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Certificate Programs
Studio Diploma Program
An art program for the aspiring artist.
SMFA's Studio Diploma program offers you the rare opportunity to pursue your creative vision your way, on your time.
Students receive an immersive, innovative learning experience that's entirely studio art focused—there are no academic course requirements. Students in the program are able to create a manageable schedule that fits their lifestyle, through day, evening, weekend and summer courses. The Studio Diploma program offers a full-time, five-semester track to completion or a part-time track, depending on the needs of each student's schedule.
The Studio Diploma program reflects SMFA's longstanding commitment to the tradition of studio practice as the core of an artist's experience, combined with a wide range of 21st-century skills and an interdisciplinary approach.
The Studio Diploma program provides solid cohort building, professional artists mentors and an artist seminar, available for all students whether full or part-time. Students in the program learn how to prepare for life outside of school, through a curriculum that teaches them not only how to navigate the professional art world, but also how to manage the business aspects of an independent art practice.
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Summary of Consumer Information for Students for 4 year program
If you have questions about whether the Studio Diploma program is right for you, please contact the Continuing Education Department at firstname.lastname@example.com or 617-627-2000. Thank you.
The Post-Baccalaureate Certificate is a one-year program that offers intensive studio art study and practice, closely advised and supported by SMFA faculty. The program is ideal for students who have completed a bachelor's degree and want to immerse themselves in rigorous studio art-making. Whether you have recently graduated or are changing careers, the Post-Baccalaureate Certificate also provides excellent preparation for graduate study in art or for professional practice as an artist.
The Post-Baccalaureate program attracts applicants from a wide range of backgrounds. Some Post-Baccalaureate students are recent college graduates seeking a year of intensive studio education before beginning independent work as artists. Others come to initiate professional art practice after working in a different field. Still others are working artists who seek to expand their skills or explore new media.
Why the Post-Baccalaureate Program?
Completion of the Post-Baccalaureate Certificate prepares students for a variety of paths. Some go on to graduate degree programs, such as the MFA, many others participate as fellows in professional artists' residencies. Whether immediately or after further formal study, most graduates sustain professional practice as artists.
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Program Benefits:
Intensive time in the studio
With a curriculum of courses chosen almost entirely by yourself, your Post-Baccalaureate year allows you to immerse yourself in your studio work. You may choose to focus on one medium—or explore media across the curriculum. The choices are many: The Museum School offers an average of 275 studio courses each year.
A focus on contemporary art
Post-Baccalaureate students actively engage the contemporary art world through field trips and dialogue with visiting artists. Readings, gallery visits, and class discussions focus on contemporary art—and examine how each student's art fits into that historical context.
Studio space
Each Post-Baccalaureate student has the use of a semi-private studio space in the Mission Hill building, a short walk from the SMFA's main building and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. For most of the semester, students have 24-hour access to studio spaces and facilities.
A close-knit community
Post-Baccalaureate students develop a sense of camaraderie as they work closely with one another and with faculty in weekly seminars, in joint and individual critiques of artwork, and in discussions of students' development and needs.
Certificate Requirements:
The Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program is a one-year program that consists of two full-time semesters of studio courses (including the Post-Baccalaureate Seminar), plus one Visual and Critical Studies (Art History) course.
Studio Art
Post-Baccalaureate students register for 14 credits of studio art coursework each semester of the program, chosen from across the SMFA curriculum. The Museum School awards credit for studio art at the end of each semester during Review Boards.
Visual and Critical Studies (Art History)
All Post-Baccalaureate students take one course in Art History, either in the spring or the fall semester.
Post-Baccalaureate Seminar
The Seminar is a mandatory core component of the curriculum during both fall and spring semesters. The Seminar includes professional presentations, student presentations, directed group discussions and writing projects, critiques of work, and visits to museums, galleries, collections, and other sites.
Sample Course of Study
• 14 credits of studio art, including the Post-Baccalaureate Seminar, plus one course in Visual and Critical Studies (may be taken fall or spring semester)
• 14 credits of studio art, including the Post-Baccalaureate Seminar
Please contact the SMFA Admissions for more information on applying to the Post-Bac program: firstname.lastname@example.com or 617-369-3626.
Graphic Design & Illustration Certificate Programs
SMFA's certificate programs in graphic design and illustration provide credentials that represent proficiency and skill, leading toward a career in either graphic design or illustration. With the guidance of an advisor, you will construct a highly personalized path of study to achieve your artistic and creative potential.
Certificate programs are intended for students with limited formal training in art and design, as well as for those with a fine arts background or experience in their field. Consisting of five required and five elective courses, each program may be completed in two years of part-time study or one year of full-time study.
Fundamental courses in design and illustration enable you to begin building your portfolio and to develop new creative skills. The flexible, multi-disciplinary education offered at SMFA allows you to select electives from the wide range of studio courses offered each term. There is no deadline to apply to the certificate programs and applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.
Graphic Design Program of Study
The certificate program in Graphic Design provides you with the practical and theoretical skills of a design professional. Throughout the program, you will work alongside a team of faculty with extensive teaching experience and recognition in their field.
Required Courses
Fundamentals of 2-D Design
Beginning Graphic Design
Introduction to Typography
Intermediate Graphic Design
Visualizing Information
Suggested Elective Courses
Color Theory for Artists, Designers and the Color Curious
Digital Photography I
Book Cover Illustration & Design
Graphic Novel
Illustrator as Designer
Design Generation with Photoshop and Illustrator
Foundations in Interactive Design
Introduction to Adobe Illustrator
Image Animation
Introduction to Web Design
Screenprinting: The Whole Story
Illustration Program of Study
The certificate program in Illustration provides you with a solid foundation in the basic practical and theoretical skills of illustration. You may choose to focus on a particular aspect of illustration—commercial illustration, computer illustration, animation, book illustration—or you may acquire general skills to be used in a wide variety of activities within the field.
Required Courses
Illustration: An Introduction
Fundamentals of 2-D Design
Drawing for Illustrators and Narrative Realists
Illustrator as Designer
Intermediate Illustration
Suggested Elective Courses
Anatomy: Skeleton
Color Theory for Artists, Designers, and the Color Curious
Digital Photography I
Illustrating Children's Books: Beginning to Intermediate
Graphic Novel
Introduction to Adobe Illustrator
Introduction to Typography
Visualizing Information
Lithography: Nuts and Bolts
Painting From the Ground Up
Book Cover Illustration & Design
Realist Painting
Screenprinting: The Whole Story
Apply + FAQ
How do I apply to a Graphic Design/Illustration Certificate Program?
Applicants apply to either the Graphic Design or Illustration Program by completing a Certificate Program Application. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, and there is no deadline to apply. Completed applications may be either mailed or delivered in person to the Office of Continuing Education. The application fee for a Certificate Program is $25.
How do I register for courses once enrolled in a Graphic Design/Illustration Certificate Program?
Registration for certificate courses may be done in person and there is a registration fee of $50 per semester. To see available courses, please view our CE Courses Fall 2016.
What courses must I take to complete a Graphic Design/Illustration Certificate?
Each program consists of ten courses: five required courses and five elective courses. A variety of these courses are offered in the fall, spring, and summer semesters.
How long will it take me to complete a Graphic Design/Illustration Certificate Program?
