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Though multiple doctors said the bothersome bump was benign, when she opted to get it removed, it became clear it was more serious. The nub had a scientific name: extraosseous Ewing sarcoma.
Casey Siljestrom's senior prom was a turning point in her life.
After an afternoon of prepping her hair and makeup, and posing for pictures, she let loose on the dance floor with the rest of her graduating class. High school was ending, and so was a chapter of her adolescent life. She was sweating, she was happy, and she was alive.
Later that night, Casey stepped aside to cool off and catch her breath. Parched, she sipped on a glass of ice water, swishing away her thirst. In that comfortable corner of the room, she rested her hand on the back of her hip and took in the moment.
But as her right hand grazed her right side, she felt a small bump.
Was there something in her dress? Wait, no. Was there something under her skin?
It was hard — the size of a nickel — and it was new. She pondered the possibilities but saved her worries for the next day.
Prom was a night she wanted to never forget.
* * *
Casey had always been healthy. A skilled violinist since third grade, she was looking forward to attending Florida State University, where she would double major in music and biology. She hoped one day to get into veterinary school.
Now 23, she is attending vet school at the University of Florida and following her dream of working with exotic animals. But a rare form of cancer nearly derailed her life.
Though multiple doctors said the bothersome bump was benign, when she opted to get it removed, it became clear it was more serious. The nub had a scientific name: extraosseous Ewing sarcoma.
It's a bone cancer; it's rare — with an incidence of about one case per 1 million in the U.S. population; and it's typically fatal.
Casey's cancer defied the norm. Most known cases occur in males, but she is female. The malignant mass was growing in her soft tissue, not her bone.
"Until someone looked me in the eye and told me I had cancer, I would've never guessed that's what it was," she said.
Doctors told Casey she had one option: chemotherapy.
At 18, she had to drop her last high school courses. She had dual-enrolled, however, and was able to use those credits to meet her high school requirements.
She graduated with the rest of her class as she began treatment.
* * *
When Casey was first told she needed chemo, she didn't know what it was. "Do you sit under a light?" she recalled asking, half-joking.
She would undergo 14 rounds of chemo at All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg, about an hour north of her home in Sarasota.
When her room was ready, Casey would lie down on the bed, letting the nurse draw her blood and check her levels. Her mom stayed by her side.
"You have to have a certain white blood cell count before you can get chemo," Casey said. "If your immune system isn't at a certain level, they don't want to push it any further."
If her immune system checked out, the nurse "plugged in" her IV fluids into a port under her skin — a catheter in her superior vena cava, which allowed the fluids to flow directly into her heart and quickly pulse throughout her body.
"With the port, you can have four or five IVs in at once," Casey said. "It's kind of convenient if you need fluids, chemo, pain meds and stuff like that all at the same time."
After about 24 hours of fluids, the nurses would begin administering her chemo. Dressed in HAZMAT suits, they hung the bags of medication above her and plugged them into her port.
The drugs were so toxic that if one drop fell on a nurse, it would burn right through his or her skin, which made the protective suits necessary.
Those corrosive chemicals coursed through Casey's veins.
While nurses rushed in and out of Casey's room, her mom, Judy Altier, never left her side.
She watched as her daughter deteriorated. She was there for her the night Casey shampooed her hair and, clump by clump, it started falling out. She held her hand when the liquid agony flooded Casey's veins. And at night, when darkness drowned the hospital room, she slept on a small mattress at the foot of Casey's hospital bed, praying.
"There's no orientation day," Altier said. "You really have no idea what to expect."
But as machines beeped all day and all night, pumping pain into her child, Altier said she became numb to the noise.
"It was a scary, horrendous year," Altier said. "She's really come a long way."
* * *
When the cancer died, Casey was set free.
In the hospital, she envisioned throwing a party after treatment. She imagined celebrating with her family and friends. Her suffering would be in the past. Her health would snap back. She would be herself again.
But the celebration was muted.
"It was weird," Casey said. "You'd think it'd be really exciting, and it was, but I was still sick from the chemo."
She downed a cup full of medications every day. She was constantly exhausted, sleeping for about 16 hours at a time. On the FSU campus, when she started school, a shuttle drove her to class. Walking for that long was too tiring and painful.
In the midst of the madness, she met a boy.
Colby Siljestrom was in his last year at FSU and studying economics. Casey was in her first. He noticed the sweet girl with short hair and scarves. Eventually he learned why her hair wasn't longer and why she was always tired, but he didn't care.
"I had to bring her dinner a lot," Colby said, laughing.
Casey came to Colby's soccer and softball games, cheering him along on the sidelines. On nights when his buddies went out, Colby stayed in with his girlfriend.
"I had no problem just hanging out," Colby said.
As Colby's interest in Casey grew, the medical community's concern seemed to be waning.
Casey said it got to a point where some medical professionals were rude.
Specialists would see her for one problem, and when they realized the cause was rooted in cancer, they would tell her to see an oncologist. When she did, she was told, "You don't have cancer. Go see a specialist."
"You kind of fall through the cracks when you're done with treatment," Casey said. "Luckily, I'm older and was able to do all the research on my own. But younger patients might not be able to describe what's happening to their parents."
Sometimes her heart would race because of tachycardia. She once had nine urinary tract infections in one year. No one warned her the chemo would cause her to go into menopause years early, and her reproductive capabilities aren't a guarantee.
"The more doctors have turned me away, the easier it's been to deal with it," Casey said.
In Gainesville, Casey said she's lucky her current primary care physician, Dr. Jeffrey Budd, takes the time to see her and treat her, but for some survivors, that's not always the case.
"Unless you have a specific clinic for late effects," Casey said, "there's nothing for you, really."
Casey is now married to Colby. They live in Gainesville with a large standard poodle named Jonah, whose coat of tight, black curls shakes with excitement when greeting guests.
Casey works as an ambassador for the National Children's Cancer Society, bringing a voice to young patients still undergoing treatment.
Her faith is strong, and despite being reminded through pain and prescriptions that her health will never be what it was, she remains resilient.
The only visible remnant of her sickness is a scar on her back.


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Infrequently Asked Questions
Below are questions that I wish students would ask more frequently. If you are asking yourself any of these questions, please give yourself a pat on the back for doing so, and then look to the answers below. If you don't yet have any questions, I hope this list will give you some ideas regarding what you should be thinking about as you go through the course.
What exactly is a "self-assessment"-- and why do I have to submit to it?
In order to assist me in responding effectively and efficiently to all written work, I DO want you to include a self-assessment (see #24) for all assignments.
