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Alumni Connections: College of Education, May 2011
Greetings from the College of Education!
The close of the spring semester at UCCS brought a flurry of activity on campus, including the launch of our $1.5 Billion fundraising campaign and the rededication of the Science & Engineering Building to the Osborne Center for Science and Engineering. The activity culminated last Friday when hundreds of students walked across the stage at the World Arena and became members of the UCCS Alumni and Friends Association, which is now over 32,000 graduates strong.
We're so proud of the positive changes that continue to occur both on campus among our faculty and students and off-campus within the alumni family. Thank you for all you continue to do for your alma mater; we look forward to launching additional benefits and services in the months to come.
Jennifer Hane
CU Announces $1.5 Billion Fundraising Campaign
University of Colorado President Bruce Benson recently announced Creating Futures, a $1.5 billion comprehensive fundraising campaign, the most ambitious in university history, which will benefit people, programs and places across CU's four campuses.
The university has raised more than $900 million since the silent phase of the campaign began in July 2006. Major fundraising campaigns typically conduct a silent phase to build momentum and engage key constituents. The public phase will continue until the goal is reached. (More)
Science & Engineering Building Now Osborne Center
The largest building at UCCS was renamed in honor of its largest donors, Ed and Mary Osborne of Colorado Springs.
During an outdoor ceremony, the Science & Engineering Building was renamed the Osborne Center for Science and Engineering. The ceremony featured comments by CU President Bruce Benson, UCCS Chancellor Pam Shockley-Zalabak and both Osbornes. But stealing the stage were youngsters from the Family Development Center who performed two songs and presented Mary Osborne with a bouquet. The Family Development Center is one of several campus units benefiting from the Osborne's generosity. (More)
Snyder to be College of Education Dean
The dean of the University of Alaska Anchorage College of Education will become dean of the UCCS College of Education for the 2011-12 academic year, university officials announced May 13.
Mary L. Snyder, currently dean of the University of Alaska Anchorage, College of Education will begin her leadership of the UCCS College of Education July 1. Her appointment was announced by Provost Peg Bacon following a national search. She replaces David Fenell who has served as interim dean since July 2010. Fenell plans to return to the faculty in the Department of Counseling and Human Services.
"Dr. Snyder's long experience in leading the preparation of teachers, administrators and counselors, as well as serving as an administrator of K-8 school, is unique," Bacon said. "I believe she will provide outstanding leadership in a field that is vital to the future of southern Colorado.'' (More)
Fenell Joins ROTC Hall of Fame
David Fenell, interim dean, College of Education, was inducted into Oklahoma State University's ROTC Hall of Fame prior to the university's officer commissioning ceremonies May 6 in Stillwater, Okla.
After 26 years of military service, Fenell retired last year from the U.S. Army as a colonel in the Medical Services Corps. His military record included combat tours in Afghanistan and Iraq where he earned Bronze Star Medals for each tour.
He earned a bachelor's degree in physiology from Oklahoma State University in 1968.
College of Education in the News
Crossover applications symposium demonstrates education technology. Supporters of improving education for the blind took part in demonstrations of new technology May 14 at UCCS as part of the second annual Crossover Applications Symposium. (More)
The Murfreesboro (Tenn.) Daily News Journal quoted UCCS faculty member Marcus Winter in Indiana on verge of creating most expansive voucher program in U.S.
The Colorado Springs Gazette mentioned UCCS in D-2 official's work with English-language programs earns award.
Edna Daniels Selected for 2011 Alumni & Friends Award
Edna Daniels, chair, Board of Directors for the Community Partnership for Child Development, has volunteered and served professionally far beyond the environment of the Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences and the UCCS campus.
Edna's work with the SACHS Foundation to promote scholarships for African American students at UCCS has been called extraordinary. She is involved in the selection, mentoring and general support of these students, with an obvious affection for them that underscores her dedication to Beth-El, UCCS and this community. A 1983 alumnus of Beth-El (prior to its merger with UCCS), Edna has made profound contributions to the welfare of Colorado Springs through her professional nursing activities and volunteer efforts. (More)
Alumni in the News
The Colorado Springs Gazette wrote about a UCCS alum in Remembering Maj. Philip Ambard: AFA professor's life full of inspiration.
The Glenwood Springs Post Independent wrote about a UCCS alum in Garfield County interviews four finalists for lead county attorney.
NaturalNews.com featured an article by a UCCS alum in ADD and ADHD symptoms can be a sign of excess sugar and boredom.
In This Issue
CU Announces $1.5 Billion Fundraising Campaign
Science & Engineering Building Now Osborne Center
Snyder to be College of Education Dean
Fenell Joins ROTC Hall of Fame
College of Education in the News
Edna Daniels Selected for 2011 Alumni & Friends Award
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Dr. Charles "Pat" Davis, MD, PhD, is a board certified Emergency Medicine doctor who currently practices as a consultant and staff member for hospitals. He has a PhD in Microbiology (UT at Austin), and the MD (Univ. Texas Medical Branch, Galveston). He is a Clinical Professor (retired) in the Division of Emergency Medicine, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, and has been the Chief of Emergency Medicine at UT Medical Branch and at UTHSCSA with over 250 publications.
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Dr. Shiel received a Bachelor of Science degree with honors from the University of Notre Dame. There he was involved in research in radiation biology and received the Huisking Scholarship. After graduating from St. Louis University School of Medicine, he completed his Internal Medicine residency and Rheumatology fellowship at the University of California, Irvine. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology.
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(CHICAGO, IL) -- If you live in IL, WI, or IN please read the notice below and plan to attend this very important meeting. If you do not live in those states, but know someone in the adult industry who does, or if you have customers in the Midwest, please send this notice to them and urge them to attend. It is important for our entire industry that this meeting be a success. Thanks for your help and your support.
Best regards,
Bill Lyon
Executive Director
Free Speech Coalition
FSC Action Alert: The Feds are Coming To the Midwest
Free Speech Coalition wants you to be prepared and protected against this onslaught. That is the reason we are forming the Midwest Chapter of FSC this month. The all important formation meeting will be held in three weeks just outside Chicago. You will receive important information on upcoming investigations and the federal government's Master Plan to persecute and prosecute the Adult Entertainment Industry in the Midwest. Only if all parts of our industry come together Now will we be able to defeat the Feds. This meeting will help you understand how we will do it.
Friday, September 26, 2003 the Doubletree Hotel 5460 River Rd. Rosemont, IL 60018
5:30 6:30 p.m. - Reception (Cash Bar & Hors d'oeuvres) 6:30 8:30 p.m. - Meeting and Election of Officers
Due to an acute back problem, Bill Lyon is unable to attend this meeting. The program will include a brief introduction and statement of purpose by FSC Legislative Affairs Director Kat Sunlove, and a presentation of important issues and ongoing investigations by prominent Chicago attorneys, J.D. Obenberger and Reed Lee, who are our hosts and founders of the Midwest Chapter.
A Q&A period will follow.
You will nominate and elect the Midwest Chapter's first Board of Directors. A meeting of the new board will be scheduled and the formation meeting will then be adjourned. Your presence is important for this vote.
Seating is Limited. Please RSVP Immediately To: Bill Lyon or Neva Chevalier Phone: (818) 348-9373 or E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
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text: Lions Have Fifth Pick in Draft Thursday, April 25, 2013 4:37 a.m. EDT by Dan Cash Defensive tackle Nick Fairley of Auburn University holds up a jersey after being selected as the 13th overall pick by the Detroit Lions in the 2011 NFL football Draft in New York, April 28, 2011. REUTERS The Detroit Lions are undergoing final preparations for tonight's NFL Draft in New York. The Lions, who are coming off a disappointing 4-and-12 season have the fifth pick in the first round. Comments


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Sawyer's Little Man Cave
My Room
Name: Sawyer (6 weeks)
Location: Oceanside, CA
Here is Baby Sawyer's Nursery. It started with a $50 dresser and $30 antlers from the Long Beach Antique Market, and slowly evolved into this little man cave filled with new and vintage pieces.
I especially love the rug that makes the whole room feel finished. Overall it is now a comfortable and colorful space that Sawyer and Mom can both enjoy.
Lovely - thanks Casandra! I especially love the Junzo Terada flashcards!
