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Christian Dior Pre-Fall 2014
Subliminal message: Gold chairs are stacked up in the background of the Christian Dior pre-fall pictures. A sign as slight as this puts perspective on what we're looking at—models who seem as if they might be part of an audience of clients lingering after a show that has just broken up in Dior's salon. In other words, this is everyday reality Dior, as opposed to the haute couture of the runway; not thinking about tripping the light fantastic (as it did for summer), but putting a solid wardrobe in place.
It depends on your reality, of course. Raf Simons is making certain that the line he directs is firmly on the ultraluxe wavelength, with more artistic attention lavished on fabrics than ever, including such technical feats as (for example), astrakhan dyed blue or green, and then further hand-painted with yellow, gray, and brown till it shimmers. Zoom in on the evening dress opposite, and you will see something else extraordinary: A rectangular appliqué of a landscape woven on a patch of jacquard like an artist's canvas. At a distance, it's meant to look as simple as a print on a T-shirt, but up close, the detail would be a guaranteed conversation starter at any cocktail party.
Pieter Mulier, Simons's right-hand man at Dior, explained both the research and development lavished on the materials, and Simons' grip on the bigger picture. The main focus is on modernizing the Christian Dior templates, working toward finding new relevance for the Bar suit and the New Look silhouettes. Mulier pointed out how "everything is less rigid, less defined, easier." Doing away with corset constrictions, the Bar jacket acquires curved anatomical seaming and a pair of pants in two contrasting shades of micro herringbone tweed. The swirly skirts of the New Look are cleverly adapted as a series of coats, whose lower half can be detached via a zipper on the waist so the jacket can be worn independently. That almost-utilitarian idea also surfaced as an army parka coat with an orange lining—a first glimpse of the possibility of a cool New Look for the street.
In all, Dior's existing customers should be satisfied with the reassuring level of femininity and luxe in this wide-ranging collection, which will be distributed in even more variations all over the globe. What's more interesting to see, though, is the thought Simons is putting into opening up the Dior parameters so that the "existing" might soon be joined by the "new."


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Baby Bar Bash! Fundraiser
for The Peoples College of Law
Saturday, March 9, 2013 at 6:00 PM - Sunday, March 10, 2013 at 12:00 AM (PST)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
To All Peoples College of Law Alumni, Current Student Body, Community Supporters, Professors–Past and Present:
Happy New Year! These are exciting moments for all those taking on the endeavors of a legal education. We are rapidly approaching the Baby Bar challenge and are preparing as an incoming class to assess the best way to tackle the challenge. The Senior class (4 candidates) is rapidly approaching the Bar Exam as well and serve as motivation for us as the Freshman class to know that it is achievable.
However, we are launching a new campaign for the incoming class of 15 freshmen to reach 100% participation in a Baby Bar review course of choice to ease the task at hand.
In order to reach this goal, we need your help! We are planning a fundraiser event to assist the entire freshman class to pay for the designated review course. This event will be held at the
Unurban Café 3301 Pico Blvd Santa Monica, CA 90404 (details attached) on Saturday, March 9th from 6:00PM to Midnight.
In addition we are requesting alumni support as a flat donation, either one time donation, or monthly donations directly to the Peoples College of Law. Please help us with our endeavors and mandate for everyone to PASS so we may be able to launch the certification process that PCL deserves.
Maria Romo MD.,
J.D. Candidate 2016
Héctor Peña Ramirez,
J.D. Candidate 2015
When & Where
Unurban Cafe
3301 Pico Blvd
Santa Monica,
Saturday, March 9, 2013 at 6:00 PM - Sunday, March 10, 2013 at 12:00 AM (PST)
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for The Peoples College of Law
In the past, traditional legal institutions have mass-produced lawyers whose concept of lawyering consists of an elite organization dedicated to maintaining the national political-economic-social status quo, as well as the lawyer's superior position in it, by serving the rich or acting as legal functionaries for the State.
The Peoples College of Law hopes to educate people whose motivations are to the contrary--lawyers who will serve the communities of dispossessed and the disinherited.
If you want to become a deputy district attorney or work in the legal department of some corporation, don't waste your time and ours by applying. There are other schools for you--all the others.
Our law school's environment seeks to operate in accordance with these principles:
- - To develop a consciousness of the equality between all members of our school (students, staff and faculty) and between the school and the larger community we work with;
- - To integrate collectivity in order to lessen traditional concepts of competition. The College of Law exists as a result of the collective efforts of a coalition of organizations and people. Academic achievement is viewed similarly as the responsibility of all;
- - To offer an alternative to the institutionalization of the traditional values of elitism and professionalism.
We know that despite the rhetoric, non-whites and the poor are being squeezed out by the other law schools. Existing law schools at their worst destroy the development of socially conscious students, and at their best allow only a limited development of skills by a highly motivated and often select group. Traditional legal education almost uniformly teaches students the skills which are required to service the establishment; the non-establishment student, if not an outcast, is nevertheless segregated with a small group concerned with what are institutionally considered the marginal interests of society: poverty, civil rights, labor and criminal defense law, not to mention the pressing needs of this ailing Earth, and the wounds it has suffered at individual and corporate hands.
At the same time, increasingly higher admission standards, which are a function of an establishment tendency designed to limit access to socially and politically powerful skills, have effectively barred otherwise qualified applicants, - principally Women, Dream Students/Undocumented Students, the LGBT Community, Black People, Chican@s & Latin@s, South East Asians, Native Americans, the Poor, Workers and Immigrant Communities from the practice of law.
The Peoples College of Law will consciously gear its admission policies to accepting such peoples. Through curriculum, faculty, and extra curricular activities, it will promote the development and training of lawyers dedicated to assisting communities of oppressed peoples. So, if you want to serve the people and serve them well, and if you're willing to work hard to do it, join us.

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Well guys, I think it's finally time to bid my farewell. Some of the topics I've been seeing lately are okay and all, but after being on another site for a few days, I'm vastly enjoying it better there; thanks in no small part to the migrated commenters that are present.
I had a good run though, all things considered. Despite my rough start, I rather enjoyed it here. It was definitely a different place than what I usually went to. More of a games website, and IGN just isn't my thing.
When I started commenting, I didn't really know what I was doing. Eventually, it got to a point where I was more invested in the comments than the articles themselves. The biggest change happened with me getting a star. After that... well, everything changed. I started to befriend more. I started to notice stuff better. I made a conscious effort to make good use of it.
In short, actual responsibility made me a better commenter.
But now, things have changed. And not just the comments, the site format has changed some. And quite frankly, I'm not sure I was to be part of it anymore.
For those who want to keep in touch with me:
- The Verge (Gaming/Polygon)
- Serebii (forums section, leave a visitor message)
- PXoD (not really, but it is an option)
- Speakout ktk (King Kellog's site)
Except for Serebii, username is the same. On SPP, I'm "Cobalt_Latios"


