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Wednesday, July 25, 2012
New Website!
Hi everyone! I've decided to move my site over to tumblr. Please update your bookmarks to http://peteoswald.tumblr.com/. Thanks!
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Tuesday, July 03, 2012
Fractured Fairy Tales
-gouache on wood veneer
These three paintings were done for the Fractured Fairy Tale Show, a group art show at WWA Gallery in Culver City. I chose to paint Little Red Riding Hood, Goldilocks and The Three Bears and Hansel and Gretel. Opening reception is this Saturday, July 7th 7-10pm.
artwork framed
black and white roughs (digital)
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Friday, November 04, 2011
Here's my contribution for the KAMEN RIDER vs SUPER SENTAI exhibition at Q POP.
8.5''x11'' Digital
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Tuesday, November 01, 2011
ParaNorman Teaser Trailer
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Monday, September 12, 2011
Gallery Nucleus is hosting an exhibit for the release of Joey Chou's children's book. The book pays homage to It's A Small World. He was kind enough to ask me to do a piece for the show. The opening reception is this Saturday September 17th 7pm-10pm.
8x10 digital
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Wednesday, May 04, 2011
ParaNorman officially announced!
Chris Turnham and myself. It's a fantastic story. I can't wait to see the film next year! Read more
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Monday, January 31, 2011
Q Pop
gouache and mixed media
My friend, Chris Mitchell, just opened a shop/gallery called Q Pop in historic Little Tokyo area of Los Angeles. This is my contribution for the grand opening show. The theme of the show was "What is Q Pop." To me, Q Pop is Los Angeles.
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Monday, December 20, 2010
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Friday, April 30, 2010
The Story of Walls is online!
The Story of Walls from Pete Oswald on Vimeo.
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Tuesday, December 01, 2009
The Story of Walls
I am honored to share that the short I directed called "The Story of Walls" has been nominated for an Annie Award! For the past year and half I had been working with a team to build Badmash Animation Studios from the ground up. The studio was based out of LA, San Francisco and India. I had the amazing opportunity to travel to India for two months and direct this film.
"The Story of Walls" is an absurdist history of trade protectionism. Throughout history, our world has allowed simple misunderstandings, greed, and an all-consuming love of nachos to divide us. To succeed as a people, we must understand that our individual success is based on our collective success. More importantly, we must also understand that there are enough nachos for everyone!
Directed By: Pete Oswald
Written By: Sandeep Sood
Storyboard Artist: Andy Suriano
Art Director: Pete Oswald
Background Layout: Chris Reccardi
Character Layout: Vikram Athavale
Animation Director: Noor Mohammed
Music Composed By: Chad Seiter
Sound Design and Mix By: Alex Levy
We can't post the film to the web because we are in the process of submitting it to film festivals. So here are some stills. Congrats to everyone who made this possible!
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Thursday, October 08, 2009
Cloudy Children's Books
I had the opportunity to illustrate a children's book for Cloudy. You can buy Teamwork! HERE. Below are some pages without the text.
I collaborated with Justin Thompson and Andy Bialk on "The Tasty Tale of Chewandswallow".
Also, I illustrated a few pages on Carey Yost's book "Flint Saves the Day".
Brigette Barrager illustrated "The Weather Report: with Sam Sparks".
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Friday, September 18, 2009
Go See Cloudy!
Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs opens today. I saw it earlier this week and was blown away. I am always impressed when I can see the filmmaker's thumbprint on the final picture.
In designing the characters, we envisioned the simplicity of Miroslav Sasek's illustrations combined with the charm of the Muppets. We were constantly trying to simplify our shapes, and exaggerate the expression. The animators on the film did an amazing job of maintaining this style throughout the film. Here are some character designs.
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Apple iPad Spy Software
Since the charming iPad launched, there have be more and more iPad-chasers keen to buy it. Sepandan, for these users, the security of this expensive but fantastic iPad will become the most important thing to consider. Kounye-a iPad Spy Software will solve this annoying trouble. Ak ki iPad Spy Software, there is no need for iPad users to worry about their iPad security. The iPad keylogger can log all the activities happened on iPad and send the reports to users via email. Even if iPad is lost or stolen, users still can track it remotely.
Here are the functions of iPad Spy Software:
- Monitor invisibly – iPad Spy Software can work secretly without others knowing.
- Log keystrokes typed – Log all the users' keystrokes on device including the passwords typed.
- Take desktop screenshots – The iPad Spy Software will automatically capture the screenshots at a preset internal.
- Record SMS sent and received – All the sent and received short messages and contact numbers will be recorded.
- Record website visited – iPad Spy Software will record websites visited in Safari.
- Send logs to email or web space – The recorded logs will be sent to you via emai or FTP.
- Remote control – Remote control panel alllows users to enable/disable iKeyMonitor remotely
- Password protection – No one can log into your iKeyMonitor interface without the password.
What can users do with iPad Spy Software?
Protect kids on iPad
By using the iPad Spy Software, the kids activities on iPad will be shown to users, which enables these parents to protect their kids from harmful things online timely.
Monitor spouse with permission on iPad
If you wnat to use an iPad Spy Softwareto spy the suspicious behavior taken place on the target iPhone/iPad of your spouse, you must have the permission of your spouse.
Keep iPad safe
Thanks to the features of logging keystrokes, istwa Web, chat conversation, and sending reports to users' web space or email, they can keep track of all the activities on iPad remotely, even it's lost.
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That's One Way to Prep a Track
Gary Johnson is spearheading a campaign to get a new track facility installed at North Country Union High School. The cost is estimated at $150,000.00, and his group has raised around $30,00.00 so far. Right now, the team uses a car with mattress springs tied to the back to prep the track for use. For more information, go to http://www.alumni.ncufitnessday.org/


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Taking Flight
April 22, 2013
Lewis & Clark educates students for life in a global context. Rebecca Moran B.A. '99, who studied international affairs and economics, credits Cyrus Partovi B.A. '67, senior lecturer in social sciences, with encouraging her to live and work overseas.
After serving with the Peace Corps in the Republic of Kiribati, Moran moved to Tanzania. There, she earned her pilot's license and volunteered with a nonprofit that provides health services and airlifts medical patients.
Follow her journey in "Taking Flight Over Africa" by Pattie Pace, originally published in The Chronicle Magazine.


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Ep. 20 – Kronk
Episode 20.
On the 20th episode of the not-yet-critically-acclaimed POG-Cast, Soy is joined by veteran boat driver and all around wonderful human being Kronk. They chat about why campfires are so wonderful and share a love of artichoke hearts. There's also a Joke of the Cast and Soy's performance debut on guitar.
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Activity Spotlight: Shaver Island Outpost
Gold Arrow Camp's Shaver Island Outpost is a highlight of the camp experience for many of our campers. The island getaway serves as a break in the highly-structured routine of main camp and provides an opportunity for campers to enjoy the outdoors in a different way. Campers who attend our two-week sessions spend one or two nights on our island at Shaver Lake.
Shaver offers the ideal setting for campers to learn and hone their waterskiing, wakeboarding, and kneeboarding skills, as those are the only activities offered on the island. These behind-the-boat water sports can be daunting to try for the first time, and we find that campers really build grit while learning and improving their skills. Often, campers' goals at the start of the session reflect their desire to get up on a waterski, wakeboard, or kneeboard for the first time or to improve their skills at one of these sports. For some kids, it takes a lot of tries to get up for the first time. For these kids who have to practice persistence and keep trying over and over again, water skiing offers some great life lessons. For many of our campers, these water sports become a life-long passion, because they are fun, recreational activities they can continue doing long after their camp days are over.
With competition-style ski boats, experienced instructors, and hours of time behind the boat, campers learn and improve their skills rapidly and enjoy downtime spent in unstructured play on the beach. While at Shaver, campers have the opportunity to build friendships with campers in other cabin groups. The nightly social time is spent around a campfire that is large enough for all campers and counselors to gather to sing songs, play games, and make s'mores. Camping on the beach and falling asleep watching the shooting stars are also memorable experiences from their stay at the outpost.
Many returning campers choose to spend an entire week at Shaver Island, in addition to their two-week regular session, by participating in on of our Shaver Water Sports Specialty Camps. These three-week sessions are offered at the beginning and end of the summer.