(Images: Leif Brandt Photography)
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Could you please share where the rug is from? Love the room!
that is what got me too!!! Love the rug!
LOVE the antlers in the frame. This room is so solid.
The antlers... the chalkboard closet doors... the steamer trunk... the lush green chair... all fantastic ideas! Would have loved to see all the sources for this one. The only thing I'd change is the Jenny Lind is a little femme for a boy's room, but overall... love love love it! : )
Pleeeeeeaaase can we see more of that rug?? The room is great, by the way. :)
where is the rug from??????
Everything about this is perfect. The armchair ads a discernible weight and almost antiquity to the room. Echoing a similar sentiment, the antlers, rug, dresser and trunk are spot on.
I think the contrast of the delicateness works well with the girth of the rest of the pieces in the room. Adds and almost angelic quality to the sleeping quarters, which is nice.
Femme? Really?
I don't know. If I ever have a boy (at this point, it's not likely), he's going to be dressed in pink, (I despise pink; I always have) but it's crazy to make colors/patterns/textures gender specific, in my opinion.
The rug is the Magical Thinking Bazaar Rug from Urban Outfitters.
I really love this whole room!
A.S. Smith, you rock, thanks!
I know it's probably well secured, but my no-kids-of-my-own self just cringed at the pointy jutty antlers above the changing table. If those fell...
Plus, by all my mom's reports, I was a climber. *shudders*.
That said, I kinda like the look. I'm just paranoid.
I'd dress my kid in green. Solve the problem.
And as for dressing boys in pink and girls in blue; that was the gender pairing until quite recently, actually.
**Ladies' Home Journal article in June 1918 said, "The generally accepted rule is pink for the boys, and blue for the girls. The reason is that pink, being a more decided and stronger color, is more suitable for the boy, while blue, which is more delicate and dainty, is prettier for the girl." **
I love those flashcards. I'm ordering some right away.
i love this room! i really want to do something similar for my little guys new bedroom (we're moving); what's the paint color on the walls?! it's so bright and airy, but still adds color.


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City of thieves : a novel
Benioff, David.
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Benioff, David.
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poohbubba said:
Set at siege of Saint Peter ( or Liengrand if you perfer)two young men are sent out for an impossible task. Get a dozen eggs for a high ranking officer's child's weeding cake. It is a wonderful read for the adventures, and people they meet on the journey.
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John K. said:
What a story! The premise: during the siege of Leningrad, a Russian boy must gather a dozen eggs by the end of the week to save his own life – a near impossible task. As we are told in the prologue, it is the week that he made his best friend, met his wife, and killed two Germans. Go!
posted Jul 3, 2012 at 10:51AM
Emily Lloyd said:
A short (250 pages), wonderful novel set in Russia during the siege of Leningrad. Lev is 17, an awkward Jewish virgin, picked up by the Russian police for "looting" (searching a dead German soldier he finds in the street for food--everyone's starving--or other valuables). Kolya is 20 or so, a cocky, handsome, literature-loving Russian soldier, picked up by the cops for desertion. The two are thrown together in a cell for the night and expect to be executed in the morning. Instead, a colonel gives them a task on a whim: if they can find a dozen eggs for his daughter's wedding cake in one week (in a country where people have taken to eating rats to survive, where no one's seen an egg in months, and that's currently under siege by Germans who would kill them on sight), they'll be allowed to live. The boys set off. In the space of the next week, Lev will make his best friend, witness brutalities of war he could never have imagined, meet the girl he'll end up marrying, and kill a man--but the best part of the book might just be the banter between him and Kolya as they slog through the frozen countryside. City of Thieves was published in 2008. I consider it a new classic.
posted Nov 3, 2012 at 1:00PM
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This book was such a wonderful story. I would recommend it to anyone who likes great books.
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URBANA, Ill. (AP) —Jay Bennett, a former member of the band Wilco, died early Sunday at age 45, according to a posting on the Web site of his record label.
"We are profoundly saddened to report that our friend died in his sleep ... Jay was a beautiful human being who will be missed," read the posting Sunday on Undertow Music Collective's Web site.
Bennett died at his Urbana home early Sunday and an autopsy was being performed, friend and fellow musician Edward Burch told the Chicago Sun-Times in a story posted online late Sunday.
"The family is in mourning and is unavailable for comment at this time," Burch said.
A cause of death was not immediately available. A message left for the Champaign County Coroner on Sunday was not immediately returned.
After earning degrees in secondary education, math and political science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Bennett worked as a sound engineer and played instruments for Wilco from 1994 to 2001.
His contributions were key to the success of the band's first album, "A.M.," as well as "Being There," "Summerteeth" and "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot." Most recently, Bennett had been wrapping up work on his fifth solo album, "Kicking at the Perfumed Air," and performing with the alternative rock band he co-founded, Titanic Love Affair.
In April, after sustaining injuries to his hip from a fall off the stage while playing with Titanic Love Affair, he wrote on his MySpace page that he needed a hip replacement but had no health insurance. He also wrote about how the experience with the hip pain had changed his outlook on life to an extent.
"This whole experience has really taught me to look both inward and outward for support, and I've learned things about myself that I thought I had completely figured out years ago," he wrote. "Family and friends have helped me to keep faith in a future that will actually be much more carefree than my constricted present state. I encourage you all to tell me stories of recovery, as they really do help... All in all, I'm 'in a really good place' right now; I'm just waiting until I can make it all happen."
Earlier this month, Bennett sued Wilco lead singer Jeff Tweedy, claiming he was owed royalties for songs during his seven years and five albums with the group.
In the breach-of-contract lawsuit filed in Cook County Circuit Court, Bennett also claimed that he deserved money from the band's 2002 documentary, "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart." The film documents the making of "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot."
"We are all deeply saddened by this tragedy," said Jeff Tweedy in a statement
released by Wilco's publicist. "We will miss Jay as we remember him - as a truly
unique and gifted human being and one who made welcome and significant
contributions to the band's songs and evolution. Our thoughts go out to his
family and friends in this very difficult time."


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1/21 March, Mourning For Civil Liberties
January 17, 2012 in Event
The 99% Stand in mourning of our lost civil liberties and dying internet neutrality.
Rally begins at 11:30 AM at Civic Center Park on Saturday, January 21st.
Funeral procession protest march beginning at
12:00pm at Civic Center Park, January 21st, 2012
Funeral Attire is recommended. Black or dark colors are appropriate. Funeral props such as coffins and tombstones, bugles playing taps or other such artistic statements are also strongly encouraged.
In Loving Memory We March
On Saturday January 21st, 2012 Occupy Denver will be marching in mourning for our freedoms lost, our rights trampled, our civil liberties crushed and the impending cataclysmic attack upon free speech in the form of internet censorship. Sadly we regret to inform you that we have already lost The 4th Amendment which guarded our personal freedom and privacy, The 5th Amendment which shielded us from abusive governmental authority in legal matters, The 6th Amendment, Habeas Corpus, our protector against unlawful detention, The 7th Amendment which guaranteed us trial by a jury of our peers, and The 8th Amendment which safeguarded us from excessive bail, fines or any other form of cruel and unusual punishment.
By the passing of the National Defense Authorization Act signed by the hand of President Barrack Obama on on December 31st, 2011, freedom, so cherished by generations of Americans is indeed in peril. Within the National Defense Authorization Act there are provisions which allow the indefinite military detention of anyone anywhere in the world including Citizens of the United States without cause, without trial, without representation, and without hope of any justice. In essence the National Defense Authorization Act establishes the prison and court system in use at Guantanamo as the new norm for the indefinite detention of anyone deemed to be an enemy of the state. This heinous action perpetrated upon the American public and the rest of the world by our government working in conjunction with the global military industrial complex is UNACCEPTABLE!
The 4th Amendment, born September 17th,1787 lived a hard life with many ups and downs ever vigilant in its battle to protect us from tyranny. It was widely known for guarding our personal freedom and privacy by protecting us from unlawful search and seizure. It died defending our freedom at the hands of the NDAA on December 31st, 2011.
The 5th Amendment, our bastion against abusive governmental authority in legal matters who's lineage can be traced back to June 15, 1215 in the form of Magna Carta was dealt a death blow by the NDAA. Ever vigilant through the centuries against abuses of power including double jeopardy, self incrimination and confessions obtained through torture it kept us safe from abuses of power. Sadly it was no match for the NDAA and so on December 31, 2011 the 5th Amendment passed away before our very eyes.
