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Volume X, No. 2, Winter 1982
Edited by Gail Hodges
Photography by James Heck, Vickie Hooper and Lisa Goss
Given: A beautiful Ozark wooded hillside, torn-down buildings, an old gym floor, a tin ceiling from an old movie theater turned tavern, discarded stained glass windows, weathered oak siding, and two talented people working five years in their spare time. Result: An amazing home, beautiful, inexpensive and like no other anywhere, blending into its native background, every board, beam and window having a story to tell.
Art and Mary Lou Corn combined their dreams and talents to create this home. At first it was a project involving a change for Art from his demanding job of computer systems analyst, and a chance for him to do some physical activities. "I do not like exercise for the sake of exercise," he said. "That is repugnant to me. But if there's a purpose behind the physical exertion, I really enjoy it. I want to accomplish something. When I drive a nail and saw a board, it's done and I can see it." Building the house was an outlet for Art.
Mary Lou's reasons were somewhat different. "I'm a dedicated recycler if I had any cause. I save everything." Throughout the house from the foundation up, the Corns used what they could find, from the land, by asking people, at fart. sales and from friends. "To me recycling was the whole theme of this project, as well as doing it ourselves. Recycled materials are so much better and more interesting than what you can buy, not to mention the fact that you save money and trees. We are economy-minded. It's just a shame all the materials that go to waste in the old houses they bulldoze down.
"And finding old materials is really interesting. It seems like whenever I need something, I look and look and look, and I never find it. Yet when it gets really crucial, there it appears. People have it sitting in their garage. They say, 'If you'll come and get it, you can have it.' We rarely turn down anything.
"When we were building, I had a friend from St. Louis ask, 'What is your decorating theme?' I said, 'Well, probably Ozark farm sale.' We like old things, and buy what we like from old pulleys and farm implements to elegant Victorian chandeliers."
During the first years of building, Mary Lou did not become actively involved except in the planning. "We are of two different dispositions, which is pretty normal. He has the patience of Job, and I am impatient. So in the beginning, the first couple of years, he would come out on weekends and I wouldn't even come because I couldn't help. I cleaned the bricks and cleaned all the weathered wood and pulled nails out of boards, but I didn't help with the basic building. Only Art could do that, because he had his own way of doing things, and he was very slow and deliberate."
When she realized that the house would really be built, she took off a year to work on the ceiling,
the painting and furnishings. She said, "I always wanted a house that every place you looked
would be interesting." Art said, "On structure, I'm pretty good. On aesthetics, I defer to Mary Lou."
Building the house and furnishing it has achieved what Art and Mary Lou wanted, and it isn't over. When they finished the basic house and furnished it with refinished and homemade furniture and with Mary Lou's paintings and handiwork, they built a porch and added another unit. They continue to plan new improvements. "We are now building a fountain in between the two units," said Art. "Wouldn't that be a great sound in the evening, the water trickling over rocks?"
Spending so much time and energy on the house was bound to bring on doubtful comments from their relatives and friends. "I had a sister-in-law who said, 'You'll die before you move into that house.' I think she caught me on a hot, sweaty summer day and I looked pretty ratty. She just knew that I would die, and I think that she was rather disappointed that I didn't! You hate to be wrong, you know," Art laughed.
"You'd be surprised at the number of people that come here and wonder how our marriage survived," Mary Lou added. "I really think our friends thought, 'They will never live in that house.' Because of the way we built it, nobody thought we would ever get it done, taking that long. But the day finally arrived when we moved in."
The first job in building the house after purchasing the land was to build the long and winding road to the building site. Art cut down trees and hauled rock and dirt, filling a small ravine in order to make a road. The building site is located on the side of a steep hill. The forests are of native Missouri trees and the scents of oak and pine fill the air. The spectacular view from the site shows the surrounding area. From the peak of the hill one can see the forested hills and valleys for several miles. Closer at hand are all kinds of wildflowers, especially in the spring when the two wet weather streams flow.
The choice of a plan is always a major decision in building a house, and so it was true of this one. After extensive searching, they finally discovered a basic plan, consisting of one unit with a basement and upper level in a square design, which in essence resembled a box. When they picked the plan, the Corns wanted a variable one on which it would be easy to add units. They enlarged the entire design, building the front of the basement into the side of the hill with the back opened out onto the ground level. Art picked the actual site because he felt that it had the rocky outcroppings and the correct degree of slant necessary to build this type of house.
When they began this undertaking eleven years ago, they realized that it would not happen overnight since Art was going to build it all by himself using recycled materials.
"While we were still in the planning stage, a big old house became available for materials," Art said. "I went out and ripped some of the siding off of it and saw it was all rough sawn pine. I was real interested in the house, so I put in a bid. It was a very' modest sum of money when I consider all the material I got. It took about six months for me to wreck it in my spare time, and I don't know if I've got all the nails out of it yet.' But I finally used the last two by four and two by six out of that. Now I'm back to buying out of the lumber yards and it's killing me."
Art began the very slow process of excavating for the front of the basement by using dynamite to blast through the sandstone. At the time, since he could buy dynamite over the counter at the local hardware store, Art decided to experiment.
"I didn't have power drills or anything in order to get the dynamite in, so I exploited mud seams between the rocks. I don't know how many cases, four or five, I used in blowing the sandstone. In the front right corner of the hole, there was one little running ridge like a sugar loaf sticking out which I couldn't break. I couldn't get the dynamite to take because there were no holes. I beat the sugar loaf with a sledge hammer and I tried star drills and everything. I didn't want to build a foundation over the sugar loaf because that would cause an uneven heaving in the foundation. So finally in frustration I laid twelve, fifteen sticks of dynamite on there. I just kind of made a little pattern. I hauled fifteen wheelbarrow loads of dirt and dumped it on top and fired that. All of the sticks of dynamite went at once. There were rocks and sand all over the place.
"I went back and looked down in there and the sugar loaf was sitting there just like I'd left it. I jumped down in there to take one more try with a sledge hammer. I hit that thing and it turned to mush about two feet deep. But it was still sitting there in perfect outline of the original rock. The dynamite had totally pulverized it. I was home free'"
Art hauled the dirt out with a wheelbarrow, using part of it as the fill under the back of the house.
Leveling the foundation was the next task Art encountered. "You know you have to get the darn thing level or you're in trouble. I knew about where the foundation was going to go. One day I was out there in the rain after I had the area generally staked out. While the rain was just pouring down, I had this little brainstorm. I remembered seeing something on how some engineer hypothesized as to how the Egyptians kept the pyramids level in the building process." The idea was to let the ditch fill up with water, as water would be perfectly level.
"So I dug a trench quickly around all the area of the footing and waited for the rain to fill up the ditches. When the rain filled them, I blocked the area off so I would have a little irregular pond. Since I knew the water was level, I drove in some reinforcing rods and put a piece of red tape on each rod at the water level. With reasonable assurance that the line was level at the beginning, I went ahead and set the forms for the footing.
"Mary Lou's dad had access to a surveyor's transit. He showed up after the footing had been poured and said, 'You better shoot these corners to be sure they're level.' I thought that if there was a high corner it would be in the right corner, so that is where we started. We shot one, two, three, four, five different corners, and I saw him slapping the side of the transit. I asked what was wrong. He said, 'This thing is stuck or something. We haven't varied an eighth of an inch from that corner up there to this one back here.' After I told him what I'd done, he said, 'You can't get any more level than that.' We didn't vary more than an eighth of an inch around the whole house. So we started on the level and fortunately we stayed level all the way up.
"I make unfortunate purchases from time to time. One was a cement mixer. Having the mixer was a bad thing because then I had the capability to make concrete the hard way. I poured my own footings for the foundation."
After pouring the footing, Art began working on the basement. In building the basement Art held true to recycling and using natural materials. He built the walls of rocks from the foundation stones of the old house wrecked for materials rather than pouring cement.
Next in order was building the ground floor. When he began searching for a support beam for the entire upstairs, he ran into some difficulty because it was not easy to find a beam long enough, but searching the woods he found the tree he was looking for half way down a steep hill. After cutting the tree, he encountered problems in moving it to his work shed. "I had to move that thing in mid-winter, in the snow, and all I had was a little Ford tractor. The first time I tried to move it, I tried to pick up the big end and drag it. It just wouldn't move. So the next time I hooked on to the small end and with about six inches of snow on the ground, it broke loose, and I drug it all the way up the hill. I knocked the muffler, the radiator cap and a few other things off the tractor. I wasn't in complete control but I had it moving. I moved it inside the shed and hacked on it all one winter."
