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The program appears vigorous with opportunities to give voice to personal areas of interest/study.
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Initial residency requirement can be financially challenging be cause financial aid does not come until after first meeting.
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Saybrook has a good reputation. The application process is quick and easy to follow. Saybrook focus is on a humanistic approach.
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They help with work in detail.
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NO. Conference is good and Online class is good.
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I think that this school is a splendid valuable school if they do not do anything discriminatory and unfair.
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Their conference is fun. I lean many things.
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Conference time, there are food and dining is excellent.
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They do not have Dorm.
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School think about students' safe and strict. And teachers are very kind, and to think about students.
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Following your goal, Saybrook help you dream.
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Saybrook University is five star school. Teachers are great and adviser is nice.
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Food and Dining
the food at the conference is usually varied and good. those with dietary restrictions need to notify university staff beforehand so that arrangements can be made for a special diet.
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the faculty will check your work and send it back for corrections until you get it right.
Tips for prospective students
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text: The son of Jewish immigrants, Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel (1906-1947) began his life of crime on the streets of Brooklyn. He formed the Bugs-Meyer gang with Meyer Lansky as an adolescent, then rose to prominence within Mafia kingpin Charles "Lucky" Luciano's national syndicate. Siegel relocated his bootlegging and gambling rackets to the West Coast in 1937, maintaining an extravagant lifestyle in Beverly Hills. In 1945, he moved to Las Vegas to supervise the syndicate-funded construction of the Flamingo Hotel and Casino. With mob bosses reportedly unhappy with his management, Siegel was shot to death in his Beverly Hills home.


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Bald Eagle Population Size
Since the bald eagle was fully listed under the Endangered Species Act, the number of nesting bald eagle pairs and productivity (number of young fledged per nest) have been monitored throughout the lower 48 states. This effort has produced an excellent data set which was used to develop the population table, map and chart in the links below. Follow these links to see how bald eagle numbers have responded since DDT was banned and the Endangered Species Act was passed.
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Put in the right hole, our money — and effort — makes a difference.
As winter hangs on like a bad cold, my hibernating nature has sought no bigger decision than whether to devote the 9pm Sunday hour to Downton Abbey or True Detective.
Yet in the wider world, big stuff — actual transformative change — is going on. So I've poked my head out of the burrow to take a look.
Bob Melamud — who doesn't make hardship weather a stay-home-from-work excuse — reports this week on promising news on oyster restoration. He tells us that findings in Florida and Virginia suggest we'll get results from at least some of the money Maryland has poured into the Bay to restore our hard-working, many-skilled native oyster.
His subject in "Maryland's $6 Million Shell Pile" is the use of fossilized oyster shell to sustain new generations of oysters — not to mention their many lively associates — in Harris Creek on the Eastern Shore.
Harris Creek is one piece in a big picture. An oyster sanctuary, it's part of the 25 percent of Maryland's productive oyster bottom now set aside for oysters to grow for the Bay's sake rather than for harvest. Sanctuaries, too, are part of a bigger picture of oyster restoration.
In other parts of the picture, people are making plans for native oysters' future, a horizon we'd about given up on just a few years ago. Raising oyster seed. Raising oysters from seed on their piers to stock sanctuaries like Harris Creek or in their own communities' waterways. Collecting empty oyster shell from packing houses and restaurants.
And learning how to farm oysters as aquaculturists, helping create a new oyster economy and new oyster appetites while taking the pressure off wild oysters and adding their filtering power to cleaning up the Bay.
All those separate actions and many others are painting a rosier oyster picture than we've seen in many years. Action by action, they're adding up to the magic of transformative change, in economy and ecology.
It's about time, as well, for reporting some good news about Maryland's Watershed Protection and Restoration Program. All the bad-mouthing we've heard makes the Rain Tax seem like the worst thing that's happened since the Flush Tax.
Let's hope we're so lucky. Because of the dedicated funding source affectionately known as the Flush Tax, we're working house by house and water purification plant by plant to keep toilet water out of the Bay.
Under the Watershed Protection and Restoration Program, we take responsibility for our hard places — roofs and driveways and streets — by paying our share to reduce their bad effects on the Bay.
County Executive Laura Neuman — who on taking office promptly vetoed the Anne Arundel County Council's decision on how to make the plan work — is now putting our share of the fee to work by hiring the right man for the job. At South River Federation, Erik Michelsen captured stormwater in creative ways all over his watershed. Now his expertise is benefitting us countywide.
At the same time, Neuman's creating an advisory Stormwater Fee Committee of citizens "to have a seat at the table on issues that affect them." That's the best place we can be, and I'm rooting for my neighbor Mike Brewer, an environmentalist in practice and policy, to take one of those seats.
Like restoring oysters and improving water purification, holding back the polluting torrent of stormwater is part of preserving our future. Don't believe the naysayers. Making a difference is up to us, and we're doing it.
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Until I Find You By John Irving 824 pages. Random House. $27.95.
"I begin with a sense of who the victims of the story are," John Irving once said of his writing process. "I try to think of the most uncomfortable parts of the victims' story, of who is going to be hurt the most."
Certainly Jack Burns, the hero of Mr. Irving's bloated and lugubrious new novel, is a victim in spades -- and then some. As a boy, Jack is sexually molested by an older girl at school. He is molested by his mother's female lover. And he is molested by an older woman at the local gym. He loses his innocence early on, and over the years he also loses many of the people closest to him: he grows up without a father, is sent away to school by his unstable mother, and sees many of his loved ones succumb to bizarre or untimely deaths. He also learns, as he enters middle age, that much of what he believed to be true about his life was in fact a lie.
In "The World According to Garp," the novel that made him famous back in 1978, Mr. Irving's people also suffered a series of calamitous, violent events, but their stories were framed by a larger, philosophical inquiry into the relationship between reality and art, life and the imagination. In contrast with those earlier characters, who were brightly drawn, vigorous creations, Jack Burns emerges from this book as a passive, curiously vacant fellow about whom it's difficult to care.
As for the supporting cast of "Until I Find You," it's made up of generic crazies, predators and victims -- comic-strip figures, drawn with the author's customary taste for exaggeration and melodrama, but without his usual energy and humor.
In fact, there is something lackadaisical and weary about this entire novel. Not only is it hideously overstuffed at more than 800 pages, but it also feels as though it had been written on automatic pilot. All the trademark Irving themes and leitmotifs are here -- including wrestling, prep school shenanigans, incestuous liaisons and violent deaths -- and most of them feel as though they had been mechanically inserted by rote.Continue reading the main story
As in the author's bravura 1998 novel "A Widow for One Year" and his completely annoying 1981 one, "The Hotel New Hampshire," a highly dysfunctional family stands at the center of this volume. In this case, the story quickly assumes the shape of a Telemachus-like quest for Jack's father -- a quest that in turn serves as an extremely loose armature on which Mr. Irving can drape every manner of digression, while at the same time chronicling Jack's sentimental and sexual education.
Jack's earliest memories involve traveling with his mother, Alice, an itinerant tattoo artist, across Europe in search of his father, who supposedly abandoned them before Jack was born. Their search is unsuccessful, but their journeys to Copenhagen, Stockholm, Oslo, Helsinki and Amsterdam are chronicled in mind-numbing detail.
Eventually, mother and son return to Toronto, where 5-year-old Jack is enrolled as one of the few male students at a girls' school called St. Hilda's. There, he falls under the influence of a 12-year-old bully named Emma, who proceeds to initiate him into the mysteries of sex. She will turn out to be the most genuinely affectionate of the many predatory and mostly older women who treat Jack as their boy toy.
