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In my shop you will find lots of interesting older jewelry. Bakelite, celluloid, older novelty pieces, and some more recent (1970's) stuff that's pretty cool. When it comes to clothing, I love bold prints, interesting textures, and nice quality materials. I think it all works together in its own way.
I have been buying and selling vintage for about 15 years. I'm sure I started out selling things out of my own closet, in order to buy more, but as happens with many people, I got hooked. Hooked on the fabrics, the lines of the garments, the rarity of the labels, and the thrill of the hunt.
These days, I am finding myself happier with less, so I am gradually selling many of my own old treasures that I have collected over the years, in addition to my ever rotating stock of dresses and accessories. I hope you will find something that you love!
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All items listed for sale are in very good condition unless otherwise specified. Any flaws or major repairs will be noted in the description. We don't sell anything we wouldn't wear ourselves.
All clothing items are laundered with the utmost care before listing for sale. I use products which are eco-friendly, good for sensitive skin, and safe for vintage fabrics.
Your purchase from Atuel will come neatly packaged, clean and ready to wear or use. Garments may need a bit of steam to get the wrinkles out after their travels.
We are happy to reserve items for up to one week. Layaway arrangements can also be made.
Please send us a convo with any questions or comments you might have. Thank you
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Returns and exchanges
-Please read the entire item description and look at all the photos.
-Please check the measurements provided against a similar garment you own that fits you well. If you have any questions, please ask before you buy.
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That's it! You were going to do that anyway, right?
We will consider accepting returns on a case-by-case basis. Shipping fees are non-refundable. Items marked as final sale are, as you might guess, final sale.
Any questions, please feel free to ask.
Which delivery services do you use?
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Within Canada, packages are shipped via Regular Parcel and Expedited Mail. Items are tracked and insured, and may take 2-10 business days to arrive, depending on your distance from Vancouver, BC.
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International orders are shipped via Small Package International Air Mail, unless otherwise specified, and may take 6-10 business days to arrive. This service is not tracked or insured, however we do obtain proof of shipment. Tracked and insured options, such as Tracked Package International, are available at a higher rate, and are required for higher value items.
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How long will it take for me to receive my package?
Delivery is usually 6-14 business days, depending on how far apart we are from each other. Delivery may be delayed by your country's customs clearance. Any customs clearance charges and any applicable duties and taxes are the customer's responsibility.
Why am I having to pay extra fees when I pick up my package?
International items may be subject to customs fees, taxes and duties. As I'm sure you are aware, these fees are determined by your own country as they import your package, and are not bonus fees charged by Atuel.
When you fill out the customs declaration form, can you declare my purchase to be a gift and reduce the value of the item so that I am not charged any taxes by my country?
Sorry, no. We always make sure to specify that the items are "vintage" and "used" as secondhand items are in many cases not subject to duties and taxes. Please check with your country's customs clearance agency for additional information.
I want to buy one of your items, but I need it tomorrow. Can you get it to me?
Perhaps. We can generally arrange for overnight shipping within Canada and the US. Please convo to make arrangements.
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The conversation at H. White's Men's Room had been going strong for almost an hour last Thursday, when my colleague Ryan Williams-Virden asked Minneapolis School Board candidates how they are unlearning the mentality of whiteness. Suddenly, you could have heard a pin drop. This was no softball about idealistic plans for All Students; it was a direct provocation about the here and now. It was a call for our candidates to get real. As a white woman who teaches Latino and African-American children in Minneapolis, I couldn't wait to hear their answers.
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Suddenly, you could have heard a pin drop. This was no softball about idealistic plans for All Students; it was a direct provocation about the here and now. It was a call for our candidates to get real.
Writer Junot Diaz has called the United States "a society where default whiteness goes unremarked". Where German, Irish, Jewish, Italian, or Greek immigrants were once seen and treated according to their countries of origin, nowadays they are collectively grouped into the social invention known as "white": a construct that is poorly understood and rarely discussed.
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Service on the Minneapolis School Board is not an entry-level job. It requires a great deal of cultural competency and community knowledge – before the campaign. I am confident that Walser, Reimnitz, and Mann could catch the low-hanging fruit of racism in our schools – the "Lazy Lucy" stories in the Reading Horizons curriculum, the 2013 hanging of a black doll by its neck at Washburn High School, perhaps even a suspension policy that disproportionately affects our black boys. But our problems are deeper and more insidious than that. It was dispiriting but not surprising to watch Tracine Asberry, Kerry Jo Felder, and Kimberly Caprini get down in the details of School Resource Officers' training and responses to misbehavior, while Walser simply claimed that "if you work hard enough, you can achieve anything". When life is viewed through this lens, there is no need to look closely at details. Those who are not achieving are not working hard enough, that's all. Could I trust Walser to assume that non-white parents have their children's best interests at heart, care about education, and are in fact working their hardest? Could I trust Reimnitz to choose curricula that not only represent students of varying backgrounds respectfully, but also disambiguate the experiences of Dominicans, Mexicans, and Chileans instead of calling them all "Latino"? Could I trust Mann to make the extra effort to include all stakeholders in every decision? Based only on what I saw at this campaign event, I'm afraid not.
