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Radiopaq, the website that offers a catalogue of internet radio stations from its website, is hoping to break away from the computer with the launch of a dedicated internet radio for its listeners.
Called the Radiopaq Rp5, the radio, which Radiopaq believes is the first in the world, will, with the aid of a wireless connection, allow users to search out music by name, genre, country or language from the site and then play without having been anywhere near a computer.
The Rp5 will also feature an "info" button that promises to tell you everything you need to know. If that wasn't enough Radiopaq claim the synchronisation between the Rp5 and Radiopaq.com is almost instant.
Failing the DAB and internet connectivity there is of course an FM receiver on-board and of course the the ability to connect an MP3 player via USB.
The Radiopaq Rp5 costs £250 and will be in stores in September.
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Today at SHARE I had the remarkable experience to listen to a session Connor Krukosky. He's a 18 year old student that bought a z890 on eBay. Here is his story. The first operating system he got running was Linux. Some of the stumbling blocks (e.g. writing a IOCDS) he mentions reminded me from the time 17 years back, when I learned the same things the same way. SHARE has recorded the session. The video is now on YouTube:
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One of the first jobs of any novel is to establish the world in which it is set. Sometimes this is our own world, or a familiar past. But in science fiction, writers frequently need to invent new worlds that are either completely separate from our own, or that show a significant development from the world that is familiar. Understanding the world of a science fiction story - especially a dystopian one like Farenheit 451 - is every bit as vital as understanding the characters and story.
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When 4.6 was released I wrote about how the newly added VSS support with Nutanix Guest Tools (NGT) was the gem of the release. It was fairly big compliment considering some of the important updates that were in the release like cross hypervisor DR and another giant leap in performance.
I finally set some time aside to test the impact of taking a application consistent snapshot with VMware Tools vs the Nutanix VSS Hardware Support.
When an application consistent snapshot workflow without NGT on ESXi, we take an ESXi snapshot so VMware tools can be used to quiesce the file system. Every time we take an ESXi snapshot, it results in creation of delta disks, During this process ESXi "stuns" the VM to remap virtual disks to these delta files. The amount of stun depends on the number of virtual disks that are attached to the VM and speed in which the delta disks can be created (capability of the underlying storage to process NFS meta-data update operations + releasing/creating/acquiring lock files for all the virtual disks). In this time, the VM is totally unresponsive. No application will run inside the VM, and pings to the VM will fail.
We then delete the snapshot (after backing up the files via hardware snap on the Nutanix side) which results in another set of stuns (deleting a snapshot causes two stuns, one fixed time stun + another stun based on the number of virtual disks). This essentially means that we are causing two or three stuns in rapid succession. These stuns cause meta-data updates in addition to the flushing of data during the VSS snapshot operations.
Customers have reported in set of VMs running Microsoft clustering, these VMs can be voted out due to heartbeat failure. VMware gives customer guidance on increasing timers if your using Microsoft clustering to get around this situation.
To test this out I used HammerDB with a SQL 2014 running on Windows 2012R2. The tests were run on ESXi 6.0 with hardware version 11.
VMware Tools with VSS based Snapshot
I was going to try to stitch the images together because of the time it took but decided to leave as is.
The total process took ~4 minutes.
NGT with VSS Hardware Support based Snapshot
NGT based VSS snapshots don't cause VM stuns. The application will be stunned temporarily within Windows to flush the data, but pings and other things should work.
The total process took ~1 minute.
NGT with VSS hardware support is the Belle of the Ball! While there is no fixed number to explain the max stun times. It depends on how heavy the workload is but what we can see is the effect of not using NGT for application consistent snapshot and it's pretty big. The collapsing of ESXi snapshots cause additional load and should be avoided if possible. NGT offers hypervisor agnostic approach and currently works with AHV as well.
Note: Hypervisor snapshot consolidation is better in ESXi 6 than ESXi 5.5.
Thanks to Karthik Chandrasekaran and Manan Shah for all their hard work and contribution to this blog post.


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Report NEP-PBE-2013-10-11This is the archive for NEP-PBE, a report on new working papers in the area of Public Economics. Keunjae Lee issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.
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Other reports in NEP-PBE
The following items were announced in this report:
- Federico Revelli, 2013. "Tax limits and local democracy," Working Papers 2013/29, Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB).
- Evers, Lisa & Miller, Helen & Spengel, Christoph, 2013. "Intellectual property box regimes: Effective tax rates and tax policy considerations," ZEW Discussion Papers 13-070, ZEW - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung / Center for European Economic Research.
- Etienne Lehmann & Laurent Simula & Alain Trannoy, 2013. "Tax Me If You Can! Optimal Nonlinear Income Tax Between Competing Governments," Working Papers halshs-00870053, HAL.
- Ruixin Wang & Wendun Wang, 2013. "Dress-up contest: a dark side of fiscal decentralization," Working Papers 2013/30, Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB).
- Fabrizio Colonna & Stefania Marcassa, 2013. "Taxation and Labor Force Participation: The Case of Italy," Working Papers hal-00869315, HAL.
- Sebastian Gechert, 2013. "What fiscal policy is most effective? A Meta Regression Analysis," IMK Working Paper 117-2013, IMK at the Hans Boeckler Foundation, Macroeconomic Policy Institute.
- Bastani, Spencer, 2013. "Using the Discrete Model to Derive Optimal Income Tax Rates," Working Paper Series, Center for Fiscal Studies 2013:11, Uppsala University, Department of Economics.
- Emmanuel Combet & Frédéric Ghersi & Jean Charles Hourcade & Daniel Théry, 2009. "Need a Carbon Tax be Socially Regressive ? True Challenges and Wrong Debates," Working Papers hal-00866410, HAL.
- Irigoin, Maria Alejandra & Grafe, Regina, 2012. "Bounded Leviathan: or why North and Weingast are only right on the right half," Economic History Working Papers 44492, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History.
- Marie-Laure Nauleau, 2013. "Heavy subsidization reduces free-ridership : Evidence from an econometric study of the French dwelling insulation tax credit," Working Papers hal-00866445, HAL.
- Tuukka Saarimaa & Janne Tukiainen, 2013. "Local representation and strategic voting: evidence from electoral boundary reforms," Working Papers 2013/32, Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB).
- Persson, Lovisa, 2013. "Consumption smoothing in a balanced budget regime," Working Paper Series, Center for Fiscal Studies 2013:12, Uppsala University, Department of Economics.
- Céline BONNEFOND, 2013. "Growth dynamics and conditional convergence among Chinese provinces: a panel data investigation using system GMM estimator," Cahiers du GREThA 2013-23, Groupe de Recherche en Economie Théorique et Appliquée.
- Schlenker, Eva & Schmid, Kai D., 2013. "Capital income shares and income inequality in the European Union," FZID Discussion Papers 80-2013, University of Hohenheim, Center for Research on Innovation and Services (FZID).
- Zheng, Xinye & Li, Fanghua & Song, Shunfeng & Yu, Yihua, 2013. "Central Government's Infrastructure Investment across Chinese Regions: A Dynamic Spatial Panel Data Approach," MPRA Paper 50407, University Library of Munich, Germany.
- Liliana Proskuryakova & Gulnara Abdrakhmanova & Hans Pitlik, 2013. "Public sector e-innovations. E-government and its impact on corruption," HSE Working papers WP BRP 04/STI/2013, National Research University Higher School of Economics.
- Bignon, V. & Esteves, R. & Herranz-Loncán, A., 2013. "Big Push or Big Grab? Railways, Government Activism and Export Growth in Latin America, 1865-1913," Working papers 447, Banque de France.
- Mario Amendola & Jean Luc Gaffard & Fabricio Patriarca, 2013. "Inequality,debt and taxation:the perverse relation between the productive and the non-productive assets of the economy," Documents de Travail de l'OFCE 2013-21, Observatoire Francais des Conjonctures Economiques (OFCE).
- Julian Diaz Saavedra, 2013. "Age-dependent Taxation, Retirement Behavior, and Work Hours Over the Life Cycle," ThE Papers 13/09, Department of Economic Theory and Economic History of the University of Granada..
- Irineu de Carvalho Filho & Stephan Litschig, 2016. "Long-run Impacts of Intergovernmental Transfers," Working Papers 718, Barcelona Graduate School of Economics.
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Pat Curran didn't blame the judges, or his corner, or a lack of preparation for his loss to Daniel Straus Saturday at Bellator 106.
