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Money-Saving Tips for College Students
Today's college students must navigate a far different financial landscape than those who graduated just a few years ago. Tuition is higher, jobs are scarce and personal debt levels are rising. Yet despite these warning signs, many young adults don't realize the impact of poor money management until they're ready to enter the workforce or purchase a home. Excessive spending and inadequate planning at 18, 19 or 20 can put many dreams on hold.
The federal government is also coming to the aid of students, passing regulations to protect young consumers from acquiring an exorbitant amount of debt. As of February 2010, consumers younger than 21 must have an older co-signer with a good credit history in order to obtain a credit card, or they must be able to show proof of income. Instant credit has become a thing of the past.
Efforts are also underway to make student loans more manageable. Interest rates for some student loans are dropping, and now federal loans must be issued directly from the Department of Education, not private lenders. Analysts say this move may help more families qualify for loans.
However, regulations alone aren't enough to keep young consumers from graduating with unnecessary debt. Here are four tips to help students save regularly and make better financial decisions:
- Load Up on Classes: At many institutions, full-time students will pay the same tuition amount for 12 credits as they would for 16 credits – it's all considered full time. To lessen the financial burden, take as many classes as you can while still maintaining balance with your other priorities. Graduating a semester earlier than planned can save thousands of dollars in tuition, books, course fees, parking and rent, among other daily living expenses.
- Choose Your School Carefully: Selecting a college or university is a very important decision. Be sure to weigh the pros and cons of an institution along with the life you plan to lead upon graduating. How would your life be impacted if you graduated with $10, $20 or $30 thousand in loans? Students with limited funds can save significant cash and prevent the need for extensive loans by attending a public school in their home state or taking select courses at a community college.
- Hold Off on Attending?: Beginning in 2014, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act stipulates that graduates can repay their students loans based on a maximum of 10 percent of their income, rather than 15 percent. Additionally, loans will be canceled after 20 years of repayment as opposed to 25 years. If you have to take out significant loans, would it make sense to hold off on attending college for a few years? While tuition costs may be higher, you would have time to save more money and pay less in loan interest. Calculate the potential costs based on the school you wish to attend.
- Save Daily: Tuition is only a part of the financial picture. The way you manage daily living expenses throughout college can have a great impact on your savings and debt upon graduating. While it's important to have fun, you shouldn't go broke in pursuit of it. Host pot lucks rather than dining out, get a Netflix subscription rather than going to the movies and swap clothes with friends rather than hitting the mall. Brainstorm these types of cost effective swaps and plan social gatherings ahead of time.


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A recent poll indicates that 45% of all American voters approve of the job Donald Trump is doing. They couldn't all have suddenly awakened from a coma, not all of them, so alien mind control has to be the answer. The space guys are beaming in on us. Some of us, anyway. Or it could be the Russians. Perhaps all those loonies in the park with tinfoil on their heads were getting it right.
Who are these people? How can there be such a vast difference of opinion, or is this about something other than politics? Something that runs much deeper? Something that has remained unresolved for more than a hundred years?
Eighty percent of white evangelicals voted for Donald Trump. His base, if there is any truth to the pictures on tv and in the papers, is nearly all white.
Trump, to anyone who has been paying the least little bit of attention beyond FOX and right-wing radio, is horribly incompetent, vastly overrated by the right, and a danger to the nation and the world. He needs to be removed from office as quickly as possible. And yet, 45% of the American electorate approves of the job he's doing as he fails to deliver on campaign promises while alienating our friends and allies as he befriends our long-time enemies, cozying-up to dictators, oligarchs and autocrats.
That same poll indicates that 43% of the American electorate thinks Trump should be impeached. Now. And yet, there is inexplicably, that 45% job approval rating. For a man who, by all appearances, opposes Democracy and favors Fascism.
What's really going on here? Are we big enough to admit that it could be something other than politics? Something that runs much deeper and has been around much longer than the past couple of election cycles? Something that is so abhorrent and dangerous that most pundits fear letting the words "white nationalism" leave their lips?

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The color guard are the group of marchers who spin and catch flags, rifles, and sabers. Guards most often have a special uniform or costume that is distinctive from that of band, and may or may not match each other.
Color GuardEdit
In a marching band or a drum & bugle corps, the color guard is a non-musical section that provides additional visual aspects to the performance. The marching band and color guard performance generally takes place on a football field while the color guard interprets the music that the marching band or drum & bugle corps is playing via the synchronized spinning of flags, sabers, shields, or other pieces of equipment, or through dance.
In drum and bugle corps, there used to be a requirement for a traditional presentation of the colors during the competitive show (called the "Color Pre"), but this fell out of favor around the early 1970s. A recent example of a color pre in show was the 2002 San Francisco Renegades Sr corps, used during "America the Beautiful" to open their program, but shc a presentation was NOT a required part of the show.
Junior corps almost never have a traditional color guard (commonly called the "A squad") today, but most, if not all of the all-age corps have one, ranging from one to carry the US flag and one to guard it, to A squads almost as big as a small corps! These units typically stand in the side 2 (audience right) front sideline at the end zone, facing away from the performing unit to protect the colors from outside threats.


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Have your say on Erasmus+
EU policy, Strategic framework
The Commission wants to hear from young people, students, teachers, youth workers, organisations, employers and more as it shapes the programme's future.
EU policy, Strategic framework
The Commission wants to hear from young people, students, teachers, youth workers, organisations, employers and more as it shapes the programme's future.
Inclusion in education, viewed more comprehensively as inclusive systems in and around schools, concentrates on supportive, quality learning environments, on welcoming and caring schools and classrooms, and on preventing discrimination.
EU policy
The 27 country reports published today track the progress made by EU Member States towards Europe 2020 targets and the dual goal of growth and jobs.*
Adult education, EU policy, Higher Education, School education, Strategic framework, Vocational Education and Training
Take part in the consultation on key competences for lifelong learning and help develop quality, future-oriented education and training policies for the EU.
Language policy, Language teaching and learning, Linguistic diversity in Europe, Strategic framework
In an ever-changing world, some children are learning a different language at home than the one they use at school. The Welcomm Project uses a Multimedia Learning Kit to help children acquire the necessary vocabulary to start school through playful activities.
Vocational Education and Training
Vocational education and training learners in Berlin were visited by Commissioner for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture Tibor Navracsics during the final months of their successful two-year Erasmus+ project. The project uses an innovative 'biographical link' tool and 30-day mobility experience in another European country to motivate trainees.
Adult education, Strategic framework, Vocational Education and Training
Erasmus+ VET learners are varied and many. They are participants of all fields of study from across Europe who have completed a learning period abroad since 2014.
Higher Education
Capacity-building project StudVAP helps audiovisual and media students from Western Balkan countries to bridge the gap between their studies and the world of work. With more than 400 students and professionals across 6 countries involved there's a lot of creativity flowing.
School education
A week of education-related events under Maltese EU Presidency was kicked off with a Conference on School leadership and equity in St. Julian's, Malta, on 16-17 January 2017. Linked to the Presidency theme of equity and inclusiveness, the purpose of the event was to explore how leadership - by school heads, but also by teachers and other staff - can contribute to making schools more equitable and inclusive.