Right now in Minneapolis Public Schools, non-white children show up. They work hard. They make up nearly 70% of the district's students, and yet – as a group – they are failing monumentally at reading and math, or rather, we are failing them. In spite of all our well-meaning initiatives, this has been the case for decades. And if our schools are governed by people who are blind to their own cultural lens, we will forever repeat our mistakes. Only when we see that we are part of the very same social constructs as everyone else, will we begin to act with real urgency. Only when our decisions come from a place of concern for us all, rather than for the children of "the other", will we be able to create effective change.


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OSSINING, N.Y. - Joseph W. Carter, a lifelong Ossining resident, died Wednesday, Oct. 15. He was 89.
Carter was born Jan. 13, 1925, in Ossining, to Joseph J. and Ella (Hockins) Carter. He was a graduate of Ossining High School class of 1942 and then enlisted in the U.S. Navy. He was employed by the N.Y. Telephone, where he advanced to supervising engineer. While employed by N,Y. Telephone he attended Westchester Community College and received his AAS in 1960.
After retiring from N.Y. Telephone in 1982 he became active in The American Legion Post #506 and served as the post commander for 12 years.
Carter is survived by his sons, Jay (Julie) and Brad; and two granddaughters. He was predeceased by his parents.
Calling hours are Sunday, Oct. 19 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Dorsey Funeral Home, Inc. Funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 20 at St Paul's on the Hill 40 Ganung Drive, Ossining, NY 914-941-6627. Interment at Dale Cemetery.
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Hi. My name's Joe Friday-on-My-Mind. I'm with the ACLU, Rock Music Division. We defend the indefensible. Here's my story:
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And in my own cowardly and roundabout way, I struck a blow for justice when I accidentally (?) dropped a stack of Irish LPs on the floor. Back then the vinyl was thick and brittle. All I remember now is being up to my ankles in jagged black shards, feeling like I'd just slain Goliath (or Dorothy after she unknowingly dropped a house on the witch, but I'm a little uncomfortable with that analogy).
A lot of us spent our childhoods being told that what we loved was crap and that our heroes were bums. How did you deal with that? Did you ignore the criticisms or try to prove them wrong? If you did the former, weren't you implicitly accepting the criticism? (Not really, but I thought so at the time. Unlike most other kids, I never learned to totally ignore adults.) And if you accepted it, then didn't that mean that you yourself would eventually choose to stop listening to it, judging it to be juvenile? And even though I was confusing a simple change of taste with a conscious decision to reject something on philosophical grounds, I still think that the early seventies represented my generation's first reaction against rock and roll. Many of us, in an effort to feel more mature, began listening to more "serious" music.
I did it too, by getting into "progressive" music, singer-songwriters and other such genres. I was looking for Artists who were making music that was more defensible. After all, I had adults I needed to be to arguing with. Other kids played stickball.
And what defenses did I use, you ask?
First, there was the Virtuosity, or, "Ginger Baker is the best drummer in the world" defense. At around the age of twelve, musicianship became very important to me. Simply judging music by the amount of enjoyment it provided was too subjective for me. And it left me open to the criticism that my taste was immature. But if someone was a great musician, it meant that they had an inherent quality that could be measured, which validated the music. Alas, this is where music "appreciation" begins. Remember how much fun it was to listen to ten minute drum solos?
Then there was the Sounds Like Classical Music defense. You had to buy Emerson,
And finally, there was the Sounds Like Music Older People Would Like defense. I would play "Celluloid Heroes" by the Kinks for my mom, hoping that she would one day say "What a beautiful song. Well, rock music is actually very good! How's about putting on some Hot f-ing Tuna?" Instead, she mistook the drum beat for a scratch on the record. Much later, to her credit, she very unexpectedly said that she liked "Ripple" by the Grateful Dead. And dad noted that David Lindley could play a mean violin, wild hair and all. Thanks, Mom and Dad.
Drug addicts (i.e., anyone who ever tried an illegal drug in their lives) were bad people, and bad people couldn't do things like make great music. So I had to defend my favorite artists from this charge. I told my parents that they were being unfair, and that they shouldn't assume this about anyone, blah, blah, blah…. I really believed this; hence my need at the time to find "clean cut" groups (i.e. those adhering to my dad's facial hair dictum, which I'd apparently internalized by this time. Sgt. Pepper, again, caused a crisis, with the Beatles now sporting mustaches.) I can now admit that I was being a bit naive, but only because my mom probably won't read this.
Have Mouth, Will Defend:
But otherwise, if I may paraphrase some very unsound advice, if it sounds good, maybe you should just sit back and enjoy. And yes, I'll admit that we'll all draw the line at drowning puppies, but I wonder what I'll be willing to sing along to before I get to that point? Hopefully not "Deutschland über Alles".


