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Woohoo ... Ponsonby Rd on a Saturday night! My new year's resolution of "getting out more on the weekend" was well and truly in action. Ponsonby Rd was teaming with throngs of relaxed, beautiful folk when we arrived at Ponsonby Road Bistro, in the heart of one of Auckland's busiest and best eat-streets.
Being a first-timer to this popular eatery I was alive to my first impressions - bustling, blond, hip, gorgeous, well-groomed. The layout of the large space is clever, with different seating areas sectioned off and each feeling like it has its own style. There's the pavement seating screened off from the roadside by pull-down blinds anchored into the asphalt.
Immediately inside but still very much open to the street, there's an area with a mixture of tables, from intimate twos complete with cool swivel chairs (and on this night, smooching lovers), to larger tables for bigger groups.
Further inside, you can take your pick from the line-up of tables against each wall or the stools around the central bar. I love a bar-seated meal but we'd booked a table so were ushered to one by the wall.
Chef Sarah Conway's hand-written menu had my taste buds doing cartwheels of delight. As well as being short and uncomplicated, everything on the menu was just pleading to be eaten. I'm told she even changes out many of the dishes every three weeks or so to ensure that regulars don't get bored.
Spanner crab linguine with chilli oil, shellfish of the day, prosciutto with buffalo mozzarella and stonefruit, house-smoked salmon with horseradish mash, chargrilled steak with parsley butter - luckily the list didn't go on for too long to test my other new year's goal of being more decisive when eating out.
As a starter my diner pal ordered the pan-fried haloumi and for me, the slight misfit on a bistro menu, duck and shitake spring rolls. The haloumi was a marvel of a salad with peppery watercress toned down and complimented beautifully by sweet dried figs, crunchy hazelnuts and lifted by the zing of fresh mint leaves. It was devoid of the squeakiness that can irritate, perhaps because it was sliced thinner than usual. I must try that at home.
My spring rolls, full of rich, dark shredded duck, sat on a crunchy daikon and seaweed salad with a well-balanced mirin-sesame dressing, hinted that the chef is prepared to go outside the usual bistro fare.
My roasted lamb rump was more what you'd expect of a bistro - simple and lovingly prepared. Tender slices of pink lamb, served with boulangere potatoes - thick slices, rendered soft by slow-baking them in stock - and a pea, mint and anchovy chutney. Given that lamb prices are set to soar this year, I'm getting in early.
With barely a spare seat in the place I was impressed with the speed and efficiency in getting our mains out. But a small gripe - our waiter, pleasant and efficient as he was, could have done his homework on what each dish was all about. If it's good enough for the staff at establishments that offer complex dishes to be well-informed of the intricacies of the chef's creations, then I'd expect a simple bistro menu to be a breeze.
It's annoying when questions are met with "I can find out for you". But it could have been his first night, in which case all is forgiven.
The market fish was a superbly cooked snapper fillet, skin on, on what is fast becoming the most fashionable of pulses, puy lentils. Braised in stock and onions (as well as another elusive flavour which we enquired about but didn't get a definitive answer) the lentils were nutty and slightly fruity and a wonderful accompaniment to the fish.
Some of the desserts held little appeal on such a humid Auckland evening - warm chocolate pudding and blackberry crumble - so instead I went for the lemon curd baravois which was cool and silky. The sorbet selection (raspberry and chocolate) was also a welcome cold blast on a muggy night.
Slightly more upmarket than your average bistro, Ponsonby Road Bistro still manages to feel casual, welcoming and unpretentious. The moderate prices and simplicity of the food meant that as I was leaving, I was already planning my next visit. It's got a buzz that's invigorating and I want more.
From the menu: Duck and shitake spring rolls $20, pan-fried haloumi watercress salad $18.50, market fish - snapper $29.50, roasted lamb rump $33, sorbet $10.50, lemon curd bavarois with blueberries $14.50.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The FBI searched the offices of a California state senator and the Latino legislative caucus on Tuesday as part of an investigation into undisclosed "allegations of criminal activity," a spokeswoman for the agency said.
Agents began searching the offices of the senator, Ron Calderon, and the Latino caucus at about 3 p.m., and were still at work five hours later, FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said.
"The FBI is serving a search warrant at the state Capitol in Sacramento," she said. "We're seeking evidence based on allegations of criminal activity."
The two search warrants granted in the case were sealed by a judge, so the FBI could not disclose the nature of the investigation, other than to say that it was criminal, Eimiller said.
No immediate arrests were planned, she said.
Calderon did not respond to a request for comment and his office referred all calls to Mark Geragos, a high-profile Los Angeles defense lawyer who represented the late singer Michael Jackson in a molestation investigation and Scott Peterson, who was convicted in 2004 for killing his wife.
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Up and down your moods will go. Of course, in the end you will become addicted to something. Alcohol, over the counter medication, barbiturates, and food anything just to bring closure. Even my throat has a pattern. A pattern of the blue cut glass of the sky. It is not just emptiness filled with vowels and consonants. It smells of perfume. I want comfort but I also want anger. I want the progeny. I want to be the scholar of trivia. I want the white picket fence. I want that station wagon. I want those daughters who will be my heirs. I want that husband. But I realize this. I am aware that I cannot have those visions and be the drowning visitor in winter every year.
Love me or hate me. Like me or dislike me. I do not really care. For me to exist, I sometimes must sigh very loudly or exhale very deeply drawing attention to myself. I know other women will think that I must have everything my heart desires, but then again who is the real phony there?
2. I am beautiful.
There, I said it. No turning back now. I married. I had those kids. I had that sunny road and then the heavens opened up and it began to rain. I take this pen. I write and write and write. This pen then becomes a sword and I strike at the page repeatedly. It has a look about it. The written work. It is dark and pleasing at the same time. It gives me pleasant thoughts at the same time I think about genocide and suicide in the same breath.
3. There is nothing dumb about pain.
For me to exist, pain has to exist. For the girl inside of me to be a late bloomer as flowers bloom in a garden, pain must also find a way out of this equation and bloom, a latecomer. We are visitors, angels with the eyes of shrouds, pain has the perspective of the next big thing, and that the show must go on. I am never leaving. Pain and I bloom side by side elegantly. "Do you not know it?" I tell pain. "You are only a piece of furniture. You are only a flame." Pain and romanticism is inseparable. Pain and I are husband and wife. There are great poets. There are great paintings. I think to myself, if there more great men than there are great women then I must throw myself back into the great lake.
'Russia was the land that borders on God,' Rilke said.
4. Sardines on toast please. No sons have I, although I am still a lover of other mothers' progeny.
I delight in them. I have discovered I can do clever things with my hands. Artistic things. Instead of braiding hair, I can intuitively thread words. They are my fish. It is no longer winter here. I am no longer a guest in my own country. I praise your silence and the personal space. You left behind and I feel the tightness in my heart. I praise you I praise all of you, but most of all I have been left behind in a tunnel into the black. There is insomnia even in a sermon and electric wavelengths in a lecture room. A female writer journaling away in her diary, but where are the children and the husband? She has none. For now, she has none.
She is afraid of those words. That those words will make cell walls around her. That those words will become her prison. Winter with its shark teeth that threatens to overwhelm her every waking thought and moment. She thinks of grief and remembers her childhood and the fact that her mother never held her hand when she crossed the road or believed in her. When looking left, then right, what is she grieving for? What is she living for? What is she praying for? Midnight's children. Children who live under the bridge. They smoke cigarettes as if their lives depended on it. In another poem. In another lifetime, another life there was a mistake. There was a little obsession. A predestined promise of procrastination that smelled like perfume.
Then too soon, you will realize that you should not have walked away in that moment even though you were forgiven child of God. Child of an extraordinary God stripped of all illusion and fear of expectation. And as Marie Antoinette was led to a guillotine, are we not we all at some stage in our lives? Do we not have to live with our misgivings? And with being misrepresented, dancing around golden laughter in our mouths that we do not want to escape from. We want to search forever more for that most singular delusion swinging swiftly. I like my innocence and I like my imperfections. I like the fact that I am flawed and that I am confessing to it. Let silence speak for itself like a birthday.
5. Grief is only a warning. Denial too.
I need to find out why the brightness dies and then flowers heads. Every one. Every man is a machine. Every woman is a cog and a wheel in that machine. I am toxic. I am too self-conscious. I come laden with self-portraits and customs. Gaze at me and you will only see an empty look in my eyes. Vacant. Vacant. The serious depths of which have a vacant beauty. Blame me for everything. It is okay. I can take it. All toxic people are damaged or writers. They have all suffered loss. Their family life is dysfunctional. If only I could get a handle on relationships. If only they did not have a handle on me. I am in a hurry today. A release of joy in my heart. The Pulitzer. The Pulitzer.
Look at me as if I am the woman that you are coming home to in the evenings. Look at me as if I am the mother of your children pouring out your single malt whisky in your glass before you will eat the supper that I have prepared for you. This is probably what they mean by migration. What happens after the happy conclusion, after the honeymoon, is it the long migration? The migration is having the progeny, the children with the angel shine on their faces, watching genocide on the news or reading about it in the paper from the perspective of a political correspondent. The migration is raising a family, growing old together, but nothing was meant to be conventional in my life.
My mother never taught me what to do about the unconventional ingredients of life. I can tell you this. It will be a flawless day on which I die. Men will go into war. There will be girls and women losing their looks working in factories. Mothers and daughters side by side, but I will not be one of them.
On the day that I die, I will be wearing a fur coat.
Beginnings are much more important than endings, but the question remains where will your story end?
Her recent literary work was published in Spontaneity 7, the inaugural issue of Peaches Lit Mag, ITCH The Creative Journal, and The Voices Project.
She writes a weekly article/commentary for Modern Diplomacy as well as contributing to a symposium on Ovi Magazine: Finland's English Online Magazine monthly. She has written a noveltini, novella, volumes of poetry, and collections of short stories. She is the recipient of two National Arts Council Writing Grants, one from the Centre for the Book and another from the Eastern Cape Provincial Arts and Culture Council.
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Today I'm here to share with you my latest journaling with a great image from Oddball. There's a challenge on FB and it's anything goes with an Oddball image so super easy to participate!!!
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In my opinion, Shen is THE BEST tank in all of LoL. Why? He has a taunt AND a damage shield, allowing him to go in and draw all of the attention away from the squishies on your team and let them DPS unhindered. And, you can grab quite a few assists while you're at it.
I'll start with summoner spells. A lot of times I see Shen builds using Ghost and Heal. Not to say that these are bad, I just don't like them. I go with Exhaust for some extra CC and Teleport so you can be in the fight doing your job as much as possible. Heal might be nice early on but as you progress through the game the healing gets pretty mediocre. Ghost is a versatile spell, but Shadow Dash does for escapes in a pinch when combined with feint. If you're having trouble escaping then use it or even Flash.
Ruby Crystal gives you a lot of health in the beginning. I rush Aegis of the Legion right away most of the time, but if I need them, I get Ninja Tabi beforehand. Afterwards it's all about the Sunfire Capes! I would recommend against getting a Warmog's Armor based on the fact that Shen isn't the greatest farmer (without Capes) and without stacks it's pretty worthless in comparison with the Capes. I have also toyed with the idea of getting a Frozen Mallet before the Capes if CC is a problem and it seems to work alright under the right conditions. You be the judge.
If you haven't won by the second Cape, the next item is situational. Force of Nature is your best option against Mages whereas Guardian Angel is good all around. Another Sunfire Cape is what I would recommend if Mages aren't a problem (or even if they are). Frozen Mallet is also a good choice at this point.
Vorpal Blade- I always start with this. Good for harassing and surviving. After level two of this ability, I wait until late game to increase it any further, because his other abilities are a priority. Remember, both you AND your teammates benefit from the healing. If your lane partner is low hit the minion they're attacking and let them kill it themselves. What with this and your ult, you will be a valued member of your team in no time!
Feint- Feint is one of Shen's biggest assets. If you can anticipate a harass, it can nullify the damage it would deal. But it really shines with Shadow Dash. In a one-two combo, Shadow Dash an enemy and hit Feint. Most often, they'll run back, especially in a team fight.
Shadow Dash- This is Shen's OTHER asset. Taunting makes you stand out from other tanks in that you not only soak up damage, but you can force them to focus on you. Also, it makes you one of the best turret defenders in the game, since turrets auto-target enemies that you taunt. Use this often to help teammates who need to escape or to escape yourself.
Stand United- Not exactly the most ninja-like ability, but one of my favorites. With this and Teleport, the only champion more mobile than you is Twisted Fate. KEEP AN EYE ON YOUR TEAMMATES! If you see one low on health or one that is obviously trying to escape on the minimap, save them! Hit them with your ult and taunt the enemy if you can. "ty shen" will pop up on the chatlog every time it works, which is one of the most gratifying things LoL has to offer!
Also, but don't do this TOO often, Stand United can double as an escape mechanism in a pinch.
Playing as Shen
Shen is a tank, but he doesn't have much health (for a tank). Nevertheless, don't be afraid to go first in a lane! You may have to go back to heal a few times, but you can just teleport back most of the time.
Early Game- Pick a lane and stick with it until you get to level 6. At start, go as far towards the enemy turret as you can. If you have your partner with you, a First Blood is going to happen very often. After that the procedure is pretty normal. Kill minions, push, kill champions when possible. This build isn't the best early game, but if you feel like ragequitting, take a few breaths and remember that it's not as bad as it might seem with Shen.
Middle-Late Game- Later on, go where you're needed. Do't go off alone unless you have your ult ready. You become a great pusher later on. Taunt people that get too close so your team can tear them apart. With Shen you can't be too scared or else you're team will have trouble making progress. If you die, you die. As long as the other team dies harder, then it's worth it (disclaimer: I'm not saying you will die a lot, just don't get discouraged if you do).
Overall, you should help teammates as often as possible, which is easy because Shen excels at it. He is not a DPSer, though, so don't get too greedy. I recommend against following enemies past their turrets early on. I have made that mistake too many times.
Shen does take some getting used to. Shen doesn't get many kills, but he wins a lot of games. And I mean a LOT. So if you want a champion that can head into the heat of battle and live to tell the tale, then give Shen a try.