On the other hand, this should not take more than a short time to complete; you can write it, by hand if you prefer, after you have finished the final draft of each. papers without the self-assessment will be returned to you with a request for completion before I read them, and this will delay the grading and return of your work. Please do not forget!
- Using the back of the last page, write a self-assessment both of (a) your research & writing process (how did the paper go for you, where did you struggle or get stuck, what went well and what didn't); and(b) the product (what do you think are the paper's strengths and weaknesses? what further revisions would you have made if you had had time?). I will read this after I read and evaluate the reflection but before I write my final comments to you; it will assist me in offering you the most useful feedback possible. Make sure to include your name on this page, as it will not be indicated anywhere else on the paper!
[Occasional statements throughout this document are derived, with permission, from a similar document written by my colleague Peter Fosl, Associate Professor and Chair of the Philosophy Department at Transylvania University. Much of the wording of my statements regarding academic honesty is drawn—definitely with permission!--from Patricia Keith-Spiegel, "Syllabi Statements Regarding Academic Dishonesty: Rationale and Suggestions," distributed by Ball State University's Center for the Teaching of Integrity.]


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There are a lot of gardening books out there, and whenever anyone asks me for my favorite ones, I find myself struggling to make a list. There are three rules about garden books to remember.
1. All garden books are local to one degree or another, unless they are very general. That is, all garden books are fundamentally about the experience of gardeners in particular places and in particular circumstances. Beyond basic books, the best garden books are by authors who remember this and try and connect what they have done with others, while also acknowledging the limits of their experience. Bad garden books become prescriptive "no one should use mulch" or "everyone should use mulch" or whatever because their experience with mulch is deemed to be universal.
2. There is a difficult middle-space gap in garden writing between books that are written for the absolute beginner (many) and speak in such general terms that after you've mastered the basics, you don't really need to read more of them, and the technical research papers that often present new research or ideas. By this I mean that the experienced, engaged gardener who doesn't need to read another basic explanation of how soil fertility works or how to start seeds leaves them with little truly new, exciting and creative to read. The papers can be useful and inspiring, but they are rarely readable or entertaining, the general books may be fond and familiar material, but one goes back to them as reference, and there are only a few dozens of good books written for the expert gardener who wants to learn something new. One ends up falling back on personal narratives "the story of my garden" and trying to glean what you can of their expertise from that (which can be rewarding in its own way). Once you've read Eliot Coleman and Suzanne Ashworth, John Jeavons, etc… and the best books on herbs and fruit and pruning and perennials…now what?
3. The very best garden writers are the ones who are actual people with actual imperfections. As much as I admire, say, Dave Jacke's wonderful pair of books _Edible Forest Gardening_, for example, I do read his many, many part list of "things I should do before I plant a single thing" in his section on site preparation with a "I'm just not going to do all that." The same is true with double digging – I'm sure it is a great thing, but I'm way too lazy to do that. My favorite garden writers are the ones that acknowledge up front that we *shouldn't* ever let a weed go to seed, but realistically, we probably will, and have methods for adapting to our flawed existence.
4. Most garden books assume that you are gardening for pleasure, rather than from need, and often assume one has more money to spend than many of us do and no need to prioritize crops or space or time. They are good books, but often ill-adapted to difficult or hard times. The category of books that is well adapted to these is fairly small, and from one reason or another, often have some deep flaws that make them hard for me to recommend. But there's a real need for gardening books that actually address the reality – that gardening isn't about $64 tomatoes, but about keeping people fed in practical, inexpensive ways.
It is rare for me to read a book that does all three things – that fills that middle gap by offering me genuinely new and engaging ideas, is local to its place but thoughtful about how information gleaned in one environment might connect to another, is written by someone who does have limits on time and energy and occasionally desire to do it perfectly, and finally, is conscious of the need to garden in response to difficult times. That's why Carol Deppe's _The Resilient Gardener_ is such a gift.
Deppe's book _Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties_ has long been on my list of must-have books, and is something I recommend to anyone who plans to save seed – or even anyone interested in knowing more than the basics about the plants they grow. Carol Deppe is just such a profund well of knowledge about plants, and her deep curiosity about them drives her to do kinds of research that no one else is doing. _The Resilient Gardener_ is a reflection of her wide ranging interests and fascination with the process of producing her own food.
The premise is one that I can't but appreciate – she points out that hard times come to all of us, whether they are national or international in scale or purely personal. The narrative begins with the years she spent caring for her mother who suffered Alzheimers disease, and the ways that her garden was a respite and a nurturance to herself and to her mother, but also the ways that her garden had to become resilient to allow for demands on her time and resources. She then shifts us towards a world picture, but never forgets that our gardens have to serve us in complicated situations.
Deppe has celiac disease, and one of the values of this book is that it focuses on a smaller number of crops that provide dense nutritional value without grains – Potatoes, Corn, Squash, Beans and Eggs. This is value not only for many people who are intolerant of grains, but those who live on land or in environments not suitable to grain growing. She makes a reasonable case that from these five main crops, you could produce on a moderate sized lot the better portion of a balanced diet. Although one doesn't grow eggs in dirt, she offers an invaluable discussion of raising poultry on garden crops that alone would be worth the price of the book.
Deppe has so much to say and so much information to convey that occasionally she gets bogged down, giving every subject the full benefit of her analysis – I suspect the discussion of what protein sources make her feel full could have been cut down a touch. That is the faintest of criticisms of a book that was quite possibly the most intellectually engaging and delightful garden book I've ever read. I am only frustrated that I read it in winter and can't immediately rush out and begin trying many of her ideas – for example, I've clearly been drying the wrong variety of zucchini. Only Deppe would have the patience and wisdom to sort through dozens of varieties for the ones that retain their flavor best when dried, or to find the best popping chick peas. I find myself humbled by her energies – I too often have tried a vegetable variety in one preparation and said "oh, this one isn't that great…" rather than doing as Deppe does and trying to figure out what the variety might actually be good for.
This is not a beginner's book, although new gardeners might well want to acquire it and read through it, planning to take what they can now and come back again and again as they acquire new experience. It has much to offer a new gardener, however – her section on tools and techniques, and the one on physical exertions are very good, as are her basics. But this book throws *a lot* of information at you – so if you are a new gardener, expect to revisit this one. Actually, nearly everyone should expect to need to read it more than once, which is a good argument for ownership, rather than simply borrowing it. I know I'll be revisiting it over and over again, because it is that rarest of all things – a deep, complex garden book that is fun to read and entrancing, and that stretches one's mind far and hard. What a delight!