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Due to a major relocation project during 2014-2015, there will be limited access to the Ornithology Collection from May 2014 to May 2015. Be advised that we may not be able to accommodate requests for loans or visitation during this period. If possible, please arrange to work outside this period. Further updates regarding collection closure will be posted in due course. Thank you for your patience.
The Ornithology Collection contains more than 70 000 specimens of mounted birds, skins, skeletons, eggs and specimens preserved in alcohol. Associated with these specimens are images, data, and literature (including field notebooks).
One of the largest Australian avian collections, primarily of Australian species and with a strong Victorian emphasis, it includes material from a broad spectrum of the world's avifauna and represents in excess of 4000 species.
One of the largest collections in Australia, it includes material from early explorative trips through central and northern Australia. There are also representatives of many birds now long extinct. The collection contains valuable type specimens.
Standardwing Bird-of-Paradise, Semioptera wallacei collected by Alfred Russel Wallace.
Image: Michelle McFarlaneSource: Museum Victoria
Charles Darwin's Great Pampa Finch, Embernagra platensis, is labelled with a tag written by Darwin himself.
Source: Museum Victoria
Museum Victoria holds three specimes that were collected in South America by Darwin during the voyage of HMS Beagle. Two of these are birds from Uruguay: a Great Pampa-finch and a Grassland Sparrow.
These three specimens hold great significance because the observations that Darwin made on this voyage led him to his theory of evolution that he co-presented in 1858 with Alfred Russel Wallace, and expanded upon in 1859's On the Origin of Species.
An excerpt from John Cotton's field notes.Source: Museum Victoria
Mounted bird specimens in the museum's Ornithology Collection store.
Image: David PaulSource: Museum Victoria
MV's Ornithology Collection contains more than 70,000 specimens representing over 4,000 species. It is the most complete collection of Victorian avifauna and the second largest collection of birds in Australia or New Zealand.
The collection includes outstanding comparative material from Australasia and the world, including mounted birds that are useful for exhibition and display.
Birds in the Darwin to DNA exhibition.Image: Ben HealleySource: Museum Victoria
Egg of the Great Elephant Bird, Aepyornis maximus, from Madagascar. This species laid the largest known egg in the world at 30cm long and with a volume of nine litres. Elephant birds became extinct in the 1600s. Image: Rodney StartSource: Museum Victoria
Museum Victoria's oological (egg) collections are amongst the best in Australia and provide unparalleled access to morphological and reproductive information on avian species across time and space.
Our egg collections include specimens collected by A.J. Campbell, N.J. Favaloro and the Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union. These eggs, along with the H.L. White collection, represent of all of the Victorian avifauna.
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Yes, although the LLano series are beasts for any regular HTPC needs, able to even do 3D BlueRay, this Trinity series is really something amazing, and might be worth waiting for, for those who wish to maybe game a bit more or are just power hungry! The release of these will probably also lower Llano prices further!
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This is the time of year many high school graduates head off to college. It's not always an easy thing to leave friends and family behind. That's what happened with many soccer players at Iowa Lakes as they began their college careers.
As the soccer season wound down this past year, the sophomore soccer players were honored for their time at Iowa Lakes and were asked to share their stories – which, in a way, may inspire those who will be going through this now.
Upon arrival, Daniel Ramirez, wasn't sold on Iowa Lakes.
"I told my dad we should go back – 'I don't like it here,'" Ramirez revealed during the wrap-up of the season.
But things changed for him.
"My experience here at Iowa Lakes has been really amazing," he said. "Times have been hard … but the staff and personnel have made it way easier for me so I want to thank them."
Victor Cruz also started off with some doubts.
"I truly didn't think I would last that long… some days I thought of just packing my stuff and leaving for home," Cruz said. "I'm pleased to say that I made the correct decision of staying here."
Thomas Carbonari was looking for his path in life when deciding where to attend to college.
"Before I came here, I was passing through a tough time," Carbonari said. "I was tired of friends, family, and even tired of myself."
Becoming a Laker was exactly what he needed.
"Iowa Lakes gave my life a new direction… I met wonderful people who helped me to be more positive and confident in myself," he said.
For Ruud Boijseauneau, Iowa Lakes was a great milestone.
"Playing for Iowa Lakes has been one of the greatest moments in my life," Boijseauneau said. "Being a part of the Laker family is something I will never forget."
Tom Boe's experience has made him very appreciative.
"I'd like to say thank you to all of the faculty, my coaches, and my teammates for making my experience so positive," Boe said.
These athletes have the privilege to say they were a part of a team.
"…I am part of a team, and will forever be a Laker," he said.
Sophomore soccer students were honored at the last home game in 2011. Each student was asked to have someone – who was important in their life – to escort them onto the pitch as their stories were read to the crowd


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SAN BERNARDINO - A wheelchair-bound elderly woman woke up to two men ransacking her home Friday morning - the fourth such incident in a week in which the victims were elderly.
The break-in comes on the heels of a November burglary that resulted in a 76-year-old San Bernardino woman's death.
Friday's incident happened shortly after 5 a.m. at her home in the 1400 block of N. Flores Street, police said.
"Her roommate exited a bedroom and made enough noise to startle the intruders," San Bernardino Police Lt. Mike Madden said. "The two men quickly fled the home."
Last weekend, there were three home-invasion incidents in the north end of the town, one on Jan. 18, another on Jan. 19 and another on Jan. 20 On Jan. 18, in the 1900 block W. Ash Street, officers responded to a burglary in progress.
A man entered the victim's residence through an unsecured window while the homeowner was asleep.
The victim woke up to see the man attempting to remove property from the home.
The burglar fled the home leaving the property behind.
On Jan. 19, an 84-year-old woman was hospitalized after a man beat her and her husband, a World War II veteran, in their 40th Street home then fleeing with valuables, money and an antique pistol.
On Jan. 20, a 77-year-old woman was robbed at gunpoint in her home in the 3700 block of N. Mayfield Avenue.
The man in all three of these cases is described to be a thin black man, in his mid-to-late 20s, about 5 foot 10 inches tall.
"The suspect entered her home, pointed a firearm at her, and demanded property," said San Bernardino police detective Tim Crocker. "She feared for her life and did everything the gunman said."
A professor said the same man may be committing some of these crimes.
"To have this total rush against the elderly is very unusual," said Stephen Tibbetts, a professor at Cal State San Bernardino. "You don't commonly see this kind of crime turn out to be different offenders due to the similar method of operation."
Tibbetts said it sounds like it could be the same offender.
He also said the offender probably preys on the elderly because they're more vulnerable.
"If I was going to be a serial robber then I would choose elderly women as well," Tibbetts said. "I wouldn't rob the young because they don't have any money and I wouldn't rob middle-aged adults because they might fight back."
In November, Mary Beth Blaskey, 76, was found dead in her ransacked Fremontia Drive home.
Her 2001 Lexus ES300 was missing, but police later found the vehicle abandoned on the northeast end of town.
Blaskey's case is one of three involving seniors, which led police to offer a $30,000 reward for information leading to arrests.
Tibbetts said that the Police Department, even though the city is in the midst of a bankruptcy process, is very capable and resourceful in clearing cases and catching criminals.
Police want to remind you to secure your home before you go to sleep; be aware of people walking in your neighborhoods, ringing doorbells, knocking on doors and entering a neighbor's property.
Call 9-1-1 immediately and provide a description of suspicious people and the direction they're moving in.
If alone in your home, and there is someone you don't recognize at the door, be sure to let them know someone is inside. Say something, but don't open door.
The San Bernardino Police Department is asking for anyone with information to any of these crimes to call Sergeant Walker at 909-384-5642 or Detective Peck 909-384-5657.
Reach Doug via email, find him on Twitter @CrimeShutterbug, or call him at 909-386-3925.


