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Bars nowadays often occupy less space in our homes, being incorporated into a side table in a living room, or using a kitchen island to double as a bar/party area when needed. A drinks cart is another way to bring a party atmosphere without constantly dedicating space to it. Ideally, the space will accommodate a variety of alcohol bottles, glasses, ice, a sink, and cold drinks. A large tub filled with ice can work as a bar fridge if necessary.
While many of us use our every day drinking glasses when we entertain, and just bring out the wine glasses, its nice to have a decent sized collection of mixed glasses, including shot glasses, beer mugs, wine glasses, champagne flutes, tumblers, highball glasses and mixed cocktail glasses, so we don't run out.
Many types of glassware, while recommended as dishwasher safe, are made of high quality but thin glass which gives it an elegance and comfortable feeling in the hand. You will find your glassware will probably last a lot longer if you take the time to hand wash it.
I love the simple elegance of these Riedel H2O Longdrink/Highball Glasses. They are a bit fragile for every day use if you have children, but are high quality glasses and are really beautiful for entertaining. The tall cylindrical shapes convey upscale urban cool. Lead-free glass, dishwasher safe, made in Bavaria. Set of 2, 22-7/8 ounce. For other Riedel H2O drink glasses see:
- Riedel H2O Water and Juice Glass (Set of 2, 11-5/8 ounce)
- Riedel H2O Double-Old Fashioned Whiskey Glass (Set of 2, 15-1/8 ounce)
The GoVino wine glass is made of a shatterproof material and allows you and your guests to enjoy your wine without worry. These modern, stemless wine glasses are made to travel and reflect wine's color and aromatics much like crystal. They are recyclable, and reusable. Each wine glass holds 6 ounces to mid point of thumb notch, 16 ounces to brim. GoVino wine glasses, with their distinguishable notch, were the winner of the Silver 2010 International Design Excellence Award (IDEA) from the Industrial Designers Society of America. Hand washing is recommended. Set of 4.
In collaboration with two of the leading IPA brewers in the USA, Spiegelau has created the new standard for IPA beer glassware. Achieved through a series of design and tasting workshops in which hundreds of possible designs were considered, the brewers ultimately and unanimously chose, by secret vote, one glass – 'number 6' – shown here, from a final line-up of eight custom-made prototypes. It was designed to showcase the complex and alluring aromatic profiles of American "hop-forward" IPA beers, to preserve a frothy head, enhance taste and mouth feel, and present a comfortably wide opening for the drinker to savor each beer. Dedicated beer drinkers will appreciate the enhanced drinking experience these glasses offer. 2 pack, 19 ounce.
The Libbey Vina Margarita glass has a generous 13 ounce capacity. These Margarita glasses are clear and elegant glasses for the price, its no surprise that they are best sellers. The Libbey Margarita glasses seem to be chip resistant and tough enough to run through a dishwasher, and glasses hold a lot, so you're not constantly refilling. The top of the glass fits nicely into standard Margarita rimming containers. These glasses are also very pretty when you use them as dessert or appetizer dishes. Set of 6. Classic Margarita recipe: Fill blender with crushed ice. Pour in 1 6 ounce can frozen limeade concentrate, 6 fluid ounces tequila and 2 fluid ounces triple sec. Blend until smooth. Pour into glasses and serve.
This moderately priced, modern and elegant stemless flute glass has an 8 1/2-ounce capacity and is part of the popular Vina series. It is great for parties or to be used as a fancy juice glass. It is dishwasher safe and made in USA. Stemless champagne glasses add a modern touch to any gathering.
If you prefer a classic stemmed champagne glass, the stem of each Lenox Opal Innocence Flute bears the flowing Opal Innocence leaf motif. The pair of flutes, along with a bottle of champagne or sparkling cider, makes a most appreciated gift.
Libbey 13-1/2-Ounce Stemless Martini glasses are another simple, elegant option in modern glassware. These can stack upside down for storage, saving space in the cupboard when not in use. They can also be used for cocktails, tappas or chilled soups or desserts. Dishwasher safe. Made in the USA. Set of 12. Classic Martini recipe: Pour 2-1/2 ounces gin and 1/2 ounce dry vermouth into a mixing glass filled with ice cubes. Stir for 30 seconds. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Add a dash of orange or Angostura bitters, if desired. Garnish with 1-3 olives or a lemon twist.
A modern Irish coffee cup, these Ozeri Serafino Double Wall Insulated Beverage and Coffee Glasses are made of durable, heat resistant, mouth-blown borosilicate glass of the finest quality, the 12 oz. Serafino glasses are the largest in the Ozeri Artisan Series of award-winning handcrafted drink ware. Borosilicate glass is stronger than common glass, shatter-resistant and with the Serafino's double-walled design, it offers the ultimate insulation to maintain drinks at their ideal temperature. Each glass is made to keep your hands cool even with your hottest drinks and free of condensation with your chilled beverages. Dishwasher safe, set of 4.
Maxam 16 Shot Roulette Drinking Game Set has 3/4 ounce shot glasses to add to the game's longevity. Pick your poison! No matter who wins, everyone will have fun while playing the drinking roulette game! Give it a spin and let the roulette wheel determine your fate. A great addition to your next party. Includes 16 shot glasses and 1 roulette wheel. Please drink responsibly.
Also see: Fred and Friends Party items
Bar Sets and Tools
Getting all the right tools for your home bar can be a daunting challenge. Luckily, this bartender mixing set includes everything you need to start making drinks like a seasoned professional. The set includes (1) Stainless steel shaker (1) Stainless steel strainer (1) KegWorks Glass Cocktail Measuring Beaker (1) Long metal stirrer/spoon (4) Liquor bottle pourers (1) Heavy duty combination bottle opener & cork puller (1) KegWorks Mixing Glass with six common drink recipes. This is a good, attractive basic starter bartender mixing set and would make a nice gift for someone starting out.
Whiskey is best served cold and undiluted. The best way to chill your liquor without diluting it is with a set of Stainless Steel Whiskey Stones. These liquid-filled cubes are tasteless, odorless, and the perfect alternative to ice. These food-grade stainless steel whiskey stones are extremely durable and very easy to clean. There's no better way to chill your drink without affecting its flavor. Great for iced tea or lemonade too!
Excellante 1 & 2 Ounce Stainless Steel Jigger
These jiggers provide excellent measurements with accuracy and ease. With the innovative dual-sided design, there will be no need to get a second measuring utensil. The stainless steel material guarantees that acid will not corrode the product.
Excellante 0-1/2 & 1 Ounce Stainless Steel Jigger
This Stainless Steel 5-Piece Cocktail Martini Shaker Set has sleek lines, soft curves and brushed stainless steel that bring function and style to any bar. Use the set to mix martinis with ease. Concoct cosmopolitans on a whim. This stainless steel bar set makes creating your own cocktails a breeze. Its a good basic starter set which has everything you need to make a perfect martini. and would make a nice gift for someone just starting out. The set includes a 20 ounce cocktail shaker, stirrer/spoon, strainer, double jigger, and ice tongs. See classic martini recipe above under "Glasses", or investigate The Craft of the Cocktail: Everything You Need to Know to Be a Master Bartender, with 500 Recipes.
