text: Testing/Assessments and Learning Standards December 06, 2013 New Yorkers engage in 'Day of Action' to reclaim public education Source: NYSUT Media Relations ALBANY, N.Y. December 6, 2013 - Parents, educators, union members and community members on Monday will engage in a statewide Day of Action to reclaim the promise of public education - calling for greater state investment in public schools and colleges, a renewed focus on teaching and learning instead of testing, and a three-year moratorium on high-stakes consequences from state standardized tests for students and teachers. New York's wide-ranging, daylong events are part of a national Day of Action called by the American Federation of Teachers, the National Education Association and more than 100 other organizations, all working to reclaim the promise of public education from corporate interests and self-proclaimed education "reformers." New York's grassroots events are organized by New York State United Teachers, Alliance for Quality Education, Citizen Action, New York State AFL-CIO and others. New York's Day of Action - which will kick off at 7 a.m. at Nyack High School with NYSUT President Richard C. Iannuzzi and AFT President Randi Weingarten - will include rallies, press events, meetings with and communications to the Board of Regents and legislators and other events. (See list below for a partial compilation of the many events statewide; check www.nysut.org for updates.) Speakers at each event will call on policymakers to make a "resolution" to stand up for public education in the new year. Educators, parents and activists across the state will be wearing blue in a massive show of solidarity and to protest state budget cuts, the state's overemphasis on standardized testing and rocky implementation of the Common Core standards. The Day of Action events will highlight solutions aimed at ensuring that every child in New York state receives a high-quality public education from pre-K through college. Leaders will launch an open letter to the Board of Regents urging them to accelerate support to schools and make the course corrections necessary to ensure the Common Core standards are implemented properly. NYSUT, the state's largest union, represents more than 600,000 teachers, school-related professionals, academic and professional faculty in higher education, professionals in education and health care and retirees. NYSUT is affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers, National Education Association and the AFL-CIO. Day of Action: Partial List of Events Nyack 7 a.m. Rallies at Nyack High School (7 a.m.); Nyack Middle School (7:30 a.m.) and Liberty, Upper Nyack and Valley Cottage elementary schools (8 a.m.) Scheduled speakers: NYSUT President Richard C. Iannuzzi, American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten, educators, parents, school board members and state and local legislators; student musical performances of "Data This, Data That" and "One Voice." West Seneca 9:30 a.m. Press Conference at West Seneca School District Office, 1397 Orchard Park Road Scheduled speakers: West Seneca Teachers Association President Joe Cantafio, West Seneca Schools Superintendent Mark Crawford, NYSUT Secretary-Treasurer Lee Cutler, West Seneca parent leader Molly Dana, Alliance for Quality Education parent Angelica Rivera, United University Professions University at Buffalo chapter leader Tom Tucker, teacher Janet Utz. Yonkers 11 a.m. Press Conference at Robert C. Dodson School, 105 Avondale Road Scheduled speakers: NYSUT President Richard Iannuzzi, Harrison Association of Teachers President Karen Magee, Yonkers Federation of Teachers President Patricia Puleo, Yonkers Schools Superintendent Bernard Pierorazio, AFT President Randi Weingarten, Mt. Vernon Federation of Teachers President Jeff Yonkers. Albany Noon Press Conference at LCA Press Room, Legislative Office Building Scheduled speakers: NYSUT Vice President Maria Neira, United University Professions President Fred Kowal, Alliance for Quality Education Executive Director Billy Easton, Gowana Middle School (Shenendehowa) PTA President Kerensa Rybak, Albany Public School Teachers Association President Susan Gray, Troy Teachers Association President Seth Cohen, Citizen Action Statewide Board Chair Ivette Alfonso. Nassau Rockville Centre - All teachers at the William S. Covert Elementary School, 379 Willow Street, South Hempstead NY 11550, will assemble at 12:15 p.m. to collectively complete "What makes me blue?" sheets. Valley Stream - Teachers and parents will assemble outside the 14 district schools in the morning before classes dressed in blue and carrying signs reflecting the Day of Action themes. The events will begin at different times because the schools are on different schedules, but the 3 high school demonstrations will begin at approximately 7 a.m. The high schools are Valley Stream North HS (750 Herman Avenue, Franklin Square, NY 11010), Valley Stream South HS (150 Jedwood Place, Valley Stream, NY 11581) and Valley Stream Central HS (135 Fletcher Avenue, Valley Stream, NY 11580) Jamestown 3:30 p.m. Press Conference at Jamestown High School, 350 East 2nd St. Scheduled speakers: parent activist Joanne Dean, Jamestown Teachers Association Vice President Tara Hall, Joseph Sweeny of the Dunkirk Teachers Association. Binghamton 4 p.m. Press Conference at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School, 151 Helen St. Scheduled speakers: Alliance for Quality Education/Citizen Action of NY Parent Education Committee Chair Elizabeth Bray, United University Professions Vice President for Academics Jamie Dangler, student Niko Murray, Dona Murray of the Broome-Delaware-Tioga BOCES Teachers Association, AQE/CANY leader Lawrence Parham, Binghamton Assistant District Superintendent Tonia Thompson, Whitney Point High School teacher Nancy Wallace. Rochester 4 p.m. Press Conference at NYSUT Regional Office, 30 N. Union, 1st floor Sampson Room Scheduled speakers: K-12 educators and parents; Jim Bearden of United University Professions, SUNY Geneseo; Metro Justice speaker; student speaker; student performers from School of the Arts "singing the blues about testing;" speaker from Coalition for Justice in Education; and President of the Rochester and Genesee Valley Area Labor Federation Jim Bertolone. Syracuse 4 p.m. Press Conference at Dr. Weeks Elementary School, 710 Hawley Ave. Scheduled speakers: Syracuse Teachers Association President Kevin Ahern, East Syracuse-Minoa guidance counselor Shelly Chizzonite, United University Professions at Upstate Medical University Chapter President Mike Lyon, parent Vikki Patterson, student speaker from Corcoran High School, Area Labor Federation representative. PLEASE NOTE: The exact location of the press conference is the school's Large Group Instructional Room. This link to Google Maps provides a view of the school campus. Participants will enter the school parking lot by turning from Hawley Ave. onto Delhi St. Delhi St. runs along the side of the school to the back. If you look at the school as a bending elbow, the entrance location for the LGIR will be at the inner part of the bend. New York City 4:30 - 6 p.m. (Doors open at 4pm) Rally at United Federation of Teachers offices, 52 Broadway Scheduled speakers: Zakiyah Ansari, Advocacy Director, AQE; Michael Mulgrew, President of UFT; Ernie Logan, President of CSA; Hazel Dukes, President of NAACP NYS Conference; parents, teachers and students.


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Nearly 10 years ago, photographer Rachel Sussman began researching with biologists and traveling world to document forms of natural life that are at least 2,000 years old for her project titled "The Oldest Living Things in the World." Part art, part science, Sussman's project engages with the natural world in order to capture a brief moment in the organisms' millenia-old lives; her photographs ask viewers to consider their own lives alongside these natural ones, some on the verge of extinction. Each of her photographs includes text below the image describing the subject, its location, and its age. In the preface to her project's book, Sussman writes,
"What does it mean when the organic goes head-to-head with the geologic? We start talking about deep time and the quotidian in the same breath, along with all the strata in between. All of these organisms are living palimpsests: they contain myriad layers of their own histories within themselves, along with records of natural and human events; new chapters written over the old, year after year, millennium after millennium. When we look at them in the frame of deep time, a bigger picture emerges, and we start to see how all of the individuals have stories, and that all of those stories are in turn interconnected — and in turn, inextricably connected to us all.
The oldest living things in the world are a record and celebration of the past, a call to action in the present, and a barometer of our future."
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Federal commitments to streamline environmental reviews of major resource projects sit well with the mining industry, but not so well with environmentalists, scientists and many other notable Canadians.
Miners have been a leading voice in calling on the Harper Conservatives to amend the review process to remove what they believe are needless delays in getting projects vetted by federal regulators.
They want duplication of paperwork eliminated, and they want Ottawa to commit its bureaucracy to fixed time limits for reviewing projects and rendering a verdict.
That could mean faster turnaround times on projects that typically take a decade to develop from early drilling investigations to operating mines.
When Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver announced in mid-April what the Tories are calling the Responsible Resource Development initiative, representatives of mineral explorers and mine operators applauded.
The world relies on mining to supply everything from gravel for roads, sidewalks and building foundations to coal for steelmaking, copper for electronic devices, gold for jewelry.
In Canada, mining accounts for 10 per cent of the economy and 40 per cent of exports – and British Columbia is a major player in that enterprise.
But the Tories' approach — inspired in large part by similar initiatives in British Columbia since the B.C. Liberal Party took power in 2001 — has alarmed many.
Notably, two former federal fisheries ministers from British Columbia, Progressive Conservatives Tom Siddon and John Fraser, described the Tories' plan to water down habitat protection legislation as either inexcusable or foolish.
B.C. Environment Minister Terry Lake, meanwhile, applauded the changes and said the province will look at legislative changes to match those emerging from Ottawa.
Gwen Barlee, policy director of the Wilderness Committee, noted the province has been more aggressive about supporting resource projects than have the feds.