The 6th Amendment, Habeas Corpus lived a long healthy life. Born in 1215, Habeas Corpus saved many from unlawful detention. The protector of freedom began a heated battle with the brutal "two party democratic system" beginning with the United States Military Commissions Act of 2006. There was a brief sign of hope for recovery given by the Supreme Court in 2008. However in the end it lost its battle four short years later on December 31st, 2011 by the signing of the NDAA.
The 7th Amendment, guarantor of our right to a trial by our peers too was slain by with the passing of the NDAA on December, 31st 2011. Born in England in the early 1700′s but withheld from the early colonies the lack of right to trial by a jury was one of the complaints against Britain which triggered the American Revolution. After the American Revolution the Bill of Rights brought to the American people the justice they had fought for. In 1795 Associate Justice of the Untied States Supreme Court William Tyler Patterson said of the 7th Amendment, "The right of trial by Jury is a fundamental law, made sacred by the Constitution, and cannot be legislated away." Woefully this great Amendment designed to protect us from trial by partial or corrupt judges has been cast down by the passing of the NDAA on December, 31st 2011.
The 8th Amendment, the bedrock upon which justice is built protected us from excessive, and cruel or unusual punishment. Born in England in 1689 and brought to America in the Bill of Rights in 1791 in the form of the 8th Amendment it protected us from all manners of excessive punishment. Now with the passing of the NDAA that bedrock has been dynamited and thrown into a rock crusher. With the NDAA's provisions allowing the indefinite military detention of any citizen of the United States deemed to be an enemy of the state without cause, without trial, without representation, and without hope of any justice how can it be argued that we are not now subject once again to cruel and unusual punishment at the whim of our government and our injustice system? Rest in Peace 8th amendment it truly was a sad day to see you depart from us with the signing of the NDAA on December, 31 2011.
To compound the loss of our rights and civil liberties by the passing of the NDAA bill currently Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and Congressman Charles Dent (R-PA) are now sponsoring a bill called the Enemy Expatriation Act which will allow the US Government to strip citizens of their citizenship without being convicted of a crime. Combining the NDAA with the Enemy Expatriation Act whether or not you are a citizen is most definitely a mute point when the government can strip our citizenship away followed by the military locking us up indefinitely without cause or trial. The NDAA as it is now is the death blow to our rights and civil liberties afforded to us by the Bill of Rights and the Enemy Expatriation Act will be the final nail in its coffin.
Finally we get to the most precious of all freedoms ever afforded to mankind, Freedom of Speech. Freedom of Speech is what brought us together on the internet to form the Occupy Movement. Freedom Speech is what allows us to raise our voices and be heard. Freedom of Speech is what allows you to read the words you are reading right now. And sadly in addition to the rights and civil liberties which we have already lost through the NDAA, are about to lose through the Enemy Expatriation Act now our Freedom of Speech is also under attack in the form of proposed internet censorship laws including the Stop Internet Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA). This fight to crush Free Speech on the internet centers around Net Neutrality, one of the youngest of all freedoms who has lived a glorious life, mostly free from attacks within the United States. Widely known for granting everyone freedom to access information upon the internet, Net Neutrality gives corporations and citizens equal footing in the "marketplace of ideas." Attacks on Net Neutrality have been slowly gaining steam in the last few years as the internet has become a major tool in voicing dissent against tyranny and oppression both here in America and abroad. The internet has been a key form of communication used by dissidents overthrowing Eastern European as well as Arab Dictatorships. An uncensored uninhibited internet is what allowed the Arab Spring to burst forth in 2011. An uncensored uninhibited internet is what allowed the protest in Zuccotti Park to crystallize into the Occupy Movement we now find ourselves in.
Although SOPA and PIPA claim to be about protecting copyrights, its most obvious effect will be to protect those in power. SOPA grants the US government the ability to shut down any website that is found to have any material that infringes upon any copyrights or to shut down any site or software which assists in accessing copyrighted material. This literally means, if a person posts a clip from a movie copyrighted by a major studio in Hollywood or a group of teenage cheerleaders post a clip of themselves dancing to a copyrighted song on a site like Youtube then the US government can legally shut down the entire Youtube website. If those clips are linked to another site like Facebook, then both Youtube and Facebook can be legally shut down according to SOPA and or PIPA. Further the government will have the power to order search engines to remove all traces of links to such sites and payment companies will be forced to no longer do business with the sites. American Pharmaceutical companies will also score a win in maintaining there monopoly over American medicines if SOPA passes as there are provisions which will make it easy to ban internet sales of low cost medicine from Canada. Proxy servers used by dissidents the world over will be banned and software that allows surfing of the web anonymously will also be made illegal in the U.S. including the Tor Project. Possibly the most scary part about SOPA and or PIPA is that all of the enforcement will be happening without user knowledge. Every packet of data sent from or to our computers will be monitored. Every conversation, every page clicked on and viewed all of it will be monitored and analyzed for content. Oh yah and one other thing, those cheerleaders mentioned earlier, they could go to jail for uploading copyrighted material.
Today Net Neutrality and Citizenship have both recently entered intensive life support, their survival depends on the overthrowing of NDAA and the blocking of SOPA, PIPA, and the Expatriation Act. The implications of these laws for the American people are tremendous. From the Russian Gulags and Nazi Concentration Camps to Japanese internment camps in America during World War Two and all the way up to Guantanamo Bay, nation states have always found creative ways to indefinitely detain "undesirables" and otherwise bend the law to their will. Although President Barrack Obama ran on closing down "Guantanamo Bay" and the blatant disregard for civil liberties that it entailed, he will now be known as the president that enshrined these practices into law through the NDAA. If the Enemy Expatriation Act passes it would simply be a matter of rhetoric to call an Occupy Protester a "Terrorist"who without cause, charge or trial can lose their citizenship and be detained indefinitely for life. If SOPA passes, the internet that we know will immediately look like a giant corporate controlled cable television network. A network that we will no longer be able to use to communicate in the open fashion that we do now.
So please consider joining Occupy Denver on Saturday, January 21st, 2012 at Civic Stadium Park at 12:00pm where we will be marching in mourning for our freedoms lost, our rights trampled, our civil liberties crushed and the impending cataclysmic attack upon free speech in the form of internet censorship. Whether or not you can make the march you must contact Colorado's Senators Mark Udall and Micheal Bennet and demand them to reject SOPA & PIPA as well as the Enemy Expatriation Act, while you still can.
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Rock legend Al Kooper opens up to Princeton's Sean Wilentz about making music with Bob Dylan, and more
I left out something. In this time period when I was a songwriter, there was a club on 47th between 8th and 9th, it was owned by the Mafia, and it was a gospel night club. It was called the Sweet Chariot, and you'd walk in, and all they served was soul food, and they had a bar of course, and the waitresses were dressed as angels. When they'd seat you at a table, everyone at the table would get a tambourine. So, for me, this was the greatest bar in New York. And they had unbelievable gospel singers there and I didn't have to worry about going into a black church. This was like white people watching black people, so I swear I went there every night. That was my hang. I certainly didn't pay to get in, I was a regular. So, they had a house band, a drummer and an organ player, and the organ player played bass on the organ with his feet on a pedal board. I'd listen to this organ player every night, he was phenomenal. So, after I got famous for playing on "Like a Rolling Stone," Tom Wilson asked me to play on a session for a band he was auditioning, and that was The Blues Project.
Who was in the band at that point?
Everyone including Tommy Flanders. There was no keyboard player, so he wanted me to play keyboards on their audition session. So, I played and then at the end of the session they asked me to dinner or lunch the next day, so I figured they were going to make a deal with me to play on their whole album for so much money. This was pretty soon after "Like a Rolling Stone," like maybe, three months. And they asked me to join the band, and I thought, this is a great idea, because I can't play the fucking organ, and I'm being called to play on organ sessions coming out of my fucking ears. I said, I could rehearse with them, and improve my keyboard skills, so this is a good idea.
I just want to take you back to Highway 61 for a second, and have you tell the story about the police whistle. What were you doing with that?