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HI I want to know how to design a website and what are the basic requirements?Finally what are the steps for hosting a website.Am immediate response would be highly appreciated.
Your question about how to design is loaded. There is a lot of information to cover there. Also, are you talking about how to design one in terms of layout and development or are you asking where to begin with a client in terms of their goals?
For hosting a website, you will want to buy hosting services from a hosting providre. Examples of hosting providers include GoDaddy, HostGator, Nexcess, Network Solutions, etc. There are tons of hosting providers out there.
Here is a good post on how to design a website,
Hope that helps,
Thanks a lot Shawn for answering me.The link you posted here is very helpful to me. I would like to know the each and every basic steps for hosting a website.
Thank you for spending some time on my post.
The steps for hosting a site will vary based on who you go with but in general, setting up a website would look something like this.1. Find a domain name and register it2. Find a hosting provider that suits your needs and sign up with them (popular ones are GoDaddy, Hostgator, Hostway, Bluehost, nexcess, network solutions). Note that there are dozens and dozens of hosts out there. Just be sure you go with one that will have everything you need. For instance if you are using Wordpress, you will need a host that supports the most recent version of PHP and MySQL.3. Most hosting providers will require at least 3 months of service up front however you might be able to find a month-to-month solution.4. Upload your website files to your host through their cpanel or through an FTP program.This is a very, very basic timeline of what you need to do to set up hosting. Depending on what you want to do in terms of having a content management system or a custom website, the steps will vary. Wordpress is one of the easiest ways for novices to set up a self-hosted website. Here is a good tutorial how to do that,
Website design is very intersting topic, firstly you should have knowledge on basics of HTML, CSS. The most website design tool preferred by wed designers is dreamweaver.
You are helping me a lot.Thank you very much.
HI I just make my first website last yearIf your web are commercial what you need to do are1. what is your keyword such as if you want to sell dry fish you may need to find out dry fish is strong competitor or not, don't try strong one2. What software you go to use. I recommend Dreamweaver3. I suggest you download web server such as WAMP . for you to test your web.4. If you want your web to well respond with visitors, you may need to use javascript. For me I just learn to use but can't develop it. You may find a lot of free codes.5. May may need to learn server side such as PHP.6. Little knowledge of Photoshop or other graphic design.7. Little knowledge of database such as mySQL8. Now find out web server on web. If you use WAMP it will be easy if your web server also has WAMP9. Little knowledge of SEO.
You may try with free web sever such as Google ( I also has wab run on them one)advantage are you may not need to know much in html. javascript, cause it has some free plugin for you.Disadvantage is you can't modify some thing ( may be can but has no time to study)
When I create my web I has to read about 10 books about it .
Hope can help you.
Ps may english may be not correct cause, english is not my language
I suggest this Sitepoint book:http://www.sitepoint.com/books/html3/
Agree with you, go for wordpress cms, first buy your hosting,domain and install wordpress using fantastico... lots of free wp themes there just ask google... good luck!
I would suggest you to look at best website gallery out there. My favorite one is http://www.awwwards.com.
Take your time everyday to view award websites. It will help your creative juice a lot
Hi,As a beginner you can refer to ' w3 schools ' website which is a perfect guide to learn Html, Css, Javascript and many more.. it is the best place where you can lively experiment your ideas since it provides 'try it yourself' editors separately for all web development technologies. Try it and become an innovative web designer to create your own website. hope this information is useful for you!
These days you can build a website via online websites as well..they charge you a nominal fee and provide you with a fully fledged website...so it is a better option and later on you can add some other things as well on the portal.
Yeah you can get totally rely in those websites..my father has a transportation business and he had to expand it..so he needed a website as well..so he just used online service..which actually turned out to be better...my father is giving some last touches to it and it will be soon on air.
Eish your questions. I do think that you need to learn a lot about website design so that you can build a quality website that will interests many people. Like:1)what kind of website you want to build.2)what kind of product/service would people be interested in.3)Then choose the domain name.
you need also consider the following:
Say YES or NO to the following questions:
►Can you work on your own?
►Do you not need others to tell you what to do?
►Can you work hard?
►Can you keep going even when things are touch?
►Can you finish what you started?
►Do you like people?
►Can you work together with others?
►Can you get people to do things?
►Can you give orders?
►Can you plan things?
►Can you make choices?
►Can you make decisions?
►Can people trust you?
►Are you healthy?
►Do you believe in yourself?
►Do you have enough knowledge about business?
Are most of the answers YES? Then you should be able to run a business.
The following characteristics are very important to be successful in business:
♥ You must be willing and able to work hard. ♥ You must have good ideas. ♥ You must be able to sell. ♥ You must be confident. ♥ You must be able to adapt to change. ♥ You must be honest. ♥ You must be able to communicate well with other people. ♥ You must be able to focus on what you do best. ♥ You must be able to deal with people. ♥ You must be able to make wise business decisions. ♥ You must be determined to reach your goals-keep going even if things do not look good and even when you make mistakes.
If you want to make a complete website, then it includes both designing and developing but if you want to do only designing then you need software like adobe photoshop and illustrator. Or you may can take free templates from google and then make changes in it to make it according to the requirements.
Does require (in my opinion) PhotoShop as a key tool.
Luckily, Adobe now has the Creative Cloud where you can pay $19.99 per month for access:http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html
(As opposed to buying the software outright for $700.00 plus.)
Doing that and it works well.
Buy a domain first, get hosting from any hosting service provider. Now it comes to design, you may either buy a template or hire a designer. And if you have some design skills, you can also design by yourself. Just upload your design pages on your hosting server and make your site live


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The city will mark National Day of Prayer on Thursday with a large worship service at City Hall.
Several local churches will participate in the event, intended as a day of prayer for the nation and its leaders.
In addition to praying for leaders, city police and fire officials, the event will include a performance by Grammy Award winners and Platinum recording artists Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr., lead vocalists of the 5th Dimension.
National Day of Prayer is held every year on the first Thursday in May. A federal law passed in 1952 marked the official start of the commemoration, but its roots date back to George Washington.
Its stated intentions were to set aside "a day when adherents of all great religions could unite in prayer and that it may one day bring renewed respect for God to all the peoples of the world."
The local event will be held at noon Thursday at Long Beach City Hall, 333 W. Ocean Blvd. Parking is available in the city lot, and along Broadway.
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Sculpture on the side. Inspired by a ceremonial African stool, this Carved Wood Side Table's intricate texture is hand hewn by artisans in Jaipur, India, from solid mango wood. Natural color variations make each piece subtly one of a kind.
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#186 Rey-A-Day, Janet, 10x12, oil on wood, July 4/12
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The Snow Queen will be staged at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 18, and 2
p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, at the Mussetter-Struble
Theater, 1949 Campus Drive, on the Evanston campus. Admission is
free and open to the public. The musical is recommended for
audiences aged 7 and older and their family members. Children who
attend will have the opportunity to meet the cast after the show.
Estimated running time is approximately two hours, including one
15-minute intermission.
Enjoy a free night on the ice at Community Park with music,
cocoa, games and skating. Check www.palatineparks.org for weather
Feature the black bear and its adaptations for survival in the
forest. Crawl into the bear's den, compare your senses to that of
the black bear, feel his fur, come face to face with a black bear
mount and more.
Exhibit includes numerous artifacts, photographs and other
documentary items that tell the story of Chicago's iconic candy
makers, including Snickers, Lemonheads, Butterfingers
and Cracker Jack.
Interactive learning centers include a barn slide, apple
orchard and chicken coop. Maggie, a life-sized
fiberglass milking cow sponsored by Golden Oaks Farm in Wauconda,
will be the focus of the new exhibit. Maggie is over five feet tall
and features a working udder that recirculates the water that
children "milk."
Build a snowman out of biodegradable and natural items to win.
Fill out an entry form at the main office.
Class promotes sensory integration with various textures and
visual sensory.


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LISTEN: Krewella talks staying grounded
Listen to Krewella on iHeartRadio
In the past few years, we have witnessed Krewella's massive growth from an underground EDM "krew" into the mainstream superstars they are now. But do they even realize how big they truly are? "Still kinda blurry on the big thing," Yasmine tells us. "I always feel like we're still grinding, still trying to make our music better and make our show better." And if you've ever been to a Krewella show, you can definitely tell how hard they work...AND how much they care about their fans. "We have an incredible fan base, and our success is all due to them," Jahan explains.
But what is the one thing the girls don't like about all the success? "We both have to agree that not seeing our family is the #1 hardship of it. But other than that, it's been amazing," Yasmine says.
How would the girls describe eachother in one word? And how did them appearing on Tiesto's upcoming album come to fruition?!? Find out, as we go backstage at the Sunset Music Festival with Yasmine and Jahan of Krewella.
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Now to put those on the back burner for now and bring two new projects today from my Nikki Sivils DT post for which I hope you enjoy.
Supplies Used: something for everyone paper, my friend birdie paper, brown burlap buttons, u r my favorite clear stamp (scroll), wrinkle ribbon from Prairie Bird Boutique, butterfly embellishment from Creations by AR, sweet chips little folding house from Paper Garden Projects, strawberry clear stamp set from Paper Garden Projects
Supplies Used: blueberry hill paper, cool cord brads, wrinkle ribbon from Prairie Bird Boutique, haute tote template from Creations by AR
Don't forget the giveaway on the previous post. You have until Thursday to enter! Also, working on a fun Halloween project to share with you soon...can't wait.
Have a wonderful day and see you soon!


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Paul Smith Fall 2012
Paul Smith has had a career-long design crush on clever-looking girls (sometimes in glasses), who borrow their clothes from a man's wardrobe. In this narrative, many facets of English psychology—not to mention, the complexities of traditional menswear fabric manufacture—are involved. First off, Smith has been considering how the pattern of a paisley gentleman's dressing gown can be updated. Answer: Make it into a silk coat, or a formal, tux-like blazer. What with the addition of mannish overcoats, hunched over the shoulders of jackets, narrow corduroy or velvet pants, and slippers in patent leather, the whole thing might have read as a timeless collection of classics on a British-heritage theme. There would be nothing wrong with that—after all, Ralph Lauren has referenced the same material for years—but Smith also managed to show how aware he is of current trends. Just as all eyes are beginning to scan shows for substantial knitwear that can be worn as outerwear, Sir Paul's window-pane-check turtlenecks, paired with pants in a contrasting, minimized check, looked spot-on.


