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Multiple graded stakes winners Calibrachoa and Redding Colliery have been purchased by Jay and Terry Adcock's Red River Farms and will stand near Coushatta, La., in 2013.
Multiple graded stakes winners Calibrachoa and Redding Colliery have been purchased by Jay and Terry Adcock's Red River Farms and will stand near Coushatta, La., in 2013.
One year after registering his most lucrative victory, Duke of Mischief returns to Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races to defend his title in West Virginia's $1 million Charles Town Classic (gr. II) April 14.
Burning Sands Stable's San Pablo has been nearly flawless for more than a year, and now he will try to take his game to the next level in the $150,000 Excelsior Stakes (gr. III) March 17 at Aqueduct.
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Tested at top of the stretch by 4-5 favorite I Want Revenge, the front-running Redding Colliery battled back along the inside to register a two-length victory in the $73,500 Evening Attire Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Giant Oak picked a good time to break his 14-race losing streak, as he was placed first in the $500,000 Clark Handicap (gr. I) when stewards disqualified favored Successful Dan for interference Nov. 26 at Churchill Downs.
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A year ago, a lightly raced 3-year-old named Blame used a victory in the Fayette Stakes (gr. III) at Keeneland as a springboard to victory in his subsequent start in the Clark Handicap.
Morton Fink's Successful Dan could be the starting in the highweight in the $500,000 Clark Handicap (gr. I) at Churchill Downs Nov. 27. The race is at 1 1/8 miles.
The favorite, he holds off Giant Oak by three-quarters of a length.
A well-matched field of eight older horses have been entered in the $250,000 Hawthorne Gold Cup (gr. II) at Hawthorne Racecourse on Oct. 2.
With a powerful move around the far turn, 16-1 Duke of Mischief swept to the lead and rolled to a 2 1/4-length win in the $300,000 Philip H. Iselin Stakes (gr. III) at Monmouth Park Aug. 21
I Want Revenge, the colt who was scratched as the favorite following an injury on the morning of the 2009 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), tops a six-horse field entered in Philip H. Iselin Stakes (gr. III).
Redding Colliery disposed of pacesetter Euroears leaving the final turn and left his seven rivals far behind in capturing the $300,000 Lone Star Park Handicap (gr. III) for his first graded stakes victory May 31.
Kinross Corp.'s Researcher again played to the home crowd at Charles Town Races & Slots April 17 with a repeat victory in the Charles Town Classic, one of the richest races in the country for older horses.
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Jockey | Alan Garcia |
Owner | Mrs. Fitriani Hay |
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Inspiring Innovation.
UW-Stout can help you achieve your goals.
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Online Course 3 semester hours graduate credit
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This is one of the required courses for individuals pursuing reading teacher certification, WI 316. This course is an approved elective in the Master of Science in Education online degree program.
Integration of psycholinguistic theory into an interactive model of remedial interventions based on literacy acquisition research. Practical suggestions for integrating reading, writing and spelling into an effective program for struggling readers and special populations including the learning disabled.
Readings will be assigned from the following textbooks. (The same textbooks and resources will also be used as textbooks in the Assessment and Evaluation of Reading and Language Development course.)
McCormick, S & Zutell, J (2015). Instructing students who have literacy problems. ( 7th edition) Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Allyn & Bacon. ISBN 13:9780133830934
If you prefer to read a hard copy of the textbook, instead of reading via your computer or tablet, you may purchase the book from http://www.pearsonhighered.com or an online bookstore such as amazon.com Be sure to allow for delivery time, and note the ISBN number and 7th edition.
During the course, you will learn specific reading strategies, are required to field test these strategies with live subjects in your classroom, and will complete field experience reports describing the results. If you are not teaching, please refer to the list below to assist in finding an alternate source of struggling readers.
To meet the course requirements, you will work with a struggling reader in Modules 6, 8 and 11.
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Wisconsin Standards for Teacher Development and Licensure (WI DPI) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
International Literacy Association's Standards for Reading Professionals (IRA 2010) and the Content Guidelines for Reading Teachers State of Wisconsin - DPI (p. 180)
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We actually managed to organize a dinner in Chengdu with the Chinese family we met on the train. They brought four more friends of which only one spoke a little bit English, so it was an interesting evening with conversations in body language.
They were all very nice and wined and dines us with pretty much everything that the menu offered... so also a lot of unusual stuff which I just couldn't get down me. We had a hotpot which means that all the dishes arrive raw on plates and then you put them in a pot in the middle of the table which is filled with hot oil and spices... kind of like fundue, it is just not on a stick.
Our Chinese hosts were very keen for us to try all of the Chinese delicassies they had ordered and then watched how we ate it and if we liked it. I felt quite embarrassed because I had to turn down a lot of the things they strongly tried to convince me to try. It didn't look much better than they described it "cow insides" actually looked like the skin of a cow tongue - black skin with spikes on it. The other delicassy I really couldn't get myself to eat looked like a long jelly string with more spiky strings dangling from it. Apparently it was more from the "cow inside" and I had to turn it down with an appologetic smile. Jack was my hero and actually ate everything subtly that they had put on my plate, he must have had ten of those meatballs which tasted like spongy frog stomach. After a while I just said I wasn't that much into meat and preferred
vegetables, so I was off the hook.
All in all it was a very nice and interesting evening and we enjoyed it a lot. Our Chinese company were very friendly and showered us in complements how beautiful our eyes and our hair was. If they manage to come to Europe one day dinner is on us.
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Professor Jenks joined the SMU Law faculty in 2012. He teaches and writes on the law of armed conflict and criminal justice. Professor Jenks is the co-author of a law of armed conflict textbook, co-editor of a forthcoming war crimes casebook, and served as a peer reviewer of the Talinn Manual on the international law applicable to cyber warfare. He has published articles on drones, child soldiers, extraordinary rendition, law of war based detention, targeting and government contractors. He has also spoken on those same topics at universities and institutes in Australia, Italy, South Africa and the U.S., and with the militaries of the Republic of Yemen and several different European and African countries. He recently served as a consultant to the Office of the Secretary of Defense on U.S. military security sector reform in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Religion of Tuesday, 5 February 2013
Source: GNA
Apostle Alfred Kodua, General Secretary of the Church of Pentecost has stated that the stability of the nation was being threatened by immorality called on Christians to stand up against homosexuality.
He said it was about time that the Bible was used to reject the same-sex relationship and called on the media to desist from irresponsible and sensational reportage, which was killing the unity and stability of the nation.
"A disciplined society will only come when we apply the Bible to our lives…how can we condone something that the Bible frowns on?" he quizzed.
Apostle Kodua was speaking at the launch of the 2013 Annual Bible Week celebration organized by the Bible Society of Ghana at the Tesano Baptist Church in Accra at the weekend.
