Columbia country club.
The university's Board of Curators voted unanimously last week to designate the facility as the Walsworth Family Golf Complex, a part of the Club at Old Hawthorne.
That comes five months after Don and Audrey Walsworths' gift for upgrades at Memorial Stadium upgrades and a new clubhouse for the men's and women's golf teams.
Don Walsworth, of Marceline, is an MU graduate, CEO of a northern Missouri publishing company and former curators' chairman. 2 of his three children played golf for Missouri. A third was a Pac-10 golf champion at Stanford University.
A Mizzou Arena outdoor plaza is also named for the family.
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lol.......that is a BIG list
lol.......that is a BIG list
My Youtube cricket channels, thousands of gold old videos
Hahaha I remember that match. So awesome.
Need to televise more celebrity matches imo.
Parmi | #1 draft pick | Jake King is **** | Big Bash League tipping champion of the universeCome and Paint Turtle
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that second one was plumb............
such a beautiful swinging yorker that one
AMAZING RICKY PONTING CATCH!!!!! - YouTube
some great catches uploaded rob!
Great C&B By Bichel on fox last night in a B&H classic match vs SA when he got 5/40 odd
Greatest Ever Test XI: JB Hobbs, L Hutton, DG Bradman (c), IVA Richards, BC Lara, GS Sobers, AC Gilchrist (wk), Imran Khan, RJ Hadlee, MD Marshall, SK Warne 12th man: M Muralitharan
Favorite XI: WG Grace, VT Trumper, IVA Richards, DCS Compton, FMM Worrell (c), AC Gilchrist (wk), CL Cairns, SK Warne, FS Trueman, SE Bond, T Richardson 12th man: H Larwood
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I did not watch this game live and have only seen very short H/L's of it, Do you by any chance have extended highlights from this game? I think you or someone else posted Gooch's 100 from this game on YT. I would love to see extended highlights from that game, malik scored couple of 80's in this game and was pretty good against seaming conditions, waqar single handedly turned eng from a very strong position to a position which which was not as threatening as it first looked. Some say if it wasnt for gooch's run outs not given and some other dodgy decisions by umpires, wasim and waqar could have turned that game into another amazing win for Pak.
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Ft. Bragg, NC (WECT) - It's fair to say that the UNCW softball team has had its share of obstacles over the years. The team hasn't had a winning record since the 2005-06 season.
First-year head coach Kristy Norton is hoping to change that.
Recently Norton, who grew up in a military family, coordinated a trip for her team to visit Ft. Bragg where it would take part in exercises to help with teamwork and trust.
The team, along with help from members of the 82nd Airborne Division, would complete the leaders reaction course.
The leaders reaction course is a strategic obstacle course usually used by soldiers to promote small unit cohesion and problem solving.
Although each obstacle has its own specific challenges, they all entail maneuvering each member of the team and pieces of equipment from one side to the other, across platforms of varying heights, using only wooden planks to avoid restricted areas. Unlike a normal obstacle course which requires brawn over brains, the LRC demands planning and cooperation.
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Max is just a visual scripting language, correct me if I'm wrong here, based off of C++ but not directly compatible.
You can use Max to communicate with Arduino, but code isn't compatible (that I know of) between the two. If there is an automatic way to convert max code for Arduino, then please let me know!
I personally use Max when I'm prototyping Midi stuff; yes, it may seem odd as it's seemingly incompatible code, but I design my whole system in Max to get the entire concept down before writing code for Arduino. It's much quicker for me to work with hardware by visually programming and not having to upload and wait a minute between changes in code, etc.
When I have my rough draft written out in Max, it's quite easy and quick for me to translate everything manually to Arduino, rather than only building it on the Arduino alone.


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The Drillers came into Friday night's game in North Little Rock, Arkansas reeling after a tough loss in a well-pitched game on Thursday. Game 1 of their series against the Travelers was all too familiar as Tulsa dropped their second straight 1-run game to the tune of 2-1 at Dickey Stephens Park.
The Travs got on the board first in the bottom of the third inning. A 2-out walk to top prospect Jean Segura brought up Travis Witherspoon who slugged his 2nd homer of the season to give Arkansas an early lead. The bomb by Witherspoon was the only mistake made all night by Tulsa starter Brandon Hynick, but it turned out to be the difference in the game.
A last ditch rally by Tulsa in the ninth came up just short after the first 2 men reached base with back-to-back singles. A double play ball momentarily thwarted the comeback hopes until Ben Paulsen delivered an RBI double to cut the lead to 1. Reliever Kevin Johnson was able to lock down the save 2 batters later when he enticed a lineout off the bat of Tim Torres.