One of the problems with this novel is that Mr. Irving never finds a persuasive voice for narrating these events. The repeated acts of sexual abuse committed upon the prepubescent Jack play neither as awful, realistic acts of abuse nor as metaphorical, Grand Guignol encounters. As a result, the whole book is suffused with a smarmy but cartoonish aura: the reader is unable to sympathize with Jack as a poor abused child or to regard his experiences as some sort of farcical parable about the wicked ways of the world.
A similar problem attends Mr. Irving's depiction of Jack's adventures in Hollywood, where he becomes famous for his cross-dressing roles and eventually wins an Oscar. Like the literary careers of earlier Irving heroes, Jack's acting career seems meant to underscore the author's interest in the transformative dynamic between life and art. Unfortunately, Mr. Irving does not have the easy familiarity with Hollywood that he does with the writing world, and his extremely lengthy descriptions of Jack's life there feel forced and secondhand.
Some passages strain to create a dark, Bruce Wagner-esque picture of Hollywood, but instead yield yet another hackneyed portrait of the City of Angels as a Sin City. Jack's supposed encounters with real-life celebrities like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Meryl Streep are thoroughly unconvincing, as are Mr. Irving's ham-handed efforts to explicate the town's power-sex-money equations. For instance, he would have us believe that a young hotshot agent would have the hots so badly for a homely, overweight girl that he would help her best friend, a complete unknown, get some acting work.
Though Jack achieves enormous fame and wealth, though he becomes a worldwide sex symbol, he remains slightly detached from it all. His psychiatrist bluntly asks him: "Is it because of your mother's lies to you, or your missing father, that you are an unanchored ship -- in danger of drifting wherever the wind or the currents, or the next sexual encounter, will take you?"
Needless to say, Jack re-embarks on the quest to find his father -- and to uncover the truth of what happened between his parents when he was a little boy. But by the time Jack finally finds his progenitor, we could care less, so weary are we of Mr. Irving's contrived storyline and his plodding recitation of Jack's bizarre encounters with bizarre people. In fact it often seems as though the author were simply wracking his brain to come up with peculiar scenarios: we learn in all too graphic detail that Emma suffers from a medical condition that makes it painful for her to have sex unless her lover remains completely immobile, and that Jack likes to have his penis held by a woman while watching movies.
While the narrative is told in the knowing, omniscient voice Mr. Irving has used before, the reader often suspects that it's actually Jack's own account of his life -- as laid out for his psychiatrist, who we're told is "the opposite of an editor" and who exhorts him "to leave nothing out."
Jack's "melancholic logorrhea" might yield some useful therapeutic results, but in terms of storytelling, it makes for a tedious, self-indulgent and cruelly eye-glazing read.Continue reading the main story


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Bariatric surgery is a tool to help with weight loss. It is often called weight loss surgery, but it is not a cure for obesity. People who have the surgery need to make lifestyle changes. A healthy diet and regular exercise are needed along with surgery for permanent weight loss.
Bariatric surgery is not an option for everyone. It is only for people who are very overweight. BMI (body mass index) is based on a person's height and weight. It is a better way to see if you are overweight or obese than by looking only at your weight. To be considered for bariatric surgery, you must:
You must also:
Learn more about your BMI and see our BMI calculator:
Some medical problems that may improve after bariatric surgery are:
There are 2 types of surgeries used for weight loss.
There are 2 common types of gastric banding surgery. One is the LAP-BAND system. The other is vertical gastric banding. Both are "restrictive" surgeries. A band is wrapped around the upper part of the stomach. There is a small "pouch" above the band. There is also a path from the pouch to the rest of the stomach. Because the pouch is small, only small amounts of food can be eaten at one time. The opening from the pouch to the rest of the stomach is also small. This keeps food in the pouch lon¬ger so you feel full longer.
With the LAP-BAND system, the band can be adjusted by injecting salt water (saline) through a port into the band. This makes the opening from the pouch to the rest of the stomach smaller or bigger. If you do not chew your food well or you eat too much at one time, you may vomit. Most patients keep losing weight for 18 to 24 months after surgery if they follow their diet and exercise guidelines.
Gastric bypass is both a "restrictive" and a "malabsorptive" surgery. A pouch is made to limit the amount of food that can be eaten at one time. A part of the small intestine is attached to the pouch. This bypasses the main part of the stomach and some of the small intestine.
Because of this bypass, the body does not absorb as much food. The intestines do not absorb as many vitamins and minerals. Because of this, you must take vitamin and mineral supplements for the rest of your life. Bowel movements may be looser and more frequent. This is usually temporary. Weight loss happens during the first 12 to 18 months after surgery if you follow diet and exercise guidelines.
After surgery, you will only be allowed to have clear liquids. You will gradually move to pureed or soft foods. Eventually, you will move to regular foods but in small portions. It is very important to chew foods well. You need to stop eating as soon as you feel full. You also need to drink at least 8 glasses (64 ounces) of liquid during the day.
Exercise is also very important after surgery. Walking is a good way to start. You should increase the amount of exercise slowly. Talk to your doctor before beginning an exercise program. Medical follow-up after bariatric surgery is for the rest of your life. After your surgery, you will need to follow up with your surgeon or doctor regularly.
Call your doctor if you notice any of the following:
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By Sharon Begley
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A species of crow native to islands east of Australia has long wowed scientists with its intelligence, and now it has shown it can solve at least one puzzle as well as the average 7-year-old child, scientists reported on Wednesday.
Like other research on the cognitive abilities of nonhuman animals, the study sheds light on the evolution of intelligence and whether disparate cognitive capacities develop in lockstep or at radically different rates between species. The results suggest that an understanding of cause and effect evolved fairly early.
By studying the cognitive abilities of other animals, "we can assess the factors which may have led to the evolution of different cognitive mechanisms, in particular the flexible problem solving, or intelligence, that we find in certain groups in the animal kingdom," said biologist Sarah Jelbert of the University of Auckland, who led the research. "Understanding this could in turn help us to piece together the evolution of cognition in our own species."
For the new study, published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE, scientists captured six New Caledonian crows (Corvus moneduloides) from Grande-Terre, part of the archipelago of New Caledonia.
This species is the only nonprimate that makes tools in the wild. The birds break off twigs and trim them, and tear off barbed leaves to use as hooks to dig for insects. In the lab, they have bent wires to retrieve out-of-reach food.
The scientists challenged the crows with a task inspired by an ancient Greek fable by Aesop known as the "Crow and the Pitcher," in which a thirsty crow confronts a pitcher whose water level is too low for it to reach and so drops in stones to raise the level.
After training the crows to pick up stones, Jelbert and her colleagues challenged them with different Aesopian setups in which cubes of meat attached to corks were in transparent tubes, too deep for the crows' beaks to reach.
The birds shined. Presented with two tubes, one partially filled with sand and the other partially filled with water, the crows wasted little effort dropping stones into the sand. Instead, 76 percent of their tries were on the water-filled tube.
Given a choice of dropping rubber (which sinks) or polystyrene (which floats) as well as hollow or solid objects into water-filled tubes, the crows opted for the water-raising rubber and solid objects on nearly 90 percent of their tries.
Presented with narrow and wide tubes with water at equal heights, however, they opted to drop water-raising objects into the wide tube much more often - a less efficient though ultimately effective strategy. It took seven deposits to get the meat from the wide tube but two for the narrow tube.
