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It's been a long election season. This race was especially tight, and a lot of us got emotionally involved, so what can you do if you feel let down?Emory University psychologist Jared DeFife says if Mitt Romney was your man and you don't even want to think about the next four years, it may help to unplug for awhile."Unless you're watching FOX 5 coverage, you might want to disconnect a little bit from all that information overload," DeFife said.DeFife says to refocus on the good stuff in your life that has nothing to do with politics. "Reconnect with pets, family, friends, activities and hobbies that you enjoy and care about," he said. "And we know that thinking about and expressing things we are grateful for can really go a long way to help easing our resentments, easing our stress and feeling better about our lives."We can all take a few pointers from Romney's concession speech about sportsmanship and grace. But if it all left you feeling powerless, DeFife says harness that energy and do something. "Go out and volunteer and try and make a difference in other people's lives, a positive difference," DeFife said. "You don't want to be bitter. You want to still believe in your beliefs in a positive way, but realize that we do all have to get along with people we might not always agree with."The one thing we all can agree on is the relief that it's over -- at least until the next round.
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Juneteenth is a celebration that commemorates the ending of slavery in the U.S. It has been celebrated informally for more than 100 years and honors African American freedom, history and accomplishments. Juneteenth is also referred to as African Americans' Independence Day or Emancipation Day.
Hennepin County Library is celebrating Juneteenth with events at three libraries. All events are free.
Chess Club for families presented in collaboration with the African American Men Project
Saturdays, June 1–Aug. 31, noon–2 p.m. at Hennepin County Library – North Regional, 1315 Lowry Ave. N., Minneapolis.
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"Northern Slave, Black Dakota" author, historian and retired trial lawyer Walt Bachman will tell the extraordinary and riveting life story of Joseph Godfrey, who grew up in bondage serving Minnesota's fur-trade elite, and who was conscripted to join the warriors in the U.S. Dakota War of 1862.
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"Juneteenth: The Sound of Freedom — A Celebration of Community" for families, with actor/vocalist T. Mychael Rambo and vocalist/actor Thomasina Petrus
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Walt Bachman became interested in the life of Joseph Godfrey while researching his own great-great grandfather, who was killed in the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862. Godfrey was an African American slave living in Minnesota who fled cruel masters and sought refuge with the Dakota. He was among the group of Dakota warriors who killed Bachman's great-great grandfather and other whites in a surprise attack in Milford, Minn., at the onset of the war.
Bachman, now a New York resident, grew up in Minneapolis, received law degrees from Oxford University (as a Rhodes Scholar) and Stanford University, and practiced as a trial lawyer in Minnesota for 22 years. His critically acclaimed first book, "Law v. Life," discusses the realities of the modern legal profession.
Bachman said researching "Northern Slave, Black Dakota" was challenging and took more than 10 years.
"The most challenging task was to document Godfrey's life as a born-in-Minnesota slave, for evidence of his enslavement had been omitted or suppressed by early historians. Three principal sources proved most crucial in this regard: previously unpublished files at the Minnesota Historical Society, Army records at the National Archives and Missouri freedom lawsuit records.
"Research into Godfrey's life unveiled significant new evidence that Minnesota slavery lasted longer and involved many more slaves than was previously thought.
"Even the most serious scholars of the state's African American history had no idea that slavery was practiced so extensively in Minnesota or that at least one slave – Godfrey – sought sanctuary as a fugitive from local slave masters among the Dakota people," Bachman said.
St. Paul actor, vocalist and recording artist T. Mychael Rambo, an affiliate professor in Theatre Arts and Dance at the University of Minnesota, has performed with many local and regional theatres and several national and regional tours, including Penumbra, Guthrie, Illusion, Mixed Blood, Children's, Park Square and Hey City theatres, the Minnesota Opera and the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts. As a "powerhouse baritone," he has performed at Carnegie Hall and at jazz clubs and other venues in Minnesota, Canada, Europe, Africa and Brazil.
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CHI House Tour: Susannah and Jeff's Hyde Park Home
Name: Susannah, Artist and Interior Decorator (former Structural Engineer) and Jeff, Architect and Jazz Drummer
Location: Hyde Park
Size: 550 sq. foot Vintage Condo - circa 1907
Years lived in:1.5
One of our favorite things happened recently - we got an email from a reader, offering to share their home with the AT community. Susannah and Jeff's southside condo (our first Hyde Park tour!) is warm, unique, filled with artwork , interesting pieces and lots of good karma.
Transplants from South Carolina, the couple seems to have settled into a chilly city by making their small corner of it warm and cozy, summed up wonderfully by Susannah: Two rather tall people with way too many books and a love of dinner parties sharing a tiny space with a Great Dane...
More from Susannah on their place and philosophy: "Because of our respective professions, we'd turn our ˜dream home" into a construction site within a week of purchase so we bought this place because of its potential. The kitchen was practically unusable, the bathroom, scary. We did all of the work on this condo ourselves from design to construction. Small can be beautiful and functional, but it requires a lot of planning. Our furniture comes from a variety of sources: craigslist, garage sales, ebay, thrift and consignment stores. We wait until the right piece comes along - desperation and instant gratification are expensive! We believe that imagination is more important than bank account and try to live below our means."
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My/Our style: Danish modern, mod mixed with Eastern and Moroccan antiques
The Inspiration: Two rather tall people with way too many books and a love of dinner parties sharing a tiny space with a Great Dane.
Favorite Element: The kitchen - we rarely eat out!
Biggest Challenge: We moved from a 2,000 sq ft house in South Carolina to a 550 sq ft condo in the Southside of Chicago and wanted to keep most of our stuff! Turning a former butler's pantry into a useable kitchen.
What Friends Say: "Do my house next!" (Greatest compliment EVER!!)
Biggest Embarrassment: The dog bed is huge! The dog is huge! And he cries if he and the bed are not in the same room with us.
Proudest DIY: Gutting and creating a kitchen from scratch. The kitchen floor was covered in huge, broken, white, ceramic patio tile; we went down to the original hardwood floors, fixed the water damage, sealed any cracks and painted with layer upon layer of porch paint and poly. Unfortunately, nothing from the kitchen except the stove could be salvaged. We took down three unmatched mdf cabinets and ran alder hardwood shelves all the way to the ceiling. The appliances were selected with great care so that every inch of space could be maximized. We filled an old doorway with shelves and a drawer with an added pullout work surface. The tiles, bar-sink, and pre-fab maple cabinet were purchased from Lowe's. We customized the grout to get a deep espresso color.