The slower pace of rustic island life provides campers with an opportunity to rise with the sun and appreciate the promise of each new day. Evenings at Shaver bring a panoramic view of what is always a spectacular sunset, reminding everyone to pause and enjoy the beauty that surrounds us at camp.
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A 14-year-old Indian Land High School varsity baseball player is recovering in a Charlotte hospital after he was struck in the head by a ball and lost consciousness during an evening practice Dec. 9.
The student, whose name is not being released by school officials, was running the bases at the school about 5 p.m. Wednesday when he was hit, said Lancaster County School District safety director Bryan Vaughn.
After reviewing a plethora of school needs across Lancaster County, school district officials settled this week on $199 million as the amount of a proposed capital projects bond.
The largest items on the bond list are two new schools in Indian Land – a high school and an elementary – though the list also includes numerous projects for schools throughout the county.
Details about the projects, and a final bond amount to eventually present to voters, were revealed during a special Lancaster County school board meeting Dec. 8.
INDIAN LAND – Family and friends remember Patty Bridges as a loving matriarch, thoughtful friend, engaged church member and longtime Indian Land Elementary School teacher who put her heart into teaching children how to read.
Bridges retired in May after 20 years of classroom teaching, celebrated her 40th wedding anniversary with her husband, Ross, on Sept. 6, and was making plans to move to the North Carolina coast near family. As a "Gram," she took great joy in her grandchildren, Boyd, 8, and Emeson, 6.
When most people think about earning a perfect score, their minds immediately turn to student report cards or SAT results, but what about when it involves a school's food handling procedures?
For cafeteria workers at 17 schools throughout the Lancaster County School District, a perfect score is exactly what they earned during a recent series of cafeteria and kitchen inspections by the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC).
A statewide report shows Lancaster County students fared better on the 2015 SAT, with mean scores for local high school seniors rising by several points compared to last year.
According to S.C. Department of Education data released last month, Lancaster County School District seniors saw a 15-point increase in their 2015 SAT mean scores.
Lydia Quinn, executive director of planning and accountability for the Lancaster County School District, said the mean 1363 score was for the 415 of the 2015 district seniors who took the SAT.
Students at Discovery School and members of the Habitat board of directors braved the rain on Monday, Oct. 5, to celebrate World Habitat Day and Lancaster Habitat Day. Student artists painted the school rock with their own original design to recognize Habitat and Chucky Rivers, lead teacher, taught the students about Habitat and World Habitat Day.
With several large, color diagrams in hand, Jimmy Wilhide presented school district officials with an update on a crucial expansion to Indian Land Middle School on Tuesday, Sept. 15.
Wilhide, with Charlotte-based architectural design firm Moseley Architects, discussed the planned expansion and renovation project during Lancaster County school board's latest meeting.
Flipping through multiple slides, Wilhide showed school board members several architectural drawings demonstrating the various additions and expansions planned for the school.
Lancaster County school board members approved a timeline Tuesday, Sept. 22, for a proposed bond referendum to pay for capital projects at county schools.
Action on the bond referendum during Tuesday night's work session comes as the school district wraps up a decade's worth of improvements at the district's 22 schools and faces a growing need for more schools in Indian Land.
Tuesday night's unanimous vote set in motion a process Lancaster County School District officials hope will result in a public vote on the matter as early as spring.
With the Panhandle's housing market in full swing and its schools rapidly filling to capacity, do Lancaster County school district officials have a plan in place to address issues such as overcrowding?
That was just one of the questions on Pam Mulvaney's mind as she and several other concerned Indian Land parents showed up en masse during Lancaster County School Board's meeting Tuesday night, Sept. 15.
Students at Harrisburg Elementary School in Indian Land are on track to raise $50,000 during a Boosterthon event, which the PTO plans to use to buy library books and Chromebook computers for the school's fourth and fifth-grade classes.During the Boosterthon, students run laps and earn a dollar amount per lap pledged by their family and friends.
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xtables-addons (additions for iptables/xtables)
Xtables-addons is the proclaimed successor to patch-o-matic(-ng).
It contains extensions that are not in the main Xtables package,
including TARPIT and SYSRQ.
This package builds some kernel modules, so it will need to be
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Flooding in south LeFlore County causes damage
Reports of several homes that were flooded during flash flooding Tuesday night as well as damage to roads and bridges left authorities breathing a sigh of relief. When reports of flooding first began at approximately 8:30 it was feared that several people could have been washed away or injured. That was not the case. Crews with several fire departments and law enforcement agencies as well as LeFlore County EMS and Emergency Management worked tirelessly to assist the public and handle the situation.


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» Please see the Schedule of Classes for the current semester's offerings.
Explanatory Note on History Numbering System:
Courses in history are divided into fields, defined in terms of geographic area, subject matter or historical period. Those courses numbered x1xx focus on Europe; x2xx on North America; x3xx on the Middle East; x4xx on East Asia, Africa, and Latin America; x5xx on the relations between the west and the non-western world; x6xx on legal and constitutional history; x7xx on history of science; x8xx on the ancient world; and x9xx on major historical themes that transcend the usual chronological and geographic divisions.
Courses numbered 1xxx are introductory level courses; those numbered 2xxx are electives; and those numbered 3xxx are capstone seminars intended primarily for majors. (Non-majors wishing to take one of the capstone seminars may do so only with the approval of the course instructor.) 4xxx level courses are senior theses or independent study courses.
I. Introductory Courses*1101 (1001—old title: "Western Civilization I") The Emergence of Europe
Major themes in the cultural, political, and social evolution of the West from antiquity to the Reformation.*1102 (1002—old title: "Western Civilization II") The Transformations of Europe
Survey of European history from the age of absolutism to the European Union of today.1201; 1202 (2005/2006) Survey of United States History
Aspects of American history that have contributed to the shaping of American culture; evaluation of political, social, and economic trends in the light of changing ideals. First semester: colonial times to 1877; second semester: 1877 to the present.1301; 1302 (3221/3222) The Middle East I, II
Provides the background for understanding current Middle East politics, the relationship between the West and the Middle East, and the resurgence of religion in the region. First semester: the emergence and the development of Islamic society; political, social, religious, and economic history of the Middle East from the 7th through the 17th century. Second semester: history, culture, and politics of the modern Middle East from the end of the 17th century to the present.1401 (3300) History of East Asia
Introduction to the history and culture of the major civilizations of East Asia, with particular focus on China and Japan. The development of traditional society and the growth and transformation of Confucian ideas and institutions. Covers the differing responses of China and Japan to the challenge of Western imperialism, impact of World War II on East Asia, and the Chinese Revolution.1501 The Contemporary World: Main Currents in Global History Since World War II
Focuses on the dominant military, economic, and cultural role of the United States in international affairs. Topics include World War II, the Grand Alliance and its dissolution; the advent of the nuclear age and arms race; origins of the cold war in Europe; the Chinese Revolution and the Korean War; decolonization and wars of national liberation in Asia and Africa; Latin America; the Middle East; the fall of the Soviet Union; terrorism and ethnic conflict; and the global economy in the Internet era.
