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Dreams are seemingly all anybody talks about in the Spanish Golden Age drama La vide es sueño (Life is a Dream). In that classic by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, the crown prince of Poland — Segismundo — has been imprisoned by his father since birth because of a prophecy: Segismundo will be a cruel king. But his father — King Basilio — wants to know whether or not his son is in fact cruel. So Segismundo — now a man — is drugged, taken to the palace, and given the throne. After waking up in power, he attempts to rape a woman, fights her father, and engages a duke in a duel. A poor servant who points out the faults in Segismundo's behavior is promptly thrown off of a balcony. Now sure of the prophecy, King Basilio drugs his son again and returns him to captivity, where confused Segismundo wonders about reality:
What is life? A frenzy.
What is life? An illusion,
a shadow, a fiction,
and the greatest good is mean:
for all life is a dream,
and dreams themselves are only dreams.
This is part of the most famous monologue in the play and whence its title comes. But after attending the March 20 Brainwave event with Debra Winger and Dr. Robert Stickgold, I re-discovered a brilliant speech by Clotaldo, the guard of Segismundo — and thought about it in the context of modern science:
But as they say dreams are rough copies of the waking soul
Yet uncorrected of the higher Will,
So that men sometimes in their dreams confess
An unsuspected, or forgotten, self;
One must beware to check — ay, if one may,
Stifle ere born, such passion in ourselves
As makes, we see, such havoc with our sleep,
And ill reacts upon the waking day,
And, by the bye, for one test, Segismund,
Between such swearable realities —
Since Dreaming, Madness, Passion, are akin
In missing each that salutary rein
Of reason, and the guiding will of men.
Preeminent sleep researcher Dr. Stickgold — of Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital — mentioned a fascinating finding: the prefrontal cortex, thought to be the throne of "executive function" — is particularly sensitive to sleep. Its deactivation is responsible for the bizarreness of dreams. Indeed, Clotaldo's observation — philosophical in nature — is essentially the hypothesis that has been proven by sleep researchers (Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2002). Great minds think alike.
Next, Clotaldo describes the influence that dreams can have on waking life. In a TedxRiverCity talk, Dr. Stickgold described an experiment by his student Erin Wamsley that showed that sleeping — and more specifically dreaming — improved performance on a task. Subjects were required to navigate a 3-D maze. In between trials, half of the subjects took 90-minute naps and half did not. The nappers were on average one minute faster than non-nappers. But the coolest finding was that the performance of the nappers who dreamed improved ten times. It turns out that even off-topic dreams help. ("A brief nap is beneficial for human route learning," in press.) The brain does not rest while the body does; in fact, the whole brain is busy processing information on multiple levels. As Clotaldo notices, sleeping and waking are not strictly separate. He does suggest that we should do our best to make them so, however.
Finally, Clotaldo draws a parallel between dreaming and two other states: madness and passion. They are all born from a measure of freedom from the mainly rational self, which makes sure to say safe in order to survive in the world. During the talk, Ms. Winger — Academy-Award nominated actress, author of the memoir/meditation Undiscovered, and mother of two sons — articulated her experience in the fluid continuum of dreaming and waking, and her frustration with quotidian concerns that keep her from that which is most deep and wonderful. But all of the worlds — dreaming, and perhaps madness and passion too — are perpetually present. Dreams do not "turn off," Ms. Winger noted; the key is to access them while awake. We might call that creativity. Indeed, another finding related in the TedxRiverCity video showed that people who slept were two-and-a-half times more likely to perceive an underlying pattern in a memorized list of numbers. Dr. Stickgold called this a "creative intrusion." He has said that he believes the purpose of dreams could be to integrate old and new memories and to imagine possible futures. Is that not what an artist does? And so we might add Creativity to Clotaldo's list — with Madness, Passion, and, of course, Dreaming — of somewhat liberated mind-states. Not intrusion, of course, but inspiration. Pedro Calderón de la Barca must have known this. You can read what his brain produced.
When they find out about their captive prince, the people of Poland liberate Segismundo and he becomes the head of a rebel force. But he is reluctant to believe what is happening to him is real; he expects to again wake up from this dream of power. Segismundo frees Clotaldo — who had tried to warm him about himself during the first kingship experiment— and acknowledges the importance of restraint. Segismundo defeats his father, but mercifully lets him live. He has a chance to satisfy his lust with the same woman, but does not. Instead, he selflessly encourages the same dueling duke to marry her. In the end, Segismundo becomes an enlightened king, devoted to acting well and doing good deeds. All because of his powerful insight: life is a dream. How fittingly Buddhist!


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Sylvia Ji was born in 1982, and raised in San Francisco, California, where she received her BFA at the Academy of Art University. After graduation, she relocated to Los Angeles where she currently resides. Ji's work encapsulates an alluring beauty that is cutting-edge and a nod to time-honored technique. Her paintings are symbolic reflections of herself, portraits of people she knows or nameless faces set in a landscape of fleeting and decaying beauty. Sylvia Ji released the piece that graces the top of the women's Cadence in her 2008 collection titled Por Vida.
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Reus Review: The Simply Complex Game
You control giants, you build worlds, and you make humanity thrive in Abbey Game's new title, Reus. This god game isn't like others in the genre, there's hidden complexity in the simple looking 2D world. For only $10 this game isn't going to be the next game of the year, but its sure to keep you entertained long enough to get your money's worth, and then some.
The game seems simple enough to begin with. Each square on your little planet is reserved to be one of four biomes which each allow a different kinds of inhabitants or structures to be built on top. Create suitable resources with your giants and a village will spring up which requires different specific resources to grow. Strategically place resources within the village's boundaries and watch it thrive.