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WATCH: Dad's Amazing Response to MAGIC!'s 'Rude'
Listen to MAGIC! Radio on iHeartRadio!
Unless you've been living under a rock, you've probably heard MAGIC!'s hit song "Rude" by now. Well, one dad decided to respond to the song with his own version of it, and it is AMAZING.
His version is called "RUDE (The Dad's Side of the Story)" ... hint hint. Aside from this man's hilarious, yet terrifying (if you're trying to marry his daughter that is) lyrics ... his voice is actually pretty good!
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Removing oil and grease stains
You can't scrub oil and grease stains away. The trick is to draw them up out of the concrete. To do this, mix trisodium phosphate (or a TSP substitute) with water and an absorbent material to make a smooth paste. (See "Buying Absorbent Materials".) The cleaner slowly soaks into the concrete and breaks up the old oil, and the absorbent captures it. Once the paste dries, the cleaning action stops, and you can scrape and sweep it away (Photo 3). Either throw it away or renew it with more TSP and water and reapply it for deeper cleaning. Use a nylon brush for cleanup (Photo 4). A wire brush may leave steel particles, which can cause rust stains.
Patience is the key. Old, long neglected stains may require two or three applications for complete removal. And even then, some stains might still show, or the freshly cleaned area might look slightly different from the surrounding concrete.
Buying Absorbent Materials
You have a variety of options for absorbent materials. For small stains, simply use baby powder or powdered talc. For larger stains, you'll need a bulk material. One good choice is diatomaceous earth, sold as a filtering agent for swimming pools. It's available from most pool supply stores.
Fuller's Earth is a finely ground clay that also works well for making a paste. But it's generally only available through chemical supply stores or mail order (www.sciencelab.com), and at $9 per pound, it's expensive.
Cat litter is also a good absorbent; however, it's too coarse to make a good paste unless you crush it into a powder. The same goes for the absorbent materials that are designed to soak up oil spills.
Removing paint stains
Cleaning old paint from concrete is similar to stripping paint from wood. Buy the same types of paint strippers. If you're working outdoors or in a detached garage (with the door open) and want fast results, you can use a methylene chloride–type stripper. The active ingredient will be listed on the can.
Caution: Methylene chloride can be hazardous. Use only in a well-ventilated area. And wear a respirator equipped with a fresh organic vapor cartridge (Photo 1).
If you use a safer, slow-acting stripper, expect to wait several hours for it to work.
Mix absorbent material into the stripper (Photo 1). Thick strippers won't need much. You can add more paint stripper to the paste after you apply it to keep it actively working on stubborn paint. Scraping with a hard plastic scraper may also help. But let the stripper do most of the work. After scraping, let paint residue dry and toss it into the trash.
Remove rust stains
Rust is really tough to get out, because no simple solvent will dissolve it. One effective way to remove rust from concrete is to dissolve the surface layer of concrete using a mild muriatic acid solution. (Muriatic acid is available at many home centers and full-service hardware stores for about $6 a gallon.) Working with an acid solution requires certain safety precautions:
- Wear rubber boots, goggles and rubber gloves. Also wear a respirator with a cartridge rated for acid vapor.
- Maintain good ventilation. Open doors and windows and add a fan for better air movement (Photo 1).
- Keep a 5-gallon bucket of clean water handy to quickly wash away any spill on bare skin.
- When mixing, always pour the chemical into the water, never the water into the chemical. And use only glass or plastic containers (no metal).
- Cover nearby areas with plastic to protect them from splashes.
- Read the manufacturer's dilution guidelines on the label and follow them if they're different from ours (Photo 1).
- Store extra acid out of reach of children.
The acid dissolves the cement in the surface layer of concrete. You want to minimize this etching process, so start with a light application and observe the results. You'll see the solution begin bubbling almost immediately (Photo 2). After the bubbling stops, scrub lightly with a long-handled nylon brush to see if the rust disappears.
Once the entire area is clean, thoroughly rinse it with lots of water to dilute any remaining acid and remove all traces of residue (Photo 3). Direct the rinse water away from your lawn or plants.
After cleaning with acid, play it safe. Thoroughly rinse your protective gear, wash your clothing and take a shower to make sure all traces are washed away.
Since each acid cleaning erodes the concrete surface, it's far better for your garage floor if you avoid the problem in the first place. Hang up wet tools and other items that'll cause rust. And protect the floor with paint or a sealer.
Note: If you have difficulty finding a respirator or mask for acid vapors at home centers, look for a dealer under "Safety Equipment" in your Yellow Pages.


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WATCH: Family sets their musical Christmas card to Miley Cyrus' 'We Can't Stop'
The Bock family opted for a non-traditional Christmas card this year, in the form of a YouTube video holiday parody of Miley Cyrus' "We Can't Stop." Their doo-wop rendition of the song (inspired by Postmodern Jukebox) and Christmas-themed lyrics make it an instant viral smash!
Gingerbread house, gingerbread rules... Best family ever!


