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I have gotten a note from one of our regulars with a bunch of graduation invitation conundrums:
I am always more than happy NOT to get graduation invitations. I think for the most part they are just requests for money. I can think on one graduation invitation that moved me. It was for a little guy I babysat. I went to his graduation party and his mother introduced me around as his babysitter. I was very proud of him.
Are grad invites just a request for presents or meaningful? Do you want them or are you just as happy not to get one? Do you want them from kids of old roommates that live thousands of miles away or just close by family members and friends?
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May 24th, 2011
1:25 pm
To quote Seinfeld, these are "Unvitations". They aren't inviting you anywhere. There's not even a place to RSVP.
They might as well send you a donation card.
May 24th, 2011
1:27 pm
1 – only good friends – not everyone on the block as it appears to be just a "request" for gifts
2 – Only if you are still good friends with college roommates and will respond accordingly for their kids – responses are whatever you feel is appropriate
3 – No
4 – Does not really matter
5 – One month
6 – ALWAYS from the kid who is graduating
And, I am with T, as I am ALWAYS happy to NOT get these requests for gifts – everyone knows your kid will eventually graduate, no one needs to remind them…
May 24th, 2011
1:32 pm
At my daughter's high school, they sent out graduation announcements. You could order as many announcements as you wanted.
However, the actual graduation ceremony, each grad was given 10 tickets to hand out. If that wasn't enough, you had to find someone who wasn't using all their tickets. Our tickets went to family.
If you receive an announcement, the proper etiquette is to send the graduate money. Not to attend the ceremony.
May 24th, 2011
1:33 pm
Answer to question #4 – THE GRADUATE. And the graduate should also pen the thank you notes. Not mommy……
May 24th, 2011
1:34 pm
Give them to the people that you feel would actually care. As I will be dealing with this next year, I can assure you that I won't be giving my neighbors an invitation; we're not that close. Close friends and family. That's it.
I dealt with this with my wedding. My husband and I chose to have a small wedding with less than 100 guests. I never grew up dreaming of some Cinderella wedding, so I just wanted to share the moment with my closet friends and family. I was amazed when people told us that they were disappointed that they didn't get an invitation. My former hairstylist went so far to say that she would've given me $100! I was left speechless. I have no regrets on how I did it, cause like the song, I did it my way!!!
May 24th, 2011
1:36 pm
First, they are not invitations. They are announcements. They are letting you know the person is graduating. Sure, they may send it hoping for gifts – you are not obligated to send a gift just because you receive one. So far, I've received five this year – one from a niece, one from a nephew, and three from friends. All five have included a photo of the grad, and an invitation to their party. I was very happy to get them. I may or may not get them gifts depending on which ones we're talking about. So, the short answer is – send them to people who would be interested to know your child is graduating. If you don't want it to be viewed as a request for gifts, put a small note in – just wanted you to know, no gifts necessary, etc. If you don't want to open what you view as a request for a gift – just throw it away. Or, take a look, say a small prayer for the graduate, and go on your happy way. Cards are nice if it's a close friend's child, but not required. You give a gift because you want to give one, and that should be the only reason. Nobody will hunt you down if you don't respond – they are way too busy at this time of year to worry about what you did or didn't do….
May 24th, 2011
1:37 pm
This use of "please advise" is a habit. It's like my leaving the kitchen drawers open–not a terrible, serious problem. But it does get in the way of a clear, efficient message.
One of the problems with "Please advise" is that advise is a transitive verb, that is, it must have an object. Someone must be advised. For example, I can write, "The doctor advised me about taking supplements" or "I advised him to eliminate the angry tone in his writing."
Some usage experts accept advise in place of inform or tell. Others use advise only in situations that involve advice (as in the doctor's advice on supplements and my advice on eliminating the angry tone). I prefer that limited use.
If using "Please advise" is a standard practice in your industry, then improve upon it. For example, "Please advise of shipping status" may seem perfect in your office, but it reads like an old telegram, in which each word cost money. These days, with no additional cost you can add us or me and have a clear, complete sentence: "Please advise us of the shipping status."
It's time to break those old, unconscious habits. Since my elderly relative "advised" me of my habit, I see those open drawers, and I close them. Look for your "Please advise" or other habitual expressions, and get rid of them.
May 24th, 2011
1:48 pm
Thanks Peanut Scab, I'll be sure to finish reading that comment the next time I'm having trouble sleeping.
May 24th, 2011
1:48 pm
Just as I guess. You just don't care abut improving your communication skills.
May 24th, 2011
1:52 pm
My daughter is graduating this week so here we go….
1. No, we didn't send ANNOUNCEMENTS
May 24th, 2011
1:54 pm
@jarvis – ROTFLMAO…..
May 24th, 2011
1:55 pm
My daughter graduates this year.
1. No, we didn't send any ANNOUNCEMENTS
May 24th, 2011
1:56 pm
I hit the submit button early…
1. No, we didnt' send any ANNOUNCEMENTS to the neighbors. I sent an evite to the cook out to a few.
2. No, we didn't send any announcements to anyone my child has not met.
3. Yes, we sent a few announcements to friends who live far away now because they know my daughter and we lived in the area before.
4. The announcements are written by the school. My daughter typed the addresses for the labels.
5. We send the announcements about 1 month to 3 weeks in advance and included a picture.
6. Yes, thank you's will be written by the teen.
The cook out invitations were sent to a larger group of people. We don't want or expect a gift. Just come out and celebrate this milestone.
May 24th, 2011
1:56 pm
Jarvis? Are you always this unhappy?
May 24th, 2011
2:00 pm
Yes, he is.
May 24th, 2011
2:06 pm
I bought my daughter a Porsche(we are inane, so we pronounce it porsh) for her graduation. Larry, in my firm bought his son a Mercedes, so I had to go with the Porsche.
May 24th, 2011
2:12 pm
Not to answer a question with a question, but….Are you always that poor at reading people? I have been called MANY things in my life, but unhappy isn't one of them.
