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The following list reflects the order in which we would prefer to be contacted for general inquiries.
KT Hajeian
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Chris Coleman
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Dr. Amy Gusick
Associate Curator
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These special weekend events are your chance to meet members of our curatorial team, ask your own questions, and get a first-hand, up-close look at many amazing curiosities of our collections that aren't on display. Learn more >
Can you authenticate and appraise the value of my artifact?
The Museum is a nonprofit foundation and Museum employees are prohibited from authenticating and/or appraising the value of artifacts and specimens. Appraisals can be obtained from private dealers and auction houses. You can also try to find an appraiser through the American Society of Appraisers at www.old.appraisers.org/findappraiser.
Explore the link below to learn more about the patient and exact work of an archaeologist!
Find highlights from our Latin American collection in the Visible Vault and come marvel at the wide variety of shapes, colors, and sizes in our Zuni Fetishes exhibit case!
Want to see more? Look for special events like the Curator's Cupboard, where we bring interesting items out of our storerooms to share wiith visitors.
Archaeological fieldwork conducted by the Anthropology Department staff during the late 1920s and 1970s is responsible for thousands of artifacts housed in our collections. This work was conducted locally both on mainland California and on the various Channel Islands although important work was done in Arizona and Utah. Probably the most significant group of collections comes from Daisy Cave, Big Dog Cave, Dutch Harbor, Mugu, and the Grewe Site in Arizona. It can be divided into five periods.
To see the images and other archival photographs in more detail click HERE.
Picture of A. R. Sanger, C. W. Hatton, and Bruce Bryan looking at artifacts recovered during the expedition.
When the Museum opened in 1913 there was no formal Anthropology Department though some of the first acquisitions to the Museum were of an archaeological and ethnographic nature. Museum archives mention that by 1925, C. W. Hatton, was an early Curator of History, and a member of the Museum's "Indian Department," a forerunner of the Anthropology Department.
In 1926, Bruce Bryan was hired as the Museum's first Staff Archaeologist. In that same year, the Museum launched its first archaeological expedition to San Nicolas Island led by Bryan with C. W. Hatton and A. R. Sanger as field assistants. This expedition lasted from October 15 to December 14. The field party conducted surveys and excavations and brought the artifacts back to the Museum for analysis and display. According to a 1926 article in Museum Graphic, a publication of the Natural History Museum, this fieldwork brought back "one of the largest and most complete collections ever obtained from one of the Channel Islands." This expedition caused a lot of local excitement and a full-page article about it was published in the Los Angeles Sunday Times on February 6, 1927.
Bruce Bryan tried to publish a book on the results of the expedition called the Archeology of San Nicolas Island but it was never published. Eventually in 1970 Bruce Bryan was able to publish a manuscript regarding the 1926 fieldwork through the Southwest Museum, now the Southwest Museum of the American Indian.
In this picture Arthur Woodward is at Casas Grandes National Monument standing in front of his excavations at Compound F. Compound F is part of the Casas Grandes Complex.
In 1928 Arthur Woodward was hired as a Curator of History and Anthropology. He soon began archaeological field surveys with some limited excavations in California and Arizona. This fieldwork was based on tracing known Chumash village sites gathered from early Spanish historical accounts. This research was confined to private land with landowner permission. While surveying in San Luis Obispo County one of the landowners J. L. Newton put Woodward in contact with one of his friends in Arizona J. A. Christensen who had "Indian Mounds" on his land in southern Arizona. Woodward began survey and excavation at the Christensen Ranch Site during 1929 after securing permission and limited funding from the Museum and the idea that he could recover interesting archeological specimens for the collections. This was a common rationalization for fieldwork at the time.
Woodward was impressed with the results of this fieldwork and recognized that he was dealing with a culture similar to that which H. S. Gladwin in 1928 had uncovered and published on at Casa Grande. Woodward even dubbed the culture he encountered at the Christensen Site the "Casa Grande Culture" since the name Hohokam was not in use as yet. In writing to the Museum's director W. A. Bryan during this first field season, Woodward stated that archeological work in the Gila Valley was important since the area was largely untouched except by Gladwin and the Museum should continue further investigation. Frank Pinkely the Superintendent at nearby Casa Grande at the time and a colleague of Woodward's also encouraged this view.
One of the structures excavated at the Ven-11 Muwu site which has been identified as a sweathouse.
At about this time in 1929 Woodward by a chance encounter met Dr. Charles Van Bergen a retired wealthy medical specialist from New York who had some archelogical experience in Egypt. Dr. Van Bergen made two visits to the Museum in 1929. He enjoyed the Museum so much that he returned for a third time and asked to see the director about sponsoring archeological field research. The director, W. A. Bryan, knew that Arthur Woodward had an interest in archeology and the desire to conduct further fieldwork. W. A. Bryan introduced Van Bergen to Woodward and his offer was promptly accepted.