He said one of the major issues threatening our national cohesion was the disregard for family life and values. He noted that irresponsible parenthood continued to breed street children and armed robbers day-in day-out.
Apostle Kodua stressed that Ghanaians had become more party conscious at the expense of national interest. "We can have so many political parties but when it's time for national issues we should be seen as one. This can only be achieved through the word of God," he added.
He said politics of insults had become the order of the day. "It appears the better you insult, the better you are regarded as a good politician. The time has come for Christians to say enough is enough, our words must be glorifying".
The Bible Week celebration is an annual week-long event organized by the Bible Society of Ghana to draw attention to the centrality of the Word of God in the lives of the people and of the Church of God and to thank God for the gift of the scriptures.
The BSG is a non-denominational Christian organization with voluntary membership from individual Christians affiliated to the United Bible Societies, which translates, publishes and distributes at affordable prices the Holy Scriptures.


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Down the full distance of my memory, a dauntingly stout box stood on its end in the barn of our Victorian house in Dublin, New Hampshire. In my morbid youthful imagination, maybe it was a child's casket, maybe there was a skeleton inside. My father airily dismissed the contents: just the printing plates for the illustrations in a 1909 book, Concealing-Coloration in the Animal Kingdom, the brainchild of Abbott Handerson.
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Thayer, a major turn-of-the-century painter who died in 1921. He was a mentor to my artist father (whose name I bear) and a family icon. He was the reason my father stayed in Dublin: to be near the man he revered.
I was recently visited in Dublin by Susan Hobbs, an art historian researching Thayer. This was the moment to open the box—which now felt to me like an Egyptian sarcophagus, filled with unimagined treasures. And indeed it was! The plates for the book were there—and with them, cutouts of blossoms and butterflies, birds and bushes—lovely vignettes to show how coloration can conceal objects by merging them with their backgrounds. Everything was wrapped in a 1937 Sunday Boston Globe and New York Herald Tribune.
Also, I held in my hands a startling artifact of military history. Green and brown underbrush was painted on a series of horizontal wooden panels. A string of paper-doll soldiers dappled green and brown could be superimposed on the landscapes to demonstrate how camouflage-design uniforms would blend into the backgrounds. Cutouts and stencils in the shape of soldiers, some hanging from strings, could be placed on the panels as well, to demonstrate degrees of concealment. Here was Abbott Thayer, the father of camouflage.
Nowadays camouflage togs are worn as fashion statements by trendy clotheshorses, and as announcements of machismo by both men and women. The "camo" pattern is the warrior wardrobe for rebels and rogues of all stripes, and hunters of the birds and animals Thayer studied to the point of near worship. Catalogues and stylish boutiques are devoted to camouflage chic. There are camo duffels, camo vests, even camo bikinis.
This evolution is heavily ironic. A strange and astonishing man, Thayer had consecrated his life to painting "pictures of the highest human soul beauty." He was one of a small group who returned from Paris art schools in the late 1800s with a new vision of American art. They were painters of atmosphere, apostles of timeless beauty, often embodied by depictions of idealized young women. Distinct from the storytelling pre-Raphaelites, the American Impressionists and such muscular Realists as Winslow Homer and Thomas Eakins, the group included Thomas Dewing, Dwight Tryon, George de Forest Brush, the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, and James McNeill Whistler, who remained abroad. Deemed a "rare genius" by the railroad car magnate Charles Lang Freer, his patron and mentor, Thayer in that era was considered one of the finest figure painters in America.
Thayer's second obsession was nature. An Emersonian transcendentalist, he found in nature an unsullied form of the purity, the spiritual truth and the beauty he sought in his painting. This combination of art and naturalism led him to his then-radical theory of concealing coloration—how animals hide from their predators, and prey. The foundation of military camouflage, it would have been formulated without Thayer and his particular contributions. Types of camouflage had long existed. Brush was used to conceal the marching soldiers in Shakespeare's Macbeth, and the headdresses and war paint worn by African warriors, to cite Thayer's own example, served to disrupt their silhouettes. But it was Thayer who, in the early 1890s, began creating a wholly formed doctrine of concealing coloration, worked out through observation and experiment.
The theory emerged from the total mingling of his art and his nature studies. Thayer once explained to William James, Jr.—son of the famed philosopher and a devoted disciple of Thayer's—that concealing coloration was his "second child." This child, said Thayer, "has hold of one of my hands and my painting has hold of the other. When little C.C. hangs back, I can not go forward....He is my color-study. In birds' costumes I am doing all my perceiving about the color I now get into my canvases."
Thayer believed that only an artist could have originated this theory. "The whole basis of picture making," he said, "consists in contrasting against its background every object in the picture." He also was a preeminent technician in paint, the acknowledged American master of the color theories developed in Munich and Paris—theories of hue and chroma, of color values and intensities, of how colors enhance or cancel one another when juxtaposed.
Thayer based his concept on his perceptions of the ways in which nature "obliterates" contrast. One is by blending. The colorations of birds, mammals, insects and reptiles, he said, mimic the creatures' environments. The second is by disruption. Strong arbitrary patterns of color flatten contours and break up outlines, so denizens either disappear or look to be something other than what they are.


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YONKERS, N.Y., Jan. 7, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Some organizing challenges around the house never seem to go away. The March 2014 issue of ShopSmart, from Consumer Reports, highlights 14 clever and inexpensive products used by organizing pros that can bring order to common messes.
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Christmas Tree Advent Calendar 2013
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Celebrate Christmas this season with the Christmas Tree Advent Calendar 2013!An animated icon for every day, and an extra special visit from "you know who" on Christmas! On December 1st, and everyday leading up to Christmas, a sign will appear with the number of days left until Christmas and the advent number to find.
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Posted over 8 years ago Dear friends. I am proud to tell you, that the french website of my french police association is on line now. You could watch all pictures about our exchange between the NYPD, and pictures about the 9/11 commemoration. This year again, we will be in New York, for this commemoration, the City hall contact us again. TAke care friend, and god bless you all. Link to the website (right now in french but we work to present to you a american translation, as soon as possible.): WWW.911-17.FR Thank you very much. Laurent JUSTE, French President of 911-17's association (firstname.lastname@example.com) |


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Travel zooms are one of the major successes in today's budget Point and Shoot camera world, the reason being obviously their ability to combine a pocket able body with a high-count zoom in order to give the highly desirable combination that appeals to any enthusiast. After many of the leading camera manufacturers in the world, Olympus, one of the frontrunners in the business brings in Olympus SZ 14, which is a very portable 14megapixel device, obviously as mentioned earlier, in the travel zoom range and offers a good 24x optical zoom bundled alongside the focal range measuring 25mm to 600mm in 35mm equivalent terms. The processing engine is by far the most advanced True Pic III + and that is embedded with a sensor shift image stabilisation. "Advanced Face Detection" and "Shadow Adjustment" technologies, a range of Magic Filters, in-camera panorama stitching, 3D photo shooting, 720p HD videos with "Multi-motion Movie IS" and Eye-Fi memory card compatibility are some other features that are also seen being sported in the device. Olympus SZ 14 succeeds its very own Olympus SZ 20 and Olympus SZ 30 models that were launched a year prior, and fancied 12.5x and 24x optical zoom respectively. Now, it is understood that the reviewed device is the new superzoom in the block, and pretty much the newest addition in what is called the company's traveller series of cameras.
