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How Youth Leadership is Impacting Philanthropy
April 19, 2017
by Amy Soden
Having worked with five nonprofits and charities thus far in my early career, I have started to notice that there is a specific type of voice adding tremendous value to the philanthropic dialogue: the unique voice of youth engagement. The truth is, fundraisers in functional roles within charitable organizations could not do what they do without other voices reaching the donor. Youth ambassadors and youth engagement are critical to the success of charities being effective storytellers and getting their message out to the broader community.
In my experience working on several nonprofit youth leadership programs, I have met many young people who are eager to contribute to the organization's cause and help raise funds and awareness. I have also had the remarkable opportunity to watch youth from diverse communities or backgrounds step forward to elevate a cause and share their story.
I asked two inspiring youth that I know from my own blind and partially-sighted community what diversity and inclusion means to them personally, as well as asking them to share how they are contributing to the work of the charitable sector.
Meet Jessica Watkin, Ph.D. student at the University of Toronto studying disability, feminist and performance studies. Jessica, who is legally blind, advocates for accessibility and inclusion within the theatre and arts sectors and is actively making change in her community by engaging decision-makers and young leaders alike.
On diversity and inclusion:
"When it comes to diversity and inclusion, I speak for myself and my own experiences, as well as my own personal interests. Although I care deeply about the blind community (and continue to fundraise and volunteer within it), I prefer to work in my desired field—theatre—where inclusion (in particular for people of all walks of life, abilities, and ideas) tends to be in short supply. Not only do I maintain a pedagogy within my academic writing for inclusive theatre, performance, theory, and attitudes, but also in my work within the theatre community as I voice my opinions to artistic directors across Toronto. In the past year, I have sat in two meetings with different artistic directors who have heard my ideas on steps that can be taken to make our theatres, both on stage and in the audience, more inclusive."
On charitable and not-for-profit involvement:
"I work with a few charitable organizations especially in the blind community. In the upcoming year, I will be co-chairing the Canadian National Institute for the Blind's Centennial Celebration in Ontario leading up to March 2018. I am also helping to cultivate a much-needed space for young blind leaders to collaborate and develop their leadership skills in a day-long summit for the Foundation Fighting Blindness. Finally, I am working in tandem with Balance for Blind Adults in Toronto to create a Young Women's Discussion Group for blind women in our area to come together to share resources and ideas about common issues for women.
All three of these projects are important to me because they directly reflect things that I care about within the blind community: celebrating, inclusion of clients and volunteers, youth programming, leadership, young women, safety for women, and personal development. These things matter to me because I can see (pun intended) direct impact from what I do both in the community, with my peers, with coworkers, and in the organizations that I support."
"Above all, what matters to me in both my involvement in purposeful diversity and inclusion in theatres in Canada, as well as the not-for-profit projects that I am working on, is that I hold these values and ideals about life close to my heart, while being challenged in creative and meaningful ways. This work is meaningful in every aspect of my life, allowing my personal fulfillment to go beyond my own development to affect positive change in a broader sense. That's what it is all about, right? The future of these communities? That is what I care about."
Meet Kathleen Forestell, MEd candidate at the University of Toronto's OISE studying counseling psychology. Kathleen, who is legally blind, is a mental health advocate and is passionate about helping people manage their personal well-being. She is leading change in her community by making sports more accessible and by sharing her experience on her blog "Blindsight."
On diversity and inclusion:
"I'm currently working for the Blind Sailing Association of Canada as their youth outreach coordinator. In this role, I run sailing excursions for blind and partially-sighted youth so that they can learn to sail in a way that is accessible to them. We have instructors who describe aspects of the boat and the steps to take while sailing. The youth do all the heavy lifting. I'm also involved with a youth group (run by youth) who are involved with the Foundation Fighting Blindness focusing on peer support, advocacy for accessibility, and leadership development.
To me, diversity and inclusion means accepting individuals who are part of a minority group and are often excluded, and creating opportunities for these individuals to participate fully in activities – from recreation and leisure, to employment and volunteering. Diversity and inclusion are essential for these individuals to be happy, successful, contributing members of society."
On charitable and nonprofit involvement:
"As mentioned, I'm involved with the Blind Sailing Association of Canada and the Foundation Fighting Blindness, both charitable organizations. They advocate for the inclusion of people who are blind or partially-sighted and provide opportunities for these individuals to be a part of a community. Having a sense of community provides a support network and helps people cope with daily struggles inherent in vision loss. For me, being a part of this community has provided me with a sense of purpose and renewed my passion for advocacy and creating awareness."
When young leaders like Jessica and Kathleen share their experiences with accessibility and inclusion, the philanthropic case for support and the impact we're all working towards feels real. While fundraisers will meet with donors to speak about the value of investing in the next generation's well-being – these youth are actively living that value proposition every day in the work that they do. When youth are engaged with nonprofit and charitable causes; sharing their stories, and influencing change through programs and services, the potential is created to elevate diversity and inclusion for people from diverse communities.
I feel so incredibly lucky to be inspired every day by the work that these young leaders are doing. As someone working in the nonprofit and charitable sector, I will do everything in my power to ensure that youth always have a voice.
Amy Soden is a young fundraising professional committed to breaking down barriers for people facing challenges. As communications manager for major gifts & capital campaigns at the YMCA of Greater Toronto, Amy helps donors understand how they can build healthier and more inclusive communities. Amy is visually impaired and volunteers with the Foundation Fighting Blindness National Young Leaders program. She was previously an AFP Fellow in Diversity & Inclusion and a recipient of the AFP National Scholarship. You can find Amy at: ca.linkedin.com/in/amyellensoden


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An act to regulate hairdressers and cosmetologists was passed by the legislature in 1927 along with the creation of the State Board of Hairdressers and Cosmetology. The purpose of the act was to provide for better education through training schools, to license hairdressers and cosmetologists, to provide rules for proper conduct and sanitation, and to provide penalties for violations (S. L. 1927, Ch. 157).
The Governor appointed three women to the Board who were hairdressers or cosmetologists. Each member had to be licensed, and have at least three years practical experience in that occupation, and be a citizen of the state. No two members could be a graduate of, or have any affiliation with, the same school of cosmetology. Board members served three year staggered terms with vacancies filled by gubernatorial appointment. The Board elected a president and secretary from its membership. They met twice a year on the second Tuesday of January and July.
The Board required cosmetology salons to be licensed and to register and renew the license annually. Salons were inspected by the Board before a license could be granted (S. L. 1959, Ch. 321).
Legislation in 1979 directed the Board to adopt necessary rules consistent with the provisions of the North Dakota Century Code. This included standards related to education, examination, and regulation. It also included licensing, safety, and disciplinary rules (S. L. 1979, Ch. 464).