Hynick was pulled after 6 solid innings on the bump. He allowed 5 hits, the 2 earned runs, 2 walks and registered 3 strikeouts in the losing effort. His record with the Drillers is now 2-1 with a 1.98 ERA.
Mike Solbach and Tim Sexton each pitched a scoreless inning of relief. Solbach struck out one and did not allow a hit in his Drillers debut.
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I'm interested in computational semantics, and I'm working on improving the state of the art in frame-semantic parsing.
I'm very lucky to be advised by Professor Noah Smith.
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Alan, My Avatar
I didn't get to go to BlizzCon.
For that matter, I missed the Iraq War, still wonder when Jack is going to invite me courtside for a Lakers game, and have never had a chance to test my liver against a New Orleans Mardi Gras throw-down.
That doesn't mean that I don't have dreams. And like any gamer, I figure that next best thing to being there is to pretend.
So, I sent Alan to BlizzCon on my behalf.
My avatar, Alan.
For those just tuning in, with more players than the American Libertarian party has card-carrying members, World of Warcraft remains the biggest, most profitable and surely most inscrutable property in all of videogamedom. And like most game critics who can't find the time to immerse themselves in the wonders of playing a water elf to level 8,000 in some online game by eschewing television, sex and physical health for the opportunity to grind to the top, I've fallen out of touch with the single biggest property in games.
Maybe it was shame that drew me, or maybe just good old-fashioned curiosity. But when I found out that I knew someone who was going to BlizzCon, I couldn't resist the temptation to recruit him as my correspondent to this foreign land. All the way from San Jose to Anaheim without a ticket to the event, Alan agreed to be my avatar, my eyes and ears into the World that is Warcraft.
David Thomas: So, tell me a little bit about your background as a WoW player.
Alan: I've been playing WoW since Nov. 23, 2004 (release date); I have a 70 warrior, a 70 warlock, and a 70 shaman; I wanted to go to BlizzCon to hang out with my friends in my guild who were going and see all the cool new things Blizzard had lined up. Never been to BlizzCon before.
David: Wow. 70? The last time I played the game, I think I was a level 2 dwarf. They have dwarves, right? Or maybe I was an Ewok in Star Wars Galaxies. It was a long time ago. I don't remember. Anyway, onto more pressing matters, like, do WoW players, uh you know, get all dressed up in costumes and fool around?
Alan: Yes, not even just for the contest, although I'm sure that's part of it.
David: No, uh er, you know, I mean, uh, like,
Alan: To my knowledge I am not aware of any players having sex with each other in costume. But I wouldn't rule it out. In fact, I bet some do, but the prevalence of such things is either under my radar or just not advertised enough to get my attention.
David: Right, of course. So, anyway, I hear they were really pushing Diablo III.
Alan: Diablo III gameplay featured an example dungeon run, basically going through the new features such as the new dynamic terrain where almost everything you see is touchable, walls can crumble, chandeliers fall, etc. This game looks a lot like Diablo II except better in every single quantifiable field. The D3 playable demo featured the wizard, a barbarian and a witch-doctor. The wizard definitely had the most polish and resembled the sorcerer from Diablo II.
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Gee, you look less terrifying in person.
David: Tell me about the goody-bag.
Alan: The goody-bag contained a lot of stuff most players are probably gonna throw away, flimsy masks?
David: Masks? Masks what?
Alan: A heavy-duty paper mask of a male orc.
David: For those that forgot their costumes I guess. What else?
Alan: Some collectable card game booster packs, a gooey goo-thing containing a Zergling with the words "choking hazard" emblazoned all over it, some tissues?
David: Emblazoned as well?
Alan: The tissue packet was called "QQ NOOB TISSUES," you know, so people who cry ("QQ" 'cuz it looks like crying eyes) can wipe away their tears.
David: And what else?
Alan: Of course a key to next year's StarCraft II beta, as well as an in-game polar bear mount exclusively available to BlizzCon attendees and DirecTV pay-per-view subscribers.
David: A polar bear?
Alan: People will pay $200 to $300 for one on eBay. Not really sure what the appeal is, but people go apeshit over stuff like this.
David: I guess people like bears. So, what about StarCraft II?
Alan: While it will have a lot of the old real-time strategy elements as the original StarCraft, they plan to release excessive amounts of pre-rendered cinematics as well as three campaigns with 26 to 30+ missions in each, wherein you play out roles as leading characters of the Terran, Protoss and Zerg factions. This game is going to make ass-tons of money, especially in Korea.
David: Wow. Ass-tons is a lot. I bet the Blizzard people are in a good mood about that. Anyway, back to costumes, tell me about the costume contest.
Alan: The contest was hosted by Jay Mohr: It's always nice to see this guy get work, but his act had more cursing in it than I expected.
