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The next mural we're taking a look at is in sort of an odd location. Tapestry covers a long, low retaining wall along the back of the Barbur Transit Center, next to the path leading to the footbridge over Interstate 5. It's not visible at all from S
The next Weston rose on our mini-tour is the Martin & Grace Johanson Rose, on the NW corner of the Rose Festival warehouse on NE 12th, near the Buckman Field tennis center. The larger
The next Weston rose on our mini-tour (assuming you aren't sick of them yet) is the Keith Vernon Rose, on the SW corner of the giant Rose Festi
The next Weston rose on the agenda is the Ken Gephart Rose, on the Willamette Park Plaza building, at SW Macadam & Nebraska. This is
Our next stop on the ongoing mural project is in the middle of the Pearl District. The Pearl as a whole isn't home to a lot of murals. It's full of shiny new condo towers these days, and no self-respecting condo HOA would ever let someone paint on their building. The very idea is laughable. The south end of the Pearl
The next Weston rose on our mini-tour is the Sam Bates Rose, in the Hollywood District on NE Hancock between 43rd & 44th. The 2008 Portland Tribune article
The next mural on our ongoing tour is Healing Moon, at the Mississippi Health Center on N. Albina Ave. This is actually the same building as the Albina Press coffee place, home to the
In the previous post, I talked a bit about the Kathleen Gorman Rose mural, on the west side of the Marquam Plaza office building next to I-405, south of downtown Portland. The same building also has a mural on its east side, this on
The next Weston rose mural on our mini-tour is the Kathleen Gorman Rose, located on the west side of the Marquam Building, part of the office com
The next Weston rose on our mini-tour is the Joyce Waddell Rose, located on the Ross Island Plaza, a small office building at SE Center St.
One of the few things I learned last year -- blogwise, I mean -- is that there's a hell of a lot of murals around Portland, once you start looking for them. There are enough of them that you start noticing distinct subgenres. One of the more distinctive subgenres is the collection of rose murals painted on office build
[View Larger Map] The next installment in the ongoing bridge project is yet another really obscure one. SE Ochoco St. runs right along the Sellwood-Milwaukie bo
It's been a while since I've covered any City Repair painted intersections here. Generally speaking the close-in ones I know about have already appeared here, and the remaining ones are way off in St. Johns or east of 82nd, like today's installment.
So this is probably one of the more obscure public artworks I've covered here (so far). The Portland city parks bureau has a maintenance yard in outer SE Portland, at SE 89th & Flavel, next to the Springwater Trail. The facility was renovated back in 2012, and they decided to use their mandatory "2% For Art" budget on
In a recent post for this humble blog's 9th birthday, I mentioned something about having a vast number of draft posts waiting to be worked on. I've had the last couple of weeks off, and that already vast number has expanded a bit. As it stands now, it would be an unusually productive year, post-wise, if I just worked thro
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So it's December 20th again, which means this humble blog just turned nine years old, and I guess it's time for a birthday post. I don't always do these. I did one last year, and one in 2010 for birthday no
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Bayonne public housing is undergoing a $2.6 million fix-up, thanks to a grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
As part of the renovations in progress, work crews are adding fresh paint, wall paneling and recessed lighting to hallways and entranceways, and replacing hallway tiles at Back Bay Gardens, the Kill Van Kull Gardens Annex, and Constable Hook Village, which collectively contain 502 units for seniors and disabled people.
The grant is also paying for several other projects to improve the quality of life for all of the city's 1,250 public housing tenants, including elevator upgrades and new boilers, according to John Mahon, executive director of the Bayonne Housing Authority.
"We want to make every effort to provide a quality product to our residents," Mahon said last week.
"It shows that we are committed to being an integral part of every area" that has public housing.
The public housing authority is also replacing outdated security cameras and equipment at both the Kill Van Kull Gardens, a development that houses 125 families, and at the Annex, located at Second Street and Kennedy Boulevard, he said.
"They're always fixing something for us," Mary Marisette, a 5th-floor resident at Back Bay Gardens, said Thursday about the authority officials.
"It's a nice place to live," added fellow 5th-floor resident Margaret Krupski.
But not everyone is thrilled about the renovations.
"They were out there at 2:30 in the morning, scraping floors," George Demetrios, 57, a 7th-floor resident of the Kill Van Kull Gardens Annex.
"They ripped it up and then they left it there."
The projects at the buildings for seniors and the disabled should be completed by early next month, Mahon said.

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One of most exciting, but very common, ways of scoring is dunking.
Whenever I reunite with my brothers and cousins to watch basketball games and someone throws it down over two defenders or does something flashy, we holler and scream and say "OMG DID HE DO THAT" or just a simple "WOW".
Although dunks are very exciting, there are very few who make a name for themselves this way. Out of the few I had to cut it down to five.
They are listed in no particular order, because they are all equal in terms of amazement, creativity, and style.
Some of your picks may not have made the cut. If they didn't and you really think they should have, leave a comment and I may reconsider.
These dunks are not just dunks done one time.
These are signature dunks done often by the amazing stars who did them as a routine.
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By Carol D. Leonnig and Dan Keating
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, February 8, 2008
Federal authorities are investigating how two computer servers belonging to a D.C. office at the center of a corruption scandal wound up next to a commercial trash compactor in a Northwest Washington alley.
A building maintenance man found the three-foot-high servers -- labeled "PROPERTY OF D.C. OFFICE OF TAX AND REVENUE" -- early Wednesday in a trash alcove behind a Ruby Tuesday in Columbia Heights.
Servers are powerful computers that typically store vast databases or other records to be shared throughout a company or agency. Officials said they have yet to determine whether any personal information about the District's taxpayers, such as bank account and Social Security numbers, was stored on the servers, or how the equipment ended up in the alley. Servers are bulky, typically weighing 50 pounds or more.
Federal investigators want to examine the equipment for evidence or data tied to the alleged embezzlement of more than $20 million in bogus property tax refunds. Two former tax office employees are among 10 people arrested in the case, described by authorities as the biggest corruption scandal in the city. Federal authorities have been combing records for months.
D.C. police officers initially returned the servers to the city government's technology office. But after inquiries from The Washington Post, police sent detectives yesterday to retrieve the machines. The FBI took possession of them late yesterday.
Mary Ellen Bayer, property manager of the Tivoli Square retail center on 14th Street, said it didn't take long for her and maintenance engineer Melvin Barnes to become suspicious about what was left on their complex's back stoop. Bayer said Barnes called the office of Chief Financial Officer Natwar M. Gandhi to report what he had found. She said she also urged Barnes to contact the police.
Gandhi's agency oversees the tax office, which federal authorities said had been plagued by theft for more than a decade.
"When I remembered the scandal that happened in that office, I thought giving it back to the tax office wasn't necessarily the right thing to do," Bayer said yesterday. "There was no way this was the standard procedure to get rid of D.C. government computers. It appeared someone was trying to get rid of information."
Mike Teller, chief information officer for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, said bar codes on the servers indicate they have not been used by the tax office for five years. One server was made by Unisys and the other by Compaq.
Servers can be given to another city agency or D.C. public schools when the machines outlive their usefulness to the tax office, Teller said, but the Office of the Chief Financial Officer does not know whether these were and, if so, why their tax office labels were not removed. The office policy is to wipe confidential data off the drives before relinquishing the machines or disposing of them, he said.
Teller said he did not know whether confidential information was at risk. "I'm as anxious to know as you are," he said.
Privacy experts said the servers' mysterious path should concern all taxpayers.
"It's outrageous," said Leslie Harris, president of the Center for Democracy and Technology. "This is a tremendous failure in respecting privacy and security."
Harris expressed concern that the District may be unable to reliably answer the most important security questions: which servers were found, how many laptops were connected to them, what was the chain of custody and who had access to them.
"I can't say what kind of privacy risk there is because I don't know what's on the servers, but it's totally shocking," she said.
At Tivoli Square, cleaning crews arriving at 7 a.m. Wednesday alerted Barnes to some unusual items behind the Ruby Tuesday. Barnes found the two servers leaning against the compactor in a semi-concealed section of the retail complex. The former Tivoli Theatre is the centerpiece of the complex, which includes a Giant, Gala Hispanic Theatre, a Carvel ice cream store and smaller storefronts.