II. Electives2101 (1120) Medieval Society
History of European politics, society, and religion in the Middle Ages, from the 5th to the 14th centuries, with a particular focus on selected primary sources from the period and how historians view them today.2104 (1140) The Renaissance and Reformation
European thought and culture in the age of transition, from the 14th to the 17th centuries.2107 (1240—old title: "Revolutionary Europe") Old Regime and the French Revolution
History of France from the death of Louis XIV to the coup d'état of Napoleon. The first half of the course examines the social and political structures of the Old Regime, the crisis of the French monarchy, and the failure of reform; the second half focuses on the emergence of a democratic political culture during the Revolution, the process of radicalization, and the recurrent problem of how to bring the Revolution to a close.2111 (3208) Eastern Europe: 1914-1989
Political, social, and economic development of Eastern Europe—the lands between Germany and Russia—between World War I and the East European revolutions of 1989. Emphasis on the nationalities conflict and economic backwardness.2121 (4223) Images of Empire
Examines the enduring power of classical models of empire in the Western tradition, particularly the influence of the Roman Empire on empires from Charlemagne to Mussolini. Explores how ancient discussions about slaves, images of rulers, and debates about female rulers such as Cleopatra and her successors affected their more modern counterparts.2124 (4930) History of the Book: From Gutenberg to Google
Focuses on some of the major themes in the history of the book during the age of the wooden hand press (1460 to ca. 1800): the transition from manuscript to print and the changing physical appearance of books, publishing and the book trade, copyright and censorship, and the history of reading. The final section of the course examines the world of books in the age of Google, comparing the internet revolution of today with the Gutenberg revolution of the early-modern period.2127 (1601—old title: "European Intellectual History") The European Enlightenment
Examines works by some of the major figures of the eighteenth-century Enlightenment, such as Voltaire, Diderot, Rousseau, Hume and Kant. Considers the institutional settings in which Enlightenment ideas took shape, the media through which they were disseminated, and the public debates that they provoked.2141 (1285) The Holocaust
(Same as JHIS 1485 at Stern.) Fate of European Jewry between 1933 and 1945. Topics include the rise of the Jewish question in 19th-century Europe; World War I and its consequences; causes of the Weimar Republic's collapse; Nazi seizure of power; Nazi Jewish policies; ghettoization in Nazi Europe; conception and implementation of the Nazi Final Solution; life in the ghettos; the Judenrat; and Jewish resistance.2144 (1580) Polish-Jewish Relations in Modern Times
Polish-Jewish relations in the period 1764 to the present, viewed within the larger context of the disappearance of Poland from the political map of Europe in the late 18th century, the persistence of Polish statelessness throughout 19th century, and the influence of this development on the lack of Jewish social integration into Polish society. Second part of the course examines the thriving Jewish cultural and spiritual life in the independent Polish state, the Holocaust, post-World War II relations, and the current renewal of Jewish life in Poland.2151 (4697) Nationalism in Modern European History
Rise and spread of national movements in 19thcentury Europe. Emphasis on the transition from liberal nationalism in the first half of the 19th century to ethnolinguistic nationalism in the final decades prior to World War I.2154 (1572) History of Modern Russia
History of Russia from the era of Peter the Great to the death of Stalin after World War II.2157 (1574) Modern Poland: From Subjugation to Independence, 1772–1989
History of Poland from the loss of sovereignty at the close of the 18th century to the East European revolutions of 1989. Topics include 19thcentury attempts to regain independence; the Polish question during World War I; independent Poland between the two world wars; destruction of Poland in World War II; Communist Poland after World War II; and the return to freedom in the tumultuous year of 1989.2201 (2110) American Colonial History
Origins and development of the English North American colonies from the early 17th century to the eve of the American Revolution. Contacts between Europeans and American Indians; Puritanism; slavery; economic growth; urbanization; relations with England.2204 (2170) The United States: 1850–1877
Sectionalism, Civil War, and Reconstruction. Impact of slavery on American society. The "irrepressible" conflict. Military campaigns. The home front—North and South. The attempt to restructure Southern society and its failure.2207 (2255) The New Deal and The Great Depression
Examination of the American economy of the 1920s and its weaknesses; the Depression and unemployment, and the measures undertaken by the New Deal to counteract their devastating impact; the emerging social forces that challenged traditional political and social structures.2210 (2250) The United States: 1941– Present
Domestic politics and international relations of the United States from World War II to 9/11. The origins and impact of the cold war; the civil rights struggle; Vietnam War; Watergate and the imperial presidency; economic and social change.2213 (2545) American Politics and Culture in the 1960s
The Vietnam War; student, civil rights, and women's movements; rise of youth culture; and the origins of the contemporary conservative movement".2221; 2222 (2301/2302) American Cultural History
Selected topics in 19th and 20thcentury cultural history, such as the myth of the frontier, the difference between "high" and "low" culture, working class leisure activities, the rise of the film industry, the Jazz Age and the Harlem renaissance, the Depression, and the transformation of popular culture in the 1950s and 1960s.2225 (2320) Social Movements in American History
Examines a variety of social movements and protest politics of 19th and 20th centuries: abolitionist movement, women's movement, populism, the KKK, movements of the Depression era, the 1960s, the New Right, and protest movements in the era of globalization. Explores the ideology, political culture, mobilization, identity politics, and empowerment strategies of these movements.2228 (2530) Ethnicity and Immigration in America
The experience of national and ethnic immigrant groups from early settlements in the colonies to the present; the economic, political, and religious rationale for migration; social and cultural traditions and expectations of the immigrants, their interaction with American society, and patterns of adaptation.2231 (2621) The History of New York City
New York City from colonial times to 21st century and its status as a postindustrial city. Focuses on following themes: the people of the city; its immigrants; its neighborhoods; its cultures; the post-World War II trend of urban renewal and its effects; the rise and fall and resurgence of some neighborhoods; urban politics; the status of the city facing the economic and political trends of a globalizing world.2234 (2560) History of Women in the United States
Historical survey of women's experiences in the United States from the colonial era to the present; changes in the economic role of women; family life; changing ideals of womanhood; suffrage movement; and feminism.2237 (2580) African-American History
History of African Americans from their origins in Africa to their current situation in the United States. Focuses on the institution of slavery, showing how it changed over time and how African American culture evolved; the ways in which African Americans coped with the violence and discrimination they faced in the South after the Civil War as well as their struggle for racial equality in the 20th century; cultural achievements of African Americans in the North and the South.2240 (2581) American Jewish History
(Same as JHIS 1573 at Stern.) Major political, economic, and cultural developments from colonial beginnings to the present; the Jewish experience in its American historical context; the Jewish labor movement, rise of American Zionism, and role of American Jewry during the Holocaust.2251 (2510) History of American Foreign Policy
U.S. foreign policy from the American Revolution to World War II. Continental expansion, Monroe Doctrine, imperialism, Open Door, neutrality and World War I, isolationism, the road to Pearl Harbor.2254 (2540) The United States and Vietnam
The Vietnam War, with attention to traditional Vietnamese history; the struggle against French imperialism; the cold war and American involvement in Vietnam; impact of the war on Vietnamese society; the war at home; peacemaking and withdrawal; the aftermath.2301 (3228) Ethnic and Religious Minorities in the Middle East
Examines the process of change of the Middle East from a religious and ethnic mosaic to an increasingly homogeneous region. Topics include the process of conversion to Islam and the relationships between the Islamic regimes of the Middle East and their religious and ethnic minorities, focusing on Christians and Jews, and the effects of modernization, European colonialism, and nationalism on the minorities in the region.2501 (1701) History and Ethnography
Examines the idea that historically, writers within the Western tradition have often defined themselves in relations to others. By looking at texts and images that purport to show others, the course considers what they say about Europeans' ideas of themselves in their historical context, and if it is possible to write about other cultures "objectively." Also explores how historians have used cultural difference and ethnological description as causal forces.2511 (1125) The Crusades
Examines the Crusades in the Middle Ages, focusing on religious, economic, and social origins; the nature of Christian and Muslim relations; the character of the Crusader kingdom; and the legacy of the crusading idea in Western culture.2514 (3218) Imperialism and the Middle East
Analyzes European political, economic and cultural imperialism in the Middle East during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and the impact of colonial rule on peoples of the Middle East.2517 (4931) US Engagement with the Middle East: Power, Faith and Fantasy (Same as POLI 4930.)
Traces the interaction between religion, popular culture and American policy toward the Middle East.2520 Atlantic World
Before they became "the United States," the American colonies belonged to a broader, multinational and heterogeneous collection of colonies which historians term "the Atlantic World." This course will consider the transatlantic connections that defined this "world": economic, social, political, and how it transformed over the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.2531 (1070) The History of the Cold War
The Soviet-American conflict after World War II, with attention to Soviet expansion into Eastern Europe; the Marshall Plan; NATO and the nuclear arms race; the Chinese Revolution and Korean War; Cuban missile crisis; Vietnam War, Brezhnev Doctrine; Third World struggles; détente; and the end of the cold war.2601 Legal History
Law is the matrix through which society operates, from the earliest city-states to the nations of today. This course examines in broad terms the development of legal systems, the relationship of subject/citizen and the state, criminality, and domestic vs. international justice from the historical perspective.2604 Piracy and the Nation State
Examines the history of piracy from the perspective of states' relationships with it. From the Roman Republic to present-day Somalia, how states have dealt with pirates off their shores teaches us a great deal about them: what their priorities and values are, the centrality of trade, what they consider "criminal," and how they wish to be perceived by other states. Whether as "enemies of the human race" or useful adjutants to navies, perceptions of piracy have often defined how a state regards itself.2607 International Crimes: Atrocity and State Response in the 20th Century
Explores the emergence and incidence of genocide and other crimes against humanity in the 20th century. Emphasis will be placed on how the international community has responded, the use of the trial and other forms of retributive justice, and the emergence of international law after the Second World War.2610 (2550) Dissent and Repression in the United States
Political repression from the colonial period to the present, including the Alien and Sedition Acts, antiabolitionism, Civil War, repression of labor unions, World War I, Red Scare, Japanese American internment, McCarthyism, and the war on terrorism.