If you find pleasure in a quarter of a page diatribe about the proper use of "advise" by all means have at it. Me, I'd rather make fun of it.
May 24th, 2011
2:16 pm
(1) Only to neighbors we know really well or had some impact in the graduates' life.
(2) What do my friends have to do with the graduate? Nope – only to people that had some impact on the graduate – but extended family are open to receive them. I have received tons of graduation invites from cousins, distant cousins, etc. I sent them a present, they can do the same for my child. It's a celebration that they made it… but sometimes, also a request for some "help" as they make their way into the real world.
(3) Do you send invitations to old friends that live literally thousands of miles away? YEP – if they are true friends who are still in contact and you believe would appreciate an invite.
(4) The teen or college graduate is writing the invitation. Mom and Dad should have NOTHING to do with it – except track down an address or two if the teen is having trouble. My highschool teacher went over invitation etiquette with us – and was firm in saying the ALL addresses had to be hand written, correctly punctuated, and properly addressed by the graduate.
(5) A month would be nice – especially if people ARE planning to travel to attend the graduation. However, two weeks would suffice if it's a neighbor.
(6) Again, I'm old school on this. Just reference Emily Post – and that "Thank You" note better be in the graduate's handwriting!!!! Mom and Dad have nothing to do with it – other than reminding the graduate that it needs to be done in a timely manner!!
May 24th, 2011
2:18 pm
Now now Jarvis. I've seen you get trite with several around here.
May 24th, 2011
2:18 pm
I'm not sure I follow why you chose to give this lesson on a blog about graduation invitations. Please advise.
May 24th, 2011
2:27 pm
I try not to ramble, but I've got so much good stuff to say.
May 24th, 2011
2:36 pm
@RJ – funny about the wedding. I got grief from a woman at the gym whose last name I did not even know because I did not invite her to my wedding.
Anyway, I was honored and thrilled yesterday to get an invitation to the grad party for the child of good friends who moved away some years ago. We'd actually go if we could…
May 24th, 2011
2:43 pm
We sent out announcements to friends and family a week prior to my daughter's graduation last year. The few people who we invited to the graduation were informed by me several weeks earlier. I did not want to send announcements too early, giving the impression we were looking for gifts and attendance to the graduation. I ordered the invitations from the local Haulmark store since I was not impressed with the school invitation considering how much they cost.
The week following her graduation, she sent out thank you cards to the family and friends who atteneded and to the everyone who sent a card. Her most treasuered gift from graudation was a heartfelt card from her kindergarden teacher.
May 24th, 2011
3:00 pm
I think teachers would treasure receiving an announcement that includes the graduate's current and "previous" (elementary) picture (with year taught) with it. I'm not a teacher, but I think that would be very sweet.
May 24th, 2011
3:26 pm
My daughter is skipping her graduation. She graduated early and started college at Agnes Scott. She has no interest in some outdated tribal ceremony.
May 24th, 2011
3:34 pm
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May 24th, 2011
3:38 pm
IF you have enough invites available, and IF your child is the valedictorian or salutatorian, THEN invite close friends. IF no to either, then send announcements to those with a close connection to the child. Nothing says "tacky" like invitations or announcements to those who don't know your child. If you are writing a letter (remember those) or email to a friend of yours, it's okay to mention it in passing.
As a former kindergarten teacher, I am thrilled to get announcements from former students.
May 24th, 2011
3:40 pm
…your daughter has no friends, and for that I am truly distressed, even if she is not…forget tribal customs, the ceremony is a rite of passage, and your daughter missed out on having friends with whom to share the joy and angst, just as some of closest friends' kids chose to do, too…
May 24th, 2011
3:43 pm
You're right, she had not friends because she is physically challenged. She was often the butt of many jokes. The school does not deserve her appearance at a "rite of passage"
BTW, she is fitting nicely in to Agnes Scott.
May 24th, 2011
3:45 pm
I received graduation invitations for my next door neighbor's (now adult) son's when the graduated from high school. The boys cut my grass when they were teens and I was friends with their mother so I didn't think it was strange to be invited but would not have been offended if I wasn't. Since their graduations were held outdoors at the high school football stadium, I could have attended but was out of town for graduations of family members and missed both. I gave them both a card and money.
I received an invitation for my niece's out of state graduation the day before the ceremony. I would not have been able to attend due to a scheduling conflict but I do wish I had gotten it soon enough to send her a gift before the graduation. My husband's niece is graduating Friday but they only received 5 tickets per graduate and she has two parent, two siblings and three grandparents who all live in the metro Atlanta area and want to attend. I think they decided that the parents and grandparents will attend and the rest of us will attend her party Saturday.
May 24th, 2011
3:46 pm
i sent a gift to one last year, former step-son. i'm still waiting acknowledgement of gift or thank you.
just annoys me how people don't take time to write thank you notes. my birthday was sat, i've sent out my thank you notes already.
May 24th, 2011
3:48 pm
As the parent of a senior – made him address the "ANNOUNCEMENTS" and only to those people he wanted to send. Mainly family and very close family friends. He sent a few to his church camp friends and counselor and to his former youth minister. He did not send to our neighbors, as we see them often and they already know he is graduating. They have seniors graduating as well. We are close with 2 of these neighbors and I am giving a gift card and small gift to the graduate even though I did not get an announcment.
As others have said…. its an announcement that the person is graduating and not an invite or solitation for a gift. If the receipient wants to send a gift, great, if not, no biggie. Yes, for some graduating high school is an accomplishment.
May 24th, 2011
3:49 pm
My son is graduating from high school this week. When the subject of announcements came up, his response was, "Everyone that knows me at all knows that I am graduating. Why spend the money?"
My son is very wise….and frugal.
May 24th, 2011
3:50 pm
As per Emily Post, people who receive an invitation to the ceremony or party should send or bring a gift. People who receive announcements are not obligated to send a gift, but should send an congratulatory card or note.
@Jarvis – "…but I've got so much good stuff to say." Next time, drop the "got" and simply write "…but I have so much to good stuff to say." Then you'll sound like you made it past 4th grade grammar.