B.C. approved Taseko Mining's Prosperity copper-gold mine near Williams Lake before its rejection in 2010 by regulators in Ottawa. (The project has been revised and is now undergoing a second federal review.)
"Gradually over the years we have incorporated environmental laws and standards to make sure we can deal with acid rock drainage, or prevent it from happening in the first place, so that we aren't having groundwater contamination, or damage to fish streams," Barlee said.
"Around the world, other jurisdictions are improving environmental laws. In Canada, we are rolling back environmental laws by 10, 20, 30 years. It makes me shake my head.
"I think the government has taken a misstep, particularly the federal government when it comes to how strongly British Columbians feel about protecting fish, whether it's wild salmon or cutthroat trout or runs of steelhead. I don't think British Columbians are going to sit back and get out of the business of environmental management and turn it over to corporations."
Karina Brino, president and CEO of the Mining Association of British Columbia, believes the changes amount to less than what opponents fear.
"We as an industry absolutely have a social responsibility in the communities where we are operating," Brino said. That responsibility includes environmental safeguards and ensuring new mines are catalysts for community growth, not disruption.
The industry also believes its contribution to modern life is too easily overlooked amid the discussion about the merits of a proposed new mine and its environmental impact, its capacity for job creation, royalties it will pay to the provincial treasury, and the value of metals and minerals as global commodities.
Canada, for example, is the world's second largest exporter of steelmaking or metallurgical coal and 66 per cent of the product comes from mines in southeast and northeast B.C. The product is shipped to steelmakers in Asia and Europe and finds its way back here in automobiles, industrial equipment, even kitchen utensils.
Seven mines scattered around B.C. account for 40 per cent of Canada's annual output of copper, a soft metal used for plumbing, motors, batteries, wiring and electronic devices.
Fifty per cent of Canadian silver production comes from B.C.; it's used in electronics, batteries, automobiles and medicine.
Other prominent metals in B.C. include gold, which is used either in jewelry or as a store of wealth in lieu of currency; lead, which is used in batteries, electronics sheathing and corrosion resistance applications; molybdenum, which is used primarily as an alloy in steelmaking; and zinc, which is used in brass, steel plating and other industrial applications, as well as in products ranging from deodorant to nutritional supplements.
"It's very easy to talk about mining in terms of facts and figures, but that doesn't mean a lot to the person walking down the street," Brino said. "When people think about mining they think about the hole in the ground and the stuff in the water.
"They don't think about their bikes or cars, about all of the medical equipment that's available because of mining. We all want to be green, we all want to drive hybrid cars and we all want to be responsible for less emissions.
"But for all of that to operate, you need steel, you need raw materials that come from the ground."
Brino said new B.C. mines will get developed, responsibly, in a tighter time frame as a result of the federal changes. The mining industry isn't looking to gut the environmental review process, she said. Rather, they're looking for a process akin to B.C.'s environmental assessment agency.
The province imposes a limit on the amount of time a project can be in the hands of its staff, but routinely interrupts that process if it determines the proponent needs to conduct more research. If proponents want a speedy deliberation, the onus is on them to make sure they've got all the required information before entering the process in the first place.
"When people think of 'faster' they think of speeding something through. What we are talking about is clear timelines. When a project is deemed to be reviewable — meaning that when all of the information that's required for the review has been submitted — it shouldn't take 10 years for a decision to be made," Brino said.
"There is going to be an obligation on the side of the proponents, on the industry, on our side, to be very clear about the scope of the review, about the type of information that's required from that level of assessment, and being ready with the information, with the tools, with the data, with the impacts, with the research, with the studies — so that when the review starts, when the clock starts to tick and we're all in there participating in the review process, we all understand when we are going to come out at the other end.
"If we are serious about taking advantage of the opportunity of supporting resource development where all of the requirements have been met, then it should be a priority."
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Noem Leads Robinson by 18 Points in House Race According to NBP/NPN Poll
Incumbent Republican representative Kristi Noem holds an 18-point lead over Democratic challenger Corinna Robinson in the July 23 - 28 Nielson Brothers Polling/Northern Plains News poll.
Rep. Noem led Robinson 53.9 percent to 35.8 percent with 10.2 percent undecided. Nielson Brothers Polling asked South Dakota likely voters to use their phone dial pads to answer the survey question: "If the election were held today would you vote for Republican Kristi Noem or Democrat Corinna Robinson?"
The margin of error to this question is 4.06 percent with 574 responses.
Nielson Brothers Polling is an independent polling company in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Northern Plains News is an online news and distribution service in Harrisburg, South Dakota.
The NBP/NPN poll also asked respondents about Corinna Robinson's favorability and name recognition. Among all likely voters polled, 10 percent had a "favorable" response, 23 percent were "unfavorable" and 8.2 percent were "undecided."
Nearly 60 percent (58.8) didn't recognize Robinson's name. Republican voters have largely made up their minds, as 81.5 percent support Noem, 12.3 percent support Robinson and 6.3 percent are "undecided."
Among Democrats, 68.1 percent support Robinson, 19.6 percent support Noem, with 12.3 percent "undecided." Independents split between the candidates, as 41.3 percent support Noem, 37.2 percent support Robinson, with 21.5 percent "undecided"
"In spite of very low favorability and name recognition, Corinna Robinson is drawing over 35 percent of support," said NBP partner Paul Nielson. "However, with Kristi Noem currently reaching 53.9 percent of support and with "undecideds" at just over 10 percent, Robinson will need to change some minds as she increases her recognition," adds Nielson.
Over 18 percent (18.4) of Democrats polled indicated a "favorable" response to Robinson, with 19.2 percent "unfavorable" and 10.9 percent "undecided." Over 50 percent (51.4) of Democrats questioned did not recognize Robinson's name.
For Republicans, 4.5 percent had a "favorable" response, with 25. 0 percent "unfavorable" and 7.0 percent "undecided." Nearly two-thirds (63.4 percent) of Republican respondents did not recognize Robinson's name. Among independents or those registered in a different party, 7.6 percent indicated a "favorable" response, with 24.2 percent "unfavorable" and 3.9 percent undecided.
Like Republicans, nearly two-thirds (64.4 percent) of independents did not recognize Robinson's name. The survey did not ask about Kristi Noem's favorability. Instead, NBP asked about the representative's "job approval," to be discussed in a later release.
The schedule for the release of additional polling results from Nielson Brothers Polling and Northern Plains News:
• Thursday: Minimum wage ballot issue, voting for state legislature based on party.
• Friday: South Dakota politicians' job performance.
• Saturday: Direction of the state, impact of politicians taking positions on same sex marriage and immigration.


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Leading Tape Manufacturers to Support LTO-6 Technology and the Ultrium Format Capacity, Performance and Feature Enhancements
SILICON VALLEY, CALIF. — (Nov. 26, 2012) — The Linear Tape-Open (LTO) Program Technology Provider Companies — HP, IBM Corporation and Quantum Corporation — today announced that Fujifilm Corporation, Hitachi Maxell Ltd., Imation Corporation, Sony Corporation, and TDK Corporation have completed interchange testing for LTO Ultrium format generation 6. The successful completion of this testing now permits these companies to use the LTO Ultrium generation 6 format trademarks on their LTO technology products.
"Some of the most prominent names in the industry continue to provide their support for the LTO Ultrium tape format, " said Robert Clark, SVP Data Protection Group, Quantum Corporation. "This is attributed to the fact that the LTO Ultrium format is the data protection tape technology of choice. For more than a decade, LTO Ultrium tape has been protecting the most vital data and content for industries in and around the globe including media and entertainment, medical, finance, distribution, federal and analytics."
The LTO Program requires that all licensees pass a series of verification testing involving rigorous data interchangeability requirements prior to using the LTO Ultrium trademarks. Testing of a manufacturer's LTO products is performed annually to confirm that it is adhering to the LTO Ultrium format specifications. Buyers seeking Ultrium format products look for the LTO Ultrium format trademark logo on both tape drives and data cartridges when reviewing backup and archiving solutions. Announced earlier this year, LTO-6 specifications support tape cartridge storage compressed capacity of up to 6.25TB*, more than twice the compressed capacity over the previous generation, and tape drive data transfer rates of up to 400MB* per second for over 1.4 terabytes of storage performance an hour per drive. As with previous generations, LTO-6 drives will provide backward compatibility with the ability to read and write LTO generation 5 cartridges and read LTO generation 4 cartridges, helping to preserve media investments and ease implementation.
In addition, the LTO Ultrium generation 6 format includes partitioning functionality, enabling users to present a tape-based file system with the use of the Linear Tape File System (LTFS). LTFS takes advantage of the partitioning feature that became available with LTO Ultrium Generation 5 technology to provide file system access to tape data and easier management such as "drag and drop" and search functionality. The LTFS specification is an open specification and has been provided to the Storage Network Industry Association (SNIA) for industry adoption and
How to License LTO Ultrium Technology
The LTO Program has historically offered several different license packages – from enhanced packages that provide the specifications and licenses to manufacture LTO Ultrium products, to basic packages providing LTO format specifications. Buyers seeking LTO Ultrium format products should look for the LTO Ultrium format compliance verification trademarks on both tape drives and data cartridges. Storage and media manufacturers interested in licensing LTO formats may obtain information by contacting the LTO Program through www.ultrium.com/contact.php.