After finding and moving the thirty-two foot tree trunk, Art discovered his next great problem was putting it in place in the frame of the house. "My son and I put the beam up. I dragged it up with the tractor and I got it under the window opening. At that time there was no flooring down, so we put a couple of boards up against the south wall, pulled it over the wall and put a little tripod at the other end to hoist the beam to the top of the north wall. Dragging the thing up, the tripod sunk in the ground and we missed about an inch of having it high enough. I was going to lower it and put some cleats on the end and raise it again. My son thought we could raise it. So the two of us got under the beam and heaved. We rolled it a couple of times and finally got it into position."
After the success with this big beam, Art began to feel ambitious. "One winter we decided to go a little farther and hew out beams for all the doorways and windows. Those were much smaller."
The next step was the boxing and roofing, which Art said, "Is no big deal." He used regular boxing.
As Art and Mary Lou discovered, the old house he tore down was a greater treasure than they had ever imagined. The exterior wall of their house is made of the floor boards what were in the attic of the old house. "There were thirty-three of those one inch by twelve inch boards sixteen feet long, and there were only three nails in the whole thing. They were just lying loose up there."
The ceiling which Art and Mary Lou wanted for the living room was very high and open to the rafters. To build this ceiling, Art built a tower on the main floor that resembled an oil well derrick. "I was not sure it was going to work," Art said. "I nailed two by fours on one side of it, crossbraced so I could climb it. I built it higher than the ceiling. To a visitor it must have looked kind of strange. I fabricated the four braces that run off to the side and support the entire ceiling. I was able to lift one end of the beam up over the wall and then with a little winch, I attached the other end to the top of the tower. I cranked it up two inches at a time. After I got it up past the point where I knew it had to go, I nailed support boards to the scaffold under the beam. Then I did all four of them the same way.
"I took that octagonal piece that's now part of the ceiling and spiked two of the beams to it. I had only a quarter of an inch clearing between the two sides. So I knocked the support boards out from under the beams and one side caught against the other. Man, I was home free' I had it' That was one of these periods where you agonize, because you' re dealing with a hypotenuse of a triangle. I thought, 'Did I measure that thing right? Did I calculate it correctly?' That's when you measure five times before you saw the first time, because if you ruin one, you've lost a nice big beam.
"From that point on, once I had that thing, I could run a tape to the comers and get accurate measurements. I twisted my derrick around forty-five degrees until it faced the corners, and I was able to hoist the longer beams one at a time. I then installed the shorter support or jack beams one by one. The beams are two by tens spiked together, with two by fours nailed on top, enclosed with the rough-sawn siding.
"I'm not an expert on calculating, using a framing square and calculating all the angles. I have to do it the hard way. It took me three or five times as long to do a job as someone who has always been building like this. Each time I approached something, it was kind of a brand new world. There were many, many trips up a ladder to get all of those nails, measure the angles, getting the levels."
After the framing, putting on the plaster board was relatively simple. The main difficulty was the many trips up and down the ladder and the fact that Art had to nail behind his back at a very awkward angle. Mary Lou, being concerned for him, insisted he use a T to help nailing. Two boards nailed into a capital T supported one end while Art nailed the other.
Mary Lou had her own idea on how she wanted to finish the ceiling. She wanted it to look like rough plaster. "She had a little tiny trowel about three or four inches long, and she put all that stuff up there with that little tiny trowel," said Art.
The old house Art bought also supplied bricks. "These bricks were out of the chimney. There were thousands and thousands of bricks from the twin chimneys. So after I got the roof up, I built the fireplace. That was a wintertime project when the weather was warm enough during the day to mix mortar but cold enough to freeze it at night. I'd build up so many courses of bricks, cover it with a big sheet of plastic, and put a little kerosene heater under the plastic. I'd let it just toast all night.
"Since we wanted a smoking oven, I built one in the lower level. I bought the stove from a guy who had an old army range and just cut the oven out of it. The firebox went down below it and the whole thing was covered. It has its own flue with draft controls on it so that I can run the smoke out the chimney or through the oven."
There was great rejoicing when the time finally came to put in the windows because that was the final stage of enclosing the house.
Just as every aspect of building the exterior had its story, so did each finishing detail inside. Right inside the front door there is a tile floor. Art told its story. "We hauled the tile from San Antonio where we found a place that made Mexican tile ridiculously cheap, fifteen cents a tile. We knew the area we wanted to cover, so the young man said the tile would weigh about 576 pounds. I said, 'Hey! That's about like three big people in the back seat of the car. We can just haul those home.' When we had the tile almost loaded, the young man came back out and said, 'Say, I made a mistake. It's just exactly twice what I told you.' So we had 1,152 pounds in the back of the car. We stopped to visit friends in Oklahoma on the way back and they said, 'You won't have any bearings left on that car by the time you get back home.' That car rolled up 193,000 miles and we never spent a dime on it."
On the left side of the foyer are steps which lead to the basement consisting of a bedroom and a combination family recreation room.
The family room contains the large fireplace and smoking oven. The wall that overlooks the valley is entirely glass with sliding doors that open under the deck.
This room has a very unusual ceiling, one covered entirely by tin embossed into designs. "If you take long enough to build like we did, and are champion scroungers like we are, then those things come to you. They were tearing down the old theater at the right time and we got the tin that we wanted," Mary Lou said.
The bedroom in the basement has two heavy cornice supports holding a shelf above the bed. These supports which came from under the eaves of the Dunmoor Mansion provide the bed with an unusual headboard.
Art salvaged the material for the stairway and the railings to the basement out of the house that he wrecked. One support post came out of an old barn he tore down. A nephew of the lady who owned the place said the original timbers had been hewed out by slaves.
The stairs return to the foyer, which is linked to the rest of the main floor by three steps. This is the main portion of the house, which is one large room divided into three smaller areas, the dining room, the kitchen and the living room.
The floors in all this large room are hardwood. Each time Art and Mary Lou made a decision, they made it together as they did when they decided to have hardwood floors throughout the house. The next questions was where to find the floors, but a little scrounging brought results. They purchased an old gymnasium floor from a friend who had salvaged the building at Fort Leonard Wood. The back wall of the living room, like the family room below, is made mostly of glass windows and doors which open to the deck.
Every place you look in the house you can see evidence of the Corn's ingenuity, resourcefulness and talent. The dining area has many candlesticks and refinished antiques. The mantel log came from the Dunmoor Mansion. It had already been hauled to the dump when Art spotted it, salvaged it and used it. Mary Lou's paintings decorate the wood paneled walls.
Each new addition to the house brought decisions with both Art and Mary Lou participating. One addition was the support post in the living room. Art said, "I arrived home from the granary I was tearing down with the support post. I thought it was a little bit crude, and I wasn't sure she would want it. She thought it looked great. It really was not part of the plan, but since we had torn down the old granary, it was available."
"We are flexible," Mary Lou added. "Sometimes we decide to do things and don't do them, and sometimes when we don't plan it, we do."
The kitchen is set off from the rest of the large room by a paneled wall which boxes it in. The paneling which covers the outside wall also has an interesting story. "We kicked the siding off a friend's barn one morning, and he just knew we would accumulate a large amount of kindling because it was cupped and curled and warped," Art said. "He did not believe it when he came to see what we had actually done with it. We cleaned the siding with Chlorox and scrub brush and set it in the sun before we put it on the wall."
Sliding stained glass windows are set in this partition. Art explained, "If you're elbow deep in dishwater and you want to watch the fire or you want to look out over the hills, you can open the windows rather than staring at a wall. If the chief cook wants a little privacy and wishes to stay out of some of these insane conversations that spring up occasionally, you can close it off. Or you close off the clutter which is part of preparing a big meal. Also the light behind the window gives a nice effect."
The stained glass windows came out of the Presbyterian Church at Mexico, Missouri. Years ago when the church was torn down, Mary Lou's Uncle salvaged them and had stored them. He willingly traded her all the windows for a painting.
Mary Lou discovered she had a talent for making braided rugs. The rugs are a beautiful contrast on the hardwood floors in the living room and dining room areas. She began making the rug for the living room when she realized they were actually going to finish the house.
"I started the rug thinking it was only an evening project. When we moved in, I thought I could quit and just have an area rug, but I didn't like that so I kept going. It got awfully, awfully tiring before I finished it to a size of twelve feet by twenty feet. Smaller rugs are a lot more fun.
"I make most of my rugs out of used wool. I recycle old coats and things of that weight. I made one using old blue jeans."
The Corns didn't make all the furnishings. Mary Lou is an expert at picking up furniture at sales or
by trading.
"Mary Lou does all the finishing, strips and stains all the furniture," Art said.
"I have two beds, chairs and an old cabinet which need to be done now," said Mary Lou. "I want to see an end. I will always buy antiques, but maybe I'll get to the point where there is only one piece to do instead of a whole bunch."
When the main house was finished, the Corns, following their same building philosophies and methods, added on to the original house and started on the lawn. With the necessities done, they built a porch and a studio for Mary Lou with a skylight to work by. "Once we get all these projects finished, then I can devote as much time as I want the rest of my life to painting," Mary Lou said. "That's my real desire now."