Instead, Curran put the blame on himself entirely following his decision defeat to Straus for the Bellator featherweight title.
"I have no 1 to blame but myself," Curran wrote on Twitter. "I know I"m a better fighter then that. Thank you to my team and coaches for bringing me this far."
Curran had his six-fight win streak snapped by Straus. That included a knockout of Joe Warren in 2012 to become the Bellator champion. He successfully defended the belt twice before falling.


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And, in the case of Helm, he had some quite famous fans. A star-studded collective of musicians from all genres gathered in New Jersey last October to pay tribute to Helm--the resulting concert raising money earmarked to keep Helm's Woodstock barn and studio in his family's possession. Some of the names involved included Roger Waters, My Morning Jacket, John Mayer, Joe Walsh, Dierks Bentley, Eric Church, Gregg Allman, Bruce Hornsby, Ray LaMontagne, John Hiatt, Grace Potter, Lucinda Williams, John Prine, Marc Cohn, Jakob Dylan, Joan Osborne, and more.
Fans who were unable to attend the show can now see it in its entirety with the release of the Love For Levon DVD this week. We at Yahoo! Music have an exclusive clip for preview, featuring John Mayer and Ray LaMontagne performing "Tears Of Rage."
We also had the opportunity to talk to Grace Potter, who provided a rendition of the Bob Dylan-penned "I Shall Be Released" for the show. Potter spoke to us about her participation in the event, her history as a Helm fan, and how deeply her heart was in the project overall.
Yahoo! Music: Can you talk about what Levon Helm meant to you personally as a musician?
Grace Potter: Levon was basically one of the reasons that the band became the band--not the Band, the band...my band [the Nocturnals]. Because when we were just getting started, I wasn't really sure what sort of music I was going to make. I was drawn to a more folk-oriented, quiet-sounding setup and more solo work--as most musicians do, they start by themselves. So when Matt, my drummer, presented to me "Let's start a band," I was like, "I dunno."
He said, "Let me just show you what I'm talking about. " And he sat me down and put on The Last Waltz--that opening scene with Levon singing and playing the drums. The energy of the band and the music just absolutely surrounded me, and it sunk in that that was my future. It was truly the look on Levon's face--the joy in all of his performances that really made it clear to me that you can find a career and find joy in doing what you love.
How did you get involved in the Love For Levon tribute specifically?
It's actually a pretty amazing story. [My drummer's] mom actually sent him a clipping from the newspaper--she saw an ad for a Levon Helm tribute concert. Now, keep in mind, she is in her mid-70s and is not, like, up on the whole music scene--she happened to be reading the New York Times, and there happened to be an ad. And she sends us the clipping, and writes this cute little note saying "Shouldn't you guys be a part of this?" We had no idea because we were off on tour and we'd missed the window. And we were freaking out thinking we were going to miss it completely. So we called our management and immediately said "Oh my gosh, we have to be a part of this." And lo and behold, a few days later, my good friend Don Was [who served as musical director for the project] was on the phone, and we were scheming up what kind of contribution we could make.
So, it was all due to your drummer's mom!
The inspiration and the love we feel for Levon was so deep-seated that his mother, who doesn't really know much about the deep wells of rock 'n' roll, picked up on it.
Were you allowed to choose which song you wanted to perform, or did you have some direction on that?
My friends My Morning Jacket were a part of the event as well--we've been buddies for a while, and my initial instinct was: Why don't I just jump in with them. I knew that our whole band wasn't going to be there. So, my first suggestion was, what are they doing? And all the songs they were doing were some of my favorites, but it was already worked out they were going to do it with Roger Waters.
So my next thought...I was thinking about Van Morrison. In The Last Waltz Van Morrison did an unbelievable appearance; he did "Caravan" and it was just mindblowing, tore the house down, sold it for me. So I thought about "Caravan"--because that's very much my personality, the girl who comes out and kicks a bunch of microphones over (laughs). But at the end of the day Don [Was] recalled a YouTube of me performing "I Shall Be Released" by myself under a metal sculpture at Bonnaroo from, like, 2006. He remembered being really intrigued by it. He said "What about that?" I said, "Of course that's my favorite song," but I just assumed one of the bigger artists would have already taken it, or that it would be in the encore and the whole group would have did it, kinda like they did in The Last Waltz. So I just assumed it was out of the question that I would perform that song. It was without a doubt my first choice but I didn't even verbalize it until Don suggested it. So that was pretty amazing.
Can you earmark one moment of the entire event that stood out to you as personally the most important or affecting?
It was definitely the encore, standing next to Mavis Staples and Roger Waters, and looking to one side and looking to the other, and feeling the presence of Levon. It was like he was there. I think we collectively felt that, in that moment, he was smiling so hard. It was probably halfway through "The Weight," right after Mavis's verse, that I just got chills and couldn't stop smiling and just really felt his presence. Very heavy. Very very cool.
And poignant…when Roger Waters got his hat that Levon had given him and hung it on the mic stand, I half expected the hat to just levitate and Levon to materialize. But of course he didn't (laughs).
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Canada's Rachel Homan opens world women's curling playoffs against U.S. team that beat her in preliminary round
As Rachel Homan and her Canadian titelists try to make history at the world women's curling championship in Riga, Latvia, they do so with a chance at some payback to lead off.
Homan and her Ottawa CC rink of Emma Miskew, Alison Kreviazuk and Lisa Weagle will face Erika Brown of the U.S. in the Page 3-4 playoff game Saturday (8 a.m., TSN). Homan, after a so-so start to the week in which she and her team battled the ice, won four straight to finish third in the round-robin at 8-3, with one of those losses coming to Brown on Monday.
Brown advanced to the playoff meeting with a 7-4 win over Silvana Tirinzoni of Switzerland in the second tiebreaker Friday morning. The Americans broke a 2-2 tie with a deuce in the fifth and added pivotal steals of one in each of the next two ends to take control. Tirinzoni clawed a deuce back in the ninth, but it was too little, too late,
Tirinzoni had edged Anna Sidorova of Russia 7-6 in 11 ends in the first tiebreaker, scoring three in the sixth to erase a 3-1 deficit and drawing the edge of the button with the final shot of the extra end.
Brown, Trinzoni and Sidorova had all finished the round-robin at 6-5, with the Americans getting the bye to the second tiebreaker on the basis of having the shortest cumulative distance on the draw to the button that determines who gets last rock to start each round-robin game.
However, even if Homan beats Brown, the recent past is not on her side.
No team has emerged from the Page 3-4 playoff game to win a women's world title since the format was introduced at the 2005 championship in Paisley, Scotland. In fact, only three teams that finished outside the Top Two in the round-robin standings gave made the final, including Amber Holland of Regina in 2011 The last time a team finishing lower than second in the round-robin won the title was back in 2003, when Deb McCormick of the U.S. finished third and beat Colleen Jones of Halifax 5-3 in the final under the old 1 vs. 4, 2 vs. 3 semifinal system. Ironically, McCormick is playing third for Brown this time.
The winner of the 3-4 game faces Eve Muirhead of Scotland in the semifinal Saturday at 1 p.m. (TSN) after she lost the 1-2 game 6-5 to Margaretha Sigfridsson of Sweden Friday afternoon.
The Scots and Swedes tied for top spot in the round-robin at 10-1, but this was much closer than Sweden's 11-2 round-robin win. Muirhead stole two in the eighth for a 5-4 lead when Sweden's fourth, Maria Prytz, wrecked on a tough draw through a narrow port, but Prytz made amends with a punch-out hit for two and the win in the last end.
The semifinal loser plays the 3-4 loser for bronze Sunday at 3 a.m., with the semifinal winner meeting Sweden in the gold-medal game at 8 a.m. TSN will show both games, but only if Canada is playing in the bronze-medal match.


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I love that green polka dot top! Where's it from? How is working life?? :)
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Trump has acknowledged that the immigration courts enormous backlog cripples his ability to remove illegal immigrants in a timely manner, but his plan to deal with the backlog isnt going to work.
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Just over one in five (22%) commercial emails sent globally on the first half of 2013 never made it to the subscriber's inbox, according to a new report from Return Path.
This means that billions of messages sent with the intended recipient's permission were either bumped into the spam folder or, more commonly, didn't reach the inbox at all.
Furthermore, the global inbox placement rate actually declined slightly versus the first half of 2012, dropping 4% year-on-year.