In 1985 the Board was renamed the State Board of Cosmetology. The requirement that Board members had to be female was eliminated. The members still needed three years of practical experience and members served three year staggered terms. Each Board member was qualified by taking the oath of office required by civil officers. The Governor could remove from office a member for misconduct, malfeasance, neglect of duty in office, a criminal offence, gross incompetence, or habitual drunkenness (S. L. 1985, Ch. 477) [NDCC 43-11-03].
The 1995 Board determined the qualifications and fees when applying for a homebound license which allowed cosmetologists to serve the ill and homebound (S. L. 1995, Ch. 401). Voluntary cosmetology services provided to a licensed hospital or nursing home by a cosmetologist would be exempt from licensing (S. L. 1995, Ch. 402).
In 1997 meetings were changed so that the Board could meet any month twice yearly. Legislation gave the Board the authority to employ a secretary, support staff, and other persons knowledgeable in cosmetology to conduct examinations and inspections (S. L. 1997, Ch. 368).
An earlier law stipulating that no two Board members could be affiliated with the same school of hairdressing and cosmetology or be graduates of the same school was changed in 2003 (S. L. 2003, Ch. 360).
The Board was responsible to establish health and safety standards for beauty schools and shops, enforce those standards, and impose disciplinary action whenever necessary. The Board also was to oversee the examination, registration and licensure of beauty schools, instructors, operators, and shops.
Cosmetology schools, instructors, and training:
In order to receive a certificate of registration a school had to maintain on its staff a licensed physician and one competent and qualified instructor for classes of twenty five students. Students had to complete at least 1,000 hours of coursework and training (S. L. 1937, Ch. 137).
Requirements for becoming a school instructor included being a licensed cosmetologists and getting additional training. Students in training to become an instructor needed to be licensed cosmeticians and registered by the Board. Salons needed to employ licensed operators and a salon manager-operator needed to be licensed as a manager-operator (S. L. 1947, Ch. 297).
Schools had to be registered and were required to employ two full time licensed instructors. They had to maintain a ratio of twelve to one for training of estheticians and manicurists (S. L. 2001, Ch. 371). One instructor had to be added for classes of twenty four students (S. L. 2003, Ch. 360).
According to the Century Code the Board required students of cosmetology to register and to provide a list of their qualifications. This allowed the students to become certified and once the student completed training, passed the examination, and paid a fee they could apply for an original license called an operator's license [NDCC 43-11-24].
Licensing and registration requirements:
In 1985 several categories of licensing and registration were required by the Board. The need to take an examination before licensing was a change from the earlier registration requirement (S. L.1985, Ch. 477).
In 1989 the Board established qualifications for the licensing of estheticians and manicurists (S. L. 1989, Ch. 515). This was followed in 1995 with licenses for master estheticians and master manicurists(S. L. 1995, Ch. 401).
A cosmetologists licensed in another state could become licensed through reciprocity without examination if they complied with the requirements, and passed an exam on sanitary practices, and adhered to the laws provided for cosmetologists as written in the Century Code.
Licenses were granted after fees, registration, examinations, certificates, or renewals had been met. The license had to be displayed in a prominent place. License, registrations, and certificates were renewable annually when the continuing education credits had been met (S. L. 2003, Ch. 360).
1927 Creation of the State Board of Hairdressers and Cosmetology. Board membership consisted of three women who were hairdressers or cosmetologists (S. L. 1927, Ch. 157).
1937 Regulations required a school of hairdressing and cosmetology to follow certain criteria before they were given a certificate of registration by the Board. The law also discussed penalties for violations (S. L. 1937, Ch. 137).
1939 A change was made in the qualifications by applicants for examinations and certification. A provision was added for paying fees and clarification of requirements for schools (S. L. 1939, Ch. 150).
1947 Legislation provided the qualifications of conduct for schools and shops as well as for registration and licensing of students, instructors, student instructors, and manager-operators (S. L. 1947, Ch. 297).
1959 Registration certificates were not issued to a salon until an inspection of the business had been conducted (S. L. 1959, Ch. 321).
1971 Licensed barber shops could employ a licensed manicurist to "engage in manicuring the nails of any person" (S. L. 1971, Ch. 432).
1979 Legislation directed the Board to adopt rules consistent with and necessary in carrying out the law. The Board required a list of students and their qualifications (S. L. 1979, Ch. 464).
1981 Legislation required all state occupational and professional boards including cosmetology to license those trained in a specific occupation (S. L. 1981, Ch. 435).
1985 The Board was renamed State Board of Cosmetology. Board members were required to be cosmetologists and when addressing the Board members, the wording changed from "women" to "persons." License and registrations rules changed (S. L. 1985, Ch. 477).
1989 Estheticians and manicurists were licensed by the Board (S. L. 1989, Ch. 515). Those exempt from being licensed were identified (S. L. 1989, Ch. 516).
1995 Licenses were issued for master estheticians and master manicurists. Licenses for homebound services were issued also (S. L. 1995, Ch. 401). Voluntary services provided to hospitals and nursing home were exempt from licensing (S. L. 1995, Ch. 402).
1997 The Board could employ a secretary, support staff, and other persons knowledgeable in cosmetology (S. L. 1997, Ch. 368).
2001 The definition of cosmetology was expanded and the requirement of a student to instructor ratio was changed for schools of cosmetology (S. L. 2001, Ch. 371).
2003 The rule that no two Board members could be affiliated with or have attended the same school of cosmetology was amended. Continuing education was needed for renewals. Student to instructor ratio was changed for training estheticians and manicurist (S. L. 2003, Ch. 360).
2011 Legislation addressed licensing, fees, and practices of licensed cosmetologists. This legislation also included cosmetology salons, estheticians, instructors, manicurists, and schools. Additionally there was a change to the membership and management of the Board (S.L. 2011, Ch. 308).
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aka, Habari Package Manager.
Name It
It needs a name. list and sign your suggestions below. and mybe we can vote or something.
- SuperDuperPackageManagementSystemForHabari --MattRead 14:43, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
- hpm is a grand name --michaeltwofish 00:27, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
uses xmlrpc to make calls to repo/server.
- packages.update
- returns a list of packages, suitable for the current install.
- params are version (timestamp of last update) and Habari_Version.
- server.getInfo
- return info about the server, name, description, etc..
more are planned but not implemented.
all packages are "hosted" on repos. HPM provides support for multiple repos.