May 24th, 2011
3:53 pm
Now jarvis will want to fight you.
May 24th, 2011
3:58 pm
Wow. Zing. If only you hadn't made the type-o. Keep trying though.
May 24th, 2011
4:01 pm
This weekend I am going to my 20-year high school class reunion and I am so excited about it. I am having a few of the "normal" reunion worries like "I've put on a few pounds" (some GREAT pounds and about 10 that I should have gotten off before now but I didn't work off) and that my skin is worse than it was when I was in high school but in general I'm excited to see the folks who walked across the stage with me 20 years ago, May 23, 1991 at the Baton Rouge Centroplex.
I get excited when I receive graduation announcements. They mark an end to one stage in life and the beginning of another. I usually only get them from family. None of my friends have kids old enough to graduate from high school yet. I got one from my neighbor who graduated from UGA 2 weeks ago and I got misty-eyed thinking about how young he was when his daddy all but dragged him by the scruff of his neck to ask me if he could cut my grass when he was about 11. I basically watched him grow from a boy to a man and he included me in the number of folks he wanted to know he was moving on to another phase of his life. That was special for me. Yes, I am writing him a check. I write checks to everyone who sends me an announcement. $50 for family that I'm close to; $25 for folks who probably didn't care to send it to me but their parent reminded them to. It's just a few bucks to honor an achievement but I like to do just that – honor an achievement. BUT…no announcement, no money. If you don't think to include me in your celebration I'm not going to chase you down to give you my money.
May 24th, 2011
4:15 pm
I apologize, Sylvania, if the following statement appears as a rock projected directly from the window of my glass house, but I would suggest that before commenting on on the grammatical shortcomings of others' posts, you proofread your own.
May 24th, 2011
4:25 pm
@ Denise…can you adopt my two…LOL. My daughter's birthday is Friday and she got a CARD…that's all folks…from her Grandpa. Some may remember the one book we got for our Family Christmas Gift….to share. Brother in law had a chat with Grandpa and he then sent $100 for our family and theirs too. We gave the $$ to the kids. I am going to tell my Dad that her other Grandpa must have forgotten and sent her 2 cards EACH with $20 in them. TRUE.
We sent announcements along with an invitation to the sit down dinner to a select group of folks who are either related or quite close to our family. Sent out a month in advance. Not everyone on the block got one. We invited our son's 3rd grade teacher, at his request. She was the guest of honor! I had each of my children introduce each person to the entire group. They did a nice job and I was proud of them!
Four neighbors on our block have HS kids that are graduating and we are not invited, in any way, to celebrate. No biggy as we have never been in their house or even their back yards, with the exception of one who showed us a remodel. I give them each a $5 ice cream card…just to let them know I am thinking of them.
MY KIDS were in charge of all of the addressing and mailing…their celebration and their job.
Thank you notes are a BIGGY for me. I just spoke with a client/friend today who has two that are out of college. She mentioned manners and I told her how some folks think there is no need for written thank you notes. She could not believe it. I think a handwritten thank you note says that you have class. I was in Kinder today and the teacher had the children writing thank you notes to staff members in the building. Good for her.
RSC….graduation ceremonies are in the next 2 weeks in the Atlanta area and most Mommas will experience this once or twice in their lives…Dads too! Here's hoping that mine finish Pharmacy School and UGA….we will have a BIG hoopla when they are both out!
May 24th, 2011
4:34 pm
Peanut Scab, in all honesty let me apologize. My intent was to be humorous, and obviously I was not funny to you. I'm sorry.
May 24th, 2011
4:34 pm
MJG, give me a shout when they finish! :-) I'll be happy to celebrate with you all.
May 24th, 2011
4:49 pm
@Chuck Steele…last week my daughter comes home from church and tells us that they were discussing the best gift they ever received. Several peers mentioned cars from their parents.
She is making payments on hers and said she was not sure what to say. I reminded her of her little schnauzer, who adores her and that she raised from a puppy. All was well!
May 24th, 2011
4:51 pm
IMHO high school graduation is for immediate family only and any announcements should be from the graduate. College graduations can be more open, but again, should be from the graduate. Both of my graduations were very large and limited space-wise, so only a few could actually attend (college grad was a small party afterward). And yes, my Mama made me send the announcements both times. They were followed up with Thank You notes for any cards or gifts.
Sending announcements to people you once knew or barely know tells them that you are seeking gifts and/or showing off. Same thing for wedding invitations…
May 24th, 2011
4:54 pm
@ jarvis…
So was I!
You know, I'm going fishing later on….Care to join me?
May 24th, 2011
4:55 pm
Denise..o.k. We will breakout the Caramel Corn, instead of Popcorn…:p
May 24th, 2011
4:59 pm
Maybe if you were a better parent, you could have bought her a new car.
May 24th, 2011
5:03 pm
Well very good. Glad we could bury the hatchet.
On another topic, ironically the mother or party etiquette, Emily Pos,t was not invited to many parties as she was seen as a no-fun tight-ass.
May 24th, 2011
5:20 pm
@ chuck…you could be right but I have been hired and flown out to speak and share parenting tips, so I might know 1 or 2 things. My two will have full knowledge of what it means to have a car payment, as they made one of $100 per month for four years on their own and saved $1000 for the down payment.
May 24th, 2011
5:46 pm
I am a stickler about thank you notes, too. My kids were required to write (or when they were little, dictate) the thank you note before playing with or using the gift (except for the first few hours of Christmas morning). It sure helped getting those notes written and addressed and stamped.
May 24th, 2011
5:49 pm
Chuck, MJG didn't say she COULDN'T buy them cars!