Obviously on the plus side the good news is that 78% of marketing messages do reach their intended recipient.
Deliverability is one of the topics covered in our Email Marketing Census 2013. According to the responding companies (58%) clean and up-to-date lists have the biggest impact on improving deliverability, and this has increased by 4% since 2012.
The next most cited factors are relevance of email to recipients (45%), reputation of sender (44%), and use of confirmed opt-in data (30%).
Which of the following have the biggest impact on improving the likelihood of emails reaching the inbox (i.e. deliverability)?
Looking at the responsibility for deliverability, some 84% of company respondents believe that it falls on the shoulders of the marketing team while just 28% believe it's the responsibility of the email service provider.
In contrast, agency respondents were more likely to place responsibility with the ESP (40%) or with themselves (36%).
Whose responsibility is email deliverability?
Deliverability by industry
Return Path's report also looks at deliverability by industry. Retailers proved to be one of the best performing sectors with an inbox placement rate of 92%, up 5% on last year's total.
Only utilities (95%), consumer products (93%) and publishers (97%) performed better in the first half of 2013.
The report suggests that the high deliverability rate achieved by retailers reflects a consumer demand for opt-in email offers. For more information on this topic, check out our recent blog posts on how the email sign up process differs between major retailers and how different brands design their welcome emails.
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Thank for this report. I have had trouble with getting through to my email list. my mail often end up in the spam folder.


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French concept artist Benoit Godde has created a beautiful set of concept art that we thought you wouldn't want to miss.
It is no secret that we love concept art here at PixelVulture and Benoit's work is worthy of a post. We love the eerie looking robots and futuristic landscapes. I'd love to see a game created from this artistic style. You can see more of Benoit's work here.
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While it is true that a timeshare contract is a binding legal document, it is often mistakenly thought that such a contract cannot only be cancelled. In fact, most timeshare companies maintain that their contracts are non – cancellable. This misconception is perpetuated by timeshare companies and user groups that are funded, maintained and controlled by the timeshare industry.
The FHA 203k loan program provides home buyers the opportunity to buy and fix up a property, without exhausting their personal savings.
I'm just going to say "good luck with that". I hope they are prepared for all the in depth compliance they have to do. A local Re/Max office had a mortgage company but threw in the towel when all the changes started coming down. And on another note, herding folks to their company owned mortgage company may be god for business, but not good for consumers. Good thing the cfpb doesn't care to protect consumers.
Sense when did CFPB allow mortgage "franchises" ??? Sounds like a net branch operation. This will be interesting.
My first thoughts too.......Real Estate entities not realizing the RESPA / CFPB liabilities. Didn't they learn from the "All in one shops" in 2003 through 2007? Where the real estate company had shared ownership of Title/Appraisal/Lending/Real Estate. How well did that work out?


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Peggy West Shows Whats Wrong With The Left
MILWAUKEE, WI: Peggy West is a member of the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors and is calling for support of the Arizona boycott. She finds Arizona's Governor Jan Brewer out of line for her desire to seal the border and thinks boycotting Arizona in retaliation is appropriate payback. After all, according to Ms. West, Arizona doesn't even share a border with Mexico.
Congratulations Peggy for showing us why the left is so hard to deal with. Could it be that others on the left are like you, woefully ignorant of facts but still more than willing to opine based on their feelings and political orientation?


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NORWICH They say you cant teach an old dog new tricks. However, the Chenango County SPCAs annual Valentine Fur Ball is quickly becoming a local tradition in only its third year 100 years after the shelter first opened its doors to displaced animals from across the area.
Its really a wonderful event, said Norwich resident Marilyn Kochesperger, who attended the ball Saturday night at the Canasawacta Country Club. The timing is great its at the perfect time of year. The music is great, and its an excellent mix of people of all ages.
The ever-popular event turned the country club into its own version of a winter shelter, reaching its capacity despite the frigid weather outside. The 256 on-hand 100 more than the year before packed the dance floor and bar room (a fair share wearing doggy and kitty ears) and enjoyed the lively music of Binghamton-based Rooster and the Roadhouse Horns.


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National Sea Monkey Day is celebrated on May 16th of each year. Sea-Monkeys is a brand name for brine shrimp – a group of crustaceans that undergo cryptobiosis – often sold in hatching kits as novelty aquarium pets. Invented in 1957 by Harold von Braunhut, the product was heavily marketed, especially in comic books, and remains a presence in popular culture.
Harold von Braunhut invented the product based on brine shrimp in 1957. Ant farms had been popularised the year before by Milton Levine. Initially called "Instant Life", von Braunhut changed the name to "Sea-Monkeys" in 1962. This was based on the supposed resemblance of the animals' tails to those of monkeys, and their salt-water habitat. The product was intensively marketed in comic books using illustrations of humanoid animals drawn by the comic-book illustrator Joe Orlando, which bear no resemblance to the crustaceans. Von Braunhut is quoted as stating: "I think I bought something like 3.2 million pages of comic book advertising a year. It worked beautifully." Many purchasers were disappointed by the dissimilarity, and by the short lifespan of the animals.
Sea-Monkeys remain a popular product, and have gained a cult following. References to Sea-Monkeys have been made in films and television series, including Spin City, Roseanne, Night Court, South Park, The Simpsons, It's Garry Shandling's Show and Desperate Housewives. A spin-off television series was broadcast on Saturday mornings on CBS, The Amazing Live Sea Monkeys, which ran from September 1992 to August 1993, and was based on Joe Orlando's cartoons.
The astronaut John Glenn took Sea-Monkeys into space on October 29, 1998 aboard Space Shuttle Discovery during mission STS-95. After nine days in space, they were returned to Earth, and hatched eight weeks later apparently unaffected by their travels.


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Work Study Program
The Work Study program is offered jointly through Career Services and the Student Awards office to provide students in financial need with an opportunity to receive priority for certain part-time jobs during their academic terms.
Work Study positions are funded by Queen's University. There is a Fall-Winter program as well as a Summer program. Each new academic session requires the submission of a new application for entitlement (unless you have received notification that you have been auto assessed).
Please note that you may not commence work until a signed contract has been confirmed by Career Services and returned to your employer.
Now Students can submit their application for entitlement (to Student Awards)
Now Employers can post their job opportunities for Summer term
15 Mar Summer job postings available online to students
1 May Students can begin work during their Summer term (May-June, May-July, May-Aug Session)
31 May Deadline for Work Study applications from students to Student Awards for entitlement
18 Jun Last day a Work Study employee enrolled in the Summer term (May-June Session) can work
3 Jul Students can begin work during their Summer Term (July-Aug Session)
27 Jul Last day a Work Study employee enrolled in Summer term (May-July Session) can work
13 Aug Last day a Work Study employee enrolled in the Summer term (July-Aug Session) can work
31 Aug Last day a Work Study employee enrolled in the Summer term (May-Aug Session) can work
Now Students can submit their application for entitlement (to Student Awards)
Now Employers can post their job opportunities for Fall/Winter term
13 Jul Fall/Winter job postings available online to students
1 Sep Students can begin their Fall/Winter or Fall term only Work Study position
14 Sep Deadline for Work Study applications from students to Student Awards for entitlement
31 Dec Last day a Work Study employee enrolled in Fall term only can work
2 Jan Students can begin their Winter term only Work Study position
26 Apr Last day a Work Study employee enrolled in Fall/Winter term or Winter term only can work
Simplify things by following this list:
- You have submitted your Work Study application to Student Awards and have received an entitlement
- Review Work Study job postings on MyCareer (log in as a student at: https://careers.sso.queensu.ca/home.htm)
- Submit applications (follow application instructions on each job posting) Save a copy of the job description as once the job expires you will no longer have access to it.
- Get hired (If you are hired you will sign a contract with your employer which can be found (along with instructions) under Work Study Contracts at: http://careers.queensu.ca/faculty-staff/hire-student/work-study
- Once hired (After you have signed your contract you will have to provide your employer with your Social Insurance Number (SIN) and expiry date if you are an international student))
- Providing Banking information (as you will be paid by direct deposit) Follow directions at: http://www.queensu.ca/humanresources/news/banking-changes-myhr-employee-self-service-20161221
- Activate NetID at: https://netid.queensu.ca/selfservice/ (Student Id and NetID are not the same thing. If you need help with your NetID contact Queen's ITS at 613 533 6666)
- Set up MyHR at: http://www.queensu.ca/humanresources/employee-tools/myhr-self-service Once the Timekeeper (listed on the contract) has entered you into PeopleSoft (payroll software) they will provide you with an employee number which you will need to log into MyHR to view or print pay advice slips and print T4s, view home address, banking information and emergency contacts.