The whole repo structure and API needs be thought out some more, It's kinda "hacked" in right now. See HabariPackageRepo_server class.
when the packages.update xmlrpc is made it store all info in the {packages} table in the DB. The package info can then be retreived and displayed to the user to provide "one click" installs/removes.
packages contain the folowing information:
- 'name'
- 'package_name'
- 'version'
- 'description'
- 'author'
- 'author_url'
- 'max_habari_version'
- 'min_habari_version'
- 'archive_md5'
- 'archive_url'
- 'type'
- 'status'
- 'depends'
- 'provides'
- 'signature'
packages are unique by package_name, which is basically the packages "slugified-name". We should prolly make packages unique by a GUID like the beacon update thing.
the actual archive can be hosted anywhere, and does md5 checks to ensure it matches.
type is 0,1,2 for system,plugin,theme respectively. plugin and theme packages can only install to 3rdparty/plugins/ or 3rdparty/themes/. system packages can install to any folder on system, but must have a valid signature. the siganture validation would be done against the habari community server, and send off the md5 and signature to validate, or something...
status will be installed, available, upgrade, or conflict. upgrade meaning there is an upgrade available.
the archives (zip,txt,tar.gz currently supported) use the "PackageArchive" class to do all the archive fetching/manipulation. This class creates a new "ArchiveReader" based on the content type of the archive, and the archive reader does all the unpacking/file manipulation. Any number of ArchiveReaders can be supported and can even be plugins (or packages) themselves. This can allow for the distribution of non-ASL code.
Currently the TarReader is GPL and the ZipReader, uses dUnZip2, is unlicenced (one fo those "email me if you use it types"). TxtReader, to read single file txt files, is ASL.
You can register an ArchiveReader for a content-type like:
PackageArchive::register_archive_reader( 'application/x-zip', 'ZipReader' ); PackageArchive::register_archive_reader( 'application/x-gzip', 'TarReader' ); PackageArchive::register_archive_reader( 'text/plain', 'TxtReader' );
Dependencies and Provides are planned...
packages will depend on and provide "hooks"...
- write the server backend
- write HabariPackages::get to work similar to Posts::get
- implment tags or categories. categories might "limiting" but tags maybe too vague. we could display links for the most popular tags or something to filter the packages displayed. i dunno...
- implement a theme browser and plugin browser. right now they are all grouped together. the interface is good for plugins, but for themes I would like to show the screenshots in a similar list.
- this could be pretty easy with the hpm_packages admin template. we could just have another for plugins and themes.
- integrate better with habari. right now it just copies files to disk and deletes them.
- it may be better to do everything by the "base directory" instead of building the install_profile of every file as we do now. that would make it easier to call activation hooks and such.
- How many actions should there be? "activate, install, deactivate, uninstall". for hpm I think we could narrow it down to simply 2: install (which also activates) and uninstall (which also deactivates). There is the argument that you may want to deactivate without uninstalling though..
- Should we add the uninstall action to the plugins/themes page?
- implement dependencies. should have requires, provides, and recommends.


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The Committee considered the second periodic report of Uruguay
(E/1990/6/Add.10) at its 42nd to 44th meetings, held on 27 and
28 November 1997, and adopted at its 54th meeting, held on 5
December 1997 the following observations:
The Committee welcomes the second periodic report submitted
by Uruguay and the written replies to the Committee's list of
issues (E/C.12/Q/URU/1), as well as the constructive dialogue
conducted between its members and the expert and high-level
delegation from the capital. The Committee notes with appreciation
that the report was prepared in accordance with the guidelines
regarding the form and content of reports submitted by States
The Committee notes with satisfaction that the State party has
ratified the Protocol of San Salvador additional to the American
Convention on Human Rights.
The Committee welcomes the progress made by the State party
in attaining a high rate of literacy, in ensuring free primary
education for all and in making secondary and higher education
free of charge. It also regards positively the establishment
of programmes for less favoured children such as the school
meals programme (bandejas escolares).
The Committee notes that some of the rights enshrined in the
Covenant can be directly invoked before the courts. It appreciates
the list of relevant jurisprudence that was provided with the
The Committee appreciates the steps taken by the State party
to adopt employment policies for the young and for rural workers,
as well as the measures taken to provide further training for
unemployed persons.
The Committee notes the economic difficulties encountered by
the State party, in particular the high rate of unemployment.
The Committee is concerned that despite the efforts and progress
made by the State party to raise the standard of living, a high
proportion of the population continues to live below the poverty
line, in particular the black minority. Furthermore the Committee
is concerned about the surveys conducted among the population
of the State party itself which tend to show that prejudice
against the black minority continues to exist in the country.
The Committee notes with concern that there has been a substantial
decrease in the number of persons affiliated with trade unions
and that the minimum wage is established unilaterally only for
the agricultural sector. It is particularly concerned about
the fact that the minimum wage is totally insufficient to live
on and is only used as an indicator, despite the recommendations
made by the International Labour Organization Committee of Experts
in 1993 in respect of the Minimum Wage-Fixing Convention, 1970
(No. 131) and by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights in 1994.
The Committee considers that the governmental resources devoted
to public health and education are inadequate. In particular,
it is alarmed by the fact that the very low wages paid to nurses
has led to a low ratio of nurses to doctors (lower than 1:5)
in Uruguay, which tends to diminish the quality and accessibility
of medical care available to the community. A similar problem
exists in the education sector, as manifested especially by
the continued deterioration of teachers' salaries in terms of
purchasing power.
The Committee is concerned about the increase in labour related
accidents due to non-compliance with security measures, particularly
in the construction sector, as expressed by the ILO Committee
of Experts in 1995, in relation to Convention No. 62.
The Committee is deeply concerned about the situation of children
in Uruguay. Child labour continues to be a serious problem,
as attested to by the concluding observations of the Committee
on the Rights of the Child, and that the minimum working age
as provided for in ILO Convention No. 138, is not fully respected
in the State party. It is also concerned at the health situation
of young minors in view of the high incidence of obesity and
The Committee notes with concern that the Civil Code retains
a distinction between legitimate children and children born
out of wedlock.
The Committee is also concerned about the continued existence
in practice of discrimination between men and women in terms
of salaries received for equal work. It also regrets the insufficiency
of the information provided regarding the situation of women
in general, and domestic violence in particular.
The Committee is concerned about the large number of persons
with disabilities in the population (7 per cent), of whom 70
per cent are reported to be mentally disturbed, and about the
problem of alcoholism, which leads to high rates of traffic
accidents and fatalities.
The Committee continues to be concerned by the shortage of housing,
the high levels of rent, and the conditions under which forced
evictions may be carried out, particularly for the most vulnerable
The Committee would welcome additional information on the steps
taken by the State party to ensure enjoyment to economic, social
and cultural rights by the black minority, in particular their
right to protection against discrimination.
The Committee calls upon the State party to comply with its
obligations under article 7 of the Covenant and, in particular,
to take steps towards fixing a national minimum wage indexed
to the cost of living in consultation with employers' and workers'
representatives. The Committee urges the State party to ensure
that its existing legislation in respect of the occupational
health and safety of workers is fully implemented and that the
labour inspection system is strengthened.
The Committee recommends that the necessary legislative and
economic measures be adopted to protect the rights of persons
with disabilities and of street children. Particular importance
should be given to information programmes in respect of health
care, both physical and mental. Furthermore, all discriminatory
provisions in the Civil Code or family law in respect of children
born out of wedlock should be repealed.
The Committee recommends that the State party take measures
to increase the real salaries of teachers and nurses.