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There was a bit of a chaotic heap of stuff on my desk when I sat down to make this card and I decided to just go with it. I wanted a shabby chic feel, and I remembered a card I made a while back that had a half rosette, so I started with that, just using a scor-pal to score the paper every 1/4 inch and accordion folded. The tan panel is dp that I cut with Martha Stewart scissors all around the edges, then drew in the dividing panels with a black pen. (Although I forgot about this little detail and ended up covering up the dividing lines with ribbon, so the two boxes in the sketch are in hiding.) Then it was just a matter of layering some lace, a border punch and adding some ribbon and roses. Those fabulous little skeleton banyan leaves from Pizzazz Aplenty are a fun little accent and I used the Scroll PJ and coordinating Scroll die along with a sentiment from Friendly Phrases to finish off the card.
Okay, that's all from me today! Hope you have a fantastic Tuesday! Thanks so much for stopping by!
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Paper: Earth Angel (Cosmo Circket), Basic Black (SU!), Cream
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Accessories: Scroll die (A Cut Above by VERVE), skeleton banyan leaves (Pizzazz Aplenty), fringe scissors (Martha Stewart), roses (Wild Orchid Crafts), glass glitter (SU!), lace trim, knockouts border punch (American Crafts), gingham ribbon (May Arts), Scor-pal
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Lynch The Grinch is a quirky little horror game.
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Christopher Livesay is an award-winning multimedia journalist based in Rome, Italy. His recent work focuses on refugees, immigration, and the threat ISIS poses to the West. He has reported from Mexico to the Middle East for PBS FRONTLINE, NPR, the BBC/PRI, and VICE News, among other outlets, and has appeared on the CBC, FOX News and Italian state broadcaster Rai. He holds a master's degree (highest honors) from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism in New York City. For three years Livesay was a staff reporter for the English and foreign desks at ANSA, the leading Italian news agency, where he was part of the team that broke the story of Benedict XVI's shocking abdication.
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Time: around 6 p.m., May 17. Location: The Bastos Roundabout residential area of Yaounde, where most embassies are located, within walking distance of the Presidential Palace.
Dressed in many colors, a group of young men and young women get out of a minibus. Excited and happy, they dance, shout and run in all directions, waving a rainbow flag made especially for the occasion. Cameras flash. After a few minutes of dancing, the small group vanishes, leaving behind some balloons with LGBT-friendly messages written on them. This unusual scene arouses the curiosity of some passersby, one of whom takes a few snapshots. Many other observers have little idea what's going on.
"In a Cameroonian society that is increasingly hostile to the gay issue, we fear what would have happened if they had understood what it was about," says protester Michel Engama, who is pleased that the event came and went without unpleasantness.
This was probably the first "Rainbow Flag Flash Mob" in the history of the LGBT movement in Cameroon. It was organized to mark International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO) by three advocacy groups that promote the rights of sexual minorities — Humanity First Cameroon, the Cameroonian Foundation For Aids (Camfaids) and Affirmative Action.
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This Aurangabad based Panchakki is marvel work of Medieval India Architecture and Engineering. Panchakki which literally stands for watermill, is a machinery which was used for making flour our of wheat. It is strange that we Indians are only told to not have original idea and look at this historical example.


text: REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS SENATE BILLS (Calendar Order) SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS (Second Reading) SJR 11 Harris Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to appropriations for the preservation and perpetuation of certain items of historical value; allowing the legislature and state agencies to accept on behalf of the state gifts of items of historical value and contributions to purchase such items. SJR 12 Lucio Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the issuance of additional general obligation bonds by the Texas Water Development Board to provide assistance to economically distressed areas. SJR 13 Wentworth Proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for public school purposes and providing for a corresponding adjustment of the limitation on the amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for those purposes on the homesteads of certain persons. SENATE BILLS (Second Reading) SB 12 Harris Relating to the creation, purpose, implementation, and funding of the County Park Beautification and Improvement Program. SB 2 (CS) Shapiro Relating to public education and public school finance matters; making an appropriation; imposing criminal penalties. SB 16 Lucio Relating to authorizing certain counties and municipalities to regulate land development; providing a penalty. SB 23 Duncan Relating to the remedy provided for failure to disclose certain information in certain residential construction transactions. SB 24 Armbrister/ et al. Relating to the maximum permitted withdrawals and critical period management of groundwater in the area regulated by the Edwards Aquifer Authority and to the operations and oversight of the Edwards Aquifer Authority. SB 39 Duncan Relating to responsibilities of certain state agencies concerning radioactive substances; imposing fees and surcharges; providing administrative and civil penalties. SB 40 (CS) Averitt Relating to a comprehensive study of right-of-way use compensation paid to governmental entities by communications and technology providers. SB 15 (CS) Armbrister Relating to the management of the water resources of the state, including the protection of instream flows and freshwater inflows. SB 57 Duncan Relating to water conservation. SB 66 Lucio/ et al. Relating to the jurisdiction of certain home-rule municipalities on a barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico. SB 41 Hinojosa Relating to the use of sales tax revenue to pay or secure certain municipal public securities. SB 56 Duncan Relating to the expansion of the Salt Fork Water Quality District and the appointment of directors by the commissioners court of each county included within the boundaries of the district. SB 69 Gallegos Relating to residential property exemptions from assessments and impact fees in the Greater East End Management District. SB 77 (CS) Jackson, Mike Relating to the creation of municipal management districts by certain small municipalities; providing authority to impose an assessment or sales and use tax, and to issue bonds. SB 79 Barrientos Relating to the creation of the Bee Cave Development District; providing authority to impose a tax and issue a bond or similar obligation. SB 84 (CS) Madla Relating to highway signs for certain businesses related to agriculture. HOUSE BILLS (Second Reading) HB 11 Hartnett/ Luna Relating to the compensation of state judges and county judges, to the computation of retirement benefits for state judges and for members of the elected class of the Employees Retirement System of Texas, and to providing funds for court-related purposes; making an appropriation. HB 1 (CS) Pitts/ Luna Relating to appropriating money for the support of state government. HB 6 (CS) Morrison SP: Ogden Relating to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds or other obligations to fund capital projects at public institutions of higher education; making an appropriation.


