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UAH donates $10,000 to UH West O'ahu Risk Management certificate programUniversity of Hawaiʻi-West Oʻahu
Public Info Officer, Chancellor's Office
KAPOLEI --- The Underwriters Association of Hawai'i (UAH) donated $10,000 to the University of Hawaiʻi – West O'ahu Risk Management and Insurance certificate program at the organization's annual charitable golf tournament on July 26 at the Hoakalei Country Club in Ewa Beach. Participating insurance companies and agencies donated funds that will be used for student scholarships and program development. The Risk Management and Insurance certificate program at UH West O'ahu provides training for risk management, personal and commercial insurance professionals and prepares students for licensure examination.
"This generous donation from the Underwriters Association of Hawai'i allows us to offer additional scholarship support to students pursuing the Risk Management and Insurance certificate program at UH West O'ahu," said UH West O'ahu Chancellor Rockne Freitas. "It's a win, win situation because our graduates go on to careers in the insurance industry where trained professionals are in high demand here and across the nation."
"I am so pleased and proud of our local insurance industry with their generosity helping to support this program at UHWO," said President of the Hawai'i Independent Insurance Agents Association (HIIA) Ron McQuaid. "I can't thank our fellow industry association, UAH, enough for their strong support and such generous donation. Being the first of its kind and only insurance certificate curriculum in Hawai'i, this support will help ensure the growth of the program."
UH West O'ahu is the only university in the state to offer a Certificate in Risk Management and Insurance. The certificate program was created in partnership with Hawai'i's risk management and insurance industry to meet the ever-increasing demand for qualified insurance professionals, and develop the skilled professionals needed in a field that offers high starting salaries, job stability, impressive opportunities for future career growth, and a balanced lifestyle.
The Risk Management and Insurance certificate program at UH West O'ahu is made possible by generous donations from Hawai'i's insurance industry including the Atlas Insurance Foundation, Dongbu Insurance, Farmers Insurance, Island Insurance, Fairmont Specialty, DTRIC Insurance, HEMIC, First Insurance Company of HI, Ltd., RPS/Triad, Zephyr Insurance, RIMS Organization and the Hawai'i Independent Insurance Agents Association.
The Risk Management and Insurance certificate is one of many offered by UH West O'ahu in addition to the University's more than 25 bachelor's degree programs. Other certificate programs include Health Care Administration, Environmental Studies, Applied Forensic Anthropology, Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management, Substance Abuse and Addictions Studies, and the new Democratic Principles and Social Justice certificate program. For more information, call (808) 689-2900 or email uhwo.admissions@Hawaiʻi.edu
UH West O'ahu became a four-year, regional comprehensive university when it served its first class of freshmen in fall 2007. The University offers quality education, small classes and personalized attention at convenient locations. UH West O'ahu serves approximately 2,000 students at its brand new, state-of-the-art campus that opened in the City of Kapolei in 2012. For more information, visit uhwo.Hawaiʻi.edu, twitter.com/uhwestoahu, facebook.com/uhwestoahu or call (808) 689-2800 or toll-free (866) 299-8656.
The Underwriters Association of Hawai'i is a non-profit organization established in 1968 whose mission is to perpetuate education, fellowship and interaction amongst its members of insurance professionals. Every year, the UAH sponsors a charitable golf tournament and proceeds are donated to a charity of choice.
The Hawaiʻi Independent Insurance Agents Association is a non-profit trade association representing a network of independent insurance professionals across the State of Hawai'i. The HIIA is the Hawai'i affiliate for the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) founded in 1896. The IIABA is a national alliance of 300,000 business owners and their employees who offer all types of insurance and financial services products.


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US Official: Chemical Weapons Likely Used In Syria
WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior administration official says there is "very little doubt" that a chemical weapon was used by the Syrian regime against civilians in an incident that killed at least a hundred people last week.
The official says Sunday that the U.S. intelligence community based its assessment given to the White House on "the reported number of victims, reported symptoms of those who were killed or injured, and witness accounts." The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to speak publicly.
The official says the White House believes the Syrian government is barring a U.N. investigative team immediate access to the site of a reported Aug. 21 chemical attack in the Damascus suburbs in order to give the evidence of the attack time to degrade.


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22-May-2004 -- We were three members from Alta Kajakklubb that drove from Alta early this Saturday morning with our sea-kayaks and gear packed on a little trailer.
The weather wasn't too bad, a bit cold (+5ºC), a northern breeze, cloudy and just some scattered drizzle.
100 km west on the E6 we took right by the crossing at Storeng out in the mouth of Burfjord in Kvænangen. We then drove just two hundred meters on a dirt road, passed two graveyards to our left and continued west on a small path out in a field. This path took our car and trailer all the way down to the shore by the fjord where we could start to load up our kayaks.
The GPS showed that the CP was just 930 meters SW of the shore we were on. The wind had increased a bit, and we soon realized that so had the waves!
Within the CP-area it prooved almost impossible to keep our kayaks steady upon the exact point.
The northern wind, the strong current and the waves all worked against us, and before we knew it, we had drifted several meters off the CP. Taking pictures from a narrow and relativly unstable sea-kayak under these conditions were not by any means an easy task.
After several attemps getting no photos nearer than 30 meters of the point, we finally found the solution:
One padler took a solid and stabilizing grip in the kayak-cockpit of the photographer, while the third of us used a bowline and towed the other two kayaks the last meters in position into the CP. By using this cooperative method in which the towing padler got presise instructions from the GPS-holder, we got a reading indicating we were less than 4 meters off the actual point!
Satisfied with this result we paddled westwards and crossed the magnificent Kvænangen fjord. Wind and waves from the north made landing on the tip of the Klubben peninsula a bit difficult. This peninsula separates the Kvænangen fjord from Burfjord. So we were more or less forced south to Kviteberg were we landed for lunch. The place got its name from the white cliffs that easily can be spotted from the E6 on the east side of the fjord when you cross the Kvænangen mountain by car.
We then paddled to the north tip of Nøklan, a 5 km long and only 1/2 km wide island in the bottom of the fjord.
In the evening we ended up at the island Skorpa on the east side of the fjord, were we spent the night in our tent.
Skorpa was a beautiful place, but it was a bit sad to discover that the whole island is abandoned. The picturesque white wooden church and the empty post office both stood as silent witnesses of a long gone period of human activity, hard labour and busy social life.