There is a solar greenhouse, two private guest bedrooms with their own private balcony and walls paneled with old doors stripped down and placed end to end. The rest of the walls are covered with quilts or wallpaper. "I wanted something very, very special," Mary Lou said about a particular wallpaper pattern she had found. Art lined the closets with cedar.
The house has superior insulation, four inches of conventional insulation inside and an inch of styrofoam insulation outside under the vertical siding. The heating system uses wood entirely, with a wood stove thermostatically controlled.
Though Art and Mary Lou have lived in the house for seven years, each day is new. Since the house is nestled in the forest, on snowy days they can see every animal, especially the native birds who enjoy resting on the deck which houses a very large bird feeder.
Each season on the hillside brings its delight, but the most special time of the year is Christmas. Art explained, "Every Christmas we attract young people who love to be here. Christmas Eve is the big evening around here. We turn out all the lights and I light all the candles. There was a girl who dropped by here on her way home for Curls--ms and she didn't want to go home."
Art and Mary had a dream. They have worked on their dream and can almost see its complete fulfillment.
"About 1985 or 1990 we'll have it all finished," Art said. "We keep adding other little projects, we have another idea to try something. As long as we don't get arbitrary targets that are unreasonable, where it becomes a pressure sort of thing, we can enjoy doing it. It doesn't matter whether we get it done by Thanksgiving or by Christmas or whenever. We just want to be able to enjoy it. I think part of the enjoyment is in the anticipation."
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A Stanford law school graduate pleaded guilty Monday to federal income tax evasion charges, admitting she ran a high-priced call girl service "entertaining'' clients in cities across the country.
Under the terms of the plea agreement, filed in federal court in San Jose, Cristina Warthen agreed to pay $313,000 to the government to cover taxes on the earnings she made as a prostitute who went by the name of "Brazil.'' As part of the plea bargain, Warthen would not be sent to federal prison, but instead would serve one year of home detention and three years of probation.
During a hearing, Warthen, dressed in a gray pants suit, said little as she agreed to the terms of the plea arrangement. U.S. District Judge James Ware set Warthen's sentencing for June 15.
Federal prosecutors in September charged Warthen, 34, with tax evasion, alleging she failed to pay taxes on more than $133,000 she earned as a prostitute in 2003. Court papers show Warthen at the time was jetting off to Washington, D.C., Chicago, New York and other cities for liaisons with clients she solicited on her steamy Web site,"Touchof Brazil.net,'' all of whom paid her in cash.
In court papers filed Monday, Warthen admitted she dealt only in cash to "hide my income,'' which previous documents show she used to pay off her debts from Stanford law school, where she graduated in 2001. As the government was investigating the escort service, Warthen married David Warthen, the wealthy co-founder of the online search engine Ask Jeeves, now known as Ask.com. Warthen currently lives in Los Angeles.
Brian Getz, Warthen's lawyer, told the judge today that Warthen needed some extra time to come up with the payment for the government. The $313,000 amount was described in court as the "net proceeds'' from Warthen's escort service. Court papers say Warthen spent more than $51,000 in expenses in 2003 for hotels, travel and car rentals for her rendezvous with the clients.
Warthen's business as a high-priced prostitute was first revealed several years ago, when the government searched her then-home in Oakland and seized more than $61,000 in cash suspected to be linked to her escort business. The government alleged in court papers that she started the escort service in 2001.

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With the mission from Blagothkus to clear the Castle of the Cult. Where would the Stag Party start first? Rezmir, Azbara Jos or the White Dragon guarding the horde. The Stag Party coordinate the assault with Blagothkus.
Descending the spirals into the courtyard below, Azim summons the Ki of Pass without Trace as the party tries to get the jump on Rezmir. Most of the party does well Ulfgrim uses the power of his Goddess to assist his sneaking.
Outside the doors of Rezmir's room are two guards. Que battle music in a hopefully quiet fashion. The heroes sneak through the enormous ice-door but the guards notice that the shadows have changed and are unnatural. Luckily, the heroes surprise the hapless guards with Jareath moving quickly casting Vicious Mockery. Erich misses due to the armour. Sir Axialrod, Azim and Janthyra use flails, fists and magic to kill one guard and wounding the other. Errich sneaks through the parties legs stabbing the guard in his blind spot as Sir Axialrod steps up to hit the guard who is smashed to pieces.
Sir Axialrod then pushes open Rezmir's door, revealing a large bedroom with large rugs covering the icy floor. Rezmir is present with two large drakes. Sir Axialrod steps forward and throws his hammer hitting her. The room goes dark, as Rezmir brings forth darkness. Azim moves through the darkness and uses his wand of Magic Missiles on a guard drake. Sir Axialrod ducks under a blast of something nasty. Ulfgrim moves into the darkness next to Sir Axialrod. Janthyra sees into the magical darkness Hex's Rezmir then blasts her with Eldrich Blast. Jareath moves up beside Errich and hums a little ditty to inspire Azim.
Errich fumbles through his bag of holding pulls out the Boar Hunting Spear hands it to Jareath then slips to the side. Azim hits the Guard Drake with lots of attacks. Rezmir moves past Sir Axialrod to hitting Ulfgrim, causing a large amount of damage from a sword and magical necrotic damage. The Guard Drake bites and tail whips Azim. Ulfgrim hits Rezmir then she smashes Ulfgrim. Sir Axialrod smashes the rug. Janthyra then blasts Rezmir twice with Eldrich Blast. Jareath uses the Daylight spell, dispelling the darkness. Errich slips next to Ulfgrim, drives two daggers into Rezmir, killing her. She immediately turns into a pile of ash. Sir Axialrod kills the rug attacking him. Azim kills the Guard Drake attacking him. Janthyra moves her Hex to the last Guard Drake, but misses it with Eldrich Blast. It ignores Jareaths Vicious Mockery. Errich stabs it twice, Sir Axialrod hits it twice, Azim kills it.
Searching the pile of Ash, a magical evil sword, a broach in the shape of a dragon claw and a Dragon Mask are discovered. Sir Axialrod picks up the Great sword. Searching the room they find nothing. The Stag Party hear the sound of Ogres attacking cult members. The party head across the courtyard to the tower of the Red Wizards. The tower door is shut. Janthyra climbs the ice covered door to open the latch. Sir Axialrod pushes open the door. The large rooms roof is covered in horse skulls, four still Gargoyles and two Red Wizards of Thay.
Sir Axialrod rushes into the room, fails to knock over Rath Modar, hits him once, action surges and hits him again. Errich rushes into room, poisons Azbara Jos, while stabbing him. Jareath misses with bow shot. Azim causes it to go quiet. Ulfgrim casts Sacred Flame and Spiritual Weapon killing Azbah Jos, the mage, in front of Errich. Janthyra uses Eldrich Blast to hit the other mage.
The Gargoyles move to attack the Stag Party. One on Janthyra bites and claws her. One claws Sir Axialrod. One claws Ulfgrim. Rath Modar does something. Sir Axialrod misses as it appears to be a illusion of some kind. He then misses a Gargoyle. Errich misses with his dagger on a Gargoyle then slips out of combat. Jareath shoots one Gargoyle. Azim attacks a Gargoyle hit it with magical fists. Ulfgrim hits with his Spirual Weapon. Janthyra uses Misty Step to escape the Gargoyle and Eldrich Blast to hit a Gargoyle. The Gargoyles then claw and bite party members. Rath Modar casts a vast Fire Ball hurting much of the Party and killing three Gargolyes. Sir Axialrod then smashes Rath Modar and his body melts into a puddle. Errich then kills the last Gargoyle.
The Stag Party search the room, in it is a book. Not destroyed by Fire Balls, it is written in a language no one understands. It deals in summoning things.
Day ends with party taking a short rest.
Three items found:
Hazirawn the Greatsword
Black Dragon mask – Janthyra sees images of a Dwarf, Elf, Calashite human and another human with masks on. They of course see her, making her a target. One with dragon one his shoulder (the Calashite) saw her.
Janthyra feels her shrivelled soul being sucked into the mask so pulls the Mask off before learning anything.
The Mask enhances Draconic abilities.
Insignia of Claws ( flares with purple in melee combat giving +1 to hit and damage with Natural Weapons) – Azim Claims this.


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Family rooms feature two double beds or three single beds and a suite style bathroom with separate bathtub and shower and are ideal for families or a group of friends who prefer to share one room together.All rooms are equipped with colour satellite television with international news & movies, direct dial telephone, in-room safety deposit box, mini-bar, tea & coffee making facilities, hairdryer, umbrellas and slippers. In addition, all rooms have individually controlled air conditioner and private bathroom with bathtub.