But actually, it's not that easy. Every resource can be improved in different ways, by "transmutation." Each resource also has a "symbiosis," which affects extra bonuses depending on surrounding resources. And honestly, if you want your village to grow at all you have to perfect the right combination of transmutations and symbiosis. Again, it might sound easy, just find the perfect combination and repeat it in each village, but you're going to have a variety of different biomes, and different villages with different needs. Each one requires a perfect combination of resources.
At first the challenge of perfecting the resources is a lot of fun. But after a couple of hours the fun turns into frustration. Reus doesn't have any easy way to see future transmutation's symbiosis. It doesn't guide the player with a search bar or a tech tree. Instead, you and your slow moving giants will have to learn by time consuming trial and error. Of course, a player could always jump on the wiki, but that's taking the "fun" out of the whole puzzle like building mechanic. The most fun you'll have in Reus is also the most frustrating, and it's up to you to decide if the time consuming frustration is worth the reward of a thriving planet.
Luckily, there are things that will keep you playing Reus longer than other $10 games. First of all, the artwork: awesome and intriguing. The giants each have their own unique identity. The different biome's villages each have their own look and style. The biomes are simple, repetitive squares of artwork, but they blend well with all of the different structures and inhabitants that will find their way on top. No, these graphics aren't stellar, but they fit well with each other and give Reus a welcoming and relaxed feel.
Reus's mechanics and difficulty grow as you grow as a player. The tutorial, which will take at least a half hour, starts simple, with one village type in one biome. But as you grow as a player you learn about new biomes, new towns, new structures, and new giants. Once you complete the tutorial you can't just jump into the "grand campaign," you have to unlock the one hour and two hour long games by gaining experience in the half hour match choice. Why? Because honestly a new player wouldn't be ready for that long of a match, keeping the world's inhabitants away from greed and war. You'll need more practice, and Reus is happy to give it to you.
Playing through Reus and reading some comments on its Steam forum I can see where people are coming from when they say the map is too small. It's the same size for a thirty minute game as it is for a two hour long game. I understand, but I have to both agree and disagree. A small map makes each village's greed more important to watch, and having a limited amount of squares just makes the game more challenging. But at the same time it'd be nice to be able to pick from different sized worlds, even if it's just a small, medium, and large kind of choice.
In the end I'd totally recommend this game, especially if you're a fan of puzzle, world editing, god power games. It's a 2D world with a lot going on. Easy controls and a straightforward interface make learning this simple yet complex game fun and not a chore. Reus is in its own genre, combining the traditional god power game with the puzzle and resource RTS genre. Sure, you probably will be playing Reus for hours and not days, but I can guarantee those hours will be fun.
Review Overview
Replayability - 6.5
Graphics - 8
Interface - 8.5
Gameplay - 7
Summary : It's simple, it's complex, it's Reus.


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Richard W. Younkin has been appointed Assistant Chief of the California Division of Workers' Compensation, DWC Administrative Director Casey L. Young has announced.
"We're very pleased that Rich Younkin has agreed to accept this critical position, which completes the management team for DWC's Claims Adjudication Unit," said Young. "His extensive experience in the administration of the state's workers' compensation system and the high degree of respect he has earned over that time in the community will prove invaluable in the recently reorganized unit."
Younkin, a veteran state workers' compensation official, will help oversee the activities of the Division's twenty-seven district offices, which provide administrative and judicial services to help parties resolve disputed workers' compensation claims. Earlier this year, the claims adjudication function was reorganized into three regions -- northern, central and southern -- each headed by a Regional Manager.
According to Young, Younkin, who has served as Secretary and Deputy Commissioner of the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board for the past seventeen years, will transition into his new position over the remainder of this year and assume his duties on a full time basis by January 1, 1996.
Prior to joining the WCAB in December 1978, Younkin served as Presiding Workers' Compensation Judge in the San Francisco District Office. He also served as Workers' Compensation Judge in that office in 1976, and as Acting Deputy Commissioner for the WCAB from 1976 to 1978. From 1973 to 1974, he was a Referee in the Pomona District Office.
Younkin's earlier legal career includes stints as a trial attorney in private practice and for the State Compensation Insurance Fund, senior counsel in SCIF's Arcadia district office, and estate tax examiner for the US Internal Revenue Service.
He is a 1961 graduate of Loyola University of Los Angeles, where he majored in political science and achieved the Dean's Honor Roll. He received his Juris Doctor degree from Hastings College of the Law, University of California, in 1964, and earned a Master of Laws degree from Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, DC in 1975. He is a member of both the State Bar of California and the United States Supreme Court Bar. He also has extensive experience as an instructor and lecturer on workers' compensation law.


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With a rash of baby-boomers settling into their golden years over the next decade, the funding of a retirement, especially in this era of low interest rates, will continue to be an important consideration for aging Americans. The typical worker who retires in his/her low 60s should be looking to stretch a nest egg, pensions, and Social Security for at least two decades. Those who remain healthy might need to draw out their cash stash substantially longer. William Bengen's 4% withdrawal rule and allocation strategy, posited twenty years ago amidst a much higher interest rate environment, where investment grade bonds and risk-free cash assets provided substantially higher yields, and life expectancy was somewhat lower, doesn't appear to hold as much weight today.
The Social Security Administration currently projects that the average male born in 1950 (now 64 years old) will live to be 86, according to its life expectancy calculator. So, on average, this person will need their money to stretch another 22 years.