"At first, I was thinking, 'Man, who's putting this stuff here?' " Barnes said, referring to the boxes. "But when I saw the labels of the tax office, with all this stuff going on, I was like, 'Uh oh.' "
Barnes said officials from the tax office and the Office of the Chief Financial Officer called him yesterday to inquire about the whereabouts of the servers and to get them back.
"At first, they wanted them back," he said. "I told them, 'You'll have to call the police. They have them now.' "
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Unprecedented honor awarded by the New York State Associated Press Association.
Syracuse, NY-- The Post-Standard Wednesday won the New York State Associated Press Association's newspaper of distinction for the fifth straight year.
"What great news, once again," said Stephen A. Rogers, editor and publisher of The Post-Standard. "To be designated the Newspaper of Distinction for the fifth year in a row is unprecedented. The award honors brilliant work by Post-Standard journalists - artists, editors, photographers and reporters. Our newsroom staff is not only the best in New York state but just about the best anyplace."
The group's 2008-2009 awards were passed out at the Genesee Grande Hotel in Syracuse. Gov. David Paterson spoke to the group earlier in the day.
The Post-Standard competes in the category of papers with circulations of 50,000-125,000. It competes in the over-50,000 category for graphics, photography and specialty publications.
Photographer Michelle Gabel won four awards, including two first-place finishes.
The Post-Standard's winners:
Depth reporting: First place, John O'Brien for his story about Daniel Lackey, a Madison County man who was falsely sent to prison for sexual assault.
Third place, Mike McAndrew for his coverage of mishandled contracts at the New York State Fair.
Beat reporting: first place, Dave Tobin for his coverage of the sacrifice and hardships Central New York soldiers face in Afghanistan and at home.
Business/Finance: first place, Michelle Breidenbach for her investigation of the misuse and redirection of a phone tax intended to pay for radios for emergency services.
Third Place, Mike McAndrew, Charley Hannagan and John O'Brien for their stories about the Central New York victims of Bernard Madoff's fraud.
Spot News: Third place, staff for the coverage of a truck that crashed into an Interstate-690 overpass, injuring a family planning to visit the state fair.
Honorable mention, Rick Moriarty, Charley Hannagan and Tim Knauss for their report on the closing of Syracuse China.
Sports: second place, David Figura for his tale of the mystery surrounding a 690-pound pig – was he a wild boar or domesticated pig?
Columns: first place, Laura Ryan.
Second place, Jeff Kramer.
Editorials: third place, Saundra Smokes for her piece about the racial climate in Syracuse when Ernie Davis played here.
Brightest headline: second place, Mark Libbon for "Tix 4 Txting? Gvt Snds Msg 2 Drvrs" for a story about the hazards of text-messaging while driving.
Online content: first place, Greg Munno for the CNY Speaks initiative.
Honorable mention, Hart Seely and Steve Pallone for their series of videos.
Blogging: second place, Sean Kirst for the blog of recollections of Elmwood that drew more than 3,000 comments from readers who ended up sponsoring two youth baseball teams.
Multimedia package: Third place, Peter Chen and John O'Brien for their online story on Dan Lackey, the falsely imprisoned man from Madison County.
Honorable mention, Frank Ordonez and Dave Tobin for "A Change in Fortunes," the tales of unemployed people trying to keep the faith as they search for work.
Specialty publications: second place, The Good Life, Central New York
Graphic illustration: third place, Susan Santola for the Old Newsboys edition cover.Feature photography: third place, Nick Lisi for a photo from a scholastic chess tournament.
Sports photography: third place, Gloria Wright for a photo of a jubilant Syracuse University bench during the final moments of a win vs. St. John's.
Third place, Michelle Gabel for her story on a woman who worried that her health problems were caused by groundwater pollution.
Photo Essay or Series: second place to Gabel for "Life in the Plume," her story with writer Janet Gramza about the industrial pollution that plagues Endicott and its groundwater.
Videos and slide shows: first place to Gabel for the Endicott story.


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Atlantic City (N.J.) Mayor Lorenzo Langford and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie have been engaged in a nasty spat after Langford told residents of his seaside city that they could shelter in place instead of obey the governor's mandatory evacuation order as Hurricane Sandy approached.
The dispute has some partisan overtones: Langford is a Democrat; Christie is a Republican with national aspirations. The two have tangled often.
On Monday, Christie referred to Langford as a "rogue mayor," and several conservative pundits -- in particular the website breitbart.com -- have compared Langford to former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin.
Nagin did order a mandatory evacuation in advance of Hurricane Katrina, of course, but was faulted in some quarters for failing to commandeer school and RTA buses to get people out of town.
Nagin did not, however, have the authority to commandeer the school buses or the manpower to operate them because the school system was bankrupt and had no contract with its drivers. Instead, Nagin chose to open the Superdome as a refuge of last resort for evacuees.
Langford has rebuked Christie for his "rogue" remarks. In an interview Tuesday with NBC, he called the governor's comments "reprehensible," and said Christie misunderstood his directions to citizens.
Nagin, meanwhile, has been weighing in on the storm through Twitter. His feed had largely been quiet as the federal investigation targeting him builds steam, consisting largely of retweets of inspirational quotes. But the threat of Sandy prompted him to issue a series of new messages.
"Safe thoughts and prayers go out to all those affected by Hurricane Sandy and related snow storms," he wrote Tuesday morning. "Real hard work begins. Peace."


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Sam Ney found her touch, pouring in 21 points, as Lakes' girls basketball team earned a 63-45 nonconference win over host Glenbrook North in Northbrook on Saturday.
Lakes applied a full-court press that took the Spartans out of their game early and put the Eagles up 21-2 after one quarter.
Kelsey Kohler added 13 points for Lakes (5-20), and Ellie Haviland chipped in 7.
"We tried some different lineups and the kids responded well," Eagles coach Pete Schneider said. "This is a great bunch of kids, no jealousy. They are always showing support for each other. Their ability to not give up is a trait that will allow them to be successful in any endeavor."
Alyssa Brey, Nicole Denman and Izzy Quaranta added some great defense, Schneider said.
Glenbrook North was led by Maddie Baresis and Ilana Malman with 9 and 8 points, respectively.
Mundelein 44, Palatine 42: Jamie Hemmer scored 11 points, and the visiting Mustangs, playing their third game in as many nights, pulled out the nonconference win.
Mundelein (17-7) also received 9 points from Maggie Mahar, as the Mustangs won for the 12th time in 14 games.
Woodstock North 51, Warren 45: The nonconference loss dropped the Blue Devils' record to 7-18.
Grayslake North at Evanston, ppd.: The nonconference was postponed due to the inclement weather and tentatively rescheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 12.
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Fevre was once good. Now it's great. In fact, the improvement of this house is one of the most exciting developments in Chablis in the past 20 years. The ownership of the Henriot family of Champagne, which also owns Bouchard Père et Fils in Beaune, has resulted in a striking transformation.
2007 Domaine William Fevre Chablis Champs Royaux
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Region: Burgundy
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($23) Pale yellow-green. Subdued nose hints at menthol, stone and oyster shell. A bit spiky in the mouth, with moderate stuffing to support its rather strong acidity. Finishes with a slightly tart quality. Not quite as good as the domaine Chablis bottling, which I rated 88 a year ago and again in early June.
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How bad does it have to get before something gets done? I am referring to the short section of road (150 yards or so) on Osceola Street leading to the main entrance of Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital in Laurium. This street has been terrible and full of holes and ruts for a long time and what a shame. Sometimes it looks like we live in a third world country.
Maybe if 20 inches of blacktop, dirt and gravel would be removed and then 15 inches of coarse gravel and a layer of Petro Mat followed by 5 inches of blacktop were put down it would last a long time.
This is similar to a system we saw them use in Sweden (also a very northern climate) a few years ago and their roads were in excellent shape.
The road systems today are constantly being done by the lowest bid as evidenced by the condition of our roads. It's a job where they try to get the job done for the cheapest price and then start patching within a year or two. This isn't what we need to do for job security, we need to just make it right in the first place.
