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End Citizens United is a Political Action Committee (PAC) and was started with essentially one goal, and that is to keep an eye on another organization called Citizens United. This is because of the unchecked power and brazenness with which Citizens United has been behaving in recent years. Citizens United was basically set up by a few wealthy individuals and corporations, to influence elections for their benefit. The design philosophy of End Citizens United is to take the fight to Citizens United, starting from the grassroots level. It is largely funded by common people, making small donations, who believe that elections should not be stolen by a few wealthy individuals.
The specific goals of End Citizens United are clearly stated. They are as follows:
• Putting pro-reform candidates into office
• Making unaccounted money in politics a national issue
• Dealing with ballot measures that encourage election reform laws
• Accomplishing all the above by showing the power of grassroots involvement
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End Citizens United is actively supporting candidates who are truly interested in any sort of meaningful reform in elections. However, it is open to supporting anyone who agrees with campaign reform policy, regardless of political affiliation. This includes both, Democrats and Republicans. Even though there are a few Republicans who are interested in campaign finance reform, at this time the Republican party itself is stopping any reforms from happening. Therefore, End Citizens United usually finds itself helping a Democratic candidate, who has to go up against wealthy donors who are financing their rivals.
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In total, End Citizens United will support 11 candidates. This is in tune with the PAC's ideology in trying to do something on the governmental level, as opposed to just activism through speeches and publications. However, the battle that End Citizens United has taken up is not without its skeptics. According to John Wonderlich, Policy Director of Sunlight Foundation, tackling something like constitutional amendment is a high bar. Rick Hasen, professor of Law at UC Irvine agrees with him. Rick believes there is a better chance for success if a sympathetic Supreme Court Justice is found, as opposed to getting a few politicians on their side.
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Many miles to travel and three classes to teach in May
In the next weeks, I will be participating in two different events. The Autodesk Expert Elite Summit, and the Revit Technology Conference in Auckland, New Zealand. I want to dedicate this blog article to talk briefly about these events.
The Autodesk Expert Elite Summit
I will be in San Francisco, California from next Tuesday the 7th, until Thursday the 9th of May. This event is organized by Autodesk personnel, and it takes place at the Hyatt Regency hotel. This is the second time that members of the Expert Elite group will be reunited. The first time was in Las Vegas, last year, when the group was officially inaugurated, with a special lunch, brief lectures, and certificates handed by Carl Bass himself. This time, the invitation and the expenses of flight and accommodations are on Autodesk, which is very nice and appreciated. The Expert Elite is a group that Autodesk has created to recognize, express gratitude, and provide benefits to those users who have contributed for a long time in their discussion forums, providing solutions to the online community. The users have been selected mainly from the forums dedicated to AutoCAD, Revit, Inventor, and Civil 3D. The agenda seems very interesting. It includes sessions by Lyn Allen and Scott Shepard, among others. I made my own contribution to the agenda, in retribution for the invitation: In one of the breakout sessions, I am going to be presenting one of the classes that I have prepared for the Revit Technology Conference: the class about adaptive repetitions.
I hope to have a great time at this event, get to meet new people, say hello to some old friends, and hopefully have some time to visit some interesting buildings in San Francisco. At least, I would like to visit the Museum of Modern Art that Mario Botta designed some years ago. Ever from my days at the university, I have admired the work of Mario Botta. I would like to see closely the patterns of bricks and blocks, which remind me of the nice architecture of exposed brick in Bogota, Colombia. If time permits, I would also like to visit a cathedral that was designed by Pier Luigi Nervi some decades ago, which, by coincidence, I am showing in one of my handouts as an example of a roof with straight hypars. The agenda is too tight and the time is too short. I don't know if there will be time for sightseeing. I hope so.
The Revit Technology Conference in New Zealand
Well, at this moment I have already submitted most of the materials required for my 3 classes in Auckland. At least the 3 handouts, the 3 questionnaires for the audience, and the 3 tips and tricks pages… all this requested by RTC.
I still have some few days to submit the Power Point Presentations…, though… :confused:
Speaking of these classes, I was asked to repeat my class about "Rotating elements in all directions, just by points" because the inscriptions were full and there were enough people in the waiting list to repeat the class, so I will be presenting that class twice. Nice!
Here, I want to present some screen captures of my 3 handouts:
From "How would you model this roof?":
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Getting a prenuptial agreement may feel like a signal to some that their partner does not expect their relationship to last, and therefore, broaching the topic may be difficult. As always, being honest about the situation could be the best route to take. Explaining to a future spouse why a party thinks a prenuptial agreement is a good idea could lessen the feelings of doubt and reflect a sense of forward thinking and propriety.
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After a very warm weekend, the air will feel noticeably cooler on Monday in New York City, thanks to a backdoor cold front.
As much as 10-15 degrees will be shaved off Sunday's high for Monday, but that temperature will actually be closer to what is normal for the middle of May.
Spotty showers and thunderstorms will be around late in the day on Monday, but the better chance for stronger storms comes on Tuesday.
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SASKATOON, Saskatchewan - Last year's top local 3-year-old filly, Ms. Lady Rose, should be favored over five evenly matched rivals in Friday's $5,000 Matron Handicap.
Ms. Lady Rose won 4 of 7 races in 2001 and has kept on winning this year as she took the season's first two filly-mare allowance races at a half-mile and six furlongs.
Last time out, also going six furlongs, Ms. Lady Rose was unable to collar the front-runner and had to settle for second, beaten 1 1/2 lengths. The about seven-furlong distance of the Matron may prove to be her undoing.
A plus for Ms. Lady Rose's connections is that the winner of her last race, Watshername, was not nominated to the Matron.
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From Joystiq - Griffin McElroy, Dec 1st, 2007:
"We've recently finished our first play-through Bioware's gargantuan space opera, and while we walked away from the experience with great satisfaction, we humbly suggest they change the title of the game from Mass Effect to 'The Galactic Adventures of Chatty Cathy.' Seriously, you'll exchange more words with your enemies than you will bullets. It's like a 12 Angry Men simulator, only in space, and sans Tony Danza.