In their understanding of physics - how objects displace water - the crows were comparable to 5-to-7-year-old children, the researchers said. In particular, the crows seemed to understand the different effects of hollow and solid objects, the first time a study had shown that.
Research in animal cognition is shifting from what Jelbert called "gee-whiz studies, which just look at whether animals can pass clever-looking tasks," to an approach where the patterns of success and failure offer clues to what cognitive mechanisms are at work.
The Aesop's fable studies have "yielded some fascinating results," said Amanda Seed of the University of St. Andrews in Scotland and an expert on animal learning. "The combination of success in some conditions and failure in others is particularly helpful for homing in on the cognitive mechanisms involved."
In this case, the birds' successes showed that they understood causal relationships between actions, a key feature of human cognition. But their failures were also revealing.
The task the crows muffed involved three tubes: one with a floating cube of meat, one connected out of sight (under the table) to the first, and one unconnected tube. The winning strategy was to drop stones into the second tube to raise the water level in the connected, treat-containing one (which was too narrow to hold stones).
The crows picked the useless tube and the effective tube equally often, failing to grasp how to get a treat, even after occasional successes with the "correct" tube.
Children solve the three-tube setup by around age 8.
The crows' failure, however, might be evidence of their intelligence. Because they failed at a task that made no causal sense (drop stones into seemingly unrelated Tube 2 to raise water in Tube 1?) but passed the other tasks, they appear to have been using causal understanding when they were successful.
"They found the arbitrary task (dropping stones into an unconnected tube) counterintuitive," said Seed. That suggests "they formed a representation not only of what works, such as solid objects, but also why - that they displace the water level."
The study is at http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0092895,
including videos of the clever crows.
(Reporting by Sharon Begley; Editing by Michele Gershberg and Prudence Crowther)


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Games advertisers love most
Web-enabled game consoles are giving marketers new ways to target those elusive young males with money to burn, writes Business 2.0 Magazine.
(Business 2.0 Magazine) -- Cadillac tried a novel approach last year to get young male car buyers excited about its tricked-out V-Series Collection luxury vehicles. Rather than make its pitch through magazines, TV commercials, or online display ads, the automaker took its campaign to the Xbox 360.
Through an arrangement with Xbox Live, gamers were invited to download and put through their paces three virtual V-Series cars in a popular high-speed driving game called Project Gotham Racing 3. In less than six months, more than 240,000 players snagged the game. All told, they raced the cars more than 1 million times.
At a time when advertisers are struggling to get the attention of the mass audiences they used to reach so dependably through broadcast and print media, successes like Cadillac's offer a beacon of hope.
Not only do videogames give advertisers a way to reach the free-spending 18- to 34-year-old demographic they so covet, but in-game ads -- when done properly -- can hold a viewer's attention a lot longer and a lot less expensively than a 30-second TV spot.
It's not a new idea. In 1983, Anheuser-Busch (Charts, Fortune 500) paid Midway Games to make sure the beers served by the overworked bartender in a game called Tapper were Budweisers.
But in-game ads have come a long way since then, and this could be their breakout year. Internet-ready machines like the PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360 are selling at a rate of more than 500,000 a month; by year's end 8 million consoles could be plugged into the Net.
And because the devices are online, advertisers have enormous flexibility in terms of what they're pitching and how they do it. In Tapper's day, Budweiser marketers had to work with developers while they were creating the game to get the company's logo hard-coded into the action.
By contrast, the terrain of a console connected to the Internet is as ad-friendly as a webpage; pitches placed there can be updated to reflect a company's latest branding campaign, targeted for certain geographic areas, or tracked to see where and how often players pause for a closer look.
That bodes well for companies like Massive, one of a new breed of ad brokers specializing in messages that change dynamically as the game is played. "Ad units take many forms," says Massive CEO Cory Van Arsdale. "Billboards and posters, vehicles, pizza boxes, soda cans, screensavers and TV screens, audio and video units."
In the Ubisoft game Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, for example, the agent passes a Diet Sprite Zero vending machine while infiltrating a terrorist operation.
Justin Townsend is another adman who saw the segment's potential early. In 2003 he was managing digital strategy in Berlin for ad agency McCann Erickson when large clients began asking about getting their brands and products placed in popular games.
At the time there was no structured way to do it. Then a media consumption study by Nielsen Media Research caught Townsend's eye. It showed that young men were ditching network prime-time TV -- the three-hour slot that attracted $15 billion in ad spending last year -- in favor of games. TV viewing during those hours for males ages 18 to 34 dropped 12 percent from 2002 to '03, while their videogame play increased 20 percent.
That provided the inspiration Townsend needed to co-found IGA Worldwide, the in-game ad brokering agency where he is now CEO. "In the early days, companies would spend about $50,000 on an in-game ad to experiment with the model," Townsend recalls. "Now half of our clients are making significant six-figure deals for in-game ads."
IGA isn't the only player watching those trends; some of the biggest names in digital marketing are betting heavily on the genre.
Last year Microsoft (Charts, Fortune 500) bought Massive, the leading in-game ad broker, for a reported $200 million. Earlier this year Google (Charts, Fortune 500) snapped up in-game ad shop Adscape Media for $23 million. Massive and other ad brokers, like IGA, allow agencies to buy space in many games at once, much as they would TV time.
Meanwhile, major agencies like Ogilvy, Omnicom (Charts, Fortune 500), and Publicis (Charts) are focusing more on games. Publicis has recently expanded its games ad group from two people to 10. These moves aren't just for bragging rights; Parks Associates estimates that the in-game ad market will be worth more than $600 million in three years, up from $120 million last year.
The latest console games provide fertile ground for product tie-ins. Gamers this season who take to the increasingly photo-realistic fields of NCAA Football 08 on the Xbox 360 will get more than just accurate football plays; thanks to a partnership with the Weather Channel, they'll play in authentic stadiums where the in-game weather matches that day's real conditions. Old Spice sponsors the game's "Red Zone Report," and as fans stream out of the stadium after the contest, gamers can watch a clip honoring the Pontiac Game Changing Performance.
"Next-generation games allow Old Spice to take consumer engagement to a level not currently achievable in traditional print or TV," says Jay Gooch, technical communications director at Old Spice parent Procter & Gamble (Charts, Fortune 500). "Online gaming is, at its core, a social activity."
T-Mobile has also been active in this arena with titles like Midway's NBA Ballers Phenom, which integrated the wireless carrier's Sidekick phone into gameplay, and Electronic Arts's Need for Speed Carbon, which displays a T-Mobile button on a simulated car dashboard that gets text messages.
Vijay Rao, who oversaw the projects as an associate director at ad agency Optimedia, has been impressed with the results. "A gamer spends, on average, 40 hours with a title, and games provide an opportunity to position your brand front and center with a really elusive target," Rao says. "The opportunities afforded by videogaming, if done correctly, can't be beaten."
The in-game ad push seems to be paying off. According to EA research, gamers who played Need for Speed Carbon were more likely to consider and recommend the T-Mobile brand than those who didn't. Half of the gamers who saw the promotions said the ads actually added to their enjoyment of the game.
Still, this approach can backfire.
The billboards in Battlefield 2142 and Counter-Strike prompted customer rebellion in recent months when players felt they sullied gameplay. Fans posted angry messages on forums, along with tips on how to disable the ads. And research by Parks Associates shows that some gamers still aren't convinced that ads won't spoil the fun.
But if the new crop of ad brokers can strike the right balance, it could open up better ways to reach a prime audience.