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On the PKGBUILD ''arch=('i686')'' should be ''arch=('i686' 'x86_64')''. Also the command ''pacman -U kernel26-my-22.214.171.124-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz'' should be something like ''pacman -U kernel26-my*.pkg.tar.gz''.
On the PKGBUILD ''arch=('i686')'' should be ''arch=('i686' 'x86_64')''. Also the command ''pacman -U kernel26-my-126.96.36.199-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz'' should be something like ''pacman -U kernel26-my*.pkg.tar.gz''.
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(referring to the With makepkg and pacman (Recommended) Section) the kernel26.install script does not complete successfully. I just tried this and it installs the package, but says :
>>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait ... error: command failed to execute correctly
and lastly, i think in the kernel26.install file, the KERNEL_VERSION variable has to be whatever you set to name your kernel as in your .config file, as well as the current version. So...the script on the wiki says its 2.6.28, which is out dated, and my kernel ended up being named 184.108.40.206-ARCH_MARK_GRANDI (as i modified the kernel version string thing in .config from "-ARCH" to "-ARCH_MARK_GRANDI"
Also, when i tried to install the kernel-my package after it compiled, it complained that a lot of files from /lib/firmware/ already existed on the filesystem. I had to install the package with the -f (force) option to get it to install.
I am not familiar with bash scripting or whatever to make the appropriate changes to the kernel26.install script, or whats the best option about the lib/firmware conflicts =/
~ Polygon 14:50, 1 September 2009 (EDT)
These issues should be fixed with the new PKGBUILD and kernel26.install.
I may be wrong, but I believe what's stored in /lib/firmware is all binary, so there shouldn't be much change between kernel versions, and, as such, it shouldn't matter terribly if it's overwritten with that from a custom compile. To be on the safe side, though, the firmware is omitted from the new PKGBUILD.
~ Ichifish 17:47, 1 November 2009 (GMT)
Easy Local Kernel Configuration
I'm not brave enough to edit the main article, but according to the 2.6.32 release notes, the build targets "localmodconfig" and "localyesconfig" have been added to ease in creating custom kernels. The difference, as I understand it between the first and second target is that the latter removes unused modules so that init scripts and modules are unneeded.
Perhaps someone saavy enough could edit this article accordingly?
--EnvoyRising 03:28, 15 December 2009 (EST)
On the PKGBUILD arch=('i686') should be arch=('i686' 'x86_64'). Also the command pacman -U kernel26-my-188.8.131.52-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz should be something like pacman -U kernel26-my*.pkg.tar.gz.
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The London, Upton, Stone series has helped over 1,000,000 photography students capture their potential.
The new 8th edition of A Short Course in Photography introduces students to the fundamentals of photography and suggests ways in which they might create photographs that have meaning. With a special focus on black and white photography, the book also explores digital techniques and web photography resources, equipment, cameras and camera accessories, the exposure and development of film, and the making and finishing of prints. All aspects of the process are explained and illustrated clearly in two-page spreads, each of which addresses a self-contained topic.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Camera
Getting Started Camera and film
Loading film into the camera
Focusing and setting the exposure
Exposure readout
Exposing the film
What will you photograph?
Using a digital camera
Types of Cameras
Basic Camera Controls
More about Camera Controls
Inside a singlelens reflex camera
Shutter Speed Affects light and motion
Aperture Affects light and depth of field
Shutter Speed and Aperture Blur vs. depth of field
Getting the Most from Your Camera and Lens
Chapter 2 Lens
Lens Focal Length The basic difference between lenses
Normal Focal Length The most like human vision
Long Focal Length Telephoto lenses
Short Focal Length Wide-angle lenses
Zoom, Macro, and Fisheye Lenses
Focus and Depth of Field
Automatic Focus
Depth of Field Controlling sharpness in a photograph
More about Depth of Field How to preview it
Perspective How a photograph shows depth
Lens Attachments Making close-ups
Using filters
Polarization and other effects
Chapter 3 Film
Selecting and Using Film
Film Speed and Grain The two go together
Special-Purpose Films Infrared and chromogenic
Color in Film and Digital
Color Films
Chapter 4 Exposure
Normal Exposure, Underexposure, and Overexposure
Exposure Meters What different types do
How to calculate and adjust an exposure manually
Overriding an Automatic Exposure Camera
Making an Exposure of an Average Scene
Exposing Scenes That are Lighter or Darker than Average
Exposing Scenes with High Contrast
Low Light and Reciprocity
Exposures in Hard-to-Meter Situations
Chapter 5 Developing the Negative
Processing Film Equipment and chemicals you'll need
Mixing and Handling Chemicals
Processing Film Step by Step Setting out materials needed
Preparing the film
Stop bath and fixer
Washing and drying
Summary of Film Processing
How Chemicals Affect Film
Evaluating Your Negatives
Push Processing
Chapter 6 Printing
Printing Equipment and materials you'll need
Making a Contact Print Step by Step
Processing a Print Step by Step Development
Stop bath and fixer
Washing and drying
Summary of Print Processing
Making an Enlarged Print Step by Step Setting up the enlarger
Exposing a test print
Exposing a final print
Evaluating Your Print for Density and Contrast
More about Contrast How to control it in a print
Local Controls Burning in and dodging
Mounting a Print
Equipment and materials you'll need
Dry Mounting a Print Step by Step
Bleed Mounting/Overmatting
Chapter 7 Lighting
Qualities of Light From direct to diffused
Existing Light Use what's available
The Main Light The strongest source of light
Fill Light To lighten shadows
Simple Portrait Lighting
Using Artificial Light Photolamp or flash
More about Flash How to position it
Using Flash
Chapter 8 Digital Photography
Equipment and Materials You'll Need
Pixels Make the Picture
Digital Color Modes, gamuts, spaces, and profiles
Using Histograms and the Info Palette
Setting up a Workflow Stay organized
Workflow programs: Aperture and lightroom
Importing an Image
Getting Started Editing an Image
Adjusting an Image Levels
Adjusting Part of an Image Selections
More Techniques Layers
Making a Digital Image Step by Step
Soft Proofing
Storage, Archiving, Retrieval
Ethics and Digital Imaging
Chapter 9 Seeing Like a Camera
What's in the Picture The edges or frame
The background
Depth of Field Which parts are sharp
Time and Motion in a Photograph
Depth in a Picture Three dimensions become two
Chaos becomes order
Photographing for Meaning
Portraits Informal: Finding them
Formal: Setting them up
Photographing the Landscape
Photographing the Cityscape
Photographing Inside
Responding to Photographs
How to Learn More
Photo Credits
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Thursday October 11, 2012
AfterAliona Vilani suffered a hairline fracture on her leg whilst rehearsing with Johnny Ball, and Denise's own partner James Jordan broke his nose, it was thought that the worst Strictly Come Dancing accidents would be over for the series.