One of the goons at Something Awful recently made a parody of the lengthy conversation system in Mass Effect. Don't judge the comic by it's corny title (Ass Effect? Really?), as it actually has a few nuggets of comedy gold. However, if you haven't played the game yet, you might not get some of the jokes -- in which case, we present an alternate comic: Marmaduke!
He's a dog who thinks he's a person!"
Note: The comic has 5 pages.
That was sorta funny but I don't think they needed to make 5 freaking pages of comic strips to prove their point across.
and this is not news, in fact its a pretty pethatic, thanks roundpeg could you ruin the news integrity of this site anymore? its just a flame war waiting to happen, now a retaliatory article for 360 fanboys will ensue wich is just as classless.
edit: and catastrophe i put you in the same boat as roundpeg for being the tipster.
I guess it depends on your cup of tea. I really enjoy games like mass effect If it's anything like KOTOR


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Li-Mei Lim
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Third Advisor
Eric Kramer
This thesis is an exploration of the graph-coloring game with a focus on structural graph theory, particularly on the relationship between local and global properties of graphs. A graph is simply a collection of dots with lines connecting some of the dots. The graphcoloring game is a two person game that can be played on any graph as follows. The two players, Alice and Bob, are given a graph and k colors with which to color the dots. Alice begins and then they alternate turns. In each turn, a player colors one uncolored dot in the graph without making any of the lines have both endpoints colored the same color. If at any point in the game, no such move is possible, Bob wins the game. Otherwise, if gameplay continues until all of the dots are colored, Alice wins. We are interested in how many colors Alice needs in order to win the game when Bob plays optimally. This number is called the game chromatic number of the graph. We study how the game chromatic number relates to other graph parameters in order to improve our understanding of what structures the game chromatic number detects. We are able to give partial answers about both the local and global structure of graphs for which the game chromatic number detects nothing more than the clique number. In addition, we show that a particular local structure bears most of the responsibility for making the game chromatic number and clique number distinct. Finally, we provide examples of graphs for which the game chromatic number depends only on the maximum number of lines connected to a single dot in the graph. Before presenting these results in their precise mathematical terms, we give a brief introduction to graph theory as a whole followed by a survey of previous results about the graph-coloring game.
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Hergert to Hardin-Simmons
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Forsan senior Bryce Hergert signed a letter of intent from Hardin-Simmons University on Wednesday morning in the Forsan High School library with his friends and family there to support him.
"I'll be going to Hardin-Simmons on an academic scholarship, and I'll be playing football in the fall as well," said Hergert. "Im excited, especially going into a really good program where I like the coaches. I'm also excited to continue my academic career as well."
The FISD senior is set to attend the university beginning in the fall of this year.
"I'm so proud of him. He's a great football player obviously but he's also a great young man, a great student, and is very deserving of this honor," said FISD athletic director and football coach Jason Phillips. "We don't have many kids that work harder than him, and we're just so proud of him."


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The entire Spiritual Reality is composed of Light, which is also referred to as Non-Duality.
For me, those terms are interchangeable. We can argue about whether they should be interchangeable or whether there are better synonyms, but we're not going to do that. Just bear with me.
There's Feeling, the activation of Feeling. It's a totally distinct part of your being that co-exists with your Non-dual Core. Feeling means: you're walking down the street, you look over to the left and there's a lavender flower in full bloom, and this happens: that color, that perception, that love. That is all in the field of Feeling. It has nothing to do with Non-Duality.
Non-Duality is the Core Essential Identity of your being, that which is referred to as the "I." Now, we're talking here about the streaming of perception, the contact of perception with objects, and the kind of Elevation that occurs as a result of that. Beauty is located in there, aesthetic sensitivity. All of those things that we really find most worthwhile about existence, about active existence.
And then there is the third aspect of the Enlightened State, which is Energy, which is independent of Non-Duality (or Light) and Divine Feeling or Absolute Feeling. Why is it different? Because what does the animation, the electrical- biological animation of the functioning of your nervous system, your body-mind, your central nervous system, have to do with either one of those things? So what is beating your heart now is not Non-Duality, right? It's not Feeling. You're not feeling anything about the nature of that. It's an automatic or autonomic movement of Energy in the nervous system; it's living as energy. It's Energy, simply put.
So these three components are the major structural foundations within Being. At their Root-Essence, yes, of course, they are all the same. But that destroys any genuine discussion about the kind of diversity that we can appreciate about both Relative and Absolute phases of existence going on at the same time; in other words, your lived life.
And besides that, there are a whole stream of Energies, what I call Colors actually, Multi-Dimensional Colors that occur in Consciousness. You'll sometimes see them when we're meditating together, they'll start flashing right into your forehead. You'll start seeing all [colors] -- a color show, or one or two colors, whatever happens for you. And those colors represent the visual and existential display of levels of creation as they manifest visually, internally, to the internal eye. The rainbow spectrum of colors having to do with frequencies, subtle energies, both creative and destructive, and maintenance energies -- they're all happening, you know, they're not on the surface of the leaf, they're not under the root of the tree, they're somewhere in between. They're happening as the entire happening, of what's happening everywhere. So we have Multi-Dimensional Lights of Colors, which are also, in my teaching, appreciated in meditation.
So that's the whole show, in terms of my verbal-mental presentation. The other aspect is just tuning in and now finding these things, being able to actually appreciate, experientially, what all this means in a life, in a human life. And when you get a very deep knowledge and experience of all those things, I say that you're doing pretty well. You're really doing well, spiritually.
Even if your outer life is not all that great, if your Inner Life is good, that's all that matters. That's all that matters. Because there are so many degrees of wealth and, you know, excelling in the field of moneymaking activities. No one ever beats anyone. There's only the person who's better than you who you haven't met yet.