John Gaudiosi is a writer in Raleigh, N.C.click here.
From the July 1, 2007 issue


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By burdastyle
New York, New Yo...
The Desira top, with cute cap-like sleeves, flattering neckline, and belted waist, is the essential wrap top for your wardrobe. Make it as a top or lengthen it into a dress!
Material Notes
Japanese printed cotton
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May 29, 2015, 01.56 PMby Rehanamark
great project
Apr 15, 2011, 12.33 PMby tinybows
wow, i want to make this!!!
Apr 14, 2011, 06.48 PMby FabricUiPhoneApp
I think the sleeves alone are a fresh way to add oomph to blouses. Although somehow I'm thinking the top also needs shoulder pads. Just little ones to give it more weight.
Nov 2, 2009, 11.24 AMby candyjoyce
I've made a couple of these now and it's a great pattern. I've also lengthened it to a wrap dress which worked out really well. For my next Desira based project I am going to try to draft some 'proper' sleeves for it using Gedwoods 'how to' so that I can wear the desira in winter too.
Cheers Burdastyle…. Candy
Oct 8, 2009, 07.20 AMby rauerbac
I just cut a size 38 out on 45" fabric, and laid it out to take less than 1.75 yards. It's been a long time since I sewed anything, and this is my first foray back into it, but so far it seems to be working…now I just need to decipher all the instructions!
Sep 1, 2009, 03.42 AMby 0mega
The instructions say this pattern requires 3 yards of fabric. I'm surprised it requires so much. To those of you who have made it, can you tell me whether this is correct?
May 3, 2009, 05.18 PMby kylielovestosew
I love this pattern and hope to make it soon. i think it would be nice in linen.
Sep 17, 2008, 08.22 PMby smnr
I'm going to try and lengthen it to a dress for this summer, any tips?
Feb 15, 2008, 05.13 AMby moonbird
The intruction pdf isan't working for me and i just taped and cut the pattern out :(.
ah well im sure ill figure it out.
Nov 9, 2007, 11.30 AMby zhenyak
Stunning. I'm inspired.
Oct 9, 2007, 08.33 PMby apriljay79
I absolutely adore this & can't wait to make it! Burdastyle, you are the best, thank you for all the fabulous patterns!!
Oct 4, 2007, 10.26 AMby knitpixy
Zora, I have the same problem! I am size 30-32 and short too so I have to chop the length out of everything. Elainemay's how-to is great, it took me ages to do it the first time but the effort is well worth it! I have downsized the Emily pattern successfully. I would say the biggest help is a dressform (I have a petite one), or a very patient friend (with you willing to try it on every 5 minutes) and a curves ruler. For a pattern I have to downsize more than 2 sizes I do the same measuring then sew with a little extra seam allowance. I pin the pattern together and try that on the dressform first to save myself frustration… it is very annoying to be outside the 'normal' range, whichever end! (and is anyone else with me on this 'real woman' thing… just because I am a petite version, makes me no less real than my curvy friends!)
Oct 4, 2007, 03.08 AMby elainemay
this is cute! but wrt the pattern, it seems like 2 5/8 yards of fabric is a lot for a little sleeveless top, even if it does have a wrap front— that's more than most of the dresses on the site use, even celestina, which has sleeves. is that fabric allowance accurate? @zora: i made a how-to for sizing a pattern down- you should be able to size it down at least to a 32 using this method (possibly smaller but i've never gone down more than 2 sizes so i don't know) and it shouldn't be too hard since there aren't many pieces. i do this every time i sew and it works great.
Oct 2, 2007, 09.39 AMby nayantara
Hi Zora, Sorry that the sizing isn't right for you. You can always adjust the pattern to fit you, and for a pattern like this, making it smaller shouldn't be difficult. Just figure out the difference in bust and waist measurements, and say for example you are 2" smaller at the waist all the way around, take off 1/2" on each side seam, and blend in with the original pattern line. You can do the same for the bust. Let me know if you need more assistance. :)
Oct 1, 2007, 11.15 PMby pousyyyyy2003
love it toooo & it seem to be so easy ….wiz lenghten' it ,it can be a great dress ….Thx burdastyle this is the pattern i was dreaming about I adore this site
Oct 1, 2007, 09.15 PMby littleladyluxe
Love love love it! Very excited about this one :)
Oct 1, 2007, 08.12 PMby marcy harriell | oonaballoona
LOVE IT! can't wait to make it! and the model is absolutely gorgeous, love that color on her.
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Bebe is a fourth-generation farmer in the remote hills of Madagascar. Bebe's impressive organic pepper plantation provides work for many of the local villagers. He ensures his crops are grown without the use of synthetic chemicals and are free of genetically modified organisms.
Santiago is a first-generation farmer in Peru that developed a passion for organic agriculture while in college. He has not only brought an abundance of agriculture to an otherwise barren area, but he is providing employment to several people in a poverty stricken region. He grows jalapeños, paprika, and more.
Recep is a second-generation farmer in Turkey. He has been farming for 35 years and became a certified organic grower in 2009. Recep grows cumin and star anise. Cumin is the ground seed of a plant in the parsley family and requires long hot summers. It is a favorite ingredient in Mexican dishes.
Santis is a second-generation farmer in Morocco. He has a great passion for sustainability and innovation – and grows a wide variety of ingredients on 40 acres of cultivated fields. Rosemary is the main ingredient in our Lemon Rosemary Blend and Herb Grilling Marinade. It pairs perfectly with poultry.
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The SuperSpeed USB 10 Gbps (USB 3.1) Specification adds a 10 Gbps speed mode that uses a more efficient data encoding and will deliver more than twice the effective data through-put performance of existing SuperSpeed USB over enhanced, fully backward compatible USB connectors and cables. The specification extends the existing SuperSpeed mechanical, electrical, protocol and hub definition while maintaining compatibility with existing USB 3.0 software stacks and device class protocols as well as with existing 5 Gbps hubs and devices and USB 2.0 products.
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As technology innovation marches forward, new kinds of devices, media formats, and large inexpensive storage are converging. They require significantly more bus bandwidth to maintain the interactive experience users have come to expect. In addition, user applications demand a higher performance connection between the PC and these increasingly sophisticated peripherals. USB 3.0 addresses this need by adding an even higher transfer rate to match these new usages and devices.
USB continues to be the answer to connectivity for PC, Consumer Electronics, and Mobile architectures. It is a fast, bidirectional, low-cost, dynamically attachable interface that is consistent with the requirements of the PC platforms of today and tomorrow.
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This weekend is the 96th running of the iconic Indianapolis 500 race, and you may have heard that the pace car will be a 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1. Set to be driven by TV food critic Guy Fieri, the ZR1 marks the 11th time a Corvette and the 23rd time a Chevrolet has paced the Indy 500.
The 2013 ZR1 is a pretty cool pace car, what with its 638-hp supercharged V-8 under the hood and a unique gray-on-white color scheme. But that's not the only sweet pace car from racing history. In honor of the Indianapolis 500, we scoured the history books — and our memory — to pick seven interesting pace cars from the past.
1941 Chrysler Newport Phaeton; 1941 Indy 500 (pictured at top)
The trend of using one-off show cars or concepts as a pace vehicle isn't anything new, but it seemed to have been birthed at the 1941 Indy 500. Chrysler – along with coachbuilder LeBaron – built only six shapely Newport dual cowl phaetons, and one of them was specifically used for as the pace car for the 1941 Indianapolis 500. It was significant as the Indy 500 wouldn't run again for five years, until 1946, due to World War II. The gorgeous Newport Phaeton was built on a Chrysler Imperial chassis and was the designers' vision of how Dusenbergs might have looked had the company survived the Depression and still been operational in 1941. After the Indy 500 race, this car was used as the personal ride of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., and the car could be seen all around the Detroit area. The Newport again served as a pace car in 2003, when it was chosen for the Monterey Historic Races at Mazda Laguna Seca Raceway.