The Committee urges the State party to take steps to improve
health care for people living in rural areas.
The Committee considers that the efforts made by the State party
to implement an adequate housing policy remain insufficient
and urges it to increase its efforts in this respect. It also
wishes to receive more detailed information on the number of
forced evictions and the manner in which these are carried out.
The Committee urges that greater attention be given to the problem
of de facto discrimination against women and that programmes
be implemented for the eradication of inequalities between men
and women, in both the public and private sectors. It recommends
that appropriate legal measures be undertaken in relation to
crimes of violence against women within or outside the family.
Finally, the Committee recommends that the concerns expressed
in the present concluding observations, as well as the issues
raised during the discussion of the second periodic report which
remained unanswered, be addressed in the State party's third
periodic report, and it urges the State party to disseminate
widely the present concluding observations adopted by the Committee
following its consideration of the State party's second periodic


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I have just published a customizable Funnel chart Visualization Extension for Qlik Sense:
Documentation & Download: github.com/stefanwalther/qsFunnel
thank you very much!
If it's possible why I can't customize number format for a measure, like # ##0 mln?
I know this question has nothing to do with this post but I don't know how to ask you a question about the Data2Webservice extension.
I set it up with your sample web service. I can access web service on localhost and I can set up extension in Qlik but when I Submit to Webservice I get "Error submitting to Webservice 500, Internal Service error" Any idea to fix? All complied correctly in .Net no errors and web service can be invoked but not from Qlik.
Never mind… I got it working. Just a novice Qlik programmer error. Forget I asked.
By the way this is a super extension! Great job. New to Qlik just found your blog today. Very useful and helpful. Really like all your articles.
Hi Stefan,
Your blog we got lot of information about the Qlikview and its very use full information
thank for sharing Qlikview extensions
can i get if you have Qlikview macro for exporting all chart from PDF
here i have company logo and one format i need to export all chart to PDF
which im not able to do it, if you can help me already developed code for exporting chart to PDF
for its great help
Thanks In Advance
Trying to download the funnel chart visualization and the Media Box extension. Both links to "latest version" on Github go to a 404 page. Are the extensions still available somehow? I found the zip files elsewhere on the Github site (https://github.com/stefanwalther/sense-media-box/tree/master/build) in the project build folder, but that version looks like it needs a password.
I have a customer status table.. I couldnt add it to funnel.
Customer id / Customer Status
john active
emma passive
matt N/A
How can i add it to funnel. Which expression should i use ?
Can you send an example expression for funnel chart.
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Cost-effective Arsenic Removal Method Developed By Clarkson Students
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Working on solutions to real-world problems is the hallmark of a Clarkson education.
Now students from the Clarkson Environmental Design Team have tackled the worldwide problem of arsenic contamination of drinking water, and have developed a cost-effective treatment technology to remove arsenic in small water delivery systems and domestic water systems.
The team worked on the project as part of a national contest that challenges student teams to find solutions to environmental problems.
The Clarkson team will present and demonstrate their removal system in the 13th Annual Environmental Design Contest, to be held April 6-10 on the campus of New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The contest is sponsored by the Waste-Management Education and Research Consortium.
More than 13 million Americans have levels of arsenic in their water that exceed the recently established maximum contaminant limit for drinking water. Other countries throughout the world have even greater problems with contamination. More than 40 million people in India alone are drinking water with high levels of arsenic.
But as team adviser Amy Zander, professor of civil and environmental engineering and an expert on arsenic removal, explained, removing arsenic from water supplies is extremely difficult.
"Arsenic is toxic at very low levels in water, so must be removed to very low concentrations. Also, arsenic cannot be destroyed, only changed in form, so removal from water creates a concentrated waste that is potentially more toxic than the water. Finally, much of the contaminated water is found in rural, sparsely-populated areas that makes its removal expensive and difficult to achieve."
"The Clarkson students have found a very simple and cost effective solution for arsenic removal from water," Zander added. "They are passing the water through a bed of an iron-based media that has a very high capacity for adsorbing arsenic and is not greatly affected by competing ions in the water. They have done a wonderful job of tackling the problem and thinking through a workable solution that addresses scientific, health, safety and community acceptance issues."
To compete in the contest, student teams must prepare and submit written design reports, make oral presentations and develop bench-scale models of their solutions that are judged by a panel of experts from government, industry and academia.
This is the eleventh consecutive year the Clarkson Environmental Design team will participate in the international contest. In previous competitions, the team has consistently received top honors and numerous first-place prizes for innovation and efficient designs. This year, Clarkson is one of 66 teams from around the world that will compete in the contest that includes cash awards exceeding $75,000.
The Environmental Design Team is part of Clarkson University's SPEED (Students Projects for Engineering Experience and Design) program that promotes multidisciplinary project based learning opportunities for more than 250 undergraduates annually. SPEED projects involve engineering design and analysis, fabrication, and the enhancement of professional competencies such as budget management, effective teamwork and communication skills. SPEED receives its primary financial support from Alcoa, Corning, Eastman Kodak, the General Electric Fund and Procter & Gamble. SPEED was recognized with the 2001 Boeing Outstanding Educator Award and the 2002 Corporate and Foundation Alliance Award for its exceptional contributions to improving undergraduate engineering education.
Photo caption: (left to right) Clarkson students Matthew Guess and Casey Monagan, members of the Clarkson Environmental Design Team, and Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering Amy Zander discuss the sample set-up for arsenic analysis using an electrothermal atomic absorption spectrophotometer. The work is part of a treatment designed to remove arsenic from water developed by the Environmental Design Team for an upcoming national competition.


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Will insert a piece of code into your WordPress website, which will automatically remove the WordPress version from your header.
This plugin was created by Christopher Ross and is maintained by Meagan Hanes, http://meaganhanes.com https://twitter.com/mhanes/
Updates to the plugin will be posted here, to http://thisismyurl.com/downloads/
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- Where do I ask questions about this plugin?
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Works for me too, WP 4.5.2
The low rating is a surprise to me too.
I installed on 4.5.2 and it works. Not sure if it has caused any conflicts yet but if it does, I'll remove it with no complaints, after all it is only tested up to 4.1.0. and it was released to the community in good faith. It is so simple, install, activate, done. It starts working instantly.
The point of this review is to speak up for plugin developers in general, who in this case have released a very practical useful plugin for free. They give their time and effort so that people like me can create something faster, better and safer, than if I (we) had to delve beyond basic code modification.
So if anyone happens to read this, please show some restraint before leaving totally negative reviews. Why not compliment the idea of a plugin, explain why it didn't work for you and say "Thanks for the effort" . If a plugin is just simply bad, then an honest rating should be applied but feedback to the author first would be a courteous approach and give the author a chance to offer support.