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Below is a list of events, either completely dedicated to advanced process control or related to APC in the refining and petrochemical industry worldwide.
If you would like your events such as conferences, seminars, scheduled webcasts, workshops etc. to be included in this list, please contact us with details of the event.


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SisterBatik Boho Bag for cosmetics inspired by the shape of a Moroccan slipper, ideal for your handbag or travel tote! Giveaway is for the hot pink bag!
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New Service Tier Offers Fortune-50 Security in Action, Enabling Customers to Identify and Prioritize Threats That Are Missed
"Our customers are looking to amplify Fortune-50-grade security in action as they struggle to find the expertise and act on the intelligence necessary to detect emerging threats with the speed necessary to defend against today's threats," said
Continuous Guidance applies FireEye's intelligence-led approach to the managed detection and response needs of customers, utilizing machine, adversary, and victim intelligence to identify missed threats and quickly deliver new protections at scale. Upon detecting a potential threat, FaaS analysts validate and triage the incident, assigning a severity rating that helps customers prioritize response and resources to detect threat earlier in the kill chain and reduce overall costs. Continuous Guidance customers are notified via Incident Advisories that provide detailed information on how
Continuous Guidance can leverage the newly launched FireEye Helix™ platform to build on the value of customers' existing security technology investments. Additionally, customers can utilize Helix to increase the efficiency and efficacy of their internal incident response teams with Guided Investigation capabilities. Guided Investigation uses predictive analytics to lead users through industry-leading investigative methods, pre-populating five or more scenarios specific queries, streamlining the pivot from detection to investigation.
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by Ryan Rigley
Like yesterday's round of "Dark Knight Rises" reading, today's edition dives heavily into spoiler territory specifically about Joseph Gordon-Levitt's character, Detective John Blake. Proceed with extreme caution!
So, the rumors of Gordon-Levitt's character in "Rises" being Robin have finally proven themselves to be true! More or less. But John Blake was far from the first Robin to aid the Dark Knight in his time of need. In fact, in the comic books, there have already been five Robins to date since the Boy Wonder's first appearance in 1940.
Starting with Dick Grayson, an 8 year old acrobat, and then passing on to Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Stephanie Brown, and Damian Wayne (in that order and that's not even mentioning out-of-continuity Robins like Carrie Kelley), each Robin has acted as a loyal partner, apprentice, and friend to Batman throughout the years. One could even argue that if it weren't for his trusty sidekick, Batman would be even more dark and depressing than he normally is. Read on for our list of the five best Robin stories!
"Dark Victory"
This critically-acclaimed sequel to "The Long Halloween" features a re-telling of Dick Grayson's origins as Robin and his adoption by Bruce Wayne. After his family is killed during an attack perpetrated by the mob, Batman takes in the young boy as his own and begins training him to become his partner. Eventually, Dick is able to put together a series of clues leading to the Falcone Crime Family and later saves Batman's life for the first time.
"A Lonely Place of Dying"
Taking place after the events of "A Death in the Family," Batman blames himself for Jason Todd's death and begins acting very recklessly whilst on patrol. Tim Drake, a young boy who has deduced Batman and Nightwing's secret identities, begins following Dick around trying to convince him to become Robin again in order to help Batman. But when Bruce and Dick get captured by Two-Face, Tim puts on Jason's old costume and proves to them just how important Robin truly is.
"Robin II: The Joker's Wild"
While Batman is on a case out of the country, Tim Drake is left to protect Gotham City all by himself for the first time. Seeing this as an ample opportunity to make the Boy Wonder's acquaintance, The Joker finally comes face to face with the new Robin. The stakes in this story are incredibly high, due in large part to the absence of Batman and the fact that The Joker beat the previous Robin to death with a crowbar.
"Detective Comics: War Crimes"
When Tim Drake gives up the title of Robin, his girlfriend Stephanie Brown (formerly known as The Spoiler) decides to step in. However, this new Girl Wonder doesn't take direction very well and Batman fires her on two separate occasions. In an attempt to prove her worthiness, Stephanie steals Batman's incomplete plans to control all crime in Gotham and inadvertently starts a gang war. To make matters worse, she gets herself kidnapped by the psychotic crime boss Black Mask.
"Batman and Robin: Batman Reborn"
With Bruce Wayne seemingly deceased, Dick Grayson puts on the cowl and becomes the new Batman with Damian Wayne (son of Bruce and Talia al Ghul) as his Robin. Damian proves to be the most ruthlessly efficient Robin by far, with an attitude as cold as his father's and training stemming from his mother's League of Assassins. He even offers to become the Batman in Dick's stead on several occasions.
Which Robin stories are your favorites? Tell us in the comments or on Twitter!


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ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Russia's current account deficit could widen to $5 billion in the third quarter, Russian Economy Minister Maxim Oreshkin said on Thursday, in comments which suggest downward pressure on the rouble could increase.
Russia's central bank said earlier this week that the current account deficit was $0.3 billion for the April-June period this year.
Oreshkin, speaking at a banking conference in St Petersburg, repeated that economic growth was seen at 2 percent in 2017.
(Reporting by Andrey Ostroukh, Elena Fabrichnaya and Kira Zavyalova; Writing by Denis Pinchuk; Editing by Alexander Winning)


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Snooki Drops 50 Pounds After Baby — Should She Stop Losing Weight?
The 'Jersey Shore' star and new mom has made a serious commitment to taking off the baby weight — and then some! Do YOU think her intense workout sessions have gone too far?
Motherhood has definitely changed Nicole 'Snooki' Polizzi's ways — she has traded in her partying days to now spend her time focusing on her baby boy Lorenzo, and getting healthy for the sake of her family! But fans of the petite reality TV star are worried that she's getting too thin.
Snooki Loses 50 Pounds: Working Out To Get Fit
Snooki's commitment to hitting the gym is a relatively new development for the 4-foot, 8-inch proud mama.
"I would like to work out more because I didn't work out at all when I was pregnant just cause I had no energy," she told HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY. She also revealed that she has been training with a personal trainer since last Halloween.
Snooki Responds To Her Dramatic Weight Loss: Denies Anorexia Rumors
Snooki herself responded to the public's reaction to her shrinking frame, tweeting, "Everyone's saying the 'new fit me' isn't what I'm suppose to look what. I wasn't always a fata** kids. Get used to my fitlife, cause I love IT." Losing baby weight is a whole different process than slimming down for other reasons — and fans may be worried that Snooki, 25, is slipping back into her past struggles with anorexia.
She has denied all rumors of eating disorders, acknowledging that her emphasis is now on getting healthier rather than just on dropping the pounds. "Strong is the New Skinny" the tiny star tweeted along with a photo of herself flexing her muscles and wearing a shirt with the same phrase.
In April, Snooki told HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY:
I go to the gym five days a week and I eat healthy. I eat chicken, I eat salads, I eat vegetables, I just eat healthy and one day a week, I have my ice cream and my chips — but then the next day I go even harder at the gym. So I still live life but a healthier life.
What do YOU think, HollyMoms? Do you think Snooki is looking great, or should she cut back on the intense workouts?
WATCH: Snooki Gives A Tour Of Lorenzo's Bling Nursery
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More Snooki Polizzi & Baby Lorenzo News:
- Snooki Reveals Her Plans For More Kids With Fiance Jionni LaValle
- Snooki Goes Makeup Free In Adorable Twitpic With Baby Lorenzo
- Snooki Shows Off Stylish Baby Lorenzo – Cute Pic