Now all houses are only used as summer residents for the families and decendants of those who migrated from the little island.
The church, by the way, is 154 years old and was one of the few buildings that was not burnt down during the German withdrawal of all troops in the Finnmark and North-Troms region in winter 1944 when The Red Army moved in from the east.
After a good night's sleep in our tent, we visited the graveyard down by the shore the next morning. It was a beautiful place, but many of the momuments and gravestones had tipped over and most of them had been hidden by the grass and vegetation up through the last decades.
The grass hadn't been cut for ages and it was almost like nature was about to take over the whole place for good and slowly remove all signs of human life and death.
We said goodbye to Skorpa and paddled back to Storeng and our car, which had got a flat battery during the night! After quite a bit of pushing and a following exciting jump-start almost all the way down by the rocky shore, we were ready for our journey back to Alta.


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For the first time in the six years since Victoria Chakwin was diagnosed with a deadly lung disease, the gown she wears won't be hospital issue.
The 18-year-old from Martinsburg, W.Va., will go to her senior prom Saturday night in a red-and-black number she found on the Internet.
A rite of passage for most teens, the event is more momentous for Victoria — who's known as Tori — because people diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis generally live only three to five years.
That she is headed to her prom demonstrates not only the possibilities of modern medicine but the will of the teen and her mother, according to Tori's doctors at the University of Maryland Medical Center, who in late January replaced her scarred, dysfunctional lungs with a donor set.
"We can do a lot with technology, if we're not afraid to use it," said Dr. Aldo T. Iacono, medical director of Maryland's lung transplant program, one of the few in the country that will transplant scarce organs into someone so sick.
He approved the Jan. 30 surgery after another area transplant center took her off the waiting list because, he said: "We sensed an extreme willingness to live and a lot of family support."
After a checkup on Thursday, less than three weeks after she was released from a rehabilitation hospital, Iacono declared Tori a normal teen — lip ring, blue nail polish, red hair and all.
Why Tori developed pulmonary fibrosis is a mystery. The disease affects up to 200,000 Americans and kills about 40,000 a year, but most patients are decades older than Tori, according to the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation.
Diagnosing the disease can be difficult, and indeed Tori was told she was asthmatic, allergic or seeking attention before doctors at a Washington hospital realized she was seriously ill.
Government research shows about 10 percent of sufferers have a genetic predisposition to the disease, and other cases have been linked to such disorders as lupus and rheumatoid arthritis or to environmental contaminants such as asbestos or coal dust.
Doctors believe the scarring, or fibrosis, is an inflammatory response to microscopic injury. The lungs become so damaged they can't properly pass oxygen into the bloodstream. Corticosteroids are used to try to stem the inflammation and scarring, but not everyone responds to the treatment.
Transplants are considered the only long-term means of survival, but many patients don't qualify because they have other health conditions or are too old. Some die while waiting on the donor list, doctors say.
Tori was put on a transplant list at another hospital on Jan. 5 but was removed a day later when she suffered respiratory failure. But her mother, Robyn Schonhans, a retired New York City police officer, would not accept that they were going to give her 10 days "to go to sleep."
"I said, 'The hell you will!'" said Schonhans, pushing doctors, who found her a place at Maryland, where she was transferred in mid-January.
She went into respiratory failure several more times, her ventilator no longer able to push enough oxygen into her lungs. Doctors hooked her blood vessels directly to a machine — known as ECMO, for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation — that removes carbon dioxide and infuses oxygen, the tasks normally performed by the lungs.
Tori was unconscious and clinging to life two weeks later when an anonymous donor was found and she was taken into surgery by Dr. Bartley P. Griffith, a chief of University of Maryland Medical Center's division of cardiac surgery and director of heart and lung transplantation.
The surgery was complicated because Tori's immobilized body had deteriorated, she was on blood thinners and the donor lungs were too big. Griffith said he had to remove the old lungs, reduced to the size of teacups, and sew in as much new lung tissue as he could. Her wound was left open and she returned to the operating room three or four more times to complete a little more of the operation as her chest expanded.
By March 1, her 18th birthday, her surgeries were behind her and she was sitting up and enjoying some frosting from her red velvet cake. Physical and occupational therapy helped her advance from a wheelchair to a walker and now to a cane.
"I was really pushing it," she said.
The outcome is remarkable, say doctors familiar with the disease, including Dr. Norman H. Edelman, chief medical officer for the American Lung Association and a lung specialist at Stony Brook University Medical Center.
The disease is growing in prevalence, he said, perhaps because people are living longer or because they are exposed to more contaminants. It's still uncommon in children.
Patients are all treated the same way, with corticosteroids and immunosuppressants. Those who qualify go on the transplant list.
"But there are far more people who need a lung transplants than there are lungs," Edelman said. "Centers are very picky."
Edelman said he has a patient who was a good candidate for a transplant but was rejected because he had no family nearby to support him.
The survival rate five years after a lung transplant is 70 percent, and after 10 years it's more than half. There are no separate statistics for children because so few have had lung transplants.
Tori, he said, "will be someone to watch."
Griffith, Tori's transplant surgeon, will be watching with hundreds of others who helped care for the teen.
University of Maryland Medical Center performed 375 lung transplants in 2011, more than any other hospital in the state, according to data from the federal Organ Procurement and Transplant Network. Just four were performed on children.
"There is a small but needy group of young people," Griffith said. "We have to make the decision if they are too sick to benefit from a transplant, and few centers will take someone once he's been on ECMO because the outcomes are well known to be not as good."
Tori, he said, is cured of pulmonary fibrosis, though she now will face regular monitoring and a lifetime of anti-rejection drugs.
"The proof is in the pudding," he said. "She has a prom dress, and she looks marvelous."
Tori said she's ready with her dress and red Chuck Taylor sneakers. Her mother is throwing a barbecue before the dance for some friends and family. Her escorts will be her two best girlfriends, Caylee and Breanne.
She hasn't been to her high school in more than a year and is a little overwhelmed at the thought of seeing her hundreds of classmates. She hopes they won't make a fuss over her.
"I'm going to stay as long as I can handle," she said.
Tori kept up with her studies and will graduate with her class, though she plans to go camping instead of attending the ceremony. She's become a bit shy from years of feeling a little different.