Students usually complete the program in one and a half to two years by taking one to two courses per semester. We also offer an option to complete the program in one year with full-time study.
What is the total tuition fee to complete a Graphic Design/Illustration Certificate?
Based on current per course tuition rates, enrollment and registration fees, we estimate the Certificate program requires approximately $9,750 to complete, including all ten courses, registration and application fees.
If you have questions about whether the Graphic Design/Illustration Certificate program is right for you, please contact the Continuing Education Department at email@example.com and 617-627-2000. Thank you.


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Jens Jensen was born near Dybbol in Slesvig, Denmark, in 1860, to a wealthy farming family. For the first nineteen years of his life he lived on his family's farm, which cultivated his love for the natural environment. When he was four years old, during the second war of Schleswig in 1864, Jensen watched the Prussians invade his town, and burn his family's farm buildings. This invasion, which annexed the land into Prussia, left a deep influence on how Jensen viewed the world of man. He attended the Tune Agricultural School in Jutland, afterwards undertaking mandatory service in the Prussian Army. During these three years he sketched parks in the English and French character in Berlin and other German cities. By 1884, his military service over, Jensen was engaged to Anne Marie Hansen. Coupled with his wish to escape the family farm, this led to his decision to emigrate to the United States that year.
Initially Jensen worked in Florida, and then at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, before moving to Chicago and taking a job as a laborer for the West Park Commission. He was soon promoted to a foreman. During this time he was allowed to design and plant a garden of exotic flowers. When the garden withered and died, he traveled into the surrounding prairie and transplanted native wildflowers. Jensen transplanted the wildflowers into a corner of Union Park, creating what became the American Garden in 1888.
Working his way through the park system, Jensen was appointed superintendent of the 200 acre Humboldt Park in 1895. By the late 1890s, the West Park Commission was entrenched in corruption. After refusing to participate in political graft, Jensen was ousted by a dishonest park board in 1900. He was eventually reinstated and by 1905 he was general superintendent of the entire West Park System in Chicago. His design work for the city can be seen at Lincoln Park, Douglas Park, and Columbus Park.
In the 1910s, Jensen played a role in building support for the preservation of part of the Indiana Dunes sand dune ecosystem, also near Chicago.
In his maturity, Jensen designed Lincoln Memorial Gardens in Springfield, Illinois. This plan was completed in 1935 and planted in 1936-1939.
In 1920 he retired from the park system and started his own landscape architecture practice. He worked on private estates and municipal parks throughout the U.S. He was commissioned by Eleanor and Edsel Ford for four residences, three in Michigan and one in Maine, between 1922 and 1935.
A major landscape project, with Edsel Ford, was for 'Gaukler Point', the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House designed by architect Albert Kahn in 1929, on the shores of Lake St. Clair in Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan for Edsel Ford and his wife. Jensen did the master plan and designed the estate's gardens. He employed his traditional 'long view,' giving visitors a glimpse of the residence down the long meadow after the passing the entry gates, then only brief partial views along the long drive, and only at the end revealing the entire house and another view back up the long meadow. The 'Gaukler Point' gardens and residence are now a public historical landscape and house museum and on the National Register of Historic Places.
He also designed the gardens for Edsel and Eleanor's summer estate 'Skylands' in Bar Harbor on Mount Desert Island in Maine (1922). Jensen did design work for their two other Michigan residences, one being 'Haven Hill,' between 1922 and 1935. 'Haven Hill', now within the Highland Recreation Area near White Lake Township in southeastern Michigan, is designated as both a Michigan State Historical Landmark and State Natural Preserve. Jensen's landscape elements, with the diversity of tree, plant and animal life, combine aesthetics, history and nature.
For Clara and Henry Ford Jensen employed his 'delayed view' approach in designing the arrival at the residence of their estate, Fair Lane, in Dearborn, Michigan,. Instead of proceeding straight to the house or even seeing it, the entrance drive leads visitors through the estate's dense woodland areas. Bends in the drive, planted on the curves' inside arc with large trees give a feeling of a natural reason for the turn, and obscure any long view. Suddenly, the visitor is propelled out of the forest and in the open space where the residence is presented fully in view in front of them. This idea of wandering was one which Jens put forth in almost all of his designs. Expansive meadows and gardens make up the larger landscape, with naturalistic massings of flowers surrounding the house. The largest axial meadow, the "Path of the Setting Sun" is aligned so that on the summer solstice the setting sun glows through a precise parting of the trees at meadow's end. The boathouse, with stonework cliffs designed by Jensen, allowed Henry Ford to travel on the Rouge River in his electric boat. Currently 72 acres of the original estate are preserved as a historic landscape and with the house are a museum, and a National Historic Landmark.
Jensen did other projects for Henry Ford including: The Dearborn Inn, Dearborn, Michigan, in 1931 (architect Albert Kahn, the first airport hotel in the country and National Historic Landmark); the Henry Ford Hospital; the Greenfield Village historic re-creation and its Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn; and the 'Ford Pavilion' at the 1933 Chicago Century of Progress Exposition. In 1923 he designed Lincoln High School in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, on a 19-acre area on Lake Michigan. A number of projects with Jensen designed landscapes are listed on the National Register of Historic Places including The Jens Jensen House and Studio, Rosewood Park, the May Theilgaard Watts House (architect; John S. Van Bergen), The A.G. Becker Property (architect; Howard Van Doren Shaw), The Samuel Holmes House (architect; Robert Seyfarth) and the Harold Florshiem estate (architect; Ernest Grunsfeld), all of which are located in Highland Park, Illinois where Jensen lived.
In 1935, after the death of his wife, Jensen moved from Highland Park, Illinois to Ellison Bay, Wisconsin where he established "The Clearing", which he called a "school of the soil" to train future landscape architects. It's now preserved open space and education center in the 'folk school tradition'. In the course of his long career he worked with many well known architects including Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Albert Kahn. Jens Jensen died at his home, "The Clearing," on October 1, 1951, at the age of 91.


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"At times when you get on veteran teams, the veterans get coached a certain way and the younger guys sometimes get left behind a little bit and have to keep up on their own," said running backs coach Alex Van Pelt, who played nine seasons in the NFL as a backup quarterback and coached in Buffalo and Tampa Bay before joining the Packers staff in 2012.
"But we're such a young team here, so there's so much teaching that goes on for our starters because a lot of our starters are young players. So, we do coach them all, coach them all the same, because you never know – especially with the way it's gone in our room. It's the-next-guy-up mentality, so we have to get everybody ready to play because you could be one or two games away from being the starter."
While McCarthy credits the players – "They are the ones out there performing, putting the work in, doing the little things getting ready for the opportunity," he said – the reason they are ready is the preparation the coaches provide. McCarthy says his philosophy on coaching 61 players dates back to his quarterback coaching days, when he had high-profile veterans like Joe Montana and Brett Favre in his QB rooms but young quarterbacks to develop simultaneously.
That said, it isn't always easy, as Thompson acknowledged that not every young player he adds is the right fit.
"(The coaches) take them and coach them and get them ready, sometimes in a matter of days. (But) there's no guarantee it's going to work," Thompson said. "We've had guys come in and it just doesn't work out. But you have to remain positive and if you get somebody nicked up a little bit, you have to say, 'OK, what do we do now?'"
More often than not, though, the Packers have the answer.