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The Jefferson Parish School Board and its teachers union have signed a third contract extension, saying they are not quite ready to approve a new agreement for the current academic year.
Representatives of the School Board and the 3,600-member Jefferson Federation of Teachers gave themselves until Oct. 7 to reach a new agreement.
In a statement posted on the union's Web site, the federation's president, Meladie Munch, said the federation is disappointed in the delays but that it is "procedural and not due to any substantial contention at that time.
"We believe the district is negotiating in good faith and not purposely delaying the process, " she wrote. "The next few rounds of talks will show us whether that assessment is correct."
The school system's deputy superintendent, Richard Carpenter, expressed optimism that a new contract will be reached by Oct. 7. The School Board meets that day and could act on a proposed contract at that time.
"Each team has thoroughly reviewed each of the 116 articles in the contract and other issues not addressed in the current contract, " Carpenter said. "There has been productive give and take on both sides."
Munch attributed the delays, in part, to the fact that several members of the board's negotiating team are new to the process.
"It's been a learning curve to understand why certain articles exist and explain the reasons behind them, " she said. "We've gone through everything with a fine-tooth comb, and that's what is taking so long."
In addition, the school system has initiated several curriculum changes since the current contract was negotiated in 2004. Technology, for instance, is now a major part of the learning and teaching process, Munch said. Interval assessment, a form of testing designed to prepare students for high-stakes testing in the spring, began in 2006.
The current four-year union contract was to expire June 30, and officials had hoped to have a new contract in place by then or, at the latest, by the start of school on Aug. 17. When it was clear that an agreement would not be reached by June 30, the two sides extended the contract through July then through Sept. 8.
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Syracuse, NY — Charlene Bernet had nothing to say this morning as she was sentenced for causing the death of her young son while driving under the influence of cocaine.
County Judge Joseph Fahey told Bernet he couldn't imagine having more guilt than what she will have to live with for the rest of her life.
Fahey sentenced Bernet to five years' probation with the first six months to be served in the Onondaga County Correctional Facility in Jamesville.
The judge said he hoped the case would encourage Bernet to stay away from drugs in the future and "be the best mother you can be" to a surviving son.
Bernet, 46, formerly of 14 Brodhead Drive, Cicero, pleaded guilty in September to first degree vehicular manslaughter in connection with an April 2008 crash that claimed the life of her 4-year-old son, Raymond, and injured her 7-year-old son, Charles. Bernet has since moved to Madison County.
The boys were riding in a 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by their mother when she drove through a stop sign at Whiting and South Bay roads in Cicero and collided with a pickup truck.
After authorities found cocaine in Bernet's purse while going through the wrecked vehicle, Bernet admitted to using cocaine the night before the crash.
A couple of her neighbors who had been raising Raymond as if he were their own son harshly criticized Bernet for putting drugs ahead of her family and children.
"This is the beautiful child that she killed," Thaddeus Kaczor said outside court after sentencing as he held up a photograph of Raymond. "He had so much potential. But she chose drugs over her own child."
Kaczor said his wife, Linda, had been Raymond's nanny and had been caring for the child from the time he was 2 months old because Bernet claimed she was busy with work.
Both Kaczors said Bernet allowed her cocaine addiction to take over everything in her life that should have been important. They said that when Bernet's sister provided Bernet $1,500 worth of clothing for Charles, Bernet returned the clothing in order to get money to buy her drugs.
"She is a master manipulator and user," Thaddeus Kaczor said.
The Kaczors sat holding pictures of Raymond directed at Bernet in the courtroom until a court officer asked them to lower the photos.
The picture Linda Kaczor was holding showed a smiling Raymond holding two thumbs up in front of him.Also in court for the sentencing today was the driver of the pickup truck that collided with Bernet's Jeep.
Charles Weiland said he relives the tragic crash every day of his life since he drives through that intersection going to and from work every day. He said he was going to work when the crash occurred.
Weiland, a volunteer firefighter, said he immediately went from victim to rescuer in the moments after the collision. He said he called 911 to report the crash and then helped get the two boys out of the Jeep.
Weiland said he had to separate the two boys' hands as they were clasped together in the back seat of the vehicle.
"I see Raymond and Charles' faces every day," Weiland said. "I wake up to it. I go to bed with it. I relive it every day."
Although Bernet could have faced a lengthy state prison sentence, the prosecution agreed to a plea deal out of concern about the welfare of Bernet's surviving child. The older boy apparently blames himself for the crash because they were going to his baseball game at the time, authorities said.
The Kaczors appeared to be wiping tears from their eyes as they left court following Bernet's sentencing. They said they did not have children of their own.
"He was our child," Linda Kaczor said softly.


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LSU coach Les Miles seldom fails to get a few laughs at SEC Media Days. He hit paydirt again Thursday.
When Miles was asked about the possibility of banning his players from tweeting, he equated it, humorously, to horse and buggy thinking.
"It's kind of like saying, before they had cars, 'I'm not allowing any of my players to drive cars,'" Miles said. "Why? 'Well, I like the old buggy. It's safer. The horse is a problem, but as long as you keep the horse pointed in the right direction, you're OK.'
"I guess what I'm saying to you is, we've got computers now that you can carry in your pocket. If you hit the right button, you can talk to people. For us to not admit that's America, that's what we're doing, now let's do it right."
Miles, who himself has 111,530 Twitter followers, admitted keeping social media from becoming a problem can be difficult. He schedules a meeting to go over the rules every year.
The issue cropped up again when Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel tweeted in March that he couldn't wait to leave A&M after receiving a parking ticket. He quickly deleted the tweet and apologized to Aggie fans.
"It's not easy, " Miles said. "It really isn't. You make mistakes in a flash. Very difficult to correct.
"If I find a guy that is absolutely without regard, it becomes a repeated issue, herepresents our brand: LSU. He'll lose that responsibility or the opportunity to be in that team room real quick.
"Twenty years ago there was not a policy on Twitter. You know what, 20 years ago there was not a policy on Facebook. You know what, I'll bet you that 20 years ago no one did a Harlem Shake, you know what I mean (smiling)? This is going to be with us. This isn't going away. We have to handle it with responsibility."


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By Christians In Business, Jewish Business Students Association, and Latter-Day Saints Student Association | january, 2013, Issue 2
This article is a collaboration of CB, JBSA, and LDSSA student groups. It is one of a series of articles written with the intention to increase the dialogue on campus regarding the role of business in society and our duties as future leaders.
With recruiting season underway, the pressure to land the "big" job or internship is palpable in the Winter Garden. But where does the pressure come from? For many of us, it stems from an internal drive to achieve and the right job serves as a tangible symbol of our success. It is likely also the byproduct of external pressure; business school rankings are tied to salaries and we are encouraged to join the plethora of student groups dedicated to networking and professional success. At times it can seem that the job hunt is the primary, or even sole, purpose of business school.
Last week we asked, "Why does having a positive impact on society become less important over the course of an MBA?" According to our survey, 54% of you attributed the decline to its lack of focus in MBA programs (see full results at www.boothcb.org/polls). Building on this decline, an Aspen Institute study showed that before obtaining an MBA, students believed the purpose of business was to develop goods and services for the benefit of society. Upon graduation, the students dropped the societal benefit from their view and stated the sole purpose of business was to maximize shareholder value. Does this shift in attitude happen internally as well? Do we start our MBA programs looking to develop skills and increase career opportunities only to end up believing that the purpose of our MBA is to maximize our returns? The change in focus would certainly add to the pressure.
Compare the survey responses above to a quote from legendary former Johnson & Johnson CEO James Burke about his b-school experience. In the Melvin Copeland's And Mark an Era, Burke recalls, "In everything we did we were reminded of moral values – the importance of the moral values in our decision making. We spent a lot of time talking about it." While there is certainly nothing inherently immoral about maximizing shareholder value, many view the 2008 credit crisis as yet another example of the unintended consequences that blind faith in one model fails to anticipate. More to the point, does Burke's experience sound anything like today's business schools?