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Onetime Derby hopefuls clash
Last year Strength Within and Aristocat were Kentucky Derby hopefuls. Now they are simply trying the clear the two-other-than allowance condition.
The two 4-year-olds highlight Thursday's featured eighth race at Gulfstream Park, an optional claiming race for allowance horses or $50,000 claimers at a mile and 70 yards.
This will not be the first time the two have faced each other. A little over a year ago, they raced in the Grade 3 Tampa Bay Derby, with Aristocat finishing second behind Region of Merit, two lengths in front of fifth-place Strength Within.
Although Aristocat got the better of Strength Within that day, the circumstances appear more in Strength Within's favor on Thursday. Aristocat has raced just twice since the Tampa Bay Derby, finishing eighth in the Arkansas Derby and a distant ninth in his 4-year-old debut, a seven-furlong allowance at Gulfstream on Feb. 9.
, the runner-up behind Lion Tamer in the 2003 Hutcheson Stakes at Gulfstream, has seen much more action. He raced eight times after the Tampa Bay Derby last year, winning one race and finishing a close second at Churchill Downs in his final start of 2003 behind Spanish Empire, eventual winner of the Louisiana Handicap.
Unlike Aristocat, Strength Within enters Thursday's race in peak form. After running third in his seasonal debut, he finished second in a fast 1 1/8-mile allowance at Gulfstream Park on Feb. 15. That performance earned him a 96 Beyer Speed Figure, which matches the highest of his career and is easily the top last-race Beyer of any entrant in Thursday's field. Rene Douglas rides for trainer Tom Proctor.
, meanwhile, has Gulfstream Park's leading trainer, Todd Pletcher, in his corner. Jerry Bailey rides.
Of the seven other entrants, Major Leaguer and Shotgun have the best opportunity to challenge Strength Within and Aristocat.
Major Leaguer, a 4-year-old son of Grand Slam, has won two of four starts, including an entry-level allowance in the slop at Gulfstream on Jan. 31. Unraced since, he has been working steadily at Payson Park for trainer John Kimmel. Regular rider Edgar Prado has the mount.
Shotgun Fire is one of four horses running under the $50,000 claiming conditions of the race. A graded-stakes-placed horse with five career victories, he has a seasoning edge over many of his opponents.


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Monday, October 1, 2012
I was nineteen, call me.
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Promises aren't always forever
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
This is all I have to say.
"To my first love: I'm grateful for you. Grateful that even though it wasn't what I hoped for and even though it was never enough, it was. Some things never are... and we were. I won't forget you. I won't forget the summer. I'll remember who I was when I met you. I'll remember who you were and how we've both changed and stayed the same. I've never had more respect for life and living than I have right now. Maybe it takes a near death experience to feel alive." - Frank Ocean
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Fuck you, insomnia. (Or: Why is every guy I meet such a fucking douche?)
Fuckity fuck fuck. I haven't been able to sleep and now I have a damn headache and I'm nauseous. In any case, I've made a pledge to myself not to date until I find the right person. Why? Because I'm old enough to know what I want, and I won't stop till I get it. Okay, but really, Christa. What's the real reason? Every guy that I've come across in the past few months just doesn't cut it.
It's really been the first time in awhile without any true "back-ups" or men I've kept on the sidelines. I suppose there have been men who have tried to chat me up, but I've realized that I probably deserve much better than them. Yes, some of them are cute. But damn, the lot of them are just too forward or not attractive enough (yes, I know I don't deserve to be superficial, but everyone is and I really don't give a flying fuck anymore. I won't be able to fuck you if you don't catch my eye.) I'm aware the bulk of what I'm saying will potentially be offensive, but I don't care. People probably aren't reading this anyway, so lucky for them.
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
"You said I wasn't capable of loving you, I never was."
However, I got to Skype with one of my close friends, Linh, today and it was wonderful. I always love talking to her because we end up learning so much about each other, and about ourselves. We ended up talking about dating, and it's interesting to see how far we've both come from our past relationships, and where we think it lies ahead.
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Volume IV: What works, what matters, what lasts
Steps toward planning spaces for science
November 16, 2005
Since 1989, PKAL has had the opportunity to engage with many pioneers in transforming undergraduate STEM: reflective practitioners, creative agents of change. Based on review and analyses of their experiences, a "PKAL process of planning" is evolving, one that is the foundation for the work of PKAL in the next two years. This process will be outlined and annotated in PKAL print and web publications, providing a manual for leaders on how and why to work toward transforming the undergraduate STEM learning environment.
The key lessons learned are:
- start with the right questions
- have a driving vision
- have the right people at the time, in a timely manner
- focus on what works, on solutions not problems
- take the kaleidoscopic perspective at all times
- be ready for the long haul.
Some "right" questions in the context of planning new spaces for science, identified by participants in PKAL facilities workshops, deal with the philosophical—about the nature of the community—as well as with the nuts and bolts phasing renovations and securing needed resources. We present first a set of "questions to begin" for institutional teams looking toward new spaces for science; these are not answered. A second set of questions comes with some informative answers, excerpted and summarized from discussions with the community of design professionals involved with PKAL. Finally, we suggest a series of questions that can be used while making "bench-marking" visits to campuses with recently-completed spaces for science. First some unanswered questions, and then some brief responses to the question, what difference do improved spaces for science make?
Three leadership perspectives, from a chancellor/president, a provost/dean, and a faculty project shepherd, show what works in planning that engages the entire community—a process in which the concept of community is both the means and the end of the process.
A vision of community that is nurtured by spaces that make a difference is provided as a starting point from which those planning new spaces for science can do "backward mapping," or for all campuses to evaluate the quality and character of their present spaces.