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Personal Hovercrafts? Vacations in Space? Eye-scanning billboards? For years, people have been fascinated by what life might look like in the future. Perhaps no era's imagery was as dedicated to visualizing the future as the time period spanning the 1940's-1970's. Many of the popular magazines and newspapers of the day devoted hundreds of pages to describing the great advances in science and technology that were always just around the corner. See the Popular Mechanics and Popular Science archives for yourself here and here. This fascination expanded well beyond print, moving into film (2001: A Space Odyssey), TV (The Jetsons), and even
Musically Inspired FinalistsFrom our 100 Semi-Fianlists, we are tuned up and ready to announce our top three Musically Inspired Finalists! Our judges grieves05, OnlyTheGoodNotes, and zachb67 were tasked with the grueling job of narrowing down the top 100 most-voted-for Musically Inspired Designs to only three. The three Finalists will each receive an amazing $1,500 cash, 20 T-Shirts with their design printed on them, and -- best of all -- each T-Shirt will be made available exclusively in the deviantART T-Shirts & Gear Shop!
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CEA Blog: How to Submit an Abuse ReportHi deviants!
Today I would like to address an issue that unfortunately happens quite often in abuse reports filed to our support center. We've had guides and articles written about this in the past but we felt it was time for a refresher!
So what is an "Abuse Report"?
The Abuse Report category is where a deviant would file their ticket under if they are being harassed or was witness to someone else being harassed out there in our community. Not knowing where to go or what to do when this happens understandably only adds to the problem!
Before anything else, please remember that abuse reports are only for the most severe of harassment issues. Things like disagreements, debates, general rudeness one might experience due to the anonymity of the internet or personal drama you may have with another deviant are some minor issues that can be easily handled by taking advantage of our Hide and
Updates!Team Updates
Things are super busy at the moment. As you know, we've been recruiting for 2 new positions into the CEA Team for a while. After weeks of interviews, tasks and presentations, we've sent out offers to 2 deviants who will soon be joining the team. I have to say that this round of recruitment attracted the most amazingly high standard of applicants, and it was not an easy task to make our final decisions! Over 200 people applied for the positions and it was really inspiring to speak with so many people who have such evident ambition and talent within our community.
During the recruitment process, we gave the final round of applicants a task to make a presentation to us about what they felt was an appropriate piece of community outreach that the CEA should undertake. I was really impressed by all the ideas and I'm really looking forward to expanding upon some of the ideas to make them part of our regular CEA projects.
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Harassment: A Survival GuideIt's no secret that the members of deviantART are an opinionated bunch! For good or ill, there is always plenty to say about art that speaks to them. This is great, yet amidst those opinions you're bound to get reactions that are nothing more than word pollution or troll bait. How many of you have logged into deviantART and been faced with this problem?
We've all seen it, been a victim of it, or at least heard about it: Folk out in the digital world living for nothing more than the joy of ruffling peoples' feathers. Well not to worry dear reader, because I've compiled a survivor's guide on how to slay the beast of text pollution: le trolls!
Identify The Problem!
Being the level-headed fantastical artist that you are, when it comes to outrageous claims and aggravating comments regarding your work it seems like common sense for you to set the record straight and reply to these virtual text hoodlums. I
Seven Sins Contest Winners Tweet
Our Seven Deadly Sins contest allowed participants to enter in to a battle between doing what's right and giving into temptation.
In the end, every one of the Seven Deadly Sins had a winner. The grand-prize winner, chosen by the worldwide Chairman of Fotolia, Oleg Tscheltzof, will be flown out to see the advertisement printed on a billboard in San Francisco, CA and pocket $1500 USD. The six remaining finalist ads will also have their submissions printed and displayed around the city.
Keep watching this page for details on the upcoming deviantMEET to see the winners larger than life in San Francisco, CA!
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Cyberbullying and Your DeviationsThe term "cyberbullying" was first coined and defined by Canadian educator and anti-bullying activist Bill Belsey, as "the use of information and communication technologies to support deliberate, repeated, and hostile behavior by an individual or group that is intended to harm others."
While the actions which make up cyberbullying can vary depending on who you are talking with or what website you are on at the time, as far as we here at deviantART are concerned the act of cyberbullying involves a range of behavior from hostile and aggressive communications, to threats, sexual remarks, hate speech, ganging up on victims by making them the subject of ridicule or humiliation.
The practice of cyberbullying is also not limited to children, when perpetrated by adults toward adults these same behaviors are sometimes referred to as cyberstalking or cyberharassment but regardless of what name you attach to it, cyberbullying has grown into an increasing problem since the behavior was first ident
Celebrating Deviousness August 2012Deviousness Award
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The Deviousness Award is an accolade which is traditionally handed out on the 1st of every month to one truly outstanding deviant.
My DeviantART StoryGosh, the beginning fired up way back when. I think it was 2002, and I was at the tail end of high school learning that you didn't use your real name on the internet (according to my boyfriend at the time).
I've had this account and this username for ever evah, and DeviantART was my 'home base' to share my anything and everything. I can't think of another community I liked better than this one when it came to just being immersed in art that I liked. Hell, even challenged my concepts of what art should be! I was dazzled by the idea way back when, but even now, being able to put something out there and have it be seen by dozens (or even hundreds!) of fellow deviants across the globe still fascinates me. I was introduced to tons of fandoms and made lots of friends along the way solely based on commenting and deviation submissions, and that's nuts. To think that's all it takes to make a connection with someone halfway across the world.
Improved DMCA Reporting System
Hello, deviants! In an effort to keep the community informed and to provide the best possible experience for our members, we wanted to inform you of changes to our reporting system.
DeviantART is dedicated to protecting our artists, and in an effort to be able to more quickly handle complaints by deviants who have had their rights infringed on, we have changed the way we receive complaints from the artist or the copyright holder.
In the past, we took reports by the copyright holder in two different ways: An informal report via the Report Violation tool and a formal complaint via contacting the Help Desk. While both of these methods were effective, they presented many setbacks.
The informal report did not gather all the necessary information for a formal copyright complaint and was prone to misuse by well-meaning deviants who would attempt to report images they did not own the copyright to
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The Intrepid Quest of Kevin Eastman,
Defender of the Comics Realm
It's a shame that most comics enthusiasts prowling the San Diego Convention Center during Comic-Con 2011 mostly or even only know Kevin Eastman as the co-creator (with Peter Laird) of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, not that being one of the authors of one of the most celebrated comics phenomena of all times would not be laurel enough for any creative artist to retire well-rested upon.