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|Sports in Baku
Azeri teams and athletes are represented in major world sports events and the Azeri flag already flew in the olympic games in Nagano and Atlanta, where Azerbaijan won its first medal (a silver medal in freestyle wrestling). However due to lack of adequate funding results on international competitions have been rather disappointing, with some honourable exceptions, like Karate and wrestling.
clubs and organizations are very active in promoting sports activities.
Some international events are starting to be held in Baku, such as the
European Cadet Boxing championships held 1999 (boxing has a long tradition
in Azerbaijan and is a very popular sport) or the or the 2007 Wrestling
Senior World Championship.
|Sports Facilities
The national / republic stadium, named after Tofig Bakhramov, is the home to the Azeri football team. The stadium, built in 1951 was designed by architects Consiarsi, Isayev and Sergeyev on a hill side overlooking the sea. It is also used to host concerts and other cultural events.
The Azeri army has numerous and good sports installations, both in Baku and across the country, (some in the western part of the country they kindly allow the Armenians to use).
A marina and yacht club was built but is
currently mostly empty. In the best Suharto style, it is owned by the presidential
family. Certainly once new-Azeris are bored of showing their purple Hummers
around the city they will discover the joys of yachting. The facilities
are rented by the noveau-riche for their parties.
|Republic Stadium - T.
Saint-Petersburg av.
Tel. 641507
Trudoviye Reservy Stadium
Glavbakstroy Sports Palace
|Army Sport Club Stadium
1 H. Javid
Tel. 392057
Cycle Track
Technical University Sports
Swimming pools (covered)
|Football / Soccer (Futbol)
'AFFA', the national association takes part in all competitions organized by FIFA and UEFA at senior and youth level, though results have been slow to appear, even if several naturalized foreign players were recruited.
International football matches with either the Armenian national team or Armenian clubs have proved problematic, e.g. for the EURO 2008 qualifying competition "as no suitable compromise could be found between the two associations it was decided to cancel the two matches", further UEFA decided to "award both associations zero points for the games".
The local first division championship is called the the 'AFFA Supreme League' or 'Yuksak Liqa'. It was started in 1992, after the dissolution of USSR. It is organized by the 'Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan'.
In Baku the 'Neftchy Football Club' (PFC Neftchi) has been the most successful in recent years, winning the national championship a few times (1991/2, 1995/6 and 1996/7, 2003/4, 2003/5) and also the Azeri Cup in 1994/95, 1995/96, 1998/99, 2001/02, 2003/04. Neftchi also managed to win the Commonwealth Cup (CIS Cup) in 2006. It is based at the Tofig Bakhramov Republican Stadium. They are nicknamed the "Ak-qaralar", i.e. Black-Whites.
Neftchi's main rivals in Baku are FK Baku (BakiI Futbol Klubu), they took the 2004/5 Azerbaijan Cup and the 2006/7 championship. FK Baku also plays at the Tofig Bakhramov Stadium. Baku's two underdogs are FC Inter Baku (their home stadium is Zabrat Stadium) and Standard Baku.
Baku other soccer teams with good results are: Turan from Tovuz
(1993/4 champion), Kapaz from Ganja (the 1994/5,
1997/8 and 1998/9 champion), Inshaatchi from Sabirabad, Khazar from Lenkoran
(2005/2006 champion), Kur-Nur from Mingachevir
and Shamkir from the city of the same name.
|Sports Clubs
Below, some of the clubs in Baku:
38 Darnagyul rd.
Tel. 628106
Army Sports Club
Chess Club
Dinamo Society
|Neftchy Football Club
Saint-Petersburg av.
Tel. 401461
Siver Gym
Sports Club
Sports-Technical Club
see also: Organizations
of expat Azeris and International friendship societies
|Sports Federations
|Acrobatics Federation
Tel: 714330
Aikido Federation
Artistic Gymnastics Federation
Azerbaijan Football Federations
Bicycle Federation
Chess Federation
Draughts Federation
|Field Sports Federation
Tel. 660387
Grass Hockey Federation
Handball Federation
Modern Pentathlon Federation
Tennis Federation
USHU Federation
Wrestling Federation
|Sports Centres
|Baku Entertainment Center
swimming pool)
1130/33, F. Bayramov Street
Tel. 902222
Fitness Centre Delphin
Fitness Complex
Fitness Complex Billue
|Olympic Club (w/
swimming pool)
1 Bakikhanov
Tel. 981234
Sports Complex
Hyatt Regency Fitness
|see also: culture, theatre, cinema, opera and ballet, places of worship, places, summary, images
|A to Z of Azerbaijan / A dan Z ye Azerbaycan