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Refugee film series: In response to the refugee crisis, several community groups, including the Belmont Public Library, Belmont World Film, Beth El Temple Center and the First Church of Belmont, are presenting a series of three documentaries followed by discussions on Thursday night: Feb. 16 at the Belmont Public Library (336 Concord Ave.). All screenings begin at 7 p.m. The series, "A Community Responds: Three Films on the Global Refugee Crisis," presents the following film:
"All of Me": Feb. 16. First-time Mexican filmmaker Arturo Gonzalez Villasenor captures the voices of the women of the town of La Patrona. Despite their limited means, they stand at the railroad tracks every day, tossing water bottles and food they have prepared to the immigrants riding the rails through Mexico in hopes of a better life. Speakers: representatives from the International Institute of New England and Refugee and Immigrant Assistance Center.
Admission to the Feb. 16 screening at the Belmont Public Library is free, thanks to support from the Friends of the Library.
Other community partners supporting the film series include Belmont Against Racism, Belmont Religious Council and the Mosesian Center for the Arts. For information about the event, call Belmont World Film at 617-484-3980 or the library reference desk at 617-993-2870.
Belmont Story Project: 10:15 a.m. Feb. 22. Modeled after NPR's StoryCorps, the Belmont Story Project records interviews among Belmont residents. They take care of the technology side of things and provide sample questions, so people can focus on enjoying the conversation. What better way to show a loved one you really care, than to make time to find out more about them? Available time slot in February: 10:15 a.m. Feb. 22. Contact Nancy McColm at firstname.lastname@example.com, or 617-993-2870. An alternative time slot can be scheduled, if needed. Those who prefer to make a recording at home, they now have a digital audio recorder available for checkout. Contact Nancy McColm at email@example.com.
Civil Rights Issues in Massachusetts: 7 p.m. March 2, Belmont Public Library, 336 Concord Ave., Belmont, Assembly Room, Ground Floor. Join for a presentation by D'Andre Fernandez, Esq., Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, Massachusetts Attorney General's Office, Sara Colb, Esq., Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, Massachusetts Attorney General's Office. Assistant Attorney Generals Colb and Fernandez will speak about the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office's Civil Rights Division and will take questions about recent developments, including the addition of "gender identity" to anti-discrimination laws relating to public accommodations, the Attorney General's new Hate Crime Hotline, for reporting threats, harassment or violence based on race, religion, gender or sexual orientation and immigration. Presented by the Belmont Human Rights Commission. In conjunction with Belmont Against Racism and the Belmont Public Library
Author Virginia Pye to Speak on Dreams of the Red Phoenix: 11 a.m. March 13, Assembly Room of the Belmont Public Library. Virginia Pye, author of the critically acclaimed debut novel River of Dust, will speak on her latest novel "Dreams of the Red Phoenix" at "Books and Bites." Taking her own grandmother's life as an inspiration, Pye writes in "Dreams of the Red Phoenix" of Americans in China on the cusp of World War II. The novel takes place during the dangerous summer of 1937, as newly widowed American missionary Shirley Carson finds herself and her teenage son caught up in the midst of a Japanese invasion of North China and the simultaneous rise of Communism. A Red Army officer requests her help. Shirley must navigate between her desire to help the Chinese Communists fight the Japanese by serving as a nurse and the need to save both herself and her son by escaping the war-ravaged country before it's too late. Pye is the daughter of the late Lucian W. Pye, a political science professor at MIT and one of America's leading China scholars. She grew up in Belmont. She holds an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College and has taught writing at New York University and the University of Pennsylvania, as well as in high schools, an AIDS hospice and private workshops. All are welcome to attend this free program, sponsored by the Friends of the Belmont Public Library. Refreshments will be provided. Books will be available for purchase and signing. The Assembly Room is handicapped accessible.
Library Friends
Come and browse through the Library Friends' Every Day Book Sale in the main lobby of the Belmont Public Library. Gently used hardcover books and paperbacks for patrons of all ages and interests are on sale during library hours. There is an honor box for payment. All proceeds go to the Library Friends. The Library Friends appreciate the donation of gently used books. Donations should be dropped off in the shipping room in the back of the Belmont Public Library. Do not leave donated books outdoors. A tax receipt is available from the library's Reference desk. The Friends of the Belmont Public Library help develop and fund such programs as One Book One Belmont, the townwide reading program, the Friends Author Series, the Music on Saturday programs and purchasing museum passes and equipment for the library. Help continue to support these activities by becoming a member. Join at friendsofbelmontpubliclibrary.com.
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Refugee film series: In response to the refugee crisis, several community groups, including the Belmont Public Library, Belmont World Film, Beth El Temple Center and the First Church of Belmont, are presenting a series of three documentaries followed by discussions on Thursday night: Feb. 16 at the Belmont Public Library (336 Concord Ave.). All screenings begin at 7 p.m. The series, "A Community Responds: Three Films on the Global Refugee Crisis," presents the following film:


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Jeanne P. Darcey
Jeanne P. Darcey is a partner and co-leader of the Bankruptcy & Restructuring Group in the Boston office. Since beginning her practice in 1983, Ms. Darcey has had high-level and varied experience representing debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, indenture trustees and bondholders in out-of-court workouts, liquidations, creditor assignments and Chapter 11 and Chapter 15 proceedings. Ms. Darcey also advises clients acquiring assets of distressed entities, both in and out of bankruptcy. She often consults on corporate transactions with respect to structuring transactions and advises clients about litigation and other strategic alternatives involving high-yield or defaulted securities and rights of licensors and licensees of intellectual property in bankruptcy.
Ms. Darcey lectures often on bankruptcy issues. In addition to speaking on domestic bankruptcy issues, in July, 2013, she spoke on a panel titled "Debtor Migration: Intercontinental, Inter-District and Back," at the American Bankruptcy Institute's Northeast Bankruptcy Conference. In June, 2012 she presented "Restructuring of the Americas: Opportunities for Investment," at the American Bar Association Section of International Law meeting. In March, 2012 she spoke at the American Bar Association Section of Business Law Spring meeting on "Lessons Learned from Around the World – Recent Bondholder and Indenture Trustees issues from the U.S., Canada, U.K., France, Mexico and Beyond." Ms. Darcey has also lectured and moderated panels for The World Law Group, the Massachusetts Bar Association, the American Bankruptcy Institute and the International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation.
Ms. Darcey currently serves as co-chair for the Trust Indentures sub-committee of the American Bar Association's Business Bankruptcy Session. She has also served as the co-chair of the Bankruptcy Section of the Boston Bar Association (2012-2014). She previously served as chair of the Corporate Restructuring and Bankruptcy Practice Group of the World Law Group (2008-2009) and as vice-chair on the Boston Bar Association's Task Force on Financial Literacy, a joint undertaking by Boston bankruptcy lawyers and the local bankruptcy judges. The task force develops and implements a multi-unit program for Massachusetts high school students, focusing on understanding personal finance, budgeting and credit card use and the consequences of credit card abuse. Ms. Darcey continues to participate in the program as a volunteer lecturer.
She also served on the First Circuit's Merit Selection Panel with respect to the bankruptcy judgeship opening created by the retirement of Hon. Carol J. Kenner.
