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Brown Wins "Roadless Rule" Victory, Protecting 40 Million Acres of Forest Land from Development
Sacramento – Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today won a "profoundly important decision," protecting 40 million acres of pristine forest land from development by reinstating a 2001 rule banning road building and commercial logging that had been repealed by the Bush Administration.
"This is a profoundly important decision because it brings to a halt the ill-considered development plans of the Bush Administration and preserves for generations to come 4.4 million acres of prime California forest," said Brown.
The reinstatement of the 2001 'Roadless Rule' confers permanent protection on 40 million acres of pristine and near-pristine national forest land through prohibitions on road building and commercial logging. A portion of the protected land – 4.4 million – is in national forests in California.
The "Roadless Rule" was adopted at the end of the Clinton administration after years of study and public review. The rule generated more favorable public comment than any administrative action in the history of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The Bush administration, however, wasted no time in launching a legal assault on the "Roadless Rule." Initially, the administration failed to defend the rule from legal challenges and timber and oil/gas industry attacks, and ultimately repealed it in 2005 without conducting its own environmental analysis.
In response to the Bush Administration's efforts to undo the rule's protections, the California Attorney General's office, along with New Mexico, Oregon and Washington, filed a lawsuit in 2005 in the Northern District of California Court to reinstate the rule.
In 2007, the Northern District of California issued a decision agreeing that the rule had been unlawfully repealed and reinstated it nationwide. However, the Bush Administration immediately appealed to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals seeking to overturn the decision. Today's ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reaffirmed the Northern District's 2007 decision.
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Leroy 'Sugarfoot' Bonner
Lead singer and guitarist for Ohio Players
Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner, 69, lead singer and guitarist for the Ohio Players, a band that fused rock, soul and funk for a string of R&B; hits in the 1970s, died Saturday in a Dayton suburb after battling cancer, his family announced.
The Ohio Players, known for their brassy dance music, catchy lyrics, offbeat sound effects, flamboyant outfits and provocative album covers, topped music charts in the 1970s with hits such as "Love Rollercoaster," "Fire," "Skin Tight" and "Funky Worm."
Born in Hamilton, Ohio, in March 1943, Bonner teamed up in the late 1960s with core members of a group called the Ohio Untouchables to form the Ohio Players. The band had a string of Top 40 hits in the mid-1970s, and continued to perform for years afterward. He remained active in recent years with a spinoff band called Sugarfoot's Ohio Players.
Bonner had said he learned about music in Hamilton, where he was the oldest of a large family, playing harmonica, learning guitar and sneaking into bars as an adolescent to play with adult musicians.
He wound up in Dayton, where he connected with the players who formed the band. Their lineup changed at times, but featured horns, bass, guitar, drums and keyboards.
"Love Rollercoaster" gained new fans through a 1990s cover by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Lloyd Phillips
Producer won Oscar
for live-action short
Lloyd Phillips, 63, an Oscar-winning movie producer whose credits included "Inglourious Basterds," "The Tourist," "Vertical Limit," "The Legend of Zorro" and the latest Superman remake, "Man of Steel," died Friday of a heart attack in Los Angeles.
Phillips, a longtime resident of Malibu, was stricken at his home and died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, according to his representatives at ICM Partners in Los Angeles. His agent Paul Hook confirmed his death.
Born in South Africa on Dec. 14, 1949, the son of an engineer and a writer, Phillips grew up in New Zealand, a country that became his own. In 1981, he became the first New Zealander to win an Academy Award when his film "The Dollar Bottom," about an enterprising Scottish boy who sets up an insurance scheme against being caned for his boarding school classmates, won for best live-action short.
Phillips began his career as a photojournalist, then graduated from the National Film School in England. In addition to his Oscar-winning effort, other early films included "Nate and Hayes" in 1983 with Tommy Lee Jones and "Ruby Cairo" in 1993 with Andie MacDowell, Liam Neeson and Viggo Mortensen.
His more recent Hollywood credits included the 2009 Quentin Tarantino film "Inglourious Basterds" with Brad Pitt and "The Tourist" in 2010 with Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp, as well as "Man of Steel," which is scheduled for release in June and stars Russell Crowe, Amy Adams and Henry Cavill as Clark Kent/Superman.
Donald F. Hornig
Presidential advisor,
Brown University chief
Donald F. Hornig, 92, a scientist who served as a key figure on the Manhattan Project, an advisor to three U.S. presidents and president of Brown University, died Jan. 21 in Providence, R.I., said his son, Chris. He had Alzheimer's disease.
A Harvard-trained physical chemist, Hornig worked from 1944 to 1946 on the Manhattan Project at the Los Alamos, N.M., laboratory, which developed the atomic bomb during World War II. He was one of the youngest group leaders and designed the firing unit that triggered the simultaneous implosion of the bomb's plutonium device.
Hornig sat in a tower with the bomb the night before the first test of the weapon amid a thunder and lightning storm. In a 1968 interview that was held at Lyndon B. Johnson Library, he recalled the moment the bomb was detonated.
"The minute the firing needle dropped off and I knew it had detonated, I dashed out the door in time to see the fireball rising into the sky," he said, later continuing, "I was awe-struck, just literally awe-struck. This thing was more fantastic than anything I had ever imagined."
After the war, he joined Brown as a chemistry professor in 1946. He moved to Princeton in 1957.
Hornig served as a member of the President's Science Advisory Committee for Presidents Dwight Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy and then as special assistant to the president for science and technology in the Johnson administration.
He was named Brown's president in 1970 and stayed at the Ivy League university until 1976. Hornig then joined Harvard University's School of Public Health, where he was founding director of its Interdisciplinary Programs in Health, which focused on health, the environment and public policy. He retired in 1990.
Hornig was born March 17, 1920, in Milwaukee and was the first in his family to go to college. He earned a doctorate in physical chemistry from Harvard in 1943.
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Sometimes, it seems, the best and most promising pieces of Free Software can be found in the most unlikely places. OpenGoo is no exception. For those unfamiliar with OpenGoo, it is a GPL'ed web office and productivity suite, similar to Google Docs. I don't think that most people realize OpenGoo IS the future, not only because of its quality, but also because of its growing need and development model.