It would be useful if the developers in this case could confirm its version compatibility beyond 4.1.0 as I am sure that more users would adopt it. I found it on a Google search, second result on page one, the search string being "wordpress remove meta tag plugin"
I tried it just for the hell of it
Anyway, thanks for sharing the product of your efforts
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THE DARTOriginal Medium: Comic Books
Published by: Fox Feature Syndicate
First Appeared: 1940
Creators: Unknown writer and Louis Cazeneuve, artist
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By 1940, only two years after the advent of Superman, the superhero fad had so thoroughly taken over American comic books that some were already in their second generation. Not yet in the way Air Wave was the son of Air Wave or the parents of The Inferior Five had been superheroes before them, but at least in the sense that some publishers were replacing worn-out, passé series about superheroes with
brand-new, fresh superhero series. At Fox Feature Syndicate, a third-rate comics producer that pumped out first-rate volume, that year saw The Bird Man replaced in the title Weird Comics by The Dart.
This happened in Weird Comics #5 (August, 1940), which introduced an ancient (pre-Empire) Roman superhero named Caius Martius, who used a sword and the super power of "darting" through the air, which was apparently similar to what his modern counterparts called "flying", to smash ancient racketeers. He got into the modern world himself when, on the very first page, a sorcerer employed by a particularly evil racketeer named Marius cast a spell to make him "dissolve" into a flat rock, where he'd sleep for 2200 years. Right on schedule (and still on the same page), he emerged from the rock, which was inexplicably on display in an American museum despite the fact that it was, then and now, nothing but a flat rock, and found himself in a world completely different from the one he'd known.
Before another page had ended, he'd had his first encounter with an automobile — seeing The Ricarno Gang perform an apparently motiveless drive-by shooting that orphaned young Ace Barlow. He took the boy under his wing and trained him in the superhero arts, including "darting", which appeared to be less a super power than a learnable skill. A few months later, they were both decked out in modern superhero suits and ready to teach gangsters the ancient wisdom that Crime Does Not Pay (no relation). The third page is where The Dart and Ace (who followed the lead of Mr. Scarlet's Pinky and The Black Terror's Tim, and used his own name for superhero work) took on Ricarno and his henchmen. One "origin story" item remained, taking on a modern surname. It was later that his secret identity became Caius Martius Wheeler.
The Dart was created by an unknown writer, with Louis Cazeneuve, an Argentine-born artist who worked for many publishers during the 1940s, including DC, where he once did Lando, Man of Magic; and Marvel, where his credits included Red Raven. He debuted in the lead position of Weird Comics, but Dr. Mortal, a villain protagonist, was on the cover. But The Dart took the cover with #6 and kept it, eventually appearing on as many of its covers as Thor, The Sorceress of Zoom and all the rest of its features put together.
The Dart and Ace far outlasted the character they'd replaced, but that didn't take much. Weird Comics ran only 20 issues, the final one dated January, 1942. That's when the series ended. They never did appear anywhere else.
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Here's the recipe we used for our chocolate cupcakes.
- 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 3 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup milk
- icing sugar
- blue food coloring
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US remains reluctantly tied to global security role
America's military finds itself pulled in several directions - and even the $582bn (£403bn) defence budget rolled out earlier this month will not be enough to satisfy all of its needs.
New challenges - from Russia and the so-called Islamic State (IS) group - are forcing the Pentagon to change its plans, and reopening old arguments about whether its allies are doing enough.
One of the headlines to come out of the new budget was a quadrupling of spending on US military preparations to defend allies in Europe.
When Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, says the alliance is facing its "most challenging security environment in a generation", he is thinking principally of the challenge posed by a "newly assertive Russia".
"The US is doing what they've always done - bail out Europeans unprepared to fund defence properly," says General Sir Richard Shirreff, Nato's number two soldier until two years ago, "but more than that, it's recognition that Europe is strategically vital for the US and that the withdrawal of the last of the US heavy brigades a couple of years ago went too far in the face of the very real threat posed by [Russian President Vladimir] Putin."
Yet the line item in the Pentagon's budget shows an increase from $789m to $3.4bn on measures to improve readiness in Europe.
It's a lot of money, but not compared to the budget overall or to what was lost when the US and other Nato countries cashed in their "peace dividend" at the end of the Cold War.
So the US now plans to have about 250 armoured vehicles pre-positioned in eastern Europe in case trouble flares in the Baltic republics or Poland.
But the number of tanks within that figure (50 or so) is around 1% of the number the US Army had positioned in Europe during the Cold War.
In 2013-14 the number of American tanks actually went down to zero.
The new deployments, and a programme of rolling Nato exercises, will bring some reassurance to Baltic leaders who fear that Russia might try to destabilise them.
European spending
America's reinvestment, it's only fair to say, also contrasts with many European allies who, so far at least, show little sign of living up to promises to raise their defence spending to 2% of GDP.
American annoyance that the Europeans are not doing enough to defend themselves led Robert Gates, then defence secretary, to warn in 2011: "There will be dwindling appetite and patience in the US Congress, and in the American body politic writ large, to expend increasingly precious funds on behalf of nations that are apparently unwilling to devote the necessary resources or make the necessary changes to be serious and capable partners in their own defence."
Proposed Pentagon budget for 2017:
- Total: $582.7bn
- Research and development: $71.4bn
- Aviation procurement: $45.3bn
- Submarines: $8.1bn
- Fighting Islamic State: $7.5bn
- Cyber budget: $7bn
- European Reassurance Initiative: $3.4bn
- Munitions: $1.8bn
Since pledging to boost spending in 2014, several east European Nato members have announced increases. Germany, long criticised by many of its allies, has also said it will add €9bn (£7bn; $10bn) to its military budget between 2016 and 2019.
Yet despite many changes of this kind the authoritative "Military Balance" annual published this month by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, reports, "while these additional funds will provide some relief to defence ministries across Europe, the significance of the announced increments should not be overstated".
So despite the 2011 Gates warning, and the summit pledges, Nato's reality remains much the same.
The Europeans don't want to spend (much) more and however much America may complain, it remains committed to its global security mission.
Russia and China, by comparison, may spend considerably less, but their budgets are rising (rapidly), they buy a lot more (manpower is cheaper for them), and their forces focus on their immediate periphery.
In the Middle East too, the Obama administration finds itself reversing its earlier drawdown in Iraq. It is spending more (for example, $1.8bn to buy 45,000 new guided bombs and missiles to replace those used recently, mostly in that part of the world) and calling on its friends to step up.
US Defence Secretary Ash Carter spoke last week of the "terrific opportunity" for US allies to do more in the fight against IS.
Yet the Americans find themselves being criticised by Turkey and France among others, for ceding the initiative to Russia and failing to act effectively enough over the past 18 months in Syria.
While Mr Carter has spoken of the battle to retake Mosul (which fell to IS in the summer of 2014) being under way, US intelligence officials suggest they do not expect the city to be recaptured this year.
The reality, then, of America's new defence budget is that the Obama years' pattern of long-term decline (of spending as a proportion of GDP) continues.