Needless to say, every individual or couple will be looking at a different situation in retirement: different amounts of capital to start, different supplementary income being received, different living cash flow needs, and last, but probably most importantly - and perhaps most unpredictable factor - life duration. Given the amount of variables involved, there is no wholesale blueprint of success here.
Is Dividend Growth Alone The Best Strategic Path?
Dividend growth should be a prime consideration for retirement investors. The strategy advocates development of a stream of income that helps meet current expenses, fights inflation, and that won't be outlived. Regardless of whether the market wants to place a historical premium or discount price on corporate earnings, the investor sees an annual, or more frequent, rise in dividend income. This consistent rise in portfolio income helps protect against the omnipresent, silent-but-deadly force of inflation.
Unfortunately, in today's market most "traditional" dividend growth stocks only yield in the 3-4% range. For those with multi-million dollar portfolios and minimal, but incrementally increasing income needs, it might be perceived as a single stop, or dominant strategy for a comfortable retirement. But for most, with not-so-lofty sums of personal capital, they won't be able to get away with dividend growth alone. If you need to generate $40,000 on your managed investments and have accumulated $600,000, 3-4% obviously won't cut it.
But even if you have enough to utilize dividend growth exclusively, just because the strategy looks good on paper does not mean it comes without risk. While long-term investors might expect mid- to upper-single-digit annual dividend increases in their Cokes (NYSE:KO), Procters (NYSE:PG), Phillip Morrises (NYSE:PM), Realty Incomes (NYSE:O), and other large-cap favorites, there is absolutely no guarantee that a focus on equity payouts will prove successful given the somewhat arbitrary, unpredictable nature of corporate dividend policy and the general risks associated with stock investment.
Still, dividend growth should be considered a fairly conservative equity strategy, given the types of companies that tend to be favored. So if someone told me they were in need of an all weather equity strategy that helped then sleep at night and generated at least a modicum of income, dividend growth would probably be at the top of my recommendation list.
Should You Have Satellite Strategies?
Once you come to the conclusion as to whether you could make a go with dividend growth alone, you have to decide if that is your most prudent course of action or not. Other choices would be to include lower yielding stocks or non-yielding stocks with more capital growth potential or higher-yielding stocks that offer more immediate payout satisfaction but less long-term dividend growth. You could also include a bond component with variable yield attainment and a higher degree of capital preservation assuredness, but no dividend growth.
Of course as you add additional asset classes and layers of strategic thought into your portfolio, it means more time and energy to monitor different sectors, specific positions, and corners of the market. To me, having additional layers of diversification within the confines of an income portfolio creates a more secure income stream. But at the end of the day, it can become unnerving when one starts delving into unfamiliar niches of the market.
I think the goal of achieving a self-sustaining flow of income from existing capital is a very worthy one. While many MPT theorists may say that investing for growth or total return and selling shares to support retirement is the better strategy, I would tend to disagree. I believe the odds of a protracted bear market that could stagnate or decimate capital are much more likely than the odds that a diversified portfolio predicated on income production ceases to grow over time. Thus, in retirement, I'd rather lock in my gains through periodic dividends than hope and pray that a growth and/or total return strategy does well enough to get me through to age 86.
Contemplating High-Yield Equity
In a recent article, I took up the notion of whether high-yield equity was necessarily riskier than dividend growth. While I stated and continue to believe that the answer is not clear cut, high-yield can present advantages. If we take two equities, let's say General Electric (NYSE:GE), currently yielding 3.3%, with an assumed 8% dividend growth rate and Prospect Capital (NASDAQ:PSEC), with a 12% yield and only 1% dividend growth, it would take 17 years for GE to eclipse 12% yield on cost. While the odds of a dividend disruption at PSEC over 17 years may be higher than that at GE, the current yield advantage of 900 basis points is a rather compelling data point for an income investor.
So the question of whether to utilize higher yielders could partially come down to if there is a specific need for elevated income or it could also come down to the belief that owning both GE and PSEC with a blended 7.75% yield entails less overall risk than owning one or the other alone.
Also, specific nuances or undiscovered gems within the high-yield space can provide alpha opportunities. Prospect Capital, for example, carries a tremendous amount of floating rate debt in its loan book. As President Grier Eliasek told me in a recent interview, the company is poised to specifically benefit from a rising rate climate. With higher rates looming, I feel the stock is a good one to own for a variety of reasons.
NorthStar Realty Finance (NRF), which I pounded the table on through 2013, when it yielded in the neighborhood of 10 percent, has now more than doubled in a little over a year and continues to garner attention. So don't necessarily let double digit yields intimidate you - often times there is value. But you must be selective, do your due diligence, and not invest based simply on yield alone.
Why You Should Get To Know Bonds
While many income investors seem to be shunning bonds in favor of dividend equity in the current environment, fixed-income, like high-yield equity can bring value, diversity, and stability to an overall income portfolio. I would argue that if and when rates trend higher, bonds will certainly regain favor with retired investors. Even today, attractive yields surpassing those found in dividend equity can be found, intermediate term, in the low end of investment grade. If one wants to delve into junk, the yields are even more attractive.
Building a passive bond ladder is a sound strategy that takes the guesswork out of where interest rates are headed. Ladders typically involve purchase of a group of bonds, with the attainment of a blended yield and maturity. The consistent replacement of maturing paper with long-term issues provides a bond machine that is agnostic to the rate outlook. Today, you could probably build a 20-year investment grade bond ladder with blended yield in the mid- to upper-four percent range. If you delve into junk bonds, you could get another 100 basis points. If you go with a levered junk bond CEF selling at a discount, you could get better than 8 percent.