Now TV presenter Denise Van Outen will have to put rehearsals on hold as she was unable to turn her head in practise.
The TV presenter headed off to physiotheraphy on Thursday afternoon after she struggled with her injury.
Denise told her fans of her woes on Twitter, and said: "In the back of a cab with a stiff one - neck that is.
On my way to physio." It is hoped that Denise will make a speedy recovery so that she can remain comfortably in the fifth spot on the leaderboard.
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This tutorial teaches you the creation of a Custom Analytical Query and the addition of a Calculated Measures. You will also be able to edit your calculated Measures and define an Exception Aggregation.
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Create a Custom Analytical Queries with Calculated Measures.
This tutorial teaches you the creation of a Custom Analytical Query and the addition of a Calculated Measures. You will also be able to edit your calculated Measures and define an Exception Aggregation.
Start the Custom Analytical Queries Application by selecting the corresponding tile in the SAP Fiori Launchpad.
To edit your analytical query you have to search for it and select it.
Furthermore you have to click on the Edit button to continue.
Now you have to switch to the Display Tab to add a calculated measure.
Press the Add button to add further calculated measures like:
Select the measure
margin and click on Edit to open the expression editor in a
popup window.
You can choose different measures, supported functions and you have content assistance by pressing
Ctrl + space.
"Gross Profit" / "Gross Revenue" as an Expression.
The new expression for the calculated measure is shown in the text field.
For a calculated measure, you can define exception aggregation. Check Exception Aggregation and press the value help to add a function. The
popup shows you the supported functions. One or more dimensions can be added to the exception aggregation via the + button.
Select following:
COUNT as
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Cost Object as
a further Dimension.
If a field supports hierarchies, then the hierarchy checkbox is shown in the properties.
Checkmark the hierarchy checkbox to enable displaying hierarchy for
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Controlling Area and
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Click on Save Draft to save the query and click afterwards on Preview to test the query.
Click on publish to publish the query. Published queries are available to be consumed by Key Performance Indicators and Reports.
After publishing the status will be updated to published on the top right corner.
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Veronica Roth's #1 New York Times bestselling novel Divergent is now a major motion picture starring Shailene Woodley, Theo James, and Kate Winslet!
This eye-catching volume takes you inside the film version of Divergent. With more than 100 photographs—many never before seen—Inside Divergent will immerse you in the thrilling dystopian world of futuristic Chicago, where you'll meet the initiates and discover the factions.
Book Description
"Choose wisely. The future belongsto those who know where they belong." Unless you're Divergent...
Explore the world inside Divergent. Filled with exclusive photos, Inside Divergent explores the meaning of each faction in Veronica Roth's dystopian Chicago: Abnegation, Amity, Candor, Erudite, and Dauntless. Meet the initiates through their candid photos and profiles: Tris, Caleb, Molly, Christina, Peter, Al, and the others. The faction leaders are here, too: Four, Eric, Max, Jeanine, Natalie, Andrew, and Marcus. Follow the journey from the aptitude test to the Choosing Day Ceremony; then fall into the Dauntless Pit and witness the rigors of life in the Dauntless compound. Inside Divergent is a thrilling glimpse into the initiate's world.
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Property values in DuPage drop; taxes don't
DuPage County homeowners can expect to pay more property taxes to school districts and other local governments, even though land values continue to plummet.
The overall value of land in DuPage decreased last year by 8 percent, to roughly $34.6 billion. At the same time, the average tax rate for the county's 384 taxing bodies -- the other half of the tax equation -- increased 11.73 percent.
As a result, property owners countywide are going to pay an average of 3.73 percent more on their tax bills this year, which are due in equal installments in June and September.
County Clerk Gary King talked about falling property values Monday as part of the annual release of DuPage's tax rates.
King said no one predicted the significant drop in the taxable value of land that began three years ago.
"Land values are decreasing like everywhere else in the state of Illinois," said King, adding the trend is expected to continue for at least another year.
Meanwhile, the total number of taxable parcels in the county dropped slightly from 334,899 in 2011 to 334,799 in 2012.
"With the economy, there's no new buildings going in," King said. "DuPage is running out of land anyway. I don't think you're ever going to see the big years of growth that we used to have."
County officials stress that just because the value of someone's home dropped doesn't mean the person will pay less in property taxes.
Governmental entities ask for specific amounts of tax dollars each year.
Since 1991, a state-imposed cap limits most of those governments to increases of 5 percent or the rate of inflation, whichever is lower.
But the Consumer Price Index doubled from 1.5 percent in 2011 to 3 percent in 2012. And districts across DuPage sought more money through their levies.
When the total tax take is distributed among fewer taxpayers, the increase individuals see is greater.
"If there's less people paying for the bill, everybody pays more," said Paul Hinds, DuPage's chief deputy clerk.
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Introduced for 2002 and produced through 2009, the Chevrolet TrailBlazer was one of the most popular midsize SUVs in America. Qualities like a smooth ride, a roomy cabin, plentiful features and an inexpensive price made it a hit with consumers early in the model cycle. But fleet operators picked up much of the slack in the later years as consumers went with more refined crossover rivals. Based on our testing experience, the TrailBlazer left much to be desired as a midsize SUV.
Although modern luxury features such as navigation and rear-seat DVD entertainment were available, this SUV's handling dynamics were more state-of-the-past than state-of-the-art. The standard Chevy TrailBlazer's unresponsive suspension and imprecise steering wouldn't inspire confidence on back road detours or during quick transitions on the expressway. In past years, traditional body-on-frame SUVs like the TrailBlazer weren't expected to handle well in these situations. But times changed and virtually all of the Chevy's rivals offered superior road manners. Another major drawback was the TrailBlazer's cabin design. It looked out of date soon after its debut, and the quality of the materials and construction was always suspect.
From a performance standpoint, the Chevrolet TrailBlazer SS was an interesting choice, as it addressed the SUV's handling woes via substantial tuning to the chassis and steering. The SS also provided rip-roaring performance, courtesy of a 6.0-liter V8. But in the grand scheme of things, the SS was a niche vehicle. For a workaday midsize SUV, other truck-based competitors would serve you better than the standard Chevrolet TrailBlazer.