Unlike Olympus SZ 30, a drawback here is the lack of a GPS antenna, which will definitely repel some part of the interested mob but somehow, the device makes it up for that with the same 24x optical zoom plus a very reasonable price tag. This is really unbelievable, 14 effective megapixels from a 14MP 1/2.3 inch CCD sensor with 24x zoom lens for the price of a standard 5x point and zoom is sort of hard to believe, but Olympus has for some reason priced this really highly aggressively. Even if there are 2 million extra pixels and 11.5x more zoom than Olympus SZ 20, the cost is the same.
There hasn't really been many changes in terms of design and the build quality attached to it, in fact, it takes time to differentiate Olympus SZ-14 from Olympus SZ-20- still the device looks much like a bridge camera whose dimensions have been diminished somehow, although towards the positive there definitely has been a bit more stylistic carving which fits in and gives rise to a better and more aesthetically beautiful streamlined appearance. Take an example, the stereo microphones on the front plate now sit really close to the lens barrel, so such so that they seem like they are almost hidden from the grasps. At a single push, it will very well slide in the pocket of you jeans (given that your jeans are not too tight!), a travel zoom it is, and hence it is portable. The exact dimensions of the device measure 106.5mm x 68.7mm x 39.5mm, and weighs a really highly comfortable 216grams with Li-Ion batteries that are rechargeable and comes with a SD card choice. It is available in the color combinations as varying as Silver, Black, and Red. The camera actually feels a little plastic-like to touch despite the metal build provided to it, which only adds to the durability and the ease of use of Olympus SZ 14.
Just a little click on the shutter button and Olympus SZ-14 is just surprisingly quick to bring forth the exposure and focus on the device, there is a green AF point which is very neatly highlighted on the screen obviously accompanied by a beep within the time that it takes to blink for the user. Olympus SZ-14 inherits the latest TruePic III + processor, that been said, you have to wait a good 4seconds all the time while there is a maximum resolution.
Being a superzoom it is clear that the Olympus SZ 14 is bound to rock the Lens and Image stabilisation category and keep the impressive broad dual image stabilized focal range aside, which actually drags the farther to a close and squeeze the expansive landscape right into the frame. The lens of Olympus SZ 14 features at 35mm equivalent, the wide-angle end measuring a decent 25mm and at the telephoto end, the lens extends to a huge 600mm. Well, Olympus yet again turns to its USP of Magic filters with this device. In Olympus SZ 14, these digital effects make up number 11 in total and hence add up to the recently added fragmented filter which can lend shots at the tiled, collage type effects, and most of these effects are available when the device I is on the shooting mode and not only on the stills.
The flash on Olympus SZ 14 is of the variety of pop up type and helps to avoid the bane in the name of the red eye feature, with that, is a manual level that is squirreled right away at the lens barrel side with which you have to raise it. There is a flash bulb on the camera which sits right on the side of the lens rather than being with it, this further leads to making the appearance of the camera that of the bridge type model which has been totally slimmed down. The pictures and videos on this device are tremendously poised and the big 3-inch back plate LCD that is actually the only viewing means thanks to the unavailability of optical or electronic viewfinder somehow covers the entire rear of the camera. Well for a camera of this price range, again Olympus SZ-14 gives a really better than average resolution which measures a good 460,000 dots.
The batteries that powers Olympus SZ 14 are the dedicated Li-Ion batteries, the camera on the device manages to record both the videos and images on the disc. Both the cards and the batteries share a common compartment on the bottom portion of the camera. The approximate given for the camera to last on a full charge, is 220 images, this however, is a variable that can vary depending about your usage of the flash and zoom. These batteries are rechargeable.
Adding to the exciting new features of Olympus SZ 14 is the latest multi-motion movie IS functionality from the camera, this is aimed directly at reducing the blur effects of the device faced by the videographer while recording, which means actually jogging the camera. As we mentioned the price at which it is launched, which so many in built features, we don't really get the high end Full HD 1080p video recording feature, and we are not disappointed, for we didn't expect it either, although we do get the HD 720p video recording 1280 x 720 pixels at 30fps. For better connectivity options, we also have a HDMI output that is lurking right under the plastic side flap of the camera to hook up the camera to a flat panel TV, typically however, I personally do not believe HDMI connectivity does any good in a camera. Now another surprising feature in the given price is that you can actually use the zoom feature in the video recording and that is done without sound cutting when in the motion mode too. Agreed that there is a little mechanical buzz recorded, but frankly, enough of it is really negligible to be unobtrusive.
As has been said time and again, the sensor is pretty much the heart of a camera and Olympus SZ-14 portrays a bit expected modest 1/2.3 inch CCD sensor which is good for 14megapixels, this takes an unbelievably sharp and detailed images at the maximum resolution of 4032 x 3024pixels. This sensor is a transducer that is used to convert all the optical images captured into electronic signals, these electronic signals are further used for the processing purposes.
· Powerful 24x (25mm - 600mm) zoom lens
· Dedicated movie record button
· Accurate exposures
· Records high-definition video
· Zoom operates during video recording
· Fast high-speed burst modes
· Controls are small but well placed
· Sensor-shift anti-shake
· Helpful guide system with dedicated button
· Auto focus could be better
· Photos in low light tend to be blurry
· Thumb wheel navigation can be clumsy
· Slow burst mode at full resolution
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Inequality and negative income
This paper deals with some problems in the measurement of inequality when negative incomes are allowed. A helpful axiom is defined, called the Greatest Gets More axiom. Using this axiom it can be shown that the properties of some inequality measures depend on whether there are negative incomes or not. In this paper for the intermediate measures of Eichhorn and the centrist measures of Kolm a threshold value is given above which the Greatest Gets More axiom holds. Furthermore, a simple proof is given for the fact that there exists no function which fulfills the three axioms Pigou-Dalton, homogeneity and additive invariance when the data contain negative incomes. --
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First-Time Author, 98, Learned to Read at 91
We may have found Colin Firth's next Oscar-winning role: Captain James Henry, a lifelong fisherman living in Mystic, Connecticut, who couldn't sign his own name for 91 years — then met a retired high school English teacher who taught him to read and helped him pen a book of stories.