1964.5 Ford Mustang; 1964 Indy 500 (white at left)
Yes, wedged between two famous concept cars, this Wimbledon White Mustang convertible looks a bit plebian, but it – like any other Mustang in that time span – still drew plenty of attention from American car enthusiasts. After all, the car had debuted only weeks earlier at the 1964 World's Fair in New York, and the American public was quickly snapping up the new car: though Ford planned to only sell about 100,000 Mustangs per year, over 417,000 were sold during the car's first twelve months on the market. Three convertibles were sent directly from the factory line to Ford dealer/ super-tuner Holman-Moody, and were upfitted for use in the Indy 500. The Mustang pace car was driven by Benson Ford, grandson of company founder Henry; Beson suffered poor health and died in 1978 at age 59.
1967 Lamborghini Marzal: 1967 Monaco Grand Prix
The Bertone-designed Lamborghini Marzal was a wild, low-slung concept car, and it was more than just a darling for the 1967 Geneva Motor Show: it was a running, functional vehicle, and was employed as a pace car at the 1967 Monaco Grand Prix. Based on a stretched Lamborghini Miura chassis, the Marzal was supposed to embody the ambitions of NuccioBertone and Ferruccio Lamborghini to build a world-class – and rather fast — grand tourer.It had gullwing doors and a four-seat interior layout. The car used a 2.0-liter inline-six engine that was essentially half of a Miura's 4.0-liter V-12 engine, mounted transversely aft of the passenger cabin. It was said to be capable of about 140 mph, but the Marzal never made it to production. Last year, the car sold for €1.5 million ($1.88 million) at auction.
Chevrolet XT-2; 1989 CART/PPG Series
Now here's an oddball: Chevrolet engineers took a 1987 Camaro IROC and added a pickup truck bed. The result was called the XT-2, for Experimental Truck #2. The design was quite unusual: the entire front end of the car was one unit, designed to be especially aerodynamic. That meant that engine access required raising the hood and windshield, which were supported by gas struts. Speaking of which, the engine under that hood was a 4.5-liter V-6 with 360 hp, backed by a six-speed manual transmission. Beneath the purple skin was suspension grafted from the Chevrolet Corvette. Not only does the XT-2 look incredibly cool, but its performance stats make us think of the modern-day "ute" performance pickups sold by General Motors' Australian division, Holden. Too bad the XT-2 never reached production. It was, however, chosen as the pace car for the 1989 PPG Cart Indy car race series.
Dodge Viper; 1991 Indy 500
A bit of controversy: the pace car was originally supposed to be a Dodge Stealth R/T, painted a retina-searing shade of yellow. Awkwardly, however, people noted that the Stealth and its platform-mate Mitsubishi 3000GT were assembled in Japan — and having a Japanese-built car pacing the American-centric Indianapolis 500 was thought somewhat heretic. Dodge decided to appease the crowds by instead bringing its under-development Dodge Viper, which was first shown as a concept car at the 1989 Detroit auto show. The Viper wasn't actually going on sale until late the next year, so the one shown off in Indy was a pretty early prototype. That bright-yellow Dodge Stealth, incidentally, was still used as a parade car.
BMW 1M; 2012 MotoGP
Let's cut to the chase: we love the BMW 1 Series M Coupe, known more commonly as the 1M. The car has several chassis components nabbed from the M3, making for delightful handling, as well as a up-tuned twin-turbo 3.0-liter inline-six engine with 335 hp. So when BMW created a special version of the 1M to serve as a safety car in the MotoGP championship, we were thrilled. For its duties on the track, BMW endowed the 1M with a new rear wing, white paint overlaid with red-black-blue stripes, and the smattering of lights and communications gear requisite for its MotoGP role. We love the BMW 1M as a street car, and we're just as in love with it as a safety car for a motorcycle racing series.
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG; 2010 F1 Season
As with the BMW, the reason we love the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG safety car is partly because we love the car itself. As a follow-up to the McLaren-Mercedes SLR, the SLS AMG is the latest Mercedes-Benz supercar. The coupe wears dramatic gullwing doors, and is powered by a bellowing 6.3-liter V-8 engine with 593 hp. Mercedes says the car can hit 60 mph in 3.7 seconds and manage a top speed of 197 mph — making it well-suited for duty pacing Formula 1 races. Indeed, for the 2010 season Mercedes dressed up an SLS AMG with a light bar, special communications devices, and cameras necessary for its work as the F1 safety car. Mercedes has provided every Formula 1 safety car since 1996.


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Signs are prominently displayed at the entrance to each parking lot identifying lot designations. Read them carefully. If you are unsure if your permit allows you to park in a specific spot, don't risk it. Ask a PTS staff member, or call (410) 951-3556 for answers to your questions.
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Cars are to be driven slowly and carefully in all lots and on all campus roadways. The campus speed limit of 15 mph must be observed.
All traffic and parking regulations are enforced 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 52 weeks a year. These traffic regulations apply to all persons, including students, faculty, staff and visitors operating motor vehicles upon any university property. With the exception of delegated visitor spaces, you must possess a valid University parking permit to park on campus.
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My Pacific Pearls gathers pearls from the Pacific region that go on to live above-sea-level lives as opulent necklaces, earrings, and other classic and contemporary pieces. The Maria-Theresa Reef Collection's 18-inch princess-style necklace carries 9- to 10-millimeter pearls and comes in eight naturally acquired colors, including classic white, tahitian black aubergine, tahitian black peacock, peach, gray, pink, golden, and multicolor. A 14-karat white-gold clasp unites the precious fabrics of land and sea. After a long day of neck draping, a complimentary satin or velour pouch securely tucks necklaces in with a kiss and a bedtime story. The pearls, which hail from oyster villages that stretch from the South Pacific to the Celebes Sea, link to form a bauble whose versatile length is intended to complement any neckline. Each necklace comes with high ratings for luster, nacre, surface, shape, and pearl matching.
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Election forum planned for Wednesday
Locals are invited to come out and meet the candidates for 2013 general election during an election forum to be held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday at the Wapakoneta's YMCA Community Room.
The Wapakoneta Daily News is organizing the event as a service to the community, Publisher Deb Zwez said.
"It's really important for the community to ask questions," Zwez said, noting that the forum is open to the public.
Three candidates for two seats for the Wapakoneta City School Board of Education include incumbents Willie H. Sammetinger and Brent Schwartz and newcomer, Erick Schmelzer, and four candidates for the Wapakoneta City Council's three councilors-at-large seats include incumbents Thomas S. Finkelmeier Jr., Randy L. Fisher and Daniel C. Graf and former 4th Ward Councilor Rachel Barber. The seven were invited to the forum.
"All the candidates will have the opportunity to introduce him or herself," Zwez said, "and then open it up to the floor for questions to school board or council candidates."
Zwez recommended voters to take advantage and to make use of this resource available to them to get to know the candidates.
She said there are two new faces in the election, and the forum is crucial for voters to know who they could be possibly electing into office.
"This gives them the opportunity to see and be seen in an event that is designed just for that purpose," Zwez said.