OpenGoo fills the largest gap in the world of Free Software today: being able to access and use one's data equally from anywhere in the world. This gap doesn't just exist in the Free Software world, however. Software as a Service (SaaS) has been trying to fill this gap for some time now. Free Software and Open File Format advocates use the analogy of "packaging up your data and mailing it to a random company" as an analogy for why people should use Free Software and Open file formats. People can't understand or connect to this analogy, because the file is right there on their computer. They feel this is just an exaggeration, since the document is sitting there on their hard drive. With SaaS though, people are going to come to realize, after the first large server break-in/crash, that they are giving up all rights to their files. What can you do, though? If you want to access your data on the cloud, there seems to be only one choice: sending it off to some random company and praying that they return it when you need it.
As a self-hosted web application, OpenGoo is practically perfect. The user's data is accessible from anywhere. That user can view and edit his/her data using only a web browser, and still have complete control over all of the data. Pretty soon, the OpenOffice, Kontact, and even Microsoft Office that we know today will vaporize and be unneeded. As more and more internet-connected devices hit the market, it will become so much more practical to put all of one's information online instead of confined to a single computer.
The only major flaw currently in this system is the absence of an "offline mode". To make data truly accessible, it is important to be able to access it whether connected to the internet or not. Most of the time, especially on desktop computers, people are online. But what about mobile access? Anyone who owns a laptop, cell phone, netbook, or pda will understand what I mean when I say, "Internet access isn't always available." With this additional feature, OpenGoo would become the most accessible Free Software platform for productivity. Coupled with the overwhelmingly large number of flexible features for a variety of practical usages, it would turn OpenGoo into a truly unique solution for almost anyone wishing to be productive.
Not only is OpenGoo itself innovative, but its business model is genius! While a select number of project have been using a similar method, OpenGoo really nails it. They have an option to "sponsor a feature" on their site. Instead of spending money to restrict oneself with a proprietary package for a desired feature, why not pay someone to implement it in a Free Software solution? This makes the features accessible to anybody, and carries a similar, if not slightly smaller, price tag for business users. Since sponsored features appear in the normal releases, these releases are of higher quality than they would have been otherwise. These features obviously benefit the end users, but they also help out the developers. The developers have started a company called FengOffice to cater to businesses and provide hosting/maintenance. It brings the accessibility of Free Software to those who do not have the time, resources, and/or interest to support it.
It may bring up the question of why other Free Software projects don't adopt this business model. The answer to that is more disappointing than it would seem. In order to peak interest, one must have a solid piece of Free Software. In order to have a solid piece of Free Software, one must have the financial means by which to develop it. In order to have the financial means by which to develop it, one must peak interest in the product, spiraling the process into an infinite loop.
There are a few ways to get around this, however OpenGoo found their own way. The one that comes to most peoples' minds is the study of "Shuttleworthology". If an individual can get filthy rich by other means, like Mark Shuttleworth did, then there is certainly a starting point. Anyone with that much money should consider using that money for good purposes, such as developing software to benefit the general public like Shuttleworth did. While Shuttleworth didn't end up using this business model, it is still a good example of how to get a Free Software project rolling.
Nobody from OpenGoo struck it rich in the stock market or had a long lost rich uncle die, though, so how did they get started? It's simple: by exciting people about a really cool project, and then opening up commercial services later. Until recently, none of these commercial ventures were opened. Now there are a large number of people working to help this company make money. Ask Microsoft if that ever happened to them! (Okay, that's a bad example, people help Microsoft all the time with every non-coding related task imaginable.) The spreadsheet component is a great example of 3rd party work bettering OpenGoo and FengOffice (even though it is not implemented quite yet). The number of Javascript spreadsheet editors already available is very limited. This component was created by computer science students as a project, and will be merged into the main trunk soon.
I strongly suggest anyone with even the slightest interest level check out OpenGoo and FengOffice. It is really an extrordinary piece of software, and does not recieve nearly as much credit and recognition as it should. Not only does it fulfill a desperate need, but it does it in style.


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Learn how to tension screens the right way and enhance the quality and efficiency of your work.
By Bron Wolff
In this industry, you can find about a million different theories on just about every aspect of the printing process, whether it be taking the lid off an ink bucket or tensioning screens. Despite the countless hours represented by the combined experience of printers throughout our industry, we still can't agree on many fundamental aspects of the printing process. It doesn't help matters that very few of us can offer scientific evidence to explain why our ways are the best ways.
Many misconceptions make their way into screen-printing books, magazine articles, and other literature, and a lot of what I see in print I don't agree with, or at least take exception to. I think that sometimes, despite good intentions, authors don't follow through with the complete story. Or they present information that's accurate only for certain situations, environments, or applications, but treat it as a universal truth that can be applied across the board.
Based on what I've been reading recently, there is some confusion about mesh tensioning. In response, I'd like to present my theories on the subject.
To me, there is only one way to tension mesh, and that is tightly. I can think of only one type of application in the industry where loose screens can be of any benefit. And that is with jobs involving some round or odd-shaped objects where lower tension allows the mesh to conform to the shape of the part.
In every flat-stock application, however, high tension produces better quality and faster production speeds. The down side, according to one author I recently read, is that you ruin more screens by using high tension. In my opinion, you only ruin high-tension screens if something else is wrong with your printing procedures. If you keep a lower off-contact height, reduce the pressure of the flood and squeegee strokes, keep dirt off the mesh and substrate, and keep press beds level, you'll be amazed at what the higher tension will do.
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When the recession hit in late 2008, Life Time Fitness, like so many club companies in the industry, curtailed its plans for expansion. Whereas Life Time had planned to open 10 to 12 clubs per year, the Chanhassen, MN-based company slowed that growth to about three new opens per year.
Now in the third quarter of 2011, Life Time is primed to accelerate its growth with more capital and less debt. In the second quarter, Life Time retired $70 million of mortgage debt and increased its credit facility from $470 million to $660 million, extending its term to June 2016. The company now has bank commitments totaling nearly $900 million.
"This speaks volumes about the strength of our balance sheet and cash flow," Life Time CEO Bahram Akradi said in a second quarter financial call with analysts.
The company plans to grow its number of clubs through both new builds and conversions, although Akradi wouldn't offer specifics, only saying, "We're all over it."
Life Time is just one company eyeing expansion. Other companies that are private have made overtures, according to various industry sources, over the past few months. The major players either have the cash or are more able to get the credit to grow their companies. The result could mean industry consolidation, likely driven by only those major players.