- Submit time sheets bi-weekly to your employer (Payroll cutoff periods can be found at: http://www.queensu.ca/financialservices/contact-us/payroll-services/payroll-calendars)
To be eligible for a Work Study entitlement you must meet the criteria for being in financial need.
The rate of pay, effective September 2017, is $14.60/hour including vacation.
You may get hired for a second job IF you are hired for one in which your employer does not expect to use your full entitlement (i.e. not enough hours of work available). Just remember that you cannot exceed the total value of your entitlement, and both employers must be in agreement. Please have your first employer contact the program coordinator with their acceptance and how many hours they are willing to give up.
How to apply for an entitlement
Complete the application that can be printed from the Student Awards website and submit it to the Office of the University Registrar, Student Awards, ground floor, Gordon Hall. Please submit any questions about your application to email@example.com.
You will receive an email from Student Awards once your application has been assessed. Turn-around time is approximately two weeks. You will also be able to check SOLUS for your entitlement.
Remember the eligibility and entitlement rule. To apply for Work Study positions, students MUST FIRST receive a Work Study entitlement from Student Awards for the academic term(s) for which the job is being posted.
Job descriptions are available on MyCareer at Career Services.
Please follow the "how to apply" instructions on each posting. Employers will then commence with the hiring process from their applicant pool. The department, faculty, school or organization that has posted the job is responsible for arranging interviews, selecting a candidate and making a job offer.
If you are hired, the employer can obtain a contract and instructions under Work Study Contracts at: http://careers.queensu.ca/faculty-staff/hire-student/work-study
You may begin working IF your employer has received a confirmed contract from Career Services.
Congratulations on getting a job! Now, before you begin your Work Study placement, there are a few things you should do.
1. Determine through your employer what vacation or observed holidays you are entitled to during your work term.
2. Submit your Social Insurance Number to your employer for income tax deduction purposes (as well as the expiry date if you are an international student).
3. All Work Study employees are categorized as hourly employees and are thus paid bi-weekly.
4. All students must activate their Queen's Employee NetID to access MyHR if they have not already done so.
To activate NetID, go to: https://netid.queensu.ca/selfservice/ . Note: new Queen's Employee NetID and current Student NetID are not the same Contact Queen's ITS at 613-533-6666 if assistance with account activation is required.
To Activate MyHR go to: http://www.queensu.ca/humanresources/employee-tools/myhr-self-service
As a Queen's University student who is also a Queen's employee, you have a separate Employee Net ID to be used for your employment. It is very important to keep your employee identity separate and distinct from your student identity. Refer to this important Fact Sheet for additional details. Email communication pertaining to your employment will only be sent to your Queen's Employee Email account.
You will receive your pay through electronic funds transfer directly to your bank account. Please see below or instructions at: http://www.queensu.ca/humanresources/news/banking-changes-myhr-employee-...
- Complete the Direct Deposit Authorization Form (PAY-FRM-031) available at: http://www.queensu.ca/financialservices/sites/webpublish.queensu.ca.finwww/files/files/forms/PAY-FRM-031-Direct_Deposit_Authorization(1).pdf
- As per the instructions on the form, please attach a void cheque or a deposit authorization slip issued by your Financial Institution.
- Submit the completed paperwork directly to Payroll Services located in the Rideau Building, 3rd Floor, 207 Stuart Street.
Are you an international student?
To work on campus in the Work Study Program students MUST have a Social Insurance Number (SIN). International students cannot apply for a SIN until after being hired by a Work Study employer.
- To learn how to get a SIN number, go to: Queen's University International Centre website
- Service Canada is at 1300 Bath Road in the Frontenac Mall
Please note that you may not commence work until a signed and confirmed contract has been issued by Career Services to your employer and no hours will be paid prior to the date the confirmed contract has been sent.
Prior to Hiring
Non-Profit Organizations must complete and submit the required information below prior to posting a Work Study job or requesting a contract:
- Email request for a subsidized position(s) outlining the rationale for the request
- A job description for each different position the employer wishes to hire for
- Signed NPO Work Study Agreement (PDF, 182 kB) - to be signed once per 12 month period
- Signed Risk Criteria Assessment (PDF, 103 kB)
Once Hired
- Signed Safety Orientation Checklist (PDF, 128kB) - returned within one week of you being hired
Please forward your email and completed forms to email@example.com. Once I have received the required forms I would be happy to proceed with the request.
If you have any questions please forward them to: firstname.lastname@example.com
Before you begin your Work Study placement, there are a few things you should do. You'll need to have a clear understanding of the expectations, responsibilities and procedures on the job and you'll need to assist your employer in setting up a process for handing in your timesheets on a bi-weekly basis.
Review the Student Manual (.pdf, 335 kB) for Work Study & SWEP to learn how to make the experience a valuable one, and clarify your role with your supervisor. If you need additional assistance, contact the program coordinator Sheila Hutchison.
Your Work Study entitlement doesn't guarantee you a Work Study position. Indeed, sometimes students can't find a job that fits their skills, or they aren't able to apply until later in the year when many of the jobs are filled. Don't panic! If you're approved for Work Study but can't find a job posted on the Work Study list that fits you, or if you got your entitlement late, you may be able to create a Work Study job!
Do not start work until a signed contract has been confirmed and returned by Career Services to your employer.
Contact faculties, profs or departments who you think might need help on a research project, office, or lab work. Tell them that you can do a certain number of hours of work for them, and that the end cost to them is $3.65/hour plus benefits. The employer will be responsible for paying the student on a bi-weekly basis through the term and will then be reimbursed 75% of the entitlement used at the end of the term once an audit form has been completed and returned. If you have found someone interested in hiring you and they are not familiar with the program (or if they need more information), have the employer contact email@example.com for further information.
You may also contact any local non-profit organization. These Not For Profit organizations (PDF, 174 kB) have worked with the Work Study Program in the past.
If you have found a not-for-profit orgnaization that is interested in hiring you, it is important that the organization contact firstname.lastname@example.com to start the process as paperwork is required from the not-for-profit organization PRIOR to a contract being prepared and confirmation given so that the student can commence work.
More ideas for finding work
Have a look at our Where to Find a Job on Campus tipsheet (.pdf, 442 kB) for some additional ideas. Career Services offers drop-in advising hours for additional job search advice and support.
Program contact
For more information, please contact:
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Alabama Coach Nick Saban's keeping a pretty busy schedule gearing up for the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl - the Washington Huskies and Alabama Crimson Tide play Saturday - but took some time out to visit with some young fans at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.
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The hospital posted the nice photo above with the following comment:
"While in Atlanta for the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl , the Alabama Football and Washington Husky Football teams visited with our kiddos. Coach Nick Saban met Grace, a patient who shows her Alabama pride in a unique way—with a houndstooth print prosthetic leg!"
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Saturday's Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl between No. 1 Alabama and No. 4 Washington — a College Football Playoff semifinal — will cap the prominent role the Dome has played in the sport since its opening in 1992, AJC sports writer Tim Tucker notes.
While best known as the home of the Falcons, the Dome will host its 152nd college football game, its 25th Peach Bowl.
The building is scheduled to be demolished next year and replaced by the $1.5 billion Mercedes-Benz Stadium, under construction next door and now slated to open by August.


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In a game of inches, Zach Lutz's seventh-inning single kicked up chalk down the first base line and kept the Mets from being no-hit by Gio Gonzalez. They know they were lucky to avoid that ignominy, but the five homers surrendered and the 9-0 loss to Washington suffered Monday night were plenty embarrassing enough.
"Yes, absolutely [we're lucky]. We hit one ball good. One ball good,'' repeated Terry Collins, who saw his own starter Carlos Torres implode and take the Mets with him. "One ball good. [Juan] Lagares' line drive to shortstop was the only ball we hit good. We feel very fortunate.
"We didn't pitch, gave up all those home runs, and have Gio on the mound pitching as well as he did and [you can't] expect to have very good games. Fortunately we put a ball in play where nobody was at, so we can at least go home knowing we didn't get no hit.''
That's how low the bar has been set, as the Mets lost for the sixth time in eight games, and the seventh in their last nine at home. They haven't been no-hit since the Astros' Darryl Kile on Sept. 8, 1993, but they didn't muster a hit against Gonzalez (10-6) until Lutz's single right on the line lead off the seventh.