I don't have a crystal ball into where short- and long-rates are headed, but I think it's fair to say that as bond rates rise and investor interest returns, the allure of dividend equity may wane symmetrically. So while I certainly wouldn't necessarily recommend an overweight position in bonds right now for most investors, still, having scant exposure to the space, with a strategy in place to scale as rates rise, would be prudent in my opinion.
The obvious downside to bonds is that interest never grows. The upside is that assuming you hold an individual issue to maturity and the issuer does not run into a liquidity crisis, your capital is preserved and returned, which is something one can never say about equity. My advice has been - and continues to be - is to build an individual bond ladder with mostly investment grade paper, perhaps sprinkled with some higher-grade junk. I advise reserving the majority of junk exposure to closed-end funds. I continue to like Alliance Bernstein Global (NYSE:AWF) and Prudential Global Short-Duration (NYSE:GHY).
Some investors may view pensions, Social Security, and/or other secured sources of passive income currently as a bond proxy, and that's fine. But if interest rates rise, it could still be sensible to migrate an overweight position in dividend equity towards fixed-income.
Though many retirees have gravitated to dividend growth recently as a core strategy - and rightfully so - dividend growth by itself may not represent the best possible investment solution in all investors' circumstances. I would argue that the most secure of income streams is one generated by diversified layers of multiple asset classes, constantly refined and rebalanced as market and macroeconomic situations dictate.
Disclosure: I am long AWF, PM, PSEC, GE, NRF, GHY. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.
Disclaimer: The above should not be considered or construed as individualized or specific investment advice. Do your own research and consult a professional, if necessary, before making investment decisions.


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Luke Bryan is the hottest thing in country music right now.
The 37-year-old "regular guy" is selling out stadiums across the country. He's got several platinum albums. His latest release, Crash My Party, sold 528,000 copies in the first week alone. To put that in perspective, only three country albums have sold half a million copies in a single week since 2008, and all three were from Taylor Swift.
Bryan was recently voted by fans to perform on NBC's Today Show. Twice. And he's swatting away TV offers left and right.
It's hard to think that a year ago this week, he was an opening act. Bryan prepped the sold-out crowd at the NYS Fair grandstand for Jason Aldean in August, 2012.
But now, Bryan is the main attraction.
Bryan absolutely packed CMAC in Canandaigua this May. A sell-out crowd of more than 15,000 jammed in with cowboy hats and tank tops to catch a glimpse of the man deemed '2013 Entertainer of the Year' by the Academy of Country Music.
It's a high honor, and one that has helped launch the careers of country stars like Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood and Garth Brooks. In fact, the list of winners consists only of household country names: Kenny Chesney, Dolly Parton, Shania Twain, The Dixie Chicks and more.
Bryan, then, seems poised to take his place in country music history.
Though he's a relative newcomer to the scene, he's proved a hot commodity. He released a compilation album earlier this year after just three prior releases. His latest album, Crash My Party, had the third best debut of the year so far. Only Justin Timberlake and Jay Z have trumped that so far in 2013.
But Bryan's built his country empire primarily on charm. With his hundred-dollar smile, backwards baseball cap and down-home Georgia accent, he's a bona fide heartthrob for grownups. And onstage he still swoons with that "I'm-so-amazed-to-be-here" awe that melts hearts.
At CMAC last month, Bryan snatched several phones from fans in the front row and took selfies onstage. The crowd ate it up. But, more importantly, so did Bryan.
He's a country star for the 21st century, often infusing 90s nostalgia and even some old school hip-hop amid a slew of electric country. And this year, he promises to be the biggest, boldest, backwards-hat-wearing-ist thing to come to the grandstand at the Great New York State Fair.
Prepare to be entertained.
If you go:
What: Luke Bryan with Thompson Square
When: Thursday, Aug. 29, 7:30 p.m.
Where: Grandstand at the NYS Fairgrounds, 581 State Fair Blvd., Syracuse
Tickets: $50, $60, $70, available via eTix.com (only obstructed view available)


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By Ian Denchasy
In one of our many discussions recently, a dear friend explained that she had an epiphany and that, "No matter what, love is the answer," period, to staying married to her husband of almost 20 years. And while I agree wholeheartedly that love should be a vital component of a successful marriage, it was what she said next that startled me, and I quote, "I mean, no matter what happens from here on we're committed to seeing our marriage through and have accepted that were stuck together for life."
Even her 16 year old daughter, who was sitting nearby, paused to look up from her smartphone at that zinger, shooting a glance over my direction to see if my reaction would match her obvious befuddlement. Continue reading


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Apple 30-pin to VGA Adapter
Apple 30-pin to VGA Adapter
Use the Apple VGA Adapter to mirror whatever's on your iPad or iPhone 4S screen — apps, presentations, websites, and more — on your VGA-equipped TV, display, projector, or other compatible display in up to 1080p HD. Video mirroring is supported on iPad 2 or later and iPhone 4S.
Watch slideshows and video on the big screen in up to 720p by connecting your iPad, iPhone 4, or iPod touch (4th generation) to a television, projector, or other VGA-compatible display. Video out supports up to 1080p for iPad 2 or later and iPhone 4S, and up to 720p for iPad, iPhone 4, and iPod touch (4th generation). Movies play at up to 720p.
The Apple VGA Adapter connects to your iPad, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod touch (4th generation), iPad Dock, or Universal Dock via the dock connector and to your projector or display using the VGA adapter.
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You can do it three ways... 1. S-Video/Composite cable from apple 2. VGA Cable from Apple 3. Wire You can do it three ways... 1. S-Video/Composite cable from apple 2. VGA Cable from Apple 3. Wireless to Apple TV
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What does VGA stand for?