Several companies, like Life Time, have adjusted their credit facilities. Last year, JP Morgan launched a $675 million loan to refinance debt at 24 Hour Fitness, San Ramon, CA. The refinancing, according to an Internet report, will eliminate significant debt maturities this year and next.
Also last year, Equinox, New York, increased its debt facility from $400 million to $425 million. Earlier this year, Town Sports International (TSI), New York, refinanced its $350 million debt that includes a seven-year loan facility that matures in 2018.
(After this story went to press, TSI, during a second quarter earnings call with analysts, reported its best results since fourth quarter 2008. Also after this story went to press, Equinox announced it had acquired The Sports Club Co.)
All of this is good news for the industry, says Mark Mastrov, co-founder and chairman of New Evolution Ventures, Lafayette, CA, which operates Crunch, New York.
"The banks have opened up and started to refinance some of these bigger companies out there," Mastrov says, "which means there's a trickle-down effect for the regional players and the mom-and-pops to go out and get refinancing."
It also means companies armed with new financing are better equipped to grow, and, perhaps, to wheel and deal.
Why Now?
Although no major club deals had been announced as of press time, two deals were close to realization. In April, LA Fitness, Irvine, CA, was reportedly in talks to acquire Urban Active, Lexington, KY, but the deal fell through. LA Fitness had received a $300 million acquisition loan from GE Capital prior to almost acquiring Urban Active. Sources say that LA Fitness may still use the loan for another acquisition.
The biggest speculated deal in the industry, prior to press time, involved rumors that Gold's Gym International, Irving, TX, was acquiring Bally Total Fitness, Chicago. Despite having knowledge of the negotiations, several industry observers nevertheless doubted that the deal would come off and questioned Gold's motive for acquiring Bally. After this story went to press, a source said that Gold's and Bally officials were meeting to discuss due diligence. Neither company would comment about the deal possibility.
One possible merger may be under the radar now but could intensify in the weeks ahead. 24 Hour Fitness is eyeing Lifestyle Family Fitness, St. Petersburg, FL, sources say. When asked about the rumor, 24 Hour said in a statement that it does not comment on market rumors or speculation about mergers and acquisitions.
A lot of factors are creating the market activity in the industry now as opposed to two or three years ago. First and foremost is the improving debt market, says Rick Caro, president of Management Vision, New York.
Another reason, Caro and others in the industry say, revolves around the timetable of private equity firms. After about five to seven years of investment in a company, private equity firms will seek a return on their investment through a sale or an acquisition. Forstmann Little and Co., for example, invested in 24 Hour six years ago when it bought the company for $1.6 billion.
A third reason, Caro says, is that potential sellers in the industry now realize that they did not have a realistic exit strategy.
"Prospective buyers were not willing to pay the prices of 2007 and early 2008," Caro says. "Sellers were not willing to accept lower offers. Hence, few deals got done. [Potential sellers] are now willing to seriously explore deals where they would not have done so in late 2008 to 2010."
One of those sellers could be JP Morgan, which, along with Anchorage Advisors LLC, acquired Bally's equity from bankruptcy in 2009.
"If they can find a buyer that can come in and recapitalize what they lost, they're probably going to put a transaction together at some point," Mastrov says of JP Morgan. "But it's a deep-pocketed bank that could hold onto [Bally] for a long time if they want to."
Gold's should have the wherewithal to make an acquisition. The company is privately owned by TRT Holdings Inc., whose portfolio includes Omni Hotels. TRT is owned by Robert Rowling, whose reported net worth is $4.2 billion, putting him 69th on the Forbes 400 list.
Partnership Capital Growth, San Francisco, is a boutique investment bank that has worked with several clubs, including Gold's Gym, Equinox and Anytime Fitness, Hastings, MN. Over the past 12 to 18 months, 24 Hour, LA Fitness and Life Time Fitness have all improved their ability to complete transactions, says Brian Smith, director of Partnership Capital Growth.
Eric Schiller, vice president of Partnership Capital Growth, adds: "A lot of entrepreneurs have been looking at timing of the market and when is the time to exit. I think that the market now is starting to heat up, and we will see some exits in the next 12 to 24 months."
What's Next?
Although no major health club deals have been consummated so far this year, most industry observers agree that the fitness industry is heading toward consolidation.
"I think there's some consolidation going on in the industry for two reasons," Mastrov says. "One is that some of these club groups are having to come to market and sell. [And], people with good balance sheets are capable of doing larger deals. It's pretty obvious that LA Fitness has a very strong balance sheet and they can do whatever they want to do. They're by far the strongest financial company in the industry, in my opinion. If you look at Gold's, you have a very wealthy individual who owns that business, and he has the firepower to pull off a transaction like acquiring Bally."
But to what extent of consolidation is the industry heading? The 2008 documentary film "Food, Inc." outlined the growing consolidation in the food industry, where only five or fewer corporations control the majority of that industry. Observers in the club industry say the fitness business will not experience the same result because this industry still has too many clubs for just a handful of club companies to control.
"The biggest chain, outside the YMCAs, has 400 [clubs]," Mastrov says. "Even if the top five guys got to 1,000 each—which would be a miracle—it would only be 5,000 of 35,000 clubs. It's just not an industry that consolidates that easily, and it's not an industry that I see getting to that kind of a point any time soon."
Smith echoes Mastrov's opinion that consolidation may not be realistic right now because only four operators have the scale and ability to buy a lot of assets to force consolidation in the marketplace.
"With that, you need a robust credit market. In the last 36 months, we have not seen that," Smith says. "And so their ability to take on leverage to pursue acquisition has not been there."
Smith adds that 24 Hour, LA Fitness and Life Time, while having the most capital to work with, are being disciplined in what they are willing to pay. Because there are a lot of opportunities in the marketplace, companies are not willing to pay seven to eight times EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization), which makes it more difficult for private equity firms that want to exit to do so, Smith says.
Schiller adds that larger strategic companies are deploying capital with a 25 percent-plus expected return on their investment, which means they need to exceed a 25 percent return when they buy a club. Purchasing an existing club requires rebranding, which requires cash, and spending cash on rebranding diminishes the returns more than building a new club in an existing brand.
"I think that's why we haven't been seeing a lot of consolidation to date," Schiller says.