"This is a true compliment to Ted's vision and our partnership and everybody else included," McCarthy said. "There's a structure and a plan that we stick to. Hey, trust me, it's not always roses (where we just) say, 'Don't worry about it, we're going to get through it.' We're trying to get better every single day, too.
"We have a free-agent board, if you can believe it or not. We talk about all of the different players out there. Our personnel department works endless hours always trying to get better; there's so many conversations that go on. But at the end of the day, we believe in the people we have here and the opportunity, the resources, the facilities and everything that we've been given to get these guys better. And they respond, so it's working."
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New Year's eve is upon us and my wife Nancy and I will be lucky to stay awake long enough to see the ball fall in Times Square on the telly. If we went to a party it would probably be a Tupperware one. We'll go to a nice restaurant then conk out back home early, but this was not always the case. I used to be a party animal and party hardy with my pals. In fact, I can vividly remember a raucous New Year's eve in London when I was in England in the Air Force in 1969. That's a lot of ins, but we were the In Crowd then. We were all single and we stalked New Year's eve to see what fun we could capture. This is a true tale of young men desperately trying to do wrong.
We hopped the train to Londontown packed with beers and suitcases. All aboard were celebrating New Year's Eve early in the afternoon. When you're young all you want to do is be around other obnoxious young people, so you can't personally be picked out of a police line-up. "Yes officer, there were all kids out of control and they all looked alike."
There were six of us and the one named Blackstock was getting a head start by knocking back the beer cans like they were handfuls of peanuts. The idea of pacing himself never really occurred to him, so he was rolling into a roaring drunk by the time we reached London's Liverpool Street Station.
Adrift in the constant smell of the always pervasive diesel fumes wafting over London due to all the diesel fueled vehicles driven in England, we checked into our hotel. Then we walked, staggered, tripped and skipped to the Rhinegold Club. By the time we hit the steep steps leading down to the basement club, Blackstock had the inspiration that he could fly. So he did, down the 30 or so steps head first, then bum first, then just falling and flailing. He landed in a sprawl at the bottom dazed and bloodied.
His chaotic entrance alerted the staff, who came to his aid. They aided him all the way back up the stairs and threw him out. In the spirit of selective friendship we denied knowing him, for fear they'd toss us out next. I went up and told him that we'd see him back at the hotel later. He might have heard me.
We went in hopeful, but didn't do so good girl-wise, which was the only way to measure a successful night in those days. I was rejected by some Russian girls because I was a war mongering Yank, instead of just a lonely soldier far from home. The Cold War was colder than I had thought.
We soon left and walked to Piccadilly Circus. We strolled into another club, where the girls were much friendlier. In fact, they came and sat beside us, without us even asking them to and clung to us like perfume at a prom. Then they started ordering champagne, cigarettes, candy and roses from an array of waitresses. Everything cost about twenty times too much, like instant inflation had hit once stepping in off the street.
We curtailed our girls ordering, but a group of German guys beside us didn't. I leaned over and warned them that they'd be getting a big bill if they kept it up. They drunkenly ignored me.
They spoke excellent English till the bill came. As they huddled in horror soberly staring at the list of charges in the flickering candlelight, they suddenly forgot how to speak English. The manager and some of his larger friends came to their table to explain it.
At closing time our girls invited us back to their place. Sitting in their living room it soon became apparent that they were more mercenary then moonstruck. We five adjourned to the kitchen to caucus and check our resources.
Back in the living room I mentioned that only Denny had any money. They dove on him like vultures on road kill. Disillusioned with the fickleness of their love we voted to leave. On the way back to the hotel Denny insisted that his girl really really liked him.
A day later Blackstock showed up at the hotel saying he'd been hit by a car while crossing the street and ended up in the hospital. Ah, to be young and in lust in London. This tawdry tale always makes me misty, bringing a tear to me eye. It must be the memory of the diesel fumes. Yeah, that's it.


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text: Hey there Roll it Up Family! The names DMarsh but you can call me Marshall, I'm here to post my setup I've been drafting for a week now. I have the current funds to complete the purchases required, but I would rather get everyone's input on the matter. If you wish to skip all my bullshitting and read the specifics of what I have drafted so far skip to the end. Now, I've been researching this topic for about 5-6 years now, off and on at least. I would say a good 3-4 years total summed up out of all that time I'm now 21, and looking to start my first closet grow! I could have easily started this project back when I first started reading up on this subject when I was 15 or 16. But because I'm not a person who likes to jump into things without at least the knowing the basics, I decided to keep on reading up. During that time I never once got into the subject of "Auto Flower Strains" or the Ruderalis its self. The closest I came to reading up on them or hearing about them was the "Guaranteed Female/Feminized Seeds" which only comes close because most Auto/Ruderalis cross breeds are Feminized as well. Well now that I have been reading up on it for the past 2 months or so, I'm 100% positive I want to make my first grow (Two plants max) an Feminized Auto Strain. This is because of a few reasons. One, because of it's potential short life cycle even know most let it grow longer to increase yield and THC/CBD levels. Two, it's a very beginner friendly strain of plant. It's a strain known to really give weed it's full credit for it's name (Weed) as it tends to grow in harder/harsher climates than regular high quality strains do. Three, because it intrigues me to know that it's not dependent on a life cycle controlled by the light timing. This being said, you can run it 24/0 the whole grow if you really wanted too! I'm probably going to grow 1 or two plants for this upcoming first grow. The guaranteed strain I'm going to buy is the Afghan Kush Ryder - https://www.cannabis-seeds-bank.co.uk/world-of-seeds-afghan-kush-ryder-autoflowering/prod_2766.html The other strain if I decide to do a 2nd plant in the box is Blue Mammoth. Reading the reviews it seems like a very nice wielding plant that I should also expect really decent THC content levels. But who knows, I'm all up for opinions right now. Moving on to the actual setup I plan on using - 3 Feet x 2 x 2 standard box I actually got prebuilt as it was torn out of an old kitchen. I'm going to be light proofing anything required while also adding mylar material on every inch of the inside. This will be going into my closet. The box came with shelf brackets directly 1' in the middle with a removable shelf already in it. This will make great use for when I need to get my seedlings raised to my CFL lighting (Probably around 100W blue spectrum) I plan on using for the Veg stage mixed with my 150W HPS which I'm going to buy at a local Hydro store for $90 - http://shop.simplyhydro.com/Sun-System-Enclosed-mini-HPS-150-Watt-Grow-Light-Fixture_p_1847.html If you don't think that's going to be enough, or on the other hand too much please give me tips on what to use instead of the 150W HPS. I plan on using both CFL's and the 150W HPS a few days prior to the plants turning into flowering mode. I've been told and read numerous times that when it's starting to transition it doesn't hurt to throw both spectrum's of light at it for the remainder of the grow. ALSO.. PLEASE IF ANYONE, MEANING ANYONE who reads this and has pulled off a LED only grow please post here for me to talk to you if you don't mind. I wanted to try this first grow with a LED setup, but it would have cost almost all of my budget alone for anything actually reasonable. I know the conversions between these and HID but I don't have $250 minimum to drop on the most basic of models just to find out I should/could have done HPS or something else with better results and/or cheaper materials. I'm not a cheapskate, I just like to know first hand from real growers ( and not the website making claims on something they're trying to sell to you). So any information regarding this