When Turtles Attack: Costume Contest Winner. (Photo: arycogre / Aryc Ogre: Flickr)
Notable entries included The Eredar Twins (two girls dressed up as the bosses all sexy-like), Lady Sylvanas, Thrall, a protection-speced paladin in Sunwell gear (the Sunwell is the highest-tier raiding instance currently in game), Tyreal, and the winning entry was a Dranei shaman on a turtle mount.
The Dranei shaman costume itself was on par with all the other costumes, and she probably won because she rode onto the stage on a gigantic robotic turtle, complete with moving legs and mouth and it got around on wheels on the bottom. Jay Mohr actually got onto it and rode around a little.
David: Jay Mohr rode a robot turtle?
Sending shivers of terror and boding ill across the land, comedian Jay Mohr. (Photo: arycogre / Aryc Ogre: Flickr)
Alan: He climbed up on this turtle (it was like the size of a car) and he spun it around and went back and forth, he looked like he was having a lot of fun.
David: Was TMZ there to capture this moment?
Alan: I don't know what TMZ you're referring to.
David: Never mind. What about the joke contest?
Alan: There were some really good ones and some really bad ones. I can't remember the first-place joke, but I do remember it was not as good as the second-place one: Most desired class in WoW is the Natural Male Enhancement Shaman (pun based on one talent tree of shamen called "Enhancement").
David: I don't get it.
Alan: Yeah, some of the jokes were hilarious, and others were so awful the crowd booed them off the stage. It was like a night at the Apollo; you've never seen white, nerdy, basement-dwelling people act so rowdy.
David: What else was memorable?
Alan: The WoW Q&A.
David: What was it like?
Alan: Mutants line up to ask dumb questions like, "Give female druids a female bear form."
Repeat after me, World of Warcraft is not a sexist environment inhabited by lonely game nerds. (Photo: arycogre / Aryc Ogre: Flickr)
David: That is dumb. That's not even a question! (But people do like bears!)
Alan: And "Can I make a Death Knight before Wrath of the Lich King is released" (the question is dumb because the Death Knight class ships with WotLK).
David: By the way, what's a "mutant"?
Alan: "Mutant" is a slur my guild used to describe players who are sub-par or bad. You know, like, they're walking around dressed in half Black Temple gear and the other half is dungeon, blue-quality gear.
David: Boy, do I know how that feels. Anyway? How would you wrap up the show?
Alan: I liked how BlizzCon turned out, the closing ceremony was pretty good and I'm certain everyone had fun at this two-day event. Personally my trip got better the next few days when I partied with my guildies. As much I enjoyed the convention, I went without a ticket because I just wanted to spend time with people I've played this game with for the past three years.


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Despite torrential rainfall this past weekend, the Wabash River will continue a slow fall. On average, many areas received 2-inches of rain. However, the Wabash River, will drop below flood stage in all locations on Sunday.
Vincennes dropped below flood stage to 19.4 feet and should sink another 7-feet in the next week. Mt. Carmel is at 21. 7 feet and will drop below flood stage(19 feet) by Sunday morning. New Harmony is at 16.7 feet and will drop below flood stage (15 feet) on Sunday.
Rain is in the forecast later this week so river levels might need to be adjusted later in the week.
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L8r Babbity-Bust!
@ abrrer3, ditto^ :) Neil does it AGAIN! Hahaha! AWESOME! Good deal/player @ a great price & length! :)
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He can defend wing players, he's as tall as Luke, he has the same career 3 pt % as Luke (across 9 seasons), he's only 28 and he only costs 3 Mill a year. Also, he consistently produces more with more minutes. I think this roster can finally have a deeper rotation without the ridiculous drop-off we've had in the past.
Posted 07/06/2013 12:35 PM
did this use the 2.6M exception?
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Awesome!!! I really like Wrights game
Great Job of Olshey swaying Wright our way over contenders like Okc. Feels good to win a FA negotioation
Posted 07/06/2013 2:27 PM
He probably phrased it like this, "You could play for us, or you could watch Kevin Durant play while you sit on the bench."
Posted 07/06/2013 2:40 PM
hahaaha BUT he also chose us over the Spurs
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did this use the 2.6M exception?
Posted 07/06/2013 5:00 PM
What is our salary cap now?
Posted 07/06/2013 5:19 PM
Posted 07/06/2013 5:23 PM
I guess we only have a few bucks(less then a Million) + Room Exception (around 2,6M)
Roster looks like this (or add Terrel Harris if he doesnt get waived)
PG: D. Lillard / C.J. Mcollum
SG: W. Mathews / A. Crabbe / W. Barton
SF: N. Batum / D. Wright / V. Claver
PF: L. Aldridge / T. Robinson / J. Freeland
C: R. Lopez / M. Leonard
2 open spots for cheap backups PG and C, i guess we will sign some veterans thats what makes sense. I Think another trade may be done... Olshey is doing a good job, so if there is an oportunity to improve even more, he will do it for sure.