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SFEDA & San Francisco Small Business Week Mixer 2013
San Francisco Small Business Week
Friday, May 17, 2013 from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM (PDT)
SFEDA & San Francisco Small Business Week Mixer
111 Minna Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
A Small Business Week tradition hosted by the San Francisco Economic Development Alliance (SFEDA), a collaboration of nonprofit organizations that provide training, funding and ongoing support for small and micro businesses. Come mingle with your other small business owners at this "no host" mixer and learn about some terrific local business resources.
Onigilly, San Francisco's favorite Japanese eatery and SFEDA Small Business Award winner will also be in attendance, serving light fare.
The members of the San Francisco Economic Development Alliance include La Cocina, the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center, the Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA), Pacific Community Ventures, Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center, San Francisco Small Business Development Center (SBDC), Inner City Advisors, Urban Solutions, Women's Initiative for Self Employment, SF Made and Working Solutions.
San Francisco Small Business Week is an opportunity to celebrate the innovation and impact small businesses make in San Francisco every day. We work hard to inspire, honor, educate and connect all of the small businesses in San Francisco.
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Related story: Loma Linda earthquake sparks social media discussion
A 3.6 magnitude earthquake occurred at 12:18 p.m. about 2.49 miles southeast of Loma Linda, according to U.S. Geological Survey.
There were no emergency calls related to the quake, San Bernardino County fire dispatchers said.
The USGS received about 60 reports from residents in San Bernardino and Riverside counties who felt shaking.
USGS Geophysicist Don Blakeman says quakes this size can be felt in populated areas, but typically are too small to cause any damage.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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Indie Auteur Lynn Shelton Takes a Big Leap Forward at Sundance with 'Touchy Feely'
Lynn Shelton should feel right at home at Sundance, where her previous efforts Humpday and Your Sister's Sister (one of my favorite movies of last year) found plenty of fans. Shelton was known for a very specific thing, and something that is right up Sundance's snow-packed alley. Both her features are considered "mumblecore," a movement of modern film defined by small casts (and usually smaller budgets), improvised scripts, and real life situations. Her latest movie, Touchy Feely is not that. It's also not as good but, in the long run, that could be a good thing.
This movie, like Your Sister's Sister stars the always amazing Rosemary DeWitt as Abby, a massage therapist who, days after agreeing to move in with her sweet slacker boyfriend Jesse (the dreamy Scoot McNairy) develops an intense aversion to touching anyone. That's like a McDonald's fry cook developing an allergy to whatever it is they put in those fries. Abby then moves in with her brother Paul (Josh Pais) a sad-sack dentist whose daughter (Ellen Page, sporting the world's worst haircut) works with him, is in love with Jesse, and wants to get out of the house but doesn't know how. Oh, and Paul has developed a magic touch, reenergizing his floundering practice by miraculously healing his patients.
As you can see, the cast is much larger than Shelton's usual two to three actors and the script is written rather than made up on the spot. It seems that Ms. Shelton is turning into a "real" filmmaker. It's not without mixed results. While there are many shots that are fantastic (especially the depiction of skin when Abby starts her anxiety) the narrative lacks a bit of form. Strangely enough trying to impose structure over her usual process has made it a bit more scattershot and less focused. It's a little bit all over the place, with several stories fighting for control, but the characters are so winning and the actors are all so good that you enjoy the time you spend with them anyway.
Ultimately this is a story about reiki, the Eastern art of energy manipulation which Paul and Abby learn from Bronwen (an underused Alison Janney), a friend of Abby's who seems to be the only one with her life all together. Each of the characters longs for connection and to heal something that has happened to them: Abby needs to work through her relationship phobias, Paul needs to open up to new experiences, and his daughter, Ellen Paige With a Bad Haircut, needs to get over her crush and move on with her life. Their proximity to other people, whether physically touching or not, altars their energy and the connections they find and sever with other people lead them to be able to connect both to themselves and their loved ones.
This is not the best movie Shelton has presented at Sundance, but it is definitely the most ambitions. With that ambition and her innate humanistic portraits of people in need it makes me a little sad that this isn't her masterpiece but it assures me that, if this movie isn't great, then the next one is bound to be amazing.
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Fox's Latest IRS Attack Debunked By Fox's Source
Fox News cited dubious evidence in an attempt to tie the Obama administration to the IRS' targeting of conservative groups, claiming that inaccurate White House visitor logs revealed collusion between the White House and former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman.
Following reports [1] that the IRS inappropriately targeted conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status, Fox has attempted [2] to link the Obama administration to the scandal, baselessly accusing [3] the administration of continuing to use improper screening to scrutinize nonprofit groups and ignoring [4] Obama's condemnation of the IRS' actions to justify calls for a special prosecutor to investigate the case.
Fox & Friends furthered these efforts by airing a graphic based on data from the Daily Caller that purported to compare the number of times Shulman visited the White House as IRS commissioner to other top administration officials. Co-host Brian Kilmeade questioned why Shulman had visited the White House more than others, implying Shulman was hiding the purpose of his visits, while co-host Steve Doocy cited "critics" who claim the data showed Shulman must have been coordinating with administration officials on the IRS' targeting of conservative groups:
However, the Daily Caller article [5] Fox cited for the graphic debunked its own data, noting that White House visitor logs "do not give a complete picture of White House access." High-level officials with clearance often do not have to sign in during visits, and scheduled meetings are often not included. The Daily Caller concluded, "it is probable that the vast majority of visits by major cabinet members do not end up in the public record." For example, one of the officials compared to Shulman was Jack Lew, who worked [6] as White House chief of staff from January 2012 to Januay 2013, and thus would have been present at the White House on many more occasions than the data revealed.
Furthermore, during the segment, on-screen text also falsely claimed Shulman had "amnesia" because he "could only recall 1 [White House] visit," while Doocy claimed Shulman needed to answer investigators' questions "fully" in order to establish that he was not coordinating with the administration on the targeting of conservative groups:
But Shulman already answered those questions during his official congressional testimony. On May 22 at a House Oversight Committee hearing, Shulman described multiple visits to the White House, including one to work with the Department of Education on streamlining financial aid applications and others to discuss agency administrative and budgeting decisions. Shulman also made clear that he felt it would not have been "appropriate" to speak with administration officials about the IRS' targeting of conservative groups. From Nexis:
CONNOLLY: There might be many reasons you would be at the White House. What would be some of the reasons you might be at the White House?
SHULMAN: The Easter egg roll with my kids.
CONNOLLY: Well...
SHULMAN: Questions about the administrability of tax policy.
CONNOLLY: All right.
SHULMAN: They were thinking of our budget -- us helping the Department of Education streamline application processes for financial aid...
CONNOLLY: I just want to be clear. You're very aware of the fact that you're under oath today?
SHULMAN: Yeah, very aware of that.
CONNOLLY: And your testimony, to be very clear, in response to Mr. Jordan's question, is that you've -- you've never had any conversation with respect to this subject, the subject of this hearing, with anybody at the White House, though you were at the White House 118 times? Now, that -
SHULMAN: Yeah, I mean, just so I'm -- just so I'm clear, I have no memory. Wouldn't have been appropriate. Would not have been appropriate to have a conversation with the White -- with anyone at the White House about the subject of discriminating against conservative groups in any part of our operation.
The Inspector General's report [7] found no evidence that anyone at the White House or in the administration was involved in the targeting of conservative groups, stating that according to officials, the inappropriate criteria used to identify groups for additional scrutiny "were not influenced by any individual or organization outside the IRS."
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Tornados Can't Handle LionsSeptember 22, 2012
Brevard, N.C. - The BC women's soccer team dropped their South Atlantic Conference home opener 4-0 to the Mars Hill Lions on Saturday afternoon.
The Tornados were unable to find the back of the net despite firing 11 shots, including three shots that landed on goal. Lizzie Graham, Alexis Griffis and Chantel Azevedo each had shots on goal for the Tornados. Lions keeper Chelsea Parker collected three saves to earn the shutout.
The BC defense played the Lions tight early in the game, keeping the relentless Mars Hill offensive attack off the board until 27:42 when Alyssa Morris made it 1-0. BC rebounded and kept the Lions scoreless for the rest of the half, entering the break only trailing by one goal.
The Lions came out of the break with a charge offensively, beginning with Hannah Russell's goal at 51:40. The Lions would then score two goals late in the game, with Aerial Ellis scoring at 81:47 on an assist from Alyssa Morris before Sandra Megill made it 4-0 on an assist from Hannah Russell at 89:07.
The Tornados are back in SAC action against Tusculum on Wednesday, September 26th at 7 p.m.


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Nobody knows precisely the impact of historic preservation on the economy of Utah and its cities.
Some have a notion that a core of historic buildings draws people and economic activity. Others say renovating old structures doesn't make economic sense.
Soon, Utahns may get new insights into the costs and benefits of historic preservation. A study commissioned by the nonprofit Utah Heritage Foundation will analyze various aspects of the economy taking preservation into account.
The Washington D.C.-based consulting firm PlaceEconomics was awarded a contract and will begin research next month, said Kirk Huffaker, executive director of the Utah Heritage Foundation. A report is expected by the end of June.
"Our goal is to determine the direct and indirect benefits of historic preservation in Utah," Huffaker said. "It will help us understand preservation's impact on jobs and employment, generation of tax revenue, downtown vitality and the importance to our economy of maintaining neighborhood and community character."
It also will evaluate the role heritage tourism plays in the state economy.
Huffaker declined to disclose the cost of the study.
The analysis will look at such things as the economic impact of commercial building renovations versus demolition and rebuilding, said Donovan Rypkema, who will lead the project for PlaceEconomics.
"When quality is part of the equation, historic preservation will always be competitive," Rypkema said.
The study also will attempt to analyze the impact of historic structures on community commercial areas.
"It's a challenge to measure," he said. "But you can see patterns that result when you have a core of historic buildings."
In addition, it will examine property values of residential housing in local historic districts in contrast to values of homes outside those boundaries.
Rypkema noted that while he has yet to look at such districts in Utah, in some other cities, homes in historic districts retained property values at a higher rate than those outside of them.
Salt Lake City Council Chairman Soren Simonsen said the analysis is timely because Salt Lake City is wrestling with such topics as demolition of old buildings, as well as the formation of local historic districts.
"I'm pretty excited about this study," he said. "It will be valuable because there is a lot of misunderstanding of what historic preservation is and what its value is. [Salt Lake City] will be the beneficiary of this."
The economics of preserving old structures may be difficult to quantify, said Stephen Goldsmith, professor of architecture and planning at the University of Utah and former Salt Lake City planning director. But it's well recognized that a community's cultural identification and social fabric are reflected in its buildings.
"Not everything that can be counted, counts," he said. "And not everything that counts can be counted."
Goldsmith noted that a new school of thought sees demolition as wasteful in aesthetic as well as economic terms.
Reusing old buildings not only keeps communities from becoming "Any Place U.S.A." but can rekindle vibrancy in neighborhoods, according to Huffaker.
As an example, he pointed to the offices of Big D Construction on the corner of 400 West and 400 South in Salt Lake City that used to be the Fuller Paint building. The 1922 structure was renovated by the construction firm. Not only did that save the building, but its employees are helping revitalize the area, Huffaker said, because they dine and shop in the neighborhood around Pioneer Park.
"Historic preservation is often ranked at the bottom when it comes to a project because of the belief there is a higher cost," he said. "But you can look at preservation as an investment."


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What is coming up for Scott and Sarah Henrickson [Amanda Seyfried]?
Never take these people seriously again: Karl Rove, Dick Morris, Scott Rasmussen.
Plus, read Scott Johnson's Newsweek piece about going on the hunt for Joseph Kony.
"My parents thought I was going to New York to see a friend," says Scott.
"This is a barometer IPO," says Scott Sweet, a managing director at IPO Boutique, an IPO rating service.
Smart was a sheep-dog that belonged to a Mr. Scott, who lived in Scotland.
"I select Clingman for the first of my watch," continued Scott.
During the Mexican war he had fought with credit under Scott.
Captain Scott had carried out his plan in regard to the watches.
It's the best way, I guess, when you're married to a man like old Mr. Scott.