or where I can find wholesale type prices for LED lights that are high quality with the same features as the "name brand" models would be SO HIGHLY APPRECIATED As far as venting/exhaust/filters go I'm not going to worry about the cooling until I can get a 100% read on the temperature I'm going to have prior to making any cooling additions to the box. Exhaust will probably be a 120MM or so computer fan, which should work good enough. If not I can always upgrade As far as a anything filtering the smells, I have no issue with that at all as this isn't so much a stealth grow as much as a test run before I put time and effort into an actual tent/room/closet grow 3-4 times bigger than this lol. I've found what I've been told is a working regimen/feeding cycle as far as nutrients go. Going to use the Fox Farm trio, with Fox Farm Ocean forest medium. I have also read that I might need a more "airy/oxygen" based medium since the root system needs it more than regular Sativa/Indica strains. So hopefully that cycle will help me with my yield, and potentially not freak me out over something little that I can easily fix such as over feeding/nute def etc That is it for now, I'm not going to list every small or minor detail that I could. But I'd rather get your opinion on my biggest decision which is whether or not to use a 150W HPS or not.. For the price and what I've read thus far about it and the actual company it seems like a good choice and cost efficient to my budget. I plan on doing LST for sure, that's a no brainer. But I'm also thinking of I should do a SOG/SCROG type method to potentially maximize it to my fullest potential. Thoughts? Non Bullshit Version: 3 Feet tall x 2 x 2 closet grow box. This will make great use for when I need to get my seedlings raised to my CFL lighting (Probably around 100W blue spectrum) I plan on using for the Veg stage mixed with my 150W HPS which I'm going to buy at a local Hydro store for $90 - http://shop.simplyhydro.com/Sun-System-Enclosed-mini-HPS-150-Watt-Grow-Light-Fixture_p_1847.html I plan on growing 2 plants max, both will be auto strains of any sort I feel are going to be the best for my grow and personal smoking needs As far as cooling/exhaust/venting I won't worry about most of that until I get my light fixtures in place and measure the temp levels etc. The exhaust will most likely be one or two 120MM comp. fans. I don't need to worry about smell, period. Using Fox Farm ocean as my medium with the FF Trio for nutes. I already have a cycle posted and verified by a few people. Will tweak it accordingly if needed. Will be doing extensive LST and possibly SOG/SCROG if you can give me tips on how I should manage one with only two plants or two. That's the only category I never paid much attention too extensively, only the basics! That's it for now, I'm going to add more detailed explanations, pictures of the box once it's covered with the mylar ( Just won't have the HPS fixture until I'm 100% sure) I mostly came to everyone to see if my basic game plan is decent enough to pull off a good plant or two this first attempt at growing. I'm 100% open to any and all critisism. I'm here for a reason, and I sure as hell won't get mad as long as you're not insulting me flat out


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Levi Strauss, American jeans maker, has found out a new way to bring advertisements to its Asian customers. Instead of presenting new clothes by models at a fashion show they have chosen a handful of 20-year olds from Singapore, Hongkong, Korea and India and are using them to spread the word about their new products.
Levi Strauss, however, has not forgotten about traditional TV and magazine ads. But compared to them, investing in social media is cheap and could pay off in the end.
A study on the use of the Internet claims that people rely more and more on word of mouth and the opinion of others rather than ads on traditional media. As technology is becoming better smartphones are turning into mobile computers that people have with them all the time.
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Although internet advertising is catching on very fast, advertising experts say that companies still must be careful with these new methods. When they go online they must understand cultural differences that exist from country to country.
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As of noon, downtown Port Orchard was rocking and rolling -- and getting a splash of love from dozens of paintbrush-wielding volunteers.
Port Orchard's much-discussed Paint the Town event commenced as of 8 a.m. Sunday with crews of volunteers desecending on Bay Street and planning to stay until 8 p.m. at least in order to give the neglected downtown structures a little love.
By mid-day, workers were being serenaded by live music while children of the volunteers happily bounced in an inflatable toy a block away.
Most downtown businesses will be closed for the day and the road is blocked to traffic.
The effort, organized and financed mostly by radio personality and South Kitsap resident Delilah Rene, is intended to spruce up the city's downtown core -- where she owns a restaurant -- in anticipation of the Cedar Cove Days festival slated for later this month.
"This is exceeding all of our expectations," said Phil Herzog, a Poulsbo-based consultant who helped Rene organize the project. "We asked for help and Port Orchard responded. This is really overwhelming."
Beyond the aesthetic considerations, Herzog said the effort was a dramatic example of what the South Kitsap community can accomplish when it wants to.
"I work a lot in economic development," he said. "And what you're seeing out here today is what sets successful communities -- places where people want to live and raise their kids -- apart from other places. Port Orchard is really making a statement today."
Volunteers are still needed. Just check with at the desk at the corner of Bay and Sidney and get painting.
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Even though baseball's 2013 winter meetings may be nearing their conclusion, there's still time for both players and teams to strike deals with one another. Many of the offseason's top free agents, including Robinson Cano, Jacoby Ellsbury and Brian McCann, are now off the table, but plenty of other options remain.
The starting pitching market is especially abundant for this time of year, and most of the blame goes to Japanese ace Masahiro Tanaka. Tanaka is highly regarded by many as the top (potentially) available starter this offseason, but with new provisions soon to be enacted regarding Nippon Professional Baseball's posting system, Tanaka's team, the Rakuten Golden Eagles, may be hesitant to post their ace.
The new posting rules allow for maximum posting bids of $20 million, which is a far cry from the $51.7 million the Texas Rangers paid the Nippon Ham Fighters in 2011 to negotiate with ace Yu Darvish.
Consequently, Tanaka's posting status is up in the air, but whether or not he is posted, the starting pitching market should be taking shape sooner rather than later. Players and teams can only wait so long before standstill talks gain steam. That time lurks in the near future.
For the Philadelphia Phillies, this starting pitching bounty bodes well for them. Considering that the only locks for the rotation are Cliff Lee and Cole Hamels, another veteran starting pitcher is needed behind the other two, especially if one of the "silly" rumors, according to general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. (via the Philadelphia Daily News), regarding their trade availability actually materializes.
Jim Salisbury of CSNPhilly.com reported that the Phillies are seeking rotation and bullpen help, and while trades are possible, free agency is the likely route. With that in mind, here are five candidates still available on the open market within the Phillies' reach—and resources.


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PORT ROYAL - Greg Hodnett took the lead from Fred Rahmer on a lap 12 restart and dominated the final 18 laps to win the Bob Weikert Memorial at Port Royal Speedway on Saturday night.
Hodnett, of Thomasville, earned a total of $9,000 for his second career Bob Weikert Memorial win and his first win with car owner John Trone. The race was sanctioned by the All Star Circuit of Champions.
"It means a lot to us and everybody what he did for sprint car racing," Hodnett said of Weikert. "We've been struggling a bit and definitely needed this win. This is a big race for everybody and it's great competition. We are very fortunate to be standing here."
Stevie Smith, the defending Weikert Memorial winner, started on the pole with Fred Rahmer to his outside. They were side-by-side down the frontstretch and into turn one on the start.
Rahmer drove around the outside of Smith exiting turn two to take the lead. Smith drove under Rahmer in turn three and took the lead for the first lap. Rahmer returned the favor in turn one as he drove under Smith to take lead.