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text: At the beginning of this past semester (Spring 2017), Sister Rosemary came to speak at OU. Sister Rosemary came to speak to students about St. Monica School in Gulu, as well as about other projects that she was working on. The first time I heard Sister Rosemary speak was when I was a freshman in President's Community Scholars. We were lucky enough to hear about her life in Uganda. After hearing her speak, I knew that I wanted to study abroad in Uganda. I was really happy to sit down with Sister Rosemary and students who were thinking about studying abroad in Uganda after the speech. We met in one of the lounges in the Union and got to describe our experience in Uganda. Since I was on the Water Track, I spoke about our contributions to a water sanitation project in Gulu. It was great to talk about what we learned while on the trip, and to encourage other students to go on the trip. Although I loved talking with other students, of course I really loved getting to hear Sister Rosemary speak again. I don't think any of her speeches will ever get old to me. She is an inspiration, and I am so lucky that I have gotten the chance to work with her.


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Illinois police have turned their attention to a widely circulated social media video as they investigate the mysterious death of a 19-year-old girl who was found in a hotel's walk-in freezer early on Sunday, PEOPLE confirms.
According to authorities, Kenneka Jenkins was discovered that morning at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois, where she was pronounced dead at 12:48 a.m. after a party earlier that weekend in a hotel room on the hotel's ninth floor.
Police say they are now investigating a video that some claim was recorded in the same room as the party just hours before Jenkins was found dead. The video was streamed live to Facebook and later recirculated in various clips online.
The footage shows a young woman smoking, talking and laughing in front of the camera. Some social media users have reported hearing pleas for help in the background, though the audio is garbled and occasionally covered over by loud music.
"Investigators are working to identify everyone who was in the video and who was there that night," Det. Joe Balogh, with the Rosemont Public Safety Department, tells PEOPLE.
"Detectives are following up with everyone involved, trying to pinpoint everyone who was there that night," Balogh says.
Investigators believe Jenkins left her home to head to the hotel party around 11:30 p.m. on Friday.
Her mother, Tereasa Martin, told local TV station WGN that Jenkins' friends called her around 4:30 a.m. on Saturday after she appeared to go missing.
Martin and her other daughter, Leonore Harris, went to the hotel themselves and urged staff and police to help with their search, she said.
The family filed a missing persons report on Saturday, police said. After Jenkins' body was found, Martin said that authorities had told her the teen likely stumbled into the freezer while drunk — something officials dispute having ever disclosed.
"That's not what we've ever said. We don't want to rule out anything at this point," Balogh tells PEOPLE. "We're still investigating the whole situation altogether and are taking everything into account."
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Rosemont village spokesman Gary Mack echoes that, saying authorities do not believe Jenkins went into the freezer under her own power.
Mack tells PEOPLE that investigators have already questioned some of the people shown in the Facebook video.
"Police are aware of it and they've been studying it. They have spoken to some of them," he says. "They're trying to get identities of other people and contact information … all they've got to go by is that video."
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A cause of death for Jenkins had not yet been determined, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office in Illinois. But her mother has a theory.
"I believe someone in this hotel killed my child," Martin (who declined PEOPLE's request for comment) told WGN.
Jenkins' friends allegedly called Martin and told her they had Jenkins' cell phone and the car that Martin had let her daughter borrow and were leaving the hotel after being unable to locate Jenkins, Martin told the Chicago Tribune.
The friends said they had left Jenkins in a hallway to go and retrieve the keys and phone they said she left behind in the room, according to Martin. When they got back, the teen was gone, they said.
But, Martin told the Tribune, the friends' "stories changed over and over."
Harris, Jenkins' older sister, shared her mom's concerns, telling WGN, "The freezer door is heavy. So there's no way — if they're saying she's drunk, she don't have no strength. If she had enough strength to open that freezer door, she would have had enough strength to walk straight."