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I love it when I get to photograph someone that I already have a relationship with, and in this case one of trust. Meet Michelle, she is the owner of Michelle Wilson State Farm. I switched my service some time ago to Michelle, because I got to know her as a person. When I moved to the area and was buying a house, I needed insurance, so I simply did an online search and got bids from several agencies. After six years with that company I signed up with online I met Michelle. We were talking about who my agent was at that agency, and I realized I had no idea. I had never met the person, talked to them, or consulted with them on anything. They were simply an entity out in space that sent me a bill each month.
I realized that the other company didn't really deserve my business. I pride myself on creating an experience for my clients when they come to see me. We become friends through the process because they aren't just numbers to me, they are people. And people deserve to be cared for, which I wasn't getting at my existing company, I deserved more. So I moved all my insurance over to Michelle and have been extremely pleased with the personal attention we've been given. And it's not only Michelle, but the people she's hired to work for her as well. They all treat you with respect and follow through to make you feel like you matter.
So all that said, here are a few of my favorite shots from the session. We did both business and personal, here are a few of each! And if you need a good insurance person that cares about you, let me know and I'd be happy to introduce you!
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Waste Management
Welcome to the Waste Management section of the Dorset Council website. We have endeavoured to include all information relating to queries you may have of waste management here, and hope this section will be helpful.
To download a PDF copy of the Waste Management Information click here
Dorset Council is a member of the Northern Tasmanian Waste Management Group (NTWMG).
The NTWMG works to achieve improvements in waste reduction and resource recovery, improve regional cooperation and coordination of waste services, oversee waste management policy setting and service delivery, and coordinate community education.
The NTWMG is part of a statewide initiative called Rethink Waste which provides resources, funding and information to improve our collective efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle - you can find out more here!
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Did you know clean polystyrene packaging, as found around new TVs and fridges, can be recycled (just not via our domestic recycling)? You can simply drop it off (for FREE) at the Launceston Recycling Centre on Cavalry Road, Mowbray, where it is melted down into bricks weighing an average of 19 kilograms each. Polystyrene is mostly air, so melting the polystyrene into bricks reduces its volume by over 95%. Once melted down, the bricks are then easily shipped away to be recycled into other products.


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Here's what to look for if you are traveling in the Baltimore metropolitan area this week. This list of highway projects includes only newly announced work, not continuing construction, which is extensive on several highways, including Interstate 95, U.S. 50/301 and the Baltimore-Washington Parkway.
New highway projects
I-695 outer loop between Interstate 795 and Security Boulevard -- Two right lanes will closed from 5 a.m. to 1 p.m. today for bridge deck repairs to the Liberty Road bridge.
MTA route changes:
The MTA has scheduled the following bus route changes for this week. Information: 539-5000; TTY for the hearing-impaired, 539-3497.
No. 13 -- Effective tomorrow, the route will be permanently changed: Eastbound to the Clinton and Newgate/Canton terminal, buses will follow regular route south on East Avenue and Elliott Street, south on East, east on Toone Street, south on Clinton Street, west on Boston Street, then north on East to layover adjacent to the Du Burns Arena.


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By Laurie Brown
Reader Columnist
Right now you're probably seeing abundant flowers, but one brilliant orange tends to stick out from the billows of pinks, whites, and purples. Papaver orientale, the Oriental poppy (not Papaver somniferum, the annual opium poppy) is the bright stand out. With huge bright orange flowers that can stand over three feet tall, large hairy leaves like soft thistles, and a possible spread of a three-foot diameter, this plant screams 'Look at me!"
Oriental poppies spread slowly and persist for years, even without care. They like full sun, and average, well-drained soil- they will rot in winter if water stands. They are pretty drought resistant, as long as they have spring rains. Until most perennials, they can go years without being divided. Bugs don't bother them and I've never seen disease on them, even in one site where they got overhead watering every single day.
These poppies do have one drawback: they are summer dormant. After their spring bloom is over, the leaves will wither, look terrible, and die. No worries; the plant itself has not died! Pull or cut the dead foliage off, and plant some annuals in the space around the poppy crown. Keep watering it, and in bit a small tuft of new leaves will appear- most likely after the hottest part of summer is over. If summer is long enough and you keep watering, you may be rewarded with a bloom or two in late summer. Come autumn, leave that tuft of foliage in place as it will provide protection for the crown. In spring, those leaves will die off as the new growth appears. In very cold winters with no snow cover, those little leaves will frequently die off without it harming the plant.
This plant is considered difficult to propagate because it doesn't like to have its tap root disturbed. If you transplant it, you will almost certainly have baby ones showing up where you thought you got it all dug up – while the plant you moved will sulk or die. If possible, do any transplanting during the plants summer dormant period.
While the tap root doesn't like to be disturbed, the smaller roots are quite happy to grow into new plants- which is why baby plants show up where you moved one from; the bits of root that got left behind are making new crowns. This is my preferred way of propagating Oriental poppies- taking root cuttings. You can dig down beside the crown, and cut off some roots anywhere from the size of a pencil lead to that of a pencil itself. Cut these into two-inch segments, lay horizontally on a bed of potting soil, and cover with more soil. Soon tiny leaves will appear at the end of the cuttings. This way you will get plants identical to the parent plant; while the plants grow easily from seed, they don't always look like the parent plant.
The species is frequently described as 'red' but it's really bright, saturated, dark orange. For true red, get 'Beauty of Livermere'. They are also available in white, salmon pink, a neon pink ('Watermelon'), white with orange edges ('Picotee') and even purple (if you can, get 'Heartbeat' or one of the other newer purples; 'Patty's Plum' was the original purple but it doesn't bloom very well). Well, it's a sort of brownish purple, but it's still beautiful and unique. The photo above is of 'Turkenlouis', with fringed petals instead of the standard smooth edges.