I mean it was a thing you bought at a novelty store, so I bought it. People were smoking pot, you can do that and it would scare somebody. It was a joke! So, I actually had it around my neck, and it wasn't really appropriate for the Dylan session but I used to wear it around. So, when we were doing the song "Highway 61 Revisited," I thought, boy it would be great on this. So, I said to Bob—I'm now comfortable with him, so I said, "Here, why don't you play this instead of the harmonica? It'd be great." So, he laughed, and he wrapped it around his neck, and then he used it. It cracked everybody up, especially me, and I never got it back!
So, you get the house band gig at the Café Au Go Go, and The Blues Project is really taking off.
I'm making this transition from songwriter and studio musician to rock band guy, and I'm still doing the other stuff, especially the studio work, because that's how I'm living. I'm playing on a lot of sessions with a lot of people. Then they asked me to do the Blonde on Blonde sessions, first in New York and then in Nashville. It was the very first time I'd ever recorded outside of New York City—and my career was off in another direction, which is a whole other story.
And, alas, a story for another occasion. But quickly, looking back, if I asked you what you make of it all, what springs to mind?
Well, I think I've been a really lucky Jewish guy from Queens. But we've only talked about the good stuff.
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I'm not going to post a photo for this little rant because I'm so tempted to use Microsoft Paint to draw a wiener blowing a load all over the front door of this place and there is a good chance I'll end up swallowing some form of sustenance from The Goddess & Grocer in Bucktown in the future.
I may seem kind of particular about what I put in my mouth(we know that's a joke), but for the most part I'll try anything once. Fuck, I'll probably try it twice. I just have to ask, how many times do I have to tell the fucking people at Goddess & the Grocer to leave the cucumbers off of my bagel sandwich? There's really 2 things that make me gag when I put them in my mouth(insert…hahaha you get it), CUCUMBERS & BELL PEPPERS. On top of the fucking cucumbers, if you burn a bagel to the point that it is a fine shade of chestnut, you probably shouldn't serve it to your customers.
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/30/13 -- Thismoment, an enterprise-class provider of cloud-based software enabling the creation, delivery and measurement of Dynamic Brand Experiences, today announced a 7x year over year monthly recurring revenue growth for 2012. This strong momentum demonstrates that as brand marketers seek to reach and engage customers in any location, at any time, and on any device in a way that is both personal and relevant, Thismoment's Distributed Engagement Channel (DEC) platform is increasingly becoming a central component of their digital marketing strategy.
Introduced in March 2010, DEC is already licensed by more than 100 of the Fortune 500 -- including Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Intel, Target, GM, Maybelline and Sony -- who use it to drive content consumption, sharing, conversation, and conversion easily and simultaneously across Web, mobile, and social media touch points, often on a global basis.
In October of 2012, the company released DEC 4, the newest version of its flagship product. DEC 4 has been the most rapidly adopted release in the company's history, with more than 100 deployments to date, and is delivering unprecedented levels of user engagement as measured by time spent per visit, UGC submissions, and video views.
2012 Performance and Milestones for Thismoment
Company Highlights
- Secured $22 Million Series C round of funding led by Trident Capital and Sierra Ventures
- Rapidly growing global presence, including expansion of EMEA office, launch of LATAM region, and acquisition of Bangalore-based technology center
- New hires in leadership team including Stephen Bach (Chief Financial Officer), Shirley Foster (Senior Vice President, Engineering), Leandro Cruz de Paula (Divisional Vice President, Latin America), and Chris McGarry (Vice President, Product Marketing)
Customer Highlights
- Added dozens of new customers across all categories, including American Family Insurance, Deloitte, IBM, Levi Strauss, and TaylorMade
- Launched several hundred successful brand campaigns in partnership with the world's leading digital agencies, including Digitas, BBDO, VML & Mindshare
- Conducted nationwide premier customer events throughout the New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles areas
- Instituted a global corporate visit center at San Francisco headquarters, hosting premier clients and strategic partners from around the world
Product Highlights
- Industry-first mobile user-generated content engine (UGC)
- DEC's industry-leading UGC engine added smartphone and tablet support, allowing multimedia uploads directly from mobile browsers
- Facebook Timeline and Twitter card multimedia embeds
- DEC enabled customers to extend their brand experience by embedding trackable multimedia theater modules into Twitter cards and Facebook's timeline, newsfeed and ticker
- Responsive design
- DEC's responsive design tools and adaptive HTML5-based templates now enable customers to easily optimize the user experience for different device form factors
- LinkedIn social publishing integration
- Thismoment became a LinkedIn preferred developer and launched LinkedIn page and group posting and scheduling functionality to DEC. This allows brands using DEC's Community Manager tools to easily publish to Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and LinkedIn simultaneously
- Google+ social publishing integration
- Thismoment became a Google+ preferred developer, integrating similar social posting, scheduling, management and measurement functionality for Google+
- Developer.thismoment.com
- Thismoment created a place for third party developers to leverage a host of APIs, playground, live documentation and sample code to make it easier and faster to build custom brand experiences on Thismoment's platform
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- 6 minutes average time spent per visit across hundreds of DEC-powered channels
- More than 67 million user visits, and 133 million video views
- 1 million+ user generated content (UGC) submissions processed, and more than 9 million views of user-submitted media
- A single DEC-powered live event on Coke TV (coca-cola.tv) generated more than 500,000 simultaneous viewers across 20 countries, with the average view time topping 40 minutes
"2012 was an important year for Thismoment, as we continued to demonstrate that our platform uniquely provides Fortune 500 brands the power, scale, and agility required to effectively engage consumers across an increasingly fragmented digital landscape."
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- David Spector, Head of Mobile, TMP
About Thismoment
Thismoment delivers a cloud-based enterprise platform for digital experience marketing, called the Distributed Engagement Channel (DEC). In active deployment by hundreds of Fortune 500 brands, DEC is used to create, distribute and measure dynamic brand experiences across multiple sites and devices at global scale. Deployed in more than 43 countries and 60 languages, DEC powers hundreds of brand experiences and channels spanning Facebook, YouTube, Web, tablet, mobile, and digital outdoor for many of the world's biggest brands. To learn more, please visit thismoment.com.
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Pulp City Kickstarter. With so much on offer you don't want to miss out!
Instead of explaining what's what, I will let the pictures do the talking!
Check out the Pulp City Kickstarter now before it's too late!
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Thursday, 27 February 2014
Pulp City Giveaway plus Gods and Demons in the last 48 hours!
Do you want to get your hands on these 2 stunning Pulp City teams?
Of course you do!
From left to right -
Heroes - Nuclear Jones, Sovereign, Dr Red
Villains - Silverager, Seabolt, Hellsmith
How do you get them? Easy!
Check out the Tales of a Tabletop Skirmisher Facebook Page and share the image pinned to the top of the page.
OR share this image, the PC Kickstarter Link and link to this giveaway on your own blog or a forum and leave a link to your post here in the comments.
You have 48 Hours!
Once the Kickstarter has ended, one random 'sharer' will be chosen to win both of these pro-painted teams.
Good Luck!
What about these Gods and Demons mentioned in the title? Well...........
Pulp City project.
Scarab, Phalanx, Mr Kraken, Mecha Spartans, the Lady in Red and Stygian who transforms into a giant beast.
Hellsmith in the giveaway is also part of this Faction.
If the Kickstarter can raise enough in the next 2 days then these creatures and beings will bring a darkness to Pulp City that has never been seen before!
Hey, did I mention the Pulp City Kickstarter yet?..................
Hendybadger awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!
Tuesday, 25 February 2014
Pulp City KS in its Last 100 Hours! Don't Miss Out!
The Pulp City Kickstarter is in its last 100 hours and they are pulling out all the stops!
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First up is a final sculpt of the new Powerhouse Amok for the Way of Fist and Blade faction.
Think he looks big? Check him out next to the other new Powerhouses and a normal sized Sister Bedlam mini.
How about some stunning Q Workshop Hero and Villain dice?
Another thing backers have wanted is the option to 'cherry pick' their own teams outside of the current unlocks and value packs. With this in mind they have added a FULL add-on list of EVERYTHING in the PC range!
You can find it >HERE<
The list includes some nice teasers for current and upcoming locked stretch goals like RoboChimp, SymbioGrimm, Lady in Red, Stygian in 2 forms, Mr.Kraken, Phalanx, Mecha Spartans and Scarab.