About Linear Tape-Open (LTO)
The LTO Ultrium format is a powerful, scalable, adaptable open tape format developed and continuously enhanced by technology providers HP, IBM Corporation and Quantum Corp. (and their predecessors) to help address the growing demands of data protection in the midrange to enterprise-class server environments. This ultra-high capacity generation of tape storage products is designed to deliver outstanding performance, capacity and reliability combining the advantages of linear multi-channel, bi-directional formats with enhancements in servo technology, data compression, track layout, and error correction.
The LTO Ultrium format has a well-defined roadmap for growth and scalability. The roadmap represents intentions and goals only. There is no guarantee that these goals will be achieved. Format verification is vital to meet the free-interchange objectives that are at the core of the LTO Program. Ultrium tape mechanism and tape cartridge interchange specifications are available on a licensed basis. For additional information on the LTO Program, visit www.trustlto.com and the LTO Program Web site at www.ultrium.com.
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Mosaic and seven other large fertilizer companies are accused of price-fixing and collusion in a federal lawsuit filed Thursday in Minneapolis.
The suit, which seeks class-action status, accuses Plymouth-based Mosaic Co. of conspiring since 2004 with companies in Belarus, Canada and Russia to limit competition and drive up prices of potash, a mined mineral that is a key ingredient in fertilizer. Artificially high potash prices have hurt farmers, consumers and smaller fertilizer manufacturers worldwide, according to Richard Lockridge, a Minneapolis attorney who filed the lawsuit.
Potash prices have more than quadrupled over the past year, transforming little-known fertilizer companies into Wall Street darlings. Mosaic's stock price has skyrocketed from $42.84 a share a year ago to $85.60, though shares are down sharply from their high of $163.25 in June. Many economists and agricultural analysts have blamed the rising prices on a global commodities boom and increased demand for biofuels, which has encouraged farmers to plant more crops such as corn that demand large amounts of fertilizer.
The suit's plaintiff is Minn-Chem Inc., a Sanborn, Minn.-based maker of fertilizer for farmers and cooperatives that ceased manufacturing operations about a year ago in part because of high potash prices, Lockridge said.
Minn-Chem and other members of the class are seeking unspecified damages and a court injunction that would prevent Mosaic and the other potash suppliers listed as defendants in the case from continuing the alleged price-fixing conspiracy, according to the complaint.
Linda Thrasher, a spokeswoman for Mosaic -- the world's largest producer of potash and phosphate, another key fertilizer ingredient -- declined to comment Thursday, noting that the company's lawyers had not had a chance to thoroughly read the lawsuit.
Minnetonka-based Cargill Inc. owns a 65 percent stake in Mosaic.
Minn-Chem argues that the potash industry is "marked by a high degree of cooperation" among several large companies, which have overlapping ownership interests and cooperate through reciprocal visits to their production facilities. In addition to Mosaic, the lawsuit lists as defendants Agrium Inc. of Calgary, Alberta; Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc.; JSC Uralkali of Moscow; RUE PA Belaruskali, of Soligorsk, Belarus; RUE PA Belarusian Potash Co. of Minsk, Belarus; JSC Silvinit of Solikamsk, Russia; and JSC International Potash Co. of Moscow.
The lawsuit claims that just six potash producers in Canada and the former Soviet Union account for about 70 percent of the world's market. The lawsuit also alleges that Mosaic, as well as Potash Corp. and Agrium, are equal shareholders in Canpotex Ltd., which acts as a common sales, marketing and distribution company for potash producers throughout the world. In addition, long-standing joint ventures in the potash industry have given these companies opportunities to discuss pricing and other market information, the lawsuit alleges.
No 'smoking gun'
Lockridge admitted that he does not have a "smoking gun" that would prove price-fixing or collusion, though the companies "did engage in an unusually and extensive amount of cooperative activities that would suggest an implicit gentleman's agreement not to compete on the basis of price."
This is not the first time that potash producers have been accused of violating antitrust laws.
Mosaic, along with other Canadian and U.S. potash producers, were accused of maintaining a price-fixing conspiracy in a number of class-action lawsuits filed in 1993. Mosaic, then known as IMC Fertilizer Group, said the claims were without merit and the lawsuits were dismissed.
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By Mike Lehman, TTU Sports Information Coordinator
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Yet another outstanding outing from starter David Hess propelled the Tennessee Tech baseball team (18-4, 5-2) to a 14-5 victory over UT Martin (2-18, 1-6) Friday night, as the Golden Eagles collected their fifth win in Ohio Valley Conference play.
The junior picked up his team-leading fifth win of the year, tossing five and two thirds innings and surrendering just two earned runs. Hess fell one strikeout shy of his career high, fanning 10 UT Martin batters on the evening. He gave up just six hits while walking two to record his six quality start of the season.
On the offensive side of things, senior Daniel Miles led the Golden Eagles, upping his batting average with a 4-for-5 night at the plate. Miles fell just a triple shy of the cycle, kicking off the Tech scoring effort with a solo home run in the bottom of the second inning. The third baseman scored two runs while driving in two more.
Center fielder Jake Rowland had himself a day at the dish, connecting for three hits in three at bats with a walk. The redshirt sophomore drove in two runs while scoring two as well. Catcher Jordan Parris was impressive with the bat, recording four RBI on the power of two hits. He also scored two runs.
Leadoff man Zach Zarzour showed great discipline, garnering three walks. He drove in two runs on a base hit and made a team-high three assists. Shortstop Dylan Bosheers scored a team-best three runs on in the contest, going 2-for-4 with a walk.
The Golden Eagles will play the second game of the series Saturday afternoon as freshman Evan Fraliex will take the hill in a 1:30 p.m. start.


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Reaching middle-age, photographer Susan Copich was feeling disillusioned with her acting career, disenchanted with her marriage, and, when she noticed her absence from every family photo, as if she were disappearing. Her solution was to create the series "Domestic Bliss," staged photos featuring her in darkly humorous scenes from an exaggerated life.
"I use proverbs, idioms, and biblical scriptures as a conduit to reach my inner creativity while grounding it to something real. Social observation continues to fuel my inspiration. The use of humor allows me to mock the worlds I traipse through while permitting the viewer to live vicariously through the character. I project my thoughts into a frozen a moment in time, allowing the story to continually unfold in front of you."
She tackles topics like unsupervised children with access to guns, women and food, and homicidal anger, as well as lighter topics such as Christmas cards and crying over spilt milk. Some of the images are very dark, indeed, such as "Bath Time" with its implication of double murder/suicide, and "Anger Management," which depicts Copich, with unkempt hair and Diane von Furstenberg dress, in the act of wringing the family dog's neck in front of her daughters.
"I dwell in the dark thoughts and recesses of my mind to create character and subject, in order to project them into a frozen moment of time, allowing the story to continue to unfold bilaterally for the viewer. I feel a certain freedom to live vicariously through these characters to engage, seek to navigate (and, no less, avoid), both my own personal imperatives as woman, artist, mother, and wife, as well as those – personal, social and cultural – that are imposed on me by others."
The photos are funny and disturbing, polarizing and attention-grabbing. It seems that Susan Copich is in no danger of disappearing any time soon.
All photos by Susan Copich, courtesy of Moen Mason Gallery. (Via Demilked)


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March 2, 2007
The Schedule
Game No. 29
Saturday, March 3, 2007 at 4:00 p.m.
UC Santa Barbara Gauchos at Cal State Northridge Matadors
The Matadome (1,600)
The Gaucho Record
The UC Santa Barbara women's basketball team enters Saturday's showdown with Cal State Northridge with an overall record of 16-12 and a 9-4 Big West Conference mark after defeating Pacific 79-67 Thursday night in Stockton. With the win, UCSB improved to an impressive 8-3 on the road this season and remained in the hunt for the conference's second seed. The Gauchos, who needed a Cal Poly loss to finish second in the league standings, are now in control of their own destiny and can clinch the No. 2 spot with a win over the Matadors.
UCSB on the Air & Web
Saturday's regular season finale at Cal State Northridge will be broadcast live on KIST 1340 AM in Santa Barbara. Steve Wendt is in his third year as the play-by-play voice of the Gauchos and will have the call alongside Yours Truly, who will attempt to handle the color commentary. Broadcasts begin 15 minutes prior to tip-off with the "Gaucho Pregame Show". Fans can also catch all games live via the internet by going to www.ucsbgauchos.com and purchasing the "UCSB All-Access Pass". With this option hoops fans can enjoy live audio and video from the comfort of their homes courtesy of CSTV.