On his wife's deathbed, Henry promised her he would learn how to read. After a year of tutoring, Henry was scribbling down tales on a yellow legal pad. His tutor, Mark Hogan, worked with him on his autobiography, titled In a Fisherman's Language, published by Fowler Road Press.
"I said, 'My God, he's got 25 or 30 stories here,'" Hogan told NBC Connecticut. "And he said, 'We oughta make a book out of it,' and I said, 'Yeah. why not.'"
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Matthew Porterfield's sleeper hit "Putty Hill" was heralded for its keen melding of documentary and narrative traditions into a poetic exploration of a small Baltimore community impacted by a young man's sudden death. The movie drifted effortlessly from one environment to another, constructing a sense of place through a collage of emotions, offhand exchanges and occasionally breaking the fourth wall. Porterfield's follow-up "I Used to Be Darker" similarly weaves realism and a rigid storytelling structure together with affecting results, even though it adheres more closely to familiar patterns in its perceptive examination of a deteriorating American family. Not your typical divorce drama, "I Used to Be Darker" stings harder than most.
Porterfield's third feature, co-written by Amy Belk, takes place in the aftermath of a decision by middle-aged couple Kim (Kim Taylor) and Bill (Ned Oldham) to end their marriage, much to the frustration of their daughter, college newbie Abby (Hannah Gross). Into this mess lands Taryn (Deragh Campbell), Kim's niece and Abby's first cousin, an alienated teen who ran away from her family in Northern Ireland before causing a ruckus in Maryland and abruptly crashing with her shell-shocked relatives. While Kim and Bill attempt to care for the young woman in the midst of their own problems, Abby grows increasingly resentful of her mother and Taryn evades the mounting pressure to call her parents.
Plotwise, "I Used to Be Darker" has little to offer beyond those palatable ingredients, but Porterfield often seems more interested in using the scenario to establish a series of melancholic tones with incredibly effective results. The two real-life musicians in the parental roles, Taylor and Oldham, perform original compositions throughout the movie and often commandeer it, elevating the experience beyond its linear story to convey the melancholic soul-searching plaguing the entire ensemble. Reteaming with cinematographer Jeremy Saulnier, Porterfield frequently views his characters from afar in long shots surrounded by open space, as if they've been dwarfed by the pressures surrounding them.
In a project like "Darker," with a more precisely defined narrative than "Putty Hill," this device sometimes creates a distancing effect from the material; however, the cerebral direction is frequently salvaged by the music, a series of beautiful elegies emphasized by their contextualization. In one scene, Oldham delivers a solemn ballad while sitting alone at home, only to lash out violently following its climax. It's a surprisingly powerful moment that transcends the more conventional events surrounding it.
While Porterfield's audacious formalism doesn't always keep pace with the low key script, his formidable cast keeps the drama intact. Newcomer Campbell, as the petite Taryn, ironically seeks solace from the world only to find herself in an even drearier situation that deepens her funk. Gross, as the assertive Abby, provides the ideal counterpoint to Taryn's restraint with rebellious outbursts that eventually isolate her from everyone save for her loving father. The musician parents, meanwhile, work through the trauma of divorce in a series of tense discussions equally disconnected from the plot while complicating its mood. Porterfield takes great pains to elaborate on small moments to the extent that the eventual progress the narrative does make — a sudden, heated romance between characters and the revelation of Taryn's reason for going on the lam chief among them — feel like a distraction from the more involving aspects of the material.
On the whole, however, "I Used to Be Darker" resonates specifically because it favors intense emotional wavelengths over story. With music as his chief device, Porterfield successfully conveys the cathartic nature of art by creating it. Despite its downbeat premise, the movie contains a kernel of hope. "I don't write songs any more," sighs Bill, but then proceeds to do just that, leading to the conclusion that creativity is the ultimate survival tactic.
Criticwire grade: B+
HOW WILL IT PLAY? Too experimental for wide release, the movie should nevertheless enjoy decent responses on the festival circuit and a limited theatrical release from a small distributor, although it's unlikely to play much more than a handful of theaters and it's not readymade for great returns on VOD. It's another sleeper hit in the making.


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Belgrade, the adventure begins.
Trip Start
Mar 19, 2008
Trip End
Jul 01, 2008
Let me preface this by saying, don't wander into
shantytowns. Anyways...Well, I ended up waking up at 6:30 to explore the town; it
was completely on accident and far too early. For some retarded reason I
thought that Serbia was one hour ahead. Nope, definitely not. So I wander the
streets somewhat aimlessly, seeing as I have no map and no money. Well, half by
luck I stumble onto the Belgrade Fortress; which I thought was actually on the
other side of the river; awesome. I wander through the parks, fortress, and
around the outside of the fortress zoo for a couple of hours. After reaching
the top, I'm awarded with awesome views of the whole area. Belgrade is huge,
about 2.5 million people. And it's growing quite rapidly; cranes dot the new
city, as do various large buildings. It was about 11ish when I decided to walk
along the river into town. It was a nice walk; families riding their bikes,
sunshine, old men fishing, and a slurry of decaying old boats. I decided to
take a gravel road leading off of the main path thinking it would take me back
into the city; definitely not. I ended up walking into a shantytown. Eight to
twelve houses built out of random materials, extremely uncared or children
riding about on bicycles, and sullen looking people sitting in the sun.
Obviously I didn't whip out my camera, maybe if I had two other guy friends
with me, but alone? I'd have to be retarded. I snapped a few shots as soon as I
was out of sight range; and right was I was leaving, a man in uniform yelled at
me and motioned for me to come to him. He was sitting in a dilapidated concrete
post by the railroad tracks. When I got near, he began talking to me in
EXTREMELY broken English, German, and with hand signals. He made some hand
motions about taking pictures. I tried asking him in three different languages
what I had done wrong. After speaking on the phone with somebody, he tells me
"one moment." Great, what in the world does that mean? So I sit down, and as
I'm waiting I watch one of the shack dwellers working on what must have been a
car at one point. There was no body; just a frame, an engine, one seat, a
steering wheel, and possibly some floorboards. Every ten minutes or so,
somebody would give this thing a push start; it would sputter and then die very
loudly. After forty minutes goes by and still nothing; "one moment" he says.
One thing that keeps giving me an uneasy feeling is this kid who keeps riding
by on his bike, looking like he expects some great show. So of course I get
this mental image of five thugs coming out of the bushes. In case that happens,
my survival plan is to sprint the 50 yards to the river and leap over the rail
into the river. Well ten minutes later a police officer emerges from the bushes
and asks me, "What are you doing here? This is a very dangerous neighborhood."