In From Higher Aims to Hired Hands, Harvard business historian Rakesh Khurana traces the roots of business school back to a desire by corporate America to legitimize management as a respectable occupation capable of acting socially and publicly responsibly. From these roots, Professor Khurana argues that outside influences (i.e. educational foundations and the federal government) shifted the focus towards more measurable goals such as academic output and rankings. It can be argued that this change not only dramatically improved the quality of instruction, but also elevated the entire field of management education. But have we shifted too far from this initial public-minded purpose?
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Research evidence revealed during this investigation suggests that surrogate astronauts may have been involved. Furthermore, it is the view of the Aulis authors that the famous named astronauts – for example Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Ed Mitchell – conceivably never left low-Earth orbit, remaining in the safe zones below the Van Allen radiation belts. By so doing they would have avoided exposure to the hazardous radiation which (in our present state of technology) awaits all those who venture into deep space.
Notwithstanding that the psychological behaviours of the named astronauts in the intervening years since Apollo would be evidence enough for our claims; the numerous inconsistencies and anomalies visible in the Apollo photographic record are irrefutable. The intentional 'mistakes' and lack of continuity between a number of still photographic images and the TV coverage is very apparent.
"Noticing the difference between the astronaut's reports and the photographic record, we began to question everything … especially the validity of the TV recordings and immediately released NASA prints.
It was soon clear that the orbital photography and the ground-based images simply didn't match."
Richard C Hoagland and Mike Bara, Dark Mission
"Noticing the difference between the astronaut's reports and the photographic record, we began to question everything … especially the validity of the TV recordings and immediately released NASA prints.
It was soon clear that the orbital photography and the ground-based images simply didn't match."
Richard C Hoagland and Mike Bara, Dark Mission
Some of the many errors evidenced were possibly due to haste and poor thinking. Others were probably planted deliberately by those who have been dubbed 'Whistle-Blowers'. Individuals who were determined to leave evidence of the photographic manipulation and faking in which, no doubt, they were unwillingly involved.
It should also be emphasised at this point that we not alone in making such claims. Other researchers have also produced hard evidence concerning massive fraud in the space program, and especially in the cover-up by the authorities of information concerning extra-terrestrials, not just on this planet, but on the Moon and Mars.
Since the publication of Dark Moon: Apollo and the Whistle-Blowers, Jack White BA, a specialist in photo analysis and a professional photographer for over half a century, has produced numerous studies revealing further photographic fakery extant in the Apollo lunar EVA record. Phil Kouts PhD has found damming evidence within NASA's own published documents, and many other specialist scientists have found evidence suggesting that the Apollo missions were faked and that the Saturn V could not have flown to the Moon.
NASA is by no means the first institution to foster the suppression of information and the denial of knowledge. When appropriate, as a government agency, it acts in the interest of the national security of the United States, and when viewed though the lens of "National Security" any action always contains a military component.
There is absolutely nothing new in the organised withholding of newly-found discoveries. More than two thousand years before space travel was a reality, in the 6th Century BC, Pythagoras and his group of mathematical philosophers who lived in Greece found themselves in just such a situation.
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The late Dr. Carl Sagan reminded us in his work Cosmos that the Pythagoreans considered the four regular basic solids made up terrestrial matter: earth, air, fire and water but they associated their discovery of the fifth solid with the heavens—it was named the dodecahedron, pentagons making up its twelve faces.
A crisis of doctrine also occurred when the Pythagoreans discovered that the square root of two could not be represented accurately as the ratio of two whole numbers, for the square root of two was irrational. It was not a whole number and these people regarded whole numbers as fundamental, as all other things could be calculated from them.
For the Pythagoreans, this knowledge was difficult to assimilate into their previous 'database', as we would describe it today. This knowledge presented a serious threat. So instead of sharing in their recently-acquired and perhaps not completely understood discoveries, the Pythagoreans suppressed knowledge of both the dodecahedron and the square root of two on the grounds that it was too dangerous for the public and 'ordinary people'. The outside world was not to know!
Did history repeat itself (as it has done so many times before) when, instead of using the experiences acquired during the preparations for manned space travel to advance our understanding of the Universe beyond this planet, it was determined to deny access to the findings concerning space and physics that have been made?
Discoveries that were made both prior to and during our emergence as a civilisation learning to struggle into space?
Poor decisions and ill-considered actions by the space agencies and their masters have accumulated over the last fifty years or so and the consequences of this behaviour still block the threshold of the doorway marked "Progress of the Human Civilisation". For even today there are scientists who are opposed to sharing with 'ordinary people' certain scientific knowledge.
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I found your site today and read for many hours about the Apollo missions. Very very interesting!
I knew a lot before but I haven't seen excellent evidence like yours before!
A great collection of absolutely amazing stuff.
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Just logged on to your website, it is great, I have bought your book and DVD and think you are doing a great job, keep up the pressure, the truth will come out.
I bought your documentary What Happened on the Moon and think it's by far the best one in exposing the Apollo hoax on every level.
I have also read your book Dark Moon: Apollo and the Whistle-Blowers three times, and was amazed at the in-depth research you and your co-author Mary Bennett went into.
You both did an excellent job!
I have been informed by David Percy, a photographer quoted in the Fox TV documentary, that he does indeed believe that man went to the Moon, but he believes there are anomalies in the imagery taken which "put into question many aspects of the missions", which is a different matter.
While I disagree that there are anomalies, I have edited out what was essentially a personal attack on Mr. Percy that I had here [on badastronomy.com] originally.
It is an easy matter to let one's emotions get carried away when writing these essays, and I apologize to him and my readers for letting that get in. I make it a policy to correct Bad Astronomy based on facts, not personalities.
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Abstract: Lake, JP, Hetzler, BS, Lauder, MA. Magnitude and relative distribution of kettlebell snatch force-time characteristics. J Strength Cond Res 28(11): 3063–3072, 2014—The aim of this study was to compare mechanical output from kettlebell snatch and 2-handed kettlebell swing exercise. Twenty-two men performed 3 sets of 8 kettlebell snatch and 2-handed swing exercise with a 24-kg kettlebell on a force platform. Vertical and horizontal net impulse, mean force, displacement, the magnitude, and rate of work performed displacing the kettlebell-and-lifter center of mass (CM), phase durations and impulse ratio (horizontal to resultant) were calculated from force data. The results of repeated-measures analysis of variance showed that: (a) vertical CM displacement was significantly larger during kettlebell snatch exercise (22 ± 4 vs. 18 ± 5 cm, p = 0.001), and vertical CM displacement was significantly larger than horizontal CM displacement, regardless of exercise (20 ± 3 vs. 7 ± 1 cm, p < 0.0001); (b) the magnitude (253 ± 73 vs. 3 ± 1 J, p < 0.0001) and rate of work (714 ± 288 vs. 11 ± 4 W, p < 0.0001) performed to vertically displace the CM was larger than the horizontal equivalent in both exercises, and the magnitude (5 ± 2 vs. 1 ± 1 J, p < 0.0001) and rate of work (18 ± 7 vs. 4 ± 3 W, p < 0.0001) performed to horizontally displace the CM during 2-handed swing exercise was significantly larger than the kettlebell snatch equivalent; (c) this was underpinned by the magnitude of horizontal impulse (29 ± 7 vs. 18 ± 7 N·s, p < 0.0001) and the impulse ratio (23 vs. 14%, p < 0.0001). These findings reveal that, apart from the greater emphasis, 2-handed swing exercise places on horizontal mechanical output, the mechanical output of the 2 exercises is similar. Research shows that 2-handed swing exercise improves maximum and explosive strength. These results suggest that strength and conditioning coaches should consider using kettlebell snatch and 2-handed swing exercise interchangeably for the ballistic component of athlete strength and conditioning programs.
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It required $5,000 payments to get State College establishments to forsake an unofficial, booze-soaked holiday which filled their cash registers but stained the town and Penn State University.
But the State College police chief doesn't regard the proprietors as selfish. He views them as civic-minded merchants who put safety and a community's reputation over profit, including some who can ill afford the lost revenue.