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VGA is a legacy port to connect computers and monitors. It stands for Video Graphics Adapter (some c VGA is a legacy port to connect computers and monitors. It stands for Video Graphics Adapter (some call it Video Graphic Array) and you'll also find VGA sometimes used to describe the resolution of the output from the computer: e.g. "SuperVGA. etc." The connector is a three-row 15-pin DE-15 connector. The 15-pin VGA connector is found on many video cards, computer monitors, and some high definition television sets. On laptop computers or other small devices, a mini-VGA port is sometimes used in place of the full-sized VGA connector.
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Can you use the ipad as an external monitor for a camcorder?
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Yes, you can but you would need an encoder, a companion app and a WiFi connection. Plus there would Yes, you can but you would need an encoder, a companion app and a WiFi connection. Plus there would be a slight signal delay. There are hot shoe connectors available but are best with nothing larger than an iPad mini. Frankly, if you are serious about an external monitor, either use the HDMI out and a cheap flat panel TV on a stand or buy a proper 5" or 7" camera-mounted monitor.
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History & Landmarks Foundation explores shrinking board
The Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation is considering shrinking its board by about 50 members so trustees can take a more active role in governing operations, foundation officials said.
Foundation President Arthur Ziegler Jr. said the organization is updating its internal structure to conform with the latest national standards for nonprofits. Recommendations included cutting the board to about 25 members from 75, and possibly setting term limits for members, he said after a meeting on Wednesday. The foundation also is considering establishing an advisory board to represent community interests.
"The idea is that we will work out a way to reduce the size of the board," Ziegler said. "If the board itself is smaller, it would be stronger in governing the operations, as it should be, and we would have the advisory board represent all aspects of the community."
The hard part is figuring out which trustees leave, Ziegler said. Members of the foundation's governing and nominating committees will offer recommendations, and the board will vote early next year, he said.
The foundation works with government agencies and others to identify, preserve and redevelop historic buildings and areas.
Scott Leff, associate director of the Robert Morris University Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management, said the national trend over the past decade is for nonprofits to have smaller boards. He described PHLF's board as unusually large and said nonprofits often change board numbers over time.
Many larger boards often include donors to the organization.
"Nonprofits go through ... stages of development, and board roles and board sizes tend to evolve with them," he said. "The smaller boards are where you see more board activity on the governance side."
Ziegler said the foundation, which he cofounded in 1964, grew over the years, and the board grew with it to provide as much community input as possible.
Trustees, who debated the issue Wednesday, described the process as civil despite differences over the reduction process.
"This was not a meeting where criticism was being leveled at anyone," said trustee Merrill Stabile. "Nothing was even decided today other than to think about ways to get down to 25 members."
Bob Bauder is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 412-765-2312 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Victor Cruz was asked Wednesday whether he believes the long-lost dominating passing attack can find its way back to the Giants and Cruz was quick to say yes, and why.
"I think getting Hakeem [Nicks] back will help get ourselves back on track,'' Cruz said. "We're excited to have Hakeem back.''
This was not the first time Cruz in the course of a 10-minute interview brought up Nicks, mentioning his teammate with unsolicited regularity.
"You asked me about him a few times,'' Cruz explained.
It seems Nicks is on the mind. The wide receiver everyone is waiting to see have a breakout performance got back on the field and practiced on a limited basis Wednesday and all indications are his strained abdominal muscle will not prevent him from playing in Sunday night's game against the Redskins at FedEx Field.
Nicks was a surprise scratch from last week's season-crushing 24-21 loss to the Cowboys, with coach Tom Coughlin explaining Nicks didn't practice much during the week and thus could not be trusted to be able to play with his normal speed or effectiveness.
It was the first game Nicks missed this season and without him, Cruz struggled to get free and finished with just two catches for 27 yards as the passing attack directed — and often misdirected — by Eli Manning could not get untracked against the league's worst-ranked pass defense. That the punishing running game (season-high 202 yards) could not open things up down the field is further indictment of how feeble the air support actually was.
No wonder Cruz is anxious to get his running mate back on the field as the Giants (4-7), realistically devoid of any chance at the playoffs, look to avoid the embarrassment of losing to a Redskins team that is 3-8 and on a three-game losing streak following its worst loss of the season, a 27-6 smack-down by the 49ers.
"I'm happy to have him back, period, just to have him back in the huddle, in the offense, on the sideline, dressed and ready to go,'' Cruz said. "He's a guy we need. We need him to be his normal self in order to win games, in order for our morale to be up and things like that. We're definitely happy to have him back.''
Asked how the morale of the offense is lifted with Nicks on the field, Cruz said: "Just his energy, everything he brings to us is not just his play on the football field. It's just his energy, his personality. We're happy to have that back on our sideline.''
It is not as if the Giants with Nicks were operating on all cylinders. Playing in the final year of his contract, his production is down across the board — 42 receptions, 620 yards and, shockingly, no touchdowns — but the roster is not exactly teeming with suitable replacements and a case can be made that his lack of impact has been a major reason for the demise of the offense and, as a result, the demise of the season.
Getting Nicks back for this game could be a boost, but in six career games against the Redskins, Nicks has 26 receptions but still is looking for his first touchdown.
Nicks, who went to lift weights during the media's locker-room access period, said last week he has been dealing with a strained abdominal muscle for quite some time, so much so his agent suggested he get it checked to rule out a hernia. Nicks also said there was no way he would miss such an important game as a meeting with the Cowboys, but he did.
Now comes the hard part. Nicks is healthy enough to participate in practice but what about playing in the game?
"Hopefully we're going to see,'' Coughlin said of monitoring Nicks' improvement. "Hopefully he will.''