As we're walking away I hear the "car" coughing up and down the road somewhere.
The officer confiscated my passport and camera as we walked back to the
station; a walk which didn't exactly put me at ease. He lead me through a field,
an abandoned train yard full of old train cars, through some of those cars, and
along the train tracks for some time. I really thought I was going to get
mugged. It only takes a few minutes of talking with the police at the station
before they figure out that I'm not some master press photographer, but just a
stupid American tourist. It's 1:00 by now, I'm stressed out and haven't eaten
in over 24 hours. So I find an ATM, grab a beer, and a slice of Ukrainian pizza
to relax. Calmed down and with some food in belly, I start out to explore the
city. It's actually a pretty spectacular city; I wander past government row,
two bombed out buildings that will not be rebuilt; reminding the, government,
the NATO embassies, and the people what war brings. I see here and there the
unpatched bullet holes still on some structures. They actually have the largest
orthodox church in the world as well; so of course I saw that; staying for a
time to relax and people watch. Having gotten in a good dose of people
watching, I head over to another historic district containing a church,
theatre, numerous student parks, and a large shopping district. This city is
really getting quite a bit of foreign investment, despite its very poor
inflation (nearly 100 dinars to 1USD!) They have bills ranging from 1000 to
20,000 dinars and have coins from 1 to 100 dinars; logically they don't use
cents. As I was walking through a park, I gradually begin to hear what sounded
like a large brass band. A few minutes later and I somehow had managed to walk
into a wedding procession. Apparently Nikoli had a wedding to attend today, I
wonder if this was it..I was pretty tired and there was only two hours before
my train was set to leave, so I moseyed on back to the train station to relax
with a terrible coffee. With about twenty minutes left before boarding, I
noticed that my train still hadn't pulled into the terminal; I could see it
waiting to come in, but it just wasn't moving. It was at that moment that the
police started pouring in. Now, I had noticed a large police presence
throughout the day, with teams of three roaming the city. But now, a dozen or
more police armed in full riot gears, plus twenty or more regular uniformed
officers marched in. What now damnit? I really didn't feel like taking part in
a riot. As soon as all the police were in position, the train pulled forward;
with the police assigning seats and scattered throughout to maintain order.
Well, the train was severely overbooked, and I actually managed to get the last
seat in the train. Resting my backpack on my lap, I tried to get some sleep,
using it as a pillow. However...a good thirty minutes into the ride, every
Serbian male sitting in the isle of the train started spontaneously into song.
I actually didn't mind getting woken up to this, because honestly, how often do
you get the chance to hear 20-30 native Serbians singing loudly and exuberantly
in their native language? They only sang for about 25 minutes or so; and then
they departed, singing all the way. It was right about then that I noticed the
heat in the train cars didn't work, and some windows were stuck open. I put on
my windbreaker, tighter my hoods, and curled up into a ball on the seats for
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text: AboutRestaurants & BarsMusic & Events Calendar Handcrafted Cornelius Pass Roadhouse Brewery Cornelius Pass Roadhouse Distillery HistoryBeer To Go!Private Events About Cornelius Pass Roadhouse Former farmstead wonderland Rooted in the former pioneer farming mecca, our Hillsboro pub is now in a high-tech haven of Hillsboro where a six-acre farmstead is today a colorful oasis with buildings and barns that date to the mid-1850s. Here you'll also find one of McMenamins' top-producing breweries, and the modern-day Imbrie Hall Pub (built from the timbers of Portland's historic Henry Weinhards brewery). You may also enjoy the cozy wee bar known as the Little White Shed, along with plenty of outdoor summer seating. Please note that McMenamins does not allow pets on this property Eat & Drink Imbrie Hall Little White Shed Events Happy 22nd Birthday, Black Rabbit Red! Sunday, April 2 Easter Brunch Buffet at Cornelius Pass Roadhouse Sunday, April 16 Roadhouse Refreshments Wednesday, April 26 Mother's Day Brunch Sunday, May 14 Friends & Family Night: Benefit for Orenco Elementary Tuesday, May 23 Roadhouse Refreshments Wednesday, May 31 Friends & Family Night: Benefit for Valley Catholic Tuesday, June 6 Roadhouse Refreshments Wednesday, June 28 16th Annual Roadhouse Brewfest Saturday, July 15 Freak Mountain Ramblers Saturday, July 15 Roadhouse Refreshments Wednesday, July 26 Roadhouse Refreshments Wednesday, August 30 Roadhouse Refreshments Wednesday, September 27 Roadhouse Refreshments Wednesday, October 25 Roadhouse Refreshments Wednesday, November 29 Roadhouse Refreshments Wednesday, December 27 Cornelius Pass Roadhouse Brewery Cornelius Pass Roadhouse Distillery History The wildlife at Cornelius Pass Roadhouse was once as common as the rain. Fox, deer, elk, and weasels all wandered the cultivated fields and apple orchards. Pheasants were easily spotted in the daylight; owls were abundant at night. This was when Sunset Highway was new and in a half-hour spent waiting for the school bus, you could count on one hand the number of cars that came along the Highway and the Pass Road... Read about the pioneering Imbrie family, among the area's first settlers. Built just a few short years ago in 2001, Imbrie Hall nevertheless holds stories within its walls. Take home your favorite McMenamins Ale or Cider! $8 Growler Mondays Head to any of our pubs, bring your 2-quart growler and have it filled with any regular McMenamins beer for $8 every Monday! You can also fill your growler with any McMenamins high gravity beer for $10. We don't offer a special on growler fills of Brewmasters Reserve beer or cider at this time. Regular price $14 - $17. Note: This special does not apply to cider or brewmasters reserves. Check out what's ON TAP on the free McMenamins app. On Tap To Go (not including growler or jar) Hard Cider To Go (not including growler or jar) 1 quart $7.00-$8.50 1 quart $8.80 2 quarts $14.00-$17.00 2 quarts $17.60 Half-Gallon Growlers We're offering these special 64-ounce growlers (think a glass moonshine jug) that are now engraved with many different company seasonal logos and other assorted graphics! Use it time and time again, or keep it as a memento from your visit. Available at all locations Cans To Go Our 16-ounce cans of our signature Ruby and Hammerhead are available to-go at all locations. Crack 'em open and enjoy on the beach, in a backyard....bottle openers are no longer required. Crowlers Offered at our 23rd Avenue Bottle Shop Prices vary We're now offering Crowlers - a mashup of can and growler - in a 32-ounce vessel that we fill fresh from a tap of your choice and seal up to-go. Choose from our 20 rotating taps of McMenamins' and guest breweries handcrafted offerings, including cider and high-gravity selections. Kegs/Cornelius Cans $120/15.5 gallon plus refundable keg and equipment deposits At select breweries we can also fill Cornelius canisters. Call the brewery to make arrangements. You will need to bring your clean canister and leave it with the brewer for filling. You cannot just drop in and get a canister filled unannounced. Current pricing on Cornelius canisters is $50 for 5 gallons, $30 for 3 gallons. If you have a different size Cornelius canister figure on $10 per gallon. Order a keg of McMenamins brew for your next party from one of our Oregon or Washington breweries! Different varieties are available at each location, so call ahead to see what beers are on hand. All sales are final. We do not offer refunds. Shipping Beer Now shipping to anywhere in Oregon Call the Edgefield Gift Shop to order: 503-492-5470 7 a.m.–7 p.m. Pacific Time Bottles: $5.60 per bottle Cans: $2.75 per can Plus shipping and handling Max 24 bottles/cans per order per state law Why can't you ship elsewhere? While Oregon law allows us to ship outside of the state, individual state laws prohibit us to ship beer directly to consumers. Hold your Private Event at Cornelius Pass Weddings Meetings Social Events Rich in early Oregon heritage, Cornelius Pass Roadhouse is an idyllic oasis in the heart of Oregon's high-tech corridor. Your guests will enjoy strolling about the property to visit an onsite brewery, distillery, outdoor meadows and groves, a historic Octagonal Barn, Imbrie Hall and of course, the venerable Roadhouse itself, an 1866 Italianate beauty full of original artwork, Victorian-era furnishings and tall fireplaces. Contact us for a tour of our many indoor and outdoor event spaces accommodating groups from 20 to 400. Special property-wide arrangements can be made for groups up to 1000. From a refurbished barn to a fragrant orchard to an elegant homestead and more, you're sure to find a spot that suits your needs.