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Here we are on Day 12 of my 12 Days of Christmas Toys – A Gift Guide for Kids series. I hope that I have been able to help everyone get some ideas for Christmas this year, as well as give away some great prizes to help you get a head start on the shopping! Today I am sharing a toy that Lennox has been asking for ever since last Christmas, but with a new twist; The Deluxe Light Up Flutterbye Fairies!
The Flutterbye Fairy is a toy that can really fly and land on you hand! Now it can even light up the room! Here is a little about the fairy itself:
Flutterbye Fairies can really fly and now they even light up the sky! The magic is brighter than ever before with rainbow lights that shine as she soars. Just give your Flutterbye a gentle whirl to see rainbow lights and skirts that twirl! By pressing the button on her decorative base, she will magically lift off into fairy flight. Guide her movement as she floats just inches over the palm of your hand. If you raise your hand gently, she will fly higher. Lower your hand and she will follow your lead. Your Flutterbye Fairy's beautiful dress is surrounded by a colorful aura of rainbow light.
The Light Up Rainbow Fairy "rests" in between flights on her charging base, so no need to keep changing her batteries after playtime. The base is really easy to connect the Fairy to as well. Just place her into the hole on the stand and put the plug into her back. She charges up and is ready to go again.
The other accessory that can go with your Flutterbye Fairy is the Surprise Butterfly Diary. The Surprise Butterfly Diary is perfect for the girl with an imagination. When you open the diary, you are greeting with a delicate butterfly that starts to fly across the room! The diary also has a top-secret compartment, where there is a little journal where kids can draw, make wishes, write or anything else they wish to do! This toy is made for children 5+ and is available at most toy retailers this Christmas season.
Note: I received the above products in return for inclusion in my 2014 Christmas gift guide. All opinions are 100% my own.


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The Engineering Academic Center (EAC) is a place where students hone the skills they need to succeed in introductory math, physics or chemistry courses. Workshop participants meet twice a week in study groups and form learning communities. We especially welcome student populations who are traditionally underrepresented in Engineering.
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The Center for Learning & Undergraduate Enrichment is a late-night academic center designed to support all UW undergraduates, from those who are under-prepared to those who are advanced. CLUE offers tutoring, class discussion, learning communities and more in state-of-the-art facilities.
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The Chemistry Study Center has one or more helpful TAs on duty to assist students with introductory chemistry courses. Along with CHEM 142, 152, and 162, this includes CHEM 120, 145, 155, and 165. There are also tables designated for students from specific courses so students can get help from one another.
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The Math Study Center provides a comfortable place and a supportive atmosphere for students to come together and study, in groups or individually. It has a number of tutors (both graduate student TAs and advanced undergraduates) who will sit down with students and answer questions to help them get unstuck in MATH 120, 124, 125, 126.
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Mexico violence: Monterrey bar stormed by gunmen
The authorities in Mexico say at least eight people were killed when heavily armed men stormed a bar in the northern city of Monterrey on Monday night.
The police are investigating the possible motives for the attack.
Some of the victims were employees of the bar, in a central area of the city, once one of the safest in Mexico.
Recently, Monterrey has been badly hit by a bloody turf war between two of Mexico's powerful drug gangs - the Zetas and the Gulf cartel.
Police are investigating the possible motives for the attack.
Four people died in the Matehuala bar. The others were taken to hospital, where they died of their wounds.
Beheaded bodies
Monterrey is the capital of Nuevo Leon state, which borders the American state of Texas.
Formerly one of the safest cities in Mexico, it has been the scene of several massacres since the cartels intensified their battles for control of trafficking routes and drug markets.
A year ago, gang members set fire to a packed nightclub in Monterrey, killing more than 50 people in a matter of minutes.
In May, 49 beheaded and mutilated corpses were found dumped by a roadside near the city.
A local leader of the Zetas was later arrested and blamed for the massacre.
Taxi drivers have also been killed in the city either for refusing to pay "protection" money or for being suspect of working for rival gangs.
More than 55,000 people have died in drug-related violence in Mexico since 2006, when President Felipe Calderon deployed the army to combat the cartels.


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Roberts Family Farm to host growers, spectators at sanctioned event
BRANDENBURG, Ky. – A new Meade County event is pairing fall family fun and the Kentucky Giant Pumpkin Growers Association's weigh-off for pumpkins and melons.
The Giant Pumpkin Pursuit is set for Noon to 4:00p.m Sept. 16 at Roberts Family Farm in Guston. The official weigh off begins at noon. The event has attracted up to 30 growers from eight different states and promises an array of free family activities.
"The Giant Pumpkin Pursuit is a unique opportunity to welcome new visitors to Meade County," said Carole Logsdon, director of Meade County Tourism. "We are excited to host this official weigh-off and to offer families a free event full of exciting fall activities."