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goblin valley, utah
monument valley at sunset
forest gump hill, monument valley
horseshoe bend at sunrise
near crater lake
matera, italy
the view from my airbnb in matera, italy. to the left of the frame are the cave dwellings (sassi) of matera, which have been continuously inhabited since around 7,000 BC(!!!!). the city itself, while not as outrageously ancient, was founded by the romans in 3rd century BC
sentiero degli dei, the 'path of the gods'
the path of the gods is a trail along the amalfi coast, italy, lined with extant and defunct farmhouses from all ages
death valley at dusk
the salt flats of death valley as captured by a wide angle (14mm) rokinon lens on my pentax k1. the long exposure helped draw out the detail of the cracks
death valley at sunset
joshua tree
fog on crater lake
mono lake i
mono lake ii
road through joshua tree
boats at morro bay
this photo is a crop of a much larger image. it was captured with a 200mm telephoto lens on my pentax k1 shortly after sunrise
sierra nevada
taken near mammoth lakes, in between yosemite and inyo national forest
shot with a 200mm telephoto lens. a crop of the original image, which was much larger.
crowley lake, ca
to give you a sense of scale, the black dots towards the center of the photo are cows. the mountains are part of inyo national forest.
red rock canyon, nevada
red rock canyon dwarfs the road below, giving a sense of scale to the sudden enormity of the mountains jutting into the sky
sunrise near crater lake
a particularly golden morning near crater lake. shot with a 100mm macro lens on my pentax k1
black butte blanketed by smoke
black butte is a mountain near mt. shasta in redding, california. there were wildfires while i was there, thus the hazy appearance over the mountain itself
red light district, amsterdam
a long exposure in front of a peep show in the red light district.
cafe belgique, amsterdam
the alley alongside cafe belgique, amsterdam, located in the heart of the city (centrum)
ducks on parade
ducks by a canal in the red light district, amsterdam.
the drogist
the two streaks in front of the car were produced by mopeds / scooters crossing in opposite directions during a long exposure
black sand beach, iceland
sunrise at a black sand beach near vik, iceland. this is the picture that made me fall in love with photography.
looking down from montjuic, barcelona
a view into barcelona from the escalators of montjuic
rooftops in girona
a telephoto capture of the rooftops of girona, a small spanish city 40 minutes north of barcelona by train
girona rooftops, ii
a separate section of rooftops shot from behind the bars of an old guard tower in girona
railroad near historic route 66
a defunct railroad near the ghost town of goffs, california, just outside of the mojave desert.
matera at sunset
my first evening in matera, italy gave me these colors right before the sky opened up and it began to pour
DC-3 plane wreckage, iceland
in 1973, this US navy plan ran out of fuel and crash landed on a black sand beach in vik, iceland. the light on the morning i photographed it was glorious and, with the snow-covered black sand, made for a very surreal atmosphere.
sentiero degli dei, the 'path of the gods' ii
i took this photo after scaling a hill near the path itself. it gave me a unique viewpoint that ended up being one of my best memories from italy. the far island is capri.
crater lake at dusk
mountains and forest near crater lake engulfed in a river of fog.
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ASP's "Awakening" recieves four Eagle Award nominations
ASP is thrilled to announce that its series of existential horror written by Nick Tapalansky and illustrated by Alex Eckman-Lawn has been nominated for four Eagle Awards, the comics industry's longest established awards.
Here is the rundown of AWAKENING�s nominations:
**Favourite Newcomer Writer: Nick Tapalansky
**Favourite Letterer: Thomas Mauer
**Favourite Colour Comicbook – American: AWAKENING
**Favourite New Comicbook: AWAKENING
Voting is open now and closes soon, so go and vote!
�It�s been a dream come true for Alex, Thomas, and I to work on AWAKENING over the last year,� said writer and nominee Nick Tapalansky. �Now to be nominated for the Eagle Awards�what can you say? The dream continues. Thanks to everyone who has supported the book and thanks to those new readers willing to give it a try.�
To check out previews of AWAKENING, just visit the ASP site:
Introduced in 1976, the Eagles are acknowledged as the pre-eminent international prizes and have been featured on the covers of leading US and UK titles across the last 30 years. Results will be announced at the Bristol International Comic Expo in England (May 9-11, 2008).
AWAKENING tells the story of Derrick Peters, a former member of the Park Falls Police Department, who receives a visit from Cynthia Ford one January afternoon. Cynthia, well known as the town crazy, seems to have finally lost her mind. She claims to have information about a series of gruesome murders�but does she hold the key to unlocking the mystery or has she truly gone insane? To Derrick�s disbelief she utters one word: Zombies.
Ordering Info
A 10-issue bi-monthly series, each 24-page issue of AWAKENING retails for $3.50. A 144-page hardcover collection (Diamond Code: APR08 3552, $19.95) is set for release in June collecting issues 1-5 plus additional material never before published.
Issues currently available or soon to be released include:
Praise for AWAKENING
�Eye-catching artwork� Tapalansky and Eckman-Lawn have awakened within the realm of the zombie world a new direction to take what could have easily been another retread of tired material.� –The Geeks of Doom
"The coolest and most original zombie piece since The Walking Dead got under way." –Lee, Broken Frontier
"If it needs to be classified somewhere it would still be zombie book, but like 28 Days Later, which wasn't technically a zombie movie, it blazes its own path." –Justin, Wednesday is My Sabbath
�For anyone who sincerely wants to find the next horror concept comic that should be mirrored by writers and artists everywhere for years after its done, aping such an original thing until it's no longer anything of the sort, then AWAKENING will prove a unique experience, and an immensely satisfying one at that." –Dave, Broken Frontier
"AWAKENING is the type of storytelling achievement you often find yourself reading in trade format a year after-the-fact, wondering why the hell you didn't hear more about it at the time of its publishing. The type of book that goes on to achieve eventual cult status and terrible film adaptations that wholly miss the point. Tapalansky and Eckman-Lawn increasingly prove themselves with each successive release. These men deserve a future in this industry, though perhaps it can be said even more-so that the industry deserves a future with them." –Tom, Newseed Comics
All ASP titles are available worldwide at finer comic book shops, bookstores, amazon.com, Indie Press Revolution (www.indiepressrevolution.com) and electronically at DriveThruComics.com.
Mark Smylie founded Archaia Studios Press (ASP) in 2002 as a new home for his epic fantasy comic book, Artesia (first published by Sirius Entertainment). Artesia, winner of ForeWord Magazine�s Best Graphic Novel of 2003, and its sequels — Artesia Afield and Artesia Afire — gave ASP its foundation. Artesia: Adventures in The Known World, a roleplaying game written by Mark, expanded ASP into the world of gaming; the game won the Origins Award for Role-Playing Game of 2005. Now Mark and publishing partner Aki Liao have expanded ASP to include a line of idiosyncratic and creator-driven comic books and graphic novels in the fantasy, science fiction, and horror genres, as well as translations of several of Europe�s best titles. More information can be found at www.aspcomics.com.
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Preview: Rutgers at Tulane
Rutgers and Tulane will break in new coaches when they open the season in New Orleans. Kyle Flood is the new leader at Rutgers after Greg Schiano departed for the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Curtis Johnson is the head man at Tulane after serving as receivers coach of the New Orleans Saints the past six years. Tulane's preparation for the contest experienced some challenges as Hurricane Isaac hit the Gulf Coast and the Green Wave fled inland to Birmingham, Ala., on Monday to avoid interruptions. Rutgers is seeking its third nine-win season in four years. The 41-year-old Flood has been an assistant for the Scarlet Knights since 2005. Tulane lost its final 10 games last season.