And even the one strategy that the Pentagon a few years back thought it had - drawing down in Europe and the Middle East in favour of a new emphasis on China and the Pacific - has been frustrated by world events.
Mark Urban is diplomatic and defence editor for BBC Newsnight. You can read more on his blog and follow him on Twitter


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November 9, 2017
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After impressing in three successive away games, midfield tiger Jamie McGuire is hoping he has done enough to secure a starting place for Mansfield Town for Saturday's big home local derby with Notts County (12.15pm).
McGuire and the rest of the players are on tenterhooks until the team sheet goes up and he said: "Nothing's been said yet, so we've just got to see what the gaffer's game plan is.
"I am looking forward to training today and we will see what the gaffer comes up with.
"I am sure he has his game plan and team ready to go with what he wants.
"Whenever the gaffer picks me I've just got to do a job, it's as simple as that. When I go in I think I do my job the best I can do. I rally the troops, get the lads going and I love playing.
"Everyone has done really well, so it's a big decision for the gaffer. That's why he's the boss. That's why he runs the club.
"Let him choose the team. Whoever is in the team and whoever is on the bench, everyone backs each other.
"You have to find a balance. For me, I am up for the game but I have to be a calm influence with me being a senior pro.
"I am sure the dressing room will be rocking on Saturday and ready to go."
Murray calls on fans to unite and help Stags kickstart home form in derby HERE
BIG MATCH PREVIEW: Mansfield Town v Notts County– Saturday, 8th October 2016 HERE
Big decisions for Murray as Stags look to kickstart home form against Notts HERE
Stags won't rule out returning pair for Notts derby HERE
Even when only on the bench, McGuire is always the most animated person and said: "I love it. I can't help it.
"I just love getting the lads going and it's the kind of character I am. I want the lads to win and I encourage them. I try to push them on in the games."
McGuire loves the derby games, saying: "They are big games and good for the fans. Fans love it, we are only 40 minutes away from each other.
"We had a lot of success last year, winning twice. It's massive and all that matters for us is three points.
"I am in my fourth year here now and pushing on. I think I am only one behind Chris Clements, who is the longest serving. I live up here and I know what the town is about.
"I go for a coffee in town, I do a bit of shopping in town, so you stop by people and they are all looking forward to the game. We all are and hopefully we can get a good atmosphere in the ground on Saturday."
McGuire knows Notts are a far better side then when Stags thrashed them 5-0 in April, saying: "They are completely different now. John Sheridan is a good manager and he's got them flying at the moment.
"But I'm not too worried about Notts County. Let's worry about Mansfield Town. It's all about us on Saturday.
"We go into it with our main objective a massive three points.
"Let's get the fans in, that atmosphere going, and make it a day to remember."
Stags have not won or scored in four home matches and he added: "We're not going to hide from it. I think we've played well at home to be honest and created a lot of chance, but we just haven't put them away.
"The two solid away trips we've just done at Accrington and Crewe, we've done really well and I thought should have won those games as well.
"We are where we are. We can't do anything about it. We need to kick on. But we are in a nice place now in that if we can get a good win on Saturday we can start getting some more results. Let's kickstart our home form on Saturday in a big derby.
"We want the fans to be our 12th man and back us. You want them to kick every kick and head every ball. When this ground is booming we know what it's about don't we?
"We need a front foot performance from all the boys. We need to get at them and get in their faces, as they say, as it's a derby."


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The $37.3 million in revenue bonds authorized by Palm Beach County commissioners will be used to pay for more government office space and parking as well as to refinance some debts at a lower interest rate.
Here is what the commission decision Tuesday allows the county to do:
(BU) Refinance the $20.2 million in bonds sold in 1981 to build the county Governmental Center as well as $6 million in short-term notes sold in November to purchase the county garage next to the courthouse.
(BU) Purchase, for $2.5 million, the Law Building across the street from the courthouse. It should be accessible by Oct. 1 for the Felony Division of the State Attorney`s Office.
(BU) Provide, for $2.8 million, two floors in the county Governmental Center for the Public Defender`s Office as well as three floors for county government. The Clerk of Courts and the judges in the courthouse would also get more space.
(BU) Provide $1.25 million needed toward a $2.8 million purchase of downtown West Palm Beach property that will provide 600 free parking spaces for county employees.
``The refinancing is very necessary and no question the county should do it,`` said Internal Auditor Jack McGregor Wednesday.
``The other question is, `How do you meet your additional need for space and parking?` Financially, I concur with the decision.``
Refinancing the bonds sold to build the governmental center from 11.125 percent to today`s rate of 9.5 percent would save taxpayers $85,000 annually, county Financial Adviser Russell Hawkes told the commission Tuesday.
And, while the short-term notes sold to purchase the county garage still have 18 months before final payback to investors, the underwriting firm of Smith Barney recommended refinancing the notes with the bonds.


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Over the past 11 years, oil companies have grown their exploration and production budgets by a 15% compounded annual growth rate to a staggering $650 billion. In 2014 and 2015, oil companies are expected to pull back their deepwater offshore budgets to focus on major oil and gas shale formations in North America.
Meanwhile 17 ultra deepwater (UDW) rigs are scheduled to be delivered between 2015-2016 that have yet to be contracted. This upcoming slowing in demand with increased supply has led many Wall Street analysts to become very bearish on the industry over the short term.
Barclays, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, and Barron's have all expressed severely negative sentiment on the strength of industry dayrates over the next two years.
However, on a long-term basis, the strength of offshore drilling, specifically UDW drilling, represents one of the best investing opportunities investors are likely to find in this overheated market. This is because UDW oil production is predicted to grow by a 19% CAGR between 2012 and 2030 (compared to 1% CAGR for land-based oil production).
This will require 165 more UDW rigs than exist now or are scheduled to be built. Thus the long-term outlook for the UDW drilling industry is one of rising dayrates, profits, and dividends.
This article is meant to highlight three specialized small-cap drillers that each possess a strong growth catalyst to deliver market-smashing returns to patient, long-term investors.
North Atlantic Drilling (NYSE:NADL) is a subsidiary of Seadrill, which retains 70% ownership in the company. The company operates eight harsh environment rigs (five UDWs and three jack-ups) with one UDW under construction. The investment thesis for this company comes in three parts.
First, the company has a strong $2.6 billion backlog of contracts; it is 99% contracted through 2014 and 73% through 2015. This will minimize the impact of short-term industry weakness in pricing and ensure stable cash flow that secures the dividend, one of the other main reasons for owning this company.
With a 10.8% yield that is covered 2.6 times by earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization, North Atlantic's dividend is not only safe (and one of the highest yields in the entire market) but likely to grow in the future.
Which brings me to the final reason to invest in this company -- the growth potential represented by Arctic oil exploration. There are a projected 44 billion to 157 billion barrels of oil in the Arctic (and 299 to 1,547 Tcf of natural gas), and much of it is under the ocean.