She hid her illness, and long ago gave up on dances, sports and cheerleading, which took too much of her breath away.
She plans to take a year off and travel before going to college for a degree in psychology. She hopes to personally thank the family from Tampa, Fla., who donated her new lungs.
"I finally have the ability to make plans for the future," she said. "Amazing."


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After Watching This Video, Can Anyone Say That Remix Isn't An Act Of A Musician?
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Step on up, Madeon. While it's not a keyboard directly but (perhaps more impressively) a Novation Launchpad, this 17-year-old recently released this incredible video of him mashing up 39 of his favorite songs into one song... live. I defy anyone to claim that what he's doing here is anything less than a musician playing a keyboard or guitar:


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The Hockey Hall of Fame prides itself on having hockey's premiere collections of archives, resource material and artifacts. An extensive collection like the Hall's is only possible with the help of players and their families, teams, and the generous public.
If you have an artifact or document that you would like to donate to the Hockey Hall of Fame, please contact the Resource Centre via telephone: (416) 360-7735, fax: (416) 251-5770, or e-mail: Acquisitions.
For more information about donations, appraisals, income tax receipts, and loans, see our official Collections Policy Document.
Hockey Hall of Fame Donor List
The Hockey Hall of Fame would like to express its sincere appreciation to the following donors:
CloutsnChara, Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame Museum Centre, Frameworth Productions, Litnets, Nike, Taylor Manufacturing Industries Inc., The MeiGray Group
IIHF Members:
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The Hockey Hall of Fame has a knowledgeable staff with regards to fair market value of hockey collectibles. We also have an excellent core of contract and volunteer staff to appraise donated items.
For more information about appraisals on donated items, refer to section 2.0 Donations, Appraisals and Income Tax Receipts of the Collections Policy Document.
We are consistently upgrading our techniques in conservation, preservation and restoration. The Hockey Hall of Fame is an active member of the International Association of Sports Museums and Hall of Fames, the Canadian Association of Sports Heritage, the Canadian Museum Association, and the Ontario Museum Association. These associations provide us with access to all types of information and conservation tools. Pricing of conservation will vary depending on condition of the artifact and the amount of time required.
1.0 Collections Management
1.1 The HHOF shall collect articles in any medium which it believes will enhance its ability to relate the history of ice hockey to the interested public. This shall include trade memorabilia, regalia of any type, photographs and other graphic formats, personal documents, books and periodicals, and other articles which the HHOF determines to be of significance to the history of ice hockey.
1.2 The principal languages of materials collected shall be English and French, but materials of other linguistic groups will be collected where the significance can be determined, and some translation into the principal languages is provided with the article.
1.3 The HHOF Resource Centre shall house those articles which are primarily conveyances of information, research and photographic materials while the Collection Storage and Exhibition areas shall house those articles acquired primarily for their artifact and exhibition value. The entire HHOF collection shall be administered under one centralized Collections Management System ("CMS").
1.4 The HHOF CMS encompasses terms of reference specific to acquisition and source registration/accessioning of all acquisition types; object classification indexing; historical and physical attribute cataloguing; article location, storage and movement history; condition reporting, conservation and environmental treatments; and general administration including contract management. CMS manual procedures are supported by a sophisticated knowledge base, expert system networked computer program utilizing state-of-the-art client/server and digital imaging technology for easy and efficient on-line access to the HHOF's vast collections. It is the HHOF's collections management policy to create and maintain a short and long term strategy for on-line implementation of all articles in every classification forming part of the HHOF collection.
1.5 The HHOF Board of Directors shall designate an individual employed by the HHOF to the office of Curator whose responsibility shall include the solicitation of new acquisitions and the management of all CMS procedures. The Curator shall coordinate volunteer support of CMS initiatives and provide annual budget submissions with respect to collections management functions including new acquisitions, cataloguing, research, appraisals, conservation, storage facilities and archival supplies. The Curator shall create and maintain a communication program to encourage and solicit Gift in Kind donations to include a quarterly acquisitions newsletter.
1.6 All articles or collections of any acquisition type such as Gift in Kind donations, loans, purchases, trades, appraisals and identifications shall be accessioned under a Temporary Receipt process. Articles deposited under Temporary Receipt shall be reviewed by the HHOF Acquisition/Exhibit Development Committee ("ADC"). The ADC is comprised of HHOF staff and other selected individuals and is chaired by the HHOF's Curator. Its purpose is to determine the acceptance or refusal of articles and to provide recommendations for the short and long term use of the accepted articles.
1.7 The ADC's criteria for determining the acceptance or refusal of new acquisitions shall take into consideration the historical relevance, authenticity, fair market value, and potential in-house and traveling exhibition value. Other considerations include public relations, storage capacities, collection usefulness, and long term conservation. ADC decisions are based on collective consensus with the Curator having final authority in consultation with the HHOF Executive.
1.8 The depositor (or Owner) of article(s) shall receive notification of acceptance or refusal within thirty (30) days of receipt. Articles received under the temporary receipt process are not insured, and are therefore deposited at the Owner's risk.
2.0 Donations, Appraisals and Income Tax Receipts
2.1 All donated articles approved by the ADC shall be registered under a Donation Agreement. Gift in Kind donations are unconditional gifts of personal property. The HHOF shall determine the appraised value of donated articles for insurance purposes and governmental compliance.
2.2 The HHOF reserves the sole right to display, store, conserve, reproduce, loan, trade, sell, or dispose of any donated article in such manner as is in the best interests of the HHOF.
2.3 In cases of article disposition (de-accessioning), the HHOF shall make every attempt to return the article to its original owner or find a suitable historic institution to permanently house the article. In cases of sale or trade of an article, any funds or goods received shall be used exclusively for the acquisition of articles or the betterment of the collection.
2.4 The HHOF is a Registered Charity under the Income Tax Act in Canada. The HHOF will issue income tax receipts representing the fair market value of donations received under a Donation Agreement. In evaluating donations for income tax receipt purposes, the HHOF Curator can appraise individual articles valued up to $1,000. Articles valued in excess of $1,000 shall be appraised by knowledgeable persons not in the employ or directly connected with the HHOF. Articles or collections in excess of $5,000 shall be appraised by a minimum of two external appraisers. The cost of appraisal shall be fully covered by the HHOF only if the Donation Agreement is executed.