2613 (4930) Law and Dispute Settlement in Pre-Modern Europe
Examines the development of legal systems and the methods used to settle disputes in pre-modern Europe, by comparing the various ways in which laws were made in Europe from the Greeks to the sixteenth century, and reading a variety of records to see how disagreements were settled in practice in this period.2701 Topics in the History of Modern Science
Introduces students to the historical development of the modern physical and life sciences, as well as introducing them to the social and historical analysis of science. Explores how science has come to enjoy the enormous prestige and support it has in modern western society, and how science takes place as an activity embedded in and drawing upon broader culture.2801 (1400) Greek Civilization
Political, social, and cultural history of Greek civilization from its origins in the second millennium BCE to the period of Roman domination. The rise and fall of nations and leaders; daily life in ancient Greece; development of Greek literature, art, and philosophy; interaction of Greeks with other peoples of the ancient Mediterranean world (especially the Phoenicians, Persians, Jews, and Romans).2811 (1410) Roman Civilization
Social, political, cultural, religious, and economic history of Rome from the city's foundation in the 8th century BCE to the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century CE. Particular emphasis on the late Republic and Early Empire. Examination of different types of evidence available for the study of ancient Rome (literary, archaeological, numismatic, papyrological, epigraphic, and artistic) and current resources and problems in the field of Roman history.2821 (1000) Archeology
An introduction to world pre-history, with an emphasis on the rise and fall of social and political complexity. Topics range from cave paintings and early farmers to the first civilizations in Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, and Central and South America.2901 The Civilizing Process in the West
Examines the civilizing process in the West across roughly five-hundred years, from the Renaissance to the early 20th century. Topics include: shifting standards of polite behavior, especially as regards table manners; the "olfactory revolution" and the elevation of visual over other modes of sensory experience; instinctual renunciation and curbs on aggression; western critics of the civilizing process such as Rousseau and Nietzsche; and how the ideas of "civility" and "civilized" have been used as markers of social distinction, both within western societies and between western and non-western societies.2904 (4693) Women, Culture, and Society in the Modern World
Interdisciplinary course examining the changing historical, cultural, and literary concepts of the subject of women, focusing on Europe and America in the 19th and 20th centuries. A topical approach is used to explore women's lives through important literary sources, historical documents, and scholarly materials.2907 (4695) Modernity
Interdisciplinary course on change and how individuals and societies respond to it. Topics may include traditional society; revolution, identity, and the state; technology; modernity and city life; globalization and
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Examines works by some of the most influential historians from the early 19th century to the present—e.g. Leopold von Ranke, J. Huizingua, Fernand Braudel, E. P. Thompson, and Natalie Davis—in order to survey the range of approaches to the study of the past.
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A girl who is beyond your wildest imagination. You can never guess what the hell she is going to say next as everything out of her mouth is undefinable. Her love of hobos can never be explained, not even by her. You will be able to spot her from across the room from her flaming red hair or just because she is doing something wild. She will be the best friend you could ever have and will always keep you guessing. She sometimes answers to Volcanohead, if you're lucky.
Person - Why does that girl always talk about hobos?
Person 2 - Because she's Sanglui.
Person 2 - Because she's Sanglui.
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Checking in on… the Big SouthPosted by Brian Goodman on December 12th, 2010
Mark Bryant, Coordinator of New Media for the Big South Conference and writer of Big South SHOUT, is an RTC correspondent.
A Look Back
- Sneak Preview: Early December brought a glimpse of conference play, as all teams got in some Big South action, with most playing two games inside the league. Liberty, High Point, and Coastal Carolina can all enjoy undefeated conference records until the full league schedule begins, while Charleston Southern, VMI, and Radford still seek their first Big South wins (and Gardner-Webb, Winthrop, UNC Asheville, and Presbyterian College all sit in the middle at 1-1).
- Small Teams, Big Numbers: The trend of beating up on smaller schools continued recently, with Charleston Southern crushing Toccoa Falls 120-43 and VMI sprinting past Central Penn College by a remarkable score of 151-92…that'll certainly help the famous VMI scoring average.
- Conference Calls: While the Big South has mounted appropriate marks of 3-3 against SoCon foes and 2-2 vs. A-Sun opponents so far this season, other records may not reflect as well on the league, most notably an 0-6 total against the Colonial–and throw in a combined 0-4 vs. teams from the MEAC, MVC, and Patriot.
Power Rankings
- Coastal Carolina (7-2 / 1-0)… the Chanticleers have rattled off five in a row, they are undefeated at small but spirited Kimble Arena (5-0), and won their first Big South game on a Chad Gray dunk with 1.6 seconds to go against Charleston Southern. Things have been working out early for the defending regular season champions, and they get the nod at the top of the list.
- Liberty (6-4 / 2-0)… this time, let's give Liberty the benefit of the doubt we afforded VMI last time (more on them in a moment). The Flames handled Presbyterian and held off Winthrop to net two conference wins, running their overall win streak to four. Liberty seems to be making the necessary improvements to contend, save one: LU needs to demonstrate it can get a road win. The Flames are 6-0 on home or neutral floors, 0-4 on the road, not a recipe for success in crunch time.
- High Point (5-3 / 2-0)… earlier, we wondered when we would see the expected performances of Preseason Player of the Year Nick Barbour and his supporting cast with HPU–apparently that was coming in Big South play. The Panthers got off to a 2-0 start by pulling out two close home victories, by two over GWU and three over Asheville. HPU also got some high praise and national recognition for Shay Shines' dunk against Asheville that made the top spot on SportsCenter's Top Plays last weekend:
- Winthrop (4-4 / 1-1)… we will keep saying it because it's true: beware the lurking Eagles. Coach Randy Peele believes in building for the tournament and knows that winning a few games at the right time can mean everything–but that doesn't mean Winthrop sits back in the regular season. Winning in overtime at VMI in a high-scoring game was a test the Eagles passed with flying colors, only to falter at Liberty two days later. To move up the list, we'll need to see more of the former and less of the latter. Robbie Dreher and Andre Jones have become a formidable tandem for the Eagles: they combined for 93 points in the two conference games.
- VMI (6-4 / 0-2)… the Keydets keep piling up points, but spoiled their hot 5-0 start by losing three of the last four games. Stan Okoye is the league's only player averaging over 20 points per game for the season, with teammate Keith Gabriel not far behind with more than 18 PPG. Not to be overlooked, freshman Rodney Glasgow has been a strong contributor this year and throws in better than 13 PPG as well. Nonetheless, you have to say VMI's conference start was a disappointment. Losing in overtime against Winthrop should not be held against them, but it seems as if they should have been able to give PC more of a fight.
- Gardner-Webb (6-6 / 1-1)… would you believe the Runnin' Bulldogs are already approaching last year's win total? It's true, thanks to coach Chris Holtmann waking up the potential at GWU and getting off to a good start. The Bulldogs won a road game they needed to get at Radford and fell at HPU by just a basket, so it seems as if GWU may have some bark and some bite this season.
- UNC Asheville (3-5 / 1-1)… it remains hard to peg this Asheville squad, although it seems fairly certain the injury to John Williams has hurt the squad's overall performance. The Bulldogs hit the road and crushed Radford by 20, but followed that up with a three-point loss at High Point. They have a losing record overall, but with a win at a Big Six team in hand (even if it's Auburn), so which team is this? Answers will likely come when full conference play rolls in soon.
- Presbyterian College (3-5 / 1-1)… another team playing to mixed reviews on the early conference swing, falling to Liberty by nine but downing VMI by double-digits (and setting a PC record against Division-I opposition with 92 points in that game). Khalid Mutakabbir has found his shooting stroke, leading the Big South in 3-point field goal percentage (.680, 17-25).