Lutz, who flailed and got the ball off the end of the bat, readily admits how fortunate their only hit was.
"I hit it off the end of the bat a little bit, and I went down the line. Some good luck right there,'' Lutz said. "Yeah, the ball that I hit was off the end of the bat, and it was just some luck right there.''
The Mets hadn't been on the receiving end of a one-hit shutout since Yankees pitchers A.J. Burnett, Brian Bruney and David Robertson combined to do it on June 27, 2009, at the Stadium. Gonzalez (two walks, eight strikeouts) is the first starting pitcher to complete the feat against the Mets since Dontrelle Willis on June 16, 2003.
"Gio was just dominating the whole night. He had everything working,'' Lutz said. "It's tough when he's out there dominating and you look up at the scoreboard and we're down nine runs. What can you do?"
On Monday night, nothing. They could have run across the street and used one of Rafael Nadal's rackets and not hit Gonzalez. Torres (3-4) was off from the first inning and it just got worse from there.
Torres saw leadoff hitter Denard Span line his 2-2 cutter into the bullpen and watched Ryan Zimmerman lift another 89 mph cutter out to left field. Seven pitches, two longballs and one horrible tone set.
In the third, Torres allowed a single to Span and — after getting ahead of Zimmerman 0-2 — threw four straight balls to issue a walk that came back to haunt him one pitch later, a fastball at the letters that Jayson Werth crushed for a three-run homer.
After Tyler Moore parked a solo shot in the black in dead center, Collins had seen enough, mercifully pulling Torres (five hits, six runs, four homers) after four ineffective innings.
"They hit those mistakes I left up. They were up and hit it in that gap and everything in that gap was flying,'' said Torres, who has allowed 14 earned runs in seven innings against Washington, but only a dozen in 59 ¹/₃ innings against everybody else. "I've given up 14 runs up to that one team. Bad approach, I guess.''


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Magnolia Cemetery is the only African-American cemetery in Dickinson. But years of neglect was taking a toll on the site until residents in that community stepped in.
The yard work was long overdue there.
"It wasn't overtaken, but it was time for it to be touched up," Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church Pastor Lewis Little said.
Pastor Little, a member of the Dickinson Ministerial Alliance, says it is the only African-American cemetery in Dickinson. It is the final resting place for generations of families, including those of volunteer Alma Hobbs Little's.
"It's a lot of history here and I have grand kids, and a great grandchild, and I just want them to know their foundation, where they came from, the roots of it all," Alma Little said.
There has been some upkeep over the years. The cemetery had been mowed but needed some tender loving care.
"A lot of my ancestors have been buried her, people that I've known," volunteer Deacon Marvin Colbert said. "It's just a blessing to make it look like this."
But there is more than one blessing in this cleanup effort.
"This is our community come together and it's always more than I expect. The god that I serve he gives us more than we need," Pastor Little said.
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Thank you to all our customers who sent in their concern and kind words for our safety. The Rinkya staff in Japan is safe and sound along with all your items at our warehouse. Unfortunately, checking your items arrival and sending out packages will experience a delay due to the recent disaster. We do expect the delivery services to experience a delay as well, which is beyond our control.
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Michelle studied painting at Slade School of Art, and printmaking at Wimbledon School of Art. She is owner/ director of SLAUGHTERHAUS Print Studio and Head of Printmaking at Morley College, London. She has work in private and public collections including Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Orchard Solicitors, and etc limited, London.
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Recent Work
The work is about landscape, ranging from looking at the whole, to the minutae of a particular place, and the artists' place in that environment. Recent work has focussed on tiny parts of the landscape- small stones on the beach, or the crack between rocks, or a weed growing in the pavement.


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- firstname.lastname@example.com
- Research Interests
- Spatial mobility, Family relationship, space and spatiality, Social network analysis, life course research, Quantitative Methods
- http://www.sociology.ed.ac.uk/people/staff/gil_viry
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- Tuesdays 11am - 1pm
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I welcome inquiries and proposals for doctoral research, honours and master dissertations in relation to any area of sociologial research that connects with one or more of my research interests:
- Spatial mobility, in particular the links with personal and family relationships
- Family in space
- Distance relationships
- Family and personal networks
- Social network analysis
- Life course research.
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Research interests
My research interests bridge the intersection of spatial mobilities, family and personal life and social networks. I am especially interested in exploring how geographical distance and mobility behaviours (travelling, commuting, moving) impact personal relationships, focusing in particular on the network structure of families. I use mainly quantitative research methods and social network analysis.
Current Research
I am currently working on two large collaborative research projects:
(1) The spatiality of family configurations and the life course (2015-18), Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) LIVES, IP208 (with Professor Eric Widmer, University of Geneva and Dr Jacques Antoine-Gauthier, University of Lausanne).
The project aims to examine the interactions between spatial mobility biographies, family development and family relationships using sequence analysis and SNA based on survey data.
(2) 'Transgene: History, biology and translation: the postponement of healthcare delivery over the course of large-scale genomic initiatives' (2016-2020) ERC Starting Grant (with Dr Miguel García-Sancho Sánchez, STIS, University of Edinburgh).
My contribution to the project is to analyse the evolution of co-authorship networks based on publications funded by yeast, human and pig genome programmes using longitudinal SNA methods.
My research at the University of Edinburgh falls more particularly into two areas: (1) ways individual practices of spatial mobility are experienced over the family life course; (2) changes in personal networks in relation to spatial mobility histories.
I currently co-convene the Social Network Analysis in Scotland (SNAS) Group and I am an associate researcher at CRFR.
I joined Edinburgh Sociology as a Chancellor's Fellow in September 2012. Prior to this, I was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the centre for mobility research (CeMoRe) at Lancaster University, an Invited Scholar at Federal Institute for Population Research in Wiesbaden, Germany, a Teaching Assistant in the sociology department at Geneva University and a Research Fellow at LaSUR (Laboratory of Urban Sociology) at Swiss federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) and at PAVIE (Laboratory of Life Course Research) at Lausanne University.
I completed my PhD in Sociology at the University of Geneva in 2011.
PhD in sociology (University of Geneva)
MSc in sociology (University of Geneva)
MSc in physics (University of Geneva)
I am co-directing the Taught MSc programme: Sociology and Global Change
I usually teach in the broad areas of spatial mobility, family life and social network analysis. In 2016-17 I will be teaching on:
- SSPS10029 Analysing Social Networks with Statistics (Under- and Postgraduate)
- PGSP11372 Social Network Analysis: Mapping and Exploring the Network Society (Postgraduate)
- SCIL08012 Sociology 2a: Thinking Sociologically (Class, stratification and inequality) (2nd year Undergraduate)
- SCIL08013 Sociology 2b: Researching Social Life (Researching families with survey methods) (2nd year Undergraduate)
- SCIL11030 Key Concepts in Global Social Change (Families in the age of globalisation and mobility) (Postgraduate)
- SCIL10023 Researching Global Social Change (Research methods in global sociology) (Postgraduate)
Recent Publications
All publications on my personal web page: gilviry.com
(2017) Work-related travel over the life course and its link to fertility: a comparison between four European countries. European Sociological Review (In press). https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcx064 (with Heiko Rueger)
(2017) Family inclusiveness and spatial dispersion: The spatial consequences of having large and diversified family configurations. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 5, 350-367. https://doi.org/10.4236/jss.2017.55024 (with Eric Widmer)
(2015) High Mobility in Europe: work and personal life. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (co-edited with Vincent Kaufmann)
(2015) Grandes mobilités liées au travail, perspective européenne et longitudinale. Economica (In press) (with Emmanuel Ravalet, Stéphanie Vincent, Vincent Kaufmann and Yann Dubois)
(2015). Under which conditions can intensive commuting be a way of life? In: C. Aybek, J. Huinink, R. Muttarak (Eds). Spatial Mobility, Migration, and Family Dynamics. Dordrecht: Springer. (with Stéphanie Vincent-Geslin).
(2014) Coparenting and children's adjustment to divorce: the role of geographical distance from fathers. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage.
(2014) Migration and long-distance commuting histories and their links to career achievement in Germany: a sequence analysis. Sociological Research Online. (with Heiko Rüger & Thomas Skora) (full text: http://www.socresonline.org.uk/19/1/8.html).