Four members of Wapakoneta City Council are running unopposed. They are 1st Ward Councilor Jim Neumeier, 2nd Ward Council Dan Lee, 3rd Ward Councilor Bonnie Wurst and 4th Ward Councilor Chad Doll.
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Give your surroundings a touch of the exotic with this warm, woody fragrance. The Lotus Santal candle is expertly crafted to bring forth a sense of tranquility perfect for reflection.
Exotic plum wood. Whispering patchouli. Creamy amber. Warm sandalwood. Sultry cocoa orchid. Dreamy red lotus.
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Lotus sandal is one of my favorite candle scents of all time. It has a woodsy, relaxing scent that reminds me of being in spa.
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Even though it's all used up....
Night after night I lit my lotus santal candle while setting the table for dinner. My husband and I enjoyed its enveloping fragrance throughout many shared meals. And now that the wick has burned down to nothing, I can't bring myself to throw it away. The glass jar still retains a bit of scent, so I have it sitting beside my computer in my home office. When I'm stuck in the middle of a long day of work, I often give it a sniff for a quick burst of energy.
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Be Transported
Let yourself be transported to the spice stalls of Marrakesh with the intoxicatingly rich aroma of Lotus Santal. This Thymes product offers an experience as rich as the very color of its heavy glass holder.
A Favorite of mine and love to give it as a gift.
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The scent is overbearing and takes over the entire room....leaving a heavy perfume scent that lingers o. Will not purchase this one again
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Interview With Artist Jerry Maninang!
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Threadless Abmassador Tom interviews the wonderful and talented, multi-tasking Jerry Maninang aka dzeri29.
Howdy Jerry! What's it like living in The Philippines?
It's fun, The Philippines is a wonderful place to live in. Filipinos are generally friendly and accommodating, we can be over friendly but in a cool and humble way. Living here is good fun, but life can be tough, you have to be hard-working and versatile in so many different ways just to survive.
What would be a typical day for you?
My everyday life is simple, I always wake up late in the morning! I drink milk or coffee, thanks to my wife who always prepares my breakfast. Then I check all of my emails before I start my work. I take a break at lunchtime, rest and then spend some time bonding with my wife and daughter (I always make sure that I have time for them) then I go back to work again. I sometimes stay up up 'til midnight.
How would you describe your work?
Since I have different styles, I would say a bit surreal, artistic, imaginative and fun.
Could you tell us about some of the techniques that you use? I manually draw all of my work using a light table, it makes it easy to re-sketch my work. I also create my own Photoshop brushes for my watercolor stuff, so that it is much easier for me to color my artwork in a watercolor style.
You have quite an eclectic style, do you think that you will ever 'settle down' to one particular style only?
I think I have my own style but I haven't tried it yet for a t-shirt design, sometimes it doesn't suit a particular idea or concept. I believe that it's good to have your own style because as an artist it helps us to keep our own identity or individuality. I think in my case, I will keep on exploring new and different styles of design. Using this kind of approach helps me enhance and develop my own personal style.
Who are some of your favourite Threadless artists?
I'm a big fan of Alex Solis, Collisiontheory, Nicebleed, Carbine, Mathiole, Studio8works, Terry Fan, Spykee, Niel Quisaba, Robson Borges and Dandingeroz.
How do you plan a new piece of artwork?
I start off my concept with a rough sketch, then I turn to reference photographs, mainly for inspiration. Then I compose everything in Photoshop. After that, I start work on my final sketch, paying attention to the outlines and detailing for aclean look, then I ink the artwork. Next, I scan the design sketch and finalize it using Photoshop.
Are you formally trained or are you self-taught?
I'm a Fine Arts graduate, and a self-taught artist when it comes to digital software. I learned a lot from the internet bywatching tutorials on Youtube. I still continue to educate myself and I make sure that I'm up to date with the latest trends and designs.
How much of your work is digital? 60% of my work is digital, and 40% is traditional media via sketching, inks and watercolors.
Could you tell us about some of the reactions from your t-shirts from the general public?
They are all amazed with my work! Everybody says that all of my designs are totally worth buying.
One of your prints 'Mo' Deer Nature' is a very peaceful design, do you have time to relax or do you lead a busy life?
Thanks. I think I lead a very busy life as a freelancer. Currently, I still have artwork to finish for some of my local design projects and of course I spend time making designs for t-shirts. I try to take breaks to keep me refreshed though.
Your other print 'Wishful thinking' has a dreamlike quality to it, how much inspiration do you draw from your dreams?
Never, really. My designs are more about a creative way of imagining things rather than what's in a dream or a fantasy world.
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Could you explain the thought process behind your Peace One Day Causes design 'Peace Within'?
I thought about the symbols for Peace, which are a dove and an olive branch. Since the design challenge was about global ceasefire and non-violence, I thought of using an ArmaLite gun where the mouth of the gun is buried under the ground. I gave the soldier's helmet a world map and the dove a white band. All of this combined symbolizes ceasefire, the end of war and world peace throughout the human race.
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'Ramen'ses Return is about a mummy made from noodles, how would you react if that really happened?
I think it would look weirder and more abnormal than a regular mummy, but I hope that it wouldn't ever happen because a mummy made from noodles could easily break apart.
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What is the most important thing that you have learned about Art?
The most important thing that I've learned is just do what you love and this will make it more meaningful. It's good to express our emotions through art. Art touches our souls and it can save the souls of others in their lives as well.
If the world was going to end in seven days, how would you live your last week on Earth?
As a person with strong religious beliefs, I would spend time with my family, pray with them and I would strengthen my faith with God. I believe that he alone knows when will be the right time, the end of time. I'll continue to pray that this will not happen, but if it does, I want to be with my family 'til the end.
Thanks for taking part in the interview! As Albert Einstein said, 'Rejoice with your family in the beautiful land of life!'
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Jewish World Review March 16, 2012/ 22 Adar, 5772
GOP Wants YOU for Its Nominee
By Roger Simon
Or are YOU in a DEAD-END job with LITTLE chance of ADVANCEMENT?
Are you BORED? FIDGETY? DISCONNECTED from REALITY and possessing certain DELUSIONAL tendencies?
Do you believe in a MOON COLONY?
Would you like NASCAR, NFL team owners and other NE'ER-DO-WELLS to SUCK UP to YOU?
Or are you just eager to IMPOSE your own PERSONAL RELIGIOUS BELIEFS on the rest of the AMERICAN PEOPLE?
In that case: Would YOU like to be the PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE of the UNITED STATES REPUBLICAN PARTY?
This is no JOKE, SCAM OR PHISHING swindle! Send no MONEY to FOREIGN PRINCES. No HOOKERS will call.
On the contrary, vast sums of MONEY will be sent to YOU by SUPER PACS!
The SECOND OLDEST political party in the United States, with 158 YEARS of PROVEN EXPERIENCE and a PROUD HISTORY that counts among its members ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THEODORE ROOSEVELT and KARL ROVE NEEDS YOU.
This party is a FIXER-UPPER but with UNLIMITED POTENTIAL!
All it needs is VISION, PURPOSE, ORGANIZATION, the ABILITY TO CONNECT WITH ORDINARY PEOPLE, PROOF that it does not HATE women, Latinos, the poor, the ill, the downtrodden and other lazy bums who leach off society.
A team of PROFESSIONALS, the same people who vetted SARAH PALIN, will WORK with you, bring you UP TO SPEED and even provide you with a FABULOUS WARDROBE.
NERVOUS? Do NOT be!
Your COMPETITION is NOT that tough.