That has not stopped some companies from considering acquisitions, but they are looking to do so at the lowest price because multiples are down and because it is still difficult for many companies to raise capital and borrow money, Mastrov says.
"I think a lot of people are looking to shop a little bit," Mastrov says. "If there's an opportunity out there, people will look. You're going to need some serious cash firepower to buy some of these big brands, and there's not a lot of money out there on the sidelines waiting to jump into the industry. That's why you're seeing more consolidation among players who might have capital like LA Fitness or Gold's Gym."
Whether or not those two companies close on a transaction remains to be seen.


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August 2, 2001
House Passage of H.R. 1140
The Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act of 2001
On July 31, 2001, the House of Representatives, by a vote of 384-33, passed H.R. 1140, the Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act of 2001.
Under the bill, Social Security benefit payments will be certified for payment by the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) on the records of workers with either 10 years of service covered under the Railroad Retirement Act or 5 years of such covered service accrued after December 31, 1995. (SSA will have to identify and review any cases now paid by SSA that may have to be certified for payment by the RRB effective January 1, 2002.) The bill would have no apparent effect on the interchange between the Social Security Equivalent Benefit Account and the Social Security trust funds. (This interchange reflects the difference between benefits and revenue that would result each year if employees and retirees who have been covered under tier 1 of the Railroad Retirement program had instead been covered under OASDI.) The bill would have no effect on the long-range financial status of the Social Security program.
Specific bill provisions follow:
Amendments to Railroad Retirement Act of 1974
- Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to increase benefits to railroad employees and their beneficiaries and to revise financing of the pension part (tier 2) of the railroad retirement system.
- Provides for a guaranteed initial minimum amount for surviving spouses of deceased railroad employees. Bases such amount on the tier 1 and tier 2 benefit that would have been payable to the employee at the time of the award of the surviving spouse's annuity.
- Repeals the reduction in tier 1 annuity components for employees and spouses prior to age 62, thus providing for full tier 1 annuities to employees at age 60 with 30 years of service and to spouses of employees with 30 years of service at age 60.
- Reduces the vesting requirement for railroad retirement benefits for employees and survivors to 5 (currently 10) years of service, based on service after 1995. Sets forth computation formulas for individual annuities through railroad retirement and Social Security benefit systems.
- Repeals a maximum limit on annuity benefits payable to an employee and spouse under the railroad retirement system.
- Establishes a Railroad Retirement Trust Fund (the Fund) and a Railroad Retirement Investment Trust to manage and invest Fund assets.
- Abolishes the Railroad Retirement Supplemental Annuity Account and provides for transfer of its funds to the Fund. Provides for transfer to the Fund of certain portions of the Railroad Retirement Account and of Social Security Equivalent Benefit account funds.
- Transfers to the disbursing agent from the Dual Benefits Payments Account the amount necessary to make dual benefit payments.
- Requires the Railroad Retirement Board to calculate the ratio of assets to benefits to determine annual tier 2 tax rates for employers, employee representatives, and employees.
Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt the Fund from taxation.
- Repeals a supplemental annuity tax that railroad employers pay to finance a benefit for long-time rail employees.
- Provides for adjustments to railroad employers, employee representatives, and employee tier 2 tax rates.
A companion bill, S. 697, was introduced in the Senate by Senator Hatch (R., UT) on April 4, 2001, and was referred to the Committee on Finance. The Senate bill currently has 71 cosponsors.


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Subway crash in London kills 43
On this day in 1975, a subway crash in London kills 43 people. The driver of the train apparently made no effort to brake as the train headed toward a dead end. The reason for his inaction remains a mystery.
The southbound Northern City Line train was making its usual run into the Moorgate tube station before 9 a.m. It had left Drayton Park a few minutes earlier carrying commuters heading to their jobs in London. Though the line ended at the Moorgate station, the train did not slow as it passed the platforms. Instead, witnesses said it appeared to be accelerating. Past the end of the platforms, the rails headed toward an overrun tunnel, which was followed by a sand pit and a small water buffer. The train headed straight through the tunnel, pit and buffer, and directly into a brick wall at the end of the tunnel.
Rescue efforts were extremely difficult as the most seriously injured passengers were riding in the front two, most inaccessible, cars. It took 12 hours before the final survivor was freed and nearly five days until the authorities reached the front cab and the body of the driver, 56-year-old Les Newson. After investigators found no indication of a mechanical failure, they began to focus the inquiry on Newson.
The delay in reaching Newson's body made it nearly impossible to assess whether or not he had used alcohol before or while driving the train, but there were no signs of drug use. Newson was found with the device for braking in his hand, but there was no evidence that he had tried to use it, leading to some speculation that the crash was a suicide. Investigators at the time did not find this theory compelling, in part because Newson had 300 pounds in his pocket that was to be used to buy a car for his daughter later that day. Other speculation is that he was paralyzed by some sort of seizure or simply let his attention wander at the wrong time. No definitive conclusion was ever reached. Thirty years after the fact, however, a son of one of the victims made a documentary renewing the case for suicide.
Following this disaster, the London Underground installed an automatic braking system in end-of-the-line locations.


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and the winner is....
Jill said...
I love them all but my favorite is the casual holiday. I'm all about comfort with style!
Thu Dec 10, 09:41:00 AM
CONGRATS, woman! Happy shopping!!!!
This is a compensated review by BlogHer and Loft.
I must admit, when I heard that I would be trying on clothes at LOFT (used to be Ann Taylor LOFT)...I didn't fully understand the differences between Ann Taylor and the newer division company: LOFT.
Allow me to share my research findings between the two stores:
Ann Taylor:
high quality
classic looks
high end prices
older business class women
majority of items are dry clean only
(where your mom shops)
casual chic
trendy and classy
great quality at a reasonable price
middle to younger business professionals
majority of items are machine washable
(where you shop)
HOW HAVE I NEVER WALKED INTO THIS STORE BEFORE?!?! It was love at first sight!
When discussing age-appropriate apparel, my friends and I often talk about how we are "stuck"...you know, stuck in between a "teenybopper" and a middle-aged mom. It is a common conversation among women my age (29 & knockin' on thirty's door), am I right?
But I'm tellin' ya, girlfriends---look no further! LOFT is exactly what I was looking for and caters to all the many different aspects of a woman's life. BlogHer hooked me up with: a $200 LOFT gift certificate (thank you, BlogHer!), an amazing professional stylist
(thank you, Bret!), and a very talented professional photographer (thank you, Heather!).