(2013). Elite formation in the Third Industrial Revolution. In: T. Birtchnell, J. Caletrio (Eds). Elite mobilities. Routledge., pp. 62-77. (with Thomas Birtchnell & John Urry).
(2013). Vivre loin de ses parents quand on est un jeune adulte : quel effet sur le lien de confidence? Enfances, Familles, Générations. (with Eva Nada) (full text: http://www.erudit.org/revue/efg/2013/v/n19/1023775ar.html).
(2013). Residential trajectories in the early life course and their effects. In: R. Levy, E.D. Widmer (Eds). Gendered life courses, between individualization and standardization. A European approach applied to Switzerland. Lit Verlag., pp. 141-160. (with Heather Hoffmeister & Eric Widmer)
(2013) Generations, intergenerational relationships, generational policy: A multilingual compendium. Generationes. (with Kurt Luescher, Andreas Hoff, Giovanni Lamura, Marta Renzi, Mariano Sanchez and Eric Widmer)
(2012). Residential mobility and the spatial dispersion of personal networks: effects on social support. Social Networks (full text: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socnet.2011.07.003).
(2012). Do regions matter in ALICE? Social relationships and data exchanges in the Grid. European Physical Journal Plus, 127(2), pp. 20-27. (with Eric Widmer, Federico Carminati, Giuliana Galli-Carminati).
(2012). Der zunehmende Einfluss der Bildung auf den Zeitpunkt der ersten Geburt in Deutschland, Frankreich und der Schweiz. Bevölkerungsforschung Aktuell. Mitteilungen aus dem Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung, Mai 2012 (with Jasmin Passet).
(2012). Mobile un jour, mobile toujours?. In: S. Vincent-Geslin, V. Kaufmann (Eds). Mobilité sans racines. Plus loin, plus vite, plus mobiles?Descartes & Cie. (with Stéphanie Vincent-Geslin).
(2012). Mobilités réversibles: un phénomène anecdotique ? Quantification des mobilités réversibles. In: S. Vincent-Geslin, V. Kaufmann (Eds). 2012. Mobilité sans racines. Plus loin, plus vite, plus mobiles?Descartes & Cie. (with Vincent Kaufmann & Iragaël Joly).
(2011). The impact of spatial mobilities and physical distance on interpersonal relationships. Do spatially mobile people have weakened intimate and family ties? Ph.D. University of Geneva, Editions SES.
(2010). Does it matter for us that my partner or I commute? Zeitschrift für Familienforschung, 22. Jahrg., Heft 2, pp. 149-170. (with Eric Widmer & Vincent Kaufmann).
(2010). Early life course relocation: Effects on motility, mobility, and social Integration. In: Collet,B. Schneider, N. Mobile Living across Europe, Volume II. Causes and consequences of job-related spatial mobility in cross-national perspective. Leverkusen-Opladen: Barbara Budrich. (with Heather Hoffmeister & Eric D. Widmer).
(2010). Generations, intergenerational relationships, generational policy: A trilingual compendium. Bern: Schweizerische Akademie der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften. (co-author, main author: Kurt Lüscher).
(2010). Carrières académiques: comment concilier mobilités spatiales et vie de famille ?. Revue Synergies. Pays Riverains de la Baltique, n°7. GERFLINT, pp. 77-94. (with Stéphanie Vincent & Vincent Kaufmann).
(2009). La grande mobilité géographique pour des raisons professionnelles en Suisse: une étape de vie pré-familiale ? Revue Recherches familiales, 6, pp. 67-80. (with Vincent Kaufmann & Eric Widmer).
(2009). Relational anchorings faced with commuting. In: Bergman, M. Maksim, H. Ohnmacht, T. (eds.).Mobilities and Inequality, Aldershot: Ashgate, pp. 121-143. (with Vincent Kaufmann & Eric Widmer).
(2008). Switzerland - Mobility: a life stage issue? In: Meil, G. Schneider, N. Mobile Living across Europe, Volume I. Relevance and diversity of job-related spatial mobility in six European countries. Leverkusen-Opladen: Barbara Budrich. (with Vincent Kaufmann & Eric Widmer).
Topics interested in supervising
I welcome inquiries and proposals for doctoral research, in relation to any area of sociologial research that connects with one or more of my research interests: All forms of spatial mobility (travel, migration), Family in space, Distance relationships, Family and personal networks, Social network analysis, Life course research.
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2008-09-03 07:58:27 - General
The first art show of the 2008-2009 season at Coe College features an exhibition series highlighting the creative achievements of the college's art department alumni. The featured artists include Christine Buckton Tillman '99 (sculpture), Fujiko Isomura '95 (paintings), Julia Kottal '03 (landscape paintings), and Kirk Mayhew '95 (ceramics).
The exhibits open in conjunction with a reception in the Sinclair Auditorium lobby on Friday, Sept. 12, from 5-7 p.m. The artwork will continue to be on display from Sept. 13 through Oct. 3 from 3-5 p.m. daily in the Marvin Cone and Eaton-Buchan Galleries of Sinclair on the Coe campus. In addition, a special Homecoming Weekend reception will be held on Saturday, Sept. 27, from 5-7 p.m. Both the receptions and the exhibitions are free and open to the public.
According to gallery director and instructor of art Mariah Dekkenga, the alumni exhibits will allow Coe to showcase the talent of its own graduates. The college had its first special alumni exhibit last year, with more planned for the future.
"Each year, we plan to show the work of small groups of our alumni who are working as practicing artists," said Dekkenga. "We hope that the series will serve to inspire current students while highlighting the successes of our alumni."
Details of the exhibits are as follows:
Christine Buckton Tillman sculpture exhibit
Christine Buckton Tillman graduated from Coe in 1999. She then earned her Master of Arts and Master of Fine Arts degrees in painting and drawing from the University of Iowa in 2002, and moved to Baltimore. Recently, Tillman has exhibited her sculpture at Transformer Gallery and The Katzen Museum in Washington, D.C., the Urban Institute for Art in Grand Rapids, Mich., the Redux Contemporary Art Center in Charleston, S.C., and Area 405 in Baltimore. She is a two-time finalist for the prestigious Trawick Prize for Contemporary Art. Her work has recently been featured in Urban Code and Locus Magazine Issue #3. She is a member of the Upper School faculty at the Park School of Baltimore.
"I am primarily a very flat sculptor who draws more often than I make sculptures," said Buckton Tillman. "My main interests as an artist lie in ideas surrounding the handmade, celebrations, and man-made interpretations of natural forms."
Fujiko Isomura painting exhibit
A native of Tokyo, Fujiko Isomura graduated from Coe College in 1995 and went on to earn an M.F.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1998. She has been commissioned to paint a wide variety of works, and currently serves as the membership director at the La Jolla Art Association in La Jolla, Calif. She resides in San Diego.
Isomura's work has been featured at dozens of juried shows in both the U.S. and Japan, with work on display at major museums. She has also been recognized with top finishes at art competitions around the country.
The artist begins her work with computer manipulation, collaging, and the printing of images. She then returns to the formal art techniques of painting and metal leaf gilding to complete her work, bringing together old and new icons and mass media images from American and Japanese culture.
"In the middle of rapid globalization, I would like to share my passion, experiences, and vision of living in diverse cultures through my artwork, to make the world more aware of what we are, the time we live in, and harmony each of us can create and enjoy together," noted Isomura in her artist's statement.
Julia Kottal landscape painting exhibit
Julia Kottal is a 2003 Coe alum who graduated with a major in art and a concentration in oil painting. She was awarded the Susan Lawson Bauma Prize in Art at Coe and has been a featured artist at Campbell Steele Galleries in Marion. Kottal is an artist and educator at the Eastside Arts Academy in Cedar Rapids.
Kottal grew up in rural areas of the Midwest, where the inspiration came for her work. She remembers "being hypnotized by patterns of corn and soybeans fields whirling by, and finding hidden objects in the clouds and vistas - these are images etched in my brain that continuously return to me."
"Viewing and painting a land 'sweep' or landscape, I express myself through personal reflection," noted Kottal. "Memories of the past infuse my current vision and I willingly allow the two to combine - past and present mental visions, a blended perspective into my voice. This is how and why I paint landscapes that have elements of times past, but in abstraction. I love to see, as I hope the view does, a 'surprise' or a moment that happens in my paintings, either while painting or after completion."