"They understand how bad this has been. I think there was an incentive to say let's return this to some form of normalcy," police chief Tom King said. "I don't see it as being at all selfish -- you do have to pay the bills."
It was "challenging" to achieve, he said. But in the end, every downtown alcohol-selling bar and restaurant -- about 40 -- agreed to cut off sales on "State Patty's Day," the student-invented holiday set for Saturday.
Duke Gastiger, owner of the All-American Rathskeller and Spats Cafe, said "for many of us $5,000 doesn't come close to covering our losses due to closing."
King called State Patty's Day "the most problematic and troublesome event we have during the year, hands down, because it's solely focused on excessive drinking."
Students invented it in 2007. Concentrated in the business and entertainment district across the street from the university, it became an all-day drinking binge drawing people from other colleges and other states.
Last year, it resulted in about 225 arrests and 60 people taken to the hospital for alcohol-related causes. And that was considered an off year, due to factors including bitterly cold weather and after effects of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal, and the student riot which followed the firing of football coach Joe Paterno.
King expects the alcohol-free zone will severely cut into the mayhem. He also knows it will shift the action to parties at private student dwellings, although fraternities have agreed not to host parties.
That means police can focus on a smaller area. King said there will be no scaling back on the policing effort. It will include officers from six departments, state police and the state Liquor Control Board, which will be looking for violations such as furnishing alcohol to minors and door charges at parties.
He declined to say how many officers will be involved, but said there will be more than on football weekends and events such as the annual arts festival. "We are going to be writing up every violation of the law," he said.
King further said he will ask districts justices to impose the highest possible fines for underage drinking and public drunkenness, which are $500 for a first offense and $1,000 for a subsequent offense, plus $140 in costs.
There's hope the absence of a wild bar scene will dramatically reduce the appeal for for out-of-towners, who King said accounted for at least two-thirds of arrests.
"We are hoping that the out-of-towners get the message this is not the best weekend to visit. Without that kindling, there will be no major fire," Gastiger said. Many establishments will be open, but selling only food and non-alcoholic beverages.
Halting alcohol sales on Saturday resulted from a university-town partnership created about a decade ago to address high-risk drinking. It includes student leaders as well as the State College Tavern Association. The money to pay the drinking-establishment owners comes from parking fees collected on previous State Patty's Days, which had been given to the partnership.
In addition to filling the streets with young people dressed and painted green, State Patty's Day has been defined by vandalism, excessive littering and the need to increase emergency room staffing. Last year, the hollering downtown could be heard deep into the campus at the library named after Paterno.
Gastiger said, "This unprecedented action is unanimous because we all value our position in the PSU community and want to be part of the solution to dangerous drinking. Once there was an open and honest discussion about the aims of the alcohol-free zone there was little dissent."
Jenni Southmayd, a Penn State junior, said she saw it coming. "I think it's kind of crazy, the number of people that were coming into town from other schools and what not. I think it has really hurt our reputation," she said.
Of the reactions among students, she said, "I think there is a mixture of people being disappointed but also understanding it was bound to happen." She believes previous actions, such as stepped up policing and limiting overnight guests to one per room in university residence halls, had already taken some of the steam out of the event.
"I think it's admirable for the businesses and the community to do this, because they are obviously losing a great deal of business," said Brittany Truscott, a junior. But she also said, "People will do what they were already planning to do, and they will find a way around the rules."
Truscott lives in a downtown apartment and said police had earlier slipped letters under doors stating they will be watching closely for drinking violations. She said landlords have informed tenants of limits on guests, but she has heard people vow to defy them.
"Overall, I know that a lot of students, I guess you could say, are up in arms over the restrictions," she said.
King, the police chief, predicts it will take a similar effort, including $5,000 payments, for at least one more year to permanently end State Patty's Day as a drinking free-for-all.
But after that, he'd like to see an effort to convert the weekend into one that celebrates the success of THON. THON, the student-run dance marathon typically held on the weekend before State Patty's Day, has brought widespread acclaim to Penn State students because of record-setting amounts raised to help severely ill children. King said THON creates potential for a festival-like celebration that fills local bars and restaurants for a healthy purpose.


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Hi, welcome to Percy Jackson Fanfiction Wiki! Thanks for your edit to the User:Guywithafedora page.
Please leave a message on my talk page if I can help with anything! -- SallyPerson (Talk) 14:43, March 11, 2011
Welcome to the wiki! You can create a new fanfic whenever you want. Other users can help you get started if you don't already have something in mind. If you want to work on an already started story, you can visit the Abandoned Stories Forum and adopt one. SallyPerson / Natalie Cole 13:30, March 20, 2011 (UTC)
create ThePrince of Time:Chapter 1 before you write the chapterPerseusJackson-Leader and Protector of all Demigods 16:53, March 20, 2011 (UTC)
click on the broken link where it said.Chater 1 and write it therePerseusJackson-Leader and Protector of all Demigods 18:29, March 20, 2011 (UTC)
ok..no problemPerseusJackson-Leader and Protector of all Demigods 18:38, March 20, 2011 (UTC)
it should be James McAimPerseusJackson-Leader and Protector of all Demigods 19:11, March 20, 2011 (UTC)
read my chapter.........tell me if you need me to put items in my magical bag/ringPerseusJackson-Leader and Protector of all Demigods 12:10, March 22, 2011 (UTC)
next time tell me that Courtney is a member of the collab.........i had forgotten to add herPerseusJackson-Leader and Protector of all Demigods 12:13, March 22, 2011 (UTC)
HI! I think i left a message on your talk page on Camp Half Blood Wiki. Could I help with the collaboration? I told you my characters, right? Is is OK if i submit a chapter?
PS Here's a link to my character's page: Gary Parker. It's not quite done yet, but I'll finish it soon.
Hermes1997 13:48, March 24, 2011 (UTC)
You should make a movie on The Prince of Time, BTW.
Hands off, I'm just Illoras 02:22, March 28, 2011 (UTC)
why are we going to wisconsin? Courtney-Daughter of Water 01:41, March 29, 2011 (UTC)
you're turn. sorry it took so long. i didn't know about wisconsin so i just ended up making up something. Courtney-Daughter of Water 17:18, April 1, 2011 (UTC)
My new fanfic
Okay. So I'll be doing a fanfic on The Prince of Time from Drake's point of view. So just leave me a message telling me what I can and can't include so I don't mess up the story, kay?
Hands off, I'm just Illoras 04:56, April 4, 2011 (UTC)
Are you leaving me with the fight chapter or what is going on? is that a rough draft or is that it for the chapter? Darkcloud1111~Fastest Hero Alive 20:16, April 6, 2011 (UTC)
all done Courtney-Daughter of Water 00:22, April 20, 2011 (UTC)
When are you going to start the musical? Athletiger Talk 22:57, July 6, 2011 (UTC)
That's true. Athletiger Talk 23:03, July 6, 2011 (UTC)
Hi! Welcome back to the wiki then! I'm DoP! And yeah, I'd be glad to help! Ok, so on the right side of the page when you are editing/creating a page there's a section where it says templates (you might have to scroll down a bit to see it all), just click the link that says "Add other templates" then a box will pop up and then where it says "Most Frequently Used" there should be one where it says character infobox. Click that and just fill out the info. Hope that helps! Clearly you're not feeling the aster. 20:28, April 12, 2012 (UTC)
No problem! And actually I already did look at the blog. I just didn't comment 'cause I wasn't sure if I wanted to join or not. It does sound interesting though... Clearly you're not feeling the aster. 20:54, April 12, 2012 (UTC)
I can try, I mean I keep getting ideas for stories as well as a new series I just started, so I have a lot on my plate right now. I'll do what I can if I can. Darkcloud1111~Fastest Hero Alive 01:24, April 14, 2012 (UTC)
I do remember promising that. And I'm happy to see that it was created. Yes, I'm going to participate. It's true, we're all a little insane. 20:18, April 21, 2012 (UTC)
Hey don't worry - I'm not dissapointed. I already have waaayyy to much to do XD This is not an automated message • talk • contribs 15:25, May 24, 2012 (UTC)
Ok, sorry if I'm bothering you, but I'd like to know if I should add my character to the Bane of Olympus page or if you want to. (Her name is Emma Mathers, by the way) Thanks, Don't try to fix me, I'm not broken. 03:43, May 27, 2012 (UTC)
Can I use James and Thymos?