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As a unique model, the Chevrolet TrailBlazer debuted for 2002, though the name "TrailBlazer" was actually in use previously as an upscale trim level for the regular four-door Blazer SUV. After the TrailBlazer's debut, Chevy slowly phased out the Blazer and let the TrailBlazer become its main truck-based midsize SUV. There was also an extended-wheelbase version called the TrailBlazer EXT that offered seven-passenger seating and class-leading cargo room. At the time, the 4.2-liter inline-6 made 270 horsepower.
There were other changes over the years. The big news for 2003 was a special North Face Edition trim package and the availability of a 290-hp 5.3-liter V8 in the extended TrailBlazer EXT, while the next couple of years saw a host of evolutionary improvements like increased availability of the V8, power-adjustable pedals, restyled seating, side curtain airbags, DVD-based navigation, CD/MP3 audio and satellite radio.
The hotter, performance-oriented Chevy TrailBlazer SS packing a 391-hp 6.0-liter V8 debuted in 2006. This was also the year that the 5.3-liter V8 became available for non-EXT models and the inline-6 engine's output rose to 291 hp. The TrailBlazer EXT was dropped for '07. The 5.3-liter V8 was likewise history for 2009 and the TrailBlazer itself was gone for 2010.
Throughout most of the TrailBlazer's model run, there were three main trim levels: base LS, luxury-themed LT and high-performance SS. The LS came decently equipped, while the LT provided access to some higher-level features such as leather seating. Chevrolet offered two different packages for the SS model. The basic TrailBlazer SS (1SS) was equipped similarly to the LS but featured a powerful V8, a sport-tuned chassis, 20-inch wheels and a monochromatic exterior with black mesh grille. The uplevel version of the TrailBlazer SS (3SS) added all the LT's amenities. Apart from a white-faced tachometer and "SS" monograms on the seats, there was nothing special about the SS interior.
Although a four-speed automatic transmission was standard across the board, there was a choice of two- or four-wheel drive (4WD) except in the SS, which could have either two- or all-wheel drive.
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- More than one million people expected to turn out for Seoul's annual fireworks festival
- Visitors advised to use public transport, arrive hours early for good riverside viewing spot
- Over 100,000 fireworks from designers around the world will be set off
Expect debilitating traffic jams and crammed subways as hordes of joyous, beer-guzzling, gimbap eating, DSLR-toting visitors hit the streets of Seoul this Saturday for the city's most explosive festival of the year.
"It's Seoul's biggest event," says Hee-jae Kim, an operations representative for the annual Seoul International Fireworks Festival, now in its 11th year.
"To have more than one million people turn out to one spot, for that one event on one day … there isn't anything like it in terms of scale."
Set in Yeouido, one of the city's business and media epicenters, the fireworks festival takes place in front of the 63 Building, event sponsor Hanwha Corporation's iconic skyscraper overlooking the Han River.
Fiery designs
In addition to showcases by Korean fireworks designers, teams from Canada, Japan and France will blast their own award-winning creations into the night.
Canada's Apogee Fireworks will showcase its "Skyfall" display while Japan's Tamaya Kitahara Fireworks team plans to shoot a Japanese garden into the sky. The French team, Ruggieri, will set their streaming lights show to opera music.
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Hanwha is spending approximately ₩3.5 billion ($3.3 million) on the festival.
A total of 100,000 fireworks will be set off on Saturday starting at 7 p.m. More than 3,000 staff and police will be on safety and security standby.
"I made sure to come three hours early to get a good spot with my friends," said Miji Lee, 29, who attended last year.
"You should remember to bring a big mat, a blanket and a trash bag. And try not to drink too much or you'll have to wait the huge lines for the bathroom."
For this year's event, 600 staff have been recruited to clean up the inevitable island of trash that will be left behind.
More visitor tips
Due to expected traffic snarls, visitors should use public transport to get to the festival.
Although restaurants and viewing platforms on Yeouido skyscrapers will offer good views of the fireworks, organizers say visitors should sit outside to get the full effect of the music, smells, noise and special effects.


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Course Outline: Well in advance of the semester during which they want to work, students should secure their own field placements with a state or federal judge at either the district court or appellate court level. Many judges/justices in the Houston area participate as field placement supervisors, and welcome applications from Rising 2Ls, 2Ls, Rising 3Ls, and 3Ls. If a student wishes to work for judge outside of Houston over the summer, s/he should first contact the Externship Director to discuss the possibility, and should do so before accepting a position with that judge.
Once a student secures a position, s/he must apply to the Judicial Externship Program at www.law.uh.edu/externship. Students should not attempt to enroll themselves in these courses via PeopleSoft: if you're approved, the Externship Director will enroll you via the Office of Student Services.
Any JD student doing his/her first-ever judicial externship for credit is required to attend an on-campus orientation. The date/time of the orientation is TBD. Students are responsible for reading the Daily Lex consistently to keep up with this information as it becomes available, as well as reading the Daily Lex consistently.
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Putin confronts a changed Russia
Le 01-03-2012
Less than two weeks to go now to Russia's presidential election and no prizes for guessing who is going to win. But things are changing in Russia and Vladimir Putin is not having everything his way. Some opinion polls suggest he may have trouble winning in the first round – and he's clearly struggling to cope with a growing tide of unaccustomed public criticism.
Has the mounting criticism come as a shock to Putin?
Certainly, I would say he's shocked and confused. He doesn't know quite how to cope with it – should he hit back or should he ignore it? If he hits back, how should he hit back?
Putin's problem is that he started out treating the election more like a coronation than a contest. He has discovered that Russia is changing. The middle class is coming of age. These are educated, intelligent, modestly wealthy people who are used to taking decisions and being listened to.
Putin is still locked in what he calls the "vertical of power" – top-down governance with only the appearance of democracy. Elections, yes, but managed elections.
The way he and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev have tried to arrange the handover of power has enraged a large part of the population. The genie is out of the bottle and Putin can't put it back.
But is he still going to win the election?
For sure, but he may struggle to do so in the first round. When he announced his decision to run for president this is not a possibility he considered. Yet, this week, an independent polling institute said he would get 48% in the first round. Ok, that will still give him a healthy platform for victory but it's still a humiliation for him.