Biggest Indulgence: Upholstery and curtains. We reupholstered the daybed and the couch in a vintage mustard mohair and added leather trim (it helps to be from the heart of textile manufacturing country!) The underside of the daybed and the pillows match the heavy tapestry curtains, which provide color and amazing insulation in the winter. Susannah made the curtains, complete with leather tiebacks. The daybed and couch were done professionally and made a set out of disparate pieces.
Best advice: If we got it wrong, no big deal! We tried again; it took several tries to get the right living room color, since the light for the room is filtered through the courtyard trees. Since it's not for a client, we can treat our space as a laboratory - an opportunity to learn about our tastes and needs. It's not brain-surgery; no oneâ's going to die. It's just paint, wood and fabric. Oh, and we try to avoid credit cards.
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these people might have the perfect life...
artist, designer, architect, jazz drummer....
what cool people!
More doggy photos! Pronto!
Also, is it that yellow in person? Or just the white balance in the photos? It looks nice, and I like the integration of classic pieces with a more eclectic style. The painting above the couch in the living room is what is grabbing my eye; it's fantastic.
just shows what good design can do. this house is 200 sq feet smaller than mine, and that dog is twice the size, and yet we feel cramped...
This apartment is my new inspiration!
Really nice. I'm not sure where all the books are but I am totally inspired. Thanks for sharing.
I love your place! So happy, fun and inviting. And your sweet dog is AWESOME. Thank you so much for sharing your space!
Love the artwork Susannah. Just curious, why is all hung very high?
"...this house is 200 sq feet smaller than mine, and that dog is twice the size..."
Is the dog twice the size of your dog, or twice the size of your apartment? 'Cause I could believe either! ;)
Love this space. Coming home must feel a bit like stepping back in time. Lovely. And it looks big.
Congrats on having a lovely space and an even lovlier dog. I live in 561 sq. ft. with a German Shepherd Dog and she has two beds to my one. We love each other and our small space.
Art, design, style...on a budget, with 550 square feet.
We just moved into an apartment with the same square footage, with very similar character...
Inspiring, indeed!
I seem to be in the minority, but this is a little TOO steeped in the past for me. Still very nice, but not my style. It does feel huge though.
Looks very nice but it really bugged me that it looks so yellow... (I know it's the pictures but it probably does not do justice to the apt)
Beautiful apartment, but I REALLY love your dog! I grew up with Great Danes and really miss them-what a fabulous breed. Interestingly, my mother mentioned the other day that they are a great "apartment" breed as they are pretty sedentary and tend to be quite content with walks instead of a yard. Seems so counterintuitive that they would be a good fit with a small apartment :-)
oh, I thought this is one of those "guess the decade" photos.. it is so beautiful. I am so jealous of your tulop dining set.
Thanks for sharing your beautiful home.
Thank you guys so much for all of your kind comments! I've been lurking on this site for such a long time and it feels great to have so many people 'over' to our home. Kittykatz, thank you so much. I wish I could have grown up with Great Danes. I've never had such a good dog before. I'm completely sold on the breed. I really agree with your Mom. In our experience, Gentle (the Great Dane) has enjoyed condo living. He's a slightly fussy, very codependent couch potato who follows us around from room to room and sleeps about 16 hrs. a day. Thanks Emmm, the photos do tend to make it more yellow, but it is indeed, an unabashedly yellow apartment. The paint color is a slightly bastardized version of Ralph Lauren's 'Claude', we added some green and darkened the mix because the light in the condo is so wonky. Also, after one Chicago winter with the original white walls, we started researching Scandinavian design for inspiration on how to deal with dark, drab days. Lourdes, thank you so much for the comment! My husband is 6'8" and hung most of the paintings, also the ceilings are almost 10' and the Danish sofas have super low profiles.. and dammit, I should have painted much bigger paintings! Thank you Mdeathstar, the books are in the wall-hung boxes above the credenza, and in the credenza and under the couches and under the bed and in the storage room and we took boxes to the Salvation Army (about which my husband is very remorseful).
ooohh, that is some sexy light.
thanks for sharing all this, the lighting adds so much life, what a warm, fun place. i love those kitchen tiles!
The combination of styles work really well together!
The lighting and colors are so nice and cozy.
Love it all!
I love the yellow and red, the kitchen with the mushroom canisters way up top, and the bathroom. Lovely job!
this is so inspirational...
thank you for sharing-- your home put a huge smile on my face-- and so did your dog!
great job!
ps, i applaud susannah for being such a diyer--- ever so gratifying!
For some reason I'm suddenly craving sherbet.
More horse pictures-pronto!
i love your apt. it's so amazing - you did an incredible job. there is so much to love here. and your dog is soooo adorable!!! :-D
Fantastic - web design could benefit from your use of "white space"
You win because the dog is so swanky..but I my dog is cute too. Your place is nice, a bit too yellow maybe just the lighting is bringing that out. Overall cute place, love the dog.
I am in love with the dog (Gentle?)!
Lovely warm home, just one quick question:
Where did you get the hanging fruit basket in the kitchen? Is there a manufacturer I can check on?
Fruit (and veg, especially onion and potato) storage is the bane of my existence in my tiny kitchen, and I have been looking for a hanging basket - this one seems different than the standard one which you find all over the place...
Looks nice, but I couldn't live in a place with such a kitchen. I like to cook and this one really feels more like a closet than a kitchen.
The place has potential but two things ruin the look and feel for me. First, all the wood furniture is almost the same color. This evokes feelings of uniformity and austerity which are at odds with what I believe is the intended effect of the overall decoration. Second, all the artwork is by the same artist in the same style, and unfortunately it is one that does not go very well with the rest of the apartment. It could though, if there was more variation in the color and texture of the furniture.
6'8"? wowee! well, that sure explains it. gentle (great name for a dane btw) must be like a lap dog to your hubby :) again, great place. congrats!
550 square feet? Wow. I thought this was a house. Great job making it look spacious.
Susannah here..
Guys thank you so much for all the positivity! I'm absolutely thrilled and grateful. Gentle the dog is definitely the belle of this ball, he's getting a super long walk if it doesn't rain - we just moved to Seattle. It's been a totally insane time - tried out the camera in January (thanks parents & inlaws, note to self: must learn how to get a passable color balance), sent the photos to fabulous Janel at AT. February, my husband got a job offer - being Twin Peaks fanatics we went for a quick recon - long story short came back to Chicago to throw dog in car and condo on craigslist and moved to Seattle in March. So goodbye wonderful friends and neighbors and Art Institute and Velvet Lounge and Ann Sather's. The upside is, my husband no longer has to rent space to practice his drums!