Hey Guywithafedora, can i use James and Thymos from The Prince of Time for my new story? James will only be in the beginning of the prologue and Thymos will be the main protagonist, but will have a new name and look. Okay thanks in advance and hope you say yes. Respond ASAP! Illoras 04:05, July 4, 2012 (UTC)
Hello! This is the website: http://faceyourmanga.com/editmangatar.php. You don't need to make an account for it. :) And also, it's Clatter. ;) -- DJ Malik Swag Mastah from Doncastah! 21:29,7/10/2012
I may be able to write up a chapter tomorrow. I'm kind of busy today so I can't get to it. Darkcloud1111~Fastest Hero Alive 00:24, July 11, 2012 (UTC)
Perfect. Thanks bro.
Illoras 23:40, July 11, 2012 (UTC)
Re: Like a Good Neighbor
For the pictures for your characters info box, you would put File: name of picture. And about the collab, what do you mean by 'center character' Each of my stories have a different main character. So..... yeah. ~ Emma, daughter of Terpsichore (talk) 18:52, July 12, 2012 (UTC)
For the width, i don't put anything down. I just leave that blank. For my favorite char, it's Lily Moon, daughter of Artemis. ~ Emma, daughter of Terpsichore (talk) 19:15, July 12, 2012 (UTC)
You have been approved to join the collaboration "Sounds of War" (Which Side Are You On), please read the collab rules and if you don't agree with any of them, please let me know and we'll work it out. If you have any questions just leave me a message. - HOTSWEXYSWAG 01:56, July 21, 2012 (UTC)
Alright, thanks for telling me, although I have couple flaws about it that I think need to be changed. When you first started the chapter, it went straight into the battlefield. You need to explain everything to the reader to have them under stand everything. When I first read it, I was kind of confused, so we need to straight that out. Also, I feel the chapter was a tad bit too short. You could've fit more into it. In every chapter, there has to be an event that happens, not the start of one. But other than that, nice. Kevin Jimmy 00:07,7/24/2012
Hey, Fed, just wanted to stop by and say I'm quiting Doom & Glory :/ I don't want to, but I've got 4 stories at the moment and Godly hasn't went anywhere in days… sorry. I'll promise to read it though(: --HC (talk|stalk) 22:52, August 10, 2012 (UTC)
Hey, Fedora. I have a question about Doom and Glory: Can we maybe change Reya Milan (my character) to the Defenders' side? Answer back soon. ~DoT the Waffle Queen (talk) 20:20, August 16, 2012 (UTC)
Now that I thino of it, I don't really know where I was going… HC (talk|stalk) 21:49, August 16, 2012 (UTC)
ok The Creator 14:25, August 17, 2012 (UTC)
Hello, I'm Leafwhisker. I noticed you joined the collab Sounds of War, and after several months I have decided to continue it. Even if you still want to join the collab or not, could you please take a look at this blog and comment? Thank you. -LeafwhiskerStipulevibrissa 23:36, January 30, 2013 (UTC)


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Headlines from newspapers across Pa., March 19
- A body found in East Basin in Erie may be that of a missing teenager. See the story in the Erie Times-Review.
- A Lancaster County man has been given two life sentences for the murder of his girlfriend and unborn child. The jury was deadlocked between the death penalty and life sentences. See the story in the Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era.
- Philadelphia has the highest rate of deep poverty of the nation's 10 most populous cities. See the story in The Philadelphia Inquirer.
- The mayor of Pittsburgh has called for the firing of a police detective after an encounter the officer had on Saturday spurred allegations of police brutality. The incident was caught on tape. See the story in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
- Arthur Schirmer, convicted of killing his second wife in 2008 in Monroe County, has been sentenced to life in prison. The former pastor faces trial in Lebanon County later this year on charges he killed his first wife. See the story in The Times-Tribune.


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Finchem Urges Graduates to Follow Their PassionsGraduation Award Recipients
Members of the Class of 2008 should be passionate about what they do in life, PGA Tour Commissioner Timothy W. Finchem '73 said during commencement Sunday in Memorial Gymnasium. Normally held on the Law School's Holcombe Green Lawn, the ceremony moved indoors due to inclement weather.
"You have, as a class and as individuals, great capability. You have the tools. Given the focus that I've already noticed you have on philanthropy, and the pro bono commitment that you've made during your law school years, I know you have the passion," Finchem said. "You can, and I believe will, make a difference."
In 1994, Finchem became the third commissioner of the PGA Tour. He previously served as an attorney in Virginia Beach and was deputy advisor to President Jimmy Carter in the Office of Economic Affairs in 1978-79.
"Golf, as a game, is challenging," Finchem said. "It teaches you humility; it teaches you the core values of integrity and honesty; it teaches you to set goals. It is a compelling life-long game, and like life, you never stop learning."
Being a lawyer means you have the ability to think, analyze, and discover solutions, which is helpful in every step of your career, Finchem said.
"If you don't have passion for what you do, you cannot maximize what you want to do, you can't reach lofty goals," he said. "If you make a decision and you find that you're not passionate, move on.
"The reason for Tiger Woods' extraordinary success is his passion for the game of golf."
Finchem urged the audience to "seek consensus in decisions that you make, but don't wait for everybody to agree with you."
Also, "don't take yourself too seriously," Finchem said. "If you have an ego, check it at the door."
Finchem said it was important to have a good attitude, pointing to golfer Gary Player, who is known for being "irrepressibly positive." When Player was asked about a course that was panned by everyone in the field, he said, "I think it is the finest golf course of its type that I've seen."
Recalling that energy policy was a leading issue even when he served in the Carter administration, Finchem urged graduates to become involved in some of the big issues facing the country. Finchem said that PGA Tour tournaments are run by charitable organizations, which "makes us unique in the world of sports." One of the Tour's primary missions is to raise money for charity.
"We are dedicated to generating charitable benefits for the communities where we play," he said. Furthermore, golfers "cherish the opportunity to be role models for children."
It took the PGA Tour 67 years to reach its first billion dollars in charitable giving, Finchem said, and he hopes to reach its second billion in just eight years. He also aims to get children who historically haven't had access to golf, whether for geographic or socioeconomic reasons, to play.
"We want to change the face of golf — we want the sport to look like the rest of the country, and we want to do it in this generation."
Dean John Jeffries accepts a memento from SBA President Brian Leung
Following Finchem's remarks, 403 J.D. graduates and 38 LL.M. graduates received diplomas from Dean John C. Jeffries Jr., in his final commencement as dean. He will step down in July and return to teaching after a yearlong sabbatical.
"In 32 years I have not seen your equal," said Jeffries, who has taught at the Law School since 1975. "I hope you will not mind accepting me just for today as a member of your class. I am proud to leave in your company."
Outgoing Student Bar Association President Brian Leung presented Jeffries with two gifts — a t-shirt sporting the dean's photo and a framed memento featuring the signatures of graduating students.
"You've demonstrated to us unparalleled passion for the law school," Leung said. "You've shown us that a pocket square is appropriate for all occasions.
"You've been a teacher, a mentor, and an inspiration to us all, and for that we can never thank you enough."
Graduation Award Recipients
Margaret G. Hyde Award
Katherine Ireland Twomey
James C. Slaughter Honor Award
Ray Daniel McKenzie
Thomas Marshall Miller Prize
Rebecca Lynn Mroz
Z Society Shannon Award
Katherine Ireland Twomey
Law School Alumni Association Best Note Award
Katherine Ireland Twomey
Robert E. Goldsten Award for Distinction in the Classroom
Alicia Nicole Ellington
Roger and Madeleine Traynor Prize
Liam James Montgomery
Kelly Elizabeth Phipps
Herbert Kramer/Herbert Bangel Community Service Award
Elizabeth Carolyn Coe
Mortimer Caplin Public Service Award
Matthew Taylor VanWormer
Edwin S. Cohen Tax Prize
Jordan Kyle Field
Rebecca Solomon Brown
Earle K. Shawe Labor Relations Award
Timothy Francis Kennedy
John M. Olin Prize in Law and Economics
Timothy Francis Kennedy
Eppa Hunton IV Memorial Book Award
Meghan Kathleen Casey
Virginia Trial Lawyers Trial Advocacy Award
Liam James Montgomery
Virginia State Bar Family Law Book Award
Michelle Lee Harris
Matthew Taylor VanWormer
Stephen Pierre Traynor Award
Rebecca Lynn Mroz
Daniel Rosenbloom Award
Donald Burke
Alicia Nicole Ellington
Christopher Michael Hammer
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In The Mixner
David Mixner's been in the political fray for over forty years, since Martin Luther King inspired the burgeoning activist's social responsbility.