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'"I think I'm physical. I'm not going out of my way to run around," Kassian said shortly after his recall. "I'm playing like there's a puck on the ice. Obviously, you're playing on the top two lines (in Rochester). I'm getting leaned upon to produce. Whenever you get in those situations, you don't want to waste it. You want to produce."'
Sabres rookie Kassian showcasing different style in pro ranks
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On the Shelf
A Man Finds Twenty Grand in a Book, and Other NewsBy Sadie Stein
- A Massachusetts Good Samaritan found twenty thousand dollars hidden in the pages of a used book and is now trying to find the rightful owner.
- The real question: Why would an artist reinterpret Smiths titles as the covers of Penguin paperbacks?
- Reactions from around the world to Philip Roth's retirement.
- A list of other notable literary retirements.
- And speaking of retirements, Salman Rushdie and John le Carré have ended their long-running feud.


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Dear friends let come together and drop our original quotations in order to inspire each other. You can put it in any language and use bracket for the English translation. Let's have some fun with this.
Here is one from me:
"Passion is a force that will expand your creativity and drive you to a more complex ground where you will realize your success."
"Serious people have only limited ideas, while the people who've many ideas are never serious."
I think that's absolutely right..nice thread anyway..:D
"Life's what you make it…
All that you wish for
All that you dream of
All that you hope to be
Is within you…
Believe in your dreams….."
"For a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle"
Sir Winston Churchill
One of my all time favorites..:
"There are two tragedies in life.
One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it."
– George Bernard Shaw
It's better to have been a has been than a never was
- me
What's the worst that could happen?
- Dr Pepper
This one is my favorite:
I have not failed 10,000 times. I have successfully found 10,000 ways that will not work. —Tomas Edison
Ale55andro said
This one is my favorite: I have not failed 10,000 times. I have successfully found 10,000 ways that will not work. —Tomas Edison
That's mine to! Excellent quote!
"Million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten." — Terry Pratchett.


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Moore Advocates Advance to Final Round of National Ethics Trial CompetitionMarch 22, 2013
Marissa Carro '14, Caroline Friedman '14, Aaron Goldblum '14, and Jason Tortora '14, members of Fordham Law's Brendan Moore Trial Advocacy Team, advanced to the final round of the National Ethics Trial Competition. The team was coached by Deanna Paul '11 and Reza Rezvani.
Sixteen teams participated in the competition, which was held on March 14-16 in Sacramento, California, and hosted by Pacific McGeorge School of Law and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.
The Moore Advocates swept the preliminary rounds and were seeded first moving into the semifinals. The team advanced to the final round, losing by a vote of 3-2 to the Columbus School of Law.
The National Ethics Trial Competition is sponsored by Pacific McGeorge School of Law, the ABA Section of Litigation, and the Anthony M. Kennedy American Inn of Court.


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Did you use the two nvidia commands Prairie fire and I posted on the wiki?
Hey there, I'm new to posting so please be indulgent!
Actually I've been using Ubuntu since several months, with compiz fusion working nicely! Now i tried to use BT3 on a USB key, but i can only boot using VESA option, and 1024x768 sucks... plus I want compiz!!! I'm using a Lenovo Thinkpad R61, with the nVidia Quadro NVS 140M on board...
I tried pretty much every option (tweaking xorg.conf, putting nvidia.lzm inside the modules(or optional, or both) directory. Nothing works. I have have created a 2nd smaller partition on my key, to get persistent changes, that works fine. Can you please tell me what should I do?
Do you think I can copy parts of my Ubuntu xorg.conf?
At least how can I get a higher resolution?
Did you use the two nvidia commands Prairie fire and I posted on the wiki?


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text: In an interview with VIBETV, Spike Lee says he has no desire or intention to ever see Django Unchained and that the reason is that it is disrespectful to his ancestors. "I cant speak on it cause I'm not gonna see it. All I'm going to say is that it's disrespectful to my ancestors. That's just me…I'm not speaking on behalf of anybody else." He then took to Twitter to say that slavery was like the Holocaust and that it should not be treated like some spaghetti western type movie and that he will honor his ancestors by not going to the movie.


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Library project brings historic newspapers to life
Whoever said nothing is "as dead as an old newspaper" never would have made headlines as a futurist, and never could have dreamed of life in the digital age.
But thanks to the South Carolina Digital Newspaper Program (SCDNP), a project at the University of South Carolina Libraries, some of South Carolina's most widely read newspapers have been resurrected, offering a glimpse into life during some of the Palmetto State's most turbulent times.
With funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the SCDNP has digitized 19 South Carolina newspapers published between 1860 and 1922 and made them available and searchable on a web site hosted by the Library of Congress.
Titled "Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers," the site features fully accessible issues of The Columbia Phoenix, Charleston Daily News, Keowee Courier, Sumter Watchman and Southron, The Orangeburg Times and Democrat, Marlboro Democrat (Marlboro County), Edgefield Advertiser, Laurens Advertiser, and The Anderson Intelligencer.
Plans call for The Manning Times, The News and Herald (Fairfield County), The Newberry Herald and News, and The Pickens Sentinel to be digitized during the next two years. To learn more about the newspapers included in the project, visit the SCDNP website:
Tom McNally, dean of USC Libraries, said the newspapers provide a new dimension for experiencing history. "These newspapers literally are unembellished stories of communities and the lives of the people who inhabited them, from human drama to the more mundane events of daily life," McNally said. "They are a fascinating resource for historians, genealogists, sociologists and journalists and anyone who wants to know what life was like during those times."
The NEH grant, which has been extended for two years, will enable the SCDNP team to digitize additional newspapers published between 1836 and 1922. Plans call for more than 200,000 pages of news and features about South Carolina communities to be digitized when the project is completed in 2013.
An advisory board comprising archivists, librarians and scholars from around the state will select the newspapers for the digitization project and will consider factors such as the title's historical significance, geographical representation, preservation issues and copyright restrictions, said Santi Thompson, SCDNP project manager.
In the meantime, SCDNP staff members are offering free presentations to libraries, historical organizations, and other groups around the state to explain more about the project as well to instruct users on how to search for historical newspapers.
The SCDNP is part of the larger National Endowment for the Humanities' National Digital Newspaper Program. To search South Carolina newspapers, as well as those from 24 other states, go to the Library of Congress' website, Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers.
The initiative is a joint project between Digital Collections and the South Caroliniana Library. SCDNP is housed within the Digital Collections department in the Ernest F. Hollings Special Collections Library.
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The Green Valley Chamber Music Festival presents a Student Recital.
The festival has enjoyed its home at UNLV's music department every summer for the past five years. Located in the heart of a vibrant city, The Green Valley Chamber Music Festival provides young musicians with the opportunity to develop their musical studies. Each summer more than forty students, ages fourteen through post-college level join professional musicians for an intense week of chamber music making. In addition to a rigorous schedule of instruction, students collaborate with faculty and guest artists in public performances. The combination of studying and coaching every day with distinguished professional musicians sets GVCM apart from other summer music institutions. Participants have the opportunity to receive instruction every day and interact with faculty on hourly bases and understand the world of a professional musician.
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(NEWSER) – Erin Cox was just trying to be a good friend when, two weeks ago, she drove to a party to pick up a girl who had called Cox asking for a ride because she had been drinking. But just after Cox got there, the police arrived. According to CBS Boston, the 17-year-old didn't end up in hot water with police—though they initially lumped her with a group of underage kids who were told they may have to appear in court for drinking, she ultimately didn't have to, and an officer acknowledged, in writing, that she had not been drinking and didn't have any alcohol on her. But her Massachusetts high school reacted a little differently. North Andover High told the senior honor student she had violated the district's zero-tolerance alcohol and drug policy, and as a result, she lost her role as captain of the volleyball team and was suspended for five games.