2.5 All external appraisals shall be provided in writing and shall indicate the name and address of the appraiser, the appraised value of the article(s), and the method and criteria of appraisal for each article. The appraiser shall be prepared to explain and rationalize his or her method of appraisal in the event of tax receipt revocation by government authorities. The HHOF shall refuse article(s) where the Donor and HHOF are in disagreement with the fair market value based on internal or external appraisals.
2.6 Income Tax Receipts shall be issued by request of the Donor and the approval of the HHOF Treasurer. The Donor shall indicate if he or she would like an Income Tax Receipt prior to executing the Donation Agreement. Income Tax Receipts are issued no later than February 28 of the calendar year immediately following the date of the donation.
2.7 The HHOF shall institute a Donor Recognition Program providing public access to its list of donors. New Donors shall be listed in the quarterly acquisitions newsletter and each donor shall receive a complimentary copy of said newsletter so long as an active mailing address is provided by the Donor.
3.0 Loan Acquisitions
3.1 The HHOF shall discourage the practice of acquisition through loan of any article or collection. Exceptions are recognized as extraordinary circumstance, whereby article(s) are accepted on loan for immediate in-house exhibit needs, traveling exhibits, and for research or commercial production purposes. Other considerations include conservation, maintenance, insurance, staff related costs, and the prospects for future donations.
3.2 The ADC shall evaluate and rule on all loan acquisition proposals. For ADC approved loan acquisitions, the Temporary Receipt and CMS accessioning process shall be promptly administered. Prior to receipt of the loaned article(s), the HHOF and Owner shall enter into a Loan Agreement, describing each article and its physical condition, the loan period, insurance details, and other pertinent conditions of the loan.
3.3 All loan acquisitions shall be insured under the HHOF's fine arts insurance policy. The HHOF shall contact the Owner upon expiration of the Loan Agreement to arrange return shipment to the Owner. The Owner shall provide no less than ninety (90) days written notice with respect to the early termination of any Loan Agreement. It is the Owner's responsibility to ensure that articles are not left at the HHOF for a prolonged period following the expiration of the Loan Agreement. In any event, articles left for a period of one year following the expiration of the Loan Agreement shall become sole and exclusive property of the HHOF.
4.0 Loan of HHOF Property
4.1 The HHOF will loan articles from its collection for purposes of temporary exhibition and for use in commercial licensing projects when such loan does not adversely affect the current in-house exhibition program, and the Curator acknowledges the purpose to be within the operating mandate of the HHOF. Traveling exhibitions hosted by outside organizations, whereby the HHOF and the host group share management responsibilities and mutually agree to financial terms and conditions, shall be reviewed by the ADC and HHOF Executive on an as required basis.
4.2 A Loan Agreement shall be executed prior to the release of HHOF property to other parties. The maximum loan period for the loan of HHOF property is one year in duration. The HHOF Executive shall rule on any long term loan agreement extending beyond one year. All loan proposals shall be directed to the HHOF Curator in writing with the specific details of the use of the collection including any commercial application.
4.3 Organizations borrowing HHOF property shall be required to provide sufficient security and environmental conditions. The HHOF shall maintain adequate insurance coverage for the offsite movement and use of the collection; however, it is the HHOF's sole discretion to request additional insurance coverage at the borrower's expense.
4.4 The HHOF shall complete mandatory condition reports prior to the movement of any article(s) to offsite locations where other parties assume care and control of the exhibition or commercial use of the article(s). As a strict policy governing the movement of articles classified as conveyances of information or articles housed in the Resource Centre, the HHOF shall restrict the movement of original materials to offsite locations only for use in selected HHOF licensed projects. In any event, certain conditions shall apply to control such movement of original material. The duplication and release of duplicate materials is permitted at the expense of the requesting party provided such individual or organization has entered into a license agreement with HHOF governing the use of such duplicate material protected under HHOF copyright or otherwise.
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Location: FL, USA
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Episode 7 of this was just hilarious especially Eris and billionaire super long name girl's intro to the class[seriously LOL'd at bread thing ] and fit this series perfectly for a beach episode, though I do have to feel bad for Aoi after what Koi said :/. Also wallpaper Kanon posted is just win .
|2010-08-28, 01:39
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Logician and Romantic
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Within my mind
Age: 37
I'm late...
Anyway, there is only two things I want to write about concerning ep 7.
1, it is very interesting that the author is hanging a very big lampshade at the tradition of some random cute alien girl showing up and stealing the guy from girls who had knew him for a long time. Aoi's speech is really way overdue, for all the female characters who suffered because they aren't androids, aliens, or some magical goddess. At the very least, the point is made that Eris shouldn't automatically get priority just because she dropped out of the sky and is more exotic than the others. It was quite moving, with Aoi making it clear that she wanted so badly to have Kio but Eris is being a near insurmountable obstacle.
Aoi really misunderstood when Kio wanted her to teach him how to fight; he does see her as more than just a humanoid weapon, he simply wants to pull his own weight in this new and dangerous time. But her complex really made it worse.
On the other hand, Eris is also intentionally written as someone who is sufficiently compassionate, as to not be clueless about how her gatecrashing is hurting people. Instead of being the clueless idiotic main girl, Eris made it clear that Aoi does have a legitimate claim in loving Kio, but also made it clear that Eris herself loves him too and that this isn't about fighting over a mere object.
2, I really like how the dog droids were presented in this episode. They might have seemed scary last time, but it is now made clear that they are no more evil than the cat droids. They are soldiers who serve their masters, who kept fighting even with impossible odds against a superior enemy force. I mean, they fought with SPEARS! If high tech human weapons can't scratch the cat droids, what good are the pointy sticks? But they fought anyway, because that's their duty. They are dogs, and they will serve to the end. Even if their own master didn't even bother to retrieve them from the oceans.
|2010-08-28, 02:54
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|2010-08-28, 05:10
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Manila, Philippines
lol eiyuu
Nice find, Kanon! I like me some twin tails
|2010-08-28, 10:01
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Baka Inu~
That is so true. I'm really like this anime is trying to do more than offer fanservice, especially with the fights and how the alien-issue is addressed. It's really good at combining the action and the comedy together with the same kind of themes.