Representative Client Work
- Representation of indenture trustees and holders of publicly held debt in many large Chapter 11 proceedings. Significant engagements include representing corporate trustees in their capacity as mortgagee, pass-through trustee, subordination agent or indenture trustee, in the Chapter 11 proceedings of Northwest Airlines and United Air Lines with respect to Section 1110 equipment, including enforcement of obligations under Section 1110 (a), repossession and foreclosure of collateral, restructuring of transactions, prosecution of, and distributions with respect to, claims. Significant involvement in claims litigation concerning the interplay among tax indemnity claims and stipulated loss value, and litigation with respect to equity squeeze provisions
- Representation of indenture trustee in Chapter 15 case involving Vitro S.A.B. de C.V. and Vitro Packaging, and their concurrent concurso mercantiles proceedings pending in Monterrey, Mexico, including successfully contesting enforcement of foreign plan at the Bankruptcy Court and in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
- Representation of indenture trustees and/or collateral agents in the Chapter 11 proceedings of Lehman Brothers, Station Casinos, Merisant, Visteon, Movie Gallery, House2Home, Peregrine Systems, Service Merchandise, Pillowtex Fieldcrest Cannon, Fruit of the Loom, Ames Department Stores, Casual Male, Converse, Stage Stores, Sterling Chemicals, Homeland Stores, Bradlees, Acme Metals and Costilla Energy
- Representation of debtors in Chapter 11 proceedings in Boston, including the representation of a large, multiple-location restaurant franchisee in Chapter 11; Representation of debtor entity in out-of-court wind-down and the argument for benefit of creditor
- Representation of an international non-debtor subsidiary in Chapter 11 proceedings of ultimate corporate parent to protect rights of non-debtor subsidiary to intellectual property assets
- Representation of secured creditors in leveraged lease financing transactions in the Chapter 11 proceedings of Heck's, Hechinger, Color Tile and Montgomery Ward, including defense of recharacterization litigation involving sale-leaseback transactions
- Representation of purchasers of assets of distressed entities both in and out of bankruptcy, including litigation on behalf of purchasers of leases in bankruptcy with respect to anti-assignment provisions and use restrictions
News & Publications
- Supreme Court Watch: Mission Product v. Tempnology, S&W Client Advisory (October 30, 2018)
- S&W Attorneys Named 2018 Massachusetts Super Lawyers and Rising Stars, New England Super Lawyers Magazine (October 18, 2018)
- Justices Hone Creditors' Ability To Ax Pre-Bankruptcy Deals, Law360, Quoted (February 28, 2018)
- Lenders Beware: The 9th Circuit Dilutes Voting Power in Multi-Debtor Cases (In re Transwest Resort Properties Inc.), Client Advisory (February 26, 2018)
- Bankruptcy Cases To Watch In 2018, Law360, Quoted (January 1, 2018)
- S&W Attorneys Named 2017 Massachusetts Super Lawyers and Rising Stars, New England Super Lawyers Magazine (October 16, 2017)
- Takata Ch. 11 May Give Automakers Lasting Liability Shield, Law360, Quoted (August 17, 2017)
- Millenium Labs Case May Doom Powerful Ch. 11 Tool, Law360, Quoted (June 20, 2017)
- Sullivan & Worcester Ranked in the 2017 Edition of Chambers USA, S&W Press Release (May 26, 2017)
- Mission Accomplished … First Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Acknowledges Post-Rejection Rights of Licensee of Trademarks, S&W Client Advisory (January 18, 2017)
- Buying Assets in Bankruptcy: Has the Second Circuit Taken the Wind Out of Sales Free and Clear?, ABA Business Law Today (December 15, 2016)
- Sullivan & Worcester Ranked in the 2016 Edition of Chambers USA, S&W Press Release (May 27, 2016)
- Jeanne Darcey Appointed to Bankruptcy Selection Panel, BBA Week (February 11, 2016)
- Sullivan & Worcester Ranked in the 2015 Edition of The Legal 500 United States, S&W Press Release (June 3, 2015)
- Sullivan & Worcester Ranked in the 2015 Edition of Chambers USA, S&W Press Release (May 26, 2015)
- A Win for Innovation: Supreme Court's Denial of Review of Jaffe v. Samsung Electronics Co. Preserves U.S. Rights of Licensees of Chapter 15 Foreign Debtors, Client Advisory (October 20, 2014)
- But Only From Sea to Shining Sea: U.S. Court Limits the Reach of U.S. Bankruptcy Code, Client Advisory (July 17, 2014)
- Sullivan & Worcester Partner Jeanne P. Darcey will be Inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy, S&W Press Release (January 29, 2014)
- Second Circuit Adds to Broadening Scope of Section 546 (e) Safe Harbors for Transactions Involving Financial Institutions, Client Advisory (September 27, 2013)
- Sullivan & Worcester Ranked in the 2013 Edition of The Legal 500 United States, S&W Press Release (June 4, 2013)
- Eleventh Circuit Reinstates Controversial Decision in TOUSA, Client Advisory (November 7, 2012)
- Sullivan & Worcester Attorneys Named in 2013 Best Lawyers® (August 22, 2012)
- Sullivan & Worcester Attorneys Named in 2012 Best Lawyers® (August 31, 2011)
- No Standing in Bankruptcy Court for Holder of Certificated Interest in Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit, Client Advisory (April 21, 2011)
- TOUSA Continued: District Court Awards Second Victory to Lenders, Client Advisory (March 16, 2011)
- District Court Overturns TOUSA Fraudulent Transfer Decision as to Joint Venture Lenders, Client Advisory (February 17, 2011)
Seminars & Presentations
- Buying & Selling Trouble: Distressed M&A, Tax Issues and Protecting Clients From Themselves
Montréal, QC, Canada (April 8, 2016)
- Pitch Perfect
Hinckley Allen, Boston, MA (February 10, 2016)
- Taking It to the Bank: Cram-Down Issuer in Chapter 11
American Bar Association, Business Bankruptcy Chapter 11 Luncheon (April 16, 2015)
- Herding Clients: Working with Multiple Secured Creditors
National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges (NCBJ) and American Bar Association Business Bankruptcy Committee, Secured Creditors Luncheon
Hyatt Regency Chicago, Chicago, IL (October 10, 2014)
- 20th Annual Northeast Bankruptcy Conference
Hyatt Regency Newport, Newport, RI (July 11, 2013)
- Legal Challenges and Opportunities of Mexico's Increasing Global Integration: Finance, Investment, Trade and Competition Law
American Bar Association Section of International Law (June 14, 2012)
- Lessons Learned from Around the World – Recent Bondholder and Indenture Trustees issues from the U.S., Canada, U.K., France, Mexico and Beyond
American Bar Association, Business Law Spring Meeting (March 22, 2012)
- 21st Annual Bankruptcy Bench Meets Bar Conference
Boston Bar Association (May 26, 2011)
- "Cutting Edge Issues in Bankruptcy Litigation," 2010 Annual American Bankruptcy Institute Spring Meeting, Washington, D.C. (May 2010)
- "Employment Issues in Chapter 11," National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges (NCBJ) 83rd Annual Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada (October 2009)
- "Getting to Confirmation," 11th Annual Bankruptcy Law Conference 2009, Boston, Massachusetts (October 2009)
- "International Insolvency Law Today: An Update for U.S. Multinationals," the World Law Group, Washington, D.C. (April 2009)
- "Claims Trading in Aid of Hostile Takeovers in Bankruptcy or in Defense of a Plan of Reorganization (including Green Mail)," American Bankruptcy Institute's Caribbean Insolvency Symposium, Grand Cayman (February 2009)
- "Hot Topics in Claims Purchasing and Trading," ABI's 15th Annual Northeast Bankruptcy Conference, Brewster, Massachusetts (July 2008)
- "Protecting Your IP Assets in Bankruptcy," 9th Annual Bankruptcy Law Conference, Boston, Massachusetts (July 2008)
- "The New Bankruptcy Code: Explanation & Outlook," (September 2005)


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The perfect live-aboard for a couple or single. Built here in Singapore by American Marine, she is the owners version with plenty of living space with large social aft deck and flybridge. She feels like a 59' instead of a 49' boat. The owners version layout gives two large cabins with a lot of nice space. The convertible dinette is down the same level as the galley and the saloon has plenty of seating. Large outdoor cockpit leads up to the even bigger flybridge.
Extensive work has been done on the machinery and cosmetics by the current owner with not too many engine hours added during the last few years of ownership. She has been to Phuket and back, up to Tioman and cruised to Bintan/Batam.
August 2017 Update - Asking price has just been dropped to a negotiable USD $390,000 as the owner is keen to sell.
This listing is courtesy of the BoatWizard MLS and may be centrally listed with another broker. It is offered as a convenience by this broker/dealer to its clients and is not intended to convey representation of a particular vessel.


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Campbellsville Elementary School recently named its Soaring Eagles for the week of Feb. 20.
They are kindergarteners Ethan Lewis, Kaylee Thompson, Robert Atwood and Davian Taylor; first-graders Parker Hamilton, Kinsely Graham, Kadence Ford and Maleigha Travis; second-graders Joseph Greer, Kaylee Lamer, Tye Rhodes and Codey Parks; and third-graders Grayson Dooley, Kelsi Schuck, Jaron Johnson and Zehavah Negron.
From left, front, are first-grader Parker Hamilton, first-grader Kinsley Graham, kindergarteners Davian Taylor and Ethan Lewis, second-grader Codey Parks, kindergarteners Kaylee Thompson and Robert Atwood and first-grader Kadence Ford. Back, second-grader Joseph Greer, third-grader Grayson Dooley, second-graders Kaylee Lamer and Tye Rhodes, first-grader Maleigha Travis and third-graders Jaron Johnson, Kelsi Schuck and Zahavah Negron.


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The shock that devastated El Asnam, Algeria, Oct. 10, has again dramatized the fact that earthquake "sociology" has not caught up with earthquake science. Countries with quake-prone regions -- whether Algeria or the United States -- are not properly organized to cope with the hazzards which seismologists now can define.
In the United States, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has put it bluntly in reporting its review of earthquake preparedness. ". . . the nation is not sufficiently prepared for a catastrophic earthquake in California, should such a disaster occur," it warns.
FEMA has more in mind than building standards, land use zoning, and other preventine measures aimed at minimizing quake damage. These are important and, while California has made more progress here than have other parts of the US, no one considers the measures so far taken to be sufficient. However, FEMA is also concerned with inadequate preparation for disaster aid -- both immediate rescue facilities and emergency financing.