Posted 07/06/2013 6:47 PM
Posted By sedare on 07/06/2013 5:00 PM
What is our salary cap now?
As of now, if the reported deals become official, the Blazers have no cap space left that would allow them to sign a player they couldn't sign over the cap.
Posted 07/06/2013 7:14 PM
so no jermaine o'neal i take it?
Posted 07/06/2013 7:15 PM
I thought they still had 890 some thousand left, maybe I misread that earlier.
Posted 07/07/2013 12:00 AM
Posted By riverman on 07/06/2013 7:15 PM
I thought they still had 890 some thousand left, maybe I misread that earlier.
Posted 07/07/2013 9:37 AM
Posted 07/07/2013 9:43 AM
I hope Wright improves his shooting over last year cause 39% overall is just not going to get it done.
Posted 07/07/2013 10:30 AM
Posted 07/07/2013 12:28 PM
LA has the opportunity to go to work in the post last year too instead he choose to launch 18 foot jumpers.
Posted 07/07/2013 12:47 PM
Cmeese, it wasn't his choice, it was Coach Stotts. I don't like people blaming Aldridge. Coach had him work in a new offence, and he was amazing.
Posted 07/07/2013 1:10 PM
Then Stotts should be fired cause 18 foot jumpers are the lowest percentage shot in the NBA.
Posted 07/07/2013 1:15 PM
At least he is hitting them- 20 pts on 48% shooting is 12th best among PFs. But I do wish he would get back in the low post. If Stotts really wants LA shooting long jumpers over closer shots than I wouldnt mind seeing him get fired
Posted 07/07/2013 2:08 PM
Posted 07/07/2013 3:11 PM
Um... Siccolo, are you saying there were 11 other PFs with better production than 20 on 48% fgs? Who???
Posted 07/07/2013 4:04 PM
Just go to LaMarcus' exit interview and listen to him talk about improving over the summer on the opposite block and extending his range. He wants to be as good as LeBron and he could. Smart guy. Our frontcourt defense was so bad last season that sometimes the backcourt didn't have a chance to adjust. LaMarcus is a valued top tier player by coaches, analysts and players. He's just mellow and doesn't have the swagger factor that draws attention to himself.
Posted 07/07/2013 7:10 PM
There is really very little to criticize about LA as a scorer. He isn't Durant or Melo that scores 28pts a game but as he showed a number of times last season, he can still put the ball in the hole. I agree he needs to mix it up more but after last season, teams will now need to account for him anywhere within the arc. He can shoot 18-20 foot jumpers or he can take his man inside and use his little bag of tricks like the jump hook or the fadeaway bank shot. He should continue to get about 20-21 a night and that's really all he should have to do with all our other scorers. Lillard, Batum and Wes will get double digits and our bench will be far better than the abysmal 18pts a night we had last year. So some of the workload will ease on LA.
The real improvement must come on the other end. He needs to grab more defensive rebounds!!!! He's just under 7ft and only got 8.8 boards a game. Nobody in the league averaged 20pt and 10rebs a game last season and I think the only guy outside of Kevin Love who could do it consistently is LA. Z-Bo and Pau Gasol could but they have more guys on their teams who help in those departments. LA is our premier forward and he MUST get work done on the boards.
Posted 07/07/2013 7:16 PM
DPickett- Lamarcus Aldridge 48FG% is ranked 12th among power forwards.. Lamarcus is gonna need to grab more boards now that he playing next to a average rebounding center in Robin Lopez.
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Monster of My Heart is an independent creator of jewelry and accessories from Spain. Working hard to bring her dark dreams to life, Imelda works tirelessly to create her pieces. Even though English is not her first language, she was kind and patient enough to tell me about her process.
Stephanie StripedSocks Lady, available for purchase on etsy.
Morgue Anne for Extollere: What materials do you use for your jewelry and accessories?
Monster of my Heart: I use specially polymer clay and metal. I have found an special kind of flexible polymer clay, so all my works created with this material are super durable and unbreakable, as super strong rubber. About metals, I have a little jewelry studio here in my country, where my husband and me work specially with sterling silver and also copper and brass. We work using artisan and traditional jewelry methods. We combine all that with other new materials and contemporary techniques.
MA: Which piece is your favorite?
Monster of my Heart: That's a great question! Maybe I like especially the sterling silver creations made in collaboration with my husband, elaborated with an ancient method (casting in sand). I love to create also sugar skulls and happy mini skulls as brooches or key chains in polymer clay. I have received today a fantastic purchase of more than 12 kilograms of flexible polymer clay.