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Ten statistics about England's qualifying clash with Ukraine
England/Ukraine, Tonight, 8pm, ITV1, Free £10 bet
England fans have a reputation for fickleness, but the antics of the Wembley crowd must seem refreshing to Fabio Capello when compared to the actions of some supporters in his homeland: Italy fans in Bari are expected to boo Marcello Lippi, the man who won them the World Cup, tonight and cheer his predecessor Giovanni Trapattoni, the man who twice flopped in international tournaments. The reason? Lippi refused to call up their favourite son Antonio Cassano.
Capello, on the other hand, can expect a hearty applause this evening despite trying to pick even Darren Bent ahead of Michael Owen. Here's ten stats about tonight's game with Ukraine, courtesy of our hombres at chickendinner:
1. Both teams are unbeaten in Group 6, with England winning all four of their games. Ukraine have won two and drawn one of their three.
2. Ukraine are unbeaten in eight games and have won four consecutive away games.
3. However, they have been seen off easily on their two previous trips to England – losing 2-0 in 2000 and 3-0 in 2004.
4. Besides those two trips to England, Ukraine have played in the UK on three other occasions this decade. They drew away to Wales and Northern Ireland and lost in Scotland.
5. While Ukraine's recent record on the road is strong and they won 3-1 at Kazakhstan in their opening away game of this campaign, they won just one of six in Euro 2008 qualifying, drawing one and losing four.
6. This is the first time England have won the first four games of a qualifying campaign since Euro 1972. On that occasion they were tripped up in game five, drawing 1-1 at home to Switzerland.
7. Six of Ukraine's last eight games have featured under 1.5 goals, which is 3.85 on Betfair. However, there have been at least three goals in eight of England's last nine home games.
8. Peter Crouch has scored in each of his last three starts for England and has grabbed 12 goals in his last 12 England starts, having failed to find the net in his initial two. The Portsmouth striker is 6/4 with Ladbrokes and Paddy Power to score at any time.
9. Sixteen of the twenty goals (60%) that England have scored since September have come in the second-half. Six of their last eighteen have come in the last ten minutes.
10. Wayne Rooney has scored two goals in each of his last three international appearances. Paddy Power offer 7/1 on him firing at least twice.


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The details of "The Real Housewives of New Jersey's" Danielle Staub's alleged dirty deeds are coming out in court as ex-husband Kevin Maher's attorneys depose those from the reality star's present and past for his defamation case against her.
"She's a snitchin' coke whore," Staub's ex-boyfriend, Daniel Aguilar, told RadarOnline.com, who admitted that after she cooperated with prosecutors he wanted her dead.
In Aguilar's deposition for Maher's case, he has confirmed many of the details we've learned on Staub's life in the 1980s from Maher and his book, "Cop Without a Badge," when she was known as Beverly Merrill and Angela Minelli. Aguilar took part in her crimes of drug dealing and extortion. After she made a plea deal and testified for the prosecution, Aguilar spent time in jail.
]]>He describes meeting Staub when he called an escort agency and she was sent over. They began dating soon after and he provided her with drugs, which she intended to sell.


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| iPhone 4S hands-on! It's not an iPhone mini or anything, but it's the first iPhone with Siri. And that has to count for something, right? Right? While it's no iPhone 5 (not even close, really), the iPhone 4S is far from being "last year's iPhone," and the greatly enhanced camera, bolstered A5 dual-core processor and inbuilt voice command should provide plenty of reason for folks to upgrade if they're near the end of their contract. Furthermore, having the option on Sprint -- despite Apple almost announcing it as an afterthought -- is bound to make folks already entrenched on the Now Network think twice about what their next phone will be come upgrade time. We were able to spend a few quality moments with the refreshed iPhone 4 here at Apple's campus, the Sprint flavor no less, and as you might expect... it's an iPhone 4. But S-ier. Much in the same way that the 3GS improved the overall experience of the 3G, the 4S does likewise compared to the existing 4. The dual-core A5 chip is a laudatory improvement, and whisking about pages, loading the camera application and launching -- well, just about everything -- just feels zippier. As it should. The other major change, the antennas, weren't readily different at a glance, but as Mr. Cook stated, you'd have to be iFixit to notice (and we're sure they will). The most impressive part was the demo of Siri, the new assistant that lets you do just about anything you can do on your phone -- but with your voice. We tried to psych it out with a bunch of random requests, including the history of Chester, Vermont (a lovely town) and the best Ramen places in San Francisco. Siri never faltered, never missed a beat. It worked as well as Scott's demo up on the stage. There's nothing better to say than that. We even sent ourselves a few text messages, which Siri transcribed to a T. Of course, the lady on the other end still sounds eerily robotic, but we're hoping for smoother responses from the alien within in a future update. The 8 megapixel sensor doesn't look any different from the outside, but we're trusting that Apple's re-engineered the interior. We snapped a few photos in the demo room to test and not a one came out as great as the retina-bursting contrasty pictures of balloons and flowers we saw in the demo, but then again, we didn't have any balloons or flowers to capture. As for weight and feel? Just like the old king. We'll be updating this post with our impressions live from Cupertino, and are working to get you some better pictures to look at. Hang tight -- they're coming! Update: Sorry, guys, but this time around Apple isn't allowing anyone to take photos or videos of the new iPhone in the hands-on area at its event. But don't worry, we'll give you all that and more when we review it in the coming weeks! http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/04/iphone-4s-hands-on/ |
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Ted and Angela Montgomery had planned to entertain family and friends this Christmas at their home in Lapeer, north of Detroit. But an ice storm knocked out their lights and heat on Sunday — and it hadn't been restored by Christmas Eve.