As companies such as ExxonMobil and Rosneft explore the Arctic Ocean (joint venture with 36 billion barrels of oil to drill), they will turn to the experts in harsh environments and UDW drilling, experts such as North Atlantic Drilling.
Pacific Drilling (NYSE:PACD) is one of two 100% pure UDW drillers -- Ocean Rig UDW (NASDAQ:ORIG) is the other -- and its fleet of five rigs (with three more under construction) represents the eighth-largest UDW fleet in the world. A major competitive advantage for Pacific Drilling is that, at an average age of just 1.9 years old, it has the most modern fleet in the world.
An exciting investment catalyst for potential investors to consider is management's proposal that Pacific Drilling will begin paying a generous dividend in 2015 ($152 million). Should shareholders approve the plan, the annual dividend of $0.72 per share would yield 6.6%, representing the third-highest yield in the entire industry (behind Seadrill and North Atlantic Drilling).
Management is guiding for 52% CAGR EBITDA growth through 2015 (up to $600 million in 2015), which means the dividend would be very well covered (EBITDA/dividend ratio of 4) and have room to grow quickly in the future.
Combine one of the fastest-growing companies in a fast-growing and promising industry with such a generous dividend and you have the makings of one of the best dividend growth stocks in America.
Ocean Rig UDW is another pure-play UDW company with eight UDW rigs and three more under construction. These three are seventh-generation rigs, the most advanced in the world, and will likely have little trouble securing high-paying contracts.
Ocean Rig's UDW fleet is the sixth largest in the world, and at just 3.1 years old it is the fourth newest. With a strong backlog of $5.6 billion (up from $1.6 billion in 2012), an average fleet dayrate of $526,000, and a 95% utilization rate, Ocean Rig stands toe-to-toe with the best UDW drillers in the industry, most notably, Seadrill.
Foolish takeaway
The recent price collapses in offshore drilling stocks are an overreaction to a brief slowdown in the industry that will mainly affect legacy drillers with large, older, less advanced fleets. The companies listed above all have among the youngest, most technologically advanced fleets in the world and will likely ride out the short-term weakness with ease. For patient, long-term investors, these companies offer not only a chance for strong capital gains but also high and growing dividends as well: the trifecta of investing.
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The Petaluma Panthers Junior Pee Wee football team (9-11-year-olds) will compete Dec. 14-17 in the first Pro Football Hall of Fame National Youth Championship.
Billed as the "Little League World Series of Youth Football," the tournament will be played in Canton, Ohio, home of the National Football League Hall of Fame.
To get invited to the championship tournament the Panthers defeated Grants Pass, 36-0, and the Santa Rosa Stallions, 12-6, in a competition that began with teams from Northern California and 10 other states.
To reach the pinnacle, the Panthers have been practicing and playing under coach Mario Giomi and his staff since mid-July, but the work actually began even before the young athletes played tackle football.
It began in a flag football league organized by St. Vincent head football coach John Antonio. The players stayed mostly together as they moved up the tackle-football ranks.
"The players know one another and they play well together," said Antonio. "Every player has a role, and they are good at it."
Both Giomi and Antonio work for the Petaluma Police Department.
To help make the Panthers' dream trip possible, a gofundme page has been set up at gofundme.com/petalumapanthersJPW.
Donations can also be made directly at any Exchange Bank location. Checks should be made payable to the Petaluma Panthers — Attention: Jr. Pee Wees National Championship Fund, and can be mailed to P.O. Box 4671, Petaluma, CA 94955.


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I have done several things to help this situation, but I keep losing internet access every time I log on. I did the winscockxp fix, repair desktop, cwshredder, and the ad-awareSE. The last one is the only thing that allows me to get onto the web. I have to run it every other time I access websites. I can not change my desktop settings and keep losing ability to surf the web. How do I get rid of this thing (trojan-spy.html.smitfraud.c) and restore my desktop to the way it was. Thanks for your help,
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Artist Nichole Gronvold Roller's life is so full it's amazing she finds time to create art, and yet she's quite prolific.
At her rural Tremont home Monday morning she was preparing for her next show, which opens April 1 at Jefferson Street Studio & Gallery in Morton. Paintings were lined up along the walls in her living room and the largest, a highly-detailed 4-foot by 5-foot canvas called "Current Sense of Direction: Rivers & Roads" eclipsed the windows in her sunny studio.
With three children, ages 12, 10 and 4, a husband, two English Bulldogs and a full-time job, Roller has her hands full. Most people in that situation would struggle to make art. Roller, who is particularly driven, has found a way. One reason she's so successful is because she's able to integrate her studio practice into her job as art teacher at Tremont High School, a situation that's beneficial not only for Roller but her students as well. She's been teaching there for 16 years.
"In our roles as teachers, we're not there just to teach, but also to guide them," explained Roller. "By showing them we have passion for what we are doing, we are presenting them with an example of what a person can do."
Roller evolved into her role as artist-teacher. When she first got the job at Tremont she had recently graduated from Minnesota State University with a bachelor's degree in fine art education. For the first few years of her career she spent most her time creating lesson plans and develop her teaching skills, but as Roller became more comfortable with the job she found more free moments during class, especially with the advanced students who work independently most of the time. During those quiet moments Roller began working on her own projects. Her students were very interested in what she was doing.
"It opens up a dialogue," said Roller, who often asks her students to critique her work as it progresses. "From what they say I can see what they understand. If they don't think something is working they will call me out on it."
There is a creative give and take between the artist and her students. Roller begins each class with a demonstration, often inspired by something she's doing in her work. The students will in turn incorporate the technique into their compositions in their own special way.
Roller was tentative when she first began working on her own projects during class — she felt a little guilty. But she got encouragement from both her principal and her students.
"If I wasn't working on something, they would ask me why I wasn't," she said. Roller began to realize that her own projects brought an extra level of learning into the classroom.
The concept of artist/teacher was such an interesting revelation to Roller it became the topic of her master's thesis. She recently earned an MFA through an online program with Boston University. In "Understanding How the Role of an Artist-Teacher May Impact Student Learning and Teaching Practice" Roller's research showed that "... an artist-teacher working alongside learners in a studio setting promoted a comfortable working environment that increased student interactions and dialogue."
A lot of conversations were inspired by Roller's latest piece, "Current Sense of Direction: Rivers and Roads," even before she brought it to her classroom. Because the piece is so big, Roller first started it at home where she planned to leave it.
"I usually take pieces back and forth, but this one was so big, I left it at home," she said. "But then, as time went on and I wasn't working on anything, my students started asking me what I was working on. And then they started giving me grief for it."
Roller brought the canvas to school and set it up in her room where students could watch her work. The piece was inspired by a new map in the school hallway.
"There was a big arrow that said you are here," said Roller. "I'm terrible with maps. It was a really pretty map, but I just didn't get it."