You may be thinking "Why should I pledge now and not wait for release?"
Well, what about the 4 awesome exclusives and limited editions?
John Grimmsham is a new lvl3 Leader for the Grimm and only available during the Kickstarter. He is included in every Supreme level pledge. The 'sweet spot' level that has gone from 7 to 19 models already!
Another Grimm exclusive is the 'Dragonfly' model as an added extra to the Grimminions pack.
No kickstarter is complete without a certain reference. Shiny!
The PC team are so pleased with the support shown for this project that they have offered up a special model. The Herald! He has only been available before to those that promote Pulp City and go above and beyond in support of the game. Never for sale before and never for sale again!
Finally there is the rarest and most wanted PC mini of all time. The Red Baron!
I have seen this figure sell for over £100 on eBay before as only a few were ever made.
One will be included in each 'Collectors' pledge. $600 for over $1200 worth of goodies and the Baron!
Even if you just pledge $1, it helps unlock more goodies for everyone.
The Pulp City Kickstarter is really going to be one to watch over these last couple of days.
Hendybadger awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!
Monday, 24 February 2014
Bun-Bun, Sluggy and Pulp City Join Forces
Sluggy Freelance is an online webcomic site that has been going for years with 1000s of fans.
Recently, they found the Pulp City Kickstarter and loved it. Time for some classic comic cross-over fun!
From the Sluggy site -
"THIS JUST IN!- So after contacting the Pulp Monsters guys they contacted me back interested in a cross promotion. Their kickstarter freebees are a team of Villains called The Grimm, lead by John Grimsham, and they feel like a cross between gremlins and mole-men, but with Super Powers. So I said "What about a grimm in a Bun-bun costume with an oversized switchblade? You can call him Grimmbun-bun!" I spent 10 minutes on a colored sketch of what popped in my head and now its a new free Stetch Goal! Its a long road to go and short time to make the stretch goal, but I think it, and Pulp City are nifty."
From the Pulp City Update -
"When Pete Abrams contacted us about a cross promotion I admit I geeked out a bit. As a Sluggy fan from way back I knew Pete would just "get" Pulp City. So we discussed how to make things work and this was what we came up with. So if we can end the Kickstarter above $100,000 we will give all our Supreme Level or higher backers a free Grimmbun-bun.
The Grimm are highly susceptible to pop culture influences. When they find something the really love they tend to take on characteristics of that thing. Thus the strange and varied nature of the Grimms. When Grimmbun-bun discovered the web comic Sluggy Freelance he was doomed to wear a bunny suit. We aren't sure what he will become but we could be looking at Pulp City's first Level 1 Powerhouse!"
This all sounds fantastic! Grimmbun-bun has been born!
The pledge this scary little guy comes with is the 'Supreme' level. The sweet spot of the PC Kickstarter
This level stared with just the rulebook and 7 models for $90. After a load of stretch goals and backers its now got everything shown above. That's now NINETEEN models and all the extras for the same price!
There are still a couple of locked models as well. These will be added for free at $85K, 500 backers and the Grimmbun-bun at $100K taking the total to 21 minis. If things go further there could be even more!
You don't have long though. The Pulp City Kickstarter ends this Saturday!
Head over and see what you think then let us know here in the comments.
Hendybadger awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!
Sunday, 16 February 2014
The Best Super Hero Game Ever?
Is Pulp City the best Super Hero tabletop game ever?
The way the Kickstarter is going sure makes me think it is!
There are so many awesome character appearing and there is still 12 days to go as I type this.
The Pulp team are already working on more sculpts for the unlocked models. Above you can see the WIP for Rosie 'Baby' Rude. A new Hero Powerhouse with mechanical gloves which help her swing a massive steel girder.
Before I get to the most recent additions to the PC lineup in this update, I just want to remind everyone you have ONE DAY left to claim your FREE Guerrilla as part of any Supreme or higher pledge.
How can anyone say no to a Gorilla with a Minigun?
There are some weird and wonderful things getting added during campaign.
The latest free add-on are these nasty looking Ankle Biters. Piranhas are nasty, but with robo legs and gills? That's just pure EVIL!
Next up we have the Jado Oni. A dangerous Eastern demon with a sword that can easily cleave a man in two. This guy add some serious hitting power to the ranks of the Jade Cult.
The Ulthar factions is a mix of water based alien races. The newest is Kithairon. An Ulthar Leo 'battle cat'.
The artwork has a very familiar colour scheme. Do you 'have the power' to take this beast into battle?
Amok is a new Powerhouse for a new faction. The Way of Fist and Blade. A mix of martial artists that come from both the good AND bad sides of Pulp City. A big red 'hulking' beast is sure to be a scary sight on the mean streets of the city.
After Amok there are some very interesting looking stretch goals.
What do you think they are?
A well loved faction in Pulp City is the Forgotten. Old dark gods, demons and monsters. With only 2 members so far, the $90K mark starts the Forgotten expansion and the Pulp Kickstarter Phase 4.
That first goal looks a LOT like a lady from the original Pulp City rule book.
It's not just the pledges going up that unlock new goodies. The amount of backers also helps the project unlock more special Supremes for the new Grimm faction. Even if its only $1, it all helps.
At the moment the Kickstarter is only 29 backers from unlocking a rock powered Grimm.
If it hits the 500 mark, I think we may see some sort of Grimm Symbiote.
At the top of the page you may have spotted the Kicktraq box. This will be staying there for the next 12 days so you can see at a glance how the project is going. Clicking on it takes you to the Kicktraq Pulp City page where you can find out all sorts of stats and details.
If you have a blog or website it would be a MASSIVE help if you could also put up one of these boxes until March 1st.
Even if you aren't backing the Pulp City Kickstarter (link) yourself, it would really help get the word out to others that could love the project but haven't seen it yet.
ToaTS would also be happy to return the favour sometime!
That' all for now folks, but I expect there may be even more goodies very soon.
Until then,
Hendybadger awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Friday, 14 February 2014
Do You Want A Gorilla With A Minigun?
Would you like a huge Gorilla with a massive minigun?
Of course you would!!!!
Well, for this weekend only, the Pulp City Kickstarter is giving them away for FREE!!!
How cool does Guerrilla look?
This update to one of the first ever Pulp City miniatures would look great in loads of other games as well.
He isn't the only new goodie on the KS project though. The recent stretch goals include a couple of DC inspired Supremes.
All of these models are, or can be, added to the Supreme level pledge of $90 and are all included as part of the amazing Collectors pledge!
The Collectors level is great if you really want to get into the game or if yourself and several friends want to play with different things. $600 for WELL over $1200 worth of models. Including the VERY rare Red Baron and HUGE 6" resin Monster.
The unlocked addons and freebies are currently at an additional 32 models as I type this.
So, head over and check out the Pulp City Supreme Edition Kickstarter for these great deals and fantastic models.
The 'sweet spot' to look at if you don't want the entire range is 'Supreme'. It already includes more than double the miniatures it started with and even more are planned to be added.
Hendybadger awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!
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Since 2008 when six members of Young Living's corporate staff left the company and started doTerra, I have seen and heard some interesting things especially since I live in Utah where both companies are headquartered!
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I have mostly kept quiet since this new competitor arrived on the scene as I feel that tearing down another company is not only in poor taste, but an unattractive and ineffective way to build my business with Young Living Essential Oils. But I have gotten so many questions from clients of mine as well as potential clients asking me what I think of doTerra that I finally felt it necessary to come out of the closet in regards to the Great Essential Oil Company Battle!
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- I have had a great experience with Young Living employees and corporate staff over the years and appreciate their strong efforts to treat their distributors well.
- I am deeply impressed with the Young Living farms, growing and distillation techniques, and ethics. Young Living essential oils are truly the best oils I have ever come across, and I feel a great depth of gratitude for Young Living as a company.
Why doTerra Isn't For Me
- See all the reasons above why I love Young Living as a company and Young Living products! Even supposing that I were to find that doTerra was superior to Young Living in some way or another, my experiences with Young Living and my loyal nature provide ample reason for me to not be interested in doTerra!