The Algerian quake destroyed something like 80 percent of the city and killed on the or of 20,000 people. A major quake, hitting the Los Angeles area for example, is expected to cause comparable damage and casualties. The sudden demand for aid -- with damage costs running pperhaps to $70 billion -- would severely stain even federal resources.
In giving such warning, agencies such as FEMA and seismologists generally are not being prophetes of doom. On the contrary, earth scientists now know enough about earthquakes to help those at risk foresee and minimize their potential for destruction.
Most of the world's earthquakes occurwhere the plates which make up our planet's outer crust interact. Along the California coast the Pacific plate slides past the plate carrying North America. In the Algerian region, the plate carrying Africa is overriding the Eurasian plate.This has pushed up the Atlas mountains, among other things. It's little wonder that such regions are famous for their earthquakes.
Indeed, El Asnam, which also had a bad quake in 1954, appears to sit astride the boundary between the two plates. Thus, although siesmologists do not understand all that is going on here, they do know that devastating quakes are to be expected. Thisis why they insist that greater prepradness is in order.
Building codes in El Asnam, for example, have specified a 10 percent extra stiffening to resist earthquake stress (10 percent extra wight static load). However, Dr. F. K. Farma of Imperial College, London, A civil engineer who has studied the area, says "for the quake the needed 50 percent," according to the journal Nature. This says nothing of the folly of rebuilding in the El Asnam area.
Now FEMA is adding its voice to those of others who have warned of lack of preparedness in the United States. It is more than time that the earthquake science were tanslated into a greater measure of earthquake safety.


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Negotiating Your Way Into an Eco-Friendly Apartment
Those of us who rent generally feel that we have fewer options for making our homes eco-friendly. We make do with our buildings and landlords as they are and instead focus on smaller ways to go green. So, when we read Rent.com's tips for negotiating your way into an eco-friendly apartment, we wondered whether we should be more assertive next time we're apartment-hunting. We also became curious whether any of you have tried these things…
Rent.com suggests three areas in which you might be able to get a greener apartment:
• Upgrade the Appliances: "If you notice older appliances in an apartment you're interested in, ask the landlord to consider replacing them with newer energy efficient models before you sign the lease. The latest dishwashers on the market use significantly less water per load than washing dishes by hand, and replacing an older refrigerator with an Energy Star model could reduce your energy usage by up to 50 percent!" [See our list of Energy Star Dishwashers for ideas.]
• Paint Your Home Green: "Landlords will usually repaint the interior of the apartment before you sign the lease. If this is the case, ask your landlord if they're willing to let you choose the paint. This will allow you to choose both the color of the paint as well as a brand that is safe for the environment. If your landlord refuses to pay for the paint, ask if it's possible for you to supply it if they pay for the painters."
• Batten Down the Hatches: "When viewing apartments, make sure to ask whether it is insulated. Many older buildings were not built with insulation, allowing heat to escape in the winter and cool air to escape in the summer. Find out if your landlord is willing to have it installed in the walls, which can help you save on electricity and on your heating and air conditioning costs."
Have any of you successfully (or unsuccessfully) tried to negotiate for green appliances, paint, or other features? Tell us what happened!
• Rent.com Finds Most Americans Would Prefer Eco-Friendly Living (PDF)
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Learning Needs Analysis Framework
UCL HR Organisational Development team (OD) seeks to encourage the use of the LNA framework as a tool that allows managers to support the development needs of their staff in order to effectively carry out their 'day to day' role.
There are a number of benefits to adopting the LNA framework; some of these are as follows:
- Managers taking responsibility for their staffs' ongoing development
- Measurement of progress against objectives
- Managing individual performance
- Encouraging evidenced based assessment
- Individuals feeling supported
- Improved staff performance
This guide has been designed to provide colleagues across UCL with the steps to conduct an effective LNA.
What is a Learning Needs Analysis (LNA)
A Learning Needs Analysis (LNA) is a review of learning and development requirements that is designed to support individual, team and organisational development. It is a recognised developmental tool that evaluates an employee's skills, knowledge and behaviours in order to meet the organisational demands together with an assessment of any current or anticipated gaps in learning. The aim of the exercise is therefore to bridge any highlighted gaps through adopting various methods of support and development.
The LNA should be seen as the first step to establishing an effective development plan as it serves to determine learning objectives, design effective development programmes and empower managers to manage.
The process
The process involves the manager meeting with their staff and formally discussing and documenting their learning needs.This allows them to assess the training/learning needs of their staff, identify any gaps at the individual, team and organisational levels and utilise the training budget to address these in a targeted way.
This framework has been developed to enable the process to be used within the university, by assisting managers' to structure their conversations, appropriately document the results and determine how it be evaluated. The LNA framework could prove useful at the appraisal stage and could also act as a vehicle to support the behavioural framework.
The flowchart in the PDF document below can be used as a guide to take you through how the process works.
Download the Learning Needs Analysis Framework
Further support and guidance can be sought if necessary by contacting the UCL HR OD team.


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A Resolution appropriating One Million Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,800,000) from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the General Fund of the General Services District to Nashville Alliance for Public Education, Inc. to provide funding for technology and science equipment for use in public schools.
WHEREAS, on February 21, 2006, the Metropolitan Council approved Resolution No. RS2006-1140, which consented to the assignment of the amended and restated lease for the Renaissance Nashville Hotel from RHOC Nashville Hotel, LLC to HH Nashville, LLC; and
WHEREAS, the Renaissance Hotel lease provide that the Metropolitan Government is entitled to a twenty percent share of the anticipated profit from the assignment, which share amounted to $2,234,000, less twenty percent of the closing costs, which amount has been deposited into the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the General Fund of the General Services District; and
WHEREAS, T.C.A. § 7-3-314 enables the Metropolitan Government to appropriate funds for the financial aid of a nonprofit organization which is exempt from taxation pursuant to § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended (sic), provided that such funds appropriated shall be used to promote the general welfare of the residents of Metropolitan Government; and
WHEREAS, Nashville Alliance for Public Education, Inc. is a tax exempt organization under the provisions of § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, whose mission is to raise funding to help improve Nashville public schools "for our city and our collective future"; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with § 5.04.060 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws, the Nashville Alliance for Public Education has filed with the Metropolitan Clerk (1) a copy of its corporate charter or other articles, constitution, bylaws, or instruments of organization; (2) a copy of a letter from the Internal Revenue Service evidencing the fact that the organization is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; (3) a statement of the nature and extent of the organization's program that serves the residents of the metropolitan government; (4) the proposed use of the funds to be provided by the metropolitan government; (5) the proposed budget of the organization, indicating all sources of funds and a line-item identification of the proposed expenditure of metropolitan government funds; and (6) a copy of the organization's audit for the most recent fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, the Council desires to use a portion of the proceeds received from the Renaissance Hotel lease transfer to provide programming funding for the Nashville Alliance for Public Education for the purpose of purchasing technology and science equipment for the public schools.
Section 1. That the sum of One Million Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,800,000) is hereby appropriated from the unappropriated fund balance of the General Fund of the General Services District to the Nashville Alliance for Public Education to provide funding for technology and science equipment for use in public schools.
Section 2. This Resolution shall take effect from and after its adoption, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.
Sponsored by: Charlie
Tygard, Buck Dozier, Rip Ryman, Jim Forkum, Michael Craddock, Jim Gotto, Parker
Toler, Brenda Gilmore, Randy Foster, Pam Murray, Greg Adkins, Edward Whitmore,
Michael Kerstetter, Carolyn Baldwin Tucker, Mike Jameson, Jamie Isabel, Eric
Crafton, J. B. Loring, Jim Shulman, Lynn Williams, Harold White, Adam Dread,
Vivian Wilhoite, Feller Brown, Jason Alexander, Ludye Wallace, Ginger Hausser,
Billy Walls, Jason Hart, Carl Burch, Tommy Bradley, Sam Coleman, Amanda McClendon,
Ronnie Greer, Erik Cole, John Summers
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Education Committee
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(Fort Wayne, Ind.) One Lucky Guitar (OLG) was named a winner in the most recent HOW Promotion Design Awards for three projects that were selected alongside 78 winning designs from top agencies. This highly selective and well-regarded competition, sponsored by HOW magazine, recognizes outstanding creative work produced by individuals and creative agencies from around the world.
Project title: The Fort Wayne Trails identity
Organization: Fort Wayne Trails
OLG received one award for the new identity crafted for Fort Wayne Trails. The logo and business suite captured the essence of the organization — identifying the accomplishments and history of trail advocacy, planning, and fundraising that Fort Wayne Trails carries on in place of the organizations that preceded it. The logo features the motto, "Activus Transportare," Latin for 'active transportation,' which is a nod to the healthy and environmentally friendly benefits the trails bring to the community of Fort Wayne.