Rahmer, who won the first two Weikert Memorial races in 2003 and 2004, began to increase his lead over Smith as Greg Hodnett closed on Chad Layton for third.
Rahmer was in heavy lapped traffic by lap nine as Hodnett took third from Layton and then drove by Smith for the runner-up spot.
The first caution flew on lap 12 when Smith slowed with a flat right rear tire.
Hodnett, the 2007 Weikert Memorial winner, blasted under Rahmer in turn one on the restart to take the lead. Former All Star champion Dale Blaney was up to fourth and took third from Layton.
"I changed by line and changed the way I was driving it," Hodnett said. "I was putting too much weight on the left rear. Once I did that, it came to me and I starting going wherever they weren't."
Rahmer slowed on lap 16 with a flat right rear tire bringing out the second caution.
Blaney stayed right with Hodnett on the restart and a wild scramble went on behind them. Mike Wagner, Justin Henderson and Steve Buckwalter all moved by Layton and Ryan Taylor and into the top five.
Layton slowed and pitted with nine laps to go with a flat tire.
Australian Kerry Madsen jumped the right rear tire of Taylor's car and flipped violently over the backstretch fence on lap 22 stopping the race.
Blaney stayed with Hodnett on the restart, but after a few laps Hodnett began to pull away and wasn't challenged. Wagner, Henderson and Lance Dewease completed the top five.
"I was hanging on at the end and trying not to blow any tires," Hodnett said. "(Blaney) was pushing us coming off two on that last restart."
Steve Buckwalter, Taylor, Mark Smith, S. Smith and Doug Esh completed the top 10.
Hodnett set fast time over the 32- car field with a lap of 16.708. He earned an extra $200.
Tyler Walker, Dewease, Smith and Esh won the eight-lap heat races. They earned an extra $100. Walker was driving Jesse Keen's sprinter, which was painted like the famous Weikert No. 29.
Dallastown's Cory Haas passed Adam Wilt on lap 19 in lapped traffic and went on to win his third career sprint car feature at Lincoln by .56 over Wilt. Danny Dietrich, Bill Stine and Alan Krimes completed the top five. Haas is the seventh winner in eight Lincoln features this season.
York's Adrian Shaffer won the make-up feature for the 358 sprints over Jeff Rohrbaugh, Logan Schuchart, Billy Dietrich and Dale Hammaker.
Pat Cannon won the 358 sprint feature over Blane Heimbach, Cody Keller, Matt Horst and Larry Kelleher.
Fawn Grove's Paul Miller won the super sportsman feature over Carmen Perigo Jr., Russ Mitten, Frankie Herr and Mike Enders.
Gene Knaub won the 358 late model feature over Charlie Schaffer, Bobby Beard, Travis Mease and Craig Wagaman. Kevin Thomas won the 4-cylinder feature.


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The dramatic comedy is silly and fun about Andrew Rally. A man who appears to have it all but as we all know, appearances can be deceiving.
Rally not only has his own hit television show, a great looking girl and a fancy New York Apartment, but he is also given the opportunity to play Hamlet in the Shakespeare play. Things start to unravel, and guess what? Rally hates Hamlet.
The ghost of John Barrymore, a famous actor who is known for his portrayals in Shakespeare plays, also shows up at Rally's apartment.
The production is under the direction of artistic director Paul K. Looney. The cast will include some Theatre Tuscaloosa favorites like Gary Wise, Eryn Davis, Lindsey Jones, Russell Stephens, Tina Turley and Justin Barnett.
"The script is funny in itself, and everyone in this cast has a dynamic personality," Looney said in a recent release. "When you combine great talent and comedic timing with good writing, you have the recipe for a really fantastic show."
"I Hate Hamlet" features set design by Brad Caleb Lee, costumes by Jeanette Waterman, lighting by Erin Hisey and stage combat choreography by Matthew von Redlich.
The play will run from April 5-14 in the Bean-Brown Theatre
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Tickets are $17 for adults, $15 for senior citizens 60 and up and $12 for children and students.
For more information on the this production or season as a whole, visit the Theatre Tuscaloosa website.


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By Iris Vacante
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The Madisonville Youth Boosters will be hosting one of its biggest baseball tournaments and are hoping to enlist community volunteers to make it a success.
The Babe Ruth League's 15-year-old Southwest Regional Tournament will take place July 29 through Aug. 4 at Coquille Sports Complex on Louisiana 1085 in Covington just north of Madisonville. Boys from Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma will compete in the tournament in hopes of winning the title and advancing to the World Series.
Forty local families are being sought to serve as hosts to players during the tournament.
The Babe Ruth Host Family program is a win-win experience for all involved.
Host families open up their homes to the players and share the beauty, history and culture of their community. The players are able to explore the differences and similarities of their host families values and beliefs.
Host families will provide transportation to and from practices and games. They also become the players "adopted" family as they cheer them on and give words of encouragement before and after games.
Host families that have younger children playing ball at Coquille will have the opportunity for their child to become a ballboy or batboy assigned to a visiting team during the tournament.
Scott Camp, district commissioner of Babe Ruth Baseball, said the importance that this tournament has to local children, the Madisonville Youth Boosters and to the business community can not be overstated.
"These tournaments are not ours just for the asking," Camp said. "They are awarded by the regional office of Babe Ruth Baseball, years in advance, and they have very specific requirements and criteria that must be met just to be considered. The host family program is one of Babe Ruth Baseball's requirements. This is not just some weekend tournament. All but one of the teams attending from the five-state region had to win their way into it. The winner of this tournament will be crowned as the Southwest Regional champion and represent the Southwest Region in the Babe Ruth 15-Year-Old World Series."
Because Coquille is hosting the tournament, Madisonville's 15-year-old All-Star team earned a spot in the tournament.
Besides host families, the Madisonville Youth Boosters also is seeking business, organization and individual sponsors to help offset the cost of the tournament.
Camp said their baseball organization is hoping that this will open the doors for future baseball tournaments and will likely attract baseball enthusiasts, local coaches, players of all ages and scouts.
"Being awarded this tournament is a nod of recognition to our program," Camp said. "However, as this is our very first time hosting a Babe Ruth regional tournament, it is also a test — a test of the strength of our organization and the support of our members and community. If this tournament is successful, we will continue to be considered as a regional host site in the future. If we successfully host two regional tournaments, then we qualify for consideration to host a World Series."
For those interested in being a host family or a sponsor, call Jeff Tircuit at 504.915.6177.


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HAMILTON — Every other Friday, Marisela gets up from her desk at Yardville Elementary School and teaches her first-grade class how to communicate with her the only way she knows how: American Sign Language.
Marisela is hard of hearing, accompanied in class a few days per week by Kimberly Morreale, her sign language interpreter.
The result was the class's American Sign Language Club, which has since expanded to include nearly the entire first grade.
"The point is to open communications for the other students to be able to communicate more easily with her," Morreale said.
Morreale and Marisela teach the class as a tandem each displaying different signs and making sure the students understand them.
"She teaches the class with us, and she goes around and makes sure that everybody's hands are in the right position," Morreale said. She loves it because she feels like she's really involved."
Yardville Principal Elena Manning has sat in on the club a few times and found the students engrossed with Marisela, as much a teacher as Morreale.