Thank you Monika1, the hanging baskets are from Crate & Barrel, the original hook lasted a week so a sturdy cast iron plant hanger spray paint did the job. I love to cook and invite friends for elaborate Russian dinners and having a kitchen the size of a lentil made for an interesting challenge, but it was kind of great to have everything within an arm's reach. Gentle the dog made it a bit difficult, as he insisted on leaning on the back of my legs while I worked on the pull out counter-top. Our condo was carved out of a much larger, 100 year old once-grand flat, so the kitchen is actually a former butler's pantry, I tried to preserve it's history and create space with open shelving. Also, using a bar sink instead of a full size sink gives you more counter space and is great for washing big, deep pots!
Orangered, thank you so much, the kitchen tile actually came from Lowe's and were a giveaway at about $2/sf. I doctored the grout with cement coloring to make it look like dark chocolate.
Lourdes, Jeff was traumatized by growing up with a tea cup poodle so now he has someone his own size to hang with.
Lisa, thanks for your comment, space was definitely an issue so I used all the tricks available to me - limiting the furniture to low lines and similar finishes and using a sofa and day bed to do double duty as seating and guest-sleeping and not having a bunch of arm chairs, and limiting the upholstery and curtains to only two different fabrics with fairly similar textures and using an almost monochromatic color for all of the 'public' spaces. As much as I wanted to include more contemporary 'stuff', I kept to the 70/30 rule of furniture styles, predominantly vintage Danish Modern and Middle Eastern accents like the curtains, lamps and antique tea pots.
Iâm not seeing yellow as much as green (with envy!) and a warm glow, which all homes -- no matter how âdesignedâ -- should have. Congrats on achieving that in this one as I know you have in every home youâve not only renovated, but also reinvigorated. Canât wait to see the new one in Seattle soon.
p.s. So pleased to read South Carolina has such fine antique, thrift and fabric retailers. I should be paying more attention to those roadside billboards!
The place looks great! Can't wait to see what you do next.
I think your artwork is really beautiful but it is hung akwardly high. It should be hung at eye level. I also like your Living Room rug.
This is a very warm, inviting space. Great job!
I love this place! I also love seeing TONS of canisters, as in, do you have a weakness for them? I certainly do, or maybe I just have a weakness for so many vintage things, but canister sets are something that I covet and covet but think there's no need for so many... or IS there?!
Thank you so much for all the comments. Palmettogal, I know who you are and I love you very much! Although SC is not generally renown for it's love of vintage stuff - fake Victorian and traditional are more the norm - there is a small, obsessive and gently subversive population of thrift store/antique store addicts, I'll be happy to pass on sources (I'm afraid you won't find them by reading the roadside billboards). Meleslecky, thank you so much and my husband is now officially barred from hanging artwork. His eye level is about a foot and a half above most people's. Woodleyparkzoo, a weakness for cannisters is, I think, a sign of great spiritual and intellectual strength as well as intestinal fortitude! Especially the kind with mushroom caps. Who can withstand a happy forest of mushroom cannisters, daintily displayed on a high shelf? I only had a few to start with, but they reproduced in the dark. The aluminum cannisters in the bathroom hold all the unmentionables, or at least all the stuff that doesn't fit in the medicine cabinet like bandaids and cotton balls and shampoos and styling products that don't actually work but you spent entirely too much and maybe mall hair will come back?
The pictures look warm, comforting and classy, exactly like it was when my husband and I visited the place. We had nice afternoon tea at that lovely table, talking about art and interior design. When we started to remodel our house, we asked for Susannahâs help. We soon discovered that Susannah was not only a real expert on Danish modern furniture and design, but was equally adapted to ultra contemporary styles. She helped us solve tricky issues, like working with the flaws of the house, and making it beautiful; creating storage space in areas seemed impossible. Unfortunately, Susannah and Jeff moved to Seattle shortly after our remodeling started. Since then, she has been guiding us through fabric, furniture, paint selections via phone calls, emails and pictures. Thank you so much for offering your expertise and your patience of working with us. We are very grateful!


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Faith after Literalism: An Interview with Michael Gungor
Musician Michael Gungor talks about the recent controversy over the evolution of his views on evolution, science, and biblical authority.
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Musician Michael Gungor talks about the recent controversy over the evolution of his views on evolution, science, and biblical authority.
The purpose of Jesus's art was to give verbal, visual, and dramatic forms to those complicated and confounding relationships, symmetries, and harmonies between himself, the father and spirit, and between the triune God and the world… Such creative expressions did not and do not make everything clear, but rather resist simple clarity, forcing their hearers to come at the whole complicated truth from a position of intellectual and spiritual humility.
Everyone is so worried about success and getting this or that honorable diploma—the people here are smart and understand many complex things perfectly—but it's a long distance from the head to the heart.
Children's books are more than stories. They can become familiar narratives children listen to over and over. So it's worth asking - Are the books we're reading doing a good job of portraying God and His Creation?
We must press beyond the various creation narratives in the Hebrew Bible, including the final chapters of Job, to the picture of God revealed in the New Testament—the Creator who does not rationally explain away the scandal of suffering but who instead enters into it.
What we do learn from scripture is that there is only one Creator and that there's a clear distinction between God and the created world. And that we who are created in the image of God are able to investigate a creation that is remarkably tuned for our discovery.
When you are in church, do you act and speak differently than when you are in school? Do you tend to compartmentalize what you learn about in Biology class from what you learn about in Sunday School?
Russell Crowe as Noah was no superhero. He was very human—perhaps too human for those who'd prefer he remain in the flannel graph world of our Sunday School stories.
The Psalmist is saying that when we walk outside and look up, the heavens are telling us two things about God: they tell us about his glory, and they tell us about what his hands can do.
Scripture gives us multiple ways of looking at things, and a classic example of this is the parables of Jesus. Many of these involve looking at nature. For example, natural events like seeds growing—and what Jesus seems to be saying is look there is a surface reading of nature—and then there is the deeper reading, where you begin to realize there are levels of meaning that we don't pick up on our first acquaintance.
Sometimes, out of fear or some sense of being required to defend our position, Church leaders and teachers have hastily set up a boundary marker around some doctrinal theory which they have confused as a core doctrinal issue.