For all of the gadgets and wine accessories available, nothing beats the classic Waiters wine corkscrew to open a bottle of wine. This corkscrew was designed by a professional winemaker and winery owner for ease and comfort of use. The curved handle fits the natural shape of your hand and allows for easier, more comfortable turning. A stainless steel auger was added for durability. The lever is just the right length to make raising the cork as easy as possible. The foil cutter was tested to find the right curve to fit the bottle and remove the cap easily and safely.
An Ice Ball Maker adds elegance to any drink with perfect 4 X 2 inch ice ball spheres. You can either make a bunch ahead of time and store them in a ziplock bag, or you should buy more than one ice tray. Free ebook included (note, this does not come in a gift box).
Drinks Cart
I love the simple lines of this Bayou Classic 4873 Stainless Steel Serving Cart. Its a great option if you are short on serving space, you can just wheel it to the party, whether in the living room or on the deck, and have lots of space on two trays for the alcohol, ice buckets, glassware and anything else you want to stuff onto it. Serving carts can be used not only as a bar for parties, but whenever you have extra company over it can serve as an extra kitchen cart, or even a craft cart. It has large stainless steel trays 35″L X 19.5″W X 4″D, and 4 swivel casters (2 locking). Approximately counter height including wheels and handles.
This popular GoPong Portable High Top Party Bar is an indoor / outdoor portable bar that folds out from a compact briefcase to a full size bar to serve all your guests. Sets up in less than a minute. Perfect for tailgates, backyard parties, pool parties and more. Includes three interchangable front skirts to fit any occasion (Tiki, Football and Formal)! Includes carrying case for ultimate portability.


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Missing Tortoise
Segment 1
August 13th, 2018 08:17am
Kirbay Preuss is here with news about Preuss Pet's summer camps
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August 13th, 2018 08:16am
Shawn Cannarile, Owner of Goat Yoga in Williamston and her daughter Kenzie
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August 13th, 2018 08:15am
Anne Smith, owner of missing tortoise
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August 13th, 2018 08:13am
Reptile expert Jayzun Boget calls in with some helpful advice
Whale Conversations With Dr Bill Van Bonn
August 6th, 2018 09:02am
Swine flu at the Fowlerville Fair?
August 6th, 2018 09:01am
Dr Bill Van Bonn, Vice President of Animal Health at Shedd Aquarium in Chicago.
August 6th, 2018 09:00am
Dr. Bill Van Bonn discussed potential opportunity that exists in Aquatic care
August 6th, 2018 08:55am
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Bring Em' To Ingham 4-H
July 30th, 2018 08:36am
Rick and Lee sit down with Mark McCorkle, The Executive Director of the Ingham County Fair
July 30th, 2018 08:34am
Ingham County 4-H Coordinator Glenda Weiss and 4-H participant Maggie Callender
July 30th, 2018 08:33am
Carley Bullinger talks about her experiences with horses and 4-H
July 30th, 2018 08:32am
4-H participant Abby Brubarker talks about her pigs
Find Your Happy With 4-H
July 23rd, 2018 08:32am
A 12 foot green man outside of Preuss?
July 23rd, 2018 08:31am
Annette Chamberlin, Director of the Fowlerville Fair Board joins us in studio
July 23rd, 2018 08:30am
4-H Senior Andrew Goodwin
July 23rd, 2018 08:29am
Jenna Kingsly and Clover Bud Bristol Densmore
Tragedy At The Dog Park
July 16th, 2018 10:26am
Rick and Lee can't get over a recent news story
July 16th, 2018 10:25am
Judy Putnam from the Lansing State Journal calls in with a disturbing story
July 16th, 2018 10:24am
Big Rich Price, President of Ohio Fish Rescue
July 16th, 2018 10:23am
Jeff Peck from Suburban Jungle
Great Fish Combinations
July 11th, 2018 08:36am
Aaron Sullivan from Preuss Pets joins Rick and Lee in the studio
July 11th, 2018 08:34am
The conversation continues with Aaron Sullivan
July 11th, 2018 08:33am
Shelby Bush, Band Ambassador for Segrest Farms
July 11th, 2018 08:29am
More with Shelby Bush
Parks For Dog Owners
July 2nd, 2018 09:03am
Rick and Lee discuss the upcoming ice cream social happening at Preuss
July 2nd, 2018 09:02am
LuAnn Maisner, Director of Parks and Recreation for Meridian Township
July 2nd, 2018 09:01am
More with LuAnn Maisner
July 2nd, 2018 08:59am
Kevin Wernet from Woldumar Nature Center
Animal Reproduction With Dr. Will Schultz
June 25th, 2018 09:02am
Rick and Lee jump right into the topic of animal reproduction
June 25th, 2018 09:00am
Dr. Will Schultz, Owner/DVM of Schultz Veterinary Clinic in Okemos
June 25th, 2018 08:59am
Dr. Schultz discusses the evolution of the science of animal reproduction
June 25th, 2018 08:58am
More with Dr. Schultz
Lansing Parks
June 18th, 2018 08:26am
Rick and Lee love the Lansing area and the nature it provides
June 18th, 2018 08:24am
Brett Kaschinske, Parks Director of Lansing
June 18th, 2018 08:23am
More with Brett
June 18th, 2018 08:22am
Kit Rich, Senior Park Naturalist at Harris Nature Center
Pet Friendly Living
June 11th, 2018 08:30am
Rick and Lee want to learn how to pet proof your house
June 11th, 2018 08:27am
Gary Cooper of Gary Cooper Builders
June 11th, 2018 08:25am
Author, Editor, and Photographer Tom Barthel calls in
June 11th, 2018 08:20am
Kim Jones, Office Manager for Invisible Fence
Bert The Hedgehog
June 4th, 2018 08:14am
Bert the hedgehog join the guys in the studio
June 4th, 2018 08:13am
Ruth Adanus, Manager of the original Butterfly House on Mackinac Island
June 4th, 2018 08:12am
More with Ruth
June 4th, 2018 08:11am
Jayzun Boget from Preuss Pets returns to the show
Alley Cat Allies
May 29th, 2018 08:19am
Rick and Lee think you should spend the holiday weekend spoiling your pet
May 29th, 2018 08:18am
Becky Robinson, President and Founder of Alley Cat Allies
May 29th, 2018 08:17am
More with Becky Robinson
May 29th, 2018 08:16am
Steve Cantin, National Sales Manager of Go Cat Feathers
How To Take Care of Wildlife in Distress
May 21st, 2018 08:15am
Rick and Lee discuss upcoming events at Preuss
May 21st, 2018 08:13am
Cheryl Konnell-Marsh, Founder of Nottingham Nature Nook
May 21st, 2018 08:12am
Liz Roxberry, Executive Director at Fenner Nature Center
May 21st, 2018 08:11am
More with Liz
Dog Training 101 With Dawn Pizzoferrato
May 14th, 2018 08:23am
With Rick lost in a swamp, Kirbay Preuss steps in as the pet expert
May 14th, 2018 08:22am
Dawn Pizzoferrato, Owner of Arrow Dog Training
May 14th, 2018 08:21am
Dawn answers some common dog training questions
May 14th, 2018 08:19am
More with Dawn
Water Garden Season
May 7th, 2018 08:28am
Don't forget goat yoga classes on Mother's Day!