In the years that followed, Mixner fought battles great and small, worked inside campaigns, got arrested protesting unjust wars, joined the McGovern Commission – which rewrote the Democratic party's rules – and would later rally gays around his old friend Bill Clinton, whom Mixner met while crusading against the Vietnam War. Mixner went on to join Clinton's campaign and became the first openly gay man actively – and very publicly – involved in a presidential election.
Those were optimistic times, but Clinton would later break with Mixner by signing Don't Ask, Don't Tell, which prohibits openly gay soldiers from serving in the military. Furious over Clinton's apparent betrayal, Mixner came out against the discriminatory policy, a move which ended up getting him booted from the inner circle. Of course, Mixner's always been more comfortable on the outside. In fact, he describes himself as "the best outsider on the inside."
Now, as we charge toward November, Mixner's hoping to bring the gays to another Democratic presidential candidate, Barack Obama. During a recent conference call with the Senator's campaign, Mixner invoked the Clinton campaign, saying:
[This is] probably for the first time since the 1992 convention, we have an extraordinary opportunity to make history as a community. We have four months to do it, so we must gather and unite in our opposition to McCain and in an opportunity to really create something special in this country – not only for the country, but for ourselves and future generations of LGBT people.
Considering Mixner's mixed career, editor Andrew Belonsky chose to start this interview on a decidedly untraditional note…
Andrew Belonsky: When was the last time you cried, David Mixner?
David Mixner: Um, outside Gone with the Wind. [Laughs.] No. Well, I think the World Trade Center was the last time.
AB: You're not a big crier?
DM: I used to be, but you ran out of tears during the AIDS epidemic. I lost over 200, near 300 friends. You just learn to give the British stiff upper lip; otherwise you would have been crying day in and day out. You just had to get on with life. Also, my friends who were sick needed me to be strong. I certainly cried when my partner died. I cried when certain friends died and I used to cry all the time, but we just had to be strong. And we were.
AB: How long did it take you to get over your lover Peter Scott's death? Or have you not?
DM: No. You never get over that kind of thing. What we went through was in itself a horror. To look back and realize that in two years I did 90 eulogies for men under 40. It seems incomprehensible and it almost seems as if I'm looking at someone else back there. To get old – I'm 62 – older and not have peers to share a path with, to laugh about stories – it's very tough. I talk to a lot of gay men who are survivors like myself and I find that they're going through the same thing. It's an extremely lonely existence, as you get older to realize that the people with whom we'd normally be doing things are no longer here.
AB: Are you a religious person?
DM: I am very spiritual, although I don't practice any organized religion right now, but I believe in God and I pray and it's a key part of my life and it's been a source of great strength for me.
AB: Do you believe in hell?
DM: Oh, hell no! I believe in the goodness of man and I believe in a benevolent God. I count myself as a liberation theologist, as a person who believes that spirituality and religion are meant to be used as a force of good to create change, to better the life of people, to practice the principles in the sermon of the mount: to love your neighbor, to help your neighbor and all of those things.
AB: Let's switch gears and talk about one of our favorite subjects: politics. You originally supported Democrat John Edwards, particularly because of his opposition stance on the war. So, if Hillary Clinton had not supported the war, would you have supported her?
DM: Most likely – out of friendship and our long history, but the war was a deciding issue. You know, I've supported the Clintons in every election since 1974, when Bill ran a losing campaign for Congress. This was the first election in which I have not supported a Clinton. I supported her in both her Senate races and so I would probably view it as a very difficult decision had she been a strong opponent of the war.
AB: And there are no hurt feelings between you guys?
DM: Well, you'd have to ask her that. I certainly have a great deal of admiration and certainly after her speech at the end of the campaign, which I thought was one of the finest political speeches I've ever heard. Whether they have hurt feelings, there are all sorts of rumors, so I don't know.
AB: How are you feeling about the Obama campaign?
DM: Well, you know, one of the joys of this campaign is that I had to make a decision not to support Senator Clinton, then I supported John Edwards and I ended up with Obama and I have become a real huge Obama fan in the process, which sort of caught me by surprise. I think he's a breath of fresh air and will provide a clear choice in November – just on so many things, whether it's LGBT issues or the war. It's between the future and the past. It's just such a clear-cut decision for the people of this country. Obama reminds me – and I know this is a cliché, but I was alive, so I get to say it, and he was my hero – of John Kennedy: the broad sweep on policy and delegating the specifics to others and the unbelievable ability to inspire and make people believe again. And, God, it's great to see!
I almost went "TL;DR" for the whole thing…then as page 3 came up, I *facepalm*'ed and skimmed the rest.
yeah… what did you think of doing such an interview? you know we need at least one almost naked guy in his 20s on every page to keep us interested. Or did you really expect us to use our BRAINS???
come on, the only interesting guys out there are those who are ready to get rid of their clothes in two seconds.
AB…Did you ever get to meet Oprah Winfrey?
Mixner…Once, just briefly.
AB…What was she like, what was she wearing?
Mixner…Oh Girl, she was wearing some sort of Calvin Klein that she was too big for.
AB …What is your favorite color and why?
Mixner..Off yellow…like the fact I had sucked out during liposuction.
AB….Do you think I look hot in this shirt and are you a Gemini
Mixner…You look young and sexy in that shirt and I am a Gemini too which means there are four of us here….
Laughs, giggles and more laughs ..hee haws
"Dick", calm the fuck down.
I've read longer (w/o the need of half-naked hotties), but when I come to a blog, I prefer more concise snippets of information.
Yeah, right. It's not the homophobic Black Caucus in the DNC that worked and is working to block any representation for sexual minorities who should be blamed for keeping as many gay delegates as possible out. No, no: it's those minorities themselves. Way to blame the victim, you fucking idiots. And way to tiptoe around a problem that the gay community needs to be screaming about, not ignoring.
He's been through alot. Sorry about his losses.
Wow, it's really hard for someone like me (I'm 18 in 2 weeks and I live in Ireland) to imagine how utterly devastating the AIDS epidemic was. I feel so sorry for Mixner, and everyone else that had to endure that.


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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - Police at the University of Alabama in Huntsville are investigating a sexual assault that took place on campus Wednesday, according to police records.
The victim, a UAH student, told police an unknown male asked her for a ride as she was leaving Louis Salmon Library at the center of campus. She agreed and told police that once in the car, the man forcibly fondled her and exposed himself. She forced him out of the car in the parking lot of Charger Union, which is across Holmes Avenue from the library.
The victim left the scene unharmed, according to a statement from UAH. The suspect departed in an unknown direction.
The incident took place about 9 p.m.


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The cycle continues for the Texas A&M football program as players graduate and move on to the NFL, while new recruits are brought in to try to replace the departed talent. The Aggies have multiple top recruits who will break out and make a name for themselves during the 2014 season.
Texas A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin and his staff have done a tremendous job of adding talent to the program since they arrived in December of 2011. The Aggie coaching staff has signed consecutive top 10 recruiting classes.
The Aggies are building the kind of depth needed to compete at an elite level in the SEC. In order to consistently compete on the field with LSU and Alabama, you need to be three deep at every position.
In 2012, the Aggies' first season in the SEC, they had great starters but nothing behind them on the depth chart. In 2013 their depth improved, but it was a very young team. In 2014 they should have improved depth and better experience across the board.
The Aggies are still going to be a young team, but the experienced gained during the 2013 season should pay off on the field in 2014.