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Tinhorn Creek's quartet for the fall of 2016
This year, I have been struck by the number of wineries that are celebrating anniversaries of 20 or 25 years.
Tinhorn Creek Vineyards planted much of its vines in 1993 and opened the winery in 1995, putting in the middle of anniversary dates. It is, however, one of the senior wineries in the business.
That longevity is positive for several reasons.
First, it shows that the British Columbia wine industry is solidly successful, and not just for wine but for leading edge practices.
Secondly, it means wines are being made with grapes from mature vines which just deliver more flavour. The four wines reviewed here are from 17 or 18-year-old vines.
Regarding being on the leading edge, Tinhorn Creek was the first Okanagan winery to achieve a carbon neutral status.
The winery explains this on its website:
We're not just smart, we're Climate Smart.
In 2007, Climate Smart and other programs like it came on the global scene as a tool to teach businesses about measuring, reducing, and offsetting their corporate carbon footprint. This is what's so smart about it: the measuring.
It's challenging to know if what we're doing is effective…if we don't measure our process before, during, and after. Climate Smart gives us the tools to identify our contribution to the carbon problem; better yet, they show businesses like us how to reduce that footprint and what we can do to help offset it.
We calculate greenhouse gas emissions produced by the winery as a whole, not just parts of it. Then, we target areas to cut emissions – with the goal of being 100% carbon neutral. Where we can't avoid using energy or generating some waste, we do as many beneficial things as we can, where we can.
The result: Canada's first carbon-neutral winery. Now it's time to go a step further.
in the vineyard.
Our farm truck and tractors run on biodiesel. In fact, we were so early on this one that we couldn't find a regular supplier. So we installed a holding tank at our Diamondback vineyard. There still aren't many of us operating with biodiesel, but we hope that will change soon.
Our compost pile has increased while our landfill trips have decreased. This might not seem exciting to many people, but it gets us going. The bigger – and healthier – our compost pile, the more nutrients we have to feed our vines and the fewer items heading to the landfill. In fact, our compost area is part of our vineyard tours.
in the cellar
85% of our bottles are lightweight glass. This is a huge percentage for a winery making 35,000 cases each year. Between the locally sourced bottles (within 400kms, approximately) and the reduced weight, we use less fuel to get the wine into the bottle and onto your table.
take me to your web-leader
As a business, we need to get the word out on what we're selling. It's the way we survive. Traditionally, tourism and sales based companies often use media to help generate traction in print, and online. One of the biggest challenges with spreading the word about our product is that it needs to be tasted and experienced.
Instead of always travelling to media – or bringing them to our winery – we started host web-tastings rather than rack up mileage. We're still developing this, and measuring its efficiency.
We'll continue to measure ourselves and target more areas to cut emissions. If you have a suggestion for us, we'd love to hear it: send us an email.
Here are notes on the wines. Prices do not include tax.
Tinhorn Creek Chardonnay 2015 ($19.49 for 1,866 cases). This is as seductive a Chardonnay as I have tasted in a while. The wine was carefully assembled from early harvest and later harvest grapes. The former was fermented in stainless steel with cultured yeast. The later harvested fruit was fermented in barrel with wild yeast and also allowed to go through malolactic fermentation. The result is a wine brimming with citrus and tropical fruit flavours with a touch of vanilla and biscotti. It has a long sensual finish. 92.
Tinhorn Creek Cabernet Franc 2014 ($21.99 for 3,916 cases). This bold, ripe red reflects the great 2014 Okanagan vintage. These grapes were fermented slowly with a combination of wild and cultured yeast and then aged 14 to 16 months in barrel. The wine begins with aromas of herbs and cranberries leading to brambly and cherry flavours mingled with vanilla and cedar on the finish. 90.
Tinhorn Creek Oldfield Series Merlot 2013 ($26.99 for 2,076 cases). This is 95% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc and 1% Syrah. The wine aged in French oak (30% new) for 18 months and then another year in bottle before release. Dark in colour, it begins with aromas of black currants, plum, black cherries and spice. That is echoed on the palate, along with flavours of espresso and dark chocolate. Tasted the second day, the wine also revealed flavours of plum jam. Decant the wine for immediate drinking. 91.
Tinhorn Creek Oldfield Series 2Bench Red 2013 ($30.49 for 1,684 cases). This wine is structured to cellar 10 or 15 years, so it needs to be decanted for current consumption. It begins with aromas of black currants, mint, herbs and cigar box. With breathing, the wine shows blueberry aromas as well. This is all echoed on the palate, along with notes of dark chocolate and black olive. The wine also aged 18 months in French oak barrels (30% new) and a year in bottle before release. There is a lot of upside here for those prepared to cellar the wine. 92-94.