Kirk Mayhew ceramics exhibit
Kirk Mayhew received his bachelor's degree from Coe in 1997, and his M.F.A. from the University of Cincinnati in 2000. Mayhew's solo exhibitions and collaborative works can be seen in the greater Cincinnati area, as well as Charlotte, N.C., Muncie, Ind., Liberty Park, N.J., and Nancy, France. Currently, Mayhew serves as an adjunct professor teaching ceramics at Northern Kentucky University, community education classes at the Art Academy of Cincinnati, and pottery at the Clifton Recreation Center.
Regarding his ceramics exhibit, Mayhew noted, "To enhance the level of interactivity, as well as satisfy my own curiosity, the structures have been created by different methods. When a sharp and smooth form was desired, wet solid construction was allowed to stiffen, hollowed out, then massively resurfaced while still moist. Planes and corners were refined again and again. This is a universe apart from the complexity of flattened slabs cut into precise bricks that were dried and unapologetically assembled with mortar-like clay slip. Through either process a greatly differing physicality becomes quickly apparent, further engaging the viewer to consider and compare these recognizable vessels."
For more information on the exhibit, call 399-8581.


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Turkmenistan Increases Production of Liquefied Natural Gas
In January-October 2012 Turkmengaz produced some 117,700 tons of liquefied natural gas, which is 83,800 tons or nearly a quarter more than the planned 1,099,000 tons, the state newspaper Neitralni Turkmenistan reported.
Source: trend.az
Microsoft Corporation Interested in Turkmen Market
Microsoft Corporation Multicountry, Central & Eastern European Headquarters General Manager Takuya Hirano said during his visit to Ashgabat that his company is interested in a close partnership with Turkmenistan, the state newspaper Neitralni Turkmenistan reported. Microsoft representatives took part in an international investment forum. "We are ready to present innovations. One of the promising areas of the partnership is the protection of intellectual property. According to the practice, this promotes innovative industry as a whole," Hirano said.
Source: trend.az
President: TAPI Project Demonstrates India's Aspiration to Intensify Ties with Turkmenistan
In his letter to President Berdymukhamedov, timed for the 21st Anniversary of Turkmenistan's independence, Indian President, Pranab Mukherjee, expressed his support for the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project (TAPI). "I am pleased to stress our fruitful cooperation in the implementation of the TAPI project, designed to ensure the energy security of our countries, and highlight India's desire to further intensify mutually beneficial relations with Turkmenistan," the letter said.
Source: india.nydailynews.com
MTS One Step Behind
The advertising slogan of the Russian cellular company MTS "MTS is a step ahead" does not quite correspond to reality in Turkmenistan. Turkmenistan Initiative for Human Rights questioned 30 mobile phone users in Ashgabat to discover that only one of them used MTS services, while the rest preferred Turkmenistan's local operator Altyn Asyryn. During MTS's two year absence from the Turkmen market, nearly all its clients moved to Altyn Asyryn's services. As there is little difference in the rates and ranges of the services offered by the two companies, few choose to go back to their MTS service, which requires changing their phone number. Many hope that MTS will be able to provide higher speed Internet at lower prices, which would rationalize going back to MTS' service. MTS is trying to re-capture its share of the Turkmen market.
Source: Turkmenistan Chronicles
Hollande: France Ready to Support Turkmenistan's Regeneration
France is ready to support Turkmenistan in its modernization and development, French President, Francois Hollande, said to his Turkmen counterpart Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov in a letter sent on the occasion of the 21st anniversary of Turkmenistan's independence. "I hope that our cooperation will continue to expand to cover new areas of partnership and mutual interest," the letter said. France's Total is interested in developing Turkmenistan's hydrocarbon resources in the Caspian, and in the transportation of Turkmen gas to Europe. Gas de France has also expressed interest in working in Turkmenistan's energy sector.
France's Schneider Electric, in a consortium with the Belgian Enex, signed an agreement with the Turkmen government to ensure Ashgabat's energy supply. Last year, Thales Alenia Space launched construction of Turkmen's first national satellite, scheduled for launch in 2014. Recently the Turkmen president received the heads of VINCI Construction Grands Projets and Bouygues. Bouygues has completed several projects in Turkmenistan that according to various estimates, total over $2 billion in value. VINCI received a large contract in 2011 to build a government complex in Ashgabat.
Source: trend.az
French Total Ready for Partnership with Turkmenistan
In Ashgabat, President Berdymukhamedov received Christophe de Margerie, Head of France's Total, who said "his company is ready to build partnership with Turkmenistan in areas of investment, exploration, and exploitation of oil and gas fields."
Margerie also noted the growing interest of the large French businesses and, above all, companies working in the energy sector, as well in infrastructure development, in Turkmenistan.
Source: casfactor.com
Canada Welcomes Turkmenistan Diversifying Energy Transit
"Canada looks forward to long term cooperation with Turkmenistan and welcomes the country's efforts to develop cooperation with the international community to promote peace and progress in the region, particularly through improving energy transit and regional trade routes," said Governor General of Canada, David Johnston, in his letter to President Berdymukhamedov sent on the occasion of Turkmenistan's 21th anniversary of independence of Turkmenistan.
Source: trend.az
Turkmenistan, UAE to Discuss Cooperation
Turkmenistan and the United Arab Emirates plan to hold the first meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for Cooperation on Nov. 7-8, an official Turkmen source said. At the meeting, Turkmenistan will be represented by Deputy Chairman of Cabinet of Ministers and Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov.
Source: trend.az
Turkmenistan to Launch First Space Satellite in 2014
President Berdymukhamedov met with the Vice President of Thales Michel Ricard. The meeting focused on creation of Turkmenistan's national satellite, to be launched in 2014. Ricard expressed his willingness to provide innovative solutions in the field of aerospace technology. They discussed cooperation in civil aviation and development of stronger partnership.
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10 Top-Rated Tourist Attractions in Vicenza
About halfway between Verona and Venice, Vicenza lies at the edge of the fertile Po plain, just below the foothills of the Dolomites. Including Vicenza in its World Heritage list, UNESCO cited the work here of Andrea Palladio in the 16th century, which "gives the city its unique appearance. His work inspired a distinct architectural style known as Palladian, which spread to England and other European countries, and also to North America." Palladian ideals mix freely here with the distinctive Venetian styles, as Vicenza was part of the Venetian empire from 1404 until the late 1700s. The name to know in art here is the 15th-century painter Bartolomeo Montagna, whose work you'll see in the Museo Civico and in several churches.
See also: Where to Stay in Vicenza
1 Basilica Palladiana and Museo Palladiano
The southeast side of Piazza dei Signori is dominated by the elegant Basilica Palladiana, Palladio's masterpiece, built between 1549 and 1614. Its two stories of open colonnades, the lower part Doric and upper part Ionic, make it impressive but also serve to blend it into the vast square by opening it to the street. The basilica was not built as a church but as a meeting-place for the Grand Council. On the first floor is a hall 52 meters long, with a wooden vaulted roof, used for exhibitions. In front of the west end of the basilica stands a marble statue of Palladio. Inside the building is the Museo Palladiano, with models, designs, and other work by the architect. There is a café on the upper terrace.
Piazza dei Signori was the site of the old Roman forum, with two columns from the Venetian period and the slender Torre di Piazza, a defensive tower built in 1174. The Loggia del Capitano, now part of the Town Hall, was the residence of the Venetian governor, begun by Palladio in 1571 but only half finished.
Address: Piazza dei Signori, Vicenza
2 Teatro Olimpico
Opposite the Museo Civico, the Teatro Olimpico was begun by Palladio in 1580 and completed in 1584 by Vincenzo Scamozzi, after Palladio's death. Built of wood and stucco, this is a Renaissance adaption of ancient theaters. As you enter the building, be sure to notice its size, and be conscious of the distance you walk inside the theater. You will be surprised by how large the stage seems. This is a grand illusion, achieved by the clever use of sets that diminish in size to create the effect of long streets running off into the distance. The stage is, in fact, quite shallow.
Address: Piazza Matteotti, I-36100 Vicenza
3 La Rotonda
Connected to the nearby Villa Valmarana by a footpath - about a ten-minute walk - is the most recognized of all Palladio's buildings, Villa Almerico Capra, better known as La Rotonda. Commissioned by a priest as his country house upon his retirement from the Vatican, the villa was inspired by the Pantheon in Rome. In turn, it has inspired hundreds of later buildings the world-over, including Thomas Jefferson's home, Monticello, in Virginia, USA.