May 7th, 2018 08:27am
Jade Preuss, Owner of Preuss Outdoor
May 7th, 2018 08:26am
Kip Northrup, President of Blue Thumb
May 7th, 2018 08:24am
More with Kip
Goat Yoga
April 30th, 2018 08:17am
Rick and Lee call on the expertise of Kirbay Preuss
April 30th, 2018 08:16am
Shawn Cannarile, Owner of Hilltop Views Farm Goat Yoga Michigan
April 30th, 2018 08:15am
More with Shawn Cannarile
April 30th, 2018 08:13am
Janice Milligan from Doggy Daycare and Spa returns to the show
Fish Tanks
April 23rd, 2018 08:14am
Rick and Lee need to look outside the country to find other pet experts.
April 23rd, 2018 08:12am
Andrea Ondaro, International Representative at Seachem calls in from Italy
April 23rd, 2018 08:11am
Rick Preuss sits in the guest chair to talk tanks
April 23rd, 2018 08:09am
More with Rick
Frog Sounds
April 16th, 2018 08:21am
Rick hopes to have fun with peepers
April 16th, 2018 08:18am
Jim McGrath, Owner of Nature Discovery joins us in studio
April 16th, 2018 08:17am
More with Jim McGrath
April 16th, 2018 08:16am
Jayzun from Preuss Pets returns to the show
Dealing With Cancer
April 9th, 2018 08:16am
Rick and Lee talk about dealing with grief
April 9th, 2018 08:15am
Jason Gabriel from The Capital City Film Festival comes in to discuss a powerful short film
April 9th, 2018 08:14am
MSU Small Animal Clinic Vet, Dr. Sonia Honkes calls in
April 9th, 2018 08:13am
More with Dr. Honkes
Runways for Canines
April 2nd, 2018 08:20am
Congrats to Rick Preuss for being named entrepreneur of the year
April 2nd, 2018 08:18am
David Frei, Host of USA Dog Show
April 2nd, 2018 08:17am
Julie Willson, President of CAHS, joins us in the studip
April 2nd, 2018 08:16am
More with Julie
The Global Pet Expo 2018
March 26th, 2018 08:46am
Rick joins us live from Orlando!
March 26th, 2018 08:44am
Steve Feldman, The Executive Director of HABRI
March 26th, 2018 08:42am
Kirbay talks to Dr. Stacey Bone, the Co-Founder of Paw Friction
March 26th, 2018 08:39am
Jenny Gilcrest, Director of Marketing for Scouts Honor
Big News From Ingham County Animal Control
March 19th, 2018 08:07am
Rick and Lee get ready for the big news!
March 19th, 2018 08:06am
John Dinon, Director of Ingham County Animal Control makes a big announcement!
March 19th, 2018 08:05am
The conversation continues with John
March 19th, 2018 08:02am
More with John Dinon
Joey's Pet Outfitters
February 26th, 2018 08:14am
Kirbay Preuss is in the studio!
February 26th, 2018 08:13am
Mark Marquardt, Owner of Joey's Pet Outfitters joins us in studio
February 26th, 2018 08:12am
The conversation continues with Mark Marquardt
February 26th, 2018 08:11am
More with Mark!
Spartan Stampede Rodeo
February 19th, 2018 08:10am
Lee recaps Westminster
February 19th, 2018 08:09am
Brian Nielsen, Adviser of MSU's Rodeo Club
February 19th, 2018 08:07am
Vice President of the Rodeo Club, Claire Daugherty
February 19th, 2018 08:06am
More from Rodeo Club members
All About Westminster
February 12th, 2018 08:16am
Lee is amped up for this weeks show!
February 12th, 2018 08:15am
Gail Miller Bisher, Director of Communication for Westminster
February 12th, 2018 08:13am
Breeder, judge, and former handler Gary Cooper joins us in studio
February 12th, 2018 08:12am
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Perhaps there is nothing worse for a manager than having a broad knowledge base from which to operate but not having the knowledge management skills to apply it effectively. Training in knowledge management can help you channel the knowledge you have gained effectively so that it helps you and your team work effectively and efficiently. At Last Minute Training, there are a variety of courses and seminars that assist an individual by providing knowledge management training. Courses will help you understand the basics of knowledge management (while at the same time broadening your knowledge base) while seminars help to put these skills to the test.


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That's the headline that's doing the rounds at the moment, which is odd because in order for it to have leaked, the game would have had to leak as well. That's what's happened: late last night, the Xbox 360 version of Call of Duty: Black Ops II found its way onto the Internet. What's more, rumours from last week have suggested that physical copies of the game were sold early in Slovakia. Activision, however, has refused to comment on that.
To date, there's been practically no footage of the new Zombie mode from Black Ops II. Now that many pirating bastards have stolen copies of the game, more and more footage of Zombie mode is finding its way online. Activision is trying its damndest to get most of the footage offline, but the moment they plug one hole, another two spring open.
After the jump you can find four minutes of the new Zombie mode. The footage is pretty poor quality and it's been given a voice-over by a YouTube user. The content is secluded to one map, so don't expect to see any of the sprawling open-world areas that Treyarch has hinted at. That being said, I'm sure you could find footage of that online by now as well.


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Lady Gaga has threatened to reignite the controversy over her heavily-criticised performance at the South by Southwest festival by showing off a painting given to her by the 'vomit artist' who shared the stage.
The pop superstar hit headlines by teaming up with performance artist Millie Brown, who threw up green and black liquid over the singer during her show at the event in Austin, Texas last month (Mar14).
Gaga was accused of glamorising eating disorders by promoting vomit painting, and she has now revived the debate by publishing a photograph of an artwork given to her by Brown.
The Poker Face star posted a snap of the vomit piece on her Littlemonsters.com website, adding in a caption, "Millie Brown made this for me, she said it was 'ARTPOP' and represented our artistic revolution. I'm so happy people are talking about art more. We must keep it alive."
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio called for a boycott of Chick-fil-A because of their "message of hate". According to the Mayor because the fast food chain prints Biblical messages on their packaging, their views on marriage are criminal.
But in truth, the fast food chicken joint has ruffled de Blasio's feathers since it opened its first store in New York last fall.
Despite the mayor's call for a boycott, New Yorkers continue to line up at the only Christian chicken restaurant. And no matter how hard de Blasio tries to slander the chain, people can't ignore their taste buds.
When the New York Mayor learned that Chick-fil-A was finally building a store in his neck of the woods, he unleashed a torrent of opposition.
"[Chick-fil-A] imparts a strong anti-LGBT message by forcing their employees and volunteers to adhere to a policy that prohibits same-sex love. … It is outrageous that Chick-fil-A is quietly spreading its message of hate by funding these types of organizations," Mayor de Blasio warned.
Bill de Blasio then called for every New Yorker to boycott the fast food restaurant.
"I'm certainly not going to patronize them and I wouldn't urge any other New Yorker to patronize them," he said.
Although Mayor de Blasio attacked the restaurant's Christian beliefs, his efforts to influence millions of New Yorkers fell flat. Even some of the most liberal Manhattan residents are supporting the chain because they like how their fried chicken tastes.
Internet star is best known for his viral video "Bed Intruder", Antoine Dodson has spoken up in support of Chick-fil-A. The actor, who identified as being openly gay, has now given his life to Christ. He believes the restaurant should be applauded instead of boycotted.