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Campus News
Gibbons Interns Tackle Interdisciplinary Projects With the Help of Technology
Story posted August 10, 2005
Using an iPod, we'll soon be able to learn more about life in Northwest Greenland at the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum. New maps of 19th- and 20th century New York and London will bring some forgotten art galleries to life for 21st-century art history students. Historical mapping will also help us gain a clearer understanding of the ecology of Merrymeeting Bay.
These are just a few of the new advances that will result from projects undertaken by Bowdoin students this summer with the aid of innovative technology and support from the Gibbons Summer Research Internship Fund.
Gibbons internships, provided through the gift of John A. Gibbons Jr., Class of 1964, enable students to work with faculty on projects using technology to explore interdisciplinary areas and develop fresh approaches to the study of complex problems.
The internships are coordinated through Bowdoin's Office of Information Technology (IT) -- specifically the Educational Research & Development (ERD) group, which helps faculty use new educational and information technologies to enhance their teaching and research.
Emma Bonanomi '05 is working with Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum Curator and Registrar Genevieve LeMoine and the Arctic Museum staff to create the upcoming exhibit, "This Extraordinary Paradise: Living in Northwest Greenland." Bonanomi's project involves developing self-guided Museum tours using Apple iPods to deliver images and audio that supplement the exhibit.
Bonanomi worked at the Arctic Museum in the past, and was excited at the prospect of writing and creating an audio tour during her summer internship. She also appreciated the potential inherent in using technology to present the Museum's collection in a cutting-edge way.
"People look at objects in museums in different ways," she points out. "Some people will look at a photograph or an item but never read the label that describes it. So providing visitors with other media, like an audio tour, makes the exhibit more accessible. And I think the iPods will bring in a whole new and different audience that is attracted to the technology feature."
Bonanomi's work entails researching the Museum collection, writing text, scanning images, and downloading content onto the iPods. When the exhibit opens, visitors will be provided with the pre-programmed iPods, and can pick and choose what they want to listen to and see.
Audio tours are not new to museums, of course. But as LeMoine points out, they are usually "ferociously expensive" to produce, and therefore beyond the budgets of smaller museums.
"iPods are relatively inexpensive and easy for the public to use," she says. "MP3 and iPod technology are starting to make it possible for small museums to offer the kinds of exhibits that they couldn't mount before. Plus, we can incorporate photos rather than be limited to just audio."
iPods provide another major advantage over the professionally produced audio tours offered at large museums. Audio tours are typically recorded once and the material is permanent. iPods are re-programmable.
"That's a big perk of using the iPod," concurs Bonanomi. "We can keep fiddling with the material, and continue to work on it throughout the year. The information included in the tour can always be updated and changed."
LeMoine praises the work Bonanomi has been doing, and is grateful that the Gibbons Fund has allowed her intern the freedom to focus on one project. "We often hire students who wind up working on a variety of things," she explains. "But having an intern working on one thing that will have a concrete outcome is really positive. It adds an extra level of involvement in the Museum collection and the creation of an exhibit that might not otherwise happen."
The exhibit is scheduled to open October 19.
Six other 2005 Gibbons Interns are using a variety of technology tools, including Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Flash, for projects that involve the arts and humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.
Adam Cohen-Leadholm '07 is working with Assistant Professor of Music Vineet Shende. Shende is currently completing three compositions - a large multi-movement work, a smaller orchestral work, and a multi-movement work for a chamber ensemble. Cohen-Leadholm, a music major with a special interest in composition, will use the notational program Finale to extract and format these musical compositions, as well as create a vocal-piano reduction for the large orchestral work. In addition, he will compose his own music using Finale, and study the music-publishing industry.
Karen Fossum '07 is working with Assistant Professor of Art History Pamela Fletcher to develop a GIS-based curriculum for the advanced art history seminar The Commercial Art Gallery (ARTH 357). Fossum and Fletcher are mapping 19th- and 20th-century commercial art galleries in New York and London in order to shed light on their development and migration.
Gillian Garratt-Reed '07 is working with Associate Professor of Geology Edward Laine to create an oceanographic database for use in future introductory, intermediate, and advanced courses, as well as faculty and student research. The project includes evaluating oceanographic water quality data collected in Casco Bay over the past five years. Garratt-Reed is gathering metadata and analyzing whether certain data will be included in the database. In addition, she is using Ocean Data View, a software package for interactive study of the oceanographic data.
Julia Ledewitz '08, Assistant Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies John Lichter, and Assistant Professor of History and Environmental Studies Matthew Klingle are examining the role of historical maps in understanding the ecology of Merrymeeting Bay. The project requires researching available historical maps and converting the information into scanned images and digital files. Ledewitz is also developing GIS datasets that will be used by faculty and students in the environmental studies courses Ecology of Merrymeeting Bay (ES 394) and Environment and Culture in North American History (ES 230).
David Willner '06 is continuing to gather data and create GIS maps for Associate Professor of History Patrick Rael's historical census data project. Since the fall of 2003, Rael has been acquiring historical datasets containing information from the federal decennial censuses (1790-1920) that students in his 200-level courses manipulate and plot using ArcGIS. Willner's summer tasks include improving the data that currently exists by correcting it, supplementing it, and adding new variables.
Daniel Yingst '07 is working with Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies Thomas Conlan to enhance the Scrolls of the Mongol Invasions of Japan Web site. He is creating an interactive map and timeline to show the geographical and chronological progression of the Mongols during the invasions. He is also using his programming skills to optimize the performance and maintenance of the site and simplify the creation of additional teaching materials and content.
"Thanks to the Gibbons Internship fund, we have had the opportunity to work on some really interesting projects with faculty and their exceptional students," sums up Jennifer Snow, educational research consultant in IT's ERD group. "We are grateful to John for his extraordinary generosity."
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Identify trees with our Tree ID app
Use our free Tree ID app for Android and iPhone to identify the UK's native and non-native trees. It's an A-Z tree guide in your pocket.
Identify trees by their bark, twigs, buds, leaves, flowers or fruit.
Watch the film below to see how it works.
The app is available for Android and iPhone 5 and newer models (iOS 9 and above).