MA: Where do you get your ideas from?
Monster of my Heart: When I was a little girl, I don't like princess or pink color: I liked witches and monsters. As now. So I return with my mind many times to my childhood looking for creepy and cute ideas. I also love works as the incredible paintings of Juan de Valdés Leal, a great painter from the Spanish Baroque (you can read more info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_de_Vald%C3%A9s_Leal). Of course, I have a great influence of Tim Burton, specially because that's what my audience demands. Many times, I get ideas from my brother, who taught me to love scary things, like a good big brother.
MA: I love your Corpse Bride necklace! Do you plan to do more large pieces like that?
Monster of my Heart: This sterling silver jewel is another collaboration with my husband, a great specialist in sand casting. The first one was a custom order (petitioned by an Spanish client). We loved the final result, so we decide to show it immediately on The Monster Of My Heart shop. Since then, we have sold some of them, always created by order and always shipped outside Spain. We bought the original doll from the USA to create this pendants. In this moment, we are not thinking in create more pieces of the Corpse Bride, but we can elaborate any work by order with the preferences of the client.
MA: How does living in Spain effect your art? Have you ever traveled to the US?
Monster of my Heart: The global situation in Spain is not too easy now for nobody, but maybe it's a little bit hard if you are an artist. Something needs to change and many people is beginning to wake up. I'm speaking about the Spanish Revolution, a new pacific social movement of the ordinary people who are tired of living with lots of economic difficulties while Spanish politicians and bankers are billionaires. Many people have lost their jobs, many families have lost their home, but our corrupt politicians are just worried by themselves and their mansions. Ordinary people have not much money now, so this situation is not specially easy for sell artisan creations.
At the same time, many people are "narcotized" by the mass media with hours and hours of Spanish football. So too many persons can't see farther of the football: they can't see their real problems and they neither can't see the value of any artisan work. The football in Spain is like the circus at the Antique Roman Empire (but the players have millions and millions of euros and there aren't any lion waiting for them… unfortunately).
I have never traveled to USA, but… why not? Most of my Etsy customers are from USA. I have also clients from the rest of Europe, as Germany, France, Italy … Sales inside my own country … about three or four. Usually, my work shown on Etsy travels to USA. As I have said, the situation at my country is not very good. Maybe our future is not here, in Spain. My husband and me think about it many times, specially after watching the TV news. But really we don't know which side of the world we have to choose…
We also are creating and selling button badges and many other "not creepy" handmade accessories from polymer clay. We are selling our work through Etsy, but here in Spain we are selling our creations at craft fairs by all the country (and also at medieval markets and historic recreations). Our work is very varied, so we can't live at Halloween all the time: we have many styles!
By other side, I also love vintage times. So I have created a new Etsy shop (Etsy is a little addictive for me…). In this shop, called Pear Age (http://www.etsy.com/shop/pearage), I'm selling Spanish vintage and the answer of the public is really good.
You can find more of Monster of my Heart's work on Etsy .
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Fractions are parts of a whole. If an amount is divided into equal parts, or fair shares, we can understand and name fractions.
The top number in a fraction is called a numerator. The bottom number in a fraction is called a denominator.
Fractions that have the same numerator and denominator always equal 1 whole. The examples below all equal 1 whole because the numerator and denominator are the same.
Fraction names can be shown in numbers, words, or pictures.
To understand a fraction we need to answer 3 questions:
The Three Fraction Questions What is the whole and how big is it? Into how many equal parts has the whole been divided ? The denominator of the fraction answers this question. How many of the equal parts are we using? The numerator of the fraction answers this question.
The Three Fraction Questions
What is the whole and how big is it?
Into how many equal parts has the whole been divided ?
The denominator of the fraction answers this question.
How many of the equal parts are we using?
The numerator of the fraction answers this question.
To identify fractions we count how many equal pieces have been used (numerator) and how many equal pieces there are altogether (denominator). For example: In the fraction below we used 2 equal pieces and there are 3 equal pieces altogether.
Equivalent fractions describe the same portion of a whole divided in different ways. For example: half a piece of paper can be represented as 1/2, 2/4, 3/6, 4/8, or 5/10, etc.
The circles below are examples of equivalent fractions. 1/2 and 3/6 are equivalent because 1 piece of the first circle equals 3 pieces of the second circle and 2 pieces of the first circle equals 6 pieces of the second circle.
Sometimes we can simplify or reduce fractions to make them easier to understand. When we simplify fractions we use the smallest numbers possible. You can divide the numerator and denominator by the same number to simplify. For example: below is an example of how to simplify 100/200.
The easiest way to find a number you can divide into the numerator and denominator evenly to simply is to find the greatest common factor. For example: to simplify 27/108 find the greatest common factor of 27 and 108. Then divide the numerator and denominator by the factor to simplify.