- Charleston Southern (4-5 / 0-1)… the Buccaneers have also had their ups and downs in the early going. CSU thought it might be able to sneak out of Conway with a win over Coastal, but fell by just two points. That's a fair start, but still a loss–and that game will sit as the only Big South contest for a few weeks.
- Radford (2-6 / 0-2)… it can't be encouraging that in seven games, the Highlanders have only broken 60 once (83 vs. Methodist). Opening Big South play with a 20-point home loss sure doesn't help the outlook for Brad Greenberg's squad, now with six losses in a row.
A Look Ahead
- Until all league teams get into the regular conference schedule beginning December 31, it remains a motley collection of home contests against smaller schools, road games versus major conference opponents, and a smattering of match-ups against comparable programs. Right now, the most encouraging thing is knowing that these teams will be going head-to-head soon and can truly sort out their identities from this rollercoaster mix of high-scoring wins and crushing defeats.
- If you're looking to catch the Big South in action against the nation's top teams, you'll have a few chances with Presbyterian matching up against Missouri (12/11), Gardner-Webb at Louisville (12/18), UNC-Asheville visiting Ohio State (12/21) and Winthrop against Kentucky (12/22).


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With over £14 million of Scottish Art sold in the past five years, Bonhams are market leaders and the only International auction house holding dedicated sales of Scottish Art.
Scottish art sells best in Scotland. Our auctions in April and October are previewed in New Bond Street, London and in Glasgow, to ensure maximum exposure in the key locations before being offered in Bonhams' Edinburgh salerooms, the finest in the country. Over the past five years, we have annually held previews in New York, Toronto, Hong Kong and Paris, confirming our commitment to bringing the best Scottish art to an international stage.
Since 2011, Bonhams have sold £7 million of Scottish Colourist paintings, more than any other auction house. Prices attained for Peploe, Cadell and Fergusson are amongst the highest ever achieved on the open market. We have also sold the three most important international collections of Scottish Art to be offered in that period.
Bonhams' annual Scottish Sale has long been the premier sale of its type, and has in the past achieved record prices for artists as significant and varied as Leslie Hunter, Stanley Cursiter, Anne Redpath and William Gillies. Other artists currently in particular demand are Joan Eardley and Alberto Morrocco.


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Drew42 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 76 designs submitted by 24 freelance designers.
We are looking for a professional, clean looking designed logo for our Honda forum site. Please read the brief for specific details.
I'm thinking web2.0 corporate dot com meets HondaForums. If you could design an icon to go with HondaForums.com that wasn't a car, wheel, speedo, or steering wheel, what kinda of design would you come up with?
Sorry for the long brief, but hopefully there's some good info and ideas here.
A little background: We are a forum site dedicated to Honda cars with regards to tuning, style and helping other owners. We have over 19k members and have been around for aprox. seven years. Our current logo is only temporary as we recently changed our color scheme and had to throw something up there.
Some Information:
I'm leaning towards web 2.0 styling or flat design.
No specific color scheme specified, although on the dark background I do like the dark oranges, reds or blues. Our members like the blues. :-p
The background color of our current header is #303B4A if you're curious, but black or white backgrounds could work too.
2-color contrasting theme would work well.
You can play with adding the tagline "An Online Community of Honda Owners", though it isn't necessary.
You can play with using the "HondaForums" name and in smaller letters adding the "http://www.hondaforums.com", though it isn't necessary.
Some type of "icon" to the left or above the name would be interesting. Doesn't even have to be Honda or Forums related.
I somewhat like the vector looking design of a car, like in the recently ended contest here http://99designs.com/contests/9636 for design #99 or #159, but obviously a Honda. If you go this route, you should probably use one of the following. Honda S2000 or Acura Integra, RSX, NSX.
I will try to give as much feedback as possible for direction as I see your ideas presented. Also, while I am pretty specific on some aspects of the logo, I would really like to see some new creative ideas that I haven't been able to think of myself. Suprise me!
You might find some ideas on this thread.
and finally, thanks for your time and patience.
I prefer Paypal, but will do WU if absolutely necessary.
- The name HondaForums with or without the .com
- Must look good on light or dark background as we change the color schemes sometimes, depending where the logo appears.
- Logo must also work as a black&white logo for other mediums.
- Vector image so it can be scaled: .ai or .psd format please with all layers intact, including font types.
- Overly complicated graphics.
- Real pictures.
- Wheels or steering wheels for the two 'O's in hOndafOrums
- No Honda emblems.
- Do not use the official Honda font from Honda.
- No checkered flags.
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The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes
Volume IV. Prose and Poetry: Sir Thomas North to Michael Drayton.
Seafaring and Travel
§ 1. Richard Knolless Compilations.
THE preceding chapter has shown how the great race of the Tudor seamen left their mark on the literature of the country of their birth. In a survey of the written record of the seafaring of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, we are necessarily attracted more to its subject than to its manner. We cannot judge it by such standards as are applied to the poetry, the drama, or the historical literature of the time. Ralegh and Lodge, as men of literary study and training, stand almost alone among navigators. Most of their contemporaries and successors were men who fought the tempest and the enemy and knew little of the wielding of the pen. Rarely did they sit down to write anything more ambitious than a letter or a rough journal without making profuse apologies for their lack of literary experience. They were men, nevertheless, who dreamed dreams and saw visions: not always, indeed, dreams like those of Columbus, who thought that to add a realm to Christendom was object and reward enough, but dreams more often like those of the later Spaniards, who laid heavy burdens on the backs of treasure mules and filled caravels with silver. Explorers went in quest of the gold and spicery of the mysterious lands of Zipangu and Cathay, and the commodities of the new world fell into their hands in the search.
They were confronted from the beginning with the monopolies of Portugal and Spain. The Spaniards were firmly seated in central America and Peru. Vasco da Gama and his successors had made their own the route by the cape of Bôa Esperança to the treasures beyond. Magellan had gone to the south-west by the strait that bears his name, and Drake had followed him; but the Pacific coast of southern America had become the monopoly of Spain. If Englishmen, also, were to have monopoly and sway, that they might gather unimpeded the treasures of the unknown and half-fabulous lands of the Pacific, they must penetrate by the sea route of the north-west; and Gilbert and a hundred other seamen persuaded themselves and the merchants, by every argument to be found in heaven or earth, that through the icy passages there was an open way to the west. The temper in which navigators wrestled with the elements was exemplified by the remark of Robert Thorne, the Bristol seaman, who said: There is no land unhabitable, no sea innavigable. Failure to pierce icy barriers was the root of all the expansion and rivalry that followed, both in the east and in the west. A hundred projects for penetrating the great Pacific were in the air. The Dutch were grasping at the spoil of the Portuguese, and, in England, men of commerce became men of war, merchant and mariner alike being resolute to snatch the sceptre of the sea from the weakening grasp of Spain. Thus, as Drayton says:
A thousand kingdoms will we seek from far,
As many nations waste in civil war;
Where the dishevelled ghastly sea-nymph sings,
Our well-rigged ships shall stretch their swelling wings,
And drag their anchors through the sandy foam,
About the world in every clime to roam;
And there unchristened countries call our own
Where scarce the name of England hath been known.
Hakluyt is the recorder of these deeds in queen Elizabeths daynot of quite all of them, indeed, for he pays scanty heed to the earlier exploits of Drake, and, in his preface of 1589, excuses himself to the favourable reader for so doing. Perhaps he had in mind the comments which a complete narration might have aroused abroad. Navigators were men of action and not of words. Drake, on the famous occasion when he took upon himself to preach in place of Master Fletcher, the chaplainFrancis Fletcher, the falsest knave that livethdeclared that he was a very bad orator, for my bringing up hath not been in learning. Bacon, in his
Considerations Touching the War with Spain,
explains the underlying theory and object of their actions:
For money, no doubt it is the principal part of the greatness of Spain; for by that they maintain their veteran army; and Spain is the only state of Europe which is a money grower. But in this part, of all others, is most to be considered the ticklish and brittle state of the greatness of Spain. Their greatness consisteth in their treasure, their treasure in the Indies, and their Indies (if it be well weighed) are indeed but an accession to such as are masters of the sea. So as this axle-tree, whereupon their greatness turneth, is soon cut in two by any that shall be stronger than they by sea.