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Life at Clarkson is what you make it to be. "If you are motivated to meet new people, get involved and really succeed to your highest potential, life here is great," said Falisha Gilman '11.
Gilman transferred here from SUNY Brockport in the second half of her freshman year. "I couldn't ask for a better fit from Clarkson," she said.
Gilman, from Massena, N.Y., wanted to be closer to home. She knew the academics would be more challenging, "but I also knew that it would prepare me better for graduate school and eventually my career."
But picking the right university is about a lot more than the great academics Clarkson is known for. "I really like the size and sense of community," she said. It makes it easier to develop relationships that will help you when you are here at Clarkson, but also once you start your career.
"I think the size is especially important to transfer students," she added, "making it easier to transition and not get lost in the chaos that can be associated with large universities."
For Gilman, classes can be both challenging and fun "I love my academic program because there are my required courses that I enjoy, but there is also a lot of room for me to take other courses that I'm interested in," she said. "These courses have really opened me up to other fields that I didn't think I would be interested in, like sociology."
It helps to have the professors on your side. "The faculty here are great," she said. "All the professors I have had thus far just want their students to succeed. Their encouragement is a lot of help when the going gets rough."
While school work is the reason she's here, Gilman recognizes it's important to be involved with activities outside the classroom. She's active in the Clarkson University Transfer Student Association and the Tri-Beta Biology Honor Society. She worked on the committee that redesigned Clarkson's 2009-2010 student orientation schedule, organized a canned food drive in the fall of 2008 and was chosen to be a house advisor for the Clarkson School in 2009-2010.
A biomolecular science major, Gilman isn't sure where life will take her after Clarkson. "I plan to attend graduate school, but I'm just not sure for what," she said. "I've considered being a physician's assistant. More recently, I've become interested in the environmental sciences and environmental engineering. I'm trying to think of some way I can fuse those two together."


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Tornados drop one at home to Catawba, 3-0October 24, 2009
Seaman had 11 kills and Larsen has nine to go with 10 digs in loss
Brevard, N.C. - Brooke Seaman had 11 kills and Chelsea Larsen added nine of her own to the mix, but the Tornados were unable to overcome Kaitlyn Whitmer's 19 kills, with 10 coming in the first set, in falling to Catawba, 25-16, 25-22 and 25-19.
Bethany Stevenson contributed 29 set assists for Brevard (11-12, 1-11 SAC) and Jamie Atkinson added six kills and three set assists to the Tornados attack. Seaman continued her dominance at the net this season with four blocks in the game, while Schoonover and Larsen each recorded double-digit dig games with Larsen saving 10 and Schoonover keeping a game-high 16 in play.
Whitmer's 19 kills led Catawba (14-9, 7-6 SAC), while Jenny Young contributed nine kills form the left side. Megan Courson set up the Indians attack with 38 assists and also led the team in digs with 14 on the afternoon. Young and Mai Zoua Lo each recorded 13 digs in the game as well and Katie Moran, Alli Parrish and Jasmine Chunn each had two blocks at the net.
The Tornados and Indians were tied early in the first set at three apiece, but then Whitmer got the hot hand, scoring eight kills in a 10-point stretch, including five in a row at one point as the Indians rode the freshman to a 19-9 lead.
Brevard attempted to mount a comeback late in the set as Seaman and Larsen connected on back-to-back shots, but Whitmer closed out the first set with a pair of kills to put Catawba up 1-0, 25-16.
The Tornados used an early 5-0 run in the second set to go up 8-7 as Seaman placed an ace and Larsen and Atkinson added kills to the effort.
Catawba came back to score the next point and Brevard kept it close throughout the rest of the set as the Indians were unable to score more than a three-point advantage the rest of the way as Larsen, Atkinson, Jordei Osby and Ashlie Morrison continually chipped away at the lead, but another pair of kills by Whitmer closed out the second set, 25-22.
The Tornados kept the game close throughout the third set as Larsen, Morrison and Seaman started to heat up, but Whitmer closed out the match with a kill off the assist from Courson to end the game, 25-19.
The Tornados start a five-game road trip on Tuesday, October 27th as they head to Bristol, Tenn. to take on the Tornado of King College. First serve between Brevard and King is set for 7 p.m. Catawba stays in SAC play as they head home to Salisbury, N.C. to host Newberry College on Friday, October 30th at 7 p.m.


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In my undergraduate education, I was a student of Biblical studies. I was also an avid rap fan.
Many people can hardly put those two things together. I'd often find myself writing out a theology paper while listening to the latest rap album I had purchased. While I did listen to some rap (and other genres, for that matter) that at times felt at odds with the content of what I was writing, that simply wasn't the case with the rap music I was listening to. In fact, there were times when the lyrics would help provide me with a picture of something from the Biblical text. Continue reading Christian Hip-Hop: Some Content May Surprise You


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'"When I heard my name get called, it didn't hit me at first. It took a little bit," Foligno said. "I started walking around with the Buffalo jersey on and talking to people and then it hit me … Holy crap I'm going to Buffalo. It was a dream come true."'
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Jeffrey Chuang
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Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Computational biology. Gene regulation, molecular evolution, and high-throughput lipidomics.
Academic Profile
Large scale DNA sequencing has ushered in a new era in biology. There are now hundreds of organisms in which nearly all the genomic sequence is known, making it possible to comprehensively analyze and compare species at their most atomistic genetic level. At the same time, massive phenotypic datasets, such as gene expression and lipidomic data, have become increasingly available. My lab is interested in computational and mathematical approaches to analyzing such large data sources, to understand how genomes function and evolve.
Functions of Highly Conserved Enhancer Sequences
In a given phylogeny, comparative sequence data can be used to infer the functional sequences within genomes. Just as morphological features shared among species (e.g. all vertebrates have a spine) are likely to be important to those species, DNA sequences shared among species are likely to be functional. One of the organisms we focus on is the model vertebrate Danio rerio, i.e. the zebrafish. Our lab collaborates with the Guo lab at UCSF to study conserved noncoding elements, sequences with conservation far beyond what would be expected by neutral mutation in vertebrate intergenic regions. For example, at a threshold of at least 50 bp and at least 50% sequence identity, there are 73187 strand-specific CNEs conserved between zebrafish and human. A major challenge in understanding these CNEs is to organize them in a meaningful way, analogous to the organization of genes provided by the Gene Ontology. We have recently developed a tool for organizing CNEs based on the expression of nearby genes (cneviewer.zebrafishcne.org, Persampieri et al., 2008), as this may provide a key to understanding the tissue-specific enhancer behavior of CNEs. We are also exploring the relative importance of cis- and trans- regulatory effects on the functional behavior of enhancers (Ritter et al., 2010).
Functions Contained in Coding Sequences
We are also actively exploring the functions and neutral evolutionary behavior of synonymous sites in coding sequences, as these sequences appear to contain a substantial amount of selection in a variety of phylogenies (Kural et al., 2009).
We have shown, for example, that coding sequences are replete with binding sites for microRNAs, as well as other types of functional sequences such as exonic splicing enhancers. Such sites exhibit a strong selective pressure on the synonymous sites of coding regions.
Tools for High Throughput Lipidomics
A recent lab interest has been the analysis of high-throughput lipidomic data. Our lab collaborates with the Seyfried Lab (Boston College) and the Han Lab (Washington University in St. Louis) to analyze lipid content in cancerous vs. non-cancerous tissues. Our group is developing tools to analyze which aspects of lipid content are important to cancer phenotypes (Kiebish et al., 2008). This work is closely tied to evaluating the Warburg theory of cancer, as described in this report. Another recent interest has been the analysis of the dynamics of lipid remodeling (Kiebish et al., 2010).
Other Topics in Comparative Genomics and Molecular Evolution
Other model organisms with which we have expertise are the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum and the yeast S. cerevisiae. A central mystery of the malaria genome is how transcription is regulated. We have observed that there is far less intergenic sequence apparently under purifying selection in malaria than in yeast genomes, suggesting that transcription regulation is simpler in malaria (Imamura, Persampieri and Chuang, 2007). We have also applied comparative techniques to identify functional sites in the promoters of the Saccharomyces genus of yeasts, to estimate the complexity of gene regulation and the types of genes likely to be under the strictest regulation (Chin, Chuang, and Li, 2005).
Our lab is also interested in a variety of issues in molecular evolution related to the balance of functional and neutral signatures in genomes. Evaluating the functional significance of sequences that are conserved is still a major challenge. One reason for this is that neutral mutation rates, which describe the evolution of non-functional DNA, are not always known. Another direction of the lab is therefore to characterize neutral mutation rates, which can vary both within and between species. For example, one puzzle is why mutation rates are uniform in some species, such as the sensu stricto yeasts, while rates vary by location in other species, such as mouse and human. We have found that all mammalian species have regional mutation rates, with regional behavior having a typical scale of several megabases. In contrast, all yeasts have uniform mutation rates, with the exception of the Candida clade. The reason the Candida clade differs is a mystery in which we are greatly interested (Fox et al., 2008; Chuang and Li, 2004; Chuang and Li, 2007; Chin, Chuang, and Li, 2005). In species where the mutation rate is non-uniform, we are interested in questions such as what structural or sequence features affect mutation rates, and whether gene locations have evolved to make use of mutational heterogeneity.
Representative Publications
Ritter, D.I., Li, Q., Kostka, D., Pollard, K.S., Guo, S., and Chuang, J.H. 2010. The importance of being cis: Evolution of orthologous fish and mammalian enhancer activity. Molecular Biology and Evolution: May 2010 [Epub ahead of print].
Kiebish, M.A., Bell, R., Yang, K., Phan, T., Zhao, Z., Ames, W., Seyfried, T.N., Gross, R.W., Chuang, J.H., and Han, X. 2010. Dynamic simulation of cardiolipin remodeling: Greasing the wheels for an interpretative approach to lipidomics. Journal of Lipid Research: April 2010 [Epub ahead of print].
Kural, D., Ding, Y., Wu, J., Korpi, A.M., and Chuang, J. H. 2009. COMIT: Identification of noncoding motifs under selection in coding sequences. Genome Biology 10: R133.
Li, Q., Ritter, D., Yang, N., Dong, Z., Li, H., Chuang, J.H., and Guo, S. 2009. A systematic approach to identify functional motifs within vertebrate developmental enhancers. Developmental Biology 337: 484–95.
Imamura, H., Karro, J.E., and Chuang, J.H. 2009. Weak preservation of local neutral mutation rates across mammalian genomes. BMC: Evolutionary Biology 9: 89.
Kiebish, M.A., Han, X., Cheng, H., Chuang, J. H., and Seyfried, T. N. 2008. Cardiolipin and electron transport chain abnormalities in mouse brain tumor mitochondria: lipidomic evidence supporting the Warburg theory of cancer. Journal of Lipid Research 49: 2545–56.
Persampieri, J., Ritter, D. I., Lees, D., Lehoczky, J., Li, Q., Guo, S., and Chuang, Jeffrey H. 2008. cneViewer: A database of conserved noncoding elements for studies of tissue-specific gene regulation. Bioinformatics 24(20): 2418–2419.
Fox, A.K., Tuch, B.B., and Chuang, J. H. 2008. Measuring the prevalence of regional mutation rates: an analysis of silent substitutions in mammals, fungi, and insects. BMC: Evolutionary Biology 8: 186.
Kiebish, M.A., Han, X., Cheng, H., Lunford, A., Clarke, C. F., Moon, H., Chuang, J.H., and Seyfried, T.N. 2008. Lipidomic analysis and electron transport chain activities in C57BL/6J mouse brain mitochondria. Journal of Neurochemistry 106: 299–312.
Imamura, H., Persampieri, J., and Chuang, J.H. 2007. Sequences conserved by selection across mouse and human malaria species. BMC: Genomics 8: 372.
Chin, C.S., Chuang, J.H., and Li, H. 2005. Genome-wide regulatory complexity in yeast promoters: separation of functional and neutral sequence. Genome Research 15: 205.
Chuang, J., and Li, H. 2004. Functional bias and spatial organization of genes in mutational hot and cold regions in the human genome. PLoS Biology 2: 0253.