The factors of 27 are 1, 3, 9, and 27.
The factors of 108 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 27, 36, 54, and 108.
27 is the highest factor of the numbers 27 and 108 so we divide by 27.
Adding and subtracting like fractions. Like fractions are fractions with the same denominator. For example: 1/6 and 3/6 are like fractions because both fractions have 6 as the denominator.
To add and subtract like fractions you add or subtract the numerator and the denominator stays the same. For example: in the problem below you would add the numerators (2+1=3) and the denominator stays the same (4). The answer is 3/4.
Proper fractions are fractions in which the numerator is less than the denominator.
Improper fractions are fractions with a numerator equal to or greater than the denominator.
A mixed number is a number that includes a whole number and a proper fraction.
In the real world we compare fractions to see which one is smaller or larger. If you were hungry would you want a slice of the first pizza below or the second pizza? Since the pieces in the first pizza are larger if you were hungry you would want a slice from this pizza.
If you compare like fractions all you have to do is compare the numerators because the denominators are the same. For example: if you compare 3/8 to 7/8 you only need to compare the numerators 3 and 7.
Like fractions can be ordered on a number line just as whole numbers can be ordered. In number line a the number line has been divided into 5ths. As you move to the right each fraction is larger. 1/5 < 2/5 < 3/5 < 4/5 < 5/5.
To complete a fraction tutorial.
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WHEREAS, after two decades of replacing full-time faculty positions with positions that are temporary or part-time, higher education has reached the point where more than 70 percent of all college and university instructors are part-time or temporary, more than twice the national workforce average of 30 percent; and
WHEREAS, this trend makes higher education one of the most extreme examples nationwide of the trend toward decreasing job security and benefitsthe Wal-Mart of the professions; and
WHEREAS, state support for public colleges and universities, on a per student basis, is declining, as is the proportion of state budgets devoted to public higher education and the purchasing power of federal student aid grants; and
WHEREAS, the decline in government support has resulted in tuition increases and has contributed to a frenzied search among colleges and universities for profitable corporate ties and a trend toward corporate-style management with little faculty involvement; and
WHEREAS, the effect on students of the lack of government support and the hollowing-out of the full-time faculty workforce is becoming apparent:
- College costs are rising much faster than family income.
- Among the 30 member nations of the OECD, the United States now ranks just seventh in the percentage of citizens who enter postsecondary education and complete a bachelors or higher degree.
- The effect is disproportionate on poor students and students of color. The gap between affluent and low-income students is widening. Affluent students with the lowest test scores have as good a chance of attending college as the lowest-income students with the highest grades; and
WHEREAS, a faculty corps consisting primarily of full-time tenured or tenure-track positions is essential because, just as in other professional fields, full-time commitment and professional treatment result in better service to students, and ultimately to taxpayers, and because tenure protects the academic freedom essential for teaching and high-level research; and
WHEREAS, many colleges and universities have survived during the past decades of shrinking government support only because of the underpaid work of part-time faculty and full-time nontenure-track faculty; and
WHEREAS, part-time and/or temporary facultywho, on many college campuses, now teach more than half the courses offered each academic semestermust be treated professionally, paid fairly and recognized for their commitment to higher education even in the face of their own economic exploitation; and
WHEREAS, the dearth of full-time positions has meant that the full-time faculty who remain are less and less able to devote the time they need to their research and teaching because they have an increased share of the responsibility for student advising, college governance and curriculum development; and
WHEREAS, the shrinking percentage of full-time faculty positions has also placed increased burdens on other academic staff, whose workloads have risen as the number of full-time college and university professionals has declined; and
WHEREAS, with fewer than 30 percent of faculty nationwide in full-time tenure and nontenure-track positions, the number of faculty who are institutionally supported to conduct research has declined dramatically; the future of university-based research in the U.S. is now in danger; and
WHEREAS, academic quality is impaired when the majority of faculty members are denied the resources and professional autonomy they need to do their best work. So long as part-time/adjunct faculty have to run from job to job to earn a living, so long as they have to worry about obtaining health and pension benefits, so long as they are hired under less-than-professional conditions, so long as evaluation of their work is cursory or nonexistent, so long as they lack office space and basic professional support, so long as they are unable to participate in college governanceso long as they are the academic equivalent of piece-workers, the quality of education, research and community service offered by American colleges and universities will suffer; and
WHEREAS, American higher education now appears to be at a crossroads, a time when the achievements of the past have been put at risk by the employment policies of the present; and
WHEREAS, AFT national conventions have passed resolutions calling for the restoration of full-time faculty positions and for creating fairness and equity in the employment of contingent faculty members:
RESOLVED, that the American Federation of Teachers develop a national campaign to demonstrate to the public and to elected officials that American higher education is at a crossroads and that the academic quality and research capacity for which American colleges and universities are internationally respected requires a strong, secure full-time faculty corps and fair, professional treatment of the existing contingent faculty; and
RESOLVED, that the primary goal of the campaign will be to work with allies to promote the introduction of legislation simultaneously in as many state legislatures as possible and secure the passage of such legislation along with companion federal legislation with the aim of restoring full-time tenured faculty positions and providing the equity in compensation, respect and professional support that contingent faculty need to best serve their students; and
RESOLVED, that the campaign will engage faculty members, labor unions, students and advocacy groups in a coalition to build grass-roots support for the effort, to elicit legislative sponsors and to engage in political action to win passage of the legislation.