"We've just been using our fireplace, using the one in the great room and that's been keeping it pretty decent," said 61-year-old Ted Montgomery, who was headed for a shelter in a hotel on Tuesday. "We planned a little family gathering we had to cancel."
Montgomery was among a half-million utility customers — from Maine to Michigan and into Canada — who lost power in an ice storm last weekend that one utility called the worst during Christmas week in its history.
Repair crews were working around the clock to restore service, and they reported good progress Wednesday morning despite more snow rolling into the Great Lakes and Upper Midwest overnight.
The number of customers in Maine without power spiked to more than 100,000 on Tuesday, though the number had dropped to 70,000 by Wednesday morning. Central Maine Power said its goal was to use more than 1,000 workers to restore power for all customers by Thursday night, while other utilities in Maine warned customers they could be without electricity until Friday.
Complicating their efforts, however, are expected wind gusts of about 20 mph in some places, which could bring down more tree limbs.
At his home in central Maine, Doug Jennings had only a propane stove to heat his home — with visitors in town.
"It's going to be problematic. We're going to have to do something about it, go to a hotel or whatever," said Jennings, who lives near Augusta. "But we have Christmas food that's probably going to be all bad. My wife says 'I don't feel like doing the kids' stockings or anything.'"
The storm also created dangerous driving conditions. Police in Michigan attributed two deaths in a traffic collision Monday to the storm, and a series of crashes involving as many as 40 vehicles during snow squalls on Tuesday shut down the eastbound lanes of Interstate 90 east of Cleveland for hours.
Authorities said the storm contributed to the deaths of 14 people across the region, including a 50-year-old man who was overcome by carbon monoxide fumes from a generator in Knox, Maine.
Across the border in Canada, Toronto officials said 90,000 customers were without power Tuesday — down from 300,000 at the height of the outages.
In Michigan, Jackson-based Consumers Energy — the state's largest utility — said it hadn't had this many outages during any Christmas week in its 126-year history. Close to 17 percent of its 1.8 million electric customers lost power during the storm that hit late Saturday; roughly 129,000 remained without it Wednesday morning.
John Potbury and his family lost electricity at 6 a.m. Sunday and have been living in a single bedroom warmed by generator-powered space heaters. The lights on their tree, of course, were dark.
"Even though the house is freezing cold, the freezer items were starting to thaw out," Potbury said.
But Potbury's kids, 8-year-old Jacob and 5-year-old Jackson, kept things in perspective, telling their dad Tuesday that "Santa runs on reindeer power, not electricity, so he should be OK."


text: Preserve Open Wine Longer on the Cheap by Using a Smaller ContainerAdam Dachis12/17/13 2:30pmFiled to: winehomehouseholdfooddrinkspreservation8EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink Sometimes you can't finish a bottle of wine but you don't want to toss out the remaining amount. To preserve it longer, you need a good wine stopper or other tools. If you don't have them, however, Redditor Axel927 suggests just making use of a smaller container. Advertisement Honestly your best bet is to finish the wine. The reason the wine goes bad is contact with air, so here's what I recommend: Pour the leftover wine into a smaller container - if the wine takes up most of the container volume, then there will be less room for air. A mason or canning jar works great. Make sure the seal is airtight. Keep it in something that is 70 degrees F or cooler.You probably won't want to save it in a jar for too long, but if you're not terribly picky you could at least finish it a day or two later without much of an impact. If you don't want to spend any money, this is not a bad way to make sure that wine doesn't go to waste. Advertisement How do I keep an open wine bottle fresh longer without buying any gadgets | RedditPhoto by Kelly Teague.Reply8 repliesLeave a reply


text: This Colorful Carbon Fiber Is The Lightweight Way To Be Really FlashyMáté Petrány4/23/13 9:30amFiled to: car techcarbon fiberprodrivecolored carbon492EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink We've seen colored carbon fiber bodies rolling out of high-end European supercar maker's gates before, but rally legend engineering group Prodrive came up with something even better. The new manufacturing process is the result of a six month long in-house development at Prodrive's 32,000 sq ft Milton Keynes facility. The resulting components are chip resistant, UV stable and highly consistent in both color and finish, which probably would impress even Horacio Pagani himself. Expect Prodrive's flashy carbon fiber to appear not only on supercars, but yachts and private jets as well. British Racing Green carbon would also work well on Aston's racecars. Just sayin'... Photo credit: ProdriveReply49 repliesLeave a reply


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Hey everyone!!! im actually studying in japan at keio university!!! hell yea i live in japan!!! im from canada and i love anime, i love to play some Galge (bishoujo game) every now and then. mehe..that's all d(o_0)b Oh!! and i really love moe and cute thing even tough im a guy!!
2,526 total episodes
sorry I havent shown you anything my scanner died a horrible death...I know its sad. lol. I'm typing up the begining of the story, I can send that instead? if you want
1000$!? Although that sonds pricey, that's not even Half of the price I've seen everywhere o.o but... congrats =P
you know what im lazy lol, If you wanna see those pictures my myspace is
Im still working on the characters for my story, im kinda paranoide to show them to anyone.....lol, I dont wanna hear they suck.
Do you have a myspace?? I only ask cuz I have some pictures I have drawn on there.
Aaah! You should have taken me with you when you left! I've been Dieing to go to Japan, and I'm currently just rotting away here >_> But tell me... How scary was the plane ticket price? =P


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March 2, 2007
The group departed today (March 2) from the Indianapolis airport and is headed to Hassan II University-Mohammedia in Morocco, which will host them.
"This was an opportunity that I couldn't pass up, and they made it very affordable for us,†said Michelle Yocum, senior social work major of Casey, Ill., who is working a 20-hour-a-week internship this semester at the Vermillion County office of the Indiana Department of Child Services in Newport. "The social work profession is brand new for their country, so we are going over there to help them, through the relationship between our two universities.â€Â
With the expert assistance of ISU's social work department and its interim chair Robyn Lugar, assistant professor of social work, Hassan II University started teaching its very first social work classes this past fall.