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Welcome First Grade parent, to the First Grade Parent resource page. Below are the big ideas for First Grade in the areas of Reading and Math. By clicking on the specific "Big Ideas" it will link you to various resources, games, and video clips that will help enhance your ability to practice skills and concepts at home with your child.
Our students will be asked to read more challenging texts and will need to refer back to the text to find examples (evidence) to support their answers. Students will be increasing their vocabulary skills to ensure they can read and comprehend the grade level materials and can apply the learning to real life situations. The following items outline the major instructional concepts for First Grade students in Reading.
Sight Words - Master 133 Dolch Words (Coming Soon)
Comprehension Strategies (Coming Soon)
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity (reading a variety of types of books while continuing to read more complex text as the year progresses)
Our students will need to have deeper experiences, not necessarily more content. Children need to be able to develop their own thinking, not be told how to think. Continue to press their understanding by asking them to explain their thinking and use of various strategies they might use to solve the problems.


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Baa, Baa Black Sheep
Teach your child "Baa, Baa Black Sheep" and create your very own black sheep. This craft courtesy of Ashland Community Preschool.
What You'll Need:
*Black or grey paint
*Cotton ball
*Black marker
*Google eye (optional)
*4 mini popsicle sticks or 2 regular popsicle sticks cut in half.
*If you do not have grey paint, water down some black paint, or add some white paint to it to make it lighter.
*Teach your child the nursery rhyme "Baa, Baa Black Sheep".
Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Three bags full.
One for the master, one for the dame.
One for the little boy who lives down the lane.
Baa, Baa, Black Sheep, Have you any wool?
Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Three bags full.
*Use the cotton ball and paint to sponge paint on the sheep's body – make a large oval in the center of the page.
*Use the black marker to make the sheep's face – a triangle shape. If you do not have a google eye to use, be sure to leave a small white circle of space for the eye.
*Use the black marker to color in the popsicle sticks.
*Make the sheep's leg's by gluing the popsicle sticks under the body.
*Send us a picture of your black sheep and we may post it to our site! email@example.com.
Suggested Resources:
• Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes - at Amazon.com
• More Spring Crafts and Activities
This activity can be found in Arts & Crafts section of our site.


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Having the correct documentation in place before your trip is essential to travel outside the United States. Below are the Passport & Visa requirements that will help make your trip run smoothly.
A passport is required for ALL international travel. If you're traveling anywhere overseas, even to Canada, the Caribbean or Mexico, you need a passport to board an international flight and to enter any country. In general, your passport must be valid for at least six months after the date you enter a foreign country.
Visit the U. S. State Department's websiteopens in a new window if you need a new passport or your passport is about to expire. There, you can find information on obtaining first time passports, passport renewals, second passport issuance and extra blank pages for an existing passport. You can also visit the U. S. Postal Serviceopens in a new window to find the closest Post Office that can also provide new and renewal passport services.
A travel visa is required to enter many countries. To see if one is required for your upcoming trip, visit the U. S. State Department travel websiteopens in a new window.
Re-entering the U.S.
Check the travel documents you will need to re-enter the U.S. For example, if you are traveling to the U.S. from Canada, select "United States" in the Destination country box. This search engine and database are provided and managed by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). You may wish to double-check foreign entry requirements by contacting your local embassy or consulate.
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So this is Christmas…
…and while, sadly, War still isn't over, at least I can report that the atmosphere at Manchester's wonderful Christmas Markets, which opened this week, is one of peace, happiness, and genuine "good cheer". Lots of food from around Western Europe; many flavours of delicious mulled wine; artisan glassware; sweets; wooden decorations; and tonight (for one night only) a fabulous vintage clothing and accessories fair, hosted in Manchester's Town Hall.
These markets are fantastic because without any pretension and without any slick PR campaign trying to guide people's perceptions they draw a diverse crowd of people to enjoy an unusual and value-for-money combination of "commerce" (though somehow it doesn't feel like it) and socialising in a makeshift market community.
A Day of Many Cities
It was hard to figure out yesterday exactly which city I was in. A rainy afternoon trip to the cinema was delayed by a traffic jam resulting from an Orange Order Parade making its way through the city centre. Did you have any idea that Manchester had an Orange Order? I didn't – and unlike back home, I am not sure many of the locals did either! Or at least, not what it all might mean. One fellow passenger (yes, I was on the free bus again) explained to a foreign friend that this "was all part of a big Catholic tradition, mainly associated with Scotland, but also Northern Ireland. It commemorated the time when William of Orange and his men had "battled hard" against the dominant Protestants." Well. Something like that. I couldn't help but smile as my own distinct lack of knowledge on the subject began to seem like expertise. The bus driver radioed in to inform a depot manager (or possibly his wife) that he would be back late. I counted the number of policemen shepherding the marchers along their route. Just 3 of them. Wow! And not a single well-wisher to clap them on their way. Overall, I think I agree with the irate girl in front of me, whose frustration was conveyed down her mobile: "I mean, there are thousands of new students arriving in the city centre today and they arrange this ridiculous march! It's the most stupidest thing they've ever done! See you in like, 5 hours!"
Eventually, I made it to the Cornerhouse cinema just in time for the late afternoon screening of John le Carré/Tomas Alfredson's "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy". Only, it was such a popular choice, the tickets were sold out. So I wandered around until the next showing, heading up towards Albert Square for a look at Manchester Town Hall and finding…a big red London bus parked outside the main door. It seemed to be part of a wedding – but anyone passing by was free to get on and pose for photographs when the Bride and Groom were inside the Hall saying (let's hope) "I do".
So: to Manchester via Belfast – or possibly Glasgow – and London. Then back to London, with some slight diversions through Cold War Hungary and Russia.
This was my second trip to the amazingly comfy red seats of the Cornerhouse (last week was Pedro Almodóvar's The Skin I Live In) – and the second film of Alfredson's I have seen, after his version of the brilliantly unconventional and atmospheric vampire story, "Let the Right One In". The characters in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy do not draw you in the way the characters in that film did. They are not meant to. However, his conjuring up of a particular almost spell-binding atmosphere is as good here as it was in Stockholm. For the first half hour or so I must admit to feeling that I was watching a series of beautifully composed studies and stills for an exhibition called: "Britain's 70s". Which was fine by me. Then Kathy Burke arrived (with her always slightly Eliza Doolittleish "posh" accent) and reminded me there was a plot I was supposed to be following – rather than just admiring lampshades, suits, cigarette packets, and lovingly recreated typefaces and fonts, some of which were deliberately privileged by the camera. Anyway: the acting was superb and muted and the characters almost pitiably pathetic and lost in a strange sort of limbo world haunted by the memories of World War II and Winston Churchill. As Ricki Tarr says to some of the members of the Circus (Tom Hardy as Tarr and his relationship with Russian Irina add a much needed touch of something approaching fire to the film): "Christ, I do not want to end up like you lot".
The nicest and most unexpected occurrence of the day was being sold my cinema ticket by an old friend from my time as an Undergraduate at Glasgow University! To L&N: I'm looking forward to that drink! 🙂 I also bumped into my new colleague Jo Bates. It really is a not-so-very-large-after-all world!
At night, the little blue cubes of the Manchester Wheel look like they have been hand-drawn against the sky. It's a great thing to navigate by, meaning that really, you can't forget where you are for long.