This chance encounter benefited the Museum greatly. Records indicate that Van Bergen was serious about supporting field research and by the latter part of 1930 he had spent $20,000 of his own money for expeditions to Arizona, California, and Utah. These funds paid for three field vehicles, camping gear, wages, and supplies for 17 men in the field. Quite a sum during the Depression! For his generosity the Los Angeles Museum Board of Governors made Dr. Van Bergen an honorary field associate in 1930 and in 1931 he was made an honorary curator of archaeology.
<>Van Bergen and Woodward's first project was the partial excavation of the Chumash Village of Muwu in Ventura County, California in the fall of 1929. However, by January 1930 Woodward was able to convince his patron Dr. Van Bergen that he should fund field expeditions to Arizona and Utah. This financial backing enabled the Museum to continue archaeological work both in California and in the southwest. Thereafter, field work funded by Van Bergen was known as the Van Bergen-Los Angeles Museum Expeditions or VB-LAM.
Between 1929 and 1932 Woodward participated as a field supervisor in the Van Bergen-Los Angeles Museum Expeditions to California, Arizona, and Utah. During this time, he was particularly well known for his work at the Grewe Site in Arizona, and his excavations in California at Muwu (1929 and then again in 1932), Simo'mo 1932, and Helo.
Unfortunately, the Great Depression caught up with Dr. Van Bergen and he began to experience financial difficulties. The Arizona contingent of the VB-LAM expeditions came to an end in January of 1932 although work still continued in California. Dr. Van Bergen hoped that this would be only a temporary reversal of fortune and planned to get the party back into the field within the next year. However, this did not happen and the VB-LAM expeditions in Arizona were never resumed; by the end of 1932 California operations had ceased as well.
This picture shows the size of Big Dog Cave located on San Clemente Island, SCLI-119. One of the Marines stationed on the island that assisted with the excavations is shown standing in front of the cave.
From 1939 to 1941, Woodward was involved with the Los Angeles Museum-Channel Islands Biological Survey. This survey involved Natural History Museum staff from various disciplines studying the biology, history, and archaeology of the Channel Islands. Woodward worked on the archaeological sites of San Clemente, San Miguel, San Nicolas, Santa Cruz, and Santa Rosa Islands. The survey proceeded along successfully during 1939, 1940, and throughout most of 1941. With the outbreak of WW II in December 1941 the Los Angeles Museum-Channel Islands Biological Survey came to an end.
Image of the depth of the excavations at Daisy Cave located on San Miiguel Island,SMI-261. George Kritzman, one of Charles Rozaire's collegues is standing in front of the stratigraphy.
Charles E. Rozaire began working for the Museum in 1965. Prior to his tenure with the Natural History Museum Charles worked at the Southwest Museum and conducted excavation and testing on San Nicolas and San Miguel Islands.
His primary responsibility upon being hired as a Curator at the Natural History Museum was to create and install a hall depicting Latin American Prehistory, which opened in October of 1966 and closed in 2008.
As his Curatorial duties would permit during the 1960s and 1970s Charles Rozaire conducted extensive research regarding the archaeology of San Miguel Island. Most of this work involved archaeological surveys and the testing of various sites.
During this work, on San Miguel Island, Rozaire located a cave site he recorded as SMI-261 otherwise known as Daisy Cave. He and his crew partially excavated this site and believed at the time it dated to about 3,000 years ago.
During the 1990s Jon Erlandson from the University of Oregon conducted some additional testing and reanalysis of Rozaire's work at Daisy Cave and determined that SMI-261 was a very significant site. Erlandson's analysis indicated that the lowest occupational levels of the cave dated to the terminal Pleistocene at about 11,000 to 12,000 years ago making it one of the oldest cave sites in western North America.
Evidence from the cave showed that the inhabitants were making cordage and basketry, exploited the nearby marine resources for food, and probably would have had watercraft to travel to and from the island.


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Skyline Releases Women's Soccer Report #5
- Christina Merrill named Player of the Week -
Clifton Park, N.Y. - The Skyline Conference released the fifth women's soccer report for the 2010 season this afternoon, including Player of the Week, Rookie of the Week, Honor Roll and Conference statistics.
Sophomore forward Christina Merrill (Levittown, N.Y./Island Trees) was named Skyline Conference Player of the Week. Merrill recorded a goal and three assists to lead the Rams to a pair of Skyline Conference victories. Merrill had a goal and two assists, all in the first 47 minutes, as Farmingdale State earned a 7-1 win at Purchase. She also assisted on Melissia Elie's eventual game-winning goal in the 10th minute as the Rams defeated Mount Saint Mary 2-0 to move to 4-0 in Skyline play.
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Clarkson University Students Win at SUNY Plattsburgh Free Enterprise Olympics
The Clarkson team, sponsored by the Reh Center for Entrepreneurship, was composed of Bryce Bandish '15, a chemistry major from East Dummerston, Vt.; Feroz Khalidi '16, a bimolecular science major from Chester, N.Y.; Emily Saramak '13, an innovation and entrepreneurship major from Lake View, N.Y.; and