In terms of Kio, I felt it to be a bit aggravating that the AV Girls said that Kio was popular with the ladies, because he's...nice. I think they were right in saying he was "A Gem in Need of a Polish", but I do find it odd he gets that much attention for being nice, clean, etc. I was feeling disdain, until he went to Aoi, wanting to learn how to fight. That really is giving me more and more hope for this series. I actually wanted that conversation to continue, but that Lyra/Kotone look-a-like had to get in the way.
This series could be epic, it just has to drop a few of those cliches, and it's golden.
|2010-08-28, 10:14
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Logician and Romantic
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Within my mind
Age: 37
The assumption that Kio is a loser is actually a force of habit; all signs point to Kio as an average teenager who is interested in film-making, who has plenty of friends, and is NOT starved of female attention.
Is there a reason why Kio couldn't get a girlfriend? There was no sign that he possessed any major flaws. All perceptions that he is your "typical loser male" is entirely imaginary. He is not ugly, he is not stupid, he is not weak, and he is not "uncool".
|2010-08-28, 10:21
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Baka Inu~
I don't think it's unusual for him to have a girlfriend, and I totally can see why Aoi, Eris and Manami have feelings for him. I do however find it a little odd he is considered to "a catch" by the other girls in the school. Granted, I don't think I've ever seen that done in a harem show, but Kio doesn't give off the aura of being successful with ladies.
If anything, I want the show to prove that Kio is an important structure/character to the development of this series. He's been getting better and better with each passing episode.
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Author Notes: We served this at our last pop up supper club for the Young Literati of Los Angeles Public Library. It is an ode to my first chef that I ever worked under Jacob at the Golden Horn East in Waterbury, Vermont. This man taught me so very much and I am always indebted to him. He was my mentor. Jacob LOVED smoke trout and Raifort sauce, a sublime mixture of whipped heavy cream, horseradish, salt and pepper. Simple, yet divine.
So I combined the smoked trout and raifort with peas, of every persuasion--English and snap, with a bit of arugula, lemon. Let me just say that all twenty people at the table said that this was the most inspired and delicious dish of the night. —Judy at My Well Seasoned Life
Serves: 6+
pound baby arugula
Lemons zested, the juice of one
tablespoons Good horseradish, this means it has horseradish and vinegar, I like zing, you can adjust to your palate
pound fresh English peas shelled
pound sugar snap peas, thinly sliced on an angle
medium radishes reds and purples work really well, sliced paper thin
drizzle of olive oil
Bunch chopped chives
smoke trout filet crumbled and cleaned of bones
cup heavy cream
- Blanche the English peas for one minute and shock in an ice bath.
- In a separate bowl place crumbled and clean smoked trout, zest of one lemon and a generous tablespoon of horseradish. Toss. This step can be done ahead of time to enhance flavors.
- Whip heavy cream until thickened and smooth. Fold in 2 tablespoons of horseradish, chopped chives. Adjust with salt and pepper.
- Place arugula, radishes, English peas, finely sliced snap peas, radishes, zest of the other lemon in a salad bowl and toss with a drizzle of olive oil, 1/4 cup lemon juice, coarse salt and pepper.
- On separate salad plates place mound of salad greens, sprinkle with a generous helping of smoked trout. Place spoonfuls of the Raiford cream around the plate.
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(Reuters) - The bodies of four gunshot victims were found outside a single-family home being used as a boarding house in a normally peaceful suburb of Los Angeles early on Sunday morning, police said. No arrests had been made.
A person in a residential area of Northridge discovered the adult victims, two male and two female, on the west side of the multiple-resident home and called police around 4:30 a.m., said Los Angeles Police Department spokeswoman Terri Brinkmeyer.
"We are in the very early stages of the investigation. We have no suspect or sense of motive right now, none whatsoever," Brinkmeyer said.
Shootings are uncommon in the suburb in the San Fernando Valley region, she said.
"It's a nice, middle-class neighborhood," she said.
Homicide detectives were collecting evidence at the crime scene but were unable to determine the identity of the victims or specific details of the onslaught, Brinkmeyer said.
No weapon have been found in or around the "boarding house," Brinkmeyer said.
"The house is meant for a single family but has multiple people living there," Brinkmeyer said. She said she was unaware if that arrangement was legal.
At the time of the shooting there were several people inside the residence, police said.
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President Donald Trump's attorney should probably think before he hits send on his next email.
Marc Kasowitz, who previously lived in Mount Kisco, said he would apologize for responding to someone who thought he should resign as Trump's attorney with four profane and threatening emails, according to ProPublica.com.
The exchange began when the investigative journalism site ProPublica published a report claiming Kasowitz had a history of alcohol abuse which could rule out a security clearance. Kasowitz's spokesman has denied the story.
The unidentified email writer wrote to Kasowitz and said no good can come from him defending Trump. Kasowitz responded by telling the man to "watch his back" and "I already know where you Live. I am onto you."
The man contacted the FBI. Kasowitz's spokesman said the emails came at the end of a very long day.
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GREENVILLE, N.C. (May 15, 2012) — Angela Merritt is still getting used to the title "nurse of the year."
The nurse specialist in the Department of Psychiatric Medicine at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University received the honor Thursday at a school banquet celebrating National Nurses Week. She has been a nurse for 14 years and has worked at ECU since 2007.
"I absolutely love everything about nursing," Merritt said in an email. "It is one of, if not the, most diverse careers anyone could choose. There is so much you can do as a nurse and so many directions that you can take; the educational and career opportunities are limitless. But I honestly feel that to be truly happy that you need to have a love and passion for helping others, especially when they are at their worst and at your mercy. Nursing is often not an easy job, but I cannot think of any job more rewarding."
Many people, when they think of nursing, might not think of or know much about psychiatric nursing. But Merritt says it's her niche.
"I often get asked, 'Why would you want to work in psychiatry?'" she said. "My reply is always the same. People often view mental illness based on what they hear or have learned from society. Stereotyping and labeling is common and could not be further from the truth. I love my patients and I have formed some wonderful relationships with them.
"When the patient knows that you are there for them when they need you, regardless of whether they are in crisis or if they just need a (medication) refill, it gives them the peace of mind that you will help them without judgment," she said.