The brilliant color of the Oriental poppy can make it hard to find garden partners for it. The blue flowering Centaurea montana (perennial bachelor's buttons) blooms at the same time as the poppy and is a stunning counterpoint. It also can be coaxed into a late summer rebloom if cut back after the main show. Catmint (not catnip), Nepeta 'Walker's Low' is a lavender purple; many of the Veronica's bloom now- 'Royal Blue' is a true blue. All of these should be planted in front of the poppy as they are shorter. If you prefer to give the poppy a partner in the same color family as itself, pair it with some dark red bearded iris. This is especially effective if they are both planted on the west side of your favorite viewing point; the long rays of the setting sun will shine through their petals and they just catch fire. It's a very brief show- Oriental poppies only bloom for a couple of weeks- but it's amazing. The softer colors of poppy, of course, are easier to site in the garden, and while they aren't traffic stoppers, they are very beautiful.
To use Oriental poppies as cut flowers, cut just as the flower is opening, quickly sear the cut end with a lighter, then plunge the stems into cold water up to the flower and leave for a few hours before putting in a vase.


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A crewless Russian rocket carrying a Japanese communications satellite crashed close to the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, Russia's main space launching facility, Russian and Kazakh news agencies reported. Preliminary findings suggested that a malfunctioning navigation system had caused the Russian-built Proton-M rocket to fall from the sky shortly after takeoff, a spokesman for Russia's Federal Space Agency said by telephone. The crash could hinder Russian plans to gain a greater share of the market for sending foreign satellites into space.Continue reading the main story
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Welcome to the Jones Visual Arts Center
The Jones Visual Arts Center is the hub of the Art Program. The Art Program at Centre offers instruction in both studio practice and art history, with major and minor concentrations available in both areas. All classes are held in the Jones Visual Arts Center, at the western edge of campus. Media taught include drawing, oil painting, printmaking, ceramics, and hot glass.
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Edwin Hubbell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Hubble) was poking around in the corners of the cosmic closet and discovered he couldn't quite reach the corners & then discovered he wouldn't - ever. The continuously expanding closet; it was a game changer.
Next, a quick grade school astronomy review. We know the earth is spinning away on its polar axis. We know the moon doesn't spin in that way, but is on a just-right-orbit around earth to give us those beautiful full moons every 28 days. We also know this earth-moon duo dances around our sun once a year. OK; we're starting to get a lot of things in motion here.
Add to that, we know our little solar system has a handful of other solar orbiters and the whole lot is part of our galaxy, the Milky Way. And of course, thanks to Edwin, we know it's all headed away from everything else out there, including the starting gate.
But wait! Turns out the earth, our solar system, our galaxy (Milky Way) and our Local Group; whoa! Local Group? (Thank you again Edwin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Group). In his poking around, Edwin discovered that the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxies are the main players in our Local Group and each have a series of smaller satellite galaxies. Don't forget! Everything's moving. Hmmmm; the synapses aren't firing quite fast enough to keep up the mental model. Neo, where are you?
How fast is fast? Well for the earth's solar orbit: it turns out that we're travelling around the sun at a mere 66,700 miles per hour. So at the end of a day we've trotted about 1,600,800 miles. Keep up your electrolytes! And for the year: 584,292,000 miles.
But wait, everything else is moving too. How fast? Well turns little speck earth & companions are going about 600Km/s or 372.823 miles in one second. Ummm, that's 16,369.38 miles per minute and 982,162.8 miles in one hour. Look out Jackie Joyner!
Holy cow! That means the mileage for 24 hours = 23,211,907.2 miles; and that extrapolates to an annual rate of 8,603,746,128 miles. Toyota, we need a different odometer and the Gatorade truck doesn't seem to be keeping up.
Now for the where part; the spot, place, location we were just in when you started to read this, well, we were never there before and never will be again. It's always new and changing. Never have to visit the boring places twice. Ever! So long before Scotty, Kirk, Spock et al showed up, we'd been doing this "places never gone before" thing, a long, long time. And never going back. Talk about "The Wanderer". It's the peripatetic earth.
And contrary to things appearing to be the same, they're always changing. Everything. Always.
Say no to Longview coal terminal - Interesting Opinion article posted in today's Seattle Times by Michael Riordan. Here's a short excerpt from the article for your perusal. "*THE* state D...
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Meet the Instructors
|Stephanie Smith
Head Gymnastics Coach
Stephanie has over 20 years of experience coaching gymnastics. She is a former Concordia Turners gymnast and retired as a Level 8 gymnast and advanced in Trampoline and Tumbling. She has previously taught here as well as in additional gyms in Kansas City and St. Louis and has experience with both AAU and USA Gymnastics programs.
|Lisa Berman
Sport Stacking Coach
Lisa has been a teacher for more than 20 years. She is currently the physical education teacher at The Soulard School and oversees all the tournaments in the US for the World Sport Stacking Association. She started coaching sport stacking in 2010 and she and her daughter started competing in 2011 and her son started competing in 2014. All three of them are now on the USA Sport Stacking Team. They competed in World Championships in Germany last year and will travel to Taiwan this coming year. Lisa's family have been members of Concordia since 2009 and she is currently Secretary of the Board of Directors.
|Jennifer Story
Head Dance Instructor
Jennifer began studying dance at the age of 2. Throughout her career she has studied Ballet, Contemporary, Tap, Jazz, and Modern. She has studied with numerous well known instructors and companies. She has performed in over 40 state and national competitions ranking top in her division and some top overall. At the age of 10 she began dancing with The Ballet Conservatory with Nathalie Levine, The Alexandra Ballet with Miss Alexandra, The Dance Center of Kirkwood with Karen Brewington and Kathy Massot and Washington University with Christine Knoblauch-Oneal. As a freshman in high school she was invited to join the performing arts program at Webster University studying ballet, jazz and modern with Gary Hubler. During her summers she would travel to the Nutmeg Ballet to study for 3 months. She has been invited to numerous master classes and intensives. She has danced with Dance St. Louis, Ballet Canadians, Momix, Kaleidoscope, Dance Concert Society and The Illinois Ballet. She has been guest artist for several different companies and schools. She began teaching while at Butler University. She continued from there teaching at most of the companies and schools she was involved with. She has taught all forms of dance from ages 2 to 90. In addition to teaching and dancing she became the company seamstress for the Illinois ballet and apprentice seamstress for the Butler Ballet.
|Anna Chong
Hip Hop Instructor
Anna is a recent college graduate from Southeast Missouri State University. She has a Bachelors of Science Degree in Child Development and is going back for her Masters in Human Environmental Studies!