You also have to bear in mind the quality of the candidates standing against him. Two of them are the same losers who have stood and failed in every election since the mid-90s – Gennady Zyuganov and Vladimir Zhirinovsky. Neither of the other two is likely to get more than five or six per cent of the vote.
So part of the opposition's problem is that it has no real leaders?
That's partly true. There are outstanding figures in the opposition but they are often divisive, like the anti-corruption figure, Alexey Navalny. The opposition hasn't united because it represents too broad a swathe of interests and ideologies. Where they are united is in their opposition to the graft, arrogance and corruption of the present government.
But the Putin/Medvedev tandem has also done its utmost to exclude potentially popular figures from the race.
What if Putin does win in the first round? What sort of reaction can we expect?
This is a bit of a dilemma for the Putin team. They don't want the humiliation of a second round but know that it would give the ballot more credibility. Putin's probable opponent in a second round would be the communist party leader, Gennady Zyuganov, a dull, Soviet-era apparatchik who couldn't even beat Boris Yeltsin when he was in deep alcoholic decline. Putin would wipe the floor with him. And if he does win in the first round, many will accuse him of fixing the result.
So has Putin been hard on the campaign trail?
Not really. He wants to be seen to be above the fray, so he has refused to debate with his political opponents but he has published a series of policy papers, which suggest that Putin's recipe for future success is 'more of the same'. He is emphasising how much more stable Russia is today after more than a decade of Putin-power. He is shown on television touring the country, visiting factories and polishing his action-man image on the Olympic bobsleigh runs of Sochi.
This week, he burnished his military credentials by vowing to nearly double defence spending by 2020. This is all familiar territory for Putin, who revels in opportunities to indulge in Cold War-style drum-beating. Russia, he says, needs a stronger military to protect it from foreign attempts to stoke up conflict around its borders.
But for the first time serious questions are being asked about his ability to deliver. The doubts are growing. How can Russia deliver on these defence promises when the military-industrial complex is in such poor shape? Where is the money going to come from when he is also promising to raise social spending and modernise Russia's rapidly crumbling infrastructure? In his previous presidential terms, Putin was never really answerable to the Russian people. This time round, he may find that has changed.


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The Georgia State Patrol identified the 4-year-old Auburn boy who was killed Monday night in a truck accident as Xavier Franklin.
Franklin died when he fell off the back of his father's large work truck and the vehicle backed over him in a driveway on Mt. Moriah Road. The driver was 28-year-old Robert Franklin of Mount Moriah Apartments.
Auburn Police Sgt. Diana Campbell said the boy and his 7-year-old brother asked their father to let them to ride on the back of the truck, which has an extended bumper and hand rails.
"From my understanding the father had just gotten off of work, and when he got home, the kids wanted to ride on the truck," said Campbell, the public information officer for the city police department. "I was told the father drove the vehicle up the hill and then let it coast back down the hill."
The truck was in neutral, and the father was in control of the vehicle, Campbell said.
Auburn police officers arrived at the scene within a minute of the 6:52 p.m. dispatch by the Barrow County E-911 Center, and Barrow County Emergency Services requested a medical helicopter. However, the boy was dead when police arrived, and the helicopter was turned back, Campbell said.
The Georgia State Patrol assisted in the investigation at the scene and after consulting with the Barrow County District Attorney's Office decided not to file charges in connection with the accident.
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Old people are not great sleepers, as a rule. Whether it is a physical phenomenon or a nightly dance with the looming inevitable probably depends upon the person. In Joe Paterno's house, we can only wonder. The lights go off and the thick lenses are laid upon the night table and the most private of private thoughts fill his head. Can he sleep? How?
The man is a legend in his time, and that is not sporting hyperbole. He is supposed to stand for something more than sports; just ask him. And even if a percentage of the Paterno myth was always just that -- myth, spun lovingly by the blue-and-white public relations machine -- many of us do believe, deep down, even beneath our cynicism, that the man spent more time on the right side of the ledger than most.
With that, choose your legacy.
Is it: "He did the legal minimum?"
Or is it: "He told his supervisor."
As if monuments have supervisors.
You wonder if it all runs through his head at night now. Faced with what everyone has acknowledged to be a credible eyewitness allegation of, at minimum, inappropriate sexual conduct with a minor by former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky, Paterno did not call the police. He called his athletic director. And when nothing was done by the AD, and another university vice president, and by president Graham Spanier as well -- other than telling Sandusky not to bring kids into the football facility anymore -- Paterno stood mute.
For years and years, until the grand jury called.
For who knows how many more alleged assaults.
It takes your breath away.
I keep sitting here thinking there must be something we don't know because these people so clearly screwed this up, so clearly and so fully, that you cannot believe it happened. But I don't think there is anything. I think it is just the arrogance of insularity.
We are now witnessing what happens when you are in the business of myth-making, and when you think you have built the walls high enough. The tragedy is obvious, and the fact that you are talking about kids is emotionally wrenching, and it is all because of the culture of a place where janitors were afraid to report what they saw for fear of losing their jobs, and a graduate assistant went to the coach instead of the police after what he saw, and a coach went to his boss instead of the police after what he heard.
This is going to end quickly. That much seems obvious now. This is all over but the final announcement that Paterno and university president Graham Spanier are leaving. Has to be, right? The New York Times is reporting that Paterno will not coach next season, and that the end may come sooner than that. On Twitter, Paterno's son Scott wrote just before 1 pm, "NYT report premature. No discussions about retirement with JVP."
Still, when Spanier canceled Paterno's weekly press conference Tuesday afternoon, it revealed that business could no longer be usual anymore. This is a public university that depends upon public funding for its very survival -- and the public is sickened by this, and there is no convincing defense.
How could no one have done the right thing? How could no one have stood up? When that happens, through the allegations and through the decades, the culture is the issue. It is why they all have to go.
History will be the judge here. Time will offer the best perspective. But here is hoping that no one soon forgets the terrible feeling that is in their stomachs whenever they think about the kids that Sandusky was allegedly able to abuse because no one at Penn State was willing to take a risk.
We can only guess if Paterno feels any of that in those most private of private moments. We might never know. But what must it be like to be Joe Paterno today, after six decades at Penn State? What must it be like to wonder, after everything, if the asterisk will be so big that it blots out the sun?


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By Paul Sandle
LONDON (Reuters) - British chip designer Imagination Technologies on Monday beat Ceva Inc in the race to buy processing technology firm MIPS with a knockout offer of $100 million.
Imagination and its U.S. rival have been battling to buy the operating business of MIPS, a pioneer of 32-bit and 64-bit processing, since last month when a $60 million agreed deal from the British company triggered a bidding war.