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Meatless Like Me
I may be a vegetarian, but I still love the smell of bacon.
Every vegetarian remembers his first time. Not the unremarkable event of his first meal without meat, mind you. No, I mean the first time he casually lets slip that he's turned herbivore, prompting everyone in earshot to stare at him as if he just revealed plans to sail his carrot-powered plasma yacht to Neptune. For me, this first time came at an Elks scholarship luncheon in rural Oregon when I was 18. All day, I'd succeeded at seeming a promising and responsible young man, until that fateful moment when someone asked why I hadn't taken any meat from the buffet. After I offered my reluctant explanation—and the guy announced it to the entire room—30 people went eerily quiet, undoubtedly expecting me to launch into a speech on the virtues of hemp. In the corner, an elderly, suited man glared at me as he slowly raised a slice of bologna and executed the most menacing bite of cold cut in recorded history. I didn't get the scholarship.
I tell this story not to win your pity but to illustrate a point: I've been vegetarian for a decade, and when it comes up, I still get a look of confused horror that says, "But you seemed so … normal." The U.S. boasts more than 10 million herbivores today, yet most Americans assume that every last one is a loopy, self-satisfied health fanatic, hellbent on draining all the joy out of life. Those of us who want to avoid the social nightmare have to hide our vegetarianism like an Oxycontin addiction, because admit it, omnivores: You know nothing about us. Do we eat fish? Will we panic if confronted with a hamburger? Are we dying of malnutrition? You have no clue. So read on, my flesh-eating friends—I believe it's high time we cleared a few things up.
To demonstrate what a vegetarian really is, let's begin with a simple thought experiment. Imagine a completely normal person with completely normal food cravings, someone who has a broad range of friends, enjoys a good time, is carbon-based, and so on. Now remove from this person's diet anything that once had eyes, and, wham!, you have yourself a vegetarian. Normal person, no previously ocular food, end of story. Some people call themselves vegetarians and still eat chicken or fish, but unless we're talking about the kind of salmon that comes freshly plucked from the vine, this makes you an omnivore. A select few herbivores go one step further and avoid all animal products—milk, eggs, honey, leather—and they call themselves vegan, which rhymes with "tree men." These people are intense.
Vegetarians give up meat for a variety of ethical, environmental, and health reasons that are secondary to this essay's goal of increasing brotherly understanding, so I'll mostly set them aside. Suffice it to say that one day, I suddenly realized that I could never look a cow in the eyes, press a knocking gun to her temple, and pull the trigger without feeling I'd done something cruel and unnecessary. (Sure, if it's kill the cow or starve, then say your prayers, my bovine friend—but for now, it's not quite a mortal struggle to subsist on the other five food groups.) I am well-aware that even telling you this makes me seem like the kind of person who wants to break into your house and liberate your pet hamster—that is, like a PETA activist. Most vegetarians, though, would tell you that they appreciate the intentions of groups like PETA but not the obnoxious tactics. It's like this: We're all rooting for the same team, but they're the ones in face paint, bellowing obscenities at the umpire and flipping over every car with a Yankees bumper sticker. I have no designs on your Camry or your hamster.
Now, when I say that vegetarians are normal people with normal food cravings, many omnivores will hoist a lamb shank in triumph and point out that you can hardly call yourself normal if the aroma of, say, sizzling bacon doesn't fill you with deepest yearning. To which I reply: We're not insane. We know meat tastes good; it's why there's a freezer case at your supermarket full of woefully inadequate meat substitutes. Believe me, if obtaining bacon didn't require slaughtering a pig, I'd have a BLT in each hand right now with a bacon layer cake waiting in the fridge for dessert. But, that said, I can also tell you that with some time away from the butcher's section, many meat products start to seem gross. Ground beef in particular now strikes me as absolutely revolting; I have a vague memory that hamburgers taste good, but the idea of taking a cow's leg, mulching it into a fatty pulp, and forming it into a pancake makes me gag. And hot dogs … I mean, hot dogs? You do know what that is, right?
As a consolation prize we get tofu, a treasure most omnivores are more than happy to do without. Well, this may stun you, but I'm not any more excited about a steaming heap of unseasoned tofu blobs than you are. Tofu is like fugu blowfish sushi: Prepared correctly, it's delicious; prepared incorrectly, it's lethal. Very early in my vegetarian career, I found myself famished and stuck in a mall, so I wandered over to the food court's Asian counter. When I asked the teenage chief culinary artisan what was in the tofu stir-fry, he snorted and replied, "Shit." Desperation made me order it anyway, and I can tell you that promises have rarely been more loyally kept than this guy's pledge that the tofu would taste like shit. So here's a tip: Unless you know you're in expert hands (Thai restaurants are a good bet), don't even try tofu. Otherwise, it's your funeral.
As long as we're discussing restaurants, allow me a quick word with the hardworking chefs at America's dining establishments. We really appreciate that you included a vegetarian option on your menu (and if you didn't, is our money not green?), but it may interest you to know that most of us are not salad freaks on a grim slog for nourishment. We actually enjoy food, especially the kind that tastes good. So enough with the bland vegetable dishes, and, for God's sake, please make the Gardenburgers stop; it's stunning how many restaurants lavish unending care on their meat dishes yet are content to throw a flavorless hockey puck from Costco into the microwave and call it cuisine. Every vegetarian is used to slim pickings when dining out, so we're not asking for much—just for something you'd like to eat. I'll even offer a handy trick. Pretend you're trapped in a kitchen stocked with every ingredient imaginable, from asiago to zucchini, but with zero meat. With no flesh available, picture what you'd make for yourself; this is what we want, too.
For those kind-hearted omnivores who willingly invite feral vegetarians into their homes for dinner parties and barbecues (really! we do that, too!), the same rule applies—but also know that unless you're dealing with an herbivore who is a prick for unrelated reasons, we don't expect you to bend over backward for us. In fact, if we get the sense that you cooked for three extra hours to accommodate our dietary preferences, we will marvel at your considerate nature, but we will also feel insanely guilty. Similarly, it's very thoughtful of you to ask whether it'll bother me if I see you eat meat, but don't worry: I'm not going to compose an epic poem about your club sandwich.
Which leads me to a vital point for friendly omnivore-herbivore relations. As you're enjoying that pork loin next to me, I am not silently judging you. I realize that anyone who has encountered the breed of smug vegetarian who says things like, "I can hear your lunch screaming," will find this tough to believe, but I'm honestly not out to convert you. My girlfriend and my closest pals all eat meat, and they'll affirm that I've never even raised an eyebrow about it. Now, do I think it strange that the same people who dress their dogs in berets and send them to day spas are often unfazed that an equally smart pig suffered and died to become their McMuffin? Yes, I do. (Or, to use a more pressing example, how many Americans will bemoan Eight Belles' fatal Kentucky Derby injury tonight at the dinner table between bites of beef?) Would I prefer it if we at least raised these animals humanely? Yes, I would.
Let's be honest, though: I'm not exactly St. Francis of Assisi over here, tenderly ministering to every chipmunk that crosses my path. I try to represent for the animal kingdom, but take a look at my shoes—they're made of leather, which, I am told by those with expert knowledge of the tanning process, comes from dead cows. This is the sort of revelation that prompts meat boosters to pick up the triumphant lamb shank once again and accuse us of hypocrisy. Well, sort of. (Hey, you try to find a pair of nonleather dress shoes.) My dedication to the cause might be incomplete, but I'd still say that doing something beats doing nothing. It's kind of like driving a hybrid: not a solution to the global-warming dilemma but a decent start. Let's just say that at the dinner table, I roll in a Prius.
Finally, grant me one more cordial request: Please don't try to convince us that being vegetarian is somehow wrong. If you're concerned for my health, that's very nice, though you can rest assured that I'm in shipshape. If you want to have an amiable tête-à-tête about vegetarianism, that's great. But if you insist on being the aggressive blowhard who takes meatlessness as a personal insult and rails about what fools we all are, you're only going to persuade me that you're a dickhead. When someone says he's Catholic, you probably don't start the stump speech about how God is a lie created to enslave the ignorant masses, and it's equally offensive to berate an herbivore. I know you think we're crazy. That's neat. But seeing as I've endured the hassle of being a vegetarian for several years now, perhaps I've given this a little thought. So let's just agree to disagree and get on with making fun of Hillary Clinton's inability to operate a coffee machine.
Because, really, peace and understanding are what it's all about: your porterhouse and my portobello coexisting in perfect harmony—though preferably not touching. We're actually not so different, after all, my omnivorous chums. In fact, I like to think that when an omnivore looks in the mirror, he just sees a vegetarian who happens to eat meat. Or, no, wait, maybe the mirror sees the omnivore through the prism of flesh and realizes we all have a crystalline animal soul, you know?
This is excellent weed, by the way, if you want a hit. Hey, while you're here: Have I ever told you about hemp?