- I am not impressed with some of the actions of doTerra leaders, many of whom I knew back when they were on Young Living's corporate staff. Six of the founding members of doTerra's company leadership are currently being sued by Young Living for allegedly stealing proprietary, protected information including oil recipes, vender lists, and customer lists.
- I am not impressed with the anti-Young Living rhetoric from doTerra leaders and distributors that I have come across personally and heard about from clients of mine, some of it quite vitriolic.
- I do not enjoy when doTerra distributors try to recruit me and my customers and distributors. My doTerra friends, I am not trying to recruit you into Young Living — no need to try to recruit me and other Young Living distributors and customers! There are plenty of other people out there to market your product to!
- I have not been impressed with the doTerra essential oils I have come across. While I can tell they are better than most health food store oils, there is something about many of them that smells off and artificial to me. Their On Guard oil, a knock-off of Thieves oil, was a real disappointment. To me it seemed like a weak attempt at copying a masterpiece, kind of like a generic watered-down version of the original. There is no comparison whatsoever to Thieves. I've been equally unimpressed with several of their other blends. A few of the single oils I have smelled from doTerra seemed fine.
- There are real reasons to question the purity of doTerra essential oils. It has recently come to light and been verified by a 3rd-party laboratory in France that doTerra peppermint oil contains the synthetic chemical additive ethyl vanillin, and doTerra lavender oil is adulterated with the synthetic additive linalyl acetate as well as geranium and chamomile essential oils. (details & documentation here). I also have questions regarding doTerra's frankincense. Dr. HK Lin, phD who is one of the foremost scientists researching the use of frankincense oil for cancer spoke at the Young Living Convention in 2012. He is not affiliated with Young Living as a company and was there to share the status of his studies on frankincense and cancer. He has primarily used Young Living frankincense in his studies and found that it kills several types of cancer. He mentioned that he used doTerra frankincense oil for a while in his studies and found that it did not work against cancer. Ironically, I know that doTerra distributors have often called Young Living's frankincense into question. Lastly, I was exposed to doTerra cinnamon oil at an event I did back in May and within a minute or so of standing next to the diffuser pumping out molecules of the "pure" cinnamon oil, I had a headache. In all my years with Young Living, I have never gotten a headache from the oils!
I Don't Have the Full Story
I have just taken a look at the documents in the lawsuit of Young Living vs. doTerra, and if Young Living's allegations prove correct, it could bode poorly for doTerra as a company. I do believe in innocent until proven guilty, though the attached documentation showing doTerra's oils to be adulterated, along with my experience with their oils, is enough to convince me!
doTerra, in turn, has filed a lawsuit against Young Living alleging they purposely falsified laboratory data in order to disparage doTerra. Those documents are available here.
I don't know the hearts of all the people involved, or what their motivations are and were. I like to assume the best of people. Is it possible that Gary Young ticked some of these people off? Absolutely. I have a huge amount of respect for Gary Young, but I get the feeling he is a very demanding employer.
Did the former Young Living corporate staffers who started doTerra want to have a different business model than Young Living and focus more on the business aspect of the MLM? More than likely yes, and if so, good for them! I just don't agree with what I know of how they went about it.
I happen to have personally met and talked to the Young Living distributor from whom they swiped their model of teaching distributors to build their business. This Young Living distributor who had attained a nice degree of success told me these then top Young Living corporate staffers picked her brain for months on end for details on her system. All along she thought they were going to use this information to help other Young Living distributors, so that's why she was willing to give away all her secrets. Much to her chagrin, they shortly left Young Living and started a competing company using her business model!
Do people get results with doTerra oils? Apparently they do, and I am honestly very happy for that. I have friends and acquaintances who use doTerra oils and if they are satisfied, then I am satisfied for them as long as they know that at least some of doTerra's oil may be laced with chemical additives. I am happy that doTerra is spreading the word about the power of essential oils and reaching people that Young Living may not have reached. I am saddened, however, at what appears to be dishonest marketing on behalf of doTerra.
My final thoughts are this — there is enough room in the world for two essential oil companies to succeed and bless humanity, as long as the playing field is even and both companies properly represent their products.
May the truth prevail. And may the knowledge and understanding of the power of essential oils continue to spread like wildfire!!
- Julie =)
UPDATE October 2013 –
I previously had a video on here where I shared my understanding of the Young Living/doTerra lawsuits, but doTerra threatened to sue me if I didn't take it down. I will make no further comments about the lawsuits. However, I do think it's relevant to post the public findings of a recent 3rd party testing of peppermint oil from 12 different companies, including both Young Living and doTerra.
In this independent test, the doTerra peppermint oil was found to have the synthetic ingredient ethyl vanillin. Incidentally, 10 of the 12 peppermint oils, including the Young Living and doTerra peppermint oils, also were found to be "not in compliance" with ISO standards. This concerns me far less than the finding of synthetic chemicals. It's kind of like testing an orange and finding it has a little more Vitamin C than expected, a little less of something else.
Learn more here –
NOTE: Out of the 250+ articles, videos, and podcasts on my website this is the only one where I address doTerra, or any other essential oil company for that matter. Interestingly, I get far more hits to this article each day than to any of my other articles.
Due to the fact that I don't have time to respond to all the comments that continue to come in on this article and my business is not focused on this topic, I have decided to shut commenting down.
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Julie Behling-Hovdal is a reflexologist/holistic healer and founder of Essential Survival where she teaches people how to prepare for the #1 cause of death in the event of an economic collapse — lack of access to medicines. In 2005 Julie was able to get off 4 prescription drugs and heal from a 6-year stint of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and fibromyalgia with products from Young Living Essential Oils. Get a free copy of her report "Fast Track Survival Medicines" at http://essentialsurvival.org/fast-track-survival-medicines/.
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Educate yourself about some of the myths and facts related to eating disorders. Be an advocate for dispeling these myths by confronting erroneous information about eating issues.
Myth #1: SINCE WOMEN COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE USUALLY INTELLIGENT AND WELL-EDUCATED, THEY ARE A LOW RISK GROUP FOR EATING DISORDERS.
Fact: On the contrary, college women are a high-risk group. Reportedly, 5% to 20% of college females have eating disorders (See Johnson & Connors, The Etiology and Treatment of Bulimia Nervosa, 1987). "Middle-class adolescents and women in their twenties with a strong orientation toward academic achievement and a traditional lifestyle, including marriage, are most vulnerable. Many are highly intelligent, attractive in appearance, and capable of handling successful careers. Yet traditionally they have abnormally low self-esteem, a desire for perfection, and a sense of loneliness and isolation, and an obsession with food as it relates to body weight" (Boskind-White & White, 1983).
While many women college students are expected to be competitive and successful, they also feel the demand to remain feminine and "desirable." Such demands may create conflicts and overwhelmed feelings. This may be a factor in why they develop problematic relationships with food: sometimes, restricting food intake to attain desirable slimness and femininity and sometimes, indulging in food to comfort emotional distress.
Myth #2: ONLY FEMALES HAVE EATING DISORDERS
Fact: Among the college student population, a reported 1% to 7% of male students suffer from eating disorders; among the general population, the estimate is 5%. Some research findings suggested that males and females with an eating disorder have similar clinical characteristics, such as an obsession with thinness, distorted body image, and emotional problems. They also share similar etiological factors, such as socioeconomic status, family dynamics, and a history of weight disturbance. Although men are considered a low-risk group for eating disorders, partly because they are not under as much social pressure to be slim and thin, we should be aware of the "Pursuit of Fitness" among many men. This may lead to obsessive-compulsive thinking and behaviors, low self -esteem, and distorted body image -- characteristics of eating disorders.
Myth #3: "FATTISM' IS NONEXISTENT. FAT PEOPLE HAVE NO ONE TO BLAME BUT THEMSELVES.
Fact: Unfortunately, "fattism" is predominant in our society without our being aware of its existence. Like racism and sexism, fattism is a prejudice based on physical characteristics. Many of us consider fatness equivalent to laziness, dumbness, ugliness, self-indulgence, and lack of will power. Comments such as "Look at that disgusting fat slob with incredibly huge thighs!" or "If you could lose a few more pounds, you will look great!" are judgmental and unfair. "Fattism" implies narrow-mindedness and an inability to appreciate the variety of body shapes and sizes that are largely predetermined by biological factors such as age, gender, race, and heredity.