As a Christian, I can't think of a more beautiful process for God to have blessed the production of the elements that we need for life than the beauty of stars. In fact, we are told that we shine like stars in the universe.
We can understand why man, modern man in particular, would like to mop the floors and bleach the walls. We might not be able to tame reality, but we can tame our perception of reality. We intellectualize in order to feel in control.
"It's tempting to think that the church needs to decide quickly which of these [original sin] scenarios is right, and which ones must be wrong. I believe the church is better served by taking its time, holding several different scenarios in tension for a while as we think through the implications of each."
"For a few moments, it felt like our little church community was surrounded by glory. The wisdom of Christ in the hypothalamus was illumining the wisdom of Christ in the prophets and gospels."
What can a practicing scientist in the 21st century—even a "bench scientist" like me whose scientific forays are confined to a laboratory—glean from a 19th century wanderer like Thoreau?
Critics of Christianity look to evolution to show how the emergence of human life on earth demanded enormous ruin and ravage, billions of years of apparent waste and futility, species extermination and organism road kill. Not only was the massive dying off rampant, it's mandatory too.
As I read The Voyage, I often thought about Darwin's other famous work, The Origin of Species, and the delight that Darwin clearly took in the natural world. Writing about a tropical forest in Brazil, he found himself at a loss for words, "…it is not possible to give an adequate idea of the higher feelings of wonder, astonishment, and devotion, which fill and elevate the mind."


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The Senior Year Experience has some common requirements for all students. For instance, each student must make some sort of public presentation, exhibition, performance or display to demonstrate that he or she can effectively speak or perform before an audience. But how students actually complete their Senior Year Experience varies depending on their fields of study.
Here are some examples:
In accounting, students incorporate their knowledge by working in teams to complete a business case study that covers all facets of accounting, such as taxes, auditing and cost accounting. In transportation and logistics management, students must complete an internship and make a public presentation about their experience.
Bruce Kibler's management students this year are working online with students from a German university. The students form teams to run a simulated company, making all management decisions in operations, human resources, marketing, finances and other key areas. They also create a strategic plan for the next three years. They cap it with joint presentations.
"Some of the teams are all U.S. students, but most are a mix of Germans and American, and they must coordinate their decision-making across cultures, across languages and across time zones," he said.
"We like the diversity of approaches," said Dr. Greg Trudeau, chair of the Department of Business and Economics.
In the Music Department, students completing a bachelor of music education degree complete student teaching assignments while students completing the bachelor of music degree plan and present a senior recital.
(See how Marinos Glitsos prepared for his Senior Year Experience)
Students completing bachelor of arts or bachelor of science degrees have the options of performing a recital or a lecture recital, or completing and presenting a research paper. For instance, one student majoring in music with a minor in legal studies drew on both areas to present a research paper about music copyright laws.
Department Chair Dr. Beth Gilbert said the Senior Year Experience shows what a student has learned, but also is a learning experience itself. "It's a continuation of the learning experience to pull together that senior recital, do that student teaching, or research and write that paper," she said.
Students majoring in biology have three options in choosing a Senior Year Experience: undergraduate research, an internship or a research paper. All require an oral presentation to the public and most require a paper.
(See how Kevin Anderson prepared for his Senior Year Experience.)
The goal of the Senior Year Experience depends on the student.
"For students with a research project, my goal is to provide them with a graduate-level experience that will give them the edge they need to get into a graduate program or to be competitive for employment right out of college," said biology professor Dr. Ed Burkett.
Students pursuing internships must work 50 hours for each academic credit they earn. Students typically gain career exposure at a biology-related organization in the area, such as UW-Superior's Lake Superior Research Institute, or the Environmental Protection Agency lab, Lake Superior Zoo or the Great Lakes Aquarium, all in Duluth. These opportunities often result in job offers after students graduate.
Seniors present their projects at a daylong symposium that the Natural Sciences Department has held for many years. Their presentations are considered a key part of their work.
"If students enter this profession, they have to be able to communicate, both orally and in a written format," Burkett said. "It's a skill that if they do not have it, they won't be successful. This is their opportunity to learn how to present and write formally, and it's a skill they can use to be more successful."
Seniors majoring in video production create a video for their senior experience.
"It's a video of their own creation," said associate professor Brent Notbohm. "It takes them from conception through completion, with the final project ready for an audience."
(See how Zach Anderson prepared for his Senior Year Experience.)
Each video gets its world premier at the Communicating Arts Department's annual Film and Video Showcase held each May in Kathryn Ohman Theater.
Although the video project technically is a one-semester course, most students spend much more time on it. Notbohm advises students throughout the process, approving scripts and overseeing their work in the editing studio.
For the students, the Senior Year Experience video is the final step in a program that has led them through the complexities of video production.
"Usually in our program people make three videos in the course of their studies. The first is in a class, the second is through University Video Production, and the third is their Senior Year Experience video," Notbohm said. "Each of these videos gets better and better. They learn techniques, tools and technology, and are able to refine their own ability."


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Star Trees Lighting and Holiday Concert
Saturday, December 7, 2013
The 17th annual Star Trees Lighting and Holiday Concert will begin with a holiday dinner and end with a free concert.
Holiday Dinner
A buffet dinner will be served from 4 to 7 p.m. in Goudy Commons. The menu includes:
- Wilted Spinach Salad with Smoked Bacon, Shaved Red Onions, Rainshadow Farms Heirloom Eggs & Warm Balsamic Vinaigrette
- Wheatberry, Quinoa & Wild Rice Salad with Dried Cranberries, Orange Segments, Chopped Parsley, Celery & Flying Bee Honey-Herb Vinaigrette
- Mixed Greens Salad with Roasted Butternut Squash, Candied Pumpkin Seeds,House Made Ricotta & a Maple-Vanilla Apple Cider Vinaigrette
- Creamy Portobello Mushroom Soup with Whole Grains & Fresh Herbs
- Roasted Chicken Soup with Onions, Celery, Carrots, Orzo Pasta & Fresh Herbs
- Country Natural Beef Pot Roast with Onions, Carrots, Yukon Gold Potatoes & Root Vegetables
- Sage, Rosemary & Oregon Sea Salt Rubbed Traeger Smoked Turkey with Willamette Valley Vineyards Pinot Noir & Oregon Cherry Reduction or Wild Mushroom Gravy
- Tortellini Pasta with Egor's Acres Kale, Sauteed Shallots, Garlic & Fresh Herb Infused Olive Oil
- Roasted Egor's Acres Carnival Squash
- Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes topped with Crisp Potato-Cheddar Crust
- Maple-Pumpkin Cheesecake Bites
- Mini White Chocolate Cups filled with Eggnog Mousse
- Vegan Cherry Pistachio Cookies
- Frosted Tree Sugar Cookies & Star Sprinkles
No reservations are needed for this dinner. The cost is $11 for adults, $8 for Willamette faculty, staff and students and $8 for children 13 and younger. Children 5 and younger eat for free if accompanied by an adult.