On Tuesday, in an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer, GOP front-runner Mitt Romney said, "Sen. Santorum is at the desperate end of his campaign."
Within a few hours, Sen. Santorum would win the primaries in Alabama and Mississippi, and Romney would come in third.
So ask yourself: Could I be SMARTER than MITT ROMNEY?
Would I not have WAITED for Santorum to ACTUALLY LOSE before announcing the DESPERATE END of his campaign?
But wait! There's more.
Romney also said Santorum "is trying in some way to boost his prospects. And, frankly, misrepresenting the facts is not a good way of doing that."
Does it occur to you that this statement is more than a little DIM?
Does it occur to you that MISREPRESENTING THE FACTS is an EXCELLENT way to get the Republican nomination?
So remember: THIS is your competition for the nomination! Feel BETTER? Less NERVOUS?
As an added benefit, it will be possible for you and your crackerjack staff to speak in tongues.
Alice Stewart, the Santorum press secretary, said on CNN, "Romney is not resonating the base."
Do not worry. We will make sure YOU have your BASE RESONATED every 5,000 miles!
And do not be nervous about making BROAD, SWEEPING STATEMENTS that will come back to haunt you in the general election in November. All you have to do is win the REPUBLICAN NOMINATION and COAST from there.
So Mitt Romney made no GAFFES when he told a Missouri TV station this week: "Planned Parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. The subsidy for Amtrak, I'd eliminate that, the National Endowment for the Arts (and) the National Endowment for the Humanities."
These savings should help PAY FOR Romney's plans to cut taxes on the SUPER RICH.
But think there is no time to still enter and win? WRONG!
The nominee will need 1,144 delegates at the Republican National Convention — and yes, as the REPUBLICAN NOMINEE you will get a FREE trip for you and your family to TAMPA, FLORIDA, in LATE AUGUST, where we will arrange 10 PERCENT OFF TICKETS to Adventure Island, where you can "splash your way through more than 700 feet of twists and turns, water mines and a grand finale plunge into a refreshing pool."
But will somebody beat you to those 1,144 delegates? NO!
In an effort to become more like the DEMOCRATIC PARTY, the REPUBLICAN PARTY adopted rules this year guaranteeing TOTAL CHAOS because the DEMOCRATS always seemed to have so much more fun with their total chaos.
This is why Newt Gingrich believes nobody can get a majority of the delegates before the convention, which will lead to a wild, possibly suicidal, floor fight.
"When the primaries are over and it is clear nobody has won, who will do the best job against Barack Obama?" Gingrich asked this week.
The ANSWER may be YOU!
If in November, gasoline is $12.99 per gallon, unemployment is 15 percent and even Mitt Romney is forced to sell one of his bicoastal Cadillacs, the United States may descend into a state of CHAOS, TURMOIL and ZOMBIE ATTACKS, making the Republican nominee look MARGINALLY ACCEPTABLE.
So you have a chance to ENTER, RUN and WIN IT ALL.
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To even find yourself on the temple-grounds is an overwhelming experience - especially so at time of sunrise or sunset when the gold-tiles on the roof and the gold on the Ayutthayan-style prang literally beams and glows in bright yellow!
Upon entering the building where the Buddha image is housed, you will be stunned by the incredible beauty of the real, original Buddha Chinnarat. I have seen the exact copy of this image in the "Marble Temple" in Bangkok and the effect the original image has on the viewer/visitor is amazing.
The temple interior is quite dark with no windows - however, the energy and glow from the Buddha image is so strong that you will feel like you are "bathed" in "divine light"....incredible.
I also recommend visiting the nearby Buddha image foundry (free - no admission) where one can see the age-old process of the "lost-wax" casting of Buddha images.


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We still have her books, but I'll miss her. I'll miss her, but we have her books.
Thursday, 26 April 2012
Remembering Diana Wynne Jones - Cathy Butler
We still have her books, but I'll miss her. I'll miss her, but we have her books.
10 comments:
- catdownunder said...
And here I am trying not to buy myself any books at present - really the pile I am sitting on is terribly unstable but...I must hunt out Reflections!
- 26 April 2012 at 07:38
- Sue Purkiss said...
Wish I'd known about it - it sounds a really good event. I haven't read nearly enough of her books, bit I did see and enjoy a talk she did a few years ago at Bath.
- 26 April 2012 at 08:27
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- 26 April 2012 at 08:44
- Lucy Coats said...
I so wish I could have been there on Sunday, Cathy. Sounds as if it was a wonderful celebration. I think I have everything Diana ever wrote and am looking forward to adding Reflections to the collection. I'd say Diana was one of my biggest influences as a writer. It's one of my great regrets that I never met her.
- 26 April 2012 at 10:22
- whispering words said...
Sounds like it was a wonderful event in memory of a wonderful lady :) Her books were loved by so many and I think she was an Inspiration to all!
- 26 April 2012 at 12:30
- Book Maven said...
I was with you and Diana in spirit but in the flesh looking after my sister who also has cancer. I hope both of you understand.
- 26 April 2012 at 17:46
- Catherine Butler said...
Of course, Mary.
- 26 April 2012 at 19:27
- Katherine Langrish said...
Wish I could have been there. wish I could have net her. Will be buying the book, of course, Cathy!
- 28 April 2012 at 23:18
- Emma Barnes said...
What a wonderful writer! I don't know how many times I've read Howl's Moving Castle, the Ogre Downstairs or Charmed Life - it must be at least once a year since I first came across them. I'm on second copies for all three: the first copies actually fell to bits.
I know that they won't grow stale, and they will always be a standby and solace in gloomy times. I always hate getting to the last page.
Cathy, can you advise whether I should get the kindle version of "Reflections" - my first impulse - or the book? Are there pictures in the book but not the e-book, for example?
And thank you for sharing this event in your post.
- 30 April 2012 at 16:37
- Catherine Butler said...
Emma, I don't have a Kindle, and am not sure what's included in the ebook version, but the hardback (which is a very handsome object in any case) has quite a few black and white photographs of Diana and (mostly) her family, taken at various times in her life.
- 4 May 2012 at 09:58


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FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — The military judge overseeing the trial of an Army psychiatrist charged in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage may not allow him to claim that he killed to defend Taliban leaders, military experts said Wednesday. And such a decision could lead to even more delays in a case that's already dragged on for years.
Maj. Nidal Hasan revealed this week that he would use a "defense of others" strategy at his trial. Such a strategy requires him to prove the shootings were necessary to protect others from imminent harm or death. Hasan told the judge that U.S. troops deploying from the Texas Army post posed an immediate danger to Taliban fighters.
The judge, Col. Tara Osborn, is to discuss Tuesday whether Hasan has the evidence to use the "defense of others" claim and rule if Hasan will get a three-month delay to prepare for that defense.
However, Jeff Addicott, director of the Center for Terrorism Law at St. Mary's University in San Antonio, said it's unlikely that Hasan will have the legal elements needed to move forward with the strategy, so Osborn will likely not allow it.
Lisa M. Windsor, a retired Army colonel and former judge advocate, said the judge may allow it but tell jurors to disregard Hasan's argument, because "it doesn't have to be a good defense. It has to be a plausible defense."
It's unclear when jury selection will begin. It had been scheduled to start this week, with testimony starting in early July.
Hasan faces the death penalty or life without parole if convicted of 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder.