Gauchos, Fears Shoot the Ball Extremely Well in Win at Pacific
Sophomore point guard LaShay Fears scored a career-high 23 points to lead all scorers and Jessica Wilson added 20 as UCSB defeated Pacific 79-67 at the Alex G. Spanos Center Thursday night. Fears led a total of four players in double figures for the Gauchos, shooting 6-for-10 from the floor, including 3-of-5 from three-point range, and made all eight of her free-throws for a career-best 23 points. The Palmdale, Calif. native added a game-high six assists, which was one off her personal best, only had one turnover, and grabbed three rebounds.Wilson finished 7-of-10, made all three of her attempts from distance, hauled in a game-high 10 rebounds, and had three steals. Jenna Green bounced back from an off performance against UC Riverside, tallying 14 points on 6-for-10 shooting, to go with six rebounds, and five blocks and Chisa Ononiwu went 4-of-6 from the field, finishing with 10 points. After shooting a season-high 58.5% from the field in their Jan. 27 meeting with the Tigers, the Gauchos made 28-of-50 shots from the floor Thursday, 56%. Despite allowing 11 offensive rebounds, UCSB posted a 31-28 advantage on the glass and outscored UOP 34-20 in the paint.
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With the win, UCSB improved to 11-2 this season when four or more players reach double figures...The Gauchos had not had four players score 10+ since Feb. 10 at LBSU...Santa Barbara's two highest performances from the field percentage-wise in 2006-07 have come against Pacific (58.5% and 56%)...UCSB won the battle of the glass against UOP for the 16th time this season, improving to 14-2 when that happens...After setting two school records for three-point shooting against Pacific back in January, Santa Barbara was an impressive 6-of-12 from beyond the arc Thursday. LaShay Fears led the Gauchos in scoring for the second consecutive game and third time overall this season...Her previous career-best was 20 points that came against UCLA Dec. 17, 2005 and again at Cal Poly February 4, 2006...Jessica Wilson racked up her third double-double of the season and sixth of her career with the 20-10 performance.
Charging the Matadors
UCSB concludes the 2006-07 regular season Saturday afternoon at Cal State Northridge. The Gauchos and Matadors will battle for the 39th time with the second seed in the Big West Conference at stake. Santa Barbara leads the all-time series 27-11 and had won 17 consecutive games in the series before CSUN recorded a historic 66-64 victory over UCSB Jan. 25 in the Thunderdome. LaJoyce King scored a game-high 22 points and grabbed nine rebounds, as the Matadors defeated the Gauchos for the first time since 1984.
Northridge enters Saturday's contest with a 13-14 overall record and a 9-4 league mark following a 67-60 win over Cal Poly Thursday night that snapped their eight-game winning streak. After eliminating the Mustangs from No. 2 seed contention, the Matadors have the Big West's top offense at 70.8 points per game and have allowed 70.5. CSUN shoots 42.6% from the field, while their opposition has shot 38.1%. Senior guard Ofa Tulikihihifo is sixth in the BWC and leads the team averaging 14.8 points per game to go with 7.2 rebounds and a 45% mark from the floor. Senior LaJoyce King is second averaging 13.9 points and a league-high 10.6 rebounds per game, while shooting 53.4% from the field. Northridge had lost three straight and four of six before Thursday's win. The Matadors are 8-6 at home this season.


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In a brutal world at war, where the Empire of Men seeks to expand its domination and impose its beliefs, Goblins are systematically persecuted and slaughtered, while Orcs, if not killed in battle, are destined to be enslaved. As Arkaïl, an elite Orc soldier of the legendary legion of Bloodjaws, achieve victory in the war against Humankind. As a veteran group of warriors who have seen the most brutal of battles, the Bloodjaws are appointed to complete a mission that could change the course of the war: kill the one man responsible for all of the bloodshed, the one who has, for years, exhorted the human masses to loath and fight the green-skinned people... the Emperor himself.
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Basic Facts About Butterflies
Butterflies (Order: Lepidoptera) are brightly colored flying insects with two pairs of large wings that vary in color and pattern from species to species. Butterfly wings are covered with overlapping rows of tiny scales, a characteristic butterflies share with their fellow lepidopterans, the moths.
A caterpillar's first meal is its own eggshell. It then spends most of its time eating the leaves of the plant on which it hatched. An adult butterfly uncoils its long, straw-like proboscis to sip nectar from flowers, juice from rotting fruit and water from puddles.
Exact numbers are not known since there are about 17,500 species of butterflies spread throughout almost the entire world.
Butterflies are found worldwide except on the continent of Antarctica. Many species migrate to avoid adverse conditions. Most migrate relatively short distances, but monarchs and several other species migrate thousands of miles.
Life cycle: From egg to adult, butterflies undergo a series of physical transformations known as metamorphosis. After mating, the female butterfly lays her eggs on a caterpillar food or "host" plant. The eggs can hatch within a few days, or within months or even years, depending on whether or not conditions are right.
After hatching, a caterpillar begins to eat the host plant. The caterpillar sheds its skin several times during this stage. It then seeks a sheltered spot, suspends itself by silken threads and sheds one last time to reveal skin that will harden to form the chrysalis or pupa. Days, months or even years later, depending on the species, a fully developed winged adult emerges from the chrysalis and the cycle begins anew.
Defense Mechanisms: Many butterflies have developed interesting ways of defending themselves from predators. One method is disguise, or "cryptic coloration", where the butterfly has the ability to look like a leaf or blend into the bark of a tree to hide from predators. Another method is chemical defense, where the butterfly has evolved to have toxic chemicals in its body. These species of butterfly are often brightly colored, and predators have learned over time to associate their bright color with the bad taste of the chemicals.
The greatest threats to butterflies are habitat change and loss due to residential, commercial and agricultural development. Climate change is also threatening species of butterfly. The Edith's checkerspot butterfly, which ranges from Baja to Canada along the West Coast, has been moving northward and upslope. But for two subspecies – the Bay and Quino— their progress is blocked by the vast urban landcapes of San Francisco and San Diego, respectively. Both subspecies are now critically imperiled.
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Size: Butterflies come in a variety of sizes. The world's smallest known species, the blue pygmy found in southern California, has a wingspan of just over half an inch. The largest species, New Guinea's Queen Alexandra's birdwing, can measure up to twelve inches from wingtip to wingtip.
Lifespan: The average lifespan for an adult butterfly is 20 to 40 days. Some species live no longer than three or four days; others may live up to six months.


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SalesAgility Sweetens CRM With Open Source Sugar
Oct 28, 2013 5:00 AM PT
SalesAgility last week rolled out SuiteCRM, an application that's designed to offer a fully open source alternative to SugarCRM Professional Edition.
Built upon the latest release of SugarCRM Community Edition, the software includes reporting, workflow, quotes, products, security and portal extensions that are designed to deliver the functionality that was previously found only in the proprietary, paid-for editions of SugarCRM.
SuiteCRM also includes new functionality for event management and mapping that is not available in SugarCRM, SalesAgility said.
"Sugar has abandoned open source completely in recent years," Greg Soper, SalesAgility's CEO, told CRM Buyer. "What we have done is taken the open source components of SugarCRM and added components that we wrote to offer something that is very similar to SugarCRM Professional Edition."
So, "users now have choice," he added. "They can get proprietary software from Sugar or use a free product that is the same."
In the first 18 hours of SuiteCRM's availability it was downloaded some 2,000 times, Soper said.
'The Spirit of Open Source'
SugarCRM still bills itself as an open source-based application, Soper admitted.
"If you speak to Sugar they will say they are not abandoning open source," he noted, "but speak to the community and they will tell that, yes they are. Sugar is not contributing to the community; it has walked away from open source best practices."
For instance, Sugar has not given a specific date when it will release its next Community Edition, Soper pointed out. "That is not the spirit of open source -- it is open source without a project behind it."
Sugar's Rebuttal
SugarCRM does not see it in the same light.
"SugarCRM is committed to our Community Edition and our open source roots, " Martin Schneider, head of product evangelism for SugarCRM, told CRM Buyer. "While we may have a larger and wider product and business scope moving forward, Community Edition will always exist as part of our overarching product line."
Meanwhile, "we are thrilled that SalesAgility has built its offering upon our open source Community Edition," Schneider continued. "That is, after all, in the spirit and nature of open source.
"Unfortunately, SalesAgility has chosen to do so while denigrating the very long-standing open source project on which their offering is based," he added.
Making the Transition
Current users of SugarCRM Community Edition can switch to SuiteCRM via an upgrade process available on the SuiteCRM website, while new users can download the entire CRM application without any license charge.
SuiteCRM is compatible with SugarCRM, SalesAgility said, so custom functionality should transition as long as it has been developed using upgrade-safe methods. Extensions that integrate with SugarCRM will also integrate with SuiteCRM without any additional work, the company promised.
"SuiteCRM contains every module that is in the SugarCRM Profesional edition," Soper explained. "It is the same functionality as the Standard Community Edition with the addition of quotes, contracts, invoices, product workflows, report generators and security features.
"There is also an events module that allows people manage events online, and the software integrates with Maps as well," he added.
SuiteCRM's code is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3 and is available for contributions on Github.
Feature by Feature
A feature-by-feature comparison of SuiteCRM and SugarCRM suggests that the two applications are indeed very similar.
Both have accounts features that are standard. Ditto activity tracking and history. Both offer approvals and competitor tracking features as modules that can be built in Sugar Studio or made available as a downloadable application for free or at an additional fee. Business-to-business and business-to-consumer configurations are also standard features in both applications.
SuiteCRM's fully open source nature, however, is its best feature, Soper said.
"We know that open source is inherently more secure and robust and will get developed faster because of the open source community," he concluded. "We are talking about tens of thousands of developers."