Tree Lighting
The lighting of the five Giant Sequoias, known as the Star Trees, will begin at 6:30 p.m. in front of Waller Hall, where free hot chocolate and cookies will be served. The Interfraternity Council, a group of students representing fraternities on campus, will accept donations of coats and clothing during the lighting ceremony to benefit people in need.
The five trees were planted 71 years ago by Willamette President Carl Sumner Knopf in honor of Willamette's centennial. They are now some of the largest trees on any American campus.
Family Concert
The lighting ceremony will be followed by a free family concert at 7 p.m. at Smith Auditorium, sponsored by the university's music department. The Willamette University Wind Ensemble and special guests will perform an array of seasonal music. Seating is limited.
For information about the Star Trees lighting, please contact Colleen Kawahara at email@example.com.


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Please join me today for a Twitter chat on kitchen finds from High Point. Designer Tamara Stephenson will be the guest host and has just come back from High Point, in part, looking for trends and ways to incorporate home furnishings for other uses into the kitchen - alternative storage pieces, multi-use furnishings, dining trends and more.
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Yesterday was a roller-coaster of a day for all NFL Fans. First, ESPN reported that the two sides were progressing in their court mandated mediation sessions. It seemed that the sides were starting to find some middle ground in the CBA talks. Then, the Eight Circuit Court finally made their ruling on the Owners' request for a stay through the Appeal Process. The Court ruled that the Lockout could continue until a ruling is made on the Appeal….essentially saying that unless a new CBA is negotiated between the two sides, the Lockout will continue until at least mid-late June. DeMaurice Smith, head of the NFLPA, suggested that players could withstand a Lockout of up to two years. We're not buying it. There's no way the players will go that long without receiving a paycheck.
As bad as that all sounds, there is some hope. The Players now know that the Court has sided with the Owners by a 2-1 vote. The Court also said in their ruling:
And it also states that the NFL's appeal has a likelihood of succeeding, saying, "Our present view is that Judge Nelson's interpretation is unlikely to prevail."
This means the Players and Owners both know that the court is likely to rule in favor of the Owners, reversing Judge Nelson's ruling, and reinstating the Lockout. This is a major blow to the Players and could mean that they will be willing to accept a less than ideal deal from the Owners. We're not saying the Owners should go for the kill, but if the agreement is deemed fair by the Players, they will be more likely to accept it today, than they were yesterday.
This morning we learned that the Owners made a proposal to the Players. The Players will not agree to the proposal, as it currently stands, but it's said to be a good 'starting point'. Very encouraging news if you ask us. The mediation continues today and we can only hope that the NFL and NFLPA close the gap and come to a new agreement soon. We're starting to get into late May/June, when many important OTAs/Mini Camps take place. Maybe, just maybe the NFL Fan Strike will come to an end sometime soon and we can all get back to talking about what we love…..FOOTBALL!
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Women and girls are invited to learn how to protect themselves and their loved ones at this free class sponsored by Petrosino Personal Well Being Foundation (nonprofit). This class trains you to become adept at using common objects in your defense. It allows a woman to attack her foe's weak spots and end a violent encounter with minimal effort and self-risk. Registration is requested.
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LONGVIEW, TX (KLTV) - Growing up, twins Ralph and Ray Barber did just about everything together, whether it was school, football, or joining the air corps. Although the twins were never allowed to fly together during World War II, they almost lost their lives when their separate planes were downed on the very same day.
"We liked the Air Corps and so we decided to go with the Air Corps, all five boys that joined together went as one group to the air corps," said Ralph Barber.
The Army Air Corps trained both Barber twins as B-24 engineer gunners, and sent them to England where most of the bombing missions over Europe originated. Although Ralph and Ray were stationed at the same base and often mistaken for each other, they were never allowed to fly in the same plane.
"I guess it was an army thing you know. The Sullivan brothers, all of them went down at one time and that's when this came into being as far as we know," said Ralph.
The rule was supposed to protect families from losing all their sons. While the Barbers never flew in the same plane, they did fly out the same day on their first mission, and almost didn't make it back.
"It could well have been my last mission," said Ralph.
It was on Ralph's first bombing mission into Germany, over 20,000 feet in the air, that his B-24 lost power in its number one engine.
"As our engine went out, our airplane went through this turbulent air and did a flip up in the air, about 24,000 feet at that time and the airplane made sort of a dive. We thought, 'boy, that's it right there.' We went into a spin and of course with so much centripetal force up you couldn't get away from the walls to get your parachute on or anything, but all of a sudden it changed and so we came out, then down about four thousand feet."
The pilot was able to land the plane on a heavily damaged Brussels runway.
"It had been bombed a number of times but the pilot was able to bring the plane down safely. We all got out of the airplane and kissed the ground and enjoyed our trip back."
"Now you made it back alive and were breathing a sigh of relief, but when did you find out your brother was missing," I asked Ralph.
"We had a habit of staying at central headquarters and seeing what planes came back in and what planes didn't come back in and so at that time I realized that his plane hadn't come back in and so we went to trying to find out what happened and they told us the last information they had they were heading for Denmark," replied Ralph.
Instead of Denmark, Ray's plane had been shot down between the French and German borders. Ray parachuted to safety, but it was ten long days before he could make it back to base and let his family know he was still alive.
"You know, I never thought a guy could be ready to bail out of an airplane but when the pilot gave the order to bail out, I was the first one to go."
Ray went on to fly 25 successful combat missions during WWII, with Ralph clocking in 19. It wasn't until this week that both Ralph and Ray realized their planes had gone down that same February day in 1944.
"We were getting notes for this interview and at that time we realized that hey this all happened on the same day."
Twins Ray and Ralph Barber have remained close over the years. It's still hard to tell them apart, but needless to say, they are both thankful that their first combat missions in WWII, didn't turn out to be their last.
If you or someone you know served our country in combat, we want to hear from you. Just write us at Freedom Fighters, P.O. Box 957, Tyler, TX, 75710.