"The people at the restaurants are sweet, and they greet me kindly. If we stop coming, them hardworking people in that building no longer have jobs," he explained. "There's a picture in this world way bigger … those people work really hard, and they have families and stuff. I'm supporting those hard workers in the kitchen."
Chick-fil-A chooses their franchisees very carefully. Last year 99.3% of their 20,000 applicants were denied. They have a strict policy that has helped them excel in the chicken business.
Because the company follows Christian values, franchisees must prove that they follow a strict code of ethics. Chick-fil-A restaurants must be closed on Sundays (except during extenuating circumstances) but it's a special requirement that makes them different than other businesses.
The company believes that "the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil", so franchisees can only operate one restaurant. It is not a get-rich-quick scheme.
"The company's mindset is that it wants me to be really focused on this location instead of worrying about expanding and managing an enterprise like most fast food franchisees," said Al Puglisi, who opened the Chick-fil-A at Sixth Avenue and 46th Street.
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About the ups and downs of climate – Sea-level changes during the long-term cooling from the warm Pliocene
Atmospheric CO2 concentrations are close to 400 ppmv today. Before the industrial revolution, the most recent time with such high levels was during the warm middle Pliocene, about 3-3.5 million years ago. At that time, mean sea level stood 12-32 m above the present level. Ice ages did occur during the Pliocene, but they were not severe, with sea-level lowerings of only about 50 m (due to phases of continental ice build-up). As CO2 levels dropped and Earth's climate cooled from the warm middle Pliocene to the Present, sea-level during 'interglacials' (warm periods in between ice ages) dropped to values close to those of today. In addition, ice ages became strongly intensified, with sea-level lowerings during the past five ice ages reaching up to 130 m below the present level. For scale, this means that these ice ages contained almost three times the volume of the modern Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets combined.
This general picture is well supported, but until recently there have not been enough independent methods to measure sea-level changes in ancient times. We need several independent methods, because each individual method of sea-level reconstruction has its own limitations, and it is only by comparing estimates from several independent methods that we can hope to see the systematic patterns that portray true sea-level change. Early in 2014, we presented a new method (Rohling, E.J., Foster, G.L., Grant, K.M., Marino, G., Roberts, A.P., Tamisiea, M.E., and Williams, F., Sea-level and deep-sea-temperature variability over the past 5.3 million years. Nature, 508, 477–482, 2014). We are currently in a major effort to improve the results from that method, using sediment cores from the eastern Mediterranean. This material spans the most recent 3.3 million years. We are looking for enthusiastic candidates to investigate critical intervals of time in the development of the sea-level change patterns.
The work will help develop an understanding of the stages through which ice-age cycles increased, and will be coupled with parallel efforts on characterizing CO2 changes. This understanding provides important context to the debate about the potential implications of future climate change.
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Types of computer crimeDate: November 25, 2005
Source: Computer Crime Research Center
As noted above, a computer crime may simply be a high-tech rendition of a traditional offense. Thus, as in other areas of federal criminal law, one individual act may violate several criminal statutes. For example, a computerized scheme designed to steal money from the government may constitute both wire fraud [52] and theft of government property. [53] Such conduct may also violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, [54] a statute specifically tailored by Congress to address computer crimes.
Last amended on October 3, 1996, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act contains eleven separate provisions designed to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data and systems. Section 1030(a)(1) protects the confidentiality of classified information. This provision makes it a crime to knowingly access a computer without or in excess of authorization and then obtain classified information. To constitute an offense, the actor must have reason to believe that such information could be used to the injury of the United States or to the advantage of any foreign nation, and the actor must either willfully send the information to a person not entitled to receive it or willfully retain the information and fail to return it to the government. This crime is a felony. [55]
Section 1030(a)(2) contains three separate provisions which protect the confidentiality of unclassified data. This section it makes it a crime to access a computer without or in excess of authority and obtain (1) financial information from a financial institution or credit reporting company, (2) any information in the possession of the government, or (3) any private information where the defendant's conduct involves interstate or foreign commerce. It is important to note that "obtaining information" includes simply reading the material. It is not necessary that the information be physically moved or copied. [56]
The penalty for a violation of this section depends on the value of the information obtained, or the use to which the information is put. Merely obtaining the information is a misdemeanor, but the crime is a felony if the offense was committed for purposes of commercial advantage or private financial gain; the offense was committed in furtherance of any criminal or tortious act in violation of the Constitution or laws of the United States or of any State; or the value of the information obtained exceeds $5,000 [57].
Section 1030(a)(3) is a strict trespass provision protecting computers used full-time or part-time by the government. Any unauthorized access violates this statute, even if no damage is done or no property is stolen. If the computer is used only part-time by the government, the prosecution must show that the defendant's conduct affected the government's use of the computer [58].
Section 1030(a)(4) punishes those who use computers in schemes to defraud victims of property. This crime proscribes an individual from knowingly and with intent to defraud accessing a "protected computer" without or in excess of authorization, and by means of such conduct furthering the intended fraud and obtaining anything of value. There is an exception which provides that if the only thing obtained is less than $5,000 of computer crime, this fraud provision does not apply. [59]
The term "protected computer" is significant. A protected computer is one used exclusively by the United States or a financial institution; one used partly by the United States or a financial institution, in which the defendant's conduct affects the government's or financial institution's operation of the computer; or any computer which is used in interstate or foreign commerce or communications. The last portion of this definition is extremely important because it allows a computer owned by a private company to be a "protected computer" and thus be protected by the statute [60].
Section 1030(a)(5) creates three separate offenses, two felonies and one misdemeanor, depending upon the intent and authority of the actor. Under this provision, whoever knowingly causes the transmission of a program, information, code, or command, and as a result of such conduct, intentionally causes damage, without authorization, to a protected computer is guilty of a felony [61]. It does not matter whether the actor is an outsider (e.g., a hacker) or an insider (e.g., a disgruntled employee); anyone who intends to cause damage without authority can be prosecuted.
Damage is broadly defined to include any impairment to the integrity or availability of data, a program, a system, or information, that (1) causes loss aggregating to at least $5,000 in value during any one-year period to one or more indivduals; (2) modifies or impairs, or potentially modifies or impairs, the medical examination, diagnosis, treatment, or care of one or more individuals; (3) causes physical injury to any person; or (4) threatens public health or safety. [62]
The other two provisions of 1030(a)(5) govern access without authority; that is, they only cover outsiders. An individual who intentionally accesses a protected computer without authorization and, as a result of such conduct, recklessly causes damage is guilty of a felony [63]. By contrast, an individual who intentionally accesses a protected computer without authorization and, as a result of such conduct, causes damage is guilty of a misdemeanor when it cannot be shown that the damage caused was either intentional or reckless [64].