While the fan-beloved TMNT juggernaut still rampages along unabated, there's quite a bit more to Kevin's biography that deviants should be aware of – especially when wondering how much difference one lone artist's efforts can make in building a better arts environment for all who would follow in his path.
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Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music
When the swallows northward fly; Waltz song /
When the sweet summer days come again /
When the thorn is white with blossom - Lied der hi /
When the tide begins to turn /
When the tide comes in /
When the tide is low /
When the twilight dew is falling /
When the violets are blooming /
When the violets bloom again; Waltz song /
When the violets bloom o'er me /
When the weary day doth close /
When the whipporrwill is calling /
When the wild billows swell /
When the wild birds southward go /
When the willow's in the vale /
When the withered leaves have fallen /
When the world is hushed in sleep /
When the worn spirit (Hours of devotion) /
When they lay this ole head low; Jubilee song /
When those sweet rosy lips /
When those sweet rosy lips - Quando schiudi il tuo labbro /
When those you love are smiling near /
When thou art far away, my love /
When thou art gone /
When thou art near! New ballad /
When thou art nigh /
When thou art nigh [and] Sweetheart /
When thou art nigh! Ballad /
When thou art nigh, ballad /
When thou my love art near /
When thou see'st the verdant bowers /
When thou sleepest in the gloaming - Quand tu dors /
When thou'lt meet thy love again /
When thro' the darkness /
When through life /
When through life unblest we rove /
When through lonely wood-paths /
When through the torn sail /
When thy blue eyes are beaming - Mit deinen blauen augen /
When thy heart is bounding lightly, romance /
When time hath bereft thee /
When tis moonlight /
When tis starlight waltz /
When to sad music silent you listen /
When toiling from sunrise 'till sunset /
When travelling weary /
When twilight casts its magic spell /
When twilight dews /
When twilight dews are falling fast /
When twilight is closing, ballad /
When twilight is closing, ballad [from] Chant Bohemian /
When wand'ring far o'er distant soil, or, I ne'er forget my home, ballad /
When we all were at home /
When we are old and gray /
When we are parted /
When we are parted! /
When we buckle down to biz /
When we cross over Jordan /
When we danced at the huskings /
When we gather in de gospel tent /
When we gather'd roses down the shady lane /
When we lay us down to sleep /
When we meet at Heaven's gate /
When we meet at heaven's gate /
When we meet at heaven's gate! /
When we meet beyond the river /
When we meet by the old bridge again /
When we meet in the sweet bye and bye /
When we meet on the sly /
When we meet the angel band /
When we meet to part no more /
When we met /
When we met on the sly /
When we parted /
When we pass the crystal river /
When we pass the golden gate /
When we say good-bye /
When we sleep beneath the daisies /
When we two parted /
When we were sweethearts /
When we were young /
When we're on parade /
When will baby pray? /
When will he come? /
When will my boy come back to me /
When will sorrow cease forever /
When will the birds come back /
When will ye think of me my friends, op. 5 /
When will you call and see me? /
When you and I /
When you and I are gray love /
When you and I are old! /
When you and I were boys /
When you and I were young /
When you and I were young Maggie /
When you and I were young, ballad /
When you and I were young; Variations /
When you are near little darling /
When you hear the little birds sing /
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It's winter ski vacation season at The Home Ranch and the famed champagne powder of North Routt county has covered our meadows and hills. Our groomer has done its work and our 30 km of freshly groomed trails are waiting for your skis. In other words, its time to skate.
Local legend and head ski guide Mike Braal, with his extensive knowledge of our amazing, varied, and accessible terrain, has just received a fresh Nordic Skate clinic, and his guides are encouraging our guests to try skate skiing. We have the latest in skate skiing equipment available to our guests and we are ready to help you learn to skate, improve your skating, or just eat your powder.
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3 high-yield ideas with monthly dividends
For those seeking steady income, these 3 investments can help fill a diverse portfolio.
Investors who rely on investment income often face a problem: Their dividends are paid quarterly, but their bills arrive monthly.
These three investments represent a diverse portfolio, with each holding paying monthly dividends: Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt ETF (PCY) is a debt investment; Nuveen Quality Preferred Income Fund II (JPS), a debt-equity investment; and Prospect Capital Corporation (PSEC), an equity investment.
Anyone seeking income knows to bypass U.S government debt, thanks to the Federal Reserve wringing all yield out of these securities.
Fortunately, many other countries' central banks refuse to follow the Fed's lead. PowerShares Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt ETF specializes in investing in this higher-yield sovereign-debt market.
Specifically, PowerShares invests in U.S. dollar-denominated government bonds issued by 22 emerging-market countries.
Top holdings include debt issued by the governments of Romania, Pakistan, South Korea, and Vietnam. That said, no one country accounts for more than 5% of the fund's portfolio value.
You might think a portfolio composed of emerging-market debt would be volatile. That's not the case: PowerShares' beta is only 0.44, which means its share price tends to move only 44% as much as the overall stock market.
Over the past two years, PowerShares' share price has traded mostly within a two-dollar band. Over the past year, that share price has trended mostly higher, but it still provides an income stream that yields 5%, and of course, that income is distributed monthly.
There is another debt-like investment that investors should consider, and that's preferred stocks. I say debt-like because preferred stocks are hybrid securities; that is, they have characteristics of both stocks and bonds.
Preferred stocks are like common stocks in that dividends are paid and shares trade like any shares on the major exchanges.
Preferred stocks are like bonds in that they are issued with a coupon payment based on par value. In other words, you know what payment to expect. There is no wondering if the payout will change. The payout on preferred stock is contractual.
Nuveen Quality Preferred Income Fund II, a closed-end fund, is one of my favorite preferred-stock investments.