Mobile chip designer Ceva, which had twice outbid Imagination, said while there was merit in buying MIPS, raising its offer again would not meet its financial objectives.
MIPS' technology is in blu-ray players, digital televisions and video games consoles such as the Sony PlayStation 2.
Imagination, whose graphics and video technology is used in Apple's iPhone, wants to buy MIPS to strengthen its hand against the likes of ARM Holdings in CPUs, the central processors in devices like routers, modems and games consoles.
Shares in Imagination were trading 3.2 percent lower at 396.3 pence by 9:01 a.m. ET, underperforming a 0.3 percent lower midcap index.
Analysts at Liberum Capital said that with net cash of $78 million, Imagination would have to borrow about $22 million for its higher offer.
"While no one likes a leveraged tech company, Imagination is a cash generative business," the broker said.
"Fundamentally, we believe Imagination's proposed acquisition of MIPS makes strategic sense. However, it faces an uphill task in making MIPS' CPU architecture relevant one again, in an increasingly ARM dominated world."
Analyst Lorne Daniel at FinnCap, meanwhile, said the fact that Imagination was clearly prepared to overpay for a loss-making business with $60 million of revenue was indicative of how important the CPU move was to its future.
California-based MIPS agreed to sell 498 patents for $350 million to a consortium of technology companies organized by patent holding company Allied Security Trust and led by chip designer ARM when it agreed the initial Imagination deal.
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I came to Bowdoin knowing that I wanted to major in Biology after being greatly influenced by my favorite high school teacher. Although I would encourage everyone who comes to Bowdoin to keep their minds open until it comes time to choose their major, my choice turned out be a great one. I love the Biology Department because they offer such an incredible range of classes. For instance, my junior spring I simultaneously took Cell Biology and Marine Larval Ecology. It was great! What has been your favorite course at Bowdoin? In the fall of my junior year, I took Introduction to Gay and Lesbian Studies with Professor David Collings of the English Department, and I haven't been the same since. The course is a wide survey of topics in Gay and Lesbian Studies and covered everything from psychoanalysis and feminist theories of sexuality to transgender biographies and gay marriage. In addition to the thought-provoking material, Professor Collings really challenged the class to think about our own conceptions of sexuality and gender. I walked away on the last day of classes knowing that I had not only learned a lot, but I had grown as a person as well. What professor or professors have especially inspired you during your time at Bowdoin? The incredible thing about Bowdoin is that it is full of inspirational faculty and staff, so it is difficult to pick one person to talk about. Professor Aviva Briefel in the English Department has definitely had a big impact on my Bowdoin experience. In the two classes I have taken with her, Professor Briefel has demonstrated an incredible passion both for the subject matter she teaches and for teaching itself. After her class The Horror Film in Context, I have not only become a little braver while watching scary movies, but I have also developed a growing interest in film and film theory. What extracurricular or work experiences have you had at Bowdoin? Extracurriculars have been a huge part of my time at Bowdoin. Since my fist year I have been involved with the Bowdoin Queer-Straight Alliance (BQSA) and for the past two years I have been co-president. My experience with BQSA has been great because the group brings a diverse group of people together to do some fun and important things. One of my favorite annual events the club organizes is National Coming Out Week. My first experience with the club was actually as a pre-frosh. I remember taking a tour of campus amidst all the decorations and [sidewalk] chalkings and feeling good that Bowdoin seemed like such an open and accepting place. My experience as a student has only verified that impression, which is why National Coming Out Week is always an important event for me to focus on. For my junior and senior year I have also been a First-Year Proctor on the Residential Life staff. The Residential Life staff is another really fun and diverse group. Most importantly, I have loved living with and getting to know two groups of amazing first-year students. In my role as a proctor, I meet many students I otherwise would not have come into contact with. It is also great to have the chance to share my own personal knowledge and experience at Bowdoin with underclassmen in the hopes of helping them take full advantage of their own college careers. What have you done during your summers? I spent my first two summers working in labs at Pfizer, a major pharmaceutical company, at their site in Groton, Conn. In one lab I worked with animals, and in the other I did synthetic organic chemistry. Both of these summers were good experiences because they gave me a glimpse of what it is like to work in a science-based industry. This past summer I wanted to stay in Maine and try something different, so I applied for the summer internship in the Residential Life Office. One of the most interesting things I did all summer was make all the first-year roommate pairings. It was incredible how much time and thought goes into making each decision, and it was fun to see how it all happened. Also staying in Maine was an experience I will never forget and I encourage all Bowdoin students to do it at least once. What is your best Bowdoin memory? There are so many good ones! One of my favorite will always be the night the Red Sox won the World Series. I don't know anything about sports, especially baseball, but since my roommate was a huge fan he hosted people for all the games. I always pretended to be uninterested but on the night of the final game, I was glued to the TV screen with a huge group friends, and we were all cheering and having fun. After the Red Sox won, I will never forget the shout that seemed to come from every corner of campus. It still makes me grin when I think about it. What advice would you give to a prospective student or first-year about the Bowdoin experience? I think the most important thing to keep in mind during all of your time at Bowdoin is that everyone here has something to offer, whether they are student, professor, or staff member. At the same time that you foster relationships with your closest friends, make sure you keep pushing yourself to meet new people. If you do, you will be surprised at the unexpected things you will learn and the unexpected friends you will make. What quirky or fun thing did you wish you knew before you came to Bowdoin? The chicken pesto calzone that is served at the Grill is the single most delicious thing I have ever eaten. I didn't discover it until my junior year, and now I feel like I cheated myself out of two years of chicken-pesto-goodness. Story posted on February 05, 2007 « Back | More Student Profiles | Go to News Home


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The dollar rose to a five-year high versus the yen (FOREX:USDJPY) after the Federal Reserve officials voted to reduce monthly asset purchases that are seen as debasing the U.S. currency amid signs that economic growth is strengthening.
The U.S. currency gained against most of its major peers after the central bank announced plans to cut its monthly bond purchases to $75 billion from $85 billion, taking its first step toward unwinding the unprecedented stimulus that Chairman Ben S. Bernanke put in place to help the economy recover from the worst recession since the 1930s. The Fed acted as a report showed housing starts last month reached a five-year high and the Labor Department reported Dec. 6. the unemployment rate declined to 7% in November, the lowest in five years.