She is beyond thrilled to be the new Hip Hop Dance Instructor for Concordia Turners! Dancing has been a passion of hers since she could walk. She knows all sorts of styles such as hip hop, ballet, tap, jazz, and even Zumba! In the fall of 2014, She was a candidate for the show Dancing with the Stars which she had to turn down due to school. She was also a St. Louis Cardinals Cheerleader in the summer of 2013! She cannot wait to start teaching her favorite dance style of hip hop and is even more excited to meet all of our future star dancers!
|Dan Raney
Marial Arts Instructor
Nidan Judo/2nd degree black belt
12 years wrestling including Division 2 College 4 years
He has been instructing wrestling or Judo for 25 years.
Former Marine Corps helicopter pilot of CH53-E
He currently works security at Cardinal Glennon's Hospital.
He is still competing in Judo.
He ranked 3rd in Nationals in 2015, attended World Veterans in 2016 and is training for the AAU Nationals at the end of September 2017/ 3times 2nd place finisher at Tohken Tournament in Chicago. 2013 Tennessee State Champion over 30, 3rd place under 30 years of age.


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By Rachel Roberts
Claire loved her Japanese car. It was small, black, economical and intelligent. Its on-board computer sent her messages when the car needed something; such as "REFUEL" or "MAINTENANCE CHECK". There was no car key. Claire just had a little gadget that she kept in her pocket, and when she got close, she only had to press a button on the door handle and the car would open. Another button on the dashboard started the ignition. That made it a safe car. She could open it quickly at night without having to look throughout her bag.
It was difficult not to feel affection for a car like that. Claire had even got into the habit of talking to it.
"Thirsty, are you?"
"All right, calm down!"
One night Claire missed her usual train and came home late. It was dark and the station car park was virtually empty, but she walked up confidently to the little car and pressed the button on the door handle.
Nothing happened.
She pressed it again, harder.
Still nothing happened.
Feeling strangely betrayed, she bent down so the car could hear her, and whispered, "Don't let me down, now!" As she did so, she spotted a perfumed cardboard tree hanging form the rear view mirror - something she never used.
She looked up, and there, parked just a few yards away in the shadow under a large tree was her own identical car.
"Can you believe it?" she said as she drove off. "Two cars left in the same car park, both exactly the same!" She patted the dashboard. "I was about to start swearing at you!"
The distance from the station to Claire's home was about seven miles, including a dangerous stretch of dual carriageway. There wasn't much traffic at that time, so she put her foot down. She was flying along the road when a message appeared on the on-board computer. It was one she'd never seen before.
"What?" Claire was so surprised she nearly drove into the guard rail.
"What's that supposed to mean?"
The message was too long for the length of the small screen, and the words scrolled past five or six times.
"Who's in danger?"
"I can't stop here. I'm on the dual carriageway. It'd be really dangerous".
Unnerved Claire drove on in silence for a few minutes. This wasn't her little car anymore, but some alien being that could talk.
"Oh, all right!"
A sign on the right indicated an emergency parking space a little way ahead. When she reached it, Claire pulled over and turned off the engine, but left the headlights on.
"Now what?"
She hesitated. There was no traffic and no streetlamp. At this point the dual carriageway passed through open countryside. There was no one around for miles.
"You want me to look in the boot?"
With her heart beating uncomfortably in her chest, Claire opened the car door and walked round to the back of the vehicle. She looked at the boot. If she opened it, what would she find? A dead body? An alien? A pulsing, mechanical brain?
She reached out a shaking hand, opened the hatch and raised it fearfully.
There was absolutely nothing.
"Well?" she asked in a frightened whisper.
There was silence. And then she heard it: the sound of another car approaching at speed on the road behind her.
Claire slammed the boot shut, and jumped back into the driver's seat, locking the door. Terrified, she gazed behind her and watched as the glare of two headlights on full beam , rushed towards her, blinding her, and then flew past at top speed. She had a fleeting image of a small black car disappearing into the night.
"Oh!" she breathed. "I'm not going out again; it's too dangerous. We're going home, OK?"
No answer.
She kept glancing at the on-board computer as she drove slowly home, but there were no more messages. Perhaps the whole episode had been the result of accumulated tiredness after a stressful week at work.
A triangular road sign warned that the dual carriageway was about to narrow into a single lane. Claire slowed down and seconds later saw the accident. Pushing the brake pedal to the floor, she stopped just in time.
A small, black Japanese car, identical to her own, had collided head on with a lorry coming the other way. It lay, roof down and scarcely recognisable, on the side of the road. Two other cars had rammed into the back of the lorry, and people were standing around, trying to pull someone from the wreckage. She could hear the distant sound of a siren on the night air.
Claire's eyes fell on the computer screen as the last message come up.
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On May 22, police confronted 24-year-old Romechia Simms who had reportedly been at a park in LaPlata, Maryland for hours. The woman was placidly pushing her 3-year-old in a swing. When police arrived, they found that the child was dead.
During the month-long investigation, police discovered that Simms had been sitting in the park since sometime the day before and through the night into that Friday morning. The woman was taken in for mental health screening as police reported that "it didn't appear that she was fully aware of what was going on."
Police also reported that Simms gave them several different addresses in and around LaPlata, a town 30 miles southeast of Washington D.C. on the Maryland side.