We were given 45 minutes to complete a "Style Challenge"--where we put together three perfect holiday looks from LOFT: the perfect party outfit, an office-to-party outfit, and a casual holiday look. Here are pics from my very own, SUPER fun, LOFT SHOPPING PARTAAAY!
Perusing the aisles before we begin--SO many cute things to choose from!
Trying to find the perfect combination...Modern Boot light wash jean with a swirl appliqué T-shirt and toggle-button sweater coat.
Look #1: Casual Holiday...a laid back look that will keep you cozy and cute during your downtime this holiday. Black cords paired with a chiffon blouse, complete with a stylish gray sweater coat and long fringe necklace.
Bret working his magic! (Umm, can you come shopping with me every time?)
Look #2: Office-to-Party...a versatile look that you can transform from office-appropriate to party-ready in no time! Cuffed, wool striped trouser pants with a cascading ruffle blouse and soft velveteen blazer.
Lets not forget the SUPER cute bauble necklace! (They have THE BEST accessories! I was in heaven.) I LOVED the royal blue shirt paired with the long magenta beads. I'm all about colors that POP!
Look #3: Perfect Party Outfit...from low-key style to full-on glamour, an outfit that will make you shine at any get-together. A beautiful party dress with an iridescent sheen paired with a long knotted rope necklace. Simple and smashing!
Okay--now down to business...what to purchase?! My dressing room was filled to the brim with layer after layer of adorable clothing & accessories!
I hear great things about LOFT denim- so I enlisted the help of my uber-fashion-extraordinaire stylist to find me a pair of skinny jeans that I could wear with my (previously purchased from another store) boots. I am TERRIFIED of skinny jeans, but LOVE the boots-over-jeans look that is so hot right now. (yes, I just used the phrase "so hot right now"). Here's what we put together! I LOOOOVE them! Bret made me a believer.
SOOOO...What did I make it home with???
The adorable gray sweater coat and the Modern Skinny dark wash jean (Regular, Size 6).
The Deep Twilight Blue Corsage Crew Neck Cardigan with "jewel" buttons (I LOVE the girly corsage- which dresses up your ordinary cardigan. LOFT was full of cute tops with ruffles and frills---right up my alley! SO hard to choose!)
Modern Boot Cut light wash jean (Regular, size 6) which fits me PERFECTLY--LOFT denim runs true to size, which is SO nice. Oh, and by the way- these jeans were on sale for $14.99! (Playing with my little monkey- Ethan...one of my 2 yr old quadruplets! Click HERE to see more of my precious family)
And if you know anything about me...you know I just couldn't pass up this awesome necklace! Accessories are KEY in taking an outfit to the next level. (and I LOVED the blue and purple combination)
Is LOFT a good "fit" for you? Here are some things to consider...
The store at NorthPark in Dallas, TX was well organized and easy to maneuver with super friendly and accessible staff members. You can find LOFT stores inside a mall or outside shopping center (Click HERE for a store locator). They have special store events like last Saturday-there was a live DJ playing, the atmosphere was fun and relaxing--just an all around great experience. Did I mention there were free snacks and drinks on this particular day? I was comfortable and did not feel out of place---you know, like at those teenybopper stores where you are the oldest person in there? Yah- not the case at LOFT!
Trendy. Casual. Fun! I texted my hubby & several friends on the way home and told them that I just found my new favorite place to shop--(no lie!) If you are looking for fun and flirty---LOFT has it. If you are looking for classy business attire---LOFT has it. If you are looking for casual and comfy---LOFT has it. And the greatest part about it- is that you can mix and match everything! Such a versatile collection of cute, affordable clothing---exactly what I'm looking for in this economy.
I also love their easy-to-use online website. If you want a quick way to check out some of their styles, click on "Looks We Love" ...its like having your own personal stylist right there in the computer! See below for an exclusive coupon before you start shopping!
A quick run down on their prices:
Tops- $9.99 (sale price) to $49.99
Pants/Skirts- $19.99 (sale price) to $89.99
Dresses- $39.99 (sale price) to $100+
Jeans- $14.99 (sale price) to $79.99
JUST SAY NO- to "Mom Jeans"!
LOFT recently re-tooled all of their denim fits and washes to make them a perfect fit at a remarkable value. I 100%, absolutely found this to be true with my experience. The two jeans that I tried on, I purchased (MODERN BOOT & MODERN SKINNY). I didn't have to size swap--I knew my size, tried on my size, and was ready to go! Which is SO nice and time efficient. Their jeans average around $59- which I think is affordable for the quality of the denim.
Some of my closest friends and family are short in stature and it is challenging to find appropriate fitting clothes (pants especially). The fact that LOFT has an entire section devoted to their petite collection shows just how much they try to cater to all body types.
LOFT has provided an exclusive coupon to BlogHer and our blogger readers to shop in-store nationwide. CLICK HERE for coupon, valid through 12/31/09.
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Tell me your favorite LOFT look, out of the 3 outfits we pulled together, and you will be entered to win a $200 LOFT gift card! Just leave a comment below.
Outfit 1: "Casual Holiday"
Outfit 2: "Office-To-Party"
Outfit 3: "Perfect Party""
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A Veterans Challenge Gospel Fest will be held from 3-9 p.m. Saturday at the former Expressions/Brody's building at Vernon Park Mall.
A Veterans Challenge Gospel Fest will be held from 3-9 p.m. Saturday at the former Expressions/Brody's building at Vernon Park Mall.
The Gospel Fest is a celebration of God and community, Debby Guthrie, director of the Veterans Challenge, said.
�We�re really excited because there�s so much talent in the area,� she said. �� If Kinston were the gospel capital, that would be a good thing to be known for.�
Performers include Living Waters Praise Team, Wings of Joy, Gospel Crusaders, EnterAction youth praise and dance team of Groundbreaker's Ministry and recording artists Aaron Banks of Yaheveh Concept and Eldress Lessette Kornegay.
Groups associated with veterans include Clay Johnson & the Gospel Sounds with veteran Ronnie Heinz; Air Force veteran and recording artist Darrius Shackleford, better known as �Shacky D�; 7-year-old Crystal Cheyenne and her church choir from Faith and Deliverance Church, pastored by Navy veteran John Flowers; and the Gospel Visionaires, including Vietnam veterans Frank Roberson and Lloyd Dove.