The square structure is completely symmetrical, with a portico on each of the four sides, and crowned by a dome. Although it was designed and begun by Palladio about 1567, at his death in 1580, the building was completed by Vincenzo Scamozzi, who kept to the original plans except for some modifications to the dome. The interior is decorated in elaborate frescoes, with trompe l'oeil architectural features - columns, niches, and capitals - on the walls. It is possible to visit the grounds and the interior on alternate days.
Address: Via della Rotonda 45, Vicenza
4 Corso Andrea Palladio
A little way northwest of the Piazza dei Signori is the main street of Vicenza, the Corso Andrea Palladio, lined with palaces, several of them designed by Palladio. Halfway along, you'll see the fine Palazzo del Comune, designed by Vincenzo Scamozzi and built in the early 17th century. Northeast of this is the Gothic Palazzo Da Schio, known as the Cà d'Oro, House of Gold. At the southwest end are more palaces, including Palazzo Bonin (No. 13) and Palazzo Zileri Dal Verme (No. 36). The Corso ends in the Piazza Castello, location of the Porta Castello. To the left, on the shorter side of the square, the unfinished Palazzo Porto-Breganze was probably designed by Palladio and built by Vincenzo Scamozzi about 1600. Contra Porti, which intersects with Corso Andrea Palladio not far from Piazza dei Signori, is also lined by 14th-century Venetian mansions and several more of Palladio's.
5 Museo Civico
At the northeast end of the Corso Andrea Palladio is the Palazzo Chiericati, one of Palladio's finest buildings and now home to the Museo Civico. On the ground floor are archeological collections, and on the main floor, a picture gallery displays the city's collection of paintings. This contains major works by painters of the Vicenza school (such as Bartolomeo Montagna and Giovanni Buonconsiglio) and the best known Venetian masters, including Carpaccio, Veronese, Tintoretto, Tiepolo, and others.
Address: Piazza Matteotti 37-39, Vicenza
6 Villa Valmarana (Ai Nani)
Behind high walls crowned with a series of stubby statues, the 17th-century Villa Valmarana is locally known as Ai Nani, a reference to the dwarfed statues on the walls. The magnificent frescoes, painted in 1757, adorning the residence and guest house are one of the main attractions for tourists. Those in the main villa are by Giambattista Tiepolo and cover the entry and four ground-floor rooms with dramatic and heroic scenes from Roman, Greek, and Italian literature. By marked contrast, the frescoes done at the same time by Tiepolo's son Giandomenico, in the adjoining guest house, are light and airy scenes of peasant and town life. Both sets are very well preserved.
Address: Stradelli dei Nani 8, Vicenza
7 Santa Corona
The Gothic church of Santa Corona was built in the 13th century to house a holy relic, a thorn from Christ's Crown of Thorns, and contains several notable paintings. The Baptism of Christ by Giovanni Bellini, from about 1500, is above the fifth altar on left, and on the third altar on the right is Adoration of the Magi by Veronese. But what draws most visitors is the church's 1576 Cappella Valmarana, a chapel believed to have been designed by Andrea Palladio, who is buried in the church.
Address: Contra Sant Corona 2, Vicenza
8 Basilica di Monte Berico
From the Villa Roi, on the southern outskirts of Vicenza, the Portici di Monte Berico, a series of arcades built in 1746, lead up to the Basilica di Monte Berico. This pilgrimage church was built by the Bologna architect C. Borella in 1668. The basilica's centralized plan is modeled on the Rotonda. In the chapel to the right of the high altar is Lamentation by Bartolomeo Montagna (1500); in the refectory is his large Banquet of St. Gregory Magnus. There is an almost Byzantine feel to the interior, which is lit by votive candles around the high altar. Two somewhat surprising collections are worth noticing in the refectory: fossils and the unusual needlework votive offerings in the vestibule. From the square in front of the church, Piazzale della Vittoria, are magnificent views of the city backed by the Pre-Alps, including Monte Pasubio and Monte Grappa.
Address: Viale X Giugno 87, Vicenza
9 San Lorenzo
From Palazzo Valmarana, about midway along Corso Andrea Palladio, Via Fogazzaro runs northwest to the brick church of San Lorenzo. The Romanesque and Gothic church, built from 1280 to 1344, has a slender campanile and a beautiful main doorway. In the fine interior are some impressive tombs and a fresco by Bartolomeo Montagna, The Beheading of St. Paul, from about 1500. Be sure to see the cloister adjoining the church, one of Vicenza's loveliest.
Address: Campo San Lorenzo, Vicenza
10 Cathedral
Via Garibaldi runs southwest to the Piazza del Duomo, on the north-side of which stands the cathedral, a Gothic structure of brick with a façade of white and red marble that was built in the 15th century and restored after World War II bombing. Inside is a 14th-century triptych by Lorenzo Veneziano. Under the cathedral are the foundations of three earlier churches, and beneath the sacristy are the remains of a Roman road. On the southwest side of Piazza del Duomo, the Bishop's Palace has a Neoclassical façade of 1819.
Address: Piazza Duomo, Vicenza
Where to Stay in Vicenza for Sightseeing
We recommend these convenient hotels in Vicenza near popular attractions like the old town and the Basilica Palladiana:
- Glam Boutique Hotel: 4-star hotel, richly-hued color scheme, red chandeliers, comfy beds, free made-to-order breakfast.
- Hotel Campo Marzio: mid-range pricing, great location, helpful staff, stylish decor.
- Hotel De La Ville: affordable rates, modern decor, comfortable rooms, free breakfast and parking.
- Key Hotel: budget-friendly rates, short walk to the old town, eclectic decor, family rooms.


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Naeem Khan Spring 2013 Show Report: Bright Colors, a Lot of Beads, and Budding Prints
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Before we get into the beautiful beadwork featured on the Naeem Khan Spring/Summer 2013 New York Fashion Week runway, we must discuss the sparkling headgear that so many of the models sported. The show started out strong with a thick beaded headband, and ended with beaded tiaras that made us want to play "Pretty Pretty Princess" for a very, very long time (above).
Here's a closer look at the one of the headbands:
As for the clothes, it wasn't hard to tell that the collection was inspired by natural elements. With fiery reds, sunset yellows, blue waves, and romantic rose buds, witnessing Naeem Khan's looks walk down the runway was like watching a full day unfold.
Besides the abstract natural imagery, there was a ton of beautiful beadwork. Here are our five favorite looks from his show:
1) Beading, lace, and baby blue:
2) Glittery glamour gown with a romantic rose printed skirt:
3) Lacy v-neck gown with an Angelina slit:
4) Art deco-esque bead and sequin embellishments:
5) A bedazzled baby blue kaftan that reminds us of a moonlit beach:
Check out the entire Naeem Khan Spring 2013 collection here:
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Fires raging on all sides. Not close enough to worry us... yet... but still too close for comfort. A forest fire to the north that started in (I hear) Kerkbos, raging out of control, fires down the Phantom Pass - two helicopters with water buckets working there. Fires out at Harkerville. Redlands fire fortunately under control. Seven fires out of control in the broader South Cape region; extra firefighters flown in from other parts of the country.
And it's still a heatwave. Thankfully the wind has dropped.
Still no signs of rain. The drought rages on. Everything is terribly dry. The veggie garden is essentially dead. Dams are empty. What little vegetation was left in the veggie garden got eaten by a Bushbuck a few days ago. Bastard.
The local Baboon troop has been causing havoc, too, ripping into rubbish bins and refuse bags, taking fruit off the trees (and breaking branches in the process.) With help from friends we have found out that the behaviour we're seeing form the younger males is typical and role driven. So the usual dingbat ideas of "Shoot the buggers" or trying to scare them with (illegal) fireworks simply won't work. Why do people always fall back on the same stupid ideas that they know don't work? We consider ourselves the intelligent species, yet we're consistently outmanoeuvered by the Baboons.
If the blog stops abruptly it will be because we have to evacuate. We're already thinking about what essential possessions we would take. Passports, birth certificates, the computers (or at least their hard-drives), family photos, my seed collection,... I really don't think it will get that far (though it has for some of our neighbours down the Rheenendal Road) but it's best to be prepared - mentally at least.
Not a very happy situation, but we soldier on. It's really hard to imagine yourself being self-sufficient in the face of this drought. Be pessimistic about the future for the human species, given that we wont get out of the fucking Hummers and Prados.
Too many topics for one short blogpost, I know... it all jumbles together...