"It's amazing to go in the classroom and watch her," Manning said. "None of the students are distracted by Mrs. Morreale signing. I always find that interesting. I end up watching (Morreale), but the kids that sit next to her are completely focused on the lesson and don't even really pay attention to her. The students have become accustomed to it."
The club has helped the students become familiar with Marisela but also helps enforce spelling and vocabulary lessons, Morreale said.
"They learn their ABC's. They can build their words, so they're learning how to spell their names and other people's names," Morreale said. "They're learning to be able to spell sight words — cat, dog — and learning how to sign any of their reading words," Morreale said.
"We teach them how to spell the vocabulary words, but we also teach them how to sign it," she said
For the students, the first grade won't be the end of their experience with sign language.
The school intends to keep the club going with the same group as they move through the ranks with Marisela.
"We're going to continue, year by year, to build on it," Morreale said.
"As their vocabulary increase, the students' sign language will also increase, since the Marisela is in first grade and she'll be traveling with the same group of kids each year," she said.
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Superior, WI (NNCNOW.com) --- University of Wisconsin-Superior (UWS) point guard Sally Linzmeier was named the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) women's basketball athlete of the week, the league announced on Tuesday.
The UWS junior racked up a conference record 19 rebounds to go along with 13 points on Jan. 4 against UW-Platteville. On Dec. 30, Linzmeier had 10 points and 10 rebounds and then recorded 18 points and 15 rebounds against St. Scholastica on Dec. 31.
The Yellowjackets went (3-0) over the holiday break. During those three games, Linzmeier, averaged 13.7 points and 14.7 rebounds.


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Adirondack Health's #GivingTuesday initiative benefits smallest patients
December 1, 2015 SARANAC LAKE — In celebration of today's #GivingTuesday campaign, the Adirondack Health Foundation seeks community assistance reaching its $3,250 fundraising goal to purchase a pediatric infusion... more »»
Boil order lifted in Saranac Lake
November 7, 2015 SARANAC LAKE — A boil-water order that applied to residents in the southeastern part of the village has been lifted. more »»
Boil-water order lifted in Saranac Lake
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Water main fixed; boil order on
November 4, 2015 SARANAC LAKE — Water is back on with full pressure in the southeastern quadrant of this village after public works crews fixed a broken main, but that water should not be considered safe to drin. more »»
Pipe crack drops water pressure, slows traffic in Saranac Lake (update)
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State to mandate meningitis vaccine
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Addiction treatment centers merge
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SEASIDE HEIGHTS — Three Seaside Park police officers were injured this morning when the rear gate failed on a pickup truck bringing law enforcement personnel out of the emergency zone, causing several to fall to the roadway.
Two were medivaced to trauma centers and a third was taken by ambulance to a local hospital, said Al Della Fave, a spokesman for Ocean County Prosecutor's office.
The accident happened around 9 a.m. at Ocean Avenue.
According to Della Fave, the Seaside Park emergency management pickup truck was bringing out officers who has worked all night doing security and manning traffic control posts and were being relieved, so they could go home and rest.
Seaside Park Police Chief Francis Larkin said all three, who were seasonal police officers, all suffered head injuries
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Or maybe everything's coming up blue and orange roses: The MAX train was on time. The air conditioner worked. There wasn't some fanatic walking the rush-hour aisles, passing out his religious manifesto.
Wouldn't it be nice to just have an easy-to-reference chart of facial expressions to help you gauge how you're feeling during your commute?
Voila! The Muni Diaries blog in San Francisco features art from Allie at Hyperbole and a Half that allows riders to measure their transit pleasure and pain by the numbers (with humorous visual assistance loosely based on a doctor's office chart).
The worst TriMet ride I've had was a 7 ("I see Jesus coming for me and I'm scared").
Someone needs to do this for TriMet, no?
(Horn honk to Margaret for the tip).
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New fare increases push ferry service to the brink
Anyone who's ever balanced a budget on any level — or, for that matter, mastered elementary mathematics — understands you can't subtract a large number from a smaller number without ending up in the red.
Therein lies Washington States Ferries' problem.
As the agency's expense side continues to increase unabated — owing to everything from bloated union contracts for its employees to skyrocketing fuel costs and an antiquated, inefficient fleet of vessels — the income side of the ledger is limited to dipping into the state's already overdrawn general fund or transportation budgets.
Or raising fares.
Which brings us to the Washington State Transportation Commission's recent recommendation to hike fares by 5.5 percent over the next 10 months.
That would include a standard 2.5 percent cost-of-living adjustment in October, followed by a 3 percent increase in May.
This comes on top of a 25-cent per ticket surcharge already being imposed to build a new 144-car boat.
On paper, a fare increase seems perfectly logical. But the real world doesn't often translate to paper.
In this case, it's hard to imagine commuters willingly embracing yet another assault on their pocketbooks.
At $15.20 for a car and driver, a trip from Bremerton to Seattle by ferry already costs more than the gas you'd burn driving around — plus the cost of a $2.75 toll to cross the Narrows Bridge.
And considering the voyage itself takes an hour, plus another half-hour waiting in line and however long it takes to drive to the ferry terminal, there's no savings in time, either.
At this point, quite frankly, ferry travel is on the verge of becoming the plaything of tourists and those who relish the experience without fretting the cost rather than a practical, viable means of transportation for working commuters.
And since there aren't enough of the former year-round to support it, you have to wonder at what point ferry service as we've come to know it will disappear entirely.
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The Berkshire Athenaeum and the Berkshire Family History Association are sponsoring genealogy classes at the Athenaeum, 1 Wendell Ave.
Classes for novices will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursdays, March 27 and April 3, with a lunch break from noon to 1 p.m. Instructors are Janet Rogge and Angela Rifkin. No prerequisites are required.
March 27 workshops include Organizing Records and Planning Research and Introduction to Census Research.
April 3 workshops include Using Vital Records and Beginning Immigration Research.
Instructor Alan Horbal will lead a four-week workshop on Continuing Genealogy Research Using the Census and Other Resources on Tuesdays, April 8 to 29. Participants may choose either a morning session (10 a.m. to noon) or an afternoon session (1 to 3 p.m.)
Participants must have an established email as a prerequisite for these sessions. It is requested that all four classes be attended. Bring a laptop or use a library laptop.
Class sizes are limited and preregistration is required by calling the Athenaeum's Local History Department at (413) 499-9480, ext. 6.


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As a young woman and Vietnamese native, Thu Pham escaped her war-torn country by boat and spent two years in a Thai refugee camp before coming to the United States. Education is highly valued in Vietnam as is a love of family and culture. She brought these attributes with her to her new homeland where she raised a daughter and became a well-known advocate, translator and cultural interpreter for thousands of other Vietnamese refugees as coordinator of the Vietnamese Health Project that recently celebrated its 15th anniversary under the Sisters of Providence Health System and is based at Mercy Medical Center.
What does your work involve as head of the project and what do you enjoy about it?
My daily work is to insure the Vietnamese-American community's access to quality health care. Our services include assistance with health insurance applications, selection of primary care providers, medical translation for appointments, as well as home visits and health education services.
I enjoy working with mothers and children, and educating parents on proper prenatal care benefits and postpartum care. In the last five years the Vietnamese Health Project has assisted more than 3,000 clients and 120 healthy babies were born through our program. In the early stages of pregnancy, medical visits and proper diet can improve birth outcomes and prevent premature or low birth weight. We are so proud to be able to ensure proper prenatal care for our clients in their first trimester and are honored they are confident in our services.