Myth #4: REPEATED WEIGHT-LOSS DIETING ENSURES PERMANENT WEIGHT CONTROL.
Fact: The fact is repeated weight-loss dieting leads to higher and higher weight gains. Here are three reasons:
1) When the body is faced with constant deprivation, it automatically tries to conserve energy by slowing down the metabolism, instead of continuing to burn body fat. The longer people stay on low calorie diets, the longer it takes for their metabolism to return to normal. Thus, dieting predisposes people to rapid weight gains immediately following the loosening of food restriction.
2) Evidence indicates that when people lose weight, they lose fat and protein, but when they regain, they regain mostly fat.
3) When weight is lost, the fat cells shrink, but when weight is regained, fat cells multiply. These "fattening" effects of weight loss are referred to as "overcompensation" that may mean the intention and effort to lose weight become a "never-win" distress (See Kano's Making Peace with Food, 1989).
Based on the statistics provided by the ANRED, Inc., after 2 years, 95% of dieters regain all their lost weight plus about 10 extra pounds; and after 5 years, 98% of dieters regain all their lost weight plus about 10 extra pounds.
Myth #5: WITH A SENSIBLE DIET AND A STRONG COMMITMENT, EVERYONE CAN BECOME AND REMAIN THIN.
Fact: This statement implies a couple of faulty assumptions as discussed in Kano's Making Peace with Food (1989). The first faulty assumption is that fatness is caused by lifestyle. The fact is that fatness most often is due to heredity and metabolism and not everyone can be as thin as they want to be, no matter how strong their commitment is. The second faulty assumption is that a sensible diet (i.e., a low calorie diet) can control weight gains. The fact is that such a diet may lead to more weight gain, as mentioned in Myth #4. Through a healthy diet and regular exercise, some weight loss may be expected; however, for most women, no matter how hard they try, they will always be heavier than "model thin." The truism here is that thinness is a prevailing unhealthy obsession in our society and we tend to mislabel thinness as "happy ever after."
Myth #6: EATING DISORDERS CANNOT BE FATAL.
Fact: Many of you have heard about people, such as the singer, Karen Carpenter, who have died of anorexia nervosa, and eating disorder characterized by self-starvation and weakened immunity and heart function due to undernutrition. Based on the information provided by the American Anorexia/Bulimia Association, an estimated 1% of U.S. teenagers suffer from anorexia and up to 10% of these will die. Fatal dangers for both anorexics and bulimics include gastric ruptures; cardiac arrhythmias, and heart failure. Many other medical complications are not necessarily fatal, but can lead to permanent physical and neurological damages. For example, in an effort to reduce weight and maintain energy without eating, many individuals with eating disorders turn to laxatives and dieting pills. Side effects of inappropriate use of laxatives are dry skin due to dehydration, abdominal cramping, muscle cramps, and electrolyte imblances which affect neurological functioning. Daily use of dieting pills may lead to rebound fatigue and hyperphagia, insomnia, mood changes, irritability, and when in extremely large doses, psychosis (Johnson & Connors, 1987).
Myth #7: ONLY THOSE WHO ARE APPARENTLY UNDERWEIGHT OR OVERWEIGHT MAY HAVE OR WILL HAVE EATING DISORDERS.
Fact: Among women who have bulimia nervosa, about 70% of them are normal weight, 15% are underweight, and the other 15% are overweight (Johnson & Connors, 1987). This is to say, it is often inaccurate to judge if someone is okay simply by their appearance and weight. What is important to remember is that eating disorders are often characterized by a set of psychological symptoms: distorted body image, obsession with losing weight, distress over body size and shape, perfectionism, and emotional difficulties. These psychological symptoms are usually not reflected by weight status.
Myth #8: ONLY THE MENTALLY ILL WILL DEVELOP EATING DISORDERS.
Fact:The cause of eating disorders is believed to be a combination of biological, psychological, and socio-cultural factors. To date, we know women are much more likely to have eating disorders than men. Women of color may be as vulnerable as Caucasian women to developing eating disorders. Adolescents and young adults are a high-risk group, especially if they are achievement-oriented. Sports or artistic activities -- such as wrestling, gymnastics, and dancing -- that require careful maintenance of body weight often make people prone to eating disorders. Generally speaking, eating disorders can develop in any "ordinary" person. The good news is that eating disorders can be prevented and successfully treated.
Myth #9: BECAUSE PEOPLE WITH EATING DISORDERS TEND TO REMAIN SECRETIVE ABOUT THEIR EATING BEHAVIORS, IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO DETECT AND HELP THIS POPULATION.
Fact: It is not uncommon for people to engage in bingeing and/or purging behaviors for years before their family or friends notice a problem. Learning about eating disorders may help to detect early warning signs including frequent use of bathrooms right after meals, vigorous exercise, preoccupation with body weight and constant weighing. Knowledge about medical complications, such as hair loss, complaints of sore throat and bloating stomach, fatigue and muscle weakness, tooth decay, and edema, can help to identify this disorder. Because so much shame and guilt is involved, acknowledging the problem can be very terrifying. Direct and supportive communications as well as consultation and help from professionals (such as physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, counselors, and nutritionists) often leads to the successful initiation of the treatment and recovery process.
The information for myths and facts was taken from the George Mason Universtiy Counseling Center web site.
Statistics and Facts about Eating Issues
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An Upholstering Primer: Part 2 of 4 — Finding a Good Upholstery Atelier
Guest Post from Matthew Haly of The Furniture Joint
True upholstery ateliers —or as they are more commonly known, upholstery studios— consist of a wide range of services. They normally offer everything from soft goods (i.e. draperies, shades, pillows, window cushions, bedding slip covers) to hard goods (i.e. reupholstery of all styles of furniture, sofas, chairs, ottomans, modern and antique, upholstered headboards, wall upholstery and custom built projects). In a nutshell, an upholstery atelier should be versed in anything to do with fabric and your home, excluding clothing...
Quality ateliers should allow you to view your project during its various stages of completion if you so request. However, when you are considering a prospective upholsterer these are a few pertinent questions you should consider asking:
• "Does your studio do double-stop?" There are two main forms of inner upholstery padding used: horsehair and cotton or foam and Dacron. If you are considering horsehair padding for your project, you should ask them about double-stop stitching. Double-stop is the style of stitching that is used when the inner padding is made of horsehair. Any quality upholsterer who knows his craft understands this term and knows how to work in "hair" and do "double stop."
• "What type of foam will you be using?" If your project is more suited to foam, make sure to inquire about what type of foam they are using for your project. LX blue foam is the best and longest lasting regular foam on the market. (1800 white foam is the cheapest and has the shortest life span, and that's what's used in most retail furniture.)
• "Will you hand-tie the springs or use a klinchit gun?" If your project will require the upholsterer to work with the 8-way hand-tied coiled spring method, make sure to ask if they hand-tie the springs to the jute webbing or if they use a klinchit gun to attach the springs to the jute webbing. Once again, a true upholsterer does not "cut corners" (no pun intended) by using a klinchit gun.
Regardless of how big or small your project, you should leave the meeting feeling the upholsterer has answered all your questions and asked you the appropriate questions so that you are confident he has a full understanding of what it is that you envision for your project. Any issues or limitations regarding what can or cannot be achieved with your piece should have been brought to your attention at this time.
Referrals are always great, but I say that with caution, as your friend may not have the same expectations as you or the same budget, and in this industry the term "you get what you pay for" could not be a more fitting expression. At my studio, The Furniture Joint, I will not take on projects where the budget does not support the client's quality expectations.
Above all go with your gut. (How many times have you said to yourself said after the fact, "Man! I knew it! I had a bad feeling when I met him/her.")
Last week I promised to address the differences in good quality and poor quality upholstery. This is fairly straightforward: it all starts at the frame. A quality piece of furniture will have a dowel-jointed solid-wood frame as opposed to a mass produced piece of furniture that will have plywood frames nailed together with a corrugated nail gun or staple gun.
Coming up next week! Sorry we did not get to address the concept of "green upholstery" this time around. So much to talk about, so little time! I promise to tackle that next week.