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I remember little of my childhood during the years 1968-1970. What I remember is that this was a miserable time: the constant crying of my mother and her prayers for the survival of my uncle, who was in Jordan. I also remember how our father often reminded us to not bother my mother, to leave her alone.
During that time my mother was crying day and night while listening to a small radio. Each day she would send us children to a field nearby to play among the fruit trees so that we would not see her crying all day. She rarely cooked, and when, it was some vegetables mixed with small stones and crispy bugs. These were the small black crunchy bugs from the UNRWA food which were in the food allocations given by them to all Palestinians since the Nakba in 1948 and since the zionists occupied the West Bank in 1967.
My father, who was poor at that time, took care of us to the best of his ability. For breakfast we mostly had a piece of dry bread with some marmalade made of grapes or with some of the fat from the UNRWA rations, which had a disgusting taste to it. Actually, all the food from the UNRWA was unhealthy or expired, probably their idea of "humanitarian relief". The dates were nests of living worms; the flour was full of worms; the oil and fat had a "special" taste and made us vomit and gave us strong headaches; the sugar came as brown stones and was mixed with dirt; the boiled eggs were black and had a rotten stench. However, all Palestinians waited for the handout of these disgusting, expired and unhealthy rations by the UNRWA, because as a result of the Nakba and the widespread looting by the jews, everybody was destitute. Among the recipients of this "humanitarian aid" was my mother.
In those years, my mother suddenly changed and became interested in listening to the radio more than in us children or in caring about our meals. The radio became her ONLY friend, she put it close to her ears all the time. It was difficult for us to know her what the radio was speaking. At that time there were no TVs or computers. When she sat with the radio to her ears I would often see her tears falling down while she listened to the news. Sometimes I saw her very nervously asking my father for his assistance, saying "the voice (station) of "Al-Asefa" (Thunderbolt) has disappeared!". My would then turn the radio's knob left and right, searching for the station. Sometimes he would tell my mother "Here is the station of Radio Monte Carlo, or the station of Arab Broadcast".
I remember these words well, as if I had heard them yesterday. I refused several times to go to the field behind the house with my older sisters. They would mistreat me, scared that I could tell our mother about their silly adolescent games or that they had stolen my mothers lipstick to colour their lips. So I stayed with my mother, sitting in her lap and listening to news and songs together with her. Some words of these songs were "Rijal wallah Rijal wallah mafi khouf" ("Real Men, Real Men, there is no fear!"). The tears of my mothers often fell on me while we listened to the news. At that time I never understood why she was crying. I started understanding the reason for her tears only more recently.
One day my mother woke us up after midnight. She hugged and kissed us. She had a small bundle in her hand and was crying bitterly. She told us "I am going to Amman to visit your uncles there. You must not approach the water well in the field. You must not look at the water because the water will kidnap you!!". She insisted in hearing from all of us that we would not go near to the well as she was afraid one of us could fall in and die. That old well was near to a cave and between some figs and palm trees, it had no cover. My mother asked my father to bring his mother to stay with us until she returned.
Days went by without my mother. My grandmother did not come to stay with us and now my father replaced my mother listening to the radio. He was very careful to listen to it at very low volume. I remember that the radio said that King Hussein had committed "madbaha" (massacres) against the Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan. I did not understand the meaning of "madbaha" back then. My father then had bought a new big radio, it was brown and had white knobs. He said that the new radio was a gift for my mother when she returned from Amman. When my mother returned home, she was smiling and brought us candies.
My mother told my father that "God protected them and they survived, they escaped death and got out of the cave healthy before the fire ate them". She said that all those who were in that cave "burnt like insects". She continued "The sons of dogs (what I now understand as a reference to the PLO leaders) told the Jordanian army about the hiding places of the Palestinian resistance (militia). The Jordanian army spread petroleum in the whole area and then set fire. They burnt everybody alive in the caves, God saved my brothers".
I heard these words when I was a child and I remember them to this day. I did not understand the meaning of these words at that time, but I understood later after I finished my high school and after I started working as a journalist. Neither my teachers at the UNRWA schools nor my parents ever told me or my sisters anything about our history, Nakba the "catastrophe", al-Karama battle, or "Aylol al-Aswad", the Black September massacre. My uncles always and sternly advised me to stay away from journalism and politics, to stay away from the PLO leaders.
The name "Black September" refers to the bloody clashes of September 1970 in which the Jordanian army moved accordingly to the instructions of King Hussein and his "military advisers" to put an end to the Palestinian organizations because he became scared that they could threaten the Jordanian monarchy. They kings army murdered thousands of Palestinians. Between mid of 1968 and the end of 1969 there were hundreds of militants clash between Palestinian factions and the Jordanian military. The Palestinians, disgusted of King Hussein, hung his picture in their toilets to give him the respect they felt he deserved.
My uncles told during conversation over many years that all the PLO leaders who I had ever met during press conferences were liars, hypocrites and blood suckers, including Yasser Arafat (Abu Ammar), George Habash, Ahmad Jibril, etc. Those "assholes" (as they referred to them) had betrayed the hiding places of the Palestinian militia to the Jordanian army during the bloody clashes of September 1970 in order to protect themselves from the causes of their traitorous activity up to that time. As a consequence of the betrayal of those "leaders", the Palestinian militias were either burnt like insects or executed.
One of my uncles told me to ask "Abu Ammar" how he got out of Amman in during the "Black September" battle, to ask him about the color of the abbaya (female robe) wore to escape. My uncle also told me to ask Arafat whether he was hidden at the Egyptian Embassy in Amman or if he get out of Jordan hiding clothing himself as a woman with the Arab League mission after he betrayed the Palestinian resistance, or if there was anything else he would tell me.
My mother and my uncles were keen to not go into further details about the Nakba and the Black September, and have stood by this principle until today. During my last visit to Amman many years ago I succeeded in forcing one of my uncles to say something. They repeated their warning to stay away from all those thieves of the Palestinian revolution who call themselves "PLO representatives". They insisted that the people who I meet and see were the ones who brought Palestine and the Palestinians all the disasters they suffered. They warned me that these people were the ones who got rid of the honorable Palestinians in the PLO, who were all murdered or executed due to their betrayal.
I remember that one of my uncles told me to ask the late Yasser Arafat about a woman named "Rashida Mehran", another woman called "Umm Nasser" (Najla Adel Yassin) and a man called "Abu al-Zaim" (the father of the leaders). My uncle told me that Arafat was an "abu niswan" (somebody who likes women more than is good for him) and that he had parallel affairs with "Rashida Mehran" and "Umm Nasser" and also with other women. According to my uncles, Arafat lived with Umm Nasser "by the law of the mattress".
I found out that "Abu Al-Zaim" was an owner of brothels in Beirut and that he had raped dozens of young girls. He was fond of raping young girls, particularly around the age of 16. He supposedly even raped a daughter of a PLO representative to one of the EU countries.
Some days ago I found out the true identity of "Abu al-Zaim" is Brigadier Atallah Atallah. He owned real estate and property in Lebanon, including brothels. "Abu Al-Zaim" was the military security head of Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) in Lebanon. He was responsible for the murder of many political opponents of Arab dictatorships, whom he had kidnapped and handed over to their respective governments, which then secretly executed them.
"Abu Al-Zaim" is to this day an agent of the Jordanian intelligence. He had been proposed by the Jordanian regime in the early nineties as an administrator for the West Bank and as an alternative to the organization of Yasser Arafat (the PLO). King Hussein invited the followers of "Abu Al-Zaim" in Palestine to come to Jordan to pledge allegiance to "Abu Al-Zaim" during a major conference which was attended by the King himself. When Arafat agreed to make peace with zionist israel and went to the Madrid and then signed the miserable Oslo agreement, only then did King Hussein abandon the Jordanian intelligence asset "Abu Al-Zaim" and turned again to give his political support to Arafat.
Brigadier Atallah Atallah a.k.a "Abu Al-Zaim" ("father of the leaders") was born in Beit Surik, a Palestinian village in the Jerusalem Governorate located 12 kilometers Northwest of Jerusalem in the northern West Bank, in 1936. He is known as an officer of the Jordanian army. In the late sixties he joined the Fatah movement and was appointed as a military intelligence official. In the following years "Abu Al-Zaim" became a leader of Fatah and a senior agent of Yasser Arafat. Since the mid-eighties, after Yasser Arafat pushed him away from the center of power in the Fatah movement, he rebelled against Arafat and split from Fatah, and accusing the PLO of the misuse of financial assets and of "robbing the Palestinian money and enriching themselves with it".
In 1986, Atallah Atallah announced in Amman the foundation of a movement which he called "Supreme Military Council of the Fatah movement". He also called on Palestinians at the time to initiate of a peaceful dialogue with Israel. After the death of Yasser Arafat in 2004, the relationship between him and "president" Mahmoud Abbas become much closer and he returned to Ramallah in late 2007. Two years ago, Mahmoud Abbas appointed the son of Brigadier Atallah Atallah, Hazem Atallah, to the position of director of the Palestinian police. Atallah the son was trained in the US and in several EU countries. He is well trained by the Americans and the EU to perpetuate the dictatorship over and ruin of the Palestinian people.