As a psychiatric nurse, Merritt coordinates care and medication for patients, many of whom live throughout eastern North Carolina. She helps patients who cannot afford their prescriptions find financial help. She manages lab reports and works closely with physicians, pharmacists, psychologists and medical residents.
"Many, many patients and their families call her by name and share stories of their life with her," Dr. Sy Saeed, chair of the Department of Psychiatric Medicine, said about Merritt in his nominating letter. "She tries to meet any unmet patient need that she can … or at least help patients with community support. She is never short on ideas on projects that would help to improve or better our services to our patients."
Merritt said she's honored to have been named nurse of the year and credited the teamwork within her department for making it possible.
"We all work closely together and have the same goal, which is to provide the best patient care possible to the psychiatric population," Merritt said. "I love being a nurse and being a part of ECU Physicians and the Department of Psychiatry."
Merritt is a graduate of Pitt Community College and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She lives in Hookerton with her husband, Johnny, and two sons, Cole and Alec.
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Show me another kite that can perform as good as what the INFINITY v3 did in such light wind.
I bet you that not even a foil kite will be able to go up in the air because of the lack of wind in order to pump the kite.
SupaEz[/b]" you are next so get ready.[/i][/size]
I bet many LW specific tube kites could have performed as good as the Infinity V3 in such light wind
You "lose your bet" Dimitri about a foil unable to launch (Hot or from edge of window) in no wind
You see...i have launched with those 2 methods in totally zero wind ...on grass inside a park
All you do is prepare the kite by filling it completely with air... .
....using a rechargeable Black & Decker leaf blower....in less than 2 minutes a Speed3 21 is ready
In the 3 years on Speed 2 19M...Speed 2.5 19M..Speed 3 21M..all in skytek ultralight cloth.....
...i went out dozens of times in the exact conditions you were in.... on a "door"...instead of SUP
So really what you are doing is nothing new...it is just documented with a video...by yourself...
The reason nobody is out..is that really so many people don't care about kiting in less than 8 knots
Now coming to Florida for LW in December is not a true test since cold dry wind 70 degrees.....
..and below has more punch/power than in the summertime 85 degrees++ humid wind
So come on down....try to make your kite popular in Florida...(p.s.we have zero Inf's out here..why?)
If your kite is that good...it will outnumber all the LW kites out there in Florida real soon
You will then own us....... the light wind state of the USA....
.....Florida with our year round average of 9 knots
Do what you have to do to drum up some business for your LW kite...you gotta make a living
...BTW i do not need to get ready for anything...if it happens it happens...no worries..it's all good
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Shidler College of Business announces two new Executives-In-ResidenceUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Public Information Officer, College of Business-External Relations Office
The UH Mānoa Shidler College of Business will gain two new executive-in-residence professionals this Fall in Brenda Lei Foster, former president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, and Dr. Gregg Li, a retired professional management consultant and now an angel investor from Hong Kong.
The Shidler College of Business Executive-in-Residence Program gives students, alumni and faculty the opportunity to learn from and work with prominent business leaders. Foster and Li will serve as guest lecturers and share their experiences and knowledge with the Shidler community.
Foster served as president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai from 2005 to 2013. She was responsible for overseeing all of the Chamber's initiatives, as well as representing American business interests in China, the U.S., and the Asia Pacific region. Prior to that, she was president and CEO of ULU Group Ltd., a firm specializing in emerging technologies in the Asia-Pacific region. She also held executive positions as an international and national affairs adviser to the Governor of the State of Hawai'i, director of the State of Hawai'i's Office of International Relations, and director of Hawai'i's World Affairs Council.
Li has over 30 years of governance and management consulting experience working for Aon Global Risk Consulting, American Express TRS, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and his clients have included a wide range of innovative and aggressive companies such as IBM, the World Bank and the University of Hong Kong. He is currently the Chairman of Global EFS, a hig- tech firm; Vice Chairman of BPF, which originated Hong Kong's mini-constitution; and a visiting professor at six leading universities in Asia.
"We are fortunate to have Brenda and Gregg join our executive-in-residence program," said Dean Vance Roley of the Shidler College of Business. "These highly successful professionals bring a wealth of global business and cultural experiences to the College that is vital to our learning community."
Foster and Li will join former Ernst & Young Managing Partner Larry Rodriguez and former Alexander & Baldwin Chairman and CEO Allen Doane as executives-in-residence. Leading the Executive-in-Residence Program since 2006 is Robert F. Clarke, former Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. chairman, president and CEO.
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Last summer I finally had a chance to return to my motherland, Ukraine. I grew up hearing stories of the place, but never got to experience it for what it really was, despite being born there. Apart from that fact that most of the stories I heard growing up were true (such as the mob "security personnel" running everything) I was shocked at the counterfeits I saw everywhere.
Now I'm not talking about computer software, as that's inevitable. What surprised me most were the vehicle counterfeits. Yes, you'd have your legitimate Benz here and there, but the general public mostly drove knock-offs from China. I saw countless fake vehicles everywhere, Toyotas to Dodge vehicles each having a Chinese cousin.
Chinese manufacturer JAC will be debuting the 4R3 at the Beijing Motor Show. The 4R3 is essentially a Ford F-150 copy. JAC is aiming to release the 4R3 in South American and African markets as an inexpensive work vehicle. The truck is powered by a diesel propelled four-banger, set to generate a little over a 100 horsepower and 177 torques. Though we're not sure on what Ford has to say about this, we've gotta assume that it's only a matter of time before JAC hears from Ford legal!
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Technique Video of the Day: Kick Like Duke Roufus (in Theory)
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Duke Roufus knows a thing or two about kicking. Also about punching. Oh, and knees and elbows, too.
Hmmm. Let's start over…
Duke Roufus knows a thing or two about striking, and since his retirement from kickboxing competition, he's passed along his knowledge to fighters from the Roufusport Martial Arts Academy in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Pat Barry, Danny Downes, Matt Mitrione, Anthony Pettis (and his little bro Sergio), Alan Belcher, Ben Askren, and Eric Koch (and more) have all spent time with Duke sharpening their stand up skills, and Roufus has been credited with pushing innovation in MMA striking. Belcher's cage-spring superman punch and Pettis' Showtime Kick were both attributed to training with Roufus, because they apparently practice that kind of crazy stuff over there.