-Matthew Haly
Related Posts:
• An Upholstering Primer: Part 1 of 4 — Consider Your FurnitureThe Furniture Joint, the "go-to" resource for design professionals and savvy clientele nationwide. Formerly a contributing editor for Domino, his work has also appeared in countless photo shoots for shelter magazines such as Elle Décor, Interior Design and Country Living. He has appeared on the Rachael Ray show, The Steven & Chris Show in Canada, and was most recently featured on ABC news. He has been touted as the "Furniture Doctor" by The New York Times.
Matthew recently authored Matthew Haly's Book of Upholstery, published in 2009 on Random House's Potter Craft imprint. It explores techniques, tips and tricks to producing A-level upholstery projects at home. The book is an excellent resource for those unable to enroll in Matthew's highly popular evening upholstery classes.
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For anyone living in the Philadelphia area, I highly recommend Gilbert's Upholstery (www.gilbertsupholstery.com). They are restoring and re-upholstering an antique couch for me. They certainly pass the tests that Matthew gives above. I get such joy from watching old things be restored by master craftsmen. The process is not cheap, but it's worth it.
I would love to learn more about how one goes about becoming an upholsterer. I've taken a 6-week course and learned that I have a lot to learn. I'm a writer by profession but I would be willing to throw it all to the wind if I could work with fabric and furniture.
I've never heard of some of these terms - Thanks for Sharing this Great Info with us!
To Mary H - If by chance you live in Denver, there are great classes at Emily Griffith Opportunity School. It takes a lot of hands on training and practice/mulitple projects to start to feel proficient. But it is really satisfying to put out something great and creative.
Thank you so much for this information! It's useful to know what we're getting into whether we think we want to do it ourselves or pay someone else to do it.
I only wish someone even offered a 6-wk upholstery course around here. (I've called around too. One of the technical colleges used to but they don't anymore.) I'd sign up in a heartbeat.
Please continue to educate us!!
I really like this series of articles! My parents own a fabric store, and my dad is always upholstering my furniture
What exactly is "double-stop stitching", and does it go by other names? The only google results for that particular term all go back to Matthew Haly.


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By CYNTHIA
For The State
Floundering in
the economic downturn around 2006, Paden City Industrial Park got a boost in 2009 from drillers
extracting natural gas from the Marcellus Shale field that lies under the area.
"Oil States
Energy Services has been
a very consistent tenant for us over the past three years," said Cork Bowen, vice president of the Paden City
Development Authority,
which manages the property.
"We're right
in the Marcellus Shale," he said. "This is a very advantageous location for
them. They have a lot of equipment here that they move around to various
counties as jobs arise. Paden City is a geographic center for them. Being
centrally located is an advantage they have over their competitors."
Some tenants,
including Oil States, have contributed more than just rent money to the park's
renewal, such as heating and air conditioning upgrades and other improvements.
Rent payments
have helped the development authority rebound.
"We continue
to survive, and we managed to refinance our loan, and we're making extra
payments to pay this building off," Bowen said.
That says
something about how far they've come.
2006-2008 when most of us came on board, we couldn't even make the monthly
payments. We're talking near bankruptcy here," Bowen said. "We combined loans
and recast loans to find lower interest rates. Then Steve Simpson &
Associates (a tenant)
and other people came into our business lives and were able to help make those
payments. As we get more money from rent, we plow a lot of it back into keeping
the park sustainable and trying to modernize what we can while trying to be as
frugal as we can.
"We're really
focused on maintaining the building with some updates," Bowen said. "Currently
we're updating the electrical system in the major portion where we have around
$40,000 invested. And that should provide more efficient electric use and
reduce electric bills substantially over the next few years.
installing a new lighting system, and we continue to work on our roofs."
The park has
had other tenants come and go in recent years, including Chicago Bridge
& Iron, which moved
out when its work wrapped up on the Dominion project at Natrium.
"We have room
for more tenants," Bowen said. "We have right now 52,000 square feet available
for warehouse or light manufacturing. We have 4,000 square feet of office
space. Both are in move-in condition."
The park has a
total 210,000 square feet.
The property
has had many tenants. Initially, it was the site of Paden City Pottery from the early 1920s until the late
1960s, Bowen said.
"Around 1969, Corning
Glass purchased the
building and began making Corning Ware. They moved out in 1991, and it was
operated as a warehouse where PPG Industries stored supplies until Paden City
purchased the building in 2000.
"When Corning
moved out, it was pretty devastating," Bowen said, noting that most of the
400-500 displaced glass workers decided not to be transferred.
Helping their
neighbors is one reason the development authority works to bring businesses and
jobs to the park.
"We did not
want to see the buildings and industrial park just closed up," said development
authority secretary and former mayor Bill Fox. "We wanted to try to get it revived and
create jobs."


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24 Jun 2014
Bald Mountain closed Monday, June 30th due to the removal of the Sunnyside and Flying Squirrel lift towers.
Bald Mountain will be closed to the public on Monday June 30th. All access points to Bald Mountain (River Run, Warm Springs & Cold Springs) are included in the closure. The closure is due to the helicopter removal of the Sunnyside and Flying Squirrel lift towers and is for the public's safety. Please enjoy Bald Mountain anytime before or after June 30th.
Areas impacted by this closure include:
- Retail
- Ticketing
- Hiking
- Biking
- Restaurants
- Parking Lots
- Paragliding
- Bike Path in Front of River Run along the river


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I'm inclined to agree with this author. Sam is behaving like a secular imperialist.]]>
Is it sufficient to answer the truly important existential questions of life?
Does it actually answer what could be called non-religiopus, non-deistic "intelligent design"?
I don't think so. And I do think that there are credible answers to these questions that certainly bear investigation.]]>
Why cut god? Well, if the Abrahamic god can be cut and it bleeds, then it is not a god but a construct of the mind – the Human mind. Let's sharpen our simple razor and apply its edge to the divine.
The Abrahamic god has delivered its ultimatum: "Worship me or I will punish you for all of eternity." An ultimatum, especially one that promises great harm as the alternative to the desired action, is not a choice but malicious coercion. The only free will that can be exercised herein is to not participate in the ultimatum - to not believe. To the end, any actual punishment of those who don't submit themselves to such an ultimatum is purely petty vindictiveness.
Considering the "crime" here is nothing more than a belief, the act of not believing must be nothing more than a thought crime. Since no one is free of thinking ill thoughts, hell must be full while heaven must surely be empty.
Further, if a thought crime that is limited to the duration of a human lifetime, then the "crime" is finite – 70 to 80 years on average. The punishment, an eternity of torment in hell, is an infinite punishment. Such punishment is not just or reasonable.
And, lastly, if disbelief subjects violators to the most unimaginable sadistic tortures in hell, then the god who created that hell and those tortures must also be sadistic.
Therefore, we must conclude that any being that is so petty, that issues ultimatums in defiance of free will, is also vindictive, unjust, unreasonable and sadistic must bleed (human) blood. The Abrahamic god has been cut.
Please feel free to post corrections, comments or even additions.
I've been reading extensively on the subject of atheism as well as watching videos & documentaries. The net sum result being : we former tree swingers have made up the subject of intelligent design. Don't tell my aunt, she's a nun.
Now, have I missed something, or has one pro-atheist argument been overlooked or understressed?
Our species invented writing several thousand years ago, give or take. We have been roaming around the earth for a much, much longer period of time. Now, is it just coincidence or was the infallible word of God (Koran, Bible, etc) given to us on the Mt. just recently when we were able to decipher it? How convenient. Looking at the timeline of recorded events by itself sheds light on the various existing houses of cards (Rome, Mecca, etc).
It's much more likely that the talented yarn spinners of the day took the new technology of the day & explored its full potential.
So human.
Spirituality, to me, implies an open, positive (loving, even?) outlook and belief system that is -unique to each spiritual individual-. That is to say, no one book can sum up the thought processes or spiritual systems of any one individual.
Religion, to me, implies a close-minded, intolerant outlook and belief system that has -crucial parts shared by all adherents-. It is based upon creeds, has dogmatic qualities, is hierarchical to a fault, separating believers from clergy from divine, and organized to a point of no individuality and/or room for initiative.
I write this post with the hopes of hammering out a concise yet comprehensive definition of the difference between Spirituality and Religion that is eloquent.
I hope you all can help with this brainstorming activity!
Many thanks,


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