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July 30, 2013, City of Industry, CA – iBUYPOWER and the relentless few that are Counter Logic Gaming have toyed in the lab to bring you a bespoke selection of custom designed high-performance gaming systems.
Designed from the ground-up around the needs of competitive gaming, the new official CLG systems have been engineered and tested by both teams at iBUYPOWER and CLG. We slaved around the clock until the specifications were just right.
Coming in three distinct flavors, each official CLG system is encased in a custom laser-etched chassis, bearing a translucent CLG logo on the clear side panel. But it's what's on the inside that makes them even more amazing.
"We've stayed true to our mission since day one of committing to the eSports scene. We want to support and give back to the community," said Darren Su, VP of iBUYPOWER. "CLG told us that fans demanded something competitive and we listened."
Available with up to an Intel Core i7-4770K CPU, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 graphics, 16GB of DDR3-1600 memory, 256GB SSD + 1TB HDD and sealed-loop liquid-cooling, the CLG systems will plow through any game.
"I'm a computer enthusiast, and as the owner of CLG, I care a lot about what we put our brand on. The specs to price ratio on the CLG edition iBUYPOWER computers are great, which makes me happy to be working with them," said HotshotGG, Owner of CLG. "Plus, have you seen the custom case designs? Real."
There are three CLG systems available:
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Why Suing Carnival Could be a Waste
For the more than 3,100 stranded passengers of the Carnival Triumph, it was a voyage that had more in common with Pampers than pampering. Not surprisingly, some of them are already getting in touch with lawyers.
"We've been contacted by several passengers and their family members about the possibility of legal action," Marc Bern, a personal injury attorney in New York City, told Law Blog.
But Carnival Corp.'s legal exposure to passenger lawsuits is less than you'd think, says Jim Walker, a Florida maritime attorney who specializes in cruise line litigation.
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I love, love, love this little framed vintage print. At $35.00 with prices negotiable I hear it calling me back.
Brass accents are really trending right now in home decor; personally it just reminds me of the 80's home decor and those days were not good! Not to say this isn't good - I just can't get over seeing the whole 80's home decor style when I see brass wall hangings, in fact I can literally feel the multi-toned brown semi-shag carpet under my feet right now. But for brass art, this one is winning me over. It certainly has a madmen vibe and probably why it was one of the most expensive things in the shop at $120.
Along with brass, gold is also in, especially gold leafing. This bowl which is on a pedestal base was really gorgeous. For $20 it's a total steal! But did I mention how big it was? Not something I have storage for when I want to change it out.
Pyrex casserole dish + $12.00 + orange = make that two things I want to go back for. But I bet this little beauty has already found a new home at that price.
This is a Morse zig-zag sewing machine, they are really fantastic if you can find one in good working condition because they are able to sew through just about anything. I tried to find a price but it was so heavy I couldn't move it at all from it's little corner to take a look, so i gave up. I don't have room for another sewing machine anyway.
Oh maps! Maps are in - like really in. Globes too. So with this awesome little coffee/decanter set you could meet two very hot trends. It really reminds me of Pan-Am and beckons me to days I don't actually remember but feel like I do in my heart - when flying was a glamorous adventure. Ok, I really do want these, a lot! But again, I just don't have the space to store the 25 glass pieces that came with this set but if you live in Portland and you love all things mappy and globe-y, you should buy this! Sadly I can't remember the price but I think it was less than $55 bucks and that is a smokin' good deal for this complete set. It even has creamer and sugar dishes.
Remember these?! The suitcase record player. I played some awesome story book records on mine back in the day. Later it played some really great old 45's my uncle left behind at my grandparents house. Which now that I think of it is where my intense love of Styx came from. This one I don't think could play anything. It was definitely not in working condition. But it's cute, no?
Vintage Picnic basket 20 bucks! This thing is my kind of picnic basket - it was huge!! It was in excellent condition with a great little wooden flip top. And while this is a big item to have around it could be used to store other things while awaiting picnic time.
This 1950's wedding dress is just too wonderful! ...and too small. Not the thing I will be going back for but I couldn't help snapping a shot of this amazing dress with it's tailored construction and modest avant garde feel.
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LOS ANGELES — Chris Paul's running jumper with a tenth of a second left gave the Los Angeles
Clippers a 93-91 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday night and a 2-0 lead in their first-round playoff series.
Both teams stayed on the court while the referees reviewed the play. It was declared good, leaving Memphis a tick of the clock to inbound the ball but not enough to get off a final shot.
Paul finished with 24 points and nine assists, Blake Griffin added 21 points and eight rebounds and Jamal Crawford scored 15 points on the day he finished second to J.R. Smith of the Knicks for the league's Sixth Man of the Year award. Paul carried the
Clippers in the final 3:46, scoring eight straight points, including a basket that gave them a 91-89 lead with 1:20 to play. Mike Conley scored a career playoff high 28 points while leading the Grizzlies' fourth-quarter charge that came up just short.
He had 10 points in the period, while Darrell Arthur scored five straight to pull Memphis into an 89-all tie.
Conley found Marc Gasol alone in the paint and the big man dunked to tie the game 91-all with 13 seconds left. The
Clippers won a hard-fought jump ball, but Paul missed a 3-pointer. He redeemed himself and set off a raucous reaction when he fought off Tony Allen's defense and banked in the game-winner.
Gasol added 17 points, Allen had 16 points and 10 rebounds, and Zach Randolph had 13 points while racking up five fouls for the second straight game. Game 3 is Thursday in Memphis. The
Clippers' bench started the fourth quarter and ran off eight straight points for the game's first double-digit lead, 81-71. Eric Bledsoe and Matt Barnes had four points each.
Conley answered with five straight points to close the Grizzlies within seven points. Griffin and Paul joined the second unit, and Griffin scored on a driving dunk for an 85-76 lead.
The Clippers returned to their high-flying ways after Lob City managed just one dunk in the series opener.
The Clippers led by seven points early in the third before the game turned into a back-and-forth affair. Memphis briefly regained a one-point lead and then tied it 59-all on Arthur's dunk before Paul scored six of the Clippers' final 13 points to send them into the fourth leading 75-71.
Neither team led by more than eight points in the first half, with the Clippers ahead 50-44 at halftime.
The Grizzlies led most of the first quarter before the Clippers tied it late on a 3-pointer from the right corner by Crawford. Los Angeles controlled the second quarter, when Crawford got hot.
He was 6 of 6 for 13 points before missing a shot.
NOTES: The Clippers have won nine in a row, including seven straight to end the regular season. ... The Clippers owned a 40-38 edge on the boards for the second straight game. ... Los Angeles County Coroner's officials said Monday that the son of Clippers owner Donald Sterling died from a pulmonary embolism after injecting narcotic medication meant to be taken orally. The report also listed diabetes as a significant condition in the death of Scott Ashley Sterling, who was found in his Malibu apartment on Jan. 1. He was 32. ... Former Dodgers owner Frank McCourt made a rare public appearance at the game.


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ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — Textbooks, PowerPoints, lectures and heavy reading for homework — the staples of many college classes. But for St. Bonaventure University students in a special section of World Views, their classroom essentials balanced on a different set of staples — ones provided mainly from a community outside the Bonaventure Bubble.
Dr. David Hilmey's Clare 208 class — a core-area course every SBU student takes — focused on the social issue of health and medicine, with a particular emphasis on the Seneca Nation's relationship with health and medicine. For a keen understanding of their views and practices, Hilmey decided not to simply lecture out of a textbook but rather take his class into the Seneca Nation.
"We were actually learning through going out and interacting with members of the community. In this case, we were working with some of the Seneca Nation. The partners who we were working with were from the Faithkeepers School," said Hilmey, an assistant professor of chemistry. The Faithkeepers School in Steamburg, about 30 miles west of campus, was founded by Lehman "Dar" and Sandy Dowdy and teaches aspects of the Seneca culture, with a notable emphasis on the salvation of the Seneca language. Lehman Dowdy died this past summer.
"It started out as a class focusing on how Native Americans approach health and medicine … (to) look at it from a world view at how they approach health and how they approach medicine," Hilmey said. "(But) it became about how culturally different we are from the Senecas, and to understand health and medicine from a different perspective requires a more global understanding of their culture."
Hilmey said that throughout the semester, he and the class took about seven trips to the Faithkeepers School to engage in lectures with their teachers and have his students do poster presentations.
Additionally, the class attended a lecture from Edward Gray, a Mohawk medicine man, which focused on how he views medicine. For a final project, the class gave presentations to Salamanca High School science classes on American Indian medicine and the scientific method. Topics ranged from sweat lodges to ginseng.
Hilmey said making community-based learning, rather than the traditional reading and writing approach, serve as the backbone of his course offered students a rewarding learning experience.
"The impact that these hands-on sessions provided were, in my opinion, so profound that there wasn't a need to do more work. It did the job itself," Hilmey said. "The lessons they learned were something they didn't need to get from a text."
Hilmey also said that interaction with members of the Faithkeepers School was key in achieving the goal of Clare 208. He praised Faithkeepers teacher Steve Gordon for everything he did to accommodate his class.
"It was … the ideal way to obtain a world view because we were not reading about them, were not watching a video about them — we were speaking with them and learning from them," Hilmey said. "Part of the learning process is about making mistakes and not knowing what you're talking about, and we got to see that … we realized how little we knew about their culture and about them."