In a second autopsy of the child performed on June 24 by the Baltimore Medical Examiner, the child's death was ruled a homicide, the Charles County Sheriff's office reported on Monday.
The ME ruled that the child, Ji'Aire Lee, had died from hypothermia and dehydration.
During their investigation police discovered that the child's father, James "Donnell" Lee, was seeking full custody of the boy, claiming that his ex was exhibiting erratic behavior.
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Australian Sailing and AIS Survey
Australian Sailing and the Australian Institute of Sport are seeking information from sailors on success factors in the sport.
They are seeking responses from sailors born from 1965 onwards and are offering a draw for Zhik vouchers as an incentive.
They say the survey should take 30 to 45 minutes to complete.
You can see more information about the survey HERE.
You can access the survey HERE.
New Racing Rules of Sailing 2017-2020
The new Racing Rules of Sailing 2017-2020 has come into force from 1st January.
You can see and download a copy from the World Sailing web site here.
There are changes to sailing administration however there don't appear to be any big changes to the rules.
Rule 18.3 has been reworded to clarify the situation when a boat tacks onto starboard in the zone at a windward mark being rounded to port. The words are new but the concept is unchanged in that the boat already on starboard coming into the mark does not have to sail above close hauled to avoid collision with the late in tacker. This is an often observed situation in our big fleets at the first windward mark so good to have a refresh read of the rule.
Laser Nationals Adelaide Sailing Club
Well done to everyone of the 210 competitors in the 2017 Laser Australian Championship held at Adelaide Sailing Club over Christmas – New Year.
The winds were uncharacteristically light in the first three days but improved after the New Year's Day break.
The Standards and 4.7 saw emphatic wins by Matthew Wearn RPYC/FSC and Jack Littlechild WSC/BSC/RSYS respectively. Both sailors had their events wrapped up before the last day. This was far from the case in the Radials where the top five positions were all up for grabs in the final race. With highly variable conditions on the final day only one race was completed so the tension on the course was at high levels. You can see how the race unfolded by looking at the Tractrac tracker here.
The ultimate Radial winner was Rhett Gowans Mornington YC while the Women's winner was Rio Olympic Representative Ashley Stoddart RQYS who was 5th overall.
55 of 210 competitors were Masters sailors including two current World Masters Champions. Add did well in the testing conditions.
Congratulations to Adelaide Sailing Club and their great team of volunteers as well as PRO Ross Wilson and his team for the professional way in which the series was run.
The event web site is here and full results are here.
The 2018 Laser Nationals will be at Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron Brisbane over Christmas New Year and the separate National Masters will be at Mooloolaba Qld in February 2018.
Finn Alexander Wins ISAF World Youth Championship
Congratulations to Finn Alexander DBSC for his win the ISAF World Youth Sailing World Championship just concluded in Auckland.
After a DSQ in the first race Finn strung together a string of four bullets in heats 4 to 7 leaving the classy fleet of 57 a tough chase.
Zoe Thompson from Perth was 7th in the Girls Radial.
You can see the YouTube video clip HERE.
The web site for the series is HERE.
The results of the event are accessed HERE
New Composite Laser Top Section Approved
The International Laser Class Association (ILCA) and the Laser Builders have agreed to release the new composite Laser top section.
The release of the new top section was delayed until after the 2016 Olympic Games.
The new composite masts will be legal for use in all ILCA events as soon as they are introduced which is expected to be in early 2017.
The formal ILCA press release on the subject is HERE.
You can pre-order the new mast section for delivery in February from NB Sailsports or PSA.
Laser Nationals & Youths Standard Entry Closing
The 2017 Australian Laser Championships for Open, Youth and Masters will be held in Adelaide from 27 December 2016 – 4 January 2017. The Notice of Race, link to on-line entry, regatta information and news are available on the Adelaide Laser Nationals website http://adelaidelasernationals2017.com/.
Standard entry closes at 1700 AEST on 1st December 2016. After that an additional $100 late entry fee will be charged.
The organisers are looking at some great innovations this year, with daily video reports and plans to have some of the fleet tracked with GPS live on the event website.
The championships will be held at Adelaide Sailing Club which offers state-of-the-art facilities including a large grass rigging area and beach access with breakwater protection. The race course is only a 10-minute sail from the launching area, allowing for great spectating from the balcony at the clubhouse.
The Australian Youth Championships run by Australian Sailing will also be held at Adelaide Sailing Club. They will be from 10 -14th January 2017.
Entry, Race Documents and information for the Youth Championships are available HERE.
A late entry fee applies for the Youth Championship from 4th December.
State Championship Results GRSC 26-27 November
Well done everyone who competed in the Laser Open States at Georges River over the weekend.
There were 100 competitors enjoying some really nice winds on uncrowded Botany Bay along with some pre and post race exercise moving Lasers across the sand at GRSC.
R.O. Col Chidgey and his team did a great job and the scheduled six races were completed.
The Standard rig winner quite convincingly was current World Masters Champion Brett Beyer. Brett won all but one race. Second was Fillah Karim from Royal Vancouver YC Canada just ahead of Woollahra SC sailor Nicholas Skulander.
In the Radials Finn Alexander from "the best Laser sailing club in the world!" Double Bay won. Freed from the mental challenges of HSC exams Finn showed the classy Radial fleet a clean pair of heels in every race. Finn will be representing Australia in the ISAF Youth World Championship in Auckland next month – we wish him well. Second in the Radials and the first woman was Hungarian sailor Maria Erdi followed by Sam King. Both Maria and Sam are coached from Laura Caldecoat's H2O Academy.
The 4.7′s sailed very well especially in the 18 knot conditions on Saturday. Nathan Bryant from Royal Prince Alfred YC won in a tight contest from Will Cooley WSC/DBSC and Jack Littlechild WSC/DBSC/RSYS. The first woman in the 4.7 was Paige Caldecoat from Belmont 16′s SC.
Thanks to Georges River Sailing Club Commodore Andrew McLachlan and his team for running a great regatta.