This is a look at some former blue-chip recruits who will become difference-makers in 2014.


text: iPad Cincinnati Bengals trade in playbooks for iPads By Ann Thompson • Oct 29, 2012 Ann Thompson WVXU Fourteen NFL teams have gone digital with their playbooks, including the Bengals. The advantages for coaches and players are convenience, ease of revision and better preparation. Back-up Quarterback Bruce Gradkowski doesn't miss the three-ring binder with hundreds of pages of scouting information and plays. It has been replaced by team issued iPads. Bengals playbook goes digital By Ann Thompson • Oct 26, 2012 Ann Thompson / WVXU Sleek new iPads replace big playbooks and DVD's for Cincinnati Bengals players who can now prepare anytime, anyplace. Ann Thompson reports on this new trend in this week's Focus on Technology.


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HitFix Interview: James Van Der Beek talks 'Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23'
How good an actor is Fake James Van Der Beek?
It's the part he was born to play.
In ABC's new comedy "Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23," James Van Der Beek plays the best friend to Krysten Ritter's title character (she's the "bee," not the apartment). Van Der Beek's character is a actor and lothario, whose acting credits include "Dawson's Creek" and "Varsity Blues."
In many ways, Van Der Beek's character is a lot like the 35-year-old actor, right down to the overlapping resume and the not-entirely-common name of "James Van Der Beek."
There are, of course, plenty of differences.
Real James Van Der Beek is a family man with two kids, while Fake James Van Der Beek likes to capitalize on his fame, and Dawson flannel, for a slew of one-night stands.
Real James Van Der Beek has stretched his acting range with definitively not-Dawson roles in films like "The Rules of Attraction" and on TV on "Criminal Minds," but he has never been in a Guy Ritchie. Fake James Van Der Beek has been in a Guy Ritchie movie, but you'll have to wait a couple episodes to see clips.
I got on the phone this week to chat with Real James Van Der Beek about Fake James Van Der Beek and his new ABC comedy, which premieres on Wednesday (April 11) night.
Click through for the full interview...
HitFix: How talented an actor is the character of "James Van Der Beek" on "Apartment 23"?
James Van Der Beek: He's a savant. The "Apartment 23" James Van Der Beek is brilliantly talented, but has no idea how he does it, really. He takes himself way too seriously. He's not really fit for society, necessarily. He's completely narcissistic and he doesn't really see past himself, but he's oddly really, really good, almost effortless at everything he does. But he doesn't always have the best luck.
HitFix: And how does that compare to the talent of the James Van Der Beek playing the character?
James Van Der Beek: I'm just as talented, but not nearly as egotistical. No, I'm kidding. I work very hard at everything that I do. I think that might be the difference. I think it maybe just comes a little more effortless for him.
HitFix: Lots of people, not just actors, find it very difficult to laugh at themselves or with themselves. How long have you been doing it?
James Van Der Beek: You know, it's always something that I've done, ever since I was younger, before I got famous. Then, I think, for a little period after I got famous, I kinda felt I had something to lose, so I took myself a little more seriously and then I got back to my roots. It's always been my sense of humor to poke fun at myself a little bit. It's something I would do with friends, at parties. My close friends would probably say that this is the kind of humor that they've always known from me. I guess I've just more recently been finding it therapeutic to do it in public.
HitFix: You get a script like this. What's your reaction when you hear about it? What's your reaction when you actually read it?
James Van Der Beek: At first I was just told it was a comedy from Nahnatchka Khan, who wrote on "American Dad," and Dave Hemingson, a producer on "How I Met Your Mother" and all of these other great shows, and from the producers of "Modern Family" and the title of the show was "Don't Trust the Bitch in Apartment 23" and I thought, "I'm in. This sounds amazing." And then they said, "We want you to play a version of yourself, kind of like you did in the FunnyorDie videos" and I thought, "OK." So I went in and met with them and laughed for 45 minutes. They said, "We've written a character around you and will you take a look at the script?" and I said, "Absolutely." I left, read it and thought it was funniest pilot script I've read in years and far-and-away the funniest script of that season. I hesitated for about half-a-second and then realized that this was the comedy dream team that I've been waiting to work with my whole career and I jumped in with both feet. I said, "Alright, I'll do this on one condition: Nobody ever be afraid of offending me. Let's always go for what's funniest and if you absolutely need to pull it back, we can. But let's just have it." So far, we haven't found anything that's offended me yet.
HitFix: Were there any rules about keeping things that were true about you out of the script?
James Van Der Beek: Well, I'm married with two kids and that's not as funny as me being single and living in New York, so those don't come into the equation and that's more just because we're going for comedy. But there's really nothing that we've put off limits. As long as it's fun and as long it's funny, it's been fair. Obviously we don't want to do anything that's sad. We don't want anybody feeling bad for me. So we push it right to that line. That's where we came up with this formula for this guy who's a bit of a savant and really good at everything he does, but who's just so bizarre and self-absorbed and that's worked out pretty well.
HitFix: Does that make it easier for you to approach this as playing a character, rather than playing him as yourself?
James Van Der Beek: Yeah. I thought of him as a character almost immediately. We started making up things on my resume that don't exist and we got away very quickly, too, from... You can only get so much mileage out of "Dawson's Creek" jokes, which we do. We do some in Episode 2. But after that, it becomes about just different things that happen in celebrity and Hollywood pop culture. I release a sex tape inadvertently. I release my own line of way-too-tight jeans. I have to play an 11-year-old girl for a movie, so I study Kiernan Shipka, who plays herself. I decide I need some good publicity, so I become a foster big brother.
HitFix: Have the writers sat down with you to pick your brain about past experiences and fan interactions and that sort of thing?
James Van Der Beek: Yeah. I'll bore them with stories all the time about stuff that's actually happened. We'll sometimes cherry-pick from that, or we'll take it and give it a twist. Then sometimes it's as simple as, "Hey, wouldn't it be funny if the Fake Me went on the Fake 'Dancing with the Stars'?" and then we do that. What's great about Natch and Dave is that I'll pitch five ideas and they'll only take the two good ones, so they make me look brilliant.
HitFix: How much is this a chance for you to showcase these random skills? In the early episodes we see you dance, we hear your British accent. What sort of fun things were being pitched and what was rejected?
James Van Der Beek: I can't think of anything that was rejected. It really became so much fun just to do all these things -- Like you said, there was the British accent and acting like an 11-year-old girl -- just to reach into my bag of tricks and see what I could come up with to get the laughs. It's been the most fun I've ever had and what allows me to do it is the fact that the girls are so strong. Krysten and Dreama [Walker] are so good and they anchor the show and it gives me a very, very long leash to go out and be ridiculous.
HitFix: How do you compare this to the period when you were trying to go against-type with "The Rules of Attraction" and "Criminal Minds" and whatnot?
James Van Der Beek: I'm kind of all of it at once, so I just need different outlets for different aspects of my personality, I suppose. Not that I'm the guy in "Criminal Minds," but I need to shake it up every time, I need to do something different. I love pushing the boundaries of what I think I can do, just from a personal standpoint. After playing such a sweet, loving, sensitive, good guy, just as a human being, I needed to exercise the other side of the human experience for a while, so that's a lot of the darker roles that I've done. Then, for a while, I was playing a straight diet of serial killers and kidnappers. Then, from a life standpoint, I thought, "You know, maybe it would be fun to do some comedy after this." That's what I've been doing. So this summer, I'll probably do some films where I do a little more serious stuff.
HitFix: Normally when you sign on to do a character for potentially five or six years, you want the character to have the ability to change. What kind of evolution would you like to see James Van Der Beek have if "Apartment 23" lasts that long?
James Van Der Beek: Hmmm... Evolution. I love the Season 1 arc of actually getting to a point where he goes through some paparazzi humiliation and ends up a little bit happier and starts obsessing a little bit less. I like that arc quite a bit. With something like this, as long as it's funny, I'm up for it.
"Don't Trust the B**** in Apartment 23" premieres on Wednesday (April 11) night on ABC. James Van Der Beek will be live-tweeting the premiere at @vanderjames.