Section 1030(a)(6) prohibits trafficking in passwords or other similar information through which a computer may be accessed without authorization if such trafficking affects interstate or foreign commerce or such computer is used by or for the government. [65]
Section 1030(a)(7) punishes anyone who, with intent to extort any money or other thing of value from any person, firm, association, educational institution, financial institution, government entity, or other legal entity, transmits in interstate or foreign commerce any communication containing any threat to cause damage to a protected computer. This provision deals with a new threat: hackers who threaten to crash systems if not given system privileges, money, or other things of value. [66]
In addition, the sentencing provisions of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act need to be amended. First and foremost, individuals convicted under 18 U.S.C. § 1030 are sentenced pursuant to United States Sentencing Guideline § 2F1.1. [67] In determining the appropriate sentence under that Guideline, the most significant factor is the amount of loss caused by the defendant. Yet many computer crimes involve nonfinancial harms such as invasion of privacy. For example, in one recent case, the defendants stole 176 credit reports from a credit reporting company, thus acquiring personal information on many unsuspecting individuals [68]. Working with the United States Sentencing Commission's Computer Fraud Working Group, [69] the Department is seeking to have such nonmonetary harms addressed by the sentencing court.
Moreover, under current law, someone who violates the statute more than once is subject to enhanced penalties only if the same subsection is violated twice. For example, if an individual violates the computer crime statute by committing fraud by computer [70] and later commits another computer crime offense by intentionally destroying medical records, [71] that individual is not a recidivist because the conduct violated two separate subsections. The law should provide that anyone who is convicted of committing a computer offense and later uses a computer for unlawful purposes again should be subjected to enhanced penalties.
The Department of Justice will, of course, press for other appropriate changes. We have noted in the past that the provision protecting classified government information has such an enhanced specific intent requirement [72] that prosecutors would rarely if ever charge it; similar conduct is punishable under 18 U.S.C. § 793(e),[73] an espionage statute, with a lesser intent requirement. Congress also needs to consider a forfeiture provision, one that will allow government authorities to take away the defendant's computer if it is used to commit a criminal offense. As we have seen in the drug and pornography areas, the ability to take away the instrumentalities of the crime provides an excellent deterrent to further transgressions. More than that, taking away the perpetrator's weapon simply evidences good old-fashioned common sense.
The move to an intangible environment also requires that we re-evaluate those statutes that rely on the movement of corporeal items before affixing liability. For example, in United States v. Brown, [74] the Tenth Circuit held that the Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property Statute [75] did not apply to the interstate transportation of source code...
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Library Scholar Internships
Library Scholar interns benefit from project-based learning that produces high-impact, online content. Library scholar interns work in collaboration with academic programs and each other to build skills in teamwork, problem solving, communications, and research. Library Scholar interns lead projects such as: researching and writing for the web, curating exhibits and engagement programs, creating presentations, and text layout and digitization for the Humboldt State University Press. Interns are paid and receive course credit as well as credit for their online productions.
Glen Atkinson, an HSU Alumni, recently endowed the Atkinson Family Library Scholar Internship to support student research and skills that will provide lifelong value. Starting in the Fall of 2018, one student each semester will be an Atkinson Family Library Scholar and dedicate their project-based learning within Special Collections, Digital Media Lab, Scholarly Communications, or Instruction.
Thanks to a bequest from Malcolm Buchanan '50, HSU Library provides paid credit-based student internships to HSU students. This powerful digital humanities experience with hands-on research and project based learning combines work with archives, manuscripts and rare books. You can support this valuable program, too!
Current Position Openings
- Library Scholar Internship - Special Collections & Redwood National Park (watch for next application period)
- Library Scholar Internship - Digital Media Lab (watch for next application period)
- Library Scholar Internship - Scholarly Communications (watch for next application period)
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Digital Media Internship
The Digital Media Lab (DML) encourages interested students to apply for a new Digital Media Student Internship. DML interns will work with and assist other students on developing digital media projects, primarily video, audio, photo and web-based projects. This includes learning and teaching about the DML equipment and software that is available to all HSU students. This semester-long internship will provide interns with hands-on experience creating a variety of digital media projects as well as learning design-thinking approaches to planning projects.
The HSU Digital Media Lab is a space where all students, staff and faculty can work on and get assistance with creating digital media projects, such as video, audio, photo and web-based projects. The DML houses a variety of software, including Adobe Creative Cloud, Camtasia, iMovie and GarageBand. The DML also provides a variety of equipment for checkout, including video and still cameras, microphones, a 3D scanner, a 360-degree camera, and more. In addition, the DML provides programs and drop-in services to spark creativity and assist people with their projects. Whether working on class assignments or creating a project on their personal time, the DML is an integral space on campus for developing and learning about digital media projects.
DML Interns will work on a variety of projects and will be responsible for a variety of tasks, including but not limited to:
- Creating digital media projects
- Assisting others with their digital media projects
- Promoting the DML on campus
- Troubleshooting problems with students using DML equipment and/or software
- Developing and hosting programs to promote the DML and digital literacy
- Contributing to the DML documentation (user manuals & guides, tutorials, webpages, videos, etc.)
Learning outcomes:
The production-centered outcomes of the internship mean that students will have:
- Developed and presented programs that are planned using connected learning (interest powered, academically oriented, production centered, shared purpose, openly networked and peer-supported) and/or design-thinking (empathize, define, ideate, prototype & test) models for teaching and learning digital media skills
- Assisted students to problem solve digital media projects using design-thinking and connected learning models (troubleshooting software and/or equipment, applying a critical eye to their work, eliciting feedback, etc.)
- Created a portfolio of digital media objects in multiple formats using a multiple tools (multiple = at least 4), culminating in a capstone project that captures their experience
Scholarly Communication Internship
The Library Scholar Internship will offer three students an opportunity to work in the Scholarly Communications Office to build the first open-access platform for HSU faculty and students. Over the course of one semester, students will gain hands on experience creating faculty profiles, managing copyright, promoting scholarship, and working in the open access platform Bepress.
Scholarly Communications works to foster collaboration between HSU students and faculty in advanced studies of digital humanities. Interns will be encouraged to make connections with faculty and develop projects that merge scholarly output with digital tools and/or social media.
The Library Scholar Interns will work independently and in teams to:
- Build and organize faculty profile pages in Bepress.
- Develop innovative ways to promote open access scholarship through social media and/or digital media.
- Present on open access, copyright, and/or academic publishing topics to a wider audience, notably during Open Access week and the UnConference.
Learning outcomes:
- Students will develop skills working in Bepress, an open-access platform used by 476 universities.
- Students will be able to express and critique issues of open access, copyright, and academic publishing from first-hand experience.
This is a twelve-week academic internship program. Currently enrolled graduate and undergraduate Humboldt State University students are eligible to apply.
With their academic advisor's approval, interns will receive 2 course credits through their department's internship course or directed study. Interns will also receive a $500 scholarship after completion of the internship.
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The Scholarly Communications Office invited students an opportunity to build the first open-access platform for HSU faculty and student profiles. Over the course of one semester, students gained hands on experience creating faculty profiles, managing copyright, publishing scholarly works, promoting scholarship, and working in the open access platform Bepress. Scholarly Communications works to foster collaboration between HSU students and faculty in advanced studies of digital humanities. Interns were encouraged to make connections with faculty and develop projects that merged scholarly output with technological tools and social media.
Humboldt State University Library Scholar Internship - Special Collections & Redwood National Park
The Library's Special Collections invites current students to submit an application for the Humboldt State University Library Scholar Internship. This internship offers students an opportunity to work with the Humboldt Room and Redwood National Park to gain valuable experience processing collections, creating finding aids, and designing both physical and digital exhibits. Over the course of a semester, students will have hands-on experience in special collections, archives, public history, and museum studies as a profession.