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At work, practice puts perfection in reachBy KATIE YEZZI
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Katie Yezzi, the founding principal of Troy Prep Elementary School, is shown at the school in Troy, N.Y., last month. Yezzi has said that practice is one of the most powerful ways to improve performance in teachers and students.In 2011, I started a public charter elementary school as the principal. My organization, Uncommon Schools, manages charter schools for the bottom line, which in our case is student achievement. Some 92 percent of my schools students live below the poverty line, and the urgency of our facultys work is what motivates us to be great every day.
But the overwhelming need to be great can also swallow people up. If teachers are underperforming, or if student achievement appears to be plateauing, teachers can become paralyzed and fall prey to self-doubt or frustration.
We have found an antidote to this sense of defeat: practicing and preparing outside the classroom. Practice, I have found, is one of the most powerful ways to improve performance.
In March, as I was preparing to conduct midyear reviews with the teachers, my managing director, Doug Lemov, asked me if I wanted to practice any of them in advance. I immediately took him up on the opportunity to practice one review of a teacher who was struggling. I was dreading the review. I didnt want to be harsh, but I also didnt want to water down the message and give this teacher a false impression. I knew that I wasnt ready to have that conversation, so Doug and I practiced.
Doug demonstrated some language I could use, and I rephrased it and tried it out, and then went over and over the main pieces of the conversation. When it was time for the review, I felt confident and calm, and was able to be entirely present and to listen. I said everything that I needed to say, and found the balance between directness and compassion. Practice had helped to make something difficult much easier.
Feeling good about the situation, I jumped into a second review, with one of my stronger teachers. This review would be mainly positive, so I didnt think I needed to practice. I was surprised when the meeting, far from going as expected, involved lots of tears (hers) and awkwardness (mine) when I went over some areas where she could improve.
As I handed over the tissue box, I realized that I had imagined practice mainly as a tool for dealing with poor performance. But it can also be important for strong employees, who stand to give so much back. A well-conducted review, practiced in advance, has a better chance of making them feel happy and valued.
In other performance professions, like music or sports, the top performers always keep practicing alone and together. Its understood as crucial to staying at the top of their game. I had fallen into the trap of assuming that practice was a tool to avoid disasters, as opposed to a way to maximize positive outcomes. Now I see it as one of the only things that will keep helping me grow as a professional and add value to my organization. With our students, we never accept that some wont ever get it. We know that intelligence is not a fixed trait; with the right instruction, and lots of well-constructed practice, all of our students can achieve at high levels.
Interestingly, not all of our teachers initially apply this thinking to themselves. One came into my office the other day, saying she knew that her class wasnt going well and that she didnt think she could ever help her students improve. I rejected that idea and noted two small changes she could make. She still wasnt buying it. Then we practiced, with me demonstrating alternative teaching methods and her trying them out. Her whole outlook changed. She felt the difference.
Five minutes later, she was performing in front of her students, doing what we had just practiced. I could hear the difference. I checked in with her later, and she was beaming. She still had a long way to go, but she had already proved to herself that she could become better and that the improvement was under her control.
When I read reports of low teacher morale across the nation, I believe them, but I dont see much of that in our workplace. We all work hard in a very demanding environment, but our teachers love their jobs. The key to workplace satisfaction is doing a job well, and our most powerful tool for ensuring that is practice.MORE IN National / World BusinessNEW YORK Worries about the outlook for growth in China and a slide in the price of oil pushed... Full StoryWASHINGTON Fewer Americans bought homes in August, as investors retreated from real estate and... Full StoryMONTPELIER Lets not call this a beer run. That has such a Friday night frat boy connotation. Full Story
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The Year of the Jouncer
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A great many writers use their own lives as the raw material for their work but few have done it with the wit and courage of Simon Gray. Like his previous best-seller, The Smoking Diaries , The Year of the Jouncer has the rare ability to make you laugh aloud one moment and ponder the sad mysteries of mortality the next, and sometimes to do both at the same time.