Hasan can appeal if Osborn denies his defense strategy, said Addicott, who is not involved in Hasan's case. If he chooses not to appeal, Hasan could forego a defense theory and just try to make the government prove its case and try to cause reasonable doubt for at least one juror, Addicott said. Death-penalty cases in the military require at least 12 jury members and their verdict must be unanimous in finding guilt or assessing a sentence.
Earlier this week, Osborn granted Hasan's request to represent himself but said his defense attorneys would remain on the case to assist if he asks. A jail rule prevents him from having Internet access, even when he does research at Fort Hood, the judge said.
Lt. Col. Kris Poppe told the judge Wednesday that she was asking him to "cross a line" by ordering the defense attorneys to comply with Hasan's research requests, which were sealed and not revealed in court. Poppe said a "standby" attorney's role was not to give advice or judgment. Osborn was to rule on the matter next week.
The snags and delays are nothing new in the case.
Hasan's trial initially was set for March 2012, then delayed to June and then to August after defense attorneys said they needed more time to prepare. Less than a week before it was to start, the trial unexpectedly was put on hold when Hasan appealed an order by then-judge Col. Gregory Gross that his beard would be forcibly shaved unless he removed it before trial. Although facial hair violates Army rules, Hasan started growing a beard last summer, saying it was required by his Muslim faith.
Hasan appealed again in September after Gross issued a definitive, written order for the forced shaving. Court proceedings resumed in December after the military's highest appeals court ousted Gross from the case and threw out his order.
Osborn, the new judge, has told Hasan she won't hold the beard against him. Because he likely will continue to have a beard at trial, jurors will be told not to consider his appearance when deciding on a verdict.


text: Alumni Profiles David Kirkland '03Peace Corps Volunteer in Turkmenistan David Kirkland '03Peace Corps Volunteer in Turkmenistan David Kirkland '03 Peace Corps Volunteer in Turkmenistan by Alix Roy '07 This profile originally appeared in Bowdoin magazine, Vol. 77, No. 1, Fall 2005 "A British adventurer traveling through what is now Turkmenistan during the 19th Century once described the Kara Kum desert as the epitome of death…I thought it was an interesting comment because it left so much up to the imagination; just what exactly does death resemble? Yet now, in the middle of my second Turkmen winter and with the last Turkmen summer fresh in my memory, I can understand what that English explorer was talking about…" David Kirkland '03, has become accustomed to the ups and downs of life in Turkmenistan, one of the fifteen former Soviet Republics and also one of the poorest, since his assignment began in the fall of 2003. Besides being tossed from one host-family to another, Kirkland has experienced the disheartening reality of Peace Corps work- it is what you make of it. Despite press releases boasting the achievements of western organizations, very little progress has actually been made, and ambitious volunteers such as Kirkland often find the unnecessary amounts of downtime frustrating. The Turkmenistan government presents even more of a hindrance by prohibiting NGO funding and turning volunteer work into a bureaucratic nightmare. Even as a registered member of the Peace Corps, Kirkland says, "I find myself often spending whole days procuring stamps, signatures, and approvals just to go help another volunteer with a youth camp." After a few months spent in the western city of Balkanabat, known to locals as "Nebit Dag" or "oil mountain," Kirkland realized that in order to accomplish much of anything, he would have to design his own projects and handle the logistics himself, while speaking a language he hardly knew in a society overrun with corruption. In the past two years he has risen to the challenge, undertaking a major project that will bring a community information and resource center to Turkmenistan this fall. The center, already physically complete, contains a library of English. Turkmen, and Russian language books on various topics, and will provide daily youth clubs and computer training sessions. Kirkland hopes that the center will serve as a meeting place for members of the community to come together, since up until now the city has been divided, with very little interaction between foreign oil workers, volunteers, and locals. In order to fulfill his official role as community health educator and youth developer, Kirkland conducts health seminars on AIDS/HIV, tuberculosis, hygiene, and water sanitation. Additionally, in collaboration with a local counterpart, Kirkland wrote an English, Russian, and Turkmen language health education manual, which describes methods of teaching health to younger audiences. Working in youth camps proved to be Kirkland's most rewarding experience, and the gratitude shown by the kids after ten days of English lessons, mock game shows, and nightly discos, "really made me feel like I had changed some lives, a feeling that is nice given the static nature of life in Turkmenistan." In addition to the youth camps, Kirkland spent time in the run-down fitness center working with disabled and handicapped kids. "They were by far the most impressive people I've met [here], and their persistence was amazing to watch week after week." This month Kirkland will return to the United States and begin job-hunting in the D.C. area, looking for a potential career in international development or foreign policy. Though in many ways his experience was a trying one, (only 50% of all volunteers remain in Turkmenistan upon arriving), Kirkland learned to take the country and its many oddities with a grain of salt. In one of his earlier letters home he wrote, "Everything here (including the people sometimes) is either trying to protect itself, kill you for food, or marry you." In a situation like that, getting out alive is a job well done. Story posted on November 02, 2005 « Back | More Alumni Profiles | Go to News Home


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Palatine theater community mourns 'Sandy' Sandquist
By Eileen O. Daday
Daily Herald correspondent
The Palatine theater community has taken another hit, with the passing of Elroy "Sandy" Sandquist, founder and driving force behind the Fremont Street Theater Company.
His passing comes less than four years after another theater icon in the community, Susannah Kist, passed away from cancer, eight years after she founded the Wood Street Theater Company.
Sandquist died on Saturday after a brief illness. He was 59.
"We're still reeling from our loss," said Madeline Franklin of Long Grove, who directed Fremont Street's first musical last year and is directing its second show, "The Drowsy Chaperone" this summer. It opens Aug. 9 at Cutting Hall in Palatine.
Sandquist practiced law in Palatine with the firm of Molohon, Sandquist and James, which specializes in real estate, probate planning and business law. He was an active supporter of the Palatine Chamber of Commerce.
"He was a solid attorney with a great amount of integrity," said Patrick Molohon, founding partner. "He was very active in the community and active in the court community. And of course he was one of the main cogs in our firm."
Sandquist rekindled his love of musical theater more than a decade ago, after his daughters began performing in shows with Kist in Wood Street Theater.
He eventually followed them onto the stage in smaller, supporting roles before stepping up to the leads -- Capt. Von Trapp in the "Sound of Music," and Professor Harold Hill in "The Music Man."
Wood Street Theater folded after Kist's passing and within two years, Sandquist mounted a similar company, dedicated to enriching the community by providing live theater.
"We wanted to put out an exceptional product," says Sandquist's wife, Colleen. "We wanted to do it as a family, that we could do together -- and be something great for the community."
Sandquist served as producer, bringing in resources and funding from the surrounding community, while recruiting production specialists -- music and vocal directors, costumers, and set and lighting designers that he had worked with at other companies -- and top-notch performers to create a memorable show each summer.
"He gave us all the tools to put on a great production," Franklin added.
Sandquist and his board of directors selected "Anything Goes" for their premiere show and it drew 1,500 patrons last summer to Cutting Hall. With "The Drowsy Chaperone," they plan on the same type of big, Broadway-style production this summer.
"We're going to forge ahead and go on with the show," Colleen Sandquist told the cast Monday night. "This company will continue. That's what he wanted and that's what we'll do."
In 2008, Sandquist released a contemporary Christian CD called "Redemption," for which he wrote four of the 10 songs.
Besides his wife, Sandquist is survived by his daughters Kylen and Kara.
Visitation will take place from 3-8 p.m. Thursday and from 9-10 a.m. Friday, before a 10:30 a.m. funeral Mass Friday at Holy Family Catholic Community, 2515 W. Palatine Road in Inverness.