There will be a $1,000 cash drawing. The ticket holder must be present to win.
Kinston High School's champion girls and boy�s basketball teams are invited to attend at no cost.
Tickets for active duty military and veterans are $5. The general public will admitted for $6. Children 12 and under are free. Tickets can be purchased at the Veterans Challenge office (second door from DMV) or IFIXNC in the mall, or at the door.
Food, CD's and other memorabilia can be purchased at the event. There are plans to have future praise nights open to the general public from 6-9 p.m. on the second Monday of each month at the same location.
A slide show and video will be made of the Gospel Fest. To see past local slide shows, visit veteranschallenge.org and click on the events to the left.
Half of the proceeds from the event will go to the costs of the event and half will provide funding for a future planned veterans pavilion in the former Expressions building.
Guthrie said she envisions a place for events such as the Gospel Fest, cookouts, games and activities for veterans.
�We consider veterans as anyone that�s been in the military,� she said.
The Veterans Challenge was founded in October 2011 by Guthrie and her daughter, Army Staff Sgt. Charity Hilterbrand Smith, to assist veterans with their needs.
Their mission is to �advocate and promote the general welfare and prosperity of U.S.military veterans by providing training, assistance and referrals for vets and immediate family members,� according to their website.
The agency�s priority goal is to have a camp for combat post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health symptoms, Guthrie said.
�There are so many needs with mental health and suicide,� she said.
Guthrie said an anonymous donor is seeking the family of a deployed service member with home repair needs and a son who has stepped up to be the man of the house. If that story fits your family, send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Veterans Challenge office in the mall is available for appointments for veterans assistance from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call for information or an appointment at 252-933-3540.
Margaret Fisher can be reached at 252-559-1082 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @MargaretFishr.
Breakout box:
What: Veterans Challenge Gospel Fest
When: 3-9 p.m., Saturday
Where: Vernon Park Mall, former Expressions/Brody's building
Cost: Veterans, active duty $5, general public, $6, children 12 and under free
Tickets: Veterans Challenge (second door from DMV) or IFIXNC in the mall, or at the door
For information: Call the Veterans Challenge, 252-933-3540


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The Deliverance
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This CD should greatly interest all Jimmy Smith collectors, including those who already have the original LP. In addition to four excellent selections (quintets with altoist Lou Donaldson, Tina Brooks on tenor, guitarist Eddie McFadden, either Art Blakey or Donald Bailey on drums and the organist/leader), there are three previously unissued numbers from the same gig, featuring the quartet of Donaldson, Smith, McFadden and Bailey. The repertoire is filled with blues and bop standards and the soloing is at a consistently high and hard-swinging level. Jimmy Smith fans will be pleased. ~ Scott Yanow


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Monday, July 8, 2013
Evan Williams Single Barrel 2003
I've never been a huge fan of the Evan Williams Single Barrel series, but I always like to try a new whiskey. As per usual, this year's release is just shy of ten years old, having been distilled in 2003.
Evan Williams Single Barrel 2003, Barrel 170, 43.3% abv ($25)
The nose is very grainy with light caramel. On the palate, it's very corny with just a touch of spice. The finish is peppery and slightly soapy. This is a well done bourbon which emphasizes the corn in the mash. The rye notes are so subtle that it almost has some wheater like qualities.
This is definitely one of the better Evan Williams Single Barrels I've had (and I've had most of them), and the good thing about this release is it's always a good deal and easy to find.
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Question: I have a 2003 Evan Williams Single Barrel 2003. The back label states that it was barreled on 4-1-01 (and I presume it was not meant as an April Fool's joke), barrel no. 540, and bottled on June 14, 2013. Does this make it a 2001 Evan Williams, or a 2003 Evan Williams? And it appears to be 12 years, not the 9-10 it generally is touted as being. Also, is it common to round up a few barrels at the end of a production year run, to meet orders? Thanks.
- July 10, 2013 at 1:26 PM
- sku said...
Anon, what leads you to say that it was a 2003?
- July 10, 2013 at 4:39 PM
The front label says Evan Williams 2003. So my presumption is, that when they were bottling, they attached the label after filling the bottle. What I have no clue about is when, in the process, they attach the back label with the barrel/bottling dates number information. I have purchased over the past several years other editions of Evan Williams Single Barrel, and only found six months or so, on the end side, of being older than 9-10 year range. So, it appears that either the date of barreling was done incorrectly, or if accurate, that the attention goes to the year of bottling in that series. It just struck me as odd, and made me wonder if when a particular year is a success, and they want to keep up that years sales demands, did they go for an older barrel. Thanks for your attention to this question.
- July 11, 2013 at 5:57 AM
I was wondering about the same thing. Mine is barrel number 541, 4-1-01, but says 2013 on the front label.
- December 19, 2013 at 11:45 PM


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JinJur — SuicideGirl of the Day [PICTURES]
Meet JinJur, a SuicideGirl who has a thing for Han Solo, lost her virginity to a pro athlete and loves online flirting. Han Solo huh? Looks like she won't let just any guy take a peek at her 'wookie.'
Name: Jinjur
Age: 20
Location: Poland
Current crush: Tom Hughes, Han Solo
Body mods: Sparrow on my arm, horse on my side and a tongue piercing.
Sign: Sagittarius
I lost my virginity: To a pro athlete!
Cigarettes: I have black lungs.
My diet: Omnivore.
Alcohol: I am a complete drunkard.
My drug use: Drug free.
I'm looking for: A man.
My kink factor: Talk dirty to me…
My politics: Politics, who cares?
Pot: Nope.
My status: Single.
My idea of a good time: When I go out, ANYTHING can happen.
I want: Romance, friendship and online flirting.
Into: Tall boys.
Hobbies: Horse Riding, drawing and tattoos.
5 things I can't live without: Cigarettes, beer, horses, black eyeliner and pizza.
Vices: Always late.
I spend most of my free time: Doing absolutely nothing or playing computer games.