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by Kate Wenner; New York, Scribner Publications, 2004, 223 pages, $24
Dancing With Einstein, by Kate Wenner, did not grab me at first. The prospect of reading about the psychotherapy of a neurotic, well-educated, and talented young woman who has traveled the world compulsively did not intrigue me, given that I have read other novels that seemed to stake out similar ground. And Wenner, herself a well-traveled woman who was a producer of the television program 20/20, has a writing style that at first seemed overwrought.
However, 15 pages in, I was caught up in Wenner's story of a 30-ish woman who is the daughter of a Jewish scientist whose parents sent him to the United States for his education. He never saw his parents again. He learned that they were killed in the Holocaust. Later, he goes on to become part of the Manhattan Project and to work with the most famous scientists of his time. Indeed, Albert Einstein does become part of the family life of the heroine and her parents, whose marriage and relationship suffer from her father's work on the bomb and various and sundry emotional baggage.
I cannot comment on the historical accuracy of the rich background of this story, but Wenner does a good job of making these famous characters present and part of the heroine's story. At the novel's beginning, she has decided to stop traveling the world and put down roots in New York City by getting a job and starting psychotherapy. An element of the story that I think any mental health professional would find intriguing is that the young woman decides to try out four different types of psychotherapy—with a Jungian, a feminist, a young analyst in training, and an older female therapist who has her tell her story. The heroine somehow undergoes all this therapy at the same time, without health insurance or much money to speak of. She ends up sticking with only two of her polytherapies, and she seems to benefit from them both. Go figure. This is an enjoyable story well worth reading.
Dr. Bauer is affiliated with the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children in Greenfield.
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What to Expect: Pack Your Bags!
I travel cross country several times a year, often by myself with two little kids in tow. Packing for these trips inevitably has me calling my mom the night before I leave, kind of in freak out mode about what to pack. Am I forgetting something? (Always). Am I packing too little? (Rarely). My mom always says: take a deep breath. Make sure you packed your glasses/contacts–anything else you can buy or borrow when you get there. So, make sure you have your glasses/contacts/necessities, and we will see you in a week!
The Weather
Fall in Utah this year has been gorgeous- I'm hoping the trees are still in full color next weekend. Currently, the weather forecast is mild -highs in the high sixties and low seventies and lows in the high thirties and low forties. (Which of course means that people coming from warm places are going to freeze, and those coming from cooler places are going to laugh). Make sure to check the weather before you leave, (we like weather.com), as I'm sure it will change a few times. I would recommend bringing a light coat (and a scarf and gloves if you are a weather wimp like me), and a sweater for the hotel. Hotel conference rooms are always on the chilly side. Layers are key!
What to pack? Sewing Stuff:
Thanks to our amazing sponsors, we will have Sewing Summit 2012 stocked to the brim with great supplies & notions (BabyLock machines, Madeira thread, OLFA cutting mats & rotary cutters, etc) so that you don't HAVE to bring anything. That said, if you have a pair of scissors you super-duper love or want to pack your own little sewing emergency kit of a seam ripper, fabric marker & snips, please feel free to. It might make it easier in the sewing rooms during some of the more notion-heavy times in class. A personal sized cutting mat, if you have one, might be a good idea as there won't be one at every sewing machine space. Also make sure to bring whatever supplies are asked for from your teacher for the classes you are taking (mostly fabric requirements, noted on the .pdf here).
What about projects to work on? Honestly, I bet you won't get as much done as you think you will, because you'll be having too much fun chatting & hanging out with your new friends. That said, a hand-sewing/knitting/cross stitch project if you have one might be fun, as there will be others sitting around that would love seeing what you're working on. Also, if you want to bring your sewing machines, you absolutely can, but there will be limited space to set them up as we've expanded the number of sponsored machines this year. Also, an extension cord would be handy to have just in case you need to stretch to a plug!
What to pack? Clothing:
This might seem obvious, but bring what you are most comfortable wearing. For some people, that will be jeans, a t-shirt, a sweater and flats (um, that's me). For others, it will be handmade clothing, awesome refashions, or on-trend ensembles. Be sure to pack something comfortable for late night sewing & hanging out–this may be the perfect time to wear the new lounge pants or maxi skirt you made in class! There is a gym onsite, as well as a pool and hot tub, so pack accordingly if you plan to use either. We are a comfortable & laid back group!
What to pack? Miscellaneous:
Your airline ticket. Drivers license. Cash & credit card. Transportation details to & from airport (We recommend making a reservation with Express Shuttle or grabbing a cab). Phone/charger. Camera/charger. Notebook to jot down ideas/notes/blog addresses. Something to keep business cards in. Your handmade nametag, if you made one. And don't forget your glasses! See you soon.


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