The HSU Library Special Collections is home to rare books, photographs, documents, historic maps, oral histories, and media. The University Archives includes documents related to the history of Humboldt State. Interns in the Library Scholars program will be introduced to a variety of archival skills such as processing collections, digital projects, preparing exhibits, conducting research, and marketing Special Collections. Examples of past intern projects include digital exhibits, interactive maps, finding aids, and blogs.
The Library Scholar Intern will work in a team to complete a variety of projects. Team roles and duties will be tailored to the talents and interests of the intern. In addition to a large group project, Library Scholars may be required to:
- Maintain an internship log, including experiences and challenges that they encountered over the course of their project.
- Complete training assignments and blog posts.
- Assist in processing new accessions: gaining basic physical and intellectual control of manuscript collections, preparing collection guides and marketing collections.
- Create digital projects: scanning fragile and unique material, creating metadata, working with OMEKA and BePress to exhibit and provide access to material.
- Contribute to the Special Collection and Library social media accounts, including: Tumblr, HistoryPin, and Flickr.
- Assist with archival preservation and rehousing of materials.
For a sampling of our unique collections, please explore the Special Collections website.
This is a semester long, paid academic internship. Currently enrolled graduate and undergraduate Humboldt State University students are eligible to apply. With their academic advisor's approval, interns will receive 2 course credits (total of 90 hours).
Application Process
Please email a copy of the following materials to Carly Marino at email@example.com:
- Resume
- Supplemental Questions (pdf)
- Names and contact information for two academic references
- Work Availability Schedule
The final application deadline for Spring 2018 is Friday, December 15, 2017. If you have any additional questions, please email the Special Collections Librarian, Carly Marino at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Examples of work:
Digital Exhibits
- HSU Redwoods Project: hsuredwoodsproject.omeka.net
- Living Among Giants: redwood.omeka.net
- Humboldt Hindsight is 2020: homeboldt.omeka.net
- Lucille Vinyard Collection: vinyard.omeka.net
Interactive Maps
- History Pin: historypin.org/en/person/57805
Finding Aids
- Alternate Waste Disposal Collection Finding Aid: library.humboldt.edu/humco/holdings/AltWasteAid.html
Publicity and Social Media
- Tumblr: http://hsulibrary.tumblr.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hsulibrary/
- Postcards
Now after this internship, the Humboldt Room isn't just a resource it's also a place I find relaxing, which is why next semester I plan on stopping by to scan more journals. It's like a second extension of home. I felt out of place my first semester here and being an intern made me feel like part of the school and felt better about my choice to attend HSU.
--Cathlyn Garibay (Library Scholar Intern, Spring 2016)
List of Library Scholar Interns
Spring 2018
- Alex Childers, Redwood National Park/Special Collections
- Christina Cordova, Digital Media Lab
- Sarah Godlin, Redwood National Park/Special Collections
- Hartford Johnson, Redwood National Park/Special Collections
- Cameron Rodriguez, Digital Media Lab
- Nate Spence, Digital Media Lab
Fall 2017
- Christina Cordova, Digital Media Lab
- Elliot Kane, Redwood National Park/Special Collections
- Natalie Ray, Redwood National Park/Special Collections
- Perla Rubio-Zambrano, Redwood National Park/Special Collections
Spring/Summer 2017
- Ryan Echeverri, Redwood National Park/Special Collections
- Francisco Lopez, Redwood National Park/Special Collections
- Steven Munoz, Redwood National Park/Special Collections
Fall 2016
- Brittani Alberto, Redwood National Park/Special Collections
- Victoria Bruner, Digital Media Lab
- Blanca Drapeau, Redwood National Park/Special Collections
- Luke Wages, Redwood National Park/Special Collections
Summer 2016
- Albert Bernales, Special Collections
- Melitta Jackson, Special Collections
- Christine Emerson, Special Collections
- Meghan Ueland, Special Collections
- Luke Wages, Special Collections
Spring 2016
- Xi Bromley, Special Collections
- Victoria Bruner, Special Collections
- Blanca Drapeau, Special Collections
- Cathlyn Garibay, Special Collections
- Alexandria Jones, Special Collections
- Nicole Martensen, Special Collections
- KayCie Voigt, Special Collections
Fall 2015
- Brittani Alberto, Special Collections
- Jorge Ambriz, Special Collections
- Jacqueline Farrington, Special Collections
- Christopher Villa, Special Collections
Summer 2015
- Schay Dowell, Special Collections
- Joe Naranjo, Special Collections
- Wyatt Reno, Special Collections
Spring 2015
- Chris Bunce, Special Collections
- Colin Fulton, Special Collections
- Alex Garcia, Special Collections
- Audrey Blair, Special Collections
- Victoria Bruner, Special Collections
- Jessica Chapman, Special Collections
- Ben Cohen, Special Collections
- Jacqueline Langeland, Special Collections
- Nicole Williams, Special Collections
Fall 2014
- Grace Rotwein, Special Collections


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It's always comforting to awake on your futon, flip on the news, and hear about some dude eating another dude's face off in Florida or some mysterious flesh-eating bacteria making a smorgasbord of innocent Southerners. On the flipside, if you're a Princess or Elton John you probably awake in your plush canopied slumber chamber hearing things like, "Good morning to you, we have a dilemma. You must choose between the Chanel and the Yves Saint Laurent at once! The Diamond Jubilee is approaching." Both scenarios can be super stressful, depending on which type of bed you're used to.
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Right after the straight-faced news anchor said, "... and he did not stop chewing his face off..." they switched to another, more pleasant story. It's always good not to cause mass panic among the civilian class so a swift transition to lighter headlines is a surefire way to appease us. The next story was about the British Royals prepping for the big weekend -- The Diamond Jubilee! All is right in the world as long as the people in the castle are having fun and not canceling their soirees due to some silly apocalypse, don't you know? We can breathe a sigh of relief. Maybe we'll get eaten but there is some beauty left in the world, somewhere with topiaries and truffles.
This may seem totally unfair -- the Royals prep for The Diamond Jubilee while the rest of us stress about a Zombie Apocalypse. Typical. If you think about it though we normal people should feel thankful things like Diamond Jubilees exist! Who wants to think about that yucky stuff? Not me. I'd rather focus my attention on what a party like that must be like. Are there diamonds everywhere? Do they eat bespoke caviar and sip Dom Perignon lightly sprinkled with fairy dust rather than bath salts? Those are nice things to focus on, and we should all be so happy there are people experiencing these things so we can live vicariously. That's their gift to us.
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I read White Noise recently and noticed by chance that Picador have bizarrely just published a 40th anniversary edition of Don DeLillo's book, although it was first published in 1985. Perhaps it is the accumulated prescience of the book that is urging them to bring forward its anniversary. Certainly we are only beginning to appreciate the importance of a book which manages to give a portrait of an American academic and his relatively happy family in such a way as to depict the deep crisis in modernity. Martin Amis went someway to acknowledging its power when in reviewing the later book Underworld in the New York Times in 1997 when he referred to White Noise as "that beautifully tender anxiety-dream".