But we must remember the words of Mr Miyagi: "first learn stand, then learn fly."
Watch this video of Roufus breaking down technique for Thai-style low kicks. Watch it twice, then go find a bamboo tree. Kick that bamboo tree until it falls. You're now halfway to being a Roufusninja, and don't leave us comments about how bamboo is technically grass. That's bullshit. No one ever became a ninja by kicking grass; that's clearly a moronic idea. You think Tony Jaa took a level in badass by kicking over blades of grass? Absolutely not. He kicked down trees and made friends with elephants.
As far as we know, Duke Roufus does not have an elephant friends. What he does have is this video of kicking technique, and you need to quit arguing and watch it.
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For all you computer-savvy folks out there, I just got the following response as I tried to refresh the page several times a few minutes ago. What does this mean? Did it happen because Brian was in the process of posting new front page content? Or is it something with my computer? Or is it some kind of statement with respect to my mental capacity having been overloaded this Tuesday afternoon?
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Movies from South Korea and Mongolia have won $30,000 New Currents Awards for emerging filmmakers at Asia's largest film festival.
Busan International Film Festival organizers said Saturday that the festival's biggest prizes went to "Pascha" by South Korean director Ahn Seonkyoung and "Remote Control" by Mongolia's Sakhya Byamba. It's the first time a Mongolian movie entered and won the competition in the festival's 18 years.
The awards, given to first- or second-time Asian directors, show the festival's efforts to discover and support the region's new talents.
The organizers said "Pascha," an unusual love story between a 40-year-old woman and a 19-year-old man, won the jury's heart with its highly original expression. They said "Remote Control" neatly portrayed tensions between reality and fiction.
The jury, led by Iranian director Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, picked "Transit," Hannah Espia's drama about Filipino migrant workers in Israel, as a special mention.
The 10-day festival that ended Saturday drew more than 200,000 visitors for the second straight year, even as a rare October typhoon forced the organizers to reschedule some events and close outdoor booths by corporate sponsors four days before the festival drew to a close.
The fair closed Saturday evening with "The Dinner," South Korean director Kim Dong-hyun's independent feature.
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2011 Record (Big 12): 10-3 (5-2)
Returning Starters (Off/Def/ST): 16 (8/6/2)
After 20 years in the Big East, West Virginia and second year head coach Dana Holgorsen are looking to make some noise in their Big 12 debuts and their sizzling offense could get them there. The Mountaineers depth chart is littered with talented and explosive athletes, particularly on offense. Leading the way is quarterback Geno Smith, who last year became the first player in school history to throw for over 4,000 yards in a season. Under Holgorsen, who's known for orchestrating high-octane offenses, there's reason to believe he could even reach the 5,000 yard mark this season. Smith will have the luxury of playing catch with two of the most gifted wideouts in college football, Steadman Bailey and Tavon Austin. Austin, a first-team All-American return man last year, pulled in 101 catches last season to go along with almost 1,200 yards and eight touchdowns in 2011. He figures to work on the inside while deep-ball threat Bailey (17.8 yards per catch, school record 12 touchdowns last season) lines up outside. Unheralded freshman recruit Jordan Thompson was making some noise from the slot position in spring and should contribute to a very deep receiving corps. The offensive line should be a team strength as well, returning a core of three starters that includes All-Big East center Joe Madsen.
Their defense lost three players to the NFL draft, cornerback Keith Tandy along with sack-masters Bruce Irvin and Najee Goode. Still, they aren't lacking depth at those positions and have some dynamic athletes looking to fill the voids left by the departure of five talented seniors. Junior Will Clarke is incredibly versatile against both the pass and run, and will be utilized at every position along the defensive line. Jewone Snow, racking up 42 tackles in just seven starts as a redshirt freshman last season, moves from middle linebacker to the buck position where he can provide some burst off the edge as well. The Mountaineers are set at corner, returning both starters from their 2012 Orange Bowl Victory in Brodick Jenkins and Pat Miller. There are some questions surrounding safety-turned linebacker Terence Garvin and bandit safety Darwin Cook, both of whom were expected to start in 2012. The two, who combined for 157 tackles in 2011, were involved in some off-the-field issues in spring and could miss some time to start the season. A name that could fill some of that void is junior college standout Matt Moro, who has new defensive coordinator Joe Deforest raving in spring practices.
The Big 12 sent eight teams to bowl games last season, and West Virginia plays each of the other seven in 2012. Luckily, Holgorsen's squad has some time to get the engine revved before a tough road matchup against Texas week six. They host Kansas State and Big 12 newcomer TCU in back to back games mid-season before a two-game stretch against Oklahoma State and Oklahoma in November.
BURNING QUESTION: Will the Mountaineers lose another "gimme" game this season?
Over the last five seasons, 11 of West Virginia's 15 losses have come against unranked opponents. Last year they surrendered 49 points in a loss to a 5-7 Syracuse squad that won no other Big East games that season. They open up against two FCS opponents (Marshall and James Madison) and a rebuilding Maryland program. The Mountaineers need to keep their focus week in and week out, particularly in the games they come in as heavy favorites, if they want to be able to find success in a much deeper conference.
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Yesterday was a huge day for Android developers. Just weeks after being debuted at Google I/O 2012, the source code for Android 4.1, Jelly Bean, was made available in the Android Open Source Project. But that's not all that happened. Along with the introduction of Android 4.1, the Verizon Galaxy Nexus LTE earned back its supported title in the AOSP.
Thanks to expanded driver support, Verizon Galaxy Nexus users can now proudly call their smartphone an AOSP device. As far as how things look on paper, the Verizon Nexus has the same level of support as the GSM Nexus available through Google Play. Google developer JBQ, Technical Lead for the AOSP, is calling the Verizon Nexus' support "experimental." There are still some unexplained errors with Verizon Nexus AOSP builds not found in retail and GSM builds, but it's a good start.
So what does this really mean for Verizon Nexus users? To be frank, not a whole lot. It doesn't mean updates are going to be provided any faster by Verizon, and ROM development will most likely continue on as normal, which is most definitely a good thing. The Verizon Nexus already has a robust development community that wasn't slowed down by the device's lack of AOSP support.
As for Sprint Galaxy Nexus users, you're still out of luck. It would appear that Samsung and Sprint don't want to fork over the drivers for the Sprint Nexus, leaving it without AOSP support.