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In headlines and news reports splashed across the nation and world last week, an international team of researchers reported that a spinal fluid test accurately identifies patients with significant memory loss who are, to quote The New York Times, "on their way to developing Alzheimer's disease."
The test involves inserting a needle in a spinal space and extracting a small amount of fluid, which is then examined for telltale proteins linked to Alzheimer's. Some scientists and observers have enthusiastically endorsed the findings as a major step toward diagnosing people at risk of Alzheimer's long before the symptoms of the disease appear.
Currently, there is no effective treatment for Alzheimer's, a neurodegenerative disease that afflicts an estimated 5.3 million Americans. We asked Dr. Paul Aisen, a professor of neuroscience at the University of California San Diego and director of the Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study, to offer his assessment of what the latest news means.
Q: You've said you foresee a day when people in their 50s will routinely have biomarker tests for Alzheimer's. Is the spinal fluid test a step in that direction? Is it a breakthrough?
A: The first phase of Alzheimer's disease, during which plaques and tangles accumulate in the brain, is asymptomatic. This stage may begin during late middle age and may last 10 years or longer before manifestations of the disease become apparent. During this period, the brain is able to function normally despite the abnormalities. If we can interrupt the pathological cascade at this stage, we have a good shot at controlling the disease. So we need tools to identify individuals with AD pathology before there are symptoms.
There are two excellent tools for identifying people in this asymptomatic stage of disease. One is the amyloid PET scan, a form of brain scan that shows amyloid (the main constituent in the plaques). The other, which is less expensive and more readily available, is the measurement of amyloid and tau proteins in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) obtained by spinal tap. These two approaches appear to be similarly accurate. The CSF method has been available for a number of years, but a new study has just confirmed its accuracy.
Once we have effective treatments that slow or stop Alzheimer's brain pathology, it will make sense to screen everyone when they reach the age of risk. We will likely use one of these two methods: PET scans or spinal taps.
Q: What do you think about the claims of 100 percent accuracy in predicting Alzheimer's disease in some patients? What about variables like the competency of those doing the spinal taps or different interpretations of the results? What about confounding physical conditions like strokes, depression or the natural aging process? Or the possibility that someone might have a marker for Alzheimer's, but never actually get the disease?
A: In one sense, the spinal fluid test is not very accurate, because about one third of asymptomatic older individuals show protein levels consistent with Alzheimer's disease. But if it turns out that all of these individuals are headed for symptoms of AD eventually, the test may in fact prove to be very accurate. But we need a longer period of observation to determine whether this is true. If the latent period between the onset of brain pathology and the onset of symptoms is indeed 10 years or longer, a portion of individuals will die of other causes before showing any signs of AD. Whether we say that these individuals had an early, asymptomatic form of AD, or did not have AD at all, may be a semantic distinction.
The spinal fluid test is likely to be specific for Alzheimer's disease changes in brain; it will probably not be confounded by other diseases of aging.
Q: Some doctors and scientists say the current spinal fluid test unnecessarily frightens and labels patients who receive a positive test result because there's no effective Alzheimer's treatment at the moment. Who should take this test?
A: Right now the spinal fluid test is enormously valuable for research. We are increasingly using this method to select individuals for trials to test new treatments. But we have not yet proven that any treatment is effective. So for now, the test has limited value apart from research. It can certainly help establish a diagnosis, but today it will not have much impact on treatment. In my opinion, the test should mainly be used in research settings.
Q: You're involved in efforts to rewrite the 25-year-old diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease. What's changed about the disease or our understanding of it? How do the proposed guidelines reflect this?
A: I would point to two major developments driving the new approach to diagnosis. The first is the development of accurate biomarkers such as the spinal fluid test. We now have the tools to identify people at an early stage of AD, though just a few years ago this was not possible. The second development is a new approach to therapy, a recognition that effective disease-modifying therapy probably must be started early, before the onset of dementia, to be very effective. So we now have the right tools for early diagnosis, and a huge need for early diagnosis for drug development.
Q: If the guidelines are adopted, as expected, later this year, what happens?
A: The new guidelines will be helpful in the design of clinical research studies. They may influence regulatory procedures for AD drug development. And they will provide clarity to clinicians. But the primary benefits will be to the research community.
Q: More than many diseases, Alzheimer's terrifies people. The disease has long seemed like a one-way ticket to memory loss and eventual dementia. Has something fundamentally changed? Are we on the cusp of something?
A: In my opinion, we are indeed on the cusp of a new therapeutic age. We have clarified much about the disease mechanisms and clinical course. We have developed tools for diagnosis and drug development. And highly promising treatments have reached the stage of clinical testing. These developments are converging to generate a great deal of optimism that we may finally be close to changing the course of this terrible disease. We may even bring the epidemic under control.


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Rampur is a city and a municipality in and headquarters of Rampur District in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.It is known for its various industries, including sugar refining and cotton milling. Its library has more than 12,000 rare manuscripts and a fine collection of Mughal miniature paintings. Originally it was a group of four villages named Kather, the name of Raja Ram Singh. The first Nawab proposed to rename the city 'Faizabad'. But many other places were known by the name Faizabad so its name was changed to Mustafabad alias Rampur. If you are looking for car rental Rampur let us know and we will be happy to provide you with best budgeted deals for . Book cabs in Rampur