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There are a number of Museums in Manchester, below we list a few of the most popular:
The Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) is a large museum featuring exhibitions and activities on the development of science and technology whilst acknowledging the cities contributions in these areas. The museum is an Anchor Point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage and has won many awards over the years. The museum has so much to offer so make sure you give yourself plenty of time to explore. The museum has many exhibitions including ?Revolution Manchester? featuring one of the country?s most impressive indoor media walls. You can also explore the museums 4D Theatre complete with moving seats, water spray and air blast. If you are feeling extra daring, you can also visit a Victorian Sewer with full sounds and smells! The MOSI is very family friendly and children under the age of 16 are more than welcome, providing they are accompanied by an adult. The museum is a fairly large site and so it is advisable that you wear comfortable clothing and shoes and for the outside exhibition, bring an umbrella, you are in Manchester! The MOSI has its very own restaurant located on the first floor which is an ideal place for families to sit down and enjoy lunch together. Food and drink are reasonably priced and the restaurant is open 11.00am - 4.00pm with hot meals served daily from 11.30am - 3pm. The museum also hosts a coffee shop on the ground floor where visitors can relax with a hot drink and a cake. Also on the ground floor is the popular museum shop, perfect for purchasing your very own souvenir to remember your visit.
The Imperial War Museum North is a war museum in Greater Manchester and one of five Imperial War Museums nationally. It is recognised nationally for its architecture and has won numerous awards for its exhibitions. The museum hosts a permanent exhibition with chronological displays on the impact of modern conflicts on people and society. It also houses temporary exhibitions on various issues relating to conflict within a separate gallery. Visitors can also climb the Air Shard viewing platform for spectacular views over The Quays and Manchester but Charges of?GBP 1.20 for adults and 60p for concessions apply. The museum does have its own secure car park, with designated parking spaces closer to the entrance for people with disabilities. The museum charges ?4 for parking and has space for 160 cars. The museum has its very own shop on the first floor allowing visitors to purchase their very own piece of war memorabilia. The Imperial War Museum is accessible via the Metrolink Tram located on the Eccles line (disembark at Harbour City). The museum is then just a 10 minute walk from the tram station and well sign-posted.
Generation Pop is a new fascinating and award winning gallery set in the heart of Manchester City Centre. The gallery is Europe?s Leading Animation Art Galley and is authorised by all the major Hollywood studios to retail their ranges of film and animation related art. Generation Pop has been around for over two decades, establishing itself within the New York art scene and boasts clientele of royalty, actors, music and sports celebrities. Manchester is home to Generation Pops first UK gallery and already has established itself as one of the most ?impressive galleries in the North of England?. The gallery hosts special events and exhibitions throughout the year, all of which are free of charge. Most art in the gallery is available to purchase and the gallery has an impressive team of passionate and knowledgeable staff to help you find that special piece of artwork you have always longed for. Collections of art include ?Star Wars?, ?Marvel?, work by the talented artist Paul Oz and a very fine collection of artwork from the British cultural icons, Wallace and Gromit. The Wallace and Gromit collection gives a unique opportunity for foreign visitors to snap up a true piece of British animation history to remember their visit by. Generation Pop gallery hosts various events across the year, featuring artists, directors and actors especially flown in from around the world for the occasion, so before you visit it is worth checking the Generation Pop website to see what celebrities you might just bump into while you?re there!
The CUBE Gallery is located on Portland Street in the city centre of Manchester and is a gallery for architecture and the built environment and is the only purpose built space in the North West for exhibitions and informal learning relating to architecture and the built environment. The CUBE gallery is a dedicated broadcaster of promoting the ideas and issues that make up our built environment. The gallery is a five minute walk from Piccadilly Gardens and is well sign posted. Like most galleries in Manchester, entry is free of charge but feel free to leave a donation if you are impressed with what the CUBE gallery has to offer. It often hosts events and exhibitions which are created by some of the best architectural artists of today. Popular artworks include ?Take Away Garden? which is the art of Manchester based artist Jason Minsky and architect Stefan White and ?Street Training? created by Lottie Child. If modern art and architecture is your style, then a visit to The CUBE Gallery is a must!
Manchester Art Gallery is a newly refurbished world-class art gallery hosting some of the city?s most important fine and decorative art works, which are recognised as being of national importance. The gallery is proud owner of many awards and has a very high, reputable standing for its fantastic audience focused services. Manchester Art Gallery offers various programmes and exhibitions with a collection over six centuries of art up to the present day. The gallery has its very own cafe and adjoining gift shop where art related souvenirs can be purchased. The gallery is very family friendly and makes a perfect day out for you and the children. On the first floor is an interactive gallery which allows children, and parents alike, to explore real works of art through hands-on activities. From dressing up, to spooky tales, you?re sure to have bundles of fun! The gallery also offers a range of free resources for families suitable for children aged three to six. All family resources are available free of charge from the information desk, so don?t be shy, just ask a member of staff and they will get you on your way to a fantastic family orientated day out.
The Lowry is situated just outside of Manchester, but easily accessible via one of the many public transport links the city has to offer. The gallery hosts a range of exhibitions, most notably the permanent collection of art from one of Britain?s favourite artists, LS Lowry. The gallery hosts a huge selection of Lowry artwork which includes over 400 original paintings and drawings which can be fully appreciated in the fantastic openness of the gallery. The Lowry offers talks on LS Lowry everyday at 12pm and 2pm. Every Saturday and Sunday at 2.30pm is a family orientated 15 minute talk followed by hands on activities, which should not be missed. The gallery also hosts a range of other exhibitions which change on a regular basis so check the website for a full programme of events on at the Lowry gallery. Entry to the gallery is free but it is requested that visitors make a donation when visiting which will contribute to supporting the conservation and display of the LS Lowry collection. The easiest way to access The Lowry from Manchester City Centre is by Metrolink Tram from Manchester Piccadilly Rail Station or Manchester Victoria Rail Station and boarding the Eccles line and alighting at Harbour City, followed by a 10 minute walk to The Lowry, just follow the signposts and you can?t get lost!
Manchester Literature Festival
(Mon 08th Oct, 2018)
Annual literary festival.
Manchester Christmas Markets
(Sat 17th Nov, 2018)
The Manchester Christmas Markets are the perfect place to start your evening and get you in the festive spirit.