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The genius of Lanvin designer Alber Elbaz.
Whenever women ask me for a life-changing nugget of fashion wisdom, a single, rock-solid rule to live by, I have, for decades, always given the same response: "Girls! Go home and separate your clothing into two separate piles: WORK and PARTAAY. Take all the sensible work clothing, career skirts and corporate blouses, and give it to the Goodwill. Now you are free to wear party clothes for the rest of your life. Yay!"
Based on the number of gals currently sporting sequins, satins, and lamé during the day, I cannot help feeling that I am, finally, having a significant impact. If I keep it up, your local bank teller will eventually have chrome-yellow ostrich feathers shooting out of the top of her head like a circus horse. Yay!
Last Monday I encountered a co-conspirator, an illustrious bloke who shares my life-is-for-living-so-throw-on-the-glamdrag philosophy. I am talking about the most influential force in the Fashion Firmament: Alber Elbaz, the designer for the phenomenally successful House of Lanvin, who was in town to show his pre-fall collection at the Bowery Hotel.
What, I hear you indignantly shriek, is a pre-fall collection? I'm glad you asked. The pre-fall collections are a significant new addition to the fashion-show calendar—showing January and delivering in June—designed to satisfy the customers' deranged, but great-for-retail desire to have a continual flow of fresh merch. No longer content with two seasonal onslaughts per year, Madame now wants—nay, expects—to see new designs from her favorite labels every time she walks into a store. Cha-ching! The other recent addition to this calendar, by the way, is "resort," which is not particularly resorty, shows during the summer, and delivers in November, just as the principal fall delivery is being marked down.
The resulting stressful whirligig—pre-fall, fall, resort, and spring/summer—is taking its toll on the designers, several of whom have recently intimated to me that they are seriously thinking of getting into—or, in certain cases, back into—class-A drugs in order to keep up.
Back to drug-free genius Alber Elbaz: What inspires me to hurl accolades at this dude with such reckless abandon?
Here's the deal: Alber makes clothes that women actually buy. Unlike many designers whose runway shows are simply a smoke screen for a more profitable accessory biz, Alber Elbaz delivers wearable, wantable, alluring fashion.
Monsieur Elbaz is, as a result, the most copied designer on the planet. All current trends are traceable back to him. He introduced the now-ubiquitous drapey satin frock; he popularized grosgrain trim; he jump-started the mania for leopard, and he reintroduced synthetic fabric into a sea of organic cotton. Simply put: He is the tits.
He is also a reminder that, despite the current mania for fetishizing "young" designers, fashion greatness is more often found in those who are able to marry talent with experience: i.e., older geezers and broads. Alber Elbaz is 50 years old this year, and the hippest dude on the block. Take that, all you pathetic youngsters who have no idea who Ava Gardner was because you weren't born until the '90s!
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Canadians Honoured at ALA Midwinter Meeting
In January, the American Library Association (ALA) announced the 2013 award-winning books. Canadian young-adult author Beverley Brenna's latest novel, The White Bicycle (Red Deer Press), is an Honour book for the Michael L. Printz Award, given each year to the best book written for young adults. Author Rachel Hartman took home the William C. Morris Award for her debut YA fantasy novel, Seraphina (Doubleday). The William C. Morris Award honors a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens.
YALSA presents the Best Fiction for Young Adults at ALA's Midwinter Meeting
Each year, the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) presents the Best Fiction for Young Adults list. The books, recommended for ages 12-18, meet the criteria of both good quality literature and appealing reading for teens. In addition to the full list, the Best Fiction for Young Adults committee also created a Top Ten list of titles from the final list, denoted here by an asterisk. Titles by CANSCAIP members include:
USBBY Outstanding International Books
USBBY, the US national section for the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), has selected its annual list of Outstanding International Books for children and young adults. All books on the list were published in 2012 and chosen by a committee of USBBY members. Titles by CANSCAIP members include:
OLA 2012 Best Bets
Each year the OLA Best Bets Committee selects the top Canadian picture books, fiction and non-fiction for children, and fiction for teens. Books are selected on the basis of their literary merit as well as their appeal to the intended audience. Titles by CANSCAIP members include:
Picture Books
Honourable Mentions
Middle Grade Fiction
Young Adult Fiction
Notable Non Fiction
Sydney Taylor Book Award
The Sydney Taylor Book Award honors new books for children and teens that exemplify the highest literary standards while authentically portraying the Jewish experience. The award memorializes Sydney Taylor, author of the classic All-of-a-Kind Family series and is presented annually by the Association of Jewish Libraries in the United States. Titles by CANSCAIP members include:
Notable Books for Younger Readers
Notable Books for Teens
Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award
Canadian novelist and short-story writer Caroline Adderson has been long-listed for the world's richest short-story prize, the £30,000 ($47,000) Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award. There are 16 stories nominated, and the eligibility criterion for the prize is that the author must have been published, either in book or magazine form, in the United Kingdom or Ireland. The story that Adderson submitted, called Erection Man, has not been published. The short list, of six, will be announced in a month – each of these finalists will win £1,000 ($1,600). The winner will be announced in Oxford on March 22.
Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medals
A new commemorative medal was created in 2012 to mark the celebrations of the 60th anniversary of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's accession to the Throne as Queen of Canada. The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal serves to honour significant contributions and achievements by Canadians. Barbara Reid and Jean Little accepted Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medals in early February.
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Congratulations to the following CANSCAIP members who are award winners:
2012 Sunburst Winners
The Sunburst Award Committee announced that the winner of its 2012 young adult award is All Good Children by Catherine Austen (Orca Book Publishers). The Sunburst Awards honor Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic.
2012 Heritage and History Book Award
Janet McNaughton won the 2012 Heritage and History Book Awards in the Children's/Young Adult Literature category for her novel The Dragon Seer's Gift (HarperCollins Canada). The Heritage and History Book Awards are sponsored by the Historic Sites Association and administered by the Writers' Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador (WANL).
Quebec Writers' Federation Prize for Children's and Young Adult Literature
On November 20, 2012, the Quebec Writers' Federation held its annual Awards Gala in Montreal. The QWF Prize for Children's and Young Adult Literature went to Catherine Austen for 26 Tips for Surviving Grade 6, published by James Lorimer & Company Ltd.
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