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Is Rihanna Helping Katy Perry Find A New Man?
It's no secret that Rihanna and Katy Perry are bffs so this rumor doesn't come as a shock.
Hollywood Life reports that RiRi is ready to help the "Part Of Me" singer find a new man.
"Rihanna wants to help Katy in any way she can. She is telling her that she'll start setting her up too!", a source told HollywoodLife.com.
Perry's soon-to-be ex-husband Russell Brand was spotted with a new lady just recently so it makes sense that Katy should move on too.
If Rihanna is indeed trying to help Katy find someone new, let's hope she sets her up with a hot guy!
Do you guys think it's time for Katy Perry to get back on the dating scene?


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The New Energy Efficient Home Tax Credit — the only federal incentive available for energy efficiency in new homes — was saved from expiration when Congress passed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 on January 1 of this year, as part of the closing act of the "fiscal cliff" drama. That action retroactively renewed the $2,000 credit (which is available to builders and developers of energy-efficient new homes) through 2012 and extended it to the end of 2013. To be eligible for the credit, a home must use at least 50% less energy than the baseline established by the 2006 IECC. That's a change from the previous version of the credit, in which homes built before 2012 used the 2004 IECC as the baseline.
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Music & Tech Around The Web: iTunes Turns 12, Peter Gabriel Gets App-y & More
Happy halfway point, friends. Let these link help you get over the hump.
* Please to read: How To Improve Your Music Tech Event
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Included graduate course work, many leadership and membership experiences, the teaching of a graduate course, and the development of a group oriented Counseling Center service delivery program. An example of the systematic training was American Behavioral Science Training Laboratories, Detroit, Michigan, Certificate for Training in Interpersonal Communications, 1972
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With J. R. Burnham, created and developed two 4-day sequences of Police Training for rural officers with at least 15 years of experience that involved a number of formal presentations. These workshops were offered in a number of sites around Michigan.
Hypnosis training and practice
Beginning in a Hypnosis in Clinical Practice Workshop, Pennsylvania Hospital Institute/University of Pennsylvania, Department of Psychology, 1977, and followed by additional individual training and supervision from Peter Smith (and much later group training with Peter Baldwin), clinical hypnosis is an aspect of my clinical practice.
Management and administrative training
A required part of my administrative role as NMU Counseling Center Director was of formal management and administrative training. The first of a sequence that was Management by Objectives Seminar, Dr. Arthur X. Deegan, Consultant. I consulted informally to a number of university units.
Ethical Issues
Beginning as a part of the responsibilities of a Counseling Center Director, I developed an interest in ethics and have often consulted informally about such issues. Focused training began with a Mental Health Law, Professional Ethics, and Client's Rights Workshop, University of Michigan School of Social Work in 1979, and has included Risk Management Training from the APA Insurance Trust and a number of workshops.
Upper Peninsula Medical Education Program, Michigan State University
Behavioral Science Committee Member
A member of a board charged with the design a special medical school program for rural practitioners.
Northern Michigan University Counseling Center Outcome Evaluation Project
Creator and supervisor of a comprehensive outcome evaluation project which in 1982 involved 5 faculty members and 15 undergraduate an masters students.
Marquette General Hospital
Consulting Staff in Psychology
Accountability Task Force
Association of University and College Counseling Center Directors
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Alger-Marquette Community Mental Health Board Member (Program & Finance Subcommittees)
Group Practice, University Associates in Psychology
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New Hampshire Psychological Organization
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National Graduate Fellows Program (grants) 1985
Journal of Training and Practice in Professional Psychology Associate Editor 1987-92
Professional Psychology: Research and Practice (manuscripts) 1993-
National Council of Schools and Programs of Professional Psychology (NCSPP)
Antioch New England Representative 1984-
Chair, Program Development Committee 1989-90
Program Chair, 1990 NCSPP Annual Meeting: The Core Curriculum in Professional Psychology 1989-90
Chair, Task Force on Curriculum and Information Systems 1991-93
Process Observer, Annual Meeting: Evaluation 1992
Chair, Curriculum Committee 1993-94
Program Co-Chair, 1994 NCSPP Annual Meeting: Standards for Education in Professional Psychology I: Reflection and
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President Elect 1993-94
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NCSPP Accreditation Issues Committee
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Liaison to APA Board of Educational Affairs 1994-96
Liaison to Council of University Directors of Clinical Psychology 1994-98
Liaison to Council of Chairs of Training Councils 1994-96
Representative to Joint Council of Professional Education in Psychology 1994-95
Representative to Psychology Executives' Roundtable 1994-95
Representative to APA Data Base Project 1996-
American Psychological Association
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Senior Site Visitor Training (1995 CoA Revision 1995
Commission on Accreditation (Open Seat) 2008-09
BEA Task Force on the Education and Training of
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New rules could lead to big fines on companies that violate your children's privacy online, but there could also be a loophole that puts your children at an even greater risk.
Your kid may or may not have their own smartphone, but they've probably played with some apps on a mobile device or on Facebook.
Until now, as long as children were 13 or older, companies were free to take the photos, videos and even information about they shared about their location, without parental consent, and do whatever they want with it.
Now the Federal Trade Commission has come up with the first updates to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), which will ban that sort of data collection. The updates also apply to websites that could be tracking your children online.
If companies get caught, it could cost them up to $16,000 per incident. These are big improvements that will help keep your kids safe, certainly, but some say it isn't enough.
For one, Facebook can now allow kids under 13 to use their site, as long as they agree not to collect photos, videos or their location.
Plus, the regulations still allow what's called contextual advertising, regardless of age. Contextual ads are the ads on sites, like Facebook, targeted to your kids based on the information on the page. So, now a 6-year-old can not only be on Facebook, but could have ads targeted to them.
Though Facebook and other companies haven't said they want to target ads to kids of all ages, many people are nervous about the possibility.
The new act does call for greater transparency, so read the privacy policies, keep little ones offline unless you're certain they're safe, and even then, make sure you know what they're sharing.
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MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - It seems hard to believe as this long winter continues -- but three percent of the nation's corn crop has been planted already.
The USDA says Wisconsin is among 10 major corn growing states with nothing significant in the ground yet. That stands to reason, since much of the state has just received a fresh coating of snow -- and more is in the forecast for Tuesday night and Wednesday in the northern half of Wisconsin.
That's not exactly conducive to getting field work done. But it's nothing new, either.