1. The White Stripes
2. Wolfmother
3. The Dead Weather
4. The Kinks
5. The Hives
6. Sleigh Bells
7. Boston
8. Pink Floyd
9. Garbage
10. ZZ Top
1. In Bruges
2. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
3. Hot Fuzz
4. Fanboys
5. Snatch
6. The Boat That Rocked
7. The Tracey Fragments
8. Girl, Interrupted
9. Star Wars – The Old Trilogy
10. Inglourious Basterds
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2. Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There
3. Adverbs
4. The Penultimate Peril
5. Watch Your Mouth
6. The Basic Eight
7. How to Dress for Every Occasion by the Pope
8. Artemis Fowl
9. The Carnivorous Carnival
10. the rest of A Series of Unfortunate Events
TV shows:
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2. Bones
3. American Dad
4. Modern Family
5. nip/tuck
6. The Big Bang Theory
7. Shameless
8. The Inbetweeners
9. How I Met Your Mother
10. Misfits
Video Games:
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2. American McGee's Alice
3. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
4. Need For Speed: Carbon
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7. Black & White
8. Black & White 2
9. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
10. Lucinda Green's Equestrian Challenge
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DALLAS (AP) — Monta Ellis dribbled near midcourt with the clock winding down in a sluggish first half for the Dallas Mavericks.
He made a pullup jumper off that isolation play, triggering a big finish for Dallas' new playmaker.
Ellis scored 24 points, including 13 in the third quarter when Dallas took its first lead, and the Mavericks beat the Philadelphia 76ers 97-94 Monday night.
Ellis had 19 points in the second half and added a game-high 10 assists and two of Dallas' 11 blocked shots.
"I don't think I was being aggressive enough in the first half," said Ellis, who has scored at least 18 points in all 11 games with the Mavericks, the longest streak to start a career in Dallas. "We weren't clicking as a team. They took us out of our game."
Two nights after a 37-point loss in New Orleans and playing without budding star Michael Carter-Williams for the fourth straight game because of a foot injury, the Sixers held the Mavericks scoreless for the first 5 minutes and led by 10 in the first half.
Even after losing its lead for good late in the third quarter, Philadelphia stayed close behind Evan Turner, Tony Wroten and some late 3-pointers from James Anderson.
Turner had 26 points, nine rebounds and seven assists while Wroten had 19 points and five steals.
The Sixers were down six with just 30 seconds left, but one of 20 Dallas turnovers kept them alive. The outcome wasn't settled until the Mavericks inbounded with 4.8 seconds left and Shawn Marion had a breakaway dunk that came just after the final buzzer, leaving the final margin at three.
"I thought we battled and showed a lot of heart to come back from arguably our worst performance in New Orleans, and we lost to a good team," Philadelphia coach Brett Brown said.
Dirk Nowitzki and Marion had 20 points apiece for the Mavericks, who began a stretch of seven of nine games in Dallas. Nowitzki had 10 rebounds, and Marion chipped in seven.
The Mavericks pulled even twice in the third quarter before finally taking their first lead when Vince Carter knocked the ball loose as Hollis Thompson was going up for a layup.
Jae Crowder ended up with the ball on a breakaway but gave it up to Marion for the dunk and a 70-69 Dallas lead with 1:44 remaining.
Philadelphia had the ball down just 90-87 in the fourth, but Samuel Dalembert had one of his three blocks on a drive by Turner.
Jose Calderon was wide open for a short jumper on the other end but passed before getting the ball back beyond the arc and hitting for a 93-87 lead. Calderon had 14 points and was 4 of 10 from long range.
Coming off the bench for the first time this season, Dalembert also had eight points and a game-high 14 rebounds.
"I explained the situation this morning," Dallas coach Rick Carlisle said. "He was great about it. It's a case of a guy who didn't let that affect him. He came in and he was a big factor."
Anderson finished with 14 points, including 3-of-7 shooting from 3-point range. Thaddeus Young struggled from the field at 6 of 18 but still finished with a double-double at 12 points and 11 rebounds. Spencer Hawes had 10 points and 11 boards.
The Sixers shot just 38 percent and made only 12 of 22 free throws, numbers best illustrated by a sequence of three missed shots, four missed free throws and four offensive rebounds all in the same possession when they trailed 86-81 midway through the fourth quarter.
"I think we played our hearts out," Turner said. "Once again, we didn't help ourselves at the free-throw line but we just have to keep up the intensity."
Ellis didn't get his first basket until the 2:12 mark of the second quarter. But it wasn't because he was missing. He was just 2 of 4 from the field before halftime.
Carlisle's move to replace Dalembert, his center, with Crowder, a forward, in the starting lineup backfired at first.
Crowder went 0 for 5 with two turnovers while Dallas went scoreless in the first 5 minutes before Nowitzki hit a baseline jumper after Marion rebounded a missed 3-pointer by Crowder, who scored two points on 1-of-8 shooting but did have six rebounds.
NOTES: Dallas rookie PG Shane Larkin made his NBA debut late in the first quarter, four months after breaking his right ankle in the final practice before summer league. He immediately had a steal, and his first assist was on a bucket by Nowitzki. He finished three points, three assists and three steals. … The teams combined for 12 missed shots to start the game before Turner hit a jump shot with 9:10 left in the first quarter.
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text: Home- Faculty Search- Faculty Directory- Jane Pinchin Colgate Directory FACULTY DETAIL < BACK TO RESULTS Jane PinchinThomas A. Bartlett Chair and Professor of English, Emerita p firstname.lastname@example.com Degree BA, Harpur College, SUNY Binghamton; MA (1965), PhD (1973), Columbia University Professional Experience Thomas A. Bartlett Professor in the Department of EnglishChair, Department of English, 2005-2013Acting Director of the Picker Art Gallery, 2003- 2005Member of the Bowdoin College Board of Trustees, 2003-presentVice President for Academic Advancement, 2002-2005Interim President, 2001-2002Provost and Dean of the Faculty, 1994-2001Director of the Division of the Humanities, 1991-1994Director of the Division of University Studies, 1987-1991University Professor and Chair of General Education Core"The Modern Experience" 1984-1987 Specialties E.M. Forster and Virginia Woolf, Bloomsbury, Wallace Stevens, the Brontes, women in literature, contemporary literature, and the annual teaching of Living Writers and LWOnline. Interests Modern Greek literature, E.M. Forster, Alexandria, Bloomsbury in fiction and painting, Virginia Woolf Publications Alexandria Still: Forster, Durrell and Cavafy (Princeton University Press, 1977 and American University in Cairo Press, 1989) Chapters on Lawrence and Gerald Durrell in Blood Brothers: Siblings as Writers (1983) Articles in Critical Essays on Lawrence Durrell (1987) and in Twentieth Century Literary Criticism, Modern Fiction Studies and The Christian Science Monitor. Alejandria: Cavafis, Forster y Durrell, translated by Andres Arenas and Enrique Giron (Almed, 2005), preface on Cavafy translation and reception, in English and Spanish.