The strategical theories of Bacon, translated into action by navigators and recorded by Hakluyt, filling many adventurers with a new spirit of conquest and achievement in the years that followed, could not fail to move the imagination of poets and dramatists. We have seen how Spenser set forth the argument and inward character of these voyages; how they had their influence upon Shakespeare, and, we might have added, upon Marlowe and other dramatists. William Warner, in
Albions England
(1602), sings of Willoughby, Chancellor, Jenkinson, Jackman and Pet, of Hawkins, Drake, Gilbert, Frobisher and others, advising resort to the recent pages of the
Principall Navigations.
Samuel Daniel, in his
Musophilus, or Defence of all Learning
(1603), extols the new spirit in a colloquy with Philocosmus:
Whenas our accent, equal to the best
Is able greater wonders to bring forth;
When all that ever hotter springs expresst,
Comes bettered by the patience of the North.
And who, in time, knows whither we may vent
The treasure of our tongue, to what strange shores
This gain of our best glory shall be sent,
T enrich unknowing nations with our stores?
What worlds in th yet unformed Occident
May come refind with th accents that are ours?
Or, who can tell for what great worke in hand
The greatness of our style is now ordaind?
Raleghs discovery and proposed colonisation of Guiana
was the subject of George Chapmans
De Guiana Carmen
Guianawhose rich feet are mines of gold,
Whose forehead knocks against the roof of stars,
Stands on her tip-toes at fair England looking,
Kissing her hand, bowing her mighty breasts,
And every sign of all submission making
To be her sister, and the daughter both
Of our most sacred maid.
It was an age of universal curiosity, and Englishmen were seeking a wider knowledge of the world. The bibliography will show that a copious volume of literature, descriptive or otherwise, relating to history, discovery and navigation, issued from the press at this time. Among writers who contributed the fruit of much solid research to the knowledge then possessed of foreign countries and their history was Richard Knolles, whose
General Historie of the Turkes from the first beginning of that Nation to the rising of the Othoman Familie
was published in 1603, and long continued to hold a high repute, by reason of the fact that it was written in excellent prose and opened a new field to the English student. A second edition appeared in 1610, in which year Knolles died; and there were later editions in 1621, 1631 and 1638. Johnson thought highly of Knolless style; and, though he found it sometimes vitiated by false wit, considered it pure, nervous, elevated and clear. To Horace Walpole, Knolles was tiresome, but Southey admired him, and Byron, writing shortly before his death at Missolonghi, said,
Old Knolles was one of the first books that gave me pleasure when I was a child; and I believe it had much influence on my future wishes to visit the Levant, and gave perhaps the Oriental colouring which is observed in my poetry.
Some books issued at the time, like Robert Johnsons translation,
The Travellers Breviat, or an historicall description of the most famous Kingdomes in the World
(1601), were merely accounts from many sources of the character and peoples of various countries. These were volumes intended for the entertainment of such as remained at home, and the instruction of those who desired to widen their experience by travel. Peter Heylyns
Microcosmus: a little Description of the Great World,
which appeared augmented and revised in 1625, was of the same character. After going through several editions, it was published in an enlarged form in 1652 under the title
Cosmographie, in Four Bookes; containing the Chronographie and Historie of the whole World,
and, in that form, was several times reprinted. It is an illustration of the avidity with which descriptions of foreign countries were welcomed by English people. Heylyn was no more than an industrious compiler, who surveyed the world at large, its diversities, countries, cities, peoples, customs and resources, with encyclopædic interest and general intelligence. A serious volume much worthy of note is George Sandyss
A Relation of a Journey begun An. Dom. 1610,
which is descriptive of Turkey, Egypt, the Holy Land, Italy and other places. Narratives of land travel began to increase in number, to satisfy the universal curiosity, which craved a knowledge of the peoples of foreign lands, thereby leading also to the publication, in Italy and elsewhere, of volumes illustrative of the costumes of various countries.
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CEO confidence boosts hiring for executive recruiters
Business at executive-recruitment companies is improving, buoyed by increasing confidence among corporate leaders and a stabilization in hiring for senior positions in the financial-services industry.
Russell Reynolds Associates and Heidrick & Struggles International say they see some increase in demand, a trend that was echoed in a recent survey of consultants by William Blair, an independent investment firm. Meanwhile, sentiment among chief executive officers strengthened in April to the highest level in almost two years, as the Chief Executive magazine confidence index rose to 6.07 from 5.55 the prior month, based on an e-mail survey conducted by the magazine.
Rising CEO confidence is a "key indicator" that's helping to boost demand in the executive-recruitment industry, said Timothy Ghriskey, chief investment officer at Solaris Asset Management in New York, which manages more than $1.5 billion. "In the mid-to-later stages of an economic expansion, competition for business leadership intensifies, prompting more companies to employ search firms to attract talent."
Gross domestic product expanded at a 2.5 percent annualized rate in the three months ended March 31, following a 0.4 percent gain in the fourth quarter, according to the Commerce Department. Growth was slower than the 3 percent median estimate of economists surveyed by Bloomberg.
Revenue growth
The first quarter brought "signs of improvement" for Heidrick & Struggles, a Chicago-based executive-search company. This included 25 percent year-over-year revenue growth at its New York office, which is "a good indication that the financial-services sector may be stabilizing," CEO Kevin Kelly said on a May 9 conference call.
Financial services is still a "substantial end-market" for the two largest publicly traded recruiters -- Heidrick & Struggles and Korn/Ferry International, said Tobey Sommer, an analyst in Atlanta at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey. Its share of each companies' revenue has fallen in the past three years to about 22 percent for Heidrick & Struggles and 16 percent for Los Angeles-based Korn/Ferry, down from 32 percent and 19 percent in early 2010, he said.
While banks have been cutting staff, they're also pursuing new areas of business and hiring senior-level executives to lead these divisions, Ghriskey said. The six largest U.S. banks announced plans in the first quarter to eliminate about 21,000 jobs, with the most vulnerable positions in units such as mortgage foreclosures, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
`Noticeably stalled'
The 2012 presidential election and this year's budget debates made many corporate boards hesitant to change senior management, Sommer said. While recruitment "noticeably stalled" for more than a year, it now is rebounding as some of the uncertainty has dissipated.
Another "meaningful signpost" for the industry is turnover among CEOs, which rose 20 percent in April from a year earlier, Sommer said, citing data from Liberum Research in New York. Last month's increase was the first positive change since December, according to Liberum.
Fifty-six percent of executive-search consultants in an April survey by William Blair described "a sequential improvement in demand" during the previous three months, with consultants specializing in financial services reporting a slow recovery, according to Timothy McHugh, an analyst in Chicago at the company.
`Big increase'
Russell Reynolds Associates, a closely held global executive search and assessment company based in New York, is seeing "a big increase" in its work-in-progress pipeline, according to Symon Elliott, who leads the company's U.S. operations in New York. That has translated into "fairly significant" growth in the number of client inquiries and new searches after these were "bumping along a bottom."
"The U.S. environment's not rosy by any means, but it's getting better," Elliott said.
For investors with a sanguine outlook for the U.S. economy, now may be a good time to invest in recruitment companies, because their stocks tend "to do well in the mid-to-later stages of an economic expansion," Ghriskey said.
Their shares are starting to stabilize as a sell-off during the past two years appears to have stopped, said Jim Stellakis, founder and director of research at Greenwich-based research company Technical Alpha and also a chartered market technician.
Missed estimates
Heidrick & Struggles stock has outpaced the Russell 2000 Index by almost 18 percentage points since May 2, though it has lagged behind by 19 percentage points since Feb. 25, the day before the company reported fourth-quarter earnings and sales that missed consensus analyst estimates.
"Investors haven't forgiven the company for its earnings miss in February," though investment flows are taking "a step in the right direction" more recently, Stellakis said.
Recruiters have changed during the past five years to be less reliant on "big-ticket" executive placement by moving into nonsearch businesses, including training and career-development services, according to Matthew Beesley, head of equities at Henderson Global Investors in London, which oversees about $100 billion.
While this helped the companies weather the 18-month recession, their earnings growth could be more muted now than in the past because their diversification provides "less earnings oomph," he said.
Foreign Revenue
In addition, revenue from outside the U.S. now accounts for more than 20 percent of total sales, while financial services makes up less than before, so "investors could find that these stocks don't behave the way they think they should during this economic cycle," Beesley said.
Still, shares of these companies have "significantly underperformed" the Russell index during the past two years, so it won't take much growth in the operating environment to attract investment, Sommer said. As a result, they could rally a lot "since they're very under-owned," Ghriskey said.