Given that it portrays a society on the verge of collapse, how can the book still be pertinent (nearly) 40 years later? Because, firstly, that society it depicted never collapsed, was never going to. Secondly because that society is still in that anxious state nearly four decades later. In White Noise, DeLillo is one of the first writers to instinctively understand that instability, quixotically, is a condition of an affluent society that has no collective understanding of its direction: a sense of imminent collapse is the result of the material foundation of modernity suddenly being questioned. Diane Johnson in her review of the book also in the New York Times says that the book prefigures Bhopal. It does no such thing. Bhopal was a real disaster, the 'airborne toxic event' in in DeLillo's book is a disaster which is being managed as if it was a simulation.
John N. Duvall writes in the introduction to The Cambridge Companion to Don DeLillo, "[He] has a rare gift for historicizing our present, a gift that empowers engaged readers to think historically themselves." Whilst he was not actively capable of clairvoyance, Duvall is absolutely correct. More than any environmental disaster to come, the book emerges from the unease prompted by the first oil crisis of 1973 , prompted by the Yom Kippur War in Israel and then the further bout of insecurity prompted by the Iranian Revolution in 1979 that succeeded it. Not only did this prompt a questioning of geopolitical relationships hitherto seen as secure but it also prompted a questioning of the physical infrastructure of America itself – its roads and its housing.
Mirko Zardini, director of the Canadian Centre for Architecture has posited in a series of fascinating texts and exhibitions of which Sorry Out of Gas is the most directly pertinent to this case. The exhibition analysed the oil crisis and how it prompted a profound questioning of the modern project. Social programmes in the West until that time were predicated on a steady improvement in material wealth, mobility and technological advance. The crisis threw that in to question. Rather than directing criticism at the unequal distribution of the benefits of modernity, from this point on, social criticism began to be directed at the pernicious effect of modernity itself. What was just a bunch of drop-outs in the 1960s became in 1973 a possible alternative model for living throughout the United States.
In Sorry Out of Gas we see in architectural terms the impact of this event on planning, particularly of homes. Individuals like Steve Baer – an inventor of passive solar devices and Mike Reynolds an architect and builder of houses made of old car tires packed with dirt- creating domestic structures with features which would permit a direct relationship with nature. As much as they represent considered responses to fears over imagined shortages of traditional building materials, they also sit in remote landscapes or are hidden in the earth. There is a physical remove from social interaction. Baer and Reynolds in particular have considered the unit they are building for to be the family.
Indeed it strikes me that White Noise analyses these newly configured relations between society and family, nature and man, in a way that provides a critical tool for analysing these domestic structures. It is telling too that the American family takes the full-weight of anxiety in the book. "The family is the cradle of the world's misinformation. There must be something in family life that generates factual error" DeLillo writes at one point.
Obviously this has a political significance both in terms of relations within states and between states. Caroline Maniaque-Benton, associate professor at the École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture Paris-Malaquais, has written persuasively about the development of an architecture which was prompted by "a desire for autonomy from the state and its infrastructure." And yet we also see this desire for autonomy from the wider global system of oil at the heart of the US government policy at this time. Jimmy Carter installing solar power on to the roof of the White House is a fun example of this. Carter makes an architectural response against the US drift towards – what he deemed as embroilment – in the Middle East.
The attempt to retreat from the wider world, the domestic turn of environmentalism, are intimated in White Noise in a way we are only just beginning to appreciate. What book and architectural exhibition do is subtly provide an understanding that the family, is far from being in a Freudian sense, the source of neurosis. It is in fact a site on to which social disquiet is projected.


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Montreal Biosphere
A lasting structure and symbol of Expo 67, the Biosphere is a unique architectural treasure of Montreal and the masterpiece of architect Buckminster Fuller.
Since 1995, it has been home to exhibitions, permanent and temporary, that are geared toward educating people about major environmental issues. Its interactive exhibits help those of all ages better understand the profound effects of climate change and provides information on how to make a lighter footprint on this Earth.
Such exhibits as "+1 Degree Celsius: What Difference Does it Make?" uses an interactive digital Earth globe and short films to demonstrate the science behind climate change.
Another exhibit, "Finding Balance", looks at how our consumer habits shape the environment while a temporary exhibit, "Water Wonders!", takes a fun spin on all things H2O with games and experiments for guests to tackle.


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Maine's original LGBTQIA business and professional networking organization, RBPA was established in 1992 to promote networking within the LGBTQIA business community. It was initially conceived to support the coming out process of LGBTQIA professionals and business people throughout the State of Maine and to encourage us to spend our gay dollars within the gay community. Over the years RBPA has become Maine's premier LGBTQIA business networking organization.
For 18 years RBPA has supported a Scholarship Program, with the goal of benefiting deserving students by granting scholarships to individuals enrolled in an accredited program and to enhance self-esteem; to recognize and foster diversity; and to reward and support sensitivity to human rights.
We have two signature programs which help support the LGBTQIA Business community and the Scholarship Program.


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Courtney Le'ann Hansche a 26 year old Oklahoma mother and her 27 year old boyfriend, Michael Nordbye have been arrested for the rape and murder of the woman's four year old daughter, Jaydenn Hansche.
The couple's arrest comes after an incident on November 15, which saw the couple take the unresponsive child to St. John hospital in Owasso, Oklahoma where she was later pronounced dead according to a report via examiner-enterprise.
According to WCSO Undersheriff Steve Johnson, the arrests come following 'an intensive investigation' conducted by the Washington County Sheriff's Office investigators, Washington County District Attorney's Office and the OSBI.
Told Johnson via KJRH: 'The manner of death is listed as homicide by the Oklahoma State Medical Examiner's office,'
'This matter is still under investigation.'
At the time of the toddler's death, her great aunt, Debbie Blackwood, said the family was trying to focus on what they call 'the good.'
'We lost our little angel with an attitude,' Blackwood told KJRH. 'To me, that's the perfect description of Jay Jay.'
Blackwood told of her great niece having stopped by to her a hug and was smiling days before her shocking death.
Reiterated the woman: 'If I had known that was going to be my last hug,' Blackwood told KJRH, 'I would have held on a lot longer.
'We know she's in a better place even though I don't know if that's how we all really feel because we want her to be here.'
The little girl's grandfather David Hansche told KJRH: 'I miss hearing her call me grandpa when I come through the door.'
Of question is if the girl's relatives were aware of the mistreatment she was enduring and if so whether they had reached out to authorities? Which preempts the further question, where there clues that the toddler was being mistreated and did family services make an effort to take the child away from the couple? Which is to ask how is it that little effort was made on the girl's behalf?
The couple both appeared before a judge Wednesday for a probable cause hearing pursuant to first degree murder, first degree rape and child abuse charges.
At present it is not necessarily understood what prompted the couple to mistreat the helpless girl and how long the mistreatment had been going on for and why little effort was made to remove the toddler from her home environment?
Bond was set at $1 million each as the couple remain in Washington County Jail.


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Byler and Tarter
William and Mary alumnus Daniel Byler and his Applied Financial Derivatives professor, M. Sean Tarter, will be speaking at the 70th annual International Atlantic Economic Association meeting, presenting a paper they have coauthored together. Their paper, entitled, "The Pivotal Roles of Supply and Demand in Option-Pricing: The Reality Beyond Black-Scholes," breaks new ground in derivatives pricing theory by untangling a challenging phenomenon -- known as 'the Identification Problem' -- that has plagued finance researchers over the past century and may lie at the heart of the debate over the Efficient Market Hypothesis, as well as a longstanding empirical puzzle termed 'the implied volatility smile.'