The full results are HERE.
State Championship GRSC 26-27th November
The State Championship will be held on 26th and 27th November at Georges River Sailing Club.
This will be a great event leading up to Sail Sydney 15-18 December and the Nationals in Adelaide over Christmas New Year.
Georges River SC is a great venue and with sailing out on the waters of Botany Bay we will enjoy the best of Sydney's summer breezes (promise).
The event Notice of Race is HERE. The Sailing Instructions are HERE.
You can enter online HERE. Entries will also be taken up to 11.30am on Saturday 26th November at the GRSC but you can save yourself something else to worry about on the day by entering online. You can see who has entered to date HERE.
The Annual General Meeting of the NSW & ACT Laser Association will be held at the States at 9.00am on Sunday 27th November. Come along and have your say about how we manage and support Laser sailors and sailing. The Agenda for the AGM is HERE.
Coach Boat Arrangements for States at Georges River
In order to reduce congestion around Georges River Sailing Club during the Laser States, all RIB's and support boats are requested to launch at Sylvania Waters Public Boat Ramp or Kyeemagh Boat Ramp.
Only boats owned by Georges River Sailing Club will be launched at the club under strict supervision during the regatta. For safety reasons there will be no exceptions.
A trot line will be available at the club however NSW/ACT Laser Association and Georges River Sailing Club take no responsibility for the safety or security of your vessel should you choose to utilise the trot line. Please consider other boats tied up next to you by leaving your motor down and give others a lift to and from the shore if required.
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Sail Sydney 2016 Woollahra 15 to 17th December
World Masters Games Lasers Torbay NZ March 2017
Rise to the challenge from our fellow Laser sailors across the ditch.
You guys might not be able to play rugby but World Masters Games sailing at Torbay, Auckland from 22nd to 28th April next year offers you the opportunity to cross the ditch, take on the kiwis yourself and while you are at it see a bit of NZ and be part of what will be the biggest world sporting event of 2017.
Charter boats are available on a first come best dressed basis and can be booked directly from Performance Sailcraft Australia at http://www.lasersailing.com.au/master-world-games/
So whether your 35 or 75, organise a boat and join over 100 sailors already registered and enter now.
More info and details are HERE and registration is at www.worldmastersgames2017.co.nz
Coast Championship South Lakes SC
80 Lasers competed in the Coast Championship held at South Lakes ASC over the weekend.
On Saturday the AP was aired as there was no wind. The first race was attempted in a 10 knot NW breeze but it died-push out by a building southerly change. That race was abandoned and sequently three races were run in a building southerly.
On Sunday lack of wind was never going to be a problem as the southerly built through the day reaching gust maximums near 35 knots. This kept the sailors on their toes and did result in a few broken masts. In particulat the 21 strong 4.7 fleet handled the conditions really well. Two races were run in the tough conditions.
The 4.7′s were narrowly won by Jack Littlechild who sails at Woollahra SC, Double Bay SC and RSYS. Second just one point behind Jack was Nathan Bryant from RPAYC followed by Boston Cortis. The first woman was Paige Caldecoat.
The radials were dominated by Finn Alexander from Double Bay SC. Finn took time off from HSC exams prep and won all the races he sailed with the bung screwed in his boat and came third in the one race which he sailed bungless. Hungarian Olympic representative Maria Erdi who finished 14th in Rio was second behind Finn followed closely by Masters sailor Shaun Feeney from MHASC.
Chris Caldecoat Laser builder PSA's CEO took out the Standard rigs winning both of the heavy weather races. Fellow Masters sailor Stuart Holdsworthy from RPAYC was second and Newcastle CYC's Jamie Woods a close third.
Thanks to South Lakes ASC, their great on water and club based volunteers and our RO Col Chidgey for the faultless effort running this event. South Lakes is a favourite venue for the Lasers and hopefully we will be back soon.
The final results are here.
Coast Championship SLMASC 22nd &23rd October
The NSW/ACT Laser Coast Championship will be held at Lake Macquarie Amateur Sailing Club at Sunshine next weekend 22nd and 23rd October.
This is always a great event to kick off the season's interclub program. SLMASC is a fantastic club and venue. The location on Sunshine Parade at Sunshine is HERE on Google maps.
There are six races scheduled, three on each day. Racing starts at 1.30pm on Saturday and at 11.00am on Sunday.
You can enter online HERE paying entry with Visa or Mastercard. Beach entries can be made at the venue on Saturday up to 11.30am using cash, Visa or Mastercard. Tou can see who has entered to date HERE.
Entry is $60 or $30 if you are under 21 years old. The Notice of Race is HERE and the Sailing Instructions are HERE.
Laser World Championships Revised Timing
International Laser Class Association (ILCA) has advised that the World Laser Men's Open and World Masters Championships to be run in Spit Croatia from club Mornar have been rescheduled by one week as follows:
2017 Laser Standard Men's World Championship
New Dates: 12–19 September 2017
2017 Laser Masters World Championships
New Dates: 21–30 September 2017
The change is to accommodate the shipping schedule for charter boats for the event.
You can see information on ILCA World Championship events HERE.
The list of Laser events for season 2016/17 is on this web site HERE and a printable version is HERE.
NB Sailsports Winter Sprints Double Bay
The final leg of the NB Sailsports Winter Sprint Series was held at Double Bay SC on Saturday 27th August.
The wind gods were finally kind with an 8 knot NE breeze springing up an hour after the scheduled start time enabling the running of the three scheduled races.
52 boats competed.
Results for the three races at Double Bay are HERE and for the five races of the series HERE. Due to the tight finishing there may be a few boats missed. If you are one of these please let us know by sending a message from HERE.
Josh Kirton was the lucky winner of the NB Sailsports new Laser trade. Josh has Laser 207197 so not such a big upgrade for him as for some previous winners of the great NB prize but no doubt appreciated none the less.


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