Free children's activities include sack races, face painting, hayrides and pumpkin carving. The farm also offers plenty of family photo opportunities.
In addition to the Roberts Family Farm and Meade County Tourism, event organizers include the Meade County Cooperative Extension and Meade County's own giant pumpkin and watermelon grower Frank Mudd. Mudd, a Flaherty resident, has grown Kentucky's largest watermelon multiple times.
"This is one of my favorite things to do", Mudd said. "I am an outside person, and I am looking forward to spending time with other growers who spend their time watching watermelon and pumpkins grow so rapidly."
Rhonda Roberts said her family is honored that the farm was selected to host the event. The farm has provided fall activities such as hayrides, a corn maze and a pumpkin patch for 16 years.
"Quality time for families and bringing people together is what we're all about, and this event is going to extend that," she said.
First prize for pumpkins is $1,000 and first prize for watermelons is $500. The growers of the top 10 pumpkins and top five watermelons will earn prize money.
Growers interested in additional information regarding the competition can contact Meade County Tourism at 270-422- 3626 or visitmeadecounty.org.


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Last October, Debra Miller, the executrix of a Helen Gibson's estate, filed suit against the doctor and hospital she blames for nicking Gibson's colon during surgery.
On Monday, Judge Milton Shuffield, 136th District Court, partially granted defendant Christus Hospital St. Elizabeth's objections to the plaintiff's medical expert report.
Texas law requires plaintiffs to submit a medical expert report within 30 days of filing a medical malpractice claim.
Christus filed a motion to dismiss on March 4, arguing the plaintiff's report failed to identity any substantial negligence committed by its nurses.
Judges Shuffield told the Southeast Texas Record that he dismissed the negligence claims against Christus' operating nurses, but was still undecided about the floor nurses who cared for Gibson during her stay at the hospital.
He said he was taking the remainder of the motion under advisement and would most likely issue a ruling next week.
The lawsuit claims defendant Dr. Scott Kacy nicked the 79-year-old Gibson's colon during an elective injunial hernia repair on Aug. 8, 2008.
Gibson returned to the emergency room with a fever a few days following the surgery. During a laparotomy performed on Aug. 13, 2008, doctors discovered Gibson's nicked colon.
She died on May 1, 2009, according to the complaint.
The suit blames Christus' nurses for causing Gibson's pain and death, saying they negligently failed to provide her with proper care and treatment.
Clay Dugas and Mike Jacobellis of Clay Dugas and Associates in Beaumont represent the plaintiff.
Christus is represented by Houston attorney Erin Lunceford of the Sprott, Rigby, Newsom, Robbins & Lunceford law firm
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The rent at 73 East Lake Apartments ranges from $2,744 for a one bedroom to a $4,024 two bedroom. Apartments in this building are about 27% more expensive than the The Loop average. This is a pet-friendly apartment.
73 East Lake Apartments is a three minute walk from the Brown Line, the Green Line and the Orange Line at the State/Lake stop.
This apartment is in the The Loop neighborhood in Chicago. Nearby parks include Heald Square, Herald Square and Millenium Park.
73 East Lake Apartments has a Walk Score of 97 out of 100. This location is a Walker's Paradise so daily errands do not require a car.
Enjoy comfortable living in your apartment home that includes a suite of impressive finishes such as GE stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops, wood flooring, Kohler fixtures, a built-in wine rack, and abundant closet space.
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She's home! The trip was last weekend, she's actually been home for a week. I'm late updating the blog thanks to a stressful week of mess and deconstruction (the flood remediation guy uses the much more colorful "demolition"), but the whole process finally seems to be getting officially underway this weekend, so relief is in sight. Living without a working kitchen is tougher than I thought. I have such an unstable and moody working relationship with both my kitchen and the food in it, I didn't think I'd miss it when it was gone. I was quite wrong.
On Saturday, my parents drove myself, Greg, and my Aunt Ginny and Uncle Mark up to Oak Harbor. We were so grateful for the ride. If we'd been on our own, we'd have had to coordinate driving up and pick the car up later, or taking the bus. I've actually been taking the bus more often in the past few months, and enjoying the peace of not having to battle traffic or find parking. But the trip to Oak Harbor from our neck of the woods, by transit, would have been four hours. For someone in normal health this would be exhausting. With fibromyalgia, it would have entirely gutted my energy for the day, and most of the next one. So the ride up was very much appreciated.
On the way up, I knit. I can't read in the car, but knitting causes no nausea, and I'm grateful to have an escape from my awareness that I'm hurtling in a metal box down a narrow road filled with other hurtling metal boxes, piloted by people who seem to enjoy texting while driving. I don't like cars. What gave it away? Whenever I have a new knitting project, I pack it with me wherever I go, and it begins to take on the stories and experiences of what happens while I'm knitting. It's sweet, until the knitted thing isn't useful anymore, and then I can't let it go because I'm attached to the memories. I need to learn how to un-knit a thing, to pull it apart and reuse the yarn for more projects and memories. At any rate, this hat is now the Bringing Elska Home Hat (I finished it last night, and wore it to bed after I realized I'd neglected to turn the heat on upstairs).