Alaina Collins, a senior biology major, took the class and agreed with Hilmey.
"It allowed you to actually interact with the culture rather than just read or be told about it, which then allowed you to get a deeper understanding and develop a personal connection," she said. "I think it was actually a lot more effective. … We met with the Faithkeepers and we had them teach us verbally (rather) than read background and history. We learned more through them telling us stories about their tradition, and then afterwards as a class, we would discuss what we learned and how it compared to our culture and our personal views."
Collins said the class was different from other Bonaventure classes she's taken because of its openness to take things as they came.
"Things didn't always go as planned and it made things more exciting, as well as more of a reality," Collins said. "I think I'll remember it (this class) for a longer period of time and I'll actually practice the life lessons learned."
Hilmey believes his section was successful and hopes to offer the course again in the future.
"When it becomes not about the grade, it becomes about the learning process … as a teacher, that's what I want to see," Hilmey said. "I've just never seen students become that invested in a class. To me, that was what struck me. They all ended up coming to a greater learning experience."
The class was supported by a community-based learning grant from the Center for Community Engagement at St. Bonaventure, Hilmey said.
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Congratulations to the Wikimedia Foundation for being named a Technology Pioneer 2008 by the World Economic Forum. It's a fantastic accomplishment. But as Wikimedia becomes a pioneering global citizen, we should challenge their leadership to do more than harness the collective intelligence of its millions of collaborators to just educate, inform and entertain the world for free.
According to my calculations, the collective intelligence captured in Wikimedia's properties could (and should!) be used to generate over US$1 billion for charitable causes in less than four years, and by year five should be contributing over US$1 billion per year to the world's charities!
Sounds crazy? Yes. Is it? No! Read on.
Newman's Own is a U.S. based company that is a role model for what Wikimedia should become. Newman's Own, owned by famous actor Paul Newman, operates as a regular profit-oriented company with competitive product offerings and market-rate salaries, marketing, distribution, R&D, administration and other general corporate expenses. The big difference is that all net profits generated by the business are donated to charity. If you live in the U.S. you have probably seen Paul Newman's image clothed in garish costumes on the packaging of salad dressings, potato chips, salsa and other food products. It is shameless exploitation of Paul Newman's image and reputation. But that exploitation has reportedly generated over US$200 million in charitable contributions since its formation in 1982. In fact, its corporate motto is "Shameless exploitation in pursuit of the common good." A book with that as its title describes the story and its charitable beneficiaries.
If anyone reading this is unfamiliar with Wikimedia properties, they are community-created web sites with enormous consumer traffic. The largest property, Wikipedia.org, is a "crowd-sourced" online encyclopedia. According to my friends at the leading online media measurement company comScore Media Metrix, the Wikimedia family of sites, when viewed as a single property, is the 6th most popular online media property in the world, in terms of monthly unique visitors (UV's) and is a Top 25 Global property in terms of monthly page views (PV's). And every page view is somebody researching something.
It is an iron-clad truth that revenue can be generated from online consumer traffic. Particularly from online consumer traffic where people are searching for something (see revenue and earnings of GOOG). Some percentage of the inquiries at Wikimedia properties has commercial value and advertisers would pay a lot of money to be in front of those people as they do their research. Wikimedia would not even need their own sales force to generate revenue because there are middle-man companies called advertising networks that have already aggregated advertisements from lots of different advertisers that would fall over themselves to serve their ads up on Wikimedia sites (the largest ad network is Google's Adsense). All Wikimedia would have to do is paste a small bit of code on every page and voila, a money machine is created.
Now here is where the maths comes in and the numbers get mind-boggling: First, a term of art in the interactive advertising business is RPM, and it stands for Revenue Per Thousand Page Views (M represents the thousand). A really low-quality site in terms of the traffic having commercial value (think chat and some social networks) can generate about US$1 RPM just by signing up for various ad networks and not even having their own sales force. Sites with traffic constituting more commercial value can get up to US$5 RPM using the ad networks. Sites with high-value traffic that hires its own sales force and works closely with advertisers and their agencies can generate US$20 RPMs and up.
A venture capitalist recently posted his views on expected RPMs for different types of businesses. If you follow that link, you will see that Wikimedia would be classified as a business with many different "endemic" advertising opportunities, which he puts in the US$20 RPM range and up (examples of endemic advertising opportunities in Wikipedia would be entries on cities and countries would attract travel-related advertisements, entries on information technology would attract IT-related advertisements, etc.). Certainly not all of Wikimedia traffic would have endemic advertising opportunities / high commercial value, but a lot of it would and it would probably match or exceed the percentage of Google searches that have commercial value relative to all Google searches.
According to comScore Media Metrix, the Wikimedia family of sites generated 40 billion page views from October 2006 to October 2007! And the number of monthly page views in October 2007 was 66% higher than the monthly number from October 2006. Lets use that to make some conservative estimates:
- Lets cut the growth rate in half to 33% and estimate 53 billion total page views for 2008.
- Lets assume that on average Wikimedia's traffic can only generate US$2 RPMs.
That is still US$106 million in revenue! And the operating expenses are very low, and this effort would not add much more to it, so almost all of it would go to charity (Wikimedia's financial statements are available here, and they show the year ending June 30, 2006 had total operating expenses of less than US$1 million). Now maybe there isn't enough ad inventory available immediately in the ad networks to service all these page views, but Wikimedia could flex its traffic-volume muscles, and its social mission, and pretty quickly take inventory allocation away from other properties to satisfy its page volume appetite.
Looking out a bit into the future and the numbers get really nutty. But its not unreasonable since its an online property that operates at a very high usage scale (just a notch below Google and Yahoo), yet has NONE of the product development and R&D costs that other for-profit companies must incur – their whole product is created by collaborators contributing their time for free. Lets look five years out, at 2012:
- Assume an average annual page-view growth rate of 20% over that period, yielding just over 100 billion page views in 2012
- Assume that Wikimedia has developed its corporate and technical infrastructures and now has a direct sales force focused on its high-value vertical content areas, world-class tools and programs for advertisers and can serve video and animated content and ads and can now generate an average of US$10 RPM. (And there is a chance that some of the governments of the world could be convinced to treat the buying of ads on Wikimedia sites as tax-deductible because it would be in effect a donation to charity.)
That is US$1 billion in revenue, with maybe US$50 million of expenses and all the rest of it donated to charity! And every year the amount gets larger and larger as the traffic volume on Wikimedia continues to grow and the internet advertising industry continues to grow.
Lets put some context to these numbers. Rick Reilly wrote a great article in Sports Illustrated on how the United Nations estimates that over 1 million people in Africa die every year from malaria and that 650,000 of those people could be saved if they just had a mosquito net to sleep under. It costs in total about US$20 to get a mosquito net manufactured, delivered and installed in Africa. Based on that article Sports Illustrated started a program in partnership with the U.N. Foundation called Nothing But Nets. US$13 million donated to that program could save the 650,000 preventable malaria deaths in Africa each year. Even with the lowest assumptions from its first year of operations, Wikimedia has the earnings potential to generate US$13 million for charity in about 6 weeks! This is but one of many examples of how this kind of money can help improve the world.
Even if generating profits caused Wikimedia to vaporize itself after 6 weeks and cease to exist, it would still be the right thing to do if it could save 650,000 lives.
But generating profits would not cause Wikimedia to vaporize itself. It would do the opposite. It would grow stronger every day. Instead of the mythical perpetual motion machine, it would become a real-world perpetual money machine.
The contributors that create the Wikimedia properties would contribute even more passionately because its for the common good. Consumers would consume Wikimedia content even more than they do now because its for the common good. Advertisers would advertise on it at or above market rates because its for the common good. A portion of the money generated would be reinvested to hire smart people at competitive salaries in ad sales, technology and administration, improve its infrastructure to serve video and rich media content and create state-of-art tools for content contributors and advertisers. Wikimedia would have potential employees, corporate partners and advertisers banging its door down to be a part of a company with this kind of social mission combined with its innovation pedigree.
What would be a greater testament to the triumph of free markets than for everyone to supply what they are capable of, as content contributors, consumers or advertisers, in an effort to create a sustainable source of money for those less fortunate? It would be a free market based, global perpetual motion money machine for the common good.
I recently watched an interview with Jimmy Wales, the founder of the Wikimedia Foundation where he said that most of the world's ills are caused by a lack of education and information. And that you can look at the social value of Wikimedia through a utopian lens and believe that by educating and informing people, it can have a positive social impact. I agree with all that. But I don't think anyone can disagree that it still takes "filthy lucre" to make things happen a lot faster.
There is a presidential election cycle here in the U.S. right now. Maybe we can get a candidate to adopt this as a cause and use their bully pulpit to make it happen. Or maybe this effort needs its version of Paul Newman to be the face of it. It's a global operation so it needs someone with global recognition…Oprah Winfrey? Global icon and Queen of All Media? Oprah has announced her retirement from her TV show in 2011, maybe she's looking for a new effort?
Deploying billions of dollars to charitable causes is no small task. It takes a well-run, global organisation to do it effectively. Someone should step up and offer their leadership skills. Maybe Wikimedia's coming out party as a pioneering global citizen at the World Economic Forum in January 2008 can start the ball rolling.