At this time last year, Wisconsin was among nine major corn states with virtually nothing planted yet. Nationally, only two percent of the corn was in by this time in 2013.
The average is six percent in the past five years.
A recent bout of warmer weather has quickly disappeared in the Badger State. Temperatures at 6 a.m. ranged from 7-below at Land O'Lakes to 27 at La Crosse. Tuesday's statewide highs won't get any warmer than the mid-30's. Parts of the state could see 40 Wednesday.
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Some people who signed a recall petition to oust Lubbock City Councilwoman Linda DeLeon are asking why they were eliminated from the list. The city counted them a first time but then disqualified them during a recount. NewsChannel 11 is taking a closer look at the city's recall process in a two part investigation.
When the recall petition effort started three months ago, the city created the wording for the petition and handed the stack of papers to the organizers. The petition had blank lines where people were to sign and print their names, provide specific information, like dates of birth, voter registration numbers, addresses and the signature date.
But, we found state law that says not all of this information is needed to make a signature valid and questions like those have organizers saying this issue is far from over.
Armando Gonzales is not satisfied with the city's recall petition ruling. In fact, he's confused about it.
"She is a registered voter. She has her voter registration card," said Armando about one of the signers.
Armando was one of the petition organizers. He took NewsChannel 11 to three houses to show us why he is confused. Isabel Nieto signed the petition. After the city's first review of the petition, Armando noticed a "seven" heavily printed over another number. It was the month she was born and the city accepted her signature.
However, after a second review, the city threw out Ms. Nieto's signature for "incorrect date of birth." We were able to see the D.O.B. month went from a "seven" to an "eight." Ms. Nieto says her I.D. card says July, or seven, but she claims she was actually born in August and she claims to have changed that information in Austin.
"She has lived here for 18 years. She has a right to sign the petition and she has. But the city, through nitpicking and being so stringent, has eliminated her through some fallacy of the record," Armando said.
It seems as though the city may have had a good reason to throw out that signature. But to get a better understanding of the rules for accepting signatures on a petition, we looked it up in the city charter. It is under the title, Initiative, Referendum, Recall. It says each signer must use ink and his own handwriting to sign the petition and write down his address in the city, and include "other information as may be required by state law."
So, we took a look at the state law. It says a petition must have a signer's printed name, and the date it was signed. It also says the signer must provide either their date of birth or voter registration number. A good example of that is Berta Moreno.
"She was OK the first count. The second count it says 'incorrect D.O.B.'," said Armando.
Armando says he wrote in Berta's voter registration number before turning in the petition. According to state law, should the city have accepted her, despite an incorrect D.O.B.? We called City Secretary Becky Garza to ask her, but both times we called her, she was unavailable to speak to us.
We had even more questions after talking to another signer, Beatrice Ramirez. She believes she should have been counted too.
"I've got everything, my papers," said Beatrice. And she is upset her name was rejected.
"It is a duplicate because she signed two times. But then it says 'incorrect date of birth'," said Armando.
Beatrice says her nephew filled it out the first time and got the information wrong. She asked Armando to come back so she could sign it again, this time with her correct information. But it appears that the city threw out both names anyway; despite a second signature with what she says was good information.
The city charter lets the City Secretary have the final say-so, even though there are state laws to help guide election offices. But, the only way to challenge the secretary's decision is to take the city to court.
Remember the city counted the signatures on the recall twice. According to the City Secretary both counts failed to have enough valid signatures and she came up with two different numbers. The first count fell short by 22 signatures, while the second fell short by 41. We never got a direct answer as to why the counts were different.
So, what if the petition was counted a third time? Would the results mirror the city's?
NewsChannel 11 has hired a petition expert out of Austin to take a look at this recall.
John Hatch, with Texas Petition Strategies said, "We were asked by a Lubbock T.V. station to take a look at a recall petition from Lubbock. They needed 494 to make the petition good. And we found through generous interpretation of the laws, we still feel that they...."
We will bring you the results of that audit, including what this expert thinks about the city of Lubbock's process, when part two of this investigation continues Wednesday on NewsChannel 11 at 10.
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Manufacturing productivity in the second quarter
August 19, 2003
Productivity in the manufacturing sector—as measured by output per hour of all persons—grew 4.2 percent in the second quarter of 2003.
Manufacturing productivity's growth in the second quarter reflected a decline in output of 2.1 percent and a decline in hours of 6.1 percent. In the previous quarter, productivity in manufacturing rose 4.0 percent, reflecting decreases in output and hours of 0.7 and 4.5 percent, respectively.
In durable goods manufacturing, productivity rose 3.8 percent in the second quarter as output dropped 3.1 percent and hours of all persons fell 6.7 percent. In nondurable goods manufacturing, second-quarter productivity increased by 4.4 as output declined 1.0 percent and hours fell 5.2 percent.
These data are from the BLS Productivity and Costs program. Data are subject to revision. For more information, see the "Productivity and Costs, Second Quarter 2003" (PDF) (TXT), news release USDL 03-411—note that there are corrections to this news release for fourth quarter 2002 and first quarter 2003 data for manufacturing and nonfinancial corporations. This Editor's Desk article was revised on August 29, 2003, to reflect these corrections. (Data for the second quarter of 2003 are unchanged from those originally reported by the Productivity and Costs program.)
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Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Editor's Desk, Manufacturing productivity in the second quarter on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2003/aug/wk3/art02.htm (visited September 23, 2014).
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Jim Gatto created and is the leader of the law firm's Social Media & Games team and leader of the Open Source team. He leverages his unique combination of nearly 30 years of IP experience, business insights and attention to technology trends to help companies develop IP and other legal strategies that are aligned with their business objectives. His practice focuses on all aspects of intellectual property, internet and technology law, including patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret and open source. Mr. Gatto advises clients of all sizes (start-ups to Fortune 100 companies) on key legal and business issues relating to the use of social media, video games, social games and online gambling (gamblification), virtual goods and currency, social networks, virtual worlds, mirror worlds, augmented reality, open source user-generated content, location-based services and gamification.
He has extensive experience advising internet and social media companies on business and legal strategies relating to virtual goods and virtual currency, developing IP protection and monetization strategies, handling terms of service and end user license agreements, development, licensing and partnership agreements, developing DMCA policies, handling DMCA enforcement, privacy and COPPA policies and much more.