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Twenty-six teams took on the course at Carolina Lakes Golf Club in the sixth annual Indian Land Rotary Cup Golf Tournament on May 10.
Don't confuse Operation HOPE with HOPE in Lancaster Inc.
The two are not affiliated.
That's the message David Doyle is trying to get out this week.
Doyle is chairman of the local Operation HOPE effort, an annual Knights of Columbus fundraiser to help intellectually challenged children.
An underage alcohol sting resulted in the ticketing of six convenience store workers in the southern part of the county last month.
Held May 18 between 5 and 7 p.m., the joint undercover operation was conducted by investigators with the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office and an agent with the S.C. Law Enforcement Division, according to various sheriff's office incident reports.
City of Lancaster residents may face a property tax increase for the first time in four years.
The proposed hike is part of the drafted 2012-13 budget city of Lancaster officials are now considering.
The recommendation calls for the city's millage rate to go from 143.5 to 149.7 mills. That results in about a $24 tax increase on a $100,000 owner-occupied home, said City of Lancaster Finance Director James Absher.
The last time the city raised taxes was for the 2008-09 fiscal year, when the rate went from 140 to 143.5 mills.
PAGELAND – A young Pageland teen drowned in Lynches River on May 31.
Emergency responders from Chesterfield and Lancaster counties converged on the scene on U.S. 601 near the old Lynches River Bridge and after a two-and-a-half hour-search recovered the body of Jontavis Jamar Pegues, 17.
The remote area reportedly has no cell-phone coverage, so witnesses to the drowning were delayed in calling authorities,
according to information from Pageland Rescue Squad.
I-77 Speedway in Chester will honor the memory of T.J. "Scooter" Looper Jr., on Saturday.
A new law enforcement grant may help to curb the surge of financial and identity theft related crimes in the county.
The Lancaster County Sheriff's Office announced last week it was awarded a Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) for $71,647 to fund a white collar crime investigator, according to a sheriff's office press release. The sheriff's office learned the news on May 25, making this the second year they have been awarded the grant.
Lancaster Motor Speedway is teaming up with The Lancaster Dream Team Foundation to help raise funds for the Dream Team program.
Michele Roberts
For The Lancaster News
A good piece of advice is to never let your past dictate your future, and Lancaster native Patience Montgomery is coming to town in August with a message of hope for anyone stuck in a rut due to past mistakes.
Montgomery, an evangelist who founded the Flippin' the Script women's conference based in Houston, Texas, said this will be the fifth anniversary of the conference and she is excited to present her message to those who are feeling pressed down because of past choices that didn't work out.
Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce
The second edition of the Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce's newest event, Speed Networking, is set for 8 a.m. Tuesday, June 5, at Zaxby's Restaurant, 1210 S.C. 9 Bypass, Lancaster. Speed Networking is a fast-paced meeting format designed to accelerate business contacts to exchange information in a series of brief exchanges. Attendees share their professional backgrounds and business goals, seeking exposure to new markets and/or to expand their pool of vendors.
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Mobile 2015: 4 Trends to Watch
The mobile space continues to see growth and innovation as 2014 winds to a close. What can marketers expect to see in 2015?
The mobile space continues to see growth and innovation as 2014 winds to a close. What can marketers expect to see in 2015?
"Mobile is the front door of Target." That's what the senior vice president of Target.com and mobile said when he announced the company's enhanced mobile offerings, which include a two-tap checkout process and new pharmacy app. It's a sentiment that might have been expressed in any major brand headquarters over the course of this year. Now more than ever, mobile strategy is at the forefront of marketers' minds.
According to Target, mobile accounts for about two-thirds of the retailer's digital traffic – and rising. This isn't particularly uncommon. ESPN, the BBC, CNN, and Facebook have all seen their traffic swing from desktop to mobile. ComScore reports that 60 percent of all time spent with digital media now occurs on smartphones and tablets.
This year will mark the launch of Connection Day, an event devised by Verizon to give holiday travelers access to audiobooks, music, and apps from brands like Amazon, Audible, Pandora, and Apple. Companies everywhere are acknowledging and preparing for this revolution in the way that we consume media, work, play, and shop online. But what can we expect from the year to come?
One of the trends we're likely to see is a move toward creating "micro-moments" – customized mobile experiences that deliver in seconds flat. Earlier this month Forrester research released a report encompassing its mobile predictions for 2015 that was subtitled "Experience Creation Trumps App Creation." Those experiences are expected to incorporate contextual relevance and personalization. According to Forrester, though, brands shouldn't just plan to deliver micro-moments to their customers, but "extend them to wearable devices" as well.
Geo-location and geo-fencing that pinpoint users wherever they are, along with beacons and retailer-specific maps, are also likely to see an uptick in popularity among brands. Starwood Hotels and Resorts has begun experimenting with beacons to pre-identify hotel guests. Dairy Queen is testing an app that provides users with geo-targeted coupons. Among Target's mobile updates are "enhanced navigation," for which the company partnered with mapping technology provider Point Inside. Interactive store maps, including a Black Friday version, guide shoppers to their desired items.
On the advertising front, video is still going strong, but increasingly those videos are being watched on mobile devices. Americans now spend some 33 minutes per day watching videos on their phones, and 62 percent of smartphone users are "OK with 15- to 30-second ads" in exchange for video content. The Mobile Marketing Association reports that non-skippable ads ranging from 15 to 30 seconds in length receive high completion rates, and that "excessive" mobile video ad frequency can drastically reduce completion and click-through rates.
According to Juniper Research, more than 2 billion mobile users will make a mobile commerce transaction by the end of 2017. You can bet they plan to start this holiday season. A recent survey by shopping discovery company Wanderful Media found that 77 percent of shoppers now use their smartphones to help them compare prices, find nearby stores, and locate sales. Meanwhile, the National Retail Federation says that more than half of consumers will use their smartphones while shopping during the holidays, and about 63 percent of tablet owners will do the same.
Black Friday and holiday-specific mobile apps represent opportunities for retailers to connect with eager buyers and ease reluctant consumers into the mobile world. Mobile promotions, like a text-to-win sweepstakes launched by Old Navy that customers can play while waiting in line in-store, can offer inspiration for year-round campaigns.
What's in store for mobile next year? Plenty. Is your brand all set to keep up?