I like this fund because of low management fees and broad diversification in highly rated preferred stocks. Its $1.5 billion portfolio is spread over 212 issues, 90% of which are rated BBB or higher.
Through the judicial use of leverage -- around 28% of its portfolio -- Nuveen is also able to "leverage up" its distribution. That means Nuveen offers a distribution yield that is a full percentage point over most individual preferred stocks.
Nuveen's "leveraged up" portfolio currently produces a 7.6% yield. What's more, that income is distributed monthly, unlike the quarterly distributions of most preferred stocks.
Business development corporations (BDCs), financing firms that lend to middle-market companies, are another rich vein of income.
BDCs are organized as partnerships, so by law they must return at least 90% of their taxable income to shareholders. Most BDCs thus have yields in the 8%-to-11% range.
Most BDCs also distribute income quarterly instead of monthly. Prospect Capital is the exception; it distributes cash monthly. What's more, its distribution produces a 10.7% annualized yield - one on the high end of the BDC scale.
Prospect should continue to remain a high-yield investment; it generally raises its payout every three to four months. I expect that trend to continue.
Prospect's diversified investment portfolio is spread among 78 long-term investments with a fair value of $1.69 billion.
I like that 56% of Prospect's loan portfolio is in a first-lien position; that means Prospect owns a high claim on its debtors' assets should the business go south (though that rarely occurs). That suggests to me that the 10.7% yield is safe.
Overall, with these three investments, income investors not only get a portfolio of high-yield monthly income distributors, they get a diversified source of monthly income distributors.
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Genomics and Bioinformatics are rapidly evolving disciplines of Biology generating an unprecedented amount of information about gene function and organization of the cell. My research focuses on the molecular mechanisms of host-pathogen interactions using genomics and systems level approaches. I am broadly interested in interdisciplinary research projects at the interface of genomics/systems biology of plant and human immunity using wet lab and computational approaches. Specifically, I aim to understand how macromolecular immune networks are organized in the cells and how these networks can be perturbed to cause diseases. To answer these questions, I work with two experimental systems: the model dicot plant Arabidopsis thaliana and human autoimmune diseases such as Rheumatoid Arthritis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.
My main interest is the computational modeling of gene regulatory networks, discovery of novel cis-regulatory motifs involved in plant and human immunity, in silico isolation of functional modules comprising transcription factors and cohorts of co-regulated genes, as well as providing empirical and experimental proofs of my computational/mathematical data in vivo. Moreover, I am also interested in generating large-scale immune interactome maps and understanding how pathogens perturb communications among key functional modules. The main projects that we are currently investigating are:
- Systems level approaches to generate host-pathogens protein-protein interaction networks using proteins from Arabidopsis as well as from diverse viral, bacterial, and oomycete pathogens.
- Generation of a large-scale Arabidopsis immune transcriptional regulatory network.
- Discovering the novel regulatory mechanisms of human Fc receptors in autoimmune diseases.
To achieve the above listed goals, I employ diverse cutting-edge technologies including high-throughput sequencing, transcriptomics, protein-protein interactions, degradomics, forward and reverse genetics, and bioinformatics. My work allows a global understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved in disease resistance and unraveling novel disease resistance signaling pathways to diverse pathogens
For more information about research, teaching and publications, please visit the Shahid Mukhtar Lab Website.
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- Mukhtar MS* (2013) Stack the deck: Engineering Broad-spectrum disease resistance. Trends in Plant Science Sep;18(9):469-72. * Corresponding author
- Pajerowska-Mukhtar KM, Emerine DK and Mukhtar MS* (2013) Tell me more: NPRs' role in plant immunity. Trends in Plant Science Jul;18(7):402-11. * Corresponding author
- Duffee LE, Boatwright JL, Shockley JM, Mukhtar KPM, Mukhtar MS* (2012) Eukaryotic Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress-Sensing Mechanisms. Advances in Life Sciences DOI: 10.5923/j Volume 2, Number 7. * Corresponding author
- Baltrus DA, Nishimura MT, Biswas S, Mukhtar MS, Vicente J, Holub EB, Dangl JL (2012) The molecular basis of host specialization in bean pathovars of Pseudomonas syringae. Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions, (25):877-88.
- Moreno A*, Mukhtar MS*, Blanco F, Boatwright JL, Moreno I, Jordan MR, Chen Y, Brandizzi F, Dong X, Orellana A*, Pajerowska-Mukhtar KM* (2012) The IRE1 pathway of the unfolded protein response is activated by biotic stress and involves the splicing of bZIP60 mRNA in Arabidopsis. PLoS ONE 10.1371/journal.pone.0031944.
*These authors contributed equally.
- Klopffleisch K, Phan N, et al. , Mukhtar MS*, Mudgil Y*, Pattathil S*, Schwarz J*, Seta S*, Tan M*, Temp U*, Trusov Y*, Urano D*, Welter B*, Yang J*, Panstruga R, Uhrig JF, Jones AM. (2011) The Arabidopsis G protein network: linking G protein signaling, cell wall carbohydrates and plant morphogenesis. Molecular Systems Biology 7:532.
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- Mukhtar MS*, Carvunis A-R*, Dreze M*, Epple P*, et al., Vidal M*, Beynon J*, Braun P* and Dangl JL* (2011) Independently evolved virulence effectors converge onto hubs in a plant immune system network. Science, 333: 596-601.
- The Arabidopsis Interactome Mapping Consortium (2011) Evidence for Network Evolution in an Arabidopsis Interactome Map. Science, 333: 601-607.
(The above two articles (6th and 7th) are featured in SCIENCE 333: 532-533, Nature Reviews Genetics 12, 586, on websites of NSF and American Society of Plant Biologists and several other news forums and press releases). doi: 10.1126/science.1203877
- Baltrus DA, Nishimura MT, Romanchuk A, Chang JH, Mukhtar MS, Law TF, Cherkis K, Roach J, Grant SR, Jones CD and Dangl JL (2011) Dynamic evolution of pathogenicity revealed by sequencing and comparative genomics of 19 Pseudomonas syringae isolates. PLoS Pathogens 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002132.