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Google: somewhat less a copyright scofflaw
Google has a reached a settlement with book publishers and authors that objected to its unilateral decision to scan their copyrighted works and give limited amounts of content away to the world with the Google Books program. The settlement, which includes a $125 million payment, settles a three-year-old lawsuit against the four-year-old service by the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers.
Google has posted online the official announcement and the official spin. The publishers have their own, more detailed FAQ. As the WSJ notes, the settlement is not yet final:
If approved, the agreement would expand online access to millions of in-copyright books and other written materials from the collections of libraries participating in Google Book Search - a project intended to make millions of books searchable via the Web - while also compensating copyright owners for allowing online access to their works.The actual settlement seems a masterful compromise of rights. It could even serve as a precedent for settling Viacom's lawsuit against YouTube.
Google's $125 million payment will be partially used to establish a Book Rights Registry under which holders of U.S. copyrights can register their works and receive compensation from institutional subscriptions, book sales and ad revenues. The settlement will also be used to resolve existing claims by authors.
Under this proposed solution, Google (which knows how to index information and run online systems) will sell access to pages beyond the free ones and share the proceeds with the copyright owners. This could be a new, permanent business model for IP holders to obtain compensation for their copyrighted material and thus compensation (and an incentive) for their time and efforts.
While that is all good, I'm still distressed by how we got here. This goes far beyond the Guy Kawasaki mantra of "ask forgiveness, not permission."
Instead, it's more like "I'm doing what I damn well please: if you don't like it, sue me!" Or more precisely "I will unilaterally determine what is a proper use of the IP of others and act accordingly, without waiting for a license or any other agreement with the IP owner. The only recourse of those who disagree is litigation."
This of course reflects the hubris of billionaires (with their own private 757) who feel entitled to effect social change on their own time schedule. So far all we have is a vague promise of good intentions ("do no evil"). Worse, there's something profoundly undemocratic about such arrogance: it's not a big leap from that sort of behavior to a band of oligarchs who decide to run a country.


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News Service
For the media
For the campus
News Service:
Annette Hacker, director,
Office: (515) 294-4777
Mark Engelbrecht, College of Design, (515) 294-7427
Heather Sauer, Design communications, (515) 294-9289
Teddi Barron, News Service, (515) 294-4778
A Century of Iowa Architecture on display at ISU Oct. 3-28
AMES, Iowa -- Considering the many connections between Iowa State University and Iowa's finest architecture, the campus arrival of the traveling exhibit, "A Century of Iowa Architecture, 1900-1999," will be something of a homecoming.
ISU's College of Design will host the exhibit Oct. 3-28. It features photographs of the 50 buildings considered the best of Iowa's 20th-century architecture. They were selected last year by a jury in conjunction with the 100th anniversary of the Iowa chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA).
The buildings were selected from 300 nominated. Five buildings -- including one award winner -- were selected from each decade. Buildings had to be located in Iowa, still standing and designed by an architect. They were judged on original design criteria and societal and cultural impact.
Final selections are a mix of buildings by internationally known architects like Frank Lloyd Wright and Frank Gehry, and by leading Iowa practitioners, including many ISU architecture graduates and faculty.
The exhibit has several Iowa State ties:
"A Century of Iowa Architecture" was unveiled last October at the State Historical Museum in Des Moines. It has appeared in Waterloo, Sioux City and Dubuque. In January, it travels to Mason City.
The exhibit will be in Gallery 181, first floor of the College of Design building. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. The exhibit closes at noon, Oct. 28. An opening reception will be 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 4, in Gallery 181. The exhibit and reception are free and open to the public. Signed copies of the 112-page companion book by Alread and Campbell will be available for $20 (cash or checks only) during the reception or afterwards in 134 Design.
Note to editors: Downloadable photos of three buildings in the exhibit are online at http://www.public.iastate.edu/~nscentral/news/2005/sep/aia.shtml.
ISU architecture students built museum-quality models of Prairie School buildings, like the 1918 Woodbury County Courthouse in Sioux City, that are in the Century of Iowa Architecture exhibit.
AIA exhibit Agronomy The 1986 addition and expansion to ISU's Agronomy Hall is considered one of the best Iowa buildings of the 1980s.
Many of the buildings in The Century of Iowa Architecture exhibit were designed by Iowa State architecture faculty and alumni, including the University of Northern Iowa's Maucker Union Building, designed in 1969 by Mark Engelbrecht, ISU's dean of design.
(Photos by Cameron Campbell.)