Their work shows how much of existing theory is, in fact, a very fractured structure. However, by integrating this existing theory with a new heterogeneous-agent model and their unprecedented approach to solving the identification problem, they have achieved significant new ground in making the theory sound and at last consistent. Their paper has established the statistical significance and predictive value of their model, but they have also gone further and been able to prove that derivatives markets are not the 'zero-sum game' many presuppose. In fact, their heterogeneous-agent approach shows that these markets, presently under close regulatory scrutiny, provide a vital service and have significant positive economic value.
"William and Mary is one of the few places where this kind of collaboration could happen," noted Tarter, citing the caliber of the student population and the many ways in which the administration, departments, and College culture encourage faculty-student collaboration on very high-level research. Their approach, which began with some ideas that professor Tarter had developed earlier in his career, flourished in this collaborative environment. Moreover, their results come at a time when careful formulation of public policy in this regard is desperately needed, and after the crises of recent years, almost everyone everywhere now knows that the stakes for world markets and their inhabitants simply could not be higher.
"Not only was William and Mary the kind of unique setting that made this sort of result possible," noted Tarter, "but Daniel Byler is one of the greatest students any professor could ask for, as well as one of the greatest collaborators any researcher could hope for."
"I would explain extremely complex ideas to Daniel, and he was able to rapidly absorb them and then respond in kind, creating a powerful chain reaction that resulted in work that we both sincerely hope will positively impact our understanding of markets and indirectly -- but unquestionably -- help improve the lives of the peoples of our world. Moreover, Daniel's work ethic, discipline, and contagious love of learning made the joy of discovery an even more wonderful experience."
Tarter, who suffers from a severe disability, found a friend in Byler, who was often able to carry their ideas where he physically could not. "I could scarcely have asked for more in a true collaborator and friend than Daniel Byler has provided," Tarter explained. "Daniel embodies not only the archetype of the brilliant mind, but also the heart of service and compassion that every parent hopes to see in their children and that universities like William and Mary aspire to produce. From spending countless hours pouring over data sets to driving his professor to teach classes and assisting him physically when no other assistance was available, Daniel has consistently proven himself a faithful collaborator and friend."
When Byler was asked to describe his collaborative work with Tarter, he revealed a picture of a professor whose passion for his subject and relentless pursuit of higher learning are nearly impossible to find. "Sean's commitment to his students and love of his subject go beyond even the highest standards to which one could hold a professor. Perhaps the best example of this is the periodic optional Friday night lectures he sometimes gives when even remotely physically able. Every once in a while, he lectures on a specific topic that will start at 9 PM and he will teach until he cannot teach anymore because of his condition. These optional lectures, that provide no class credit, are so inspirational that even people who are not in the class will eagerly attend them, instead of partaking in the usual Friday night festivities associated with college. Sean's inspirational and infectious personality has awakened a love of learning in many students and regularly alters the entire life plan of students who take his class."
Byler continued, "His passion for his subject and immense intellect made him a demanding and excellent research partner. Every time I gained mastery of a subject, Sean was pushing me to new heights that I never thought were possible to attain as an undergraduate. Every time we had a brainstorming session, the results were tremendous and rewarding. Despite extremely difficult personal circumstances, Sean has impacted me as few in my life have done. To be frank, many people in Sean's position might have given up entirely, but Sean has chosen a life whose meaning will be multiplied over a hundred fold by the students he has touched during his tenure at William and Mary."
Overall, both men agree on one thing, William and Mary is a rare institution and the Economics department's commitment to small class sizes, taught by professors with expertise in the material, yields results. Byler said, "I know a number of people at other elite institutions around the country and I have never heard of a research experience that comes close to this. My work with Sean spanned over a year and a half after I took my last class with him, but that didn't matter to him. To him, the culture of learning and commitment to truth that were instilled in him as a graduate and professor of the College of William and Mary made the fact that I wasn't even in one of his classes a mere footnote in our long-term research relationship."
When asked if they had any other research discoveries on the horizon, Tarter smiled and replied, "I would certainly expect to see more papers with the names Byler and Tarter in this field and possibly other fields in the coming years. And we will certainly let you know when we're ready to release more discoveries."


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School bus transportation
Serving students in the Lanaudière region
Since 2009, Keolis Canada provides safe, reliable and comfortable school bus transportation to thousands of students in the Lanaudière region, from Kindergarten to Secondary 5.
170 drivers
150 school buses
All Keolis Canada school buses are equipped with a telemetry and geopositioning system that enhances the safety of the students and drivers by tracking the exact position and speed at which each vehicle is travelling, along with the exact time when each vehicle arrives at and departs from every stop along its route. This telemetry and geopositioning system gives parents the option of using their cell phone or computer to check the location of their children's school bus in real time.
Our transportation services summarized in a few words:
Safety, Comfort, Professionalism, Expertise, Courtesy, On-time performance, Reliability, Respect for the environment.


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... You are in the audience, the room is dark, the curtain opens, the orchestra begins, and before your eyes is a 20 foot recreation Leonardo DaVinci's The Last Supper. Only this is not like you have ever seen. Your mind tries to convience you what you are seeing is simply a flat image, but you have been told otherwise. Every human figure in the painting is a live person in costume and makeup, frozen in place for several minutes. You squint your eyes to see if anything or anyone moves. Eventually your mind allows you to simply enjoy the beautiful recreations of works of art. You begin to see the colors, the textures, the message that the artist desired to communicate to you through thier brush - The biblical story. Introduce the choir, orchestra, and narration, and you will experience The Story in Art.
The 2017 presentation will feature 12 works of art from historical artist including Leonard DaVinci, Michaelangelo, Carl Bloch; and contemporary artists including Ron DiCianni, Max Greiner, Brian Jekel, and Morgan Weistling walking you through God's story, from creation through today... and tomorrow.
We encourage you to make The Story part of your families Christmas tradition.
Click on the Tickets link above or below this section.
Note - The curtain will be open after each show for you to interact with the cast. This year, we are excited to host a Q&A with the Director, cast and crew after the afternoon shows on Saturday and Sunday. No additional ticket required.
The Story includes painted or sculpted works of art that have been rebuilt by volunteers in three dimensions at life size, populated with volunteer cast members painted to mimic the careful brushstrokes of the original. Once on stage the art is carefully lit with complex stage lighting so that when the curtain opens and we see the scene, we think we are looking at the flat, two-dimensional piece, or the original sculpture. Sound complicated? It is!
When working to recreate these pieces of art for a presentation like The Story, a number of elements must be considered. Art pieces are built at sometimes as much as 10 times as large as the original. Cutouts are made into the backgrounds so that cast members fit perfectly into the piece. Cast members are painted, airbrushed, and costumed to look like marble, bronze, oil paint, ivory, and a number of other materials that make up the original pieces.
Our volunteers serve for 11 months out of the year recreating these art pieces using everything imaginable from a hardware store. Often a single piece can take between three and four months to design, build, and paint to meticulously recreate the original.
"We loved the production. We will not only be back next year, but will also tell others to come to the show and to the church."