"The dust still has to settle, but ultimately it's positive for the dollar," Omer Esiner, chief market analyst in Washington at the currency brokerage Commonwealth Foreign Exchange Inc., said in a phone interview. "The fact the Fed did taper shows it's confident about the pace of recovery, and the financial market can withstand modest reduction at this time."
The Bloomberg U.S. Dollar Index, which monitors the greenback against 10 major counterparts, gained 0.5% to 1.021.53 at 3:51 p.m. in New York. The greenback added 1.4% to 104.12 yen, the highest level since Oct. 6, 2008. The U.S. currency advanced 0.6% to $1.3685 versus Europe's 17-nation euro.
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"At the margin, people want to be bullish the dollar," Brad Bechtel, managing director at Faros Trading LLC in Stamford, Connecticut, said in a telephone interview. "We finally got taper, so the market can stop wondering when it's coming and focus on other things."
The central bank left unchanged its statement that it will probably hold its target interest rate at almost zero "at least as long as" unemployment exceeds 6.5%, so long as the outlook for inflation is no higher than 2.5%. Policy makers have kept the benchmark interest-rate target for overnight loans between banks at zero to 0.25% since 2008.
"While we have passed or made significant progress on the labor market and growth hurdles, there is still this concern about inflation," Bernanke said at a press conference after the Federal Open Market Committee's meeting. "If inflation does not show signs of returning to target we will take appropriate action."
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Aaron Gwin isn't just one of the premiere downhill riders on the planet, he's also a coach. He recently welcomed riders and racers to a two-day skills camp at Mammoth Mountain Bike Park for three days of in-person instruction. Joining him were members of the ODI Development Team and Mammoth Bike Park guides.
Check out this quick edit as they shred on Mammoth's new Pipeline trail.


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The price of extreme weather events continues to rise. Superstorm Sandy and the ongoing drought made 2012 the second costliest weather and climate disaster year since 1980, racking up more than $110 billion in damage.
According to the National Climatic Data Center, there were 11 events that each caused more than $1 billion in damage. The disasters--seven severe weather and tornado events, two tropical cyclones, and the yearlong drought and its associated wildfires—killed more than 300 people combined.
The two main culprits driving the 2012 costs were Sandy—that did about $65 billion in damage--and the drought, which was responsible for about $30 billion in losses.
The superstorm claimed at least 130 lives, and the drought and associated heat waves, which affected more than half the country, caused more than 100 deaths.
The total damage ranks behind 2005, when four major hurricanes -- including Katrina -- drove up the year's damage tally to $160 billion.


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Faculty information
Faculty members participating in the commencement exercises should gather in the Arthur Buswell Pioneer Room in the Carlson Center by 12:45 p.m. on May 13.
Rent commencement regalia from the UAF Bookstore by April 1. (This deadline allows the time necessary to ensure degree and Alma Mater colors will be correct on the rental hood.) To rent, visit www.oakhalli.com/college/universityofalaska/, and select the "Faculty Items" tab.
All faculty orders placed by the deadline will be shipped as a group to the UAF Bookstore with the faculty member's name on each individual order. Faculty rentals can be picked up at the UAF Bookstore and paid for at that time. All rental regalia should be returned to the Bookstore within 10 days after commencement.
If faculty members miss the deadline for ordering rental regalia, standard-quality caps, gowns and tassels can be purchased at the Bookstore. Hoods will be limited to what is on hand for Masters' degrees and all will bear UAF colors.There will be no additional PhD hoods for rent. Exceptions can be made to expedite correct hood colors and degrees on a case-by-case basis; these will be subject to increased shipping cost.
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Lawyer made redundant after maternity leave
A former lawyer at US law firm McDermott Will & Emery lost her £100,000-a-year job following a complicated birth that forced her to take six months maternity leave, a tribunal heard.
Companies promoting obesity surgery need to tell patients about the real risks, says lawyer Sharon Allison.
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Richard Busby of London law firm Fisher Meredith warns anyone living in a common law partnership about the dangers of this arrangement.


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Tribe tops two I-8 teams over weekend
Pontiac hit its way through a couple of Interstate Eight Conference teams Saturday by whacking host Wilmington and Lisle in a three-team doubleheader.
The Indians spotted the host Wildcats three runs in the first inning and then the pitching of Kye Comincioli and Eric Keller shut the home team out the rest of the way.
PTHS scored two runs in the second inning and took the lead after plating four runs in the third. Another four-run frame followed in the fourth as the margin grew to 10-3.
Keller got the win after throwing four scoreless innings of relief. He fanned three and walked two. Comincioli went the first three innings, leaving before he could qualify for the win, and gave up three runs on three walks and four hits. He struck out three.
Neil Lambert had three hits, including a double, and drove in three runs to pace the Pontiac attack. Jon Roberts had two doubles while Comincioli and Ben Weber each singled twice and drove in two runs. Aaron Jiles also had two hits and Jason Priest homered. Dallas Burns had a two-base hit and Brooks Seal singled.
Pontiac was able to tame the Lisle Lions 14-4 in the other game. The Tribe scored in each of the first four innings. The big frame was the third when the Indians tallied seven markers.
Lambert had three hits and scored four times as Pontiac improved to 9-12-1. Priest drove in three runs on two hits, including a double. Burns had a double, single and two RBIs. Branden Seal also had two hits while Comincioli doubled and had two runs batted in. Justin Lind, Jiles, Roberts, Weber, Dariun Armour and Jacob Curry contributed one hit apiece.
Seal got the win after allowing just one walk in three innings. Burns fanned three and gave up four runs on two hits in two innings.


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This legendary dish is easy to make. The secret lies in the marinade- chicken rubbed with a paste made from crushed coriander and mint. Chicken legs may also be used. This recipe can be cooked in the frying pan or under the grill. I like the tikkas by themselves but you can also stuff them in a naan and top with mint chutney.
A delicious roast chicken for occasions where there are a large number of people and you have very less time......
This recipe is from Apulia, in Southern Italy. Spinach and mushrooms are sautéed with onion, garlic and vinegar. Serve with good quality bread.
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Chitol Fish Kofta is a rich dish cooked on special occasions. I tasted it for the first time at Yasmin's Aunty's place, and now thinking about is making crave for it much more. It is delicious by itself, but is usually eaten with plain rice, pulao or fried rice.


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DCI Banks "Playing with Fire" DCI Banks and DS Annie Cabbot are called to investigate an arson attack that caused two narrow boats to go up in flames. They discover a body in each boat. But now the detectives must determine who was the intended victim - the lonely book dealer, or the young girl, out of it on heroin.G
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