- Mukhtar MS, Deslandes L, Auriac MC, Marco Y and Somssich IE (2008) The Arabidopsis transcription factor WRKY27 influences wilt disease symptom development caused by Ralstonia solanacearum. The Plant Journal, 56:935-47.
- Pajerowska KM, Mukhtar MS, Guex N, Halim VA, Rosahl S, Somssich IE, Gebhardt C (2008) Natural variation of potato allene oxide synthase 2 causes differential levels of jasmonates and pathogen resistance in Arabidopsis. Planta, 228:293–306.
- Ulker B, Mukhtar MS and Somssich IE (2007) The WRKY70 transcription factor of Arabidopsis influences both the plant senescence and defense signaling pathways. Planta 226:125-137.
- Mukhtar MS, Rahman M and Zafar Y (2002) Assessment of genetic diversity among wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars using random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis. Euphytica 128: 417–425.
- Mukhtar MS, Khan TM and Khan AS (2000). Genetic Analysis of Yield and Yield Components in various Crosses of Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum). International J. of Agri. & Biology. 2-3 (258-260).
- Mansoor S, Mukhtar MS, Hussain M, Amin I, Zafar Y, Malik KA and Markham PG (2000) Widespread occurrence of cotton leaf curl virus on Radish in Pakistan. Plant Disease 84:809.
- Mukhtar MS, Khan TM, Khan AS, Khan MA and Khan MKR. (2000). Diallel Analysis of some Important Fibre Characteristics of Gossypium hirsutum. International J. of Agri. & Biology. 2-3 (261-263).


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"We're here because we suspect it's a gas leak," investigator Ravi Chhatre said.
Chhatre says that Wednesday, investigators have located where the suspected leak is in the pipes. He says the NTSB will ship an approximately 8 foot section of pipe to their lab in Washington, D.C. to be analyzed.
He stressed that while the initial investigation suggests a gas leak, their final lab work will reveal the cause of the explosion.
Chhatre says this pipe was installed around 1951 and is a 2.25-inch cast iron pipe. He described it as a main pipe that distributes natural gas throughout a neighborhood.
Chhatre adds that investigators have noticed some other small leaks in the neighborhood. They will also be taking part of another pipe to their lab for analysis.
Once the NTSB completes their fieldwork, Chhatre says they will move on to interviewing neighbors, Alagasco employees, rescue workers and anyone else they "believe might aid us in finding out what happened."
Some residents have told FOX6 News that they reported possible gas leaks in the past, but nothing was done about them.
A few people tell FOX6 News that they are still afraid to go into their apartments but they are thankful a federal agency is helping in the investigation.
"I would just hope they make sure they do their job and make sure everyone out here is safe," Tiffany Armstrong said.
Chhatre says the investigation could take between 9 months and a year to complete. He says crews will stay here until they feel it's safe for the residents.
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Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper had not faced a pitch at the Major League level since May 26, but he showed no ill effects from his time off or his injured knee during his first at-bat since being placed on the disabled list. Harper stepped up to the plate with two outs in the bottom of the first inning against the Brewers. He took a first-pitch ball from Yovani Gallardo, then blasted a home run on the next pitch, his 13th of the season.
Harper began the month of July just as he began the regular season, when he hit two home runs in his first game and nine over the first 23.
The Nationals activated Harper on Monday after placing him on the DL back in late May. Harper had some pain and swelling in his knee which he irritated after a collision with the left field wall back on May 13 at Dodger Stadium. The collision ended up sidelining Harper longer than expected, but he's now back in action, and is apparently ready to contribute.
Harper's activation comes on the heels of a Sunday rehab game in which he played a full nine innings. He hit for the cycle over the course of his four-game minor league rehab assignment, finishing 4-for-11 with a home run, a triple, and a double.
If any of Harper's fantasy owners were not fortunate enough to get him into their lineups today, they should be sure to have him active by tomorrow. As long as he stays healthy, he'll be a top-notch overall fantasy contributor for the rest of the season.
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Today we would like to offer a couple of footnotes to history, courtesy of the front pages.
First, we have the reports of the same-sex marriages that became legal late yesterday afternoon in California. Some, but not all, of the dailies in the state played up the weddings and the continuing controversy. The Appeal-Democrat in Marysville devotes most of its front page to a photo and a report that "Same-sex couples marry across state," topped by a couple of stories about opposition that seems to be building, including a court petition to invalidate licenses. The Los Angeles Times also has a Page One photo and a story that "Gay couples are aware that voters are watching," referring to issues on the November ballot. The Palo Alto Daily News reports that the gay-marriage decision came "Not a moment too soon," reporting a wedding of octogenarians, one of them in a wheel chair.
The San Francisco Chronicle has a two-line banner headline topping a page-wide photo: "I never thought it would happen in our lifetime." The New York Times, the newspaper of record, has a Page One photo of those octogenarians and their wedding cake with the caption "Same-sex marriage becomes legal in California," with the story on Page A15.
In what The Washington Post called "one of the most compelling major events in the storied history of golf," Tiger Woods won the U.S. Open — his 65th PGA Tour win — in a sudden-death round. "One for the ages," said the Union-Tribune in San Diego, where the tournament was played.
Then there's Germany, where 55 years ago today there was an uprising in East Berlin and the Soviet-occupied East Germany as the people protested the repressive communist regime. People in and outside Germany may recall the iconic photos of teenagers throwing rocks at the Russian tanks. The next day, millions were out on the streets throughout the Soviet Zone. Thousands were arrested, with many sentenced to long prison terms. It is uncertain how many were killed. The world cheered on the bravery and audacity of the Germans.
We checked the front pages of German newspapers on our site today. Only one, Der Tagesspiegel in Berlin, seems to have something about the event, a tease to a story on Page 12. So we checked out the English-language Web site of Deutsche Welle and, sure enough, there is a story labeled "history," replete with a few photos. For those who were not around when it happened, check out the broadcaster's feature to read and see what it was all about.