Another encouraging sign for these stocks comes from the relative performance of the financial-services index. The Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund has led the SPDR Standard & Poor's 500 Exchange-Traded Fund by 9.4 percentage points since Nov. 30, reflecting more optimism among investors about the banking industry that's starting to accrue to executive-search companies, Ghriskey said.
Pent-Up Demand
Along with their increased confidence, clients of Russell Reynolds Associates are unleashing some "pent-up demand from the last three to five years," Elliott said. There's strength in its financial-services division from asset-management firms seeking to hire senior managers, while business in global banking also is starting to pick up, he said.
The negative sentiment that's dragged down the industry appears to be "bottoming out," even though analysts including McHugh aren't "expecting a V-shaped bounce back" in the near- term, he said. McHugh maintains "market perform" recommendations on CTPartners Executive Search Inc. and Heidrick & Struggles and is "outperform" on Korn/Ferry.
For investors seeking positive sequential change, executive recruitment could be an interesting option, Ghriskey said. "This industry is starting to show some signs of a favorable risk-reward trade right now."


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Scott Sechman has displayed an amazing knack for meeting some of rock's most beloved cult heroes. It all started around 1967 when his big brother's band, the Norfolk Aliens, opened for The Box Tops at the Virginia Beach Dome.
Sechman tagged along and what transpired put his life on a new track.
"I think the Box Tops had just released 'Neon Rainbow,'" Sechman recalled in a phone conversation from his home in Southern California. "I went back stage and saw they weren't much older than The Aliens. Hearing [Box Tops singer] Alex Chilton talk, I though, 'Damn! They're real Southern boys. These guys are just like us!'
"That's pretty much what inspired me to play music."
Sechman, 59, has stayed true to rock even as the music led him from Hampton Roads to Maryland, Arizona and, finally, California. He hasn't struck it rich, but he's rubbed elbows with some legendary musicians. One of them even helped him create his new solo disc.
As a youngster, Sechman attended Lee Hall, Riverside and Sedgefield elementary schools in Newport News. His family relocated to South Hampton Roads and he attended Norview High.
He left Norfolk in 1971, relocating to Maryland where his brother was playing in a band. At first he worked as a roadie. "Once they found out I could sing and play harmonica, they started working me into the show." The band was called Fatt City, which Sechman describes as a country-rock band.
Sechman said it was around this time that he met legendary songwriter Gram Parsons at a festival outside Annapolis, Md. Backstage, he told Parson's Flying Burrito Brothers bandmate Chris Ethridge that his band covered some of Parson's tunes.
"He said, 'You're going to want to meet Gram,'" Sechman recalled. "Emmylou Harris was standing right behind him. When I told him that we covered his songs, Gram was incredulous. He told me to send him a tape. I never sent the tape, but I still have his autograph with his address in Studio City."
From Maryland, Sechman moved to Tucson, Ariz., which had a thriving country-rock scene at the time. There he played in a band called Loose Boots that was almost signed to Epic Records, Sechman said.
Finding himself between bands, he decided to follow his girlfriend -- and later wife -- to Southern California where he's lived ever since. He now lives in Anaheim and has been involved in music there to varying degrees over the decades. He worked as an electronics technician from 1980 to 1995, then around 1997 he got a gig subbing for the regular guitar player in The Grass Roots. Eventually, he even played with the Grass Roots at the Peanut Festival in Suffolk.
Last year, Sechman finally released his first solo record. His self-titled disc includes 10 originals and a cover of Sonny Bono's "Bang Bang." The disc includes sharp playing and solid songwriting along with Sechman's rich, soulful vocals. The album was recorded with help from yet another rock cult figure, Emitt Rhodes.
Sechman had become a fan back in the 1960s when Rhodes was with a group called The Merry-Go-Round. Meeting him in California through a friend, he was able to hire him to engineer some of the tracks for his solo album.
"I went to Emitt's studio, in back of his house ... I was like in pop music heaven," Sechman said. "He's this like genius dude. You wouldn't believe it. He's got the best ears of anybody I can think of in the music business. But he's become more reclusive ... I still talk to him on occasion. My son and I went up and spent the day with him awhile back."
Why release a first solo album after more than 40 years playing rock music?
"I've been doing solo gigs since 2000," Sechman said. "I wanted to have something to sell at gigs. But mostly, I wanted to leave something behind, you know?"
For more on Sechman and his music, visit his website.


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Two Charleston-area Republicans will take the stage in Beaufort Monday evening to make their case to represent 1st Congressional District voters.
Former state Sen. John Kuhn and former Charleston County Council Chairman Curtis Bostic will hold separate hour-long forums at the Technical College of the Lowcountry auditorium in Beaufort, 921 Ribaut Road, starting at 6:00 p.m.
Kuhn, a 50-year-old attorney with offices in Charleston and Bluffton, represented Charleston and Berkeley counties from 2001 to 2004 before losing a Republican Party primary to Chip Campsen, who still holds the district.
Kuhn has presented himself as a hard-line fiscal conservative who previously stood against popular economic development spending bills - opposition that media reports from his reelection bid attributed to his defeat.
Bostic also rails against spending but emphasizes a County Council record from 2000 to 2008 that includes no tax hikes, a role in bringing Boeing to Charleston and the founding of a land preservation bank.
The forums, organized by Republican state Rep. Shannon Erickson of Beaufort, run into March. Primaries are scheduled for March 19.
Attendance is open to all parties, and in the event of a runoff another forum will be added March 25.
With a total of 19 declared candidacies for the coastal seat vacated by U.S. Sen. Tim Scott after his appointment last year, political observers call that a likely scenario.
The 1st District includes most of Charleston and Beaufort counties and portions of Colleton, Dorchester and Berkeley counties.


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Reds-Cubs rained out; no makeup announced
CINCINNATI -- Monday night's series opener between the Reds and Cubs was postponed because of persistent showers at Great American Ball Park.
No makeup date was immediately announced.
CINCINNATI -- Monday night's series opener between the Reds and Cubs was postponed because of persistent showers at Great American Ball Park.
No makeup date was immediately announced.
Alfredo Simon was scheduled to pitch for the Reds against the Cubs' Jeff Samardzija. Both clubs are scheduling their Monday starters to pitch Tuesday night.
"As it stands right now, we'll stay in order," Reds manager Bryan Price said. "I don't see where it would change. We're playing 17 straight, so it gives us a chance for all of these guys to get an extra day of rest."
The decision to call the game came following a 57-minute delay once the forecast appeared to be grim for the remainder of the evening.
"It looked like we were going to be able to start at 8:30 [p.m. ET] and then that window closed up," Price said. "Our concern was for the starting pitchers. There might have been a 45-minute to an hour window before it started to rain again and then it would have been on and off. Neither team wants to lose a starter in conditions, especially when we have nine more scheduled dates here in Cincinnati when we could play a doubleheader."
The makeup game is not expected to be played this week.
"I believe we are trying to work out a date for that July series that's roughly a week or so before the All-Star break [July 7-9]," Price said.
The postponement was only the eighth in the 12-season history of Great American Ball Park. The last one was on July 4, 2013, against the Giants.
Fans holding tickets for Monday's game can exchange them for another home game at face value during the regular season (exclusions apply) in advance of game day only, subject to availability. They do not immediately need to be exchanged on Monday.
Check reds.com/rainout for ticket information and valid rain check dates.
Mark Sheldon is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Mark My Word, and follow him on Twitter @m_sheldon.


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The proposed Maple Hill quarry is a wonderful project with great economic benefit and little risk � for the proposers. Martin Marietta will clearly profit.
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The proposed Maple Hill quarry is a wonderful project with great economic benefit and little risk � for the proposers. Martin Marietta will clearly profit.
The rest of us? The County of Onslow? Not so much.
Wherever there�s a goldmine, there is also a shaft. And when the gold is gone, so are the miners and the company. But we who are still here get the shaft.
In fact, most of us will not have to wait for them to leave. The risks (non-existent today) will begin the day Martin Marietta Materials gets a special-use permit from Onslow County and will continue for 50 years or longer. Removing millions of gallons per day may risk sinkholes, threaten hog lagoons and impact aquifer capacity and quality.