In my work I've learned that cultural competency in health care includes so much more than speaking a client's language; you must make a client feel comfortable in the service environment at every stage of their care.
How have you seen the Vietnamese population grow in Springfield? What brought most of them here and how was life for them at first? What have those early families been able to accomplish and how are their children doing since you know so many of them from birth?
Our population is growing very fast in Springfield. We also see increasing numbers of new immigrants arriving here to be reunited with their family members. Most of the immigrants have come here to pursue a better life and to live the American Dream.
Springfield is a good place for everyone who wants to work hard and start a new life. Twenty years ago when I first started working with our community under the federal grants based at Baystate Health System, we had to go door-to-door, introduce our program to people to offer them access to healthcare. Since 1994, our program has been sponsored by Mercy Medical Center under the Sisters of Providence Health System and we have successfully continued to serve the needs of the community. I have always enjoyed getting to know and learn from our clients.
We have been so blessed with so many healthy babies. The first one born through our program is now freshman in college. Last year, we when we celebrated our 15 year anniversary, we were so proud to have some of them come to perform a traditional Vietnamese dance for more than 200 audience members. Today, all of them are doing well in school and many are very active in the Vietnamese youth group at St. Paul the Apostle Roman Catholic Church and the Buddhist Temple. I am very proud of their accomplishments and yes, I feel like they're also my babies, too!
What brought you to this country and how did you struggle to get established?
I grew up in an upper middle class family and my father worked with USAID in Saigon. After the fall of Saigon in April 1975, I had to leave my beloved country because I had different political beliefs and ideals, I believed in democracy. I wanted a better life and a chance to live freely. In December 1987, I escaped over land and by boat to the PhanatNikom Refugee camp in Thailand near the Cambodian border. Later, I was sent to the Philippines to await the finalization of my U.S. sponsorship.
I was very fortunate. I was sponsored to the United States by a very generous American family, the Skruches of Grand Haven, Mich., who sponsored me at the right time for Mary Jo (my daughter) to be born in the United States.
As a single mom and refugee starting out in America, it was not easy, but I was able to establish myself through the kindness of American strangers — the generous storeowner who sold second-hand furniture to us for very little money, the families who reached out to support us with educational scholarships for Mary Jo to attend Montessori School — and through believing in myself.
In 1992, I heard about the Vietnamese Health Project job opportunity and interviewed for the position and soon after we moved to Springfield to build our life here.
How much of a challenge was it to raise your daughter as a single parent and how did you try to raise her as American born and of Vietnamese heritage? How did you teach her to be proud of both cultures? What is she doing now and what pleases you about her and what she has done?
The Vietnamese language and culture are very rich and beautiful, but not easy to learn. I am happy because I was able to help my daughter understand her Vietnamese heritage through teaching her the language. I think it's the best gift I gave to both of us — teaching her to speak our mother tongue.
Growing up, we celebrated American culture in her childhood. She attended Roman Catholic school during the school year and day camp at the Springfield Jewish Community Center during the summers. When she was in elementary school, we took a trip to Washington, D.C. and visited the museums and memorial parks including the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the Korean War Veterans Memorial where I read to her that "Freedom is Not Free."
I'm proud that as a young woman, she knows this now, and has worked to express herself, her ideas and to exercise her freedoms of speech and expression. That is why I came to this country, so we could always speak and think freely.
She has such a strong love of all cultures, and this has allowed her to do many things, including reporting for the teen UNlisted section in The Republican, serving as a U.S. congressional house page, and interning at Fortune magazine. She majored in international relations at Tufts University. Today she is a Thomas R Pickering Fellow with the U.S. State Department and is completing her master's at American University in Washington, D.C. When she graduates, she will serve our country as a U.S. Foreign Service Officer.
She has found her own happiness in her work and is also engaged to Andrew Daehne, a fellow Pickering Fellow and U.S. Foreign Service Officer from Corpus Christi, Texas.
How do you feel about Springfield and what the many immigrants have brought to the city?
Springfield is beautiful place to live with different cultures and history, I believe the community will get better with more jobs available and as we learn more about our newest ethnic communities such as the Burmese and the Somali. Understanding and honoring different backgrounds helps people engage and work together. The more cultures, the more stories. Life is good, we should enjoy it and share our cultures and try each other's foods. Springfield is also a very special place of my heart, where I met my husband Hugh Reiss and we were happily married two years ago .


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Gerald Hodges laughed at the thought of it.
It seemed ridiculous to imagine recording 20 tackles in a game. Let alone from a linebacker playing on the weak side.
However, with the way the junior has been playing lately, the possibility of 20 tackles all of a sudden seems pretty believable after recording a career-high 19 last week.
But Hodges isn't thinking about career highs and statistics.
That doesn't mean others aren't. With 33 tackles, 2.5 sacks, an interception and a forced fumble over the past two games, Hodges is starting to remind people why Penn State is called Linebacker U, drawing comparisons to former standouts like Navorro Bowman and Sean Lee.
"I think he's right up there with the best of them," captain Devon Still said. "He brings a lot to our defense emotionally and with his production. He's a great athlete. These past couple of games he's really put his athletic ability to use."
While others are busy praising Hodges for his recent play, he's simply focused on giving his team the best chance at winning.
Knowing criticism is just as easy to come by as praise, the junior isn't worrying about comparisons or accolades right now.
"I just go out there and play," he said. "One day people are saying you are as just as good as those people. Some days people are saying, 'Oh, I don't know how good that guy really is.' "
The season didn't start so great for Hodges. Averaging only five tackles in through the team's first four games, he wasn't doing much to stick out in a crowded linebacking corps.
But then in week four, Penn State's top linebacker Michael Mauti went down with a torn anterior cruciate ligament and Hodges' season turned around.
"It clicked in my mind that, all right, I need to step up my game because we were losing a key part," he said.
Ever since, he's been a different player. Since conference season began, the junior has averaged 9.5 tackles with career highs in each of the past two games.
Against Northwestern, he came up with an interception he returned 63 yards on the first drive of the second half. The following week against the Illini, he had a key forced fumble when his team needed it most.
The career highs in tackles were just an added bonus.
"I'm trying to create turnovers and trying to make big plays," he said. "I'm not trying to count. If it comes, it comes. If it doesn't, it doesn't."
Although his play didn't reach the next level until Big Ten play started, Hodges said it was back in training camp in the spring when things started to click.
Things began to seem much slower for 6-foot-2, 234-pound linebacker and he said he is now able able to see everything unfold on the field before it actually happens.
Still just a junior, he is on a current tear that brings back memories of recent stud linebackers like Bowman, Lee and Paul Posluszny.
Now able to brush away the comparisons, Hodges was once crippled by them.
Originally a safety, the coaches moved him to linebacker his freshman year. At that time, Hodges thought his coach Ron Vanderlinden wanted him to play just like Lee and Posluszny and be the sort of defender who was going to attack an offensive lineman head on.
But that wasn't the sort of defender the big hitting, speedy Hodges was. And that wasn't the sort of defender Vanderlinden wanted him to be, despite thinking otherwise.