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When your trusty set of wheels starts stalling, sputtering or acting up in some other way, you might choose to tackle the problem yourself instead of taking it to a mechanic's. That's understandable, considering we've all experienced sticker shock at the price of a repair—and a healthy dose of suspicion about being overcharged.
Even still, taking the do-it-yourself (DIY) route isn't necessarily the safest or even cheapest choice. "Most people don't know how to properly lock and raise autos, so they put themselves at significant risk when they attempt a more complicated job," says John Ulczycki, group vice president at the National Safety Council.
Before you throw in your wrench, know there are jobs an amateur can tackle—as well as ways to lower your repair bill and sniff out an honest mechanic.
Lauren Fix, The Car Coach® and author of Lauren Fix's Guide to Loving Your Car, says some basic maintenance and repair projects anyone can safely do include changing wiper blades, headlights and taillights, checking tire pressure, replacing air filters, changing oil, checking fluid levels, and—for those with a bit more advanced knowledge—switching from summer to winter tires. For tips, check out carcare.org.
On the flip side, the projects in these departments fall squarely in a mechanic's domain:
- Brakes. "While you might think you know what you're doing, brake technology has changed a lot over the years," says Fix. "Making an incorrect repair will be expensive to undo later."
- Emissions, exhaust systems and engines. Mess up any of these sorts of repairs and you could be looking at costly repairs down the line, as well as possible carbon monoxide poisoning and compromised fuel economy.
- Fuel systems. Because this job typically involves removing the entire gas tank, there's plenty of potential for danger since you're working with gasoline.
- Suspension systems. "When bearings or shafts aren't repaired properly, your car could break down or even cause an accident," says Fix.
- Transmission systems. You'll need a transmission jack and possibly even an engine hoist and vehicle lift for this type of repair. What's more, it could require several hours of toil—and trouble. "Bad repairs could get you stuck on the side of the road or rack up thousands of dollars of repair work later on," says Fix.
If I can't do it, who can?
To lessen the out-of-pocket damage when hiring a mechanic, Fix suggests checking out automotive tech schools, which typically offer significant discounts on services.
When hiring a mechanic, first make sure your guy or girl is certified by the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE). "This certification guarantees he or she is following the proper procedures and knows the more advanced computer programs and technology," says Fix. Don't be fooled by a sign boasting ASE certification—it could signal that just one mechanic in an entire center meets the requirements, so make sure your particular hired hand passed the test.
By following these guidelines and pointers, you'll save time and money and keep you, your passengers and your car cruising safely for many miles.