Here we are at the ferry in Mukilteo, waiting to ride across to Clinton, on Whidbey Island. Clinton is at the south end of the island, and our destination is at the north end. You can actually drive an overland route if you're so inclined, but I love taking the ferry.
We dropped my aunt and uncle off at their motel (there's no way we could all four sleep on Elska), picked up a few groceries, and then my parents dropped us off at the boat. I was giddy, I couldn't stop smiling the whole way through town. Camping on our Flicka! Overnight! First time! SQUEE! Everything felt exotic. Here we are, in distant Oak Harbor Washington. On our boat! It's the same climate and evergreen-dotted scenery as anywhere else in the Pacific Northwest, but I felt like I was a million miles away, on an amazing adventure. I was flooded with the same familiar excitement I felt as a kid, whenever I'd get to pack up a backpack and go somewhere new for an overnight, or on a trip somewhere. I loved to travel.
But this wasn't just me and a backpack, this was Greg and I, and Elska. She's our new satellite home. A sailboat isn't just a means of transportation, it's a thing of elegant beauty, a guardian, a friend, a being all its own, a place all its own. Maybe not everyone feels this way about their boat – that's too bad.
Me, I'm transported, just in stepping aboard. Elska is the perfect size. I continue to get stares and lulls in the conversation when people ask me why I'd want to go from a 30-foot Hunter to "this little thing", and I just grin hugely and say, "I wanted something I could manage on my own." Most sailors consider 30 feet to be easily managed alone, and many solo sail happily at 40 feet and even above. I get it. Maybe if I were in better shape or better health (or both would be nice), I'd feel differently. But I don't think so. It isn't just that she's manageable to sail for someone with fibromyalgia. It's that she's just….right. She's like Goldilocks's boat.
I've read a great deal about the tiny house movement, and it strikes me how consistently and emphatically people will express joy in the concept of just enough. That's how Elska feels. All my needs are met. She's small, but just….sturdy, capable, cheeky, beautiful, sassy, strong. She's just right.
I parked my boots under the dinette table, and we made some tea, and sat in the cockpit. The lights from the cabin were warm an inviting, but we both wanted to soak up the evening light. We read our ebooks. And then here it was, our first sunset off the stern. My face hurt from all the smiling I was doing. I thought, this is what it's like when a dream comes true. It's a pretty great feeling. I popped back into the cabin to get something, and Greg said, "Come see!" I stepped back into the cockpit, and looked where Greg was pointing. In the water, right below that dinghy on the stern of the boat behind us, a great big grey seal slid by, looking first at us, and then at the other boats in turn. His gaze was so intelligent and observant, I almost expected him to whip out his notepad and pencil. He rolled around a few times, and then slid under the water and left.
We ate cold pizza for dinner, and went to bed early. Greg crawled into the quarter berth, and as is his way, was asleep ten minutes later. I lay in the v-berth all snug and cozy, and for a long time I did nothing but stare up at the heavy bronze portholes and into the darkness outside. It was too cloudy to see stars. It was cold, but thankfully not so cold I couldn't keep warm. I thought about how this was the start of everything. I haven't felt the specialness of a transition like that, the movement over a line from this is the way it was to this is the way it is now, since my kids were born.
Then I read my book, did a little more knitting, and watched part of a movie on my iPad. This is all normal for me – I'm a terrible night owl. Finally I felt the familiar pull to sleep, and put everything away. I turned off my headlamp and buried my face in the pillow. I could hear the water lapping against the hull. Must be windy. I said goodnight to my boat, quietly. I felt safe in her arms. I slept very well.
The next morning, Mark and Ginny showed up bright and early at 7:15am. Dave and Sherrie, the lovely couple from whom we bought the boat, came to see us off. We gave them back their marina keys and took pictures of all of us, and finally I just had to hug them. I couldn't help it. They actually pushed us off the dock, a lovely symbol of the boat passing from their hands into ours. We found out later they'd driven to Langley to watch us motor by – how sweet! See what boats mean to people? It's a special bond.
It was rainy and cold, but we all settled in for the long ride home. Admittedly I was probably the only one beaming with joy through the wetness.
Ginny and Mark were so kind to come up and do this with us, it just meant the world. They've both been sailing for years and have offshore experience, whereas Greg and I have much less experience. We were both exposed to boating and sailing as kids, but we never learned to sail until we were adults and I got the crazy idea (thanks, Dad) to get lessons. In the three years we had our Hunter, I think we went out just a few dozen times, and our longest trip was about 11 nautical miles. This trip was 43. And it was our first voyage on a boat we had no familiarity with. So, to have two experienced sailors say, "Sure, we'll sit in the cold and rain with you for an entire day, and help out if anything goes wrong," well, it's a big deal. I bought them a bag of peanut butter cups, but that didn't seem like enough. So I kept thanking them all day.