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AVB's to-do list at Spurs
Persuade Luka Modric to stay
Sign a new goalkeeper to replace the ageing Brad Friedel
- Getting off to a good start so people forget about his Chelsea nightmare
- Buy a couple of top-drawer players to really strengthen their spine to challenge for the title
- Getting the senior players onside – Parker, King, Gallas - unlike at Chelsea
Keep hold of Rafael van Der Vaart
Get on with Levy, or he knows all too well what will happen
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The good news is that he has been able to reflect on his time at CFC. He's a bright guy and he will have learned from some of his mistakes. Hopefully he won't make the same ones again.
He now has a much better understanding of what the Premiership entails and will also have a point to prove. You don't just become a rubbish manager overnight... he has good credentials and I hope he is given enough support to flourish. He certainly has potential and, whilst we all loved Harry for being 'Harry', maybe AVB will give us something extra against those top teams we feel we should be joining. Lord knows our record against them in the last few years hasn't been great.
In one way sad to lose Harry, but this high risk plan might just work.
I notice 'arry saying the Spurs squad good enough to win the league. Well why didn't he do it with them? Putting pressure on AVB possibly?
King and Gallas are past it and Parker was found out in the Euros. Not creative enough. AVB has got a big job if he is to keep Spurs in the top four. Needs a few more top quality players.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday defended the Justice Department's secret examination of Associated Press phone records though he declared he had played no role in it, saying it was justified as part of an investigation into a grave national security leak.
The government's wide-ranging information gathering from the news cooperative has created a bipartisan political headache for President Barack Obama, with prominent Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill expressing outrage, along with press freedom groups.
The government obtained the records from April and May of 2012 for more than 20 separate telephone lines assigned to AP and its journalists, including main offices. AP's top executive called the action a massive and unprecedented intrusion into how news organizations do their work.
Federal officials have said investigators are trying to hunt down the sources of information for a May 7, 2012, AP story that disclosed details of a CIA operation in Yemen to stop an airliner bomb plot around the anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden. The probe is being run out of the U.S. Attorney's office in the District of Columbia.
Asked about it at a news conference on a separate topic, Holder said he removed himself from the leaked-information probe because he himself had been interviewed by FBI agents as part of the investigation. He said he wanted to ensure that the probe was independently run and to avoid any appearance of a conflict of interest. It was the Justice Department's No. 2 official, Deputy Attorney General James Cole, who made the decision to seek news media phone records, the department said.
"This was a very serious leak, a very grave leak" that "put the American people at risk," Holder said. He called it one of the two or three most serious such episodes he had seen since he became a prosecutor in 1976 but did not say specifically how the disclosure of information about the plot had endangered Americans.
In February, CIA Director John Brennan provided a less-than-ominous description of the plot in testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee. He told the panel that "there was never a threat to the American public as we had said so publicly, because we had inside control of the plot and the device was never a threat to the American public."
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In a letter to AP on Tuesday, Cole said the Justice Department had adhered to its rules for subpoenas for the news media and hadn't sought information about the content of calls. "The records have not been and will not be provided for use in any other investigations," Cole wrote.
In response, AP President and CEO Gary Pruitt said the department's response failed to justify the breadth of its subpoena, which included phone numbers in locations used by more than 100 journalists.
Condemnation of the government's seizure of the AP phone records came from both political parties.
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus called on Holder to resign, saying he had "trampled on the First Amendment."
Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said "the burden is always on the government when they go after private information, especially information regarding the press or its confidential sources. ... On the face of it, I am concerned that the government may not have met that burden."
Declared the No. 2 Democrat in the House, Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland: "This is activity that should not have happened and must be checked from happening again."
Two Senate Democrats from one of the states where the AP records were seized -- Connecticut -- also said it was important to address the reasons for an action that they said could have a chilling effect on freedom of the press.
"I am concerned that this investigative action may fail to meet the government's high burden when invasion of privacy and chilling effects on First Amendment rights are at risk," said Richard Blumenthal, also a member of the Judiciary Committee. "The Department of Justice must be forthcoming with the facts as soon as possible."
Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., added: "It's incumbent on the Justice Department to explain why they've seized telephone records from reporters and editors at The Associated Press so that their actions don't have a chilling effect on the freedom of the press."


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Submitted by moira | February 16 2012 | Permalink
You really understand dogs Shirley, and they are all lucky when you show up to help them. What a story!
By reading this it gets your heart pumping like a movie, but it's real! Being an ACO I can relate to this story and the feelings that are deep inside! An adrenalin rush! But when called to these calls we just do our job and hope to go home safe that night! (After the dog was removed how can the S.O. not find the suspect hiding?) Glad you went home safe!
Bravo Officer Shirley. I am so grateful for our County Shelter because of all the unsung heroes like this Officer. As I was busy sleeping, she was out caring for the critters caught in the cross-fire of silly humans. Certainly not the dogs fault. Good on you Officer Shirley!
Riveting! I never think of all the eminent danger involved in Animal Control beyond the animals. Shirley your determination, bravery and mission are amazing. Thank goodness that yours is the face a scared animal sees when situated in a humans poor decision. I guess that hard Pitbull head is natures urban survival skill, who would have thought? Keep up the good work and loving your blogs, can't wait to read more.
Submitted by Terry | February 17 2012 | Permalink
You are a God Send for all the animals in Sonoma County.. Keep up the terrific work..
Submitted by Shirley Zindler | February 17 2012 | Permalink
I am so appreciative to Bark for allowing me the opportunity to show the public what we do, and to all the wonderful supportive readers out there. Your input helps give me the strength to continue to do my job in the face of often heartbreaking challenges. Thank you!
Submitted by Susan Pugh | February 19 2012 | Permalink
It amazes me how you can deal with an aggressive, growling, snarling dog. I guess your instinct and training kick in. I know I'd be too chicken to attempt for fear of being bitten. This was a good story! Can't wait to read more~ Thank you!!
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