Roller began to think about the map and how difficult it was for her to understand, and she related it to her life.
"In life I know where I am — I'm a mom, a teacher and an artist. Those things give me gravity." At times, however, complications in life can be unsettling and cause a person to lose their bearings.
The piece takes a high perspective on a series of platforms in an ultra-modern living environment. Architectural spaces — both interior and exterior — often show up in Roller's work.
"I do a lot with these levels," she said. "I call it my platform series." In the lower levels are a series of pools filled with the lyrics of the song "Rivers and Roads" by the band "The Head and the Heart." And in the upper level is a house filled with Roller's own words — thoughts on what it means to be an artist/teacher. Throughout the piece arrows point in different directions, and there's also a series of numbers which are both decorative and imbued with meaning.
"One of the numbers is my classroom number," explained Roller. "My male students in particular wanted to crack the code." They spent a lot of time trying to figure out what the numbers meant. "I said 'some I will share, and some I won't because they're too personal.'"
Art is often a personal thing. Sharing it with a room full of teenagers might be intimidating to some artists.
"I'm putting myself out there just like they are. And I don't always succeed, and they see that," she said. But it's a role that works for Roller — sharing her studio practice with her students has been mutually beneficial.
"The students inspire my art, and I hope I can inspire theirs."
Leslie Renken can be reached at 686-3250 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow her on Twitter, @LeslieRenken, and subscribe to her on Facebook.com/leslie.renken.


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sparky000052638 on Jun 5, 2013 wrote:I'm a life promethean and I haven't gotten the Forest Lord pet or the Gnome pet I'm supposed to get. (Sorry if this doesn't fit the topic of CL but this doesn't belong in any category and you're usually in CL when you're level 58 so I figured maybe here.)Does anybody know why? I looked it up and Moolinda Wu never gave me any quests to me. I know getting my Forest Lord pet involves going to Vestrilund and talking to Grina Cursebreaker, and I have done Wintertusk. I have my satyr too, by the way. Also, I know to get the Gnome I need to have the Forest Lord so can anybody help me?
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I thought I'd write a few posts this week about our trip to South Africa, and today I want to talk about the good, hospitable, hard-working folks we enjoyed. We flew into Johannesburg and spent most of the first week in Pretoria — the capital of South Africa and home to the University of Pretoria.
Marius Nel, a pastor and NT teacher at the University, kindly met us at the airport — and it is incredibly helpful to be met by a local for transportation after a lengthy international flight. He took us to a lovely guesthouse near Pretoria's famous Wonderboom (sp?) and then he and his wife, Jampie (also a pastor), were wonderful hosts for us that week. We visited a number of places, including Nelson Mandela's home, the cradle of humanity, and sites around Pretoria. I gave a public lecture at the university about why folks walk away from the faith. It was a stimulating session for me, and I hope for the listeners. We were happy to hear the newspaper wrote a big piece about the lecture. (The piece was in Afrikans, so I couldn't read a word!) Marius also attended the conference in Stellenbosch, and the picture above is from our evening dinner at the Wijnhuis. Many pastors in South Africa have PhDs, and I wish more American pastors would follow in their steps.
In Stellenbosch we were hosted by Coenie Burger and Communitas, a ministry of the Dutch Reformed Church that focuses on pastoral education. I will write more about this conference later this week. Coenie arranged for us to stay at Just Joeys, a wonderful guesthouse a few hundred yards from the University and theological faculty offices. The easy access we had, both to the church were I spoke on Sunday and to the university, made our life so much easier.
We've been to Stellenbosch twice, and both times in May — and that means the onset of South Africa's winter. After a morning conference on Friday with some local pastors, we had Saturday for some sightseeing — in the rain and wind and mist. We were blessed to have had Andre Serfontein be our escort throughout the day … and escort us he did. He took us into the vineyards around Stellenbosch — to Tokara and to La Motte, where we were treated to an expert explanation of their wines (and samples to boot!). Andre, who is a pastor at Stellenbosch Congregation and who sings very well in their band, took us then to Fransjhoek for lunch and more views. Wondrous! That evening his kind wife, Ann, joined us at a nice restaurant in Stellenbosch (Cognito). Their hospitality for our sightseeing day made us deeply grateful for their kindnesses.
Now I skip to Thursday, our last day in South Africa — Theo and Wilma Geyser, along with little Lucca (a miracle baby), took us on a grand tour of Cape Town — to see Table Mountain (last time it was covered with mist), to Hout Bay for a splendid lunch on the ocean bay, to a shore where we saw hundreds of penguins up close, and then along the coast and back to Stellenbosch for a wonderful evening meal at a vineyard (Vredeheim). Again, splendid hospitality from the wonderful, kind, and loving folks in South Africa.
Kris and I want to say once again to the Nels, to the Burgers, to the Serfonteins, and to the Geysers — "buyadonkey!" We will never forget your kindness to us.
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Welcome to Mooseport (February 18/04)
Welcome to Mooseport is a textbook example of a film that manages to coast along on good vibes for a while, but eventually becomes tedious and irrelevant. It doesn't help that the film chugs along for almost two hours, an overlong running time that seriously undermines the positive elements that emerged at the outset.
Sitcom star Ray Romano makes his starring debut as Handy Harrison, a handyman in a small town called Mooseport. He lives there with his girlfriend of six years, Sally (Maura Tierney), who is becoming impatient with his reluctance to propose. When a popular former president named Monroe Cole (Gene Hackman) decides to move to Mooseport, the town citizens decide he'd make one heck of a mayor. Monroe accepts, not realizing that Handy has already thrown his hat into the ring - thus initiating a feud that's not entirely solely about the election (Monroe asks Sally out on a date, a move that rightly angers Handy).
Welcome to Mooseport contains one of those predictable storylines that one expects from a film of this sort, but initially, that aspect doesn't present that big of a problem. Director Donald Petrie keeps the pace quick, and the actors are exceedingly engaging. Hackman is expectedly charismatic, and though this is far from his best performance, this is the kind of role the actor excels in. Romano doesn't fare quite as well, despite his undeniable knack for comedy; his whiny manner of speaking starts out endearing but eventually becomes grating. The film contains a lot of enjoyable supporting performances - particularly Rip Torn as a crusty advisor and Fred Savage as an insecure minion - which is all well and good, until the movie begins to wear out its welcome (no pun intended).
Silly comedies generally don't fare all that well at over 90 minutes, and Welcome to Mooseport is no exception. There are just not enough elements in Tom Schulman's screenplay to keep us engaged for almost two hours, and the cliched nature of his script becomes harder and harder to ignore. The quirky small town folks that populate Mooseport are as quirky as one might expect, with stereotypes such as The Sassy Black Lady and The Gregarious Rabble Rouser wandering in and out of the frame. And since we know exactly how all this is going to end, the trek to the film's conclusion eventually becomes tiresome.
Welcome to Mooseport is inoffensively entertaining, a perfect home video rental.
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