Mr. Gatto has been in the intellectual property field since 1984, when he started as a Patent Examiner while attending Georgetown University Law School at night. Prior to joining our firm, Mr. Gatto headed the local IP practice for Mintz Levin's Reston and Washington offices, and was co-chair of the firm-wide IP Section. Prior to that, he co-founded and co-headed the National Patent Practice and Northern Virginia Technology Practice for Hunton & Williams, the then largest Virginia-based law firm.
Mr. Gatto's practice is national and international, and it encompasses a full range of IP and technology issues, including: patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret litigation; counseling and technology transactions; developing and implementing IP strategies to protect and to monetize IP assets; creating and implementing corporate IP programs; conducting IP audits; conducting complex patent prosecution, including patent appeals, interferences, Inter Partes Review (IPRs), reissues and protests; handling patent enforcement issues, including licensing and litigation; negotiating and drafting technology agreements; conducting IP due diligence in and negotiating IP aspects of mergers, acquisitions and financings; rendering opinions concerning the infringement, validity and enforceability of patents; handling trademark prosecution, domain name, copyright and trade secret matters; handling IP aspects of employment issues; advising clients on legal issues associated with open source software including open source patent issues, licensing, open source compatibility issues, indemnity issues and developing and implementing corporate policies on use of open source software; advising clients on the legality of cutting edge Internet business methods and technology; and advising clients on computer law issues such as computer fraud and abuse and SPAM-related issues.
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- Assisted Activision on IP issues associated with its $100 million acquisition of the Guitar Hero franchise from Red Octane
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Academic Senate Constitution
Amended September 25, 2007
The organization shall be known as the Hartnell College Academic Senate (hereinafter referred to as the Senate).
2.1. In accordance with Title 5, section 53200-53205, California Administrative Code, the Senate shall be the recognized representative of the faculty to the administration and governing board of the Hartnell Community College District concerning academic and professional matters and shall participate in the formation and revision of District policies and procedures in all matters of an academic and professional nature.
2.2. The purpose of this Senate shall be:
2.2.1. To promote the general welfare of the Hartnell Community College District and its faculty.
2.2.2. To work toward the development and improvement of professional standards.
2.2.3. To represent the faculty in making recommendations to the administration of the college and the district's Board of Trustees with respect to academic and professional matters.
2.2.4. To provide for continuous study of faculty and college problems.
3.1. The electorate for full-time faculty shall be composed of those certificated employees who teach full-time and other full- time certificated employees who do not perform any services for the college that are administrative or supervisory in nature. Full- time employees shall be defined as those certificated employees having contracts of sixty percent (60%) or more.
3.2. The electorate for part-time faculty shall be composed of those certificated employees who teach a minimum of 3 hours/units up to a maximum of 8 hours/units per semester and other part-time certificated employees who do not perform any services for the college that are administrative or supervisory in nature. Part- time employees shall be defined as those certificated employees who are teaching a minimum of 3 hours/units up to a maximum of 8 hours/ units per semester and other part-time certificated employees who
do not perform any services for the college that are administrative
or supervisory in nature.
4.1. The following shall make up the membership of the Senate:
4.1.1. All elected and appointed Senate officers.
4.1.2. A minimum of one member from each Division:
- Counseling
- Fine Arts/Language Arts/Social Sciences
- Library
- Mathematics/Science
- Occupational Education
- Physical Education/Athletics/Health Education
1-10 full time faculty = one Senate Seat
11-20 full time faculty = two Senate Seats
21-30 full time faculty = three Senate Seats
184.108.40.206. In the event that a majority of the faculty in a Division request and ratify the desire for a Senate seat to be shared, an election for a shared seat shall occur with the next vacancy.
4.1.3. President of the Hartnell College Faculty Association, ex-officio, non-voting.
4.1.4. Presidents of other recognized organizations on campus, ex-officio, non-voting.
4.1.5. Any elected officer of the Statewide Academic Senate.
4.1.6. One representative of the part-time faculty, elected at large by the part-time faculty.
4.2. Senate members shall serve terms of two years, with one-half of the members being replaced each year. Senators may be re- elected.
4.3. Declaring a Senate seat vacant:
4.3.1. A Senate seat may be declared vacant for the remainder of the academic term when the Senator is absent for three consecutive meetings or a total of five meetings over a two-year period.
4.3.2. Any Senator that qualifies under 4.3. above shall be removed from office by a majority vote of the Senate at any regular Senate meeting.
4.3.3. A Senate seat shall be declared vacant when a written resignation is received by the Senate President from a Divisional Senator.
4.3.4. If a Division Senate seat is declared vacant, the Division Dean shall be notified and requested to hold an election at the next meeting of that Division.
4.3.5. In the event a special election is held in a Division, the new Senator will complete the unexpired term of the Senator he or she is replacing.
4.4. The Senate seat of the part-time faculty member shall be declared vacant at the time when the elected representative is no longer teaching 3 to 8 hours/units within a semester.
4.5. Should a Senator be unable to attend Senate meetings because of a conflict, the member may request in writing to the Steering Committee that it request a special divisional election to serve the duration of the special situation. Such requests must be made prior to reaching the maximum absences permitted in 4.3.
4.6. The Senate may call upon the faculty for the payment of professional dues.
5.1. The officers of the Senate shall be a President, 1st Vice President, 2nd Vice President, and a Secretary/Treasurer. The officers of the Senate shall be selected only from the full-time faculty as defined in Article 3. These officers shall perform the duties as prescribed by this Constitution and By-laws and by the parliamentary authority adopted by the Senate.
5.2. The election of Senate officers shall be in compliance with Article 6.2.
5.3. The duties of Senate officers are delineated in the Bylaws, Article 1.
5.4. Recall of Senate Officers:
5.4.1. Upon written petition to the Steering Committee by at least five Senators or 10% of the full-time faculty, a recall election shall be held by secret ballot at the next scheduled meeting of the Senate.
5.4.2. A two-thirds vote of the Senate will be required to recall an officer.
5.4.3. In cases of recall, a special election will be held to fill any vacancies created.


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RT @TwitterMusic: Twitter #music: a new way to discover music and emerging artists.
RT @bear: oh huge #fail Google - replaced Talk app with Hangouts means the people I chatted with using XMPP now are silenced - dont-be-evil my ass
RT @BloombergWay: Tesla CEO Elon Musk talking with Google about 'autopilot' system for cars via @BloombergNews
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In SEO we use information scent. In programming we use information hiding. It's basically a game of hide and go seek :-)
This is a pretty strongly flavored piece, if you make your way through the seething (and hate on SEO). It's worth…
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