Project title: Dessert III poster
Organization: Arts United
OLG's second recognized project was the DESSERT III event poster, developed for Arts United's Taste of the Arts festival, a community-wide fundraising project to benefit Artists-in-Residence programs for areas schools. The poster featured event information and a large popsicle. Posters were mounted on popsicle sticks to play on the tasty image, and one wall-based display was designed to appear as though the popsicle was dripping down the side of a local building.
Project title: The Good Ones Clothing Company swag
Organization: The Good Ones Clothing Company
Also winning OLG an award, The Good Ones Clothing Company swag, included branded stickers, buttons, posters, guitar picks and packaging bags. OLG made a point to enhance each touch point of the purchasing process for The Good Ones customers, which they did through a great attention to detail. Each piece of swag brings The Good Ones characters — Stuart, Adrian, Franklin, Bullfrog and Paulie — to life.
HOW's editorial and design team evaluated nearly 1,000 entries and selected winning projects that demonstrated an ideal mix of concept, strategy and execution. Entries were judged by type of work (i.e., Designer Promotions, Client Promotions, Personal Promotions) and also by how effectively the design achieved the stated business goals.
About HOW
HOW magazine (HOWdesign.com) is the leading business and creativity magazine for graphic designers, whether they work in solo practices, design firms, advertising agencies or in-house groups. HOW sponsors seven design competitions and hosts the largest annual gathering of graphic designers in the U.S., HOW Design Live, in addition to the HOW Interactive Design Conference and the Mind Your Own Business Conference.


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I'm certain that I have no idea what the opportunities are that surround me. However, there are things that I can do to help those opportunities find me. But any plan I ever make is subject to change due to something happening tomorrow that I didn't know about today. This is why a career makes no sense to me.


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Chocolate is a food made from the seeds of a cacao tree. It is used in many foods like pudding, cakes, candy, and ice cream. It can be a solid form like a chocolate bar or it can be in a liquid form like hot chocolate. The taste of chocolate is often described as sweet because chocolate makers usually add a lot of sugar and milk for taste. This can mean that chocolate is bad for your health, so it is best to eat it in moderation.
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It seems like Christmas has just passed and we're finally getting on track with healthy dietary patterns when Easter appears out of nowhere – another opportunity for over indulging for 4 or so days! In fact, the indulgences will likely draw out over coming weeks due to the abundance of chocolates received and the need to 'get them out of the house' as quick as possible which results in the consumption of copious amounts in short time … [Read more...]


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Dean's Welcome
It must seem odd, in this day of iPads, smartphones, Google, ebooks, and laptops to celebrate the book, a "technology" many people think is already out-of-date. But celebrate books we must for it is in them that we find both our knowledge and our wisdom, not just our information. You'll find a plethora of information on the internet but what you may not find in great abundance is wisdom. Most of our more than books contain materials you cannot find on the Internet. That's right, not everything is on the internet after all – at least not yet. Forgive our books for not being electronically flashy; forgive them the time they take to master. But do remember that they represent what can be the best and most noble about us: our thoughts, our hopes, our dreams.
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Ringside has now ventured into Australia and is looking forward to providing the Australian public with its superior products. Whether you're an amateur or professional fighter, a coach, or into boxing for its fitness benefits, Ringside is the undisputed champion and has been for over thirty years. If you're in the fight game, you need the best boxing gear available and training equipment at affordable prices. From gloves and shoes to punching bags and boxing rings, Ringside is your source for the world's very best boxing equipment. We've earned our reputation as one of the world's largest and most dependable suppliers of boxing gear for participants of all levels. Before you get into the ring, make sure Ringside is in your corner.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- The bruising Republican primaries will pay off for Mitt Romney when he debates President Obama this week, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie predicted.
Christie made the rounds of the Sunday television talk shows and said Romney would be difficult to beat in a debate forum he had become familiar with earlier in the race.
"That's where he shines," Christie said on CBS's "Face the Nation," alluding to the 20 primary debates in which Romney often fended off jabs from multiple candidates.
Christie said he expected Romney to "lay out his vision for America" Wednesday in a forum that will directly challenge President Obama's strategy. The result, he said, would be a lot of independent voters falling in behind the Romney bandwagon.
"This whole race is going to be turned upside down come Thursday morning," Christie said.
Romney has been scuffling in the polls with the president. The race has been quite close in recent polls despite the continued economic lethargy and stubborn unemployment rate in the United States.
Christie predicted the debates would finally give Romney the opportunity to connect with a nationwide audience and present a clear alternative to the Obama administration. "You are going to have ten of millions of people for the very first time really tuning in and paying attention to this race," Christie said on NBC's "Meet the Press. "And for the first time you're going to have them be able to make a direct side-by-side comparison."
Christie said the debate would give Romney the opportunity to "go big" in his campaign message, which has been the growing call from prominent Republican leaders and pundits who fear his campaign has been bogged down in quibbling with the Democrats over minor issues.
But senior White House adviser David Plouffe in an appearance on ABC's "This Week" said challengers historically get a bump in the polls after a debate and Wednesday would not change the polls significantly. "We are going to tell the American people on Wednesday night ... exactly where we are as a country, where we need to go, how we rebuild an economy that makes the middle class secure, and with great detail so people understand," he said.
Follow us on Twitter at @UPIDebates for complete UPI.com coverage of the 2012 Presidential Debates.


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Some of the most loved in your life include the family members, and their health comes first before anything else. One of the health areas that matter to them is the dentistry. Teeth and the mouth at large can develop various changes that definitely need the attention of a professional dentist. The San Ramon Dentist is a perfect example of an expert who can take care of your family dentistry needs. While settling for a reliable center, consider the following tips.
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Services for businessman Charles A. Olsen III of Annapolis will takeplace 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 7, at the Hardesty Funeral Home, 12 Ridgely Ave. in Annapolis.
Mr. Olsen, 56, died Feb. 2 in Las Vegas, Nev., of a heart attack.
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His interests included fishing and hunting.
Survivors include his wife, Anna R. Olsen and his mother, Mrs. Helen Olsen, both at home; five daughters, Donna Scala and Helene Heyer, both of Hackensack, N.J., Christine Olsen of Texas, Cindy Olsen of Hinton Falls, N.J., and Debra Olsen of Rockville; four sons, Mark Olsen and Charles A. Olsen IV, both of Hawaii, Michael Olsen of Greenbelt, and William Olsen of Rockville; three step-children, Lorin Pardoe of Bethlehem, Pa., Robert Pardoe of Annapolis, and Diane Pardoe of North Beach; and 12 grandchildren.


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Welcome back....several of you....nice to see your take on the whole 24 hours to live thing. Not alot of people are emailing me topics. if you are interesteed please do so at email@example.com and I will try to incorperate them.
This one I got from Joe again...two weeks in a row...but I could not pass it up.
This week's topic is........"Big and Small"
it is pretty vague so you can go any direction as long as you can justify it to the theme....juxtapozing something small to something big.....good luck!
Monday, May 31, 2010
Sunday, May 30, 2010
24 Hours for me, 2.7 Seconds for you.
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left in 24
Hello, conceptsweekly! sorry for the long gone, anyhow for the picture I didn't think much of story, but thinking about how to illustrate the topic (there a believe in my country that I cant tell) beside I need to paint more girl for portfolio.
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Saturday, May 29, 2010
Return to light
I did this piece as if there were less that .24 of a second to live...and the transition to light. I had a dream that it would be less than a second but feel well over 24hrs or close an eternity. This topic got me all metaphysically thinking!
Posted by brillante at 8:57 PM 4 comments:
24 hours to live
If I had only 24 hours to live... I'd want to spend that time with the one who hardly knows me but means very much to me. I'd just want to give her that chance to see me one last time, because she would never know me for everything I am and who I really am...except for what people tell her. Anyways... :O
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Labels: 24 hours to live
Posted by xv at 1:59 PM 3 comments:
Last Sunset
my final 24 hrs would be without any worries (preferably near the beach). I was just having too much fun with Corel Painter. Rough sketch. I need help in getting the right perspective for the arms.