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Freshmen Research Projects Proving Successful
SOCORRO, N.M. June 20, 2013 – A new initiative to engage freshmen is taking off like wildfire. The Living Learning Community program was initiated in 2011 with one cohort of students. This past year, the program was expanded to three groups of freshmen, with two more groups added in for the coming academic year.
The program groups about 20 students together in linked classes and living on the same floor of the same dorm. They also undertake a year-long research project.
This year's three cohorts were in Mobile Computing, Earth Sciences, and Sustainability. The Mobile Computing group created new Android apps. The Earth Sciences group, dubbed "SpaceShip Earth," conducted four experiments in LincolnCounty. The Sustainability group worked on projects that included installation of wind turbines and photovoltaics on campus.
In the program's third year, which starts in the fall 2013 semester, two new Living Learning Communities will come on line. Physics professor Dr. Peter Hofner will lead an astronomy group that will build a radiotelescope to observe Jupiter. In mechanical engineering, Dr. Julie Ford and Dr. Michael Hargather will lead a group that will build experimental rockets.
So far, professors, students and staff are giving the program rave reviews for engaging new students and improving the rate at which they return for their sophomore year.
Geology professor Dr. Penny Boston led the Spaceship Earth teams. She entered the program with low expectations of producing meaningful research, but was impressed by her students.
"They are doing science in an ensemble way," she said. "They are just out of high school with no field or lab experience and they stepped up to the plate. I am stupefyingly proud of them … and they're all coming back next year."
She split her cohort into four teams that each conducted a separate-but-related research project about the ecosystem around SnowyRiver in LincolnCounty. Students did (1) remote sensing, (2) how fire affects forest biology, (3) geobiology and (4) geology. Each of the four groups presented their research at the Student Research Symposium in April.
(At right, Dr. Penny Boston (center, in hood) talks to her freshman Spaceship Earth class.)
Boston said she expects each team to be able to publish their results. She has consulted with Greer Price, director of the Bureau of Geology and a special student edition of New Mexico Geology is planned that will feature those papers and research from other students.
In each cohort, students typically are together for two or three classes each semester. The Living Learning Community concept intends to not only help students learn and develop positive study habits, but also help them make friends and connect to the institution.
(At right, students hike at the Valley of Fires State Park near Carrizozo during a field excursion for the Spaceship Earth class.)
Omar Hurab, a chemistry sophomore, participated in the first LLC last year and was hired as a teaching assistant, or "learning coach," for the sustainability cohort this year.
"I met my first friends at Tech through the LLC and we're still friends," he said. "You can get help on anything 24/7. All of us know each other; we study together and do homework together. It was awesome. I applied to be a learning coach because I felt like the freshmen needed a learning coach with experience [in the LLC]."
Daniel Gruenig, a freshman in computer science, said, "The LLC is about doing research and it's been a rewarding experience to design and present research."
Jason Kritter, another freshman, said, "We live together and it's very easy to work together. And where else can you do research as a freshman?"
That camaraderie also helped the instructors. Dr. Ken Minschwaner of the Physics Department said he found that he didn't have to repeat himself very often.
"If 10 people have a question in the lab, I don't have to show all 10," he said. "They teach each other."
In the initial LLC group on sustainability, environmental engineering professor Dr. Frank Huang took a strong engineering approach. Minschwaner, in the project's second year, took an atmospheric physics approach that coordinated laboratory activities with topics covered in Dr. Sharon Session's LLC course on weather and climate.
In each cohort, the classes are tailored to relate to the overarching theme. In the build-up to installing renewable energy equipment atop WorkmanCenter, students learned MATLAB, launched a weather balloon, measured the sun's spectral output to calculate its emission temperature, and applied trigonometry skills to calculate the changing angle of sunlight through the day.
"I feel they need exposure to MATLAB early so they can plot and analyze data," Minschwaner said. "And because the angle of the sun during the day plays a big part in how much solar power you can get, that's a real-world application of trigonometry. It's a good way to involve math."
In addition to Boston's class, her Spaceship Earth students took an English class with Roland Rowe that dealt specifically with taking field notes and writing abstracts. They also took two sections of chemistry with Dr. Michael Pullin, who adapted the curriculum to take a novel approach and look at water and the environment to illustrate chemical principles.
Boston also had assistance from Dr. Jan Hendrickx, a remote sensing expert in hydrology, Title V Project Director Lisa Majkowski and graduate student Drea Killingsworth, who provided instruction on writing and presenting research.
Dr. Jun Zheng taught the computer science cohort. His group was divided into four teams that each created an Android cell phone app that can serve Tech students, employees and visitors.
The four apps are (1) a campus map created in Google's App Inventor, (2) a campus app written in Java, (3) a bookstore app that also links to other book sellers, and (4) a user-friendly interface with Moodle, the campus portal for academics.
(At right, three students present their research during a Computer Science Department seminar. This team was working on a mobile app for Droid phones that includes interfaces to New Mexico Tech online services and a campus map.)
"They're freshmen – you don't know what they'll produce," Zheng said. "But it's amazing what they can do. The majority of them don't have a programming background, so this is a good introduction."
Each team divvied up the tasks to finish their projects. The ultimate goal of the project is to develop apps that make campus life easier – to be more efficient and more productive students or to facilitate navigating campus for newcomers.
Each of his four teams presented their work at the Student Research Symposium in April. They presented three posters and one oral presentation. He hopes that the campus map app can be launched in the near future and available via Google Play.
By Thomas Guengerich/New Mexico Tech


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The year is 2016, and the world is in dire straights. It seems that crime and vigilante rule have taken over, and the few remaining law agencies have taken to hiring bounty hunters to help carry out their work. You'll play as a mercenary named Ashe, a recent hire of the authorities and a total bad ass. The game's story will take you all across the U.S., overwhelming you with 3D missions that might take your life at any moment. Choose your vehicles, select different objectives, and more in this online frenzy.
Release Region: United States
Release Date: Canceled
Publisher: Ubisoft