The 24/7 nature of dewatering and processing will negatively impact all those nearby. The 200-plus empty trucks and 200-plus full trucks processed 10 hours per day, six days per week will adversely affect the thousands of residents who live within the impacted rural roadway network. Let�s just say �no!�
Which story is true? In the first hearing, it was said the traffic would be �minimal� and only on N.C. 50 to Holly Ridge. This was true because the product was going to �the Wilmington market.� During the second hearing, Martin Marietta Materials presented the �economic necessity� of the quarry as preventing the economic collapse of Onslow County due to the lack of aggregate. This change of �projected� market was needed because?
Well, maybe because it was real obvious that while �the Wilmington market� offered great dollar incentive to Martin Marietta Materials, it clearly was at the loss of Onslow County resources, risks to businesses, water threats, threats to property values and more. A rather tangled web then was presented to show that the other quarries would soon shut down (or some weasel words about serving other markets). Essentially we should be thankful for Martin Marietta Materials� willingness to provide aggregate lest we collapse.
If it is true that Martin Marietta Materials� actual projected dollars will come from the �Onslow market,� then it is also true that the entire rural road network leading to N.C. 53 and U.S. 17 will experience heavy truck traffic � six days per week, 10 hours per day on rural roads creates many new hazards. The 2,700 children transported to eight schools on these roads are at higher risk with 200 trucks than with the present 20 trucks. So is every other driver and passenger on these roads except for Sunday. No trucks on Sundays.
What to do? This Monday, March 25, at 6 p.m. in the Superior Courtroom the Onslow County Board of Adjustment will place their hands over their hearts, pledge allegiance, say a prayer and uphold their sworn duty to the constitution. Their decision at this public hearing will affect Onslow County for generations.
It is clear to me that Ronald Reagan had the proper response. We �just say no!�
I request our Onslow County Board of Adjustment to �just say no!� Support the people who live near the proposed quarry as well as the rest of us who pay taxes for safe water and safe roads. We are already a fast-growing county and we do not need any help from outside corporate interests.
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This is not twitter. Feel free to back up what you say. Give us some context. Enlighten us.
ALL I am saying that it is VERY STRANGE to see a suicide with a self inflicted gunshot wound to the chest.
To rule it a suicide right away, is STUPID in my book, perhapes even criminially stupid


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In the history of college basketball, most of the unsung heroes are role players such A.J. Granger of the 2000 Michigan State Spartans or A.J. Bramlett of the 1997 Arizona Wildcats. Those players quietly helped their teams win championships. TBS rescued the future of the NCAA Tournament.
No, that's not quite right. The folks at Turner Sports saved all of college basketball in the spring of 2010. They kept the entire sport from plunging toward a regular season of irrelevance leading to a dull, overexpanded championship tournament.
That's where all this was headed, you know: to 96 teams in the NCAAs and to no one really giving a darn about a regular season that preceded such a sham. The NCAA felt it needed to make a certain amount of money from the tournament each year to keep its membership happy—that figure was somewhere north of $700 million annually—and it was suggested to the organization's leadership that the only way to such a figure was more teams and more games.
Then Turner rode to the rescue, partnering with CBS on a deal that assured such a payment was feasible and with a field comprising only 68 teams. Turner's reward for that was an option to present the Final Four on its airwaves, which it exercised Tuesday. The national semifinals will be broadcast on TBS in each of the next two years, and the entire Final Four will be on TBS in 2016 and every other year thereafter until 2024.
MORE: Move to cable was first reported in March by SportsBusiness Journal
Not that it's been overwhelming, but there has been a surprising amount of negative reaction to this development. "Disgusting." "Brutal." "Hate this." "Terrible." "NOOOOOO." All of these responses came directly from Twitter.
So that's the thanks the folks at Turner get.
It's the same every year when we get to the First Four, a series of opening NCAA Tournament games that reward a few extra teams each season and inconvenience exactly no one, and still the incessant complaints flow.
The truth is that 68 saved everyone from 96. The truth is that 96 would have been the worst thing ever to happen to college basketball, robbing teams of incentive to excel in the regular season and fans from investing any emotion or interest in how it developed. And the truth is Turner's cable wealth—it receives income from both subscription fees and advertising, whereas network channels receive only the latter—is the reason the NCAA was able to hold the line at a 68-team field.
Moving the Final Four from broadcast television to cable would have made the event smaller only if we were talking about this happening in 1984. It's a different world now. The Turner/CBS combination resulted this past March in the most-watched NCAA Tournament in 19 years. As of last October, TBS was available in nearly 100 million American homes, just under 90 percent. Many of those that have "cut the cord", removing cable or satellite in favor of watching programs via the Internet, will have access to the Final Four via internet webcasts, which also have been growing in terms of audience response.
And if all else fails, there is the option of visiting a bar or restaurant showing the games.
Some of the Masters has been on cable, and the Stanley Cup playoffs, and the Olympics. The Rose Bowl hasn't been on broadcast TV since the 2011 game. For most of us, the difference between watching a game on network and watching on cable is merely a different numerical sequence punched into the remote. That's worth griping about?
For me, it's 1012 for CBS, 1202 for Turner. Anyone can live with those numbers, so long as it's not 96 teams in the NCAA Tournament. For that, TBS deserves a parade.


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I had recently posted in the Dog Food Forum about my picky eater Otis - 3 yr old dachshund/beagle/terrier mix and the challenges I had getting him to eat on a consistent basis. Well we have just gone through a wellness check and blood panel to rule out any physical reason for his lack of appetite and were cleared. I, and now my vet, am pretty sure that we are dealing with an anxiety issue and I am hoping someone here has dealt with this before.
Otis is now about 3 and we adopted him 1 yr ago next month.
I have been through basic obedience with him and he has started to go to daycare 1 day a week for socialization mostly. He has been 3 times so far.
His symptoms range from:
- refusing food when he is hungry.
- ears pinned back/ low carried head/ wide eyes and stiff stance and sometimes licking his mouth.
- can have quite low energy, nests/ hides in blankets, under pillows for hours!
- on a staircase faced head on with a cat (we have 3), he will stop in his tracks/ avoid eye contact and wait for someone to remove the cat before he can proceed.
- he will 'avoid' his dish, physically walking around it/ not looking at it if there is something new in it, or if I have made too 'big of a deal' about his dinner.
- sometimes a simple 'a-hem' throat clearing is enough to make him jump/ roll over on his back/ side.
- general licking of his mouth a lot of the time, if we want him to go out, get in the car, coax him from under his blankets...
My question is do I try to coax him or do I let him have space when he is anxious. Like, should I allow him to lie under a blanket for hours? He is not anxious all of time. This is something that comes and goes. When he is not anxious, he plays, has energy and is relaxed.
Vet has suggested medication. I am trying some natural therapies first/ rescue remedy and scent to hopefully help him. How do I address his issues before he gets anxious?
Is it only around food that he is anxious? Do you have a normal feeding time routine? Do you walk otis before you feed him?
I have an anxious dog and a dog that was severely anxious but is normal now. What I learned is that it is really important not to make a big deal about anything. Also, they like routines-even if mealtimes are not at the same time every day (say due to different shifts, school, schedule, whatever) there is still a routine. Like walking before a meal ("earning" their food), even if it's just 10 minutes (although more exercise usually means less anxiety). Then, my dogs each have a certain spot they sit in while I am getting meals ready. They don't get food if they are whining, pacing, etc etc. A nice calm sit-stay as I put the meals down, and then they get released to eat.
If your dog doesn't want to eat-you can't force him and I wouldn't try. Just like people, if we don't want to eat, we're not going to! Following the feeding routine, leave the food down for 15-20minutes and if he doesn't eat, pick it up.
What have you been working on with him to build his confidence and decrease anxiety since you adopted him?
Oh and straight from my own vet's mouth-"No coddling!" If he is being anxious, don't pat, soothe, talk to him, or reassure him, as you're then reinforcing that his anxious behaviour is good and deserves reward. That's why at my house whining pacing dogs do not get fed, only dogs in a nice sit stay who are not anxious or excited get food. With the new puppy, sometimes that means a little bit of a wait at meal times, although she is getting better!
I hope others have some more suggestions for you. I think the most important thing I've learned from dealing with my anxious dogs is not to coddle and reinfoce the anxious behaviour, and do not make a big deal about anything or it just makes them think there is something to be anxious about.
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