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Sunday, November 20, 2011
Grand Opening Event at Reciprocity's Holistic Center
Attendees received a massage, screened a film, sat in meditation, ate vegetarian appetizers and spent time getting to know each other. What a night!
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Lyssette Horne Screens INVISIBLE film for Texas Homeless Conference
To learn more about Lyssette Horne, youth leader and Production Coordinator at In the Life, click HERE.
Reciprocity Trains Texas Leaders at Regional Conference Oct 12-14, 2011
Today, Taz Tagore (co-founder of Reciprocity) and Lyssette Horne (Reciprocity graduate) screened the Emmy-nominated and homeless youth produced film INVISIBLE: Diaries of New York's Homeless Youth and led workshops training Texas homeless agency leaders in the Reciprocity methodology we call the "Whole Person Approach." Both workshops were well-attended and positively reviewed. The workshops may lead to new opportunities for Reciprocity to train and develop new models for the largest Texas homeless shelters and youth agencies. Stay tuned!
For more information on the conference, visit Texas Homeless Network www.thn.org
Annual Conference in Dallas, TX
Reciprocity Workshop Description (Delivered on October 12, 2011)
Employing a Whole Person Approach: A New Model for Serving At-Risk, Homeless and LGBTQ-identified Youth
What does it mean to integrate the physical, emotional, spiritual and intellectual needs of an at-risk young person? How can social workers, case managers and youth development practitioners help youth identify, reflect upon and achieve critical milestones across the full spectrum of their needs? This interactive session will introduce the Whole Person approach used by the Reciprocity Foundation in New York City to support homeless and incarcerated youth. Using film clips from an Emmy-nominated film about youth homelessness, this interactive session will expose practitioners to the Whole Person frameworks, proven hands-on approaches and recent case studies, in which this approach helped a young person break the cycle of poverty, enroll in college, find meaningful work and heal from a history of abuse.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Reciprocity Student Isis King Kicks Off New Season of America's Next Top Model
On the season premiere of Tyra Banks' hit show America's Next Top Model, transgender contestant Isis King returned as a fan favorite. Isis got her start on the show posing as a model for a Cycle 5 episode focused on youth homelessness. On the next season, she returned as a fierce contestant, despite the physical challenges of modeling as a transgender female, prior to her gender reassignment surgery.
Founded by Taz Tagore and Adam Bucko in 2004, the Reciprocity Foundation (www.reciprocityfoundation.org) has helped countless homeless youth from all five boroughs of New York City to transcend poverty, isolation and a lack of direction. Through intensive counseling, yoga, meditation, media training, college preparation and career coaching, the organization helps homeless youth like Isis King start careers in creative sectors such as film, television, fashion and design.
"Isis was a charismatic, intelligent student who is passionate about fashion design and modeling," says Adam Bucko, co-founder of the Reciprocity Foundation. "But as a transgendered woman who lived in a homeless shelter, she faced more obstacles than other aspiring designers and models. That's where we came in. We helped train Isis to handle the challenges of success while retaining her integrity."
This season of America's Next Top Model will be more challenging than ever. The contestants are not about to let Isis steal the spotlight—and Isis, who is beloved as the first transgender model to achieve fame after RuPaul, is not willing to be defeated.
"Isis is back on America's Next Top Model to do more than model," said Taz Tagore, co-founder of the Reciprocity Foundation. "She wants to knock down barriers for people with a different sexual orientation. She's become a leader to thousands of young women of all sexual orientations."
During her time as a student at the Reciprocity Foundation, Isis honed her knowledge of the fashion industry and her design skills. She also learned how to network with fashion industry leaders and to compete in a hyper-competitive industry.
Reciprocity co-founder Adam Bucko said, "At the outset, Isis was like many of our students—passionate about fashion but unable to translate her vision into a career. We helped her develop the skills to become a leader and a role model in America. By the time we introduced Isis to Tyra Banks and Jay Manuel, she was prepared to take advantage of the opportunity."
For more information about the show, click here.
For an exclusive video about Isis and her time at Reciprocity, click here.
Friday, September 16, 2011
Reciprocity Launches New Rich-Media Website
Highlights include:
- Invisible--the Emmy-nominated film co-created by seven Reciprocity students and CW/PIX can be viewed on the site;
- New photos from the Reciprocity Foundation's programs will be uploaded each month so that you can meet the students who are leaders in the making;
- A completely new programs page that includes detailed frameworks, models and examples of our "Whole Person" approach;
- Previews of our latest films and videos will be posted on the Home page...a new youth project will be launched every month;
- A new Donate page enables visitors to sponsor the new Reciprocity holistic center for homeless youth, attend a Reciprocity gathering or invest in the next Reciprocity film.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Derek Cobb performs with Alvin Ailey Dance Company
Reciprocity graduate Derek Cobb--dancer, singer, songwriter and model--has an upcoming performance with the Alvin Ailey Dance Company. It's his 3rd performance with the company and he'd appreciate the support of the Reciprocity community.
The performances will be at the Ailey Citigroup Theater on:
August 27th @ 7pm
August 28th @ 3pm
August 28th @ 7pm
Tickets can be purchased here. Click on the link beneath the photograph on the home page.
Derek says, "I am super excited to hit the stage again and I can't wait to see the other dancers perform as well. I hope to see you there."


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Yucatecan Barbecue Pork Tacos
This mouth-watering rendition of a shredded pork taco is full of flavor. The tender pork provides a base for some spicy toppings.
32 oz. pinto beans, drained
1 large onion, diced
2 tomatoes, diced
1⁄4 cup lime juice
1⁄8 cup cilantro, chopped
For cascabel drizzle:
8 chiles cascabel
4 garlic cloves
1 onion
For marinade:
1⁄4 cup olive oil
3 tbsp. achiote
1⁄4 cup orange juice, sour
1⁄4 cup lime juice
1⁄4 cup sherry vinegar
3 tbsp. cumin
1 tbsp. oregano
4 cloves garlic, minced
2-lb. pork shoulder
Banana leaves, as needed
2 tbsp. olive oil
12 6-in. corn tortillas
Pickled red onions, as needed
Cilantro, for garnish
1. In a bowl, combine beans, onion, tomatoes, lime juice and cilantro. Season to taste; reserve.
2. To prepare cascabel drizzle, lightly toast chiles. Place in dish with enough water to soften. Puree with garlic, onion and salt.
3. To prepare marinade, whisk together oil, achiote, citrus juice, vinegar, garlic and spices. Marinate pork for at least 1 hr. Remove meat and pat dry. Wrap pork in banana leaves and roast until tender. Shred meat; reserve.
4. Warm corn tortillas until pliable. Stuff tortillas with pork and top with rings of pickled red onions, cascabel drizzle and cilantro. Serve with reserved pinto bean pico de gallo.


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"...in the aftermath of the financial crisis, is the idea that a cocktail of machismo and boardroom group-think allowed casino-style investment decisions to escape scrutiny, raising the question of whether the world would be in a better place today had Lehman Brothers and the like had a few more sisters."
Indeed, risk reduction might be the most compelling argument, especially for those who were invested in the market in 2008 and saw their portfolios fall by 30 or 40 percent. Scores of journalists point out that there were very few women executives and board members involved in the mortgage melt down and postulate what might have happened had there been more women at the top. This has been true at least as far back as the 2002 collapse of Enron, whose culprits were male and whistleblowers all female.
Yet despite the evidence, results to date show very slow progress for women board members in corporate America. GMI Ratings, a source for CSRHub, just published its 2012 Women on Boards Survey. The average board is only 12.6 percent female; 29 percent still have no women at all. The most frightening? Between 2009 and 2011, women's US board participation increased only .5 percent, one third of the (also low) average of 1.4 percent for developed countries.
As for Facebook, the lack of gender inclusion is also just plain bad business. As the feminist group Ultraviolet points out, "Women are responsible for nearly two-thirds of the sharing that happens on (Facebook). In addition, women account for more than 70 percent daily fan activity on the site, which is a huge source of revenue for the company." Wouldn't a female board member be first to recognize ideas that appeal to the company's largest group of users? To avoid behaviors that might alienate women?
I wouldn't stop using Facebook because of its board composition. But I sure won't invest in it.


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Andy Roberts began his career in commercial real estate at Wells Real Estate Funds by raising capital for various REIT portfolios that are now traded on the NYSE. During his tenure at Wells, Andy developed a passion for counseling clients on the dynamics of investing in commercial real estate.
Following his tenure with REITs, Andy joined Cresa in the summer of 2014 to help clients navigate their real estate decisions in a market where a growing percentage of properties are institutionally owned. Andy enjoys educating clients on the manner their real estate decisions impact not only their financial bottom line but their culture and labor force dynamics as well.
Personally, Andy and his wife, Jill, live in in Atlanta with their four young children where they enjoy spending time with family and friends.


text: At last, a crosshair for 5.8GHz! The TrueRC 5.8GHz crosshair has the gain of a 5 turn helix yet the wide beam of a 3 turn with an amazing axial ratio. Turn your goggles into a base station with the semi-flexible coax that can be angled to accommodate various types of goggles and stay put. No lousy adapters needed! Each unit is tested on professional antennas tester (agilent) for SWR, gain and circularity.


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Exchange-traded fund (ETF) are Open Ended investment companies that can be traded at any time throughout the course of the day in the stockmarket. Typically, ETF try to replicate a stock market index or a market sector. The most actively traded equity security in the world is an ETF and the ticker is QQQQ and it replicates the Nasdaq-100 Index.
Traditional investors live day to day the price activity of their favorite stocks. When those companies have a down day their emotions have a down day too. When playing ETF inherent company value receives little focus and that allows you to own a sector ETF that is up even if your favorite stock in that sector is down. ETF help people to avoid falling short of their long-term goals and at the same time easy diversify their portfolio.
DIF allows you now to trade the following ETF.
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