"I felt at first he was trying to make me like those guys," he said. "He was trying to mold everybody to be like those guys and play exactly like them."
Now, heading into the final three games of the season, Hodges is finding similar success to past greats and is becoming the next big thing at Linebacker U.
"Playing linebacker here is kind of like playing quarterback at a USC or a big school," Hodges said. "You have to know everything that is going on."
Recently, he's been doing just that.
And all of a sudden, 20 tackles doesn't seem so ridiculous.
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The Tremendous, Important, Sometimes Informative Stanley Cup Playoff Quarterfinal PreviewApril 15, 2009 – 12:08 am by admin
The Stanley Cup playoffs have at long last arrived, starting with several games tonight.
There are some who say these playoffs are the best in all of sport (we'll take March Madness, thanks) with its rich tradition and, of course, Lord Stanley's Cup, from which the winning team can drink whatever it likes. What's not to like about that?
First let's dispense with the obvious: The Detroit Red Wings are your defending Stanley Cup champions. They beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-2 in a best-of-seven series in 2008. As if there was ever a question, the title still runs through Hockeytown.
So, in our (read: my) never-ending quest to bring you the best (read: most mediocre) glancing hockey coverage in the blogosphere, we will preview the quarterfinal series in each conference and even make fools of ourselves with predictions.
Aside: I totally nailed the picks from the Frozen Four. But, then again, Paul Casey made me look pretty dumb in the Masters. Thanks, buddy.
Without further ado, let's get on with the Eastern and Western Conference previews.
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals
No. 1 Boston Bruins vs. No. 8 Montreal Canadiens
Funny the difference a year makes. These two Original Six teams met in last year's playoffs but the roles were reversed; Montreal was the top seed and the Bruins were No. 8. The Canadiens won that series, 4-3, but this year should prove different.
Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas has been the best in the league all year and young Canadiens netminder Carey Price has been uneven. In fact, Price had just a .878 save percentage against the Bruins this year.
The Habs will also be without star defenseman Andrei Markov for the duration of the series. Boston's scoring depth will just be too much. All this adds up to a very quick exit for Montreal and more winning for the Boston metropolitan area. Dammit.
Prediction: Boston in four.
No. 2 Washington Capitals vs. No. 7 New York Rangers
Last season Philadelphia upset Alex Ovechkin and Co. in seven games. Something tells me the Rangers won't have the same kind of luck this year.
The Caps are perhaps the most purely talented team in the league and won the season series 3-0-1. The only reason for pause is all of those games came before New York installed John Tortorella behind the bench and added Sean Avery, Derek Morris and Nik Antropov.
Let's add that to Washington's shaky final game and the Rangers may be upset minded. We wouldn't be totally surprised if New York pulled an upset, but then again, we don't see it happening.
Prediction: Washington in seven.
No. 3 New Jersey Devils vs. No. 6 Carolina Hurricanes
We dig this matchup. A lot. Carolina won the regular season series 3-1 with all but one game decided by a single goal. All but one of the games have come since mid-March and Carolina has won twice.
Here's the difference: Carolina goaltender Cam Ward was 3-0 with a sparkling .951 save percentage against the Devils this year. Martin Brodeur was almost as good, going 1-1 with a .945. Can you say goaltending duel?
Brodeur might be the best that ever played, but this will be Ward's series to carry. Upset special!
Prediction: Carolina in six.
No. 4 Pittsburgh Penguins vs. No. 5 Philadelphia Flyers
Ah, the battle of Keystone State. Should be quite fun.
It's funny to think there was a point at which fans were wondering aloud whether the Penguins would even make it into the playoffs. Now they have home-ice advantage against their in-state rival. Pittsburgh won the season series 4-2, but each team scored 21 goals.
Even though Marc-Andre Fleury hasn't done all that well against Philly this season, it doesn't bode well for the Flyers that goaltender Martin Biron had just a .879 save percentage against Pittsburgh.
With Sidney Crosby and Art Ross Trophy winner Evgeni Malkin sniping, it's difficult to envision a scenario where the Penguins don't move on, though it should be a close series.
Prediction: Pittsburgh in seven.
Western Conference Quarterfinals
Now we come to you with the conference we most care about (Midwest bias): The Western Conference.
Here you will find the defending Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings, the young, offensively potent Chicago Blackhawks and, of course, the San Jose Sharks, winners of the Presidents' Trophy after attaining a league-high 117 points.
No. 1 San Jose Sharks vs. No. 8 Anaheim Ducks
Well hey, as if it's not enough to be the top seed and have home-ice advantage, the Sharks get to stay in California for their first-round series. How nice.
San Jose won the season series 4-2 and Anaheim goaltender Jonas Hiller took the brunt, going 1-3 with a .929 save percentage. Each team scored only 12 goals, so defense will be at a premium in what shapes up to be a low-scoring series.
But, there's a problem. San Jose doesn't have the best playoff history and Anaheim is only a two years removed from winning the Cup. Ducks forward Ryan Getzlaf may just carry them. And Barry Melrose picked the Ducks as a sleeper.
Well, that's enough for us. Sharks go down in flames.
Prediction: Anaheim in six.
No. 2 Detroit Red Wings vs. No. 7 Columbus Blue Jackets
A tale of opposites. The Wings are making their 18th consecutive appearance in the Stanley Cup playoffs, are the defending champs and have won 11 Cups overall. They are loaded up with stars like Marian Hossa and Pavel Datsyuk.
The Blue Jackets are making their first-ever playoff appearance behind soon-to-be rookie of the year Steve Mason in goal and stud forward Rick Nash.
I really, really like Mason's game. And Nash's, for that matter. But at just 20 years old Mason needs a little more experience before I'm ready to see him leading the Jackets past a team as deep and talented as Detroit, although it would be fun to see.
Prediction: Detroit in five.
No. 3 Vancouver Canucks vs. No. 6 St. Louis Blues
Is there another goaltender as hot as Vancouver's Roberto Luongo? It's hard to imagine. The Canucks rely on him to be solid every night, and there's no reason to believe he won't be in this series.
St. Louis has been a nice story, going from clearly out of the playoff picture to the sixth seed. The last time it won a playoff series was in 2002. Unfortunately for those in Missouri that's not going to change this time around. Luongo is just too good.
There are those that like Vancouver to win it all, and they very well could, but we're not willing to go just that far. For now, we say they get through this series rather easily.
Prediction: Vancouver in six.
No. 4 Chicago Blackhawks vs. No. 5 Calgary Flames
Now for the series which we care about the most. Our resurgent, youthful, exciting Blackhawks are in the playoffs for the first time since 2002.
On paper it's hard to believe this series looks so one-sided. Chicago won the season series 4-0 and outscored the Flames 19-7. Pure domination.
Any team with Jerome Iginla is still dangerous, but Blackhawks netminder Nikolai Khabibulin has been on fire lately, with two shutouts in his last three starts. He might have pushed Cristobal Huet out of the net during the playoffs.
Prediction: Chicago in six.


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The Uncommon Height Gala [2] is always celebrated in honor of Dr. Dorothy Height's [3] birthday. This year she celebrates 98 years.
Location: The Hilton Washington Hotel, 1919 Connecticut Avenue NW in Washington, DC
*Ticket cost is $250.00.
Gala proceeds strengthen NCNW's capacity to meet critical needs in the empowerment of women and their families.