That's my Aunt, and her cute hat, that I will someday lift when she isn't looking. For all the grumpy weather, we had a very pleasant trip. Flickas are small, but they have a very heavy hull and a full keel – that means the keel goes from the front to the back, versus a fin keel that looks like, well, a fin. This means she's very stable, and you could really tell as we headed into Saratoga Passage, with the waves kicking up and the spray hitting us, how little she was getting batted around. She didn't lurch or roll, she just put-putted happily through the mess, steady as she goes.
We alternated who sat at the helm. I took two short naps, because fibro is a cruel mistress. Mark taught me all kinds of navigation information as we went along, it was great. We ate lunch, Ginny made us tons of tea and cocoa, and we looked for dolphins and orcas but never saw any. I loved having my family with me, what a treat. If the outboard failed or we struck a log, I was relaxed knowing that we had two heads on board with years of experience. That's right, I didn't mention the debris, it was crazy; a gazillion logs littered the water, we assumed it was all from the crazy windstorm the weekend before.
Here's Greg at the helm. Ginny brought these gloves, and then left them with us! They were so toasty warm, and rubberized so you could grip the tiller. I think they're for gardening, originally. My hands were turning beet red from the cold, but these warmed them right up.
We made quite a mess. I'd like to say this looks nothing like our kitchen at home, but I'd be lying. That little tiny bottle, with the white cap and the orange $1.00 price tag, behind the barrier in back of the bananas, is a teeny tiny bottle of ketchup I bought at the marina cafe. It was SO WEE that I just couldn't help it (gee, sounds like another purchase I just made, for considerably more money). It looked like this teeny tiny bottle of dijon mustard, which I will also now have to procure. Teeny tiny boats require teeny tiny condiments.
Almost home! The lighthouse is where Shilshole Bay Marina is, our home port. It's so odd how different everything looks from the water. I'm usually pretty good with maps, but in an urban environment you don't realize how your landmarks are so often man-made and quite distinct. On a map, it seems obvious where the towns are that line the shore, but when you're actually in the middle of the water, it's like one landmass, another land mass, some hills, some other hills. Everything looks like everything else. I can see why people are so in love with their GPS units.
We made it home in 8.5 hours, which I thought was pretty impressive. We kept the outboard going the whole way, and it covered the whole 40+ miles with one 6-gallon tank of gas. Wow. I loved having an outboard. So much quieter than a diesel, much less teeth-rattling vibration, and no stink! Diesel smell makes me queasy, and once it gets in your clothes and sleeping bags, it takes a miracle (or 27 consecutive washings, as I discovered with my red windbreaker – I just threw it in with every load until it didn't reek anymore) to get the smell out. I will never go back to diesel. Mark my words.
Finally, home sweet home! Safe in her slip, after delivering us safely home.
But before I go, I want to share a few pictures of a this lovely little something or other that was docked at the same marina as our Flicka. Such a beautiful little boat! I stopped every time I walked by to take a quick look. Her name caught my eye, Nil Desperandum. I looked it up, it means "never despair". Tonight I looked up the actual boat, and lo and behold, her owner wrote an article about her. Here's Lawrence W. Cheek writing in the Seattle Times about the rewards of small boats.


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Today is Earth Day. Regardless of your feelings about the cause or realism of global warming, you probably would not be reading this site if you didn't have some level of concern for the health of the planet.
Earth Day is not about global warming but rather a general understanding that we need to take care of our planet as best that we can. It's resources are, by definition, limited. At least as of this writing, it is the best place in the universe that we know of that can support human life – in fact it is the only place.
I would like to quote Stephen Leahy on an Earth Day Wish:
Take time to be outside today.
Think about everything that nature provides – air, water, plants and animals that sustain us. Such gifts should not be taken lightly for they can vanish or be contaminated. In our numbers and powerful technologies we are �the bull in nature�s china shop�. We need to take great care.
May you always cherish this Earth and share in her joys.
A few great facts on Earth Day that I picked up at Wikipedia:
- April 22 was the birthday of actor Eddie Albert. Because of Eddie Albert's early work with environmental causes and groups, when International Earth Day was created, it was decided it must be held on April 22 because that is his birthday.
- April 21 was the birthday of John Muir, who founded the Sierra Club. This is not lost on organizers who thought that April 22 was Muir's birthday.
- April 22 is also the birthday of Julius Sterling Morton, the founder of Arbor Day, a national tree-planting holiday started in 1872. Arbor Day became a legal holiday in Nebraska in 1885, to be permanently observed on April 22. According to the National Arbor Day Foundation "the most common day for the state observances is the last Friday in April . . . but a number of state Arbor Days are at other times to coincide with the best tree planting weather." It has since been largely eclipsed by the more widely observed Earth Day, except in Nebraska, where it originated.
For today's article, I will simply point to some great e-cards that are available to commemorate this day. These ecards come from The Nature Conservancy.
My apologies to my regular readers, the pressures of my work have prevented me from posting for the last few days. I will restart my regular postings now that the effort has eased somewhat.
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