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Friday, May 28, 2010
Saving the world is a 24 Hour Job
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010
No this isn't within 24 hours of death
ok so i wasn't able to post my hidden kingdom in the tree a while back, and I had gone through several revisions. the final being this:
...and since this week's concept is 24 hours to live, maybe I'll let this hidden kingdom be the place this next concept takes place... o.O
thanks for everyone's critiques on this while it was still a w.i.p :] and thanks for any further suggestions to make this better (it'll give me somethin to do over break if it's perspective changes XD)
...and since this week's concept is 24 hours to live, maybe I'll let this hidden kingdom be the place this next concept takes place... o.O
thanks for everyone's critiques on this while it was still a w.i.p :] and thanks for any further suggestions to make this better (it'll give me somethin to do over break if it's perspective changes XD)
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Monday, May 24, 2010
Week 15
Thanks to those that had time to post...this week the topic comes from Mr Joe Clark..... he dropped this one awhile ago and I almost hesitated because it was similar to the last one but that will be part of the challenge. This weeks topic is
"24 hours to live"
"24 hours to live"
Posted by brillante at 11:24 PM 3 comments:
sorry i come in last
So this is it... i've had the most hectic week and weekend so sorry i'm late... anyways, my final battle scene involves throwing the devil out to his death... umm hard time finding pose references :P i ended up just doing a rough and then coloring one version that shows the guy grabbing the devil just before he tosses him off to the nether regions.
here's both :O ...and the blue line drawing is what my bff drew for reference for me since we couldn't find any photo references or anythin from life drawings. we collab so that credit goes to ilicia
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its a set up
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Sunday, May 23, 2010
Fighting to the finish
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Saturday, May 22, 2010
Not the Last Fight
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010
The Final Fight. Portray a scene in which someone is fighting the final battle to decide the fate of the world or game, event, etc. It can be saving their own world, saving earth from the apocalypse, defeating your rival at chess...anything.
Woo. Hope this one's okay.
compliments of Jorry...
This blog is so awesome......post or dont post I dont give a f#@K!
Woo. Hope this one's okay.
compliments of Jorry...
This blog is so awesome......post or dont post I dont give a f#@K!
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Monday, May 17, 2010
not done progressing willl update just wanted to get it up
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At least it's Something....Wicked!
If you can't tell, It's supposed to be a Priest, possessed by the Devil....That's pretty Wicked in my opinion.
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Monday, May 10, 2010
Week ...un-lucky number 13
So the theme of this weeks topic is to illustrate a picture or what ever comes to mind.....I picked a book and please illustrate or design your concept based on the title. You can choose to illustrate an image based on the book or to go what ever direction you want. The title that will be this weeks topic is
"Something Wicked This Way Comes"
I posted the link for some back story on the book if you are interested in going this route.
I have had a bunch of people hating on the topics but no one is emailing me ideas, so sorry they are what they are but that is the challenge. So if you are interested please email me at email@example.com if you have an idea. Thanks.
"Something Wicked This Way Comes"
I posted the link for some back story on the book if you are interested in going this route.
I have had a bunch of people hating on the topics but no one is emailing me ideas, so sorry they are what they are but that is the challenge. So if you are interested please email me at email@example.com if you have an idea. Thanks.
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NC WYETH master copy
I felt bad for lagging on the topic and started this but threw in the towl,,i will keep working on it and repost but i think nc took longer than a week to paint the orginal maybe epic redo part three a couple months from now..
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My Ariel
I wanted to be more done with it but I needed to post something, and whadda ya know, just in time! hopefully I can do some adjustments. this was my piece for Week 8's "In the deepest depths of the ocean" I was working on it for that week but just didnt have time to finish.
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Saturday, May 8, 2010
The power of books!
Ok so I picked Monsters in my room - I'm not completely happy with it... I kinda suck at drawing things that are scary, no matter how much I try they always seem to come out fat and cute.... It definitely needs some colour too, but I don't know how to colour the night - everything usually ends up just dark... Any advice would be much appreciated.
The story of this is basically in order to combat the monsters she's using books - there's one in there that says "how to combat the monsters in your head" trying to give it a funny edge ^_^
Anyway, hopefully this is the start of many posts ^_^
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Labels: books monsters bed
Friday, May 7, 2010
fear attack
Maybe the worst fear is drowning... or maybe it's being pulled down by some monster in the depths. Either way, fear attacks and holds us back from our full potential. :O
so i realize this still needs a lot of work, but between this and my hidden kingdom as well as classes and a job, this is what I got so far. Based on the critiques from my original post for fear, I've changed the color scheme to match the mood better for the girl, and added the struggle that causes tension - a strange monster like an octopus.
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Labels: worst fear
Monday, May 3, 2010
Posting has dwindled to a fragment of nothingness.....I understand that everyone is busy with mid terms and other classes...but I want to give this one more shot. Since my NC Wyeth Painting came out looking not done. I was embarrassed to post it. Enough with the sob story....this week's topic is about redemption.....the topic is "EPIC REDO".... You would have had to post in the past to participate.....but you can go through anyone of your previous sketches and polish that mother up....an opportunity to take unfinished work further. This should be easier being that you have a solid foundation. If you don't not wish to rework and older piece then you can approach an old topic with a new illustration it is up to you......as a matter of fact this blog's success is entirely up to you...we can use this as inspiration and a competitive forum to push our designs or we can let it falter. I have hear many of you wishing to do conceptual work and it is important that you multi task....otherwise when you get into production you may end up a cog in the machine and not pursue your own projects....so please help to keep this thing alive. Thanks!
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Sargent Master copy
Perhaps I'm too late. Thought Monday was the last day to post and I don't have internet @ home. If it's too late it's cool I'll delete it but yeah.
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Fox carries short-handed Twins past Rangers
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Twins chose Matt Fox to start Friday's game not because of his dazzling stuff or eye-popping statistics. He was their only option.
Turns out, he was the perfect choice.
Denard Span delivered the go-ahead single in the seventh inning, emergency starter Fox pitched 5 2/3 innings in his major league debut, and the depleted Minnesota Twins beat the Texas Rangers 4-3 on Friday night.
Fox allowed two runs and four hits, giving the Twins' staff a major boost after scheduled starter Nick Blackburn was forced to pitch in Thursday's 13-inning loss to Detroit.
Fox said he got the call about his promotion around 2:30 a.m. and estimates he only got about 45 minutes of sleep.
"From the time I got the call last night until I got here, everything went really fast," Fox said. "I was just speechless and didn't know what to say to people. I was so excited."
Alex Burnett (2-2), who arrived with Fox from Triple-A earlier Friday, allowed a run in 1 1-3 innings. Matt Capps recorded five outs for his eighth save with the Twins and 34th overall.
With one out and runners on first and third in the eighth, Capps struck out Nelson Cruz and got Ian Kinsler to ground out.
Capps got a boost when right fielder Jason Repko threw out Alex Cora trying to advance from first to third on a single with one out in the ninth.
Cora said he decided to try and reach third as soon as he saw the ball roll through the infield.
"I like the aggressiveness, but sometimes you just have to be certain," Rangers manager Ron Washington said. "The situation will always dictate how aggressive you can be."
Josh Hamilton singled with one out in the eighth, and then left the game with lower back stiffness. Hamilton had missed the Rangers last two games with a sore knee. He is day-to-day.
The Rangers went ahead in the seventh when Kinsler scored on Julio Borbon's squeeze bunt. Rangers starter Derek Holland (2-3) was unable to hold the lead.
J.J. Hardy tied it with an RBI single off reliever Alexi Ogando. Span put the Twins ahead when his single off Matt Harrison scored Repko.
"We got 'em over and got 'em in. That's the way you play the game," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "We never gave into them and heck of a ballgame for us."
The Twins were scrambling to find enough arms just to get through the game against a solid Texas lineup. Besides Blackburn, starter Brian Duensing was also used on Thursday. Relievers Jeff Manship, Jesse Crain and Matt Guerrier have been used extensively the past few days and were not available.
Fox's debut was more impressive considering it came on a night when 34 of the Twins all-time greats were in attendance.
The game started a half hour later than usual so the Twins could honor the 50 greatest players in team history during a pregame ceremony. Twins legends such as Harmon Killebrew, Kent Hrbek and Tony Oliva were introduced and gathered around home plate as video tributes played on the big screen and fans cheered.
"I was definitely surprised, but it was a good surprise," he said.
The sold out crowd at chilly Target Field gave Fox a standing ovation after Gardenhire removed him with two outs in the sixth.
"I just told him I hope you took it all in," Gardenhire said. "First start, you're out here and you pitched your tail off. I hope you took it all in and understand that was a big league performance. I just wanted him to know that. That was pretty good."
The Rangers knew next to nothing about Fox, and it showed.
"When a guy does something like that, it's just location," Kinsler said. "We just weren't able to put anything together against him."
Twins rookie Danny Valencia had two hits, but left the game in the seventh with a tight hamstring.
Notes: Cliff Lee returned to the Rangers after flying to Dallas on Wednesday to receive a cortisone shot in his aching back. Lee will throw a bullpen session on Saturday, after which the team will determine if he will make his next scheduled start on Tuesday. ... Twins starter Scott Baker received a cortisone shot after leaving Thursday's start after two innings. Manager Ron Gardenhire said Baker will likely miss his next two starts. ... An MRI and X-ray on Twins' OF Jason Kubel's left wrist revealed no significant damage. Kubel has missed the last three games, but hopes to return to the lineup on Sunday.