To paraphrase Paul Newman:
To the leadership of the Wikimedia Foundation: If you are unwilling to shamelessly exploit yourselves for the common good, then shame on you.
To all of us as contributors to, consumers of and potential advertisers on Wikimedia properties: If we are unable to compel the Wikimedia leadership to shamelessly exploit themselves for the common good, then shame on us.
Dan Malven is an entrepreneur, venture capital investor, husband and father of three. He runs Drumcott Capital and writes the blog Startup Conversations, where this essay originally appeared.
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Teams have until Tuesday afternoon to get their rosters down to 75, and the Browns are going to apparently do it a little at a time.
The team released four guys Monday, getting them down to 84 players.
The guys in question were defensive back Vernon Kearney, defensive lineman Dave Kruger, wide receiver Cordell Roberson and linebacker Tommy Smith.
That leaves them with nine more moves to make, and apparently they wanted to get one more day of work out of those guys before sending them packing.


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Eat, Pray, Love Author Leaves Husband For Best Friend
In a shock Facebook post, the author of bestselling self-help book Eat, Pray, Love revealed yesterday that she has left her husband - for her female best friend.
Elizabeth Gilbert, who announced her split from husband José Nunes - or "Felipe", to her readers - two months ago, admitted to realising she had fallen in love with Rayya Elias after the latter was diagnosed with pancreatic and liver cancer.
"In the moment I first learned of Rayya's diagnosis, a trap door opened at the bottom of my heart (a trap door I didn't even know was there) and my entire existence fell straight through that door," the 47-year-old wrote.
"Many of you already know who Rayya Elias is to me. She's my best friend, yes, but it's always been bigger than that. She's my role model, my traveling companion, my most reliable source of light, my fortitude, my most trusted confidante. In short, she is my PERSON.
"But something happened to my heart and mind in the days and weeks following Rayya's diagnosis. Death — or the prospect of death — has a way of clearing away everything that is not real, and in that space of stark and utter realness, I was faced with this truth: I do not merely love Rayya; I am in love with Rayya.
"And I have no more time for denying that truth."
The novelist also explained that the breakdown of her marriage had come about as a direct result of her epiphany.
"For those of you who are doing the math here, and who are wondering if this situation is why my marriage came to an end this spring, the simple answer is yes.
"(Please understand that I cannot say anything more about it than that. I trust you are all sensitive enough to understand how difficult this has been. As David Foster Wallace once wrote: 'The truth will set you free — but not until it's had its way with you.'
"Yes, it has been hard. Yes, the truth has had its way with us. And yes, the truth still stands.)"
The lengthy post has more than 10,000 comments, close to 50,000 "likes" and has been shared nearly 5,000 times, with many praising Gilbert for her courage in following her heart.
Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search For Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia catapulted into the The New York Times' bestseller list in 2006, selling more than 10 million copies around the world; Gilbert has since published a memoir, Harley Loco: A Memoir of Hard Living, Hair, and Post Punk, from the Middle East to the Lower East Side about her struggles growing up.
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AEW Europe and Natixis Asset Management have raised €162 million and secured the first two investments for their second real estate debt fund*, Senior European Loan Fund II
Following the success of Senior European Loan Fund1, AEW Europe and Natixis Asset Management have launched a new real estate debt fund*: Senior European Loan Fund II2 (SELF II). Following its launch in March, SELF II has completed a first closing raising €162 million. SELF II is being marketed only to institutional investors3 and the target equity raising is €750 million.
SELF II will benefit from the combined real estate and credit expertise of AEW Europe and Natixis Asset Management. The fund will invest in senior4 real estate loans supported by core office, retail, logistics and hotel assets located in the main European markets. SELF II has already completed two investments totalling €45 million through the acquisition of loans secured on a portfolio of office assets in the Paris region and an office building in Frankfurt.
Cyril Hoyaux, Head of AEW Europe's European Debt Platform commented: "The combined strength of AEW Europe and Natixis Asset Management as well as our pan-European investment strategy allow us to source the best market opportunities for SELF II. The first two transactions demonstrate our ability to seize opportunities whilst maintaining a selective and focused investment approach. We are currently working on a number of other opportunities and expect to announce other investments in the short term."
Arnaud Heck, Head of Real Estate Finance at Natixis Asset Management added: "SELF II demonstrates AEW Europe and Natixis Asset Management's commitment to this market which is expected to see volumes reaching €150 billion in 20165. Our network and market presence provides us access to a large number of transactions on which we undertake a detailed credit risk, portfolio and return analysis. Finally the Solvency II treatment of SELF II provides insurance companies with an attractive investment."
1 : Senior European Loan Fund I, a €323 million real estate debt fund, was launched in 2012 and fully invested in July 2015
2 : Senior European Loan Fund II is a sub-fund of the Senior European Loan Fund SCA-SIF, a specialized investment fund under Luxembourg law, managed by AEW Luxembourg. Natixis Asset Management and AEW Europe acts as a consultant with AEW Luxembourg.
3 : The subscription and acquisition of interests in the Senior European Loan Fund are restricted to certain types of institutional investors who meet the definition of Well Informed Investors as set out in the Luxembourg Law of 13 February 2007 relating to specialized investment funds.
4 : Senior debt benefits from priority payment and specific guarantees compared to other forms of subordinated debt.
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About AEW Europe
AEW Europe is one of the leading European real estate asset and investment managers. Together with AEW Capital Management in the United States and Asia, AEW Europe and its regulated subsidiaries - AEW Europe LLP, NAMI - AEW Europe and AEW Europe SGP - form a global real estate platform of over €48 billion in assets under management (of which €18.5 billion is in Europe as at 31 March 2016). AEW has over 30 years' experience in the management of real estate funds and separate institutional mandates with 500 employees in 14 locations around the world, including head offices in Boston, London, Paris and Singapore. AEW's innovative investment strategies are research-driven and rigorously controlled for risk, with implementation carried out by professional teams in its extensive network of local offices on the ground.
AEW regularly receives industry awards in recognition of its investment performance and adherence to principles of sustainability. AEW Europe is a founding member of the group of leading real estate fund managers applying the Bureau Veritas "Green Rating" standards to its European investment portfolio and is a signatory to the United Nations' Principles for Responsible Investment. The company is also an active member of the European Association for Investors in Non-listed Real Estate Funds (INREV) and its portfolios are benchmarked by the Investment Property Databank (IPD). AEW Europe is a subsidiary of Natixis Global Asset Management, one of the top 20 asset managers in the world.
About Natixis Asset Management
With assets under management of more than €347 billion and 712 employees1, Natixis Asset Management ranks among the leading European asset managers.
Natixis Asset Management offers its clients (institutional investors, companies, private banks, retail banks and other distribution networks) tailored, innovative and efficient solutions organized into 6 investment divisions: Fixed income, European equities, Investment and client solutions, Structured and volatility developed by Seeyond2, Emerging equities developed by Emerise3.
Natixis Asset Management owns also three subsidiaries asset managers: Mirova4, Dorval Asset Management and H20 Asset Management.
Natixis Asset Management's offer is distributed through the global distribution platform of Natixis Global Asset Management, which offers access to the expertise of more than twenty management companies in the United States, Asia and Europe.
(1) Source: Natixis Asset Management – 31/03/2016.
(2) Seeyond is a brand of Natixis Asset Management.
(3) Emerise is a brand of Natixis Asset Management and Natixis Asset Management Asia Limited.
(4) Mirova is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Natixis Asset Management.
About Natixis Global Asset Management
Natixis Global Asset Management is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Natixis. The company brings together investment management and distribution companies based in Europe, in the United-States and in Asia. It totals more than 776.4 billion euros of assets under management and employs 3600 associates on 31 March, 2016*.
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Live-Action Hurricane Polymar Trailer Streamed
Recently the first trailer for the live-action adaptation of Hurricane Polymar has been posted to the official Kadokawa Youtube channel. The short trailer features the titular character in some action scenes and a short preview of the setting. The film will debut in Japan in May 2017.
Live-Action Hurricane Polymar Film Announced
It has recently been announced that Hurricane Polymar will be getting a live-action adaptation. The series is not the only production under Tatasunoko Productions to receive the live-action treatment since both Gatchaman and Cassern were also adapted into live-action films. The film will be directed by long time Tokusatsu director, Koichi Sakamoto, and Shinuke Onishi (Ultraman Tiga, Dyna, Gaia Cosmos) will be working on the screenplay. The film will be distributed by Kadokawa. The film will debut in Japan in May 2017. The currently confirmed cast includes: Junpei Mizobata – Takeshi Yoroi Yuuki Yamada – Jyoichi Kuruma Yurina Yangai – Teru Nanba Read More


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GRANVILLE — Since the 1960s, Granville's tiny town office has been on a small plot of land with no running water.
Last Wednesday, Granville celebrated the grand opening of its renovated town hall and new town office, located in the town's former schoolhouse. Town officials said Sen. Patrick Leahy was instrumental in landing the low-interest loans and grants that allowed them to complete the project, and though Leahy was in Washington at the time, Marcelle Leahy, his wife, spoke on his behalf at the ceremony on Route 100.