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When the No. 20 St. John's men's lacrosse team heads to South Bend, Ind., for a matchup with top-ranked Notre Dame on Saturday, the Red Storm knows it will be a battle, but they are up for the challenge.
St. John's (6-2) is off to its best start to a season since the program was reinstated in 2005. Last week, St. John's stunned then-No. 7 Hofstra for its third victory against a ranked opponent this season, and carries a three-game winning streak into the contest against the Irish, which will be played at Arlotta Stadium at 1 p.m. ET.
"They remain unfazed by the success they've had," St. John's head coach Jason Miller said. "They come to work hard every day and I think the results they're having on the field are because of that."
The two squads most recently met in last year's Big East tournament semifinals, and the Red Storm shocked the then-No. 2 Irish 8-7 for a victory against the highest-ranked opponent in program history.
Miller and offensive coordinator Dan Paccione point to a 10-7 loss to Notre Dame in South Bend in 2011 as a turning point for the program.
"Our trip to South Bend two years ago was where we realized for us to be our best offensively the ball needed to go through Kieran [McCardle] and Kevin Cernuto and that generally good things happen to us the more those guys are involved," Miller said. "At the time, those guys were freshmen but that has turned into the foundation of what we're doing now."
McCardle currently leads the nation with 7.13 points per game, and tops the team with 23 goals and 34 assists. Cernuto follows with 19 goals and nine assists, while Colin Keegan has contributed 16 goals to the Red Storm's campaign. Last week against Robert Morris, McArdle tallied 13 points in a 17-11 victory -- the most points by any Division I player since the start of the 2010 season. In last year's Big East tournament game against the Irish, McArdle notched three goals and dished out four assists.
"Those guys have continued to get better," Miller said. "Kieran, especially, is having a phenomenal season statistically, but in a lot of ways it is Kevin's ability to play off him that makes him as dangerous as he is. I think when the both of them are playing well, and Colin Keegan is playing well inside we present matchup problems for teams."
But while the Red Storm offensive is clicking, Miller knows Notre Dame will be ready to play no matter who it is facing.
"[Notre Dame] is pretty tough," Miller said. "Statistically, they're not an imposing group. They don't score a ton of goals -- but they don't give up very many. When you look at them statistically you come out of it scratching your head a bit because they are 6-1 against five top-10 teams, but they don't lead in many categories other than defensively."
The game has huge implications, not just nationally, but because it is a Big East contest. The Red Storm are 1-1 in league play and needs to get at least three or four wins to lock up a conference tournament bid.
"It is a monumental task to go to South Bend and win there," Miller said. "Throughout the last few years they are pretty tough to beat at home. Forget rankings and all that other stuff, we're going to have our hands full trying to beat those guys."
• The No. 14 Oklahoma baseball team is off to its best start through 27 games since 2010 with a 23-4 record, and is currently riding an 11-game winning streak. The Sooners are led by designated hitter Matt Oberste, who has hit in 27 consecutive games dating to the 2012 season. Against Oral Roberts on Tuesday, Oberste matched the school hitting streak record of 27 held by Marty Neff (1991). He also has reached base safely in 34 consecutive games dating to last season, and entered the week ranked second in the nation with a .471 batting average. Nineteen of his nation-leading 48 hits have been for extra bases, and he has contributed 33 RBIs. Oberste will look to take sole possession of the school hitting streak mark when the Sooners play host to Kansas for a three-game Big 12 series beginning Thursday.
• Ashland and Dowling will meet in the Division II women's basketball national title game in San Antonio on Friday as both teams seek their first NCAA championship. Ashland returns to the title game for the second consecutive year. Last season, the Eagles fell to Shaw in overtime. Senior Kari Daugherty, who ranks in the top three nationally in points and rebounds per game, contributed 24 points and 16 rebounds in the Eagles' defeat of Augustana on Wednesday. She has played in 11 NCAA tournament games, and notched a double-double every time. Dowling topped Colorado Mesa in the semifinals to advance to its first national title game appearance behind a balanced scoring attack. The game can be viewed live on the CBS Sports Network at 8 p.m. ET.
• A rematch of last year's Division I championship game will highlight the women's lacrosse schedule this weekend as No. 5 Syracuse visits No. 4 Northwestern at 2 p.m. ET Saturday. This past May, the two squads met in Stony Brook, N.Y., and Northwestern defeated the Orange 8-6, as the Wildcats claimed their seventh national title. The game will be aired live on the Big Ten Network. Northwestern narrowly escaped with a 9-8 victory against Ohio State on Wednesday, while Syracuse downed Boston College 17-12 the same night to stretch its winning streak to three games.
• The No. 4 UCLA men's volleyball team will look to gain some ground in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation standings this weekend when the Bruins head to UC San Diego on Friday and No. 2 UC Irvine on Saturday. The Bruins have dropped three consecutive matches to the Anteaters, the defending NCAA champions, including two five-set matches this season. UC Irvine topped the Bruins at the UC Santa Barbara Asics Invitational on Jan. 6 and at Pauley Pavilion on Jan. 29.
• Southeastern Conference Gymnast of the Year Rheagan Courville will look to spark No. 2 seed LSU to a top-two finish in the NCAA Columbus (Ohio) Regional as it vies for a second consecutive trip to the NCAA championships, which will be held in Los Angeles on April 19-21. Courville is coming off a career night at the SEC championships in which she claimed the all-around, vault and beam titles. She will be helped by Lloiminicia Hall, who recently won her second consecutive SEC floor title, and is tied with Michigan's Joanna Sampson with a 9.950 Regional Qualifying Score to lead the nation in the event. The top seed in the Columbus Regional is UCLA, which is ahead of LSU in the national rankings by just two-hundredths of a point. Last season, UCLA won its regional in Fayetteville, Ark., and went on to place third at the NCAA championships. The Bruins have won a total of 20 NCAA regional titles, including three in a row. The last time LSU won an NCAA regional was in 2009, also when the Tigers competed in Columbus. For complete regional championship selections, click here.
• The California men's swimming and diving team will be looking to three-peat at the NCAA championships in Indianapolis beginning Thursday; if successful, Cal would become the first program to win three consecutive national team titles since Auburn won five in a row from 2003-07. The Bears finished the dual meet season undefeated, and then went on to snap Stanford's streak of 31 consecutive conference titles at the Pac-12 championships earlier this month. Twelve members of last year's national championship squad return to the pool for Cal, including senior Tom Shields, a nine-time national champion who won both the 100-meter butterfly and 100-meter backstroke races and was the NCAA Swimmer of the Meet last season. Shields is seeded first in the 100 butterfly (44.92 seconds), second in the 200 butterfly (1 minute, 41.23 seconds) and ninth in the 100 backstroke (46.12) after winning all three of those events at the 2013 Pac-12 meet.
• The No. 8 St. Cloud baseball team is rolling, heading into a four-game series at Upper Iowa on Friday with an eight-game winning streak. A big reason for the Huskies' success has been their pitching. St. Cloud State ranks second in Division II with a 1.40 ERA, and right-hander Scott Lieser has set the pace.
Lieser, a senior captain, is 5-1 with a 2.01 ERA and 25 strikeouts in 31.1 innings. On March 22, Lieser tossed the third no-hitter of his career in a 10-0 victory against Sioux Falls in Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference action. His first came in the 2011 season against Northern State and his second against Minnesota-Crookston last season.
"On the mound he has been dominant -- he is a strike-throwing machine and also has a very live fastball," St. Cloud State head coach Pat Dolan said. "To have three no-no's in three years is amazing!"
• After narrowly missing her fifth consecutive Division III title in the high jump at the indoor track and field championships earlier this month, Rose-Hulman's Elizabeth Evans opened her outdoor campaign with a bang, tying a 14-year-old DIII outdoor record with a clearance of 5-11 1/4 (1.81m) at the Rose-Hulman Early Bird last weekend. A four-time national champion, Evans ranks fifth among all divisions in the event this season and will be back in competition at the Purdue Invitational on Saturday.
• The Houston Baptist softball team has a pair of sisters who are sizzling at the plate this season. Junior Lauren Schwirtlich and freshman Kirsten Schwirtlich have been on fire offensively for the Huskies. Lauren, the team's leadoff hitter and center fielder, is riding a 12-game hitting streak and ranks second in Division I softball with a .529 batting average; Kirsten, a left fielder batting in the three-hole, tops the nation with 1.86 RBIs per game and boasts a .391 batting average. Lauren also ranks in the top 10 nationally for runs per game (sixth at 1.24), triples (first at 0.24) and on-base percentage (fourth at .597). The Huskies head to Nicholls State for a three-game Southland Conference series beginning Thursday.
• After a century of home day games for the California baseball program, let there be light. The Golden Bears will be playing their first game under the lights at Evans Diamond on Thursday to open a Pac-12 series against USC. Eight 90-foot light poles were installed at the field, allowing the Bears to finally play home games at night.
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Everyone Into the Pool Show
Just in time for the short and dark days of January, "Backyard Oasis" is a sunny book and exhibition including works by such photographers and artists as John Baldessari, Ruth Bernhard, David Hockney, Herb Ritts, Ed Ruscha and Larry Sultan. Thematically grouped into topics including celebrity culture, avant-garde architectural landscape design and the cult of the body, these images are a celebration of the culture of the swimming pool. Accompanying essays examine the development of the swimming pool and its attendant aesthetic and social aspects. The exhibition is on view at the Palm Springs Art Museum in California from Jan. 21 to May 27.
Herb Ritts, Richard Gere – Poolside,1982 © Herb Ritts Foundation
Bill Owens,"He's a typical Californian who doesn't know how to relax," 1971. Courtesy of PDNB Gallery, Dallas, TX © Bill Owens
Lawrence Schiller, Marilyn Monroe,1962, Lawrence Schiller © Polaris Communications, Inc.
Bill Anderson, El Mirador, early 1950s, gelatin silver print, © Palm Springs Art Museum
David Hockney, Nathan Swimming Los Angeles March 11th 1982, color Polaroid composite,© David Hockney, photo credit Richard Schmidt
Mel Roberts, Robert and Cliff, Sherman Oaks, 1980, Type-R print from Kodachrome transparency, © Michael H. Epstein & Scott E. Schwimer
Craig Stecyk, Jay Adams, Northridge, California, ca. 1973, Courtesy of the artist © C.R. Stecyk