Lugar is making her third trip to Morocco this spring break, with her signature boxes of textbooks in tow.
"We will be taking over 1,000 pounds of textbooks with us for Hassan II University's new social work program,†Lugar said.
Lugar and her boxes of textbooks are famous. While helping to establish the social work program at Tambov State University in Russia, Lugar and her students lugged pounds of textbooks on every trip over a 10-year period, so that now, Tambov State has an English textbook collection that is the only one of its kind in that part of the world.
The agenda for the Morocco trip includes lending academic and professional support to the fledgling social work program.
"While there, I will be doing a two-day training for more than 300 social service agency leaders and administrators; and our students are bringing information regarding U.S. agencies and how they do assessments,†Lugar said. "The students also will be making presentations to the social work students at Hassan II University, attending joint classes with them, and meeting with a local women's agency to share information about their internship field work.â€Â
ISU students will have the unique opportunity to observe the formation of the social work profession in Morocco when they visit local orphanages and other social service agencies. There will be time for a cultural exchange as well, when the group visits sites of significance in Rabat, Casablanca and Marrakech, Lugar said.
Accompanying the social work students are two students and one professor from the ISU psychology department. The group will return March 11.
Interviews: Robyn Lugar and the students are available over e-mail for interviews while in Morocco, firstname.lastname@example.com
Writer/Contact: Katie Spanuello, media relations assistant director, Indiana State University, (812) 237-3790 or firstname.lastname@example.com
As an alternative to the typical spring break, 13 students and two professors from Indiana State University are traveling to Morocco to provide training and resources for a new profession in that country – social work.
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GM Spotlights Design with a New Online Studio
The auto bailout talks opened up an opportunity for much criticism of the quality of design coming out of the Big 3 in Detroit. The problems cited ranged from bland styling to a general perception of a lack of innovative thinking.
GM seems to have taken the comments to heart and have just launched a new website called Chevrolet Design to reveal the creative process within the design studio and to feature concept development work. GM Europe is behind the development of the site. Longtime GM designer Tom Peters serves as the narrator and talks about the established design language and some of the challenges facing the automaker currently.
The site includes concept sketches and photos of many of Chevrolet's recent 'global' models. More video clips will be added to the site over time.
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Documentation: | Census 1960 (US, County & State) |
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Survey: Census 1960 (US, County & State)
Document: | Employment Status and Work Experience(Volume II, Part VI - Subject Reports) |
citation: | U.S. Bureau of the Census. U.S. Census of Population: 1960. Subject Reports, Employment Status and Work Experience. Final Report PC(2)-6A. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 1963. |


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While it's typical for kids to grow some over the summer, 12-year-old Burr Simpson gained four inches in just one day. On June 5, 2008, he underwent a six-and-a-half-hour spinal surgery to correct his scoliosis and kyphosis—two common spinal deformities. Scoliosis is a curvature of the spine and kyphosis is a rounded spine.
But Burr's journey began long before this summer.
Burr and his parents Michael and Leigh Ann are not strangers to Dayton Children's. Since Burr was born prematurely just over 12 years ago and transported to the Regional Level III Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Dayton Children's, Leigh Ann and Burr have become familiar faces around the hospital.
"Burr was in the NICU for four months and in the intermediate care unit for two months. Because of his prematurity, he had multiple problems," Leigh Ann says. She remembers this as a "very scary" time. "This was our first baby and he had so many issues. There was no name for his condition."
Leigh Ann and Michael, however, faced and dealt with Burr's medical challenges. He has hydrocephalus (excess fluid on the brain), was on a ventilator for three weeks after birth and was oxygen-dependent for two more years, had G-tube and fundoplication surgery for his GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease) and has been treated for eye problems. Over the years he has also been in speech, occupational and physical therapy, and had ear tube surgery twice. Burr's most recent surgery involved Michael Albert, MD, a pediatric orthopedic surgeon at Dayton Children's.
Burr Simpson spent one week in the hospital after spinal surgery, but walked out of the hospital standing tall—a full four inches taller. He also left with a scar the length of his back plus some rods and 21 screws in his spine. Burr benefited from a new surgical technique known as the universal clamp system, which has been in use approximately eight months.
"We are very impressed with the correction achieved for Burr using advanced spinal deformity techniques," says Dr. Albert. Presurgery photos show a large hump on Burr's back, which caused the 12-year-old to be extremely stooped. "The combination of using pedicle screws and universal clamps improves the correction and maintains stability of the spine. This technique also reduces complications from screws pulling out," he explains.
Burr is the first patient in the country to have the universal clamps procedure to correct kyphosis.
According to Leigh Ann, Burr's life before surgery presented a few inconveniences. "He did not often complain about his back hurting, but we had to take a pillow to school to put behind his back, since it hit the back of the chair. We bought large clothes so he could tuck his shirt in—a requirement at school." Since the spinal surgery the pillow is gone, he's wearing normal-sized clothes and, most importantly, "I notice he is breathing easier because he's not stooped over," Leigh Ann says.
On the day of Burr's spinal surgery, Leigh Ann was at the hospital the entire day. "The nurse gave me updates every hour. She also made sure I was taking care of myself, asking me if I had enough to eat and drink. She was very helpful."
Leigh Ann especially remembers the kindness of the food service team. "All the ladies were very nice. One lady who took Burr's food order suggested he add a milkshake or a cookie and also told him which cake that day was especially good. They brought me extra ice without my having to ask. It seemed like they would do anything for you."
Until October, Burr must continue to wear a brace for everything except sleeping. "He is doing very well and is working on building his endurance," Leigh Ann says.
Despite the many challenges facing Burr, Leigh Ann and Michael are optimistic. "As long as Burr is growing, eating and progressing in a positive direction, we're happy."
Because of the number of specialists involved in Burr's care over the years, Leigh Ann and her son feel right at home when they are at the hospital. When Leigh Ann and Burr were in the hospital the day before spinal surgery for testing and x-rays, they ran into a number of people they knew.
"His former NICU nurse and two of the respiratory therapists he knew stopped to talk to us. Seeing all these familiar faces really helped ease Burr's worries about spinal surgery," Leigh Ann says. She adds that it feels good to come to Dayton Children's because they know so many people who all know Burr by name.
"When Burr was transported to the NICU 12 years ago, we didn't know anything about Dayton Children's, but from the first, we were impressed," Leigh Ann says.
That favorable first impression has only grown stronger over the years. "We have gotten to know a lot of people who do very good work. The care at Dayton Children's has always been top notch," she says.
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