Cruz is hoping the same thing.
"He's another weapon out there for us that we definitely need,'' Cruz said. "With him, myself, Rueben [Randle], with all of us on the same page and clicking on all cylinders we're a tough team to beat, especially with Andre Brown stepping into form and doing the things he does well I think we're a tough team to beat. Having [Nicks] there is just an extra weapon that gives us more ability to do what we need to do on offense to win games.''


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The lady and the vamp! Carrie Underwood swaps demure floral red carpet gown for sexy lace mini dress at the ACM awards
Miranda Lambert scoops the most awards, winning four gongs at the ceremony
Taylor Swift leaves empty handed despite nominations in five categories
She arrived on the red carpet looking pretty as a picture in a demure strapless red and white floral floor length gown.
But hours later, Carrie Underwood adopted a completely different look as she took the stage at the Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday.
The 30-year-old singer sported a sexy black lace mini dress, complete with matching gloves and her hair loose over one shoulder as she performed her song Two Black Cadillacs.
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From demure to danger: Carrie Underwood arrived in a floral gown before swapping to a black mini-dress as she took the stage at the Academy of Country Music Awards at the MGM Hotel in Las Vegas on Sunday
The blonde singer cut a striking performer as she performed in front of two vintage models of the car amid clouds of dry ice.
The singer then changed again to a stunning blush mini dress with jeweled embellishment.
The star donned the one shouldered dress to perform with Brad Paisley. Brad also played with John Mayer.
Striking set: Carrie performed amid smoke and a vintage black car
Vampish: Carrie performed her song Two Black Cadillacs at the show in front of a couple of vintage models of vintage models of the cars
Positively blooming: The star wore her hair in a shorter style and covered up in the flowery gown as she arrived on the red carpet
Flawless: Carrie's hair and make-up were impeccable
Divine divas: Carrie posed with fellow singers Shania Twain and Faith Hill
Taylor Swift also swapped her
ensemble, from a stunning metallic embellished dress to a beaded black
gown as she took to the stage alongside Keith Urban and Tim McGraw.
The iconic country music trio performed Highway Don't Care with Urban taking on guitar duties.
However, Swift left the show empty handed despite being nominated in five categories and the huge success of her platinum selling album Red last year.
Fashion times three: The singer then changed again to a stunning blush mini dress with jeweled embellishment
Check this out: Carrie donned the one shouldered dress to perform with Brad Paisley
Miranda Lambert was the big winner at the ceremony, winning twice for the deeply personal song she co-wrote with husband Blake Shelton.
The twosome embraced as they collected their gongs, with Miranda looking emotional.
Over You, written by the couple about Shelton's late brother, won song of the year at the Country Music Association Awards last November as well.
More demure: Taylor Swift also changed out of her gown to a high necked black beaded gown for her stage performance
Dynamic trio: Taylor was joined by Tim McGraw and Keith Urban to perform Highway Don't Care
Country icons: The trio received a warm reception to their performance at the MGM
Dramatic performance: The trio arrived on the stage to much acclaim from the crowd
Country close: Tim gave the young singer a big hug as they finished to massive applause
Along with her fourth straight female vocalist of the year win and another win for Best Single, Lambert was secure as the night's most honoured star .
'As a songwriter, having your song and your lyrics recognised by your peers is pretty much as good as it gets,' Miranda said in her acceptance speech.
'And I'm so thankful for being in this genre of country music, every single time someone's nominated, I just cheer, because I love everybody to death.
'So thank you for accepting me as a song writer, not just as a singer, because that means the world to me.'
Big winner: Miranda Lambert was named Female Vocalist of the Year for the fourth year in a row
Winners hug: Husband and wife Blake Shelton and Miranda embraced after winning the Song of the Year award
Passionate performance: Miranda sported a clinging black beaded dress as she sang Mama's Broken Heart on stage
Eric Church won two awards, including album of the year, and was tied with Jason Aldean, Little Big Town and Florida Georgia Line in overall win total.
Church, this year's most decorated nominee, also won vocal event of the year for his efforts with Aldean and Luke Bryan for their collaboration on The Only Way I Know.
He also performed his sombre but powerful song Like Jesus Does with only an acoustic guitar and a backup singer.
Light blue and lacy: Kelly Clarkson took to the stage to sing Don't Rush in a toned down performance
Good spirits: Kelly appeared happy and relaxed as she took the stage for the number
Quick change: Kelly arrived at the ceremony in a off-the-shoulder blue dress as she chatted to Reba McEntire and Narvel Blackstock
'I can't believe I just met John Fogerty,' Church said as he accepted the album award from the Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman and Lambert. 'We should hang out later.'
Aldean, country's top-selling male act, won male vocalist of the year, while Little Big Town had wins for vocal group and video of the year.
Florida Georgia Line won for new artist and were previous winners in the new vocal duo/group category.
Going for gold! Sheryl Crow swapped her navy blue pants suit for a gold dress as she performed Boys Round Here
Country dance: Sheryl duetted with Blake and showed off the black back of her dress
Going for gold: The 51-year-old belted out her song while looking amazing
Long time no see: Before performing Sheryl made sure to catch up with Shania Twain
Ladies in leather: The Pistol Annies, Ashley Monroe (L), Angaleena Presley and Miranda Lambert (R), joined in with Boys Round Here
And husband and wife Shawna and Keifer Thompson continued their feel-good story after their group Thompson Square won its second straight vocal duo of the year award.
Shawna Thompson gave a shout out to her mother from stage and later tearfully explained she wanted to acknowledge her mother as her father just passed away.
'She's just having a really hard time,' she said.