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Robert Moses visits campus during MLK Week
Photo Courtesy of Michael Lisnet, Math for America.
Founder of the Algebra Project and nationally recognized civil rights activist Robert Parris Moses believes all students have the constitutional right to quality education. Adams State University brings Moses to campus in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Week.
Moses will present two free lectures on Thursday, Jan. 23: "Quality Public School Education as a Constitutional Right," at noon in Porter Hall room 130 and "From Mississippi to the Algebra Project: The Evolution of Constitutional Personhood in America" at 7 p.m. in Carson Auditorium. Both events are free and open to the public.
Moses visit to campus is a collaborative effort between the Mathematics Program, Dr. Ed Crowther and the History, Anthropology, Philosophy, Political Science, and Spanish Department; Title V Institutional Grant, Title V STEM Grant, and CIELO.
Moses received his BA from Hamilton College and his MA in Philosophy from Harvard University. He was a prominent figure in the Civil Rights Movement as a field secretary for the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). In 1961, Moses initiated SNCC's Mississippi Voter Registration Project, and was appointed its director in 1962. He helped to lead the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) into the Mississippi Summer Project (1964 Freedom Summer), which parachuted the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) to the National Democratic Convention in Atlantic City.
He received a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship (1982-87), and subsequently started the Algebra Project (AP), which uses mathematics as an organizing tool for a Quality Education as a Constitutional Right (QECR) for all students. With support of the National Science Foundation (NSF) since 2002, the AP has been working with cohorts of high school students who previously performed in the lowest quartile on standardized exams. This work has led AP to propose a math high school "benchmark" for bottom quartile students: that they graduate high school on time, in four years, ready to do college math for college credit. To this end AP is exploring collaborations around a concept of "Math Cohort High Schools."
Moses is co-author of Radical Equations—Civil Rights from Mississippi to the Algebra Project (Beacon, 2001) and co-editor of Quality Education as a Constitutional Right-creating a grassroots movement to transform public schools (Beacon Press, 2010). In 2011-2012, Moses was the Distinguished Visitor for the Center for African American Studies at Princeton University, and was a visiting lecturer at NYU School of Law during the fall semester, 2012, and is President of the Algebra Project, Inc.
For more information visit the Algebra Project.


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Azumi Mama Mia (Series)Azumi Mama Mia (Series) (1997) Anime Series by Dave Koch
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- Tôei Company Ltd.
- Animation Studio: Tôei Animation
- Distributed by: Asahi National Broadcasting
- Cartoon Characters: Azumi.
- Voice Actors: Wakana Yamazaki.
- Directed By Yukio Kaizawa.
- Series Began Airing on July 07, 1997.
- Originally Aired on ANB.
- Running Time: 5 minutes.
- Color
- Japan
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Ford Says Sales in 20 European Markets Jumps 11.6% in February
Outpaces Growth in the Industry
Ford Motor Co. said its sales in 20 European markets jumped 11.6%, outpacing the 8% growth in the industry in February.
Ford has been gaining market share over the past year in Europe with the introduction of several new vehicles, with sales declines less than the industry and more recently, sales increases. The burst in February marks a turn as the market has begun to turn up off a low point.


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"We will let the people of Ontario know this represents a significant withdrawal of the federal presence from the delivery of health care, which affects every hospital, every front-line service, over the next 16 years," said Duncan.
"It'll lead to a reduction in the quality of health care across the country."
Duncan was still smarting from Monday's surprise announcement by federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty that Ottawa's health transfers to the provinces would be tied to GDP starting in 2018 instead of continuing to grow at six per cent a year.
"Mr. Flaherty talked about clarity," Duncan told reporters.
"There's no clarity when you tie funding to GDP, which goes up and down, so there's absolutely no more clarity. That's just nonsense."
Duncan said the unilateral action by Ottawa seemed to mark the end of the provincial and federal governments working together as they did for the last health accord in 2004 to target wait times.
"We think there's a real opportunity for governments to work together to save money," he said.
"I just think the key is to work together ... so I think there's been a huge missed opportunity here."
However, the Opposition accused Duncan of "hypocrisy" for criticizing the feds while the province plans to limit its increase in health-care spending to three per cent a year.
"I guess they forgot there's only one taxpayer and it's the same people paying federal and provincial taxes," said Progressive Conservative critic Elizabeth Witmer.
"They're going to continue to get funding that they've been promised and it won't change for several years."
Ontario's New Democrats — like the Liberals — believe the federal government did break a campaign promise to keep increasing health transfers by six per cent a year.
But the NDP said it was "silly" for the province to criticize the feds for capping health increases when it's doing the same thing.
"How can you on the one hand criticize the federal government for doing something that you're doing," asked NDP Leader Andrea Horwath.
"While we're squabbling about six per cent or three per cent, what we're not talking about is the fact that there are needed improvements that can help us save money in health care."
The federal-provincial talks have fallen into "blame and buck-passing," added Horwath.
The province wants to cap increases in health spending at three per cent and education at one per cent to help cut a $16-billion deficit, but Duncan warned that could mean deep cuts in other ministries.
Both Duncan and Premier Dalton McGuinty this week defended a planned reduction in corporate taxes, from 11.5 to 10 per cent, but neither would directly answer when asked if the tax cut could be delayed to deal with the deficit and avoid a credit rating downgrade.


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Polar Bear Exhibit at the Detroit Zoo. (Credit: Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)
ROYAL OAK (WWJ) – For the seventh year in a row attendance at the Detroit Zoo has topped the million mark.
Just about 1.3 million people stopped by the Detroit Zoo in 2012 and that is up a little bit over the year before.
Zoo officials say they can thank the mild weather last spring and births of North American river otters, a camel and red kangaroos for boosting the attendance. Three orphaned grizzly bear cubs also drew crowds.
Attendance at the smaller Belle Isle Nature Zoo in Detroit was over 37,000 in 2012.
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Cirrhosis in Tyrosinemia
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General Contractor Guide
Tips In Selecting The Best General Contractor
There are some tips you need to follow when it comes to hiring a general contractor, and if you want to know them, just keep on reading this article for more details. The truth is that there are some steps you need to know and follow first before you go out and look for one to hire. This article will also teach you how to become familiar with the steps you are going to learn. You need to be familiar with the details, construction and language that the house needs when you build it. This is important so that there must be mutual agreement as well as sharing of information between you and your general contractor.
Because of the increasing demand, you can now find lots of general contractors out there, but you need to find one that can meet all your needs. Before you select one, you need to ask for their bid. It is better to list the general contractors down so that you can easily narrow down your list. The factors you need to consider when hiring a Deck Construction Portland contractor is one that is professional, competent as well as skilled. If you hire a not so good general contractor, then it could affect the entire construction of your house and then you don't want that.
If you are going to hire a general contractor, it is important that you are familiar with the different types so that you can know what you need to hire. It is important that you know the differences between contractors. The other good thing and reason for this is for you to find the best general contractor that has the skills in doing a particular job.
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