Performance of an icon: Stevie Wonder took to the stage with Hunter Hayes to perform his hit Sir Duke
Young meets old: The young guitarist shook hands with Stevie after the performance
no back up needed: The icon could have played the whole event by himself had it not been a country music awards show
Power duo: George Strait (L) and Garth Brooks are two of Country Music's best selling artists but have never before performed together
Tribute: The two powerhouses of Country sang in tribute to Dick Clark who used to produce the ceremony and passed away last year
The night was full of colourful performances, but the anticipation of Garth Brooks and George Strait performing together overshadowed almost everything else.
They are two of Country music's biggest selling artists but had never performed together previously.
The two paid tribute to the late Dick Clark, the executive producer of the show since 1979 who passed away a year ago.
Brooks appeared on stage in flannel shirt and black cowboy hat with a Fu Manchu to perform his hit The Dance before Strait joined him for The Cowboy Rides Away.
Pretty presenters: Shania Twain was among the country stars to make announcements on the stage along with Reba McEntire
Taking the stage: Popular Country music group Lady Antebellum sung Downtown, with singer Hillary Scott putting in an energetic performance despite being six months pregnant
Success story: Jason Aldean won Male Vocalist of the year, and showed off his awards later backstage
Lady Antebellum debuted new song Downtown with Charles Kelley finishing off the song by rubbing pregnant trio-mate Hillary Scott's belly.
Reba McEntire introduced the twosome and tearfully paid tribute to Clark - momentarily breaking down.
'He would slap me if he saw me crying up here,' she said.
Giants of country music: Kenny Chesney sported a sleeveless top for his song, while George Straits pared down performances went down well with audiences
Overcome: Luke Bryan looked emotional as Shania Twain presented him with Entertainer of the Year
Overcome: Luke Bryan couldn't contain his emotion as he won the Entertainer of the Year award
Shelton kicked the show off with his new single Boys `Round Here, a hip-hop-flavoured ode to redneck swag.
He was joined by Luke Bryan, Brad Paisley, Sheryl Crow and Pistol Annies, a trio that includes his wife Miranda Lambert.
She joined Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley in racy leather, black and lace outfits for the number.
Crow looked equally striking in a tight gold mini dress, after arriving in a strapless navy blue pant suit.
Big winners: Philip Sweet, Karen Fairchild, Jimi Westbrook, and Kimberly Schlapman of Little Big Town accept the Vocal Group of the Year award
Prestigious gong: Eric Church holds aloft his award for Album of the Year for his record Chief
Husband and wife success team: Shawna Thompson and Keifer Thompson of Thompson Square were delighted to accept the gong for vocal Duo of the year
Fresh from his first ever headlining tour in support of his platinum-selling album Tailgates and Tanlines, Bryan was overcome with emotion at winning Entertainer of the Year, beating Swift and Lambert to the crown
'This is the defining moment of my life... and I will never take it for granted,' he told the audience in an tearful speech.
Rocking out: John Mayer joined Brad Paisley on stage near the end of the show
Your country is a wonderland: The notorious ladies' man looked right at home playing outside his genre
Strait made his first appearance of the night earlier, singing Give It All We Got Tonight.
John Mayer joined Paisley for a guitar summit on Beat This Summer and Stevie Wonder also took to the stage to perform his legendary number Sir Duke.
Singing the song with guitarist Hunter Hayes, the pair shook hands at the end of the number which received a rapturous reception from the star-studded audience.
Hosts with the most: Shelton and Bryan shared some banter at the beginning of the awards ceremony
Top Male Vocalist: Jason Aldean
Female Vocalist: Miranda Lambert
Vocal Group: Little Big Town
Vocal Duo: Thompson Square
New Artist: Florida Georgia Line
Single Record of the Year: Over You, Miranda Lambert
Song of the Year: Over You, Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton
Video of the Year: Tornado, Little Big Town
Vocal Event of the Year: The Only Way I Know, Eric Church, Luke Bryan and Jason Aldean
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Students are given time in an exceptional learning environment to develop their personal approach to design, learn new skills and apply them to carefully structured projects with industry partners that prepare them for their preferred career direction.
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The course proposes a hands-on approach to design, encompassing research techniques, teamwork, learning through making and developing finished objects intended for craft, industrial production or conceptual prototype.
Students are expected to have a robust personal approach with direction and purpose reflecting their own area of study. Students are required to be self-directed, reflective and practical in approach. The course is studio and project based. Activities can include specialist lectures, workshop inductions, group and personal tutorials, seminars and symposiums.
Assessment will be made at the completion of each module. Module marks are added to achieve a total final mark. Assessment will be made through practical design projects, presentations, main masters project and exhibition.
Many postgraduate courses at Kingston University allow students to do a 12-month work placement as part of their course. The responsibility for finding the work placement is with the student; we cannot guarantee the work placement, just the opportunity to undertake it. As the work placement is an assessed part of the course, it is covered by a student's tier 4 visa.
Invoicing on the placement courses is split into two stages. The standard course fee is payable in year 1 with the placement fee invoiced in year 2. Therefore, students starting in September 2017 would therefore be charged the placement fee of £1,070 in September 2018. Students commencing the course in September 2018 will be invoiced the placement fee in 2019 (provisionally £1,230).
This amount will only be charged to your account after you find a placement and are enrolled on the module. You will not be charged this fee if you do not manage to secure a work placement.
Find out more about the postgraduate work placement scheme.
This course is part of the School of Design's postgraduate programme.
The structure – shared with students from the Communication Design MAs, Fashion MA, and Sustainable Design MA – enables you to explore your individual specialist interests within an integrative learning environment that provides a comprehensive understanding of the value and role of interdisciplinary methods and ways of working. The influences and impact of thinking from other related design subjects on your own specialist study is an important aspect of the identity and the community of interdisciplinary practice at masters level in the School of Design.
This structure is designed to help progress and develop your independent learning, encouraging you to construct and explore projects concerned with areas of particular personal interests. The overarching course philosophy, based upon an emphasis on research, methodology and design thinking, allows individual and personal concerns to be explored through focused study in product and furniture design.
The two shared modules of the School of Design's Postgraduate Framework both commence with a symposium, in which high-profile external speakers present their work and contribute to a debate on a topic of relevance to all courses in the Framework. View the promotional flyers from the following recent symposiums:
Please note that this is an indicative list of modules and is not intended as a definitive list.
Designing Research lectures and seminars are designed to enable students to rationalise and focus on thematic approaches to problem finding and problem solving. This module will teach you to:
It will do this by helping you to understand existing conventions and developing your personal visual vocabulary.
The integrative programme encourages you to develop a personal and critical point of view by recording, documenting and evaluating ideas from within their discipline and from the wider interdisciplinary environment, and applying those findings within project work.
The module introduces and develops a range of analytical tools that you can use to interrogate designed objects and artefacts, and makes links between analytical and propositional methods, creating a framework within which you can structure your project proposals. You will explore practical research methods, with an emphasis on developing creative, rational and effective approaches to visual experimentation and critical reflection on practical design work within a logical and measurable framework. You will learn about the wide-ranging tools and methods that are available to inform and support the development of your practical study, and create a basis for further study on the course.
This module builds on the notion that the best jobs and careers in the creative industries do not exist – and that they are created from individual creative ambitions and understanding. It explores how this can be approached in practical terms. The programme of study encourages you to develop a personal and critical approach to your future career and its relationship to the development of their individual major project.
Creative Futures lectures and seminars help you develop an approach to, and focus for, their future career and their ongoing personal and professional development. By understanding the key skills and attributes you need for a career in the creative industries, you will develop an informed and focused Major Project proposal and project.
You will learn about a range of practical methods that can help you create the foundations of a sustainable and successful design practice and career. Lectures, seminars and workshops will introduce and explore key issues that help you understand how to develop your own approach to professional career planning. You will also engage in a range of activities that include professional competitions, live project work, studio visits and professional practice lectures. This work will support and inform the development of your Major Project Proposal.
This module provides dedicated product and furniture design study opportunity. It occurs in teaching block 1. Students are offered a number of optional and compulsory briefs engaging both practical and theoretical design faculties. Briefs are open to individual interpretation, designed to promote creative independence and establish the benchmark of Level 7 critical expectation at the outset of the student experience.
They encourage engagement with a number of key principles and processes students need to develop in order to be able to undertake a capstone project later in their studies.
This teaching block 2 module extends and builds directly upon the dedicated product and furniture design study experience of teaching block 1. It runs in parallel with the Creative Futures module DE7301 on the full time mode and exercises independent, focused practical design research to underpin the Major Project proposal undertaken within DE7301.
The module aims to position students in readiness to commence realisation of their Major (capstone) Project upon completion. Students take responsibility for either continuing to develop their thematic practical design enquiries already established in Context I, refining and editing material and developing new research and study as necessary, or embarking upon new self-initiated enquiries.
The module consolidates the role of practical design experimentation as a key element of the design research process and helps establish credibility for progression on to the Major Project. Students should become increasingly confident about moving into realms of uncertainty and exploring unfamiliar design territory, taking risks and articulating personal viewpoint. They are encouraged to explore and utilise industry networks and contacts outside the Faculty to expand their knowledge and outlook, further lending their study rigour and credibility.
The Major Project – the capstone project – consolidates the knowledge gained in earlier modules and is informed and supported by prior learning within both the Design School's postgraduate interdisciplinary framework and course specific specialist study.
The purpose of this module is to enable students to relate the work of the course to a practical solution and to demonstrate skills in defining, analysing and developing a substantial solution to an individually defined design related problem. It will demonstrate both in content and form the students advanced understanding of contemporary design practice.
The research and documentation of the project is an integral part of the submission, reflecting on the process, as well as the critical analysis and methodology of the research itself. The research will be conceptually integrated within the practical work. Individual project topics are expected to be wide ranging and provide the opportunity to fully investigate a practical situation, underpinned by a critical report on the work produced. Topics must allow the opportunity to position work politically, socially and culturally and identify and apply appropriate technology as a means of delivery. Project topics must demonstrate the potential necessary to achieve the level appropriate to the learning outcomes.
Three possible forms of Major Project submission are available to students (see below):
1/2. The Practical Project Practical (outcome supported by research, testing and developmental materials) 70% and The Project Report (3-5,000 words) 30%.
3. The Thesis (12-15,000 words) 100%.
4. The Design Management Project Report (10,000 words) 100%. Intended in the main as the outcome for students studying on the MA Design for Development.
These three options are available to all students studying on the courses within the Design School Postgraduate Framework. Students will be guided and supported in their choice of mode of Major Project by course tutors and this will be informed by individual career and personal development planning undertaken during the preparation of the Major Project Proposalin DE7301 Creative Futures.
You will have the opportunity to study a foreign language, free of charge, during your time at the University as part of the Kingston Language Scheme. Options currently include: Arabic, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.
We aim to ensure that all courses and modules advertised are delivered. However in some cases courses and modules may not be offered. For more information about why, and when you can expect to be notified, read our Changes to Academic Provision.
A copy of the regulations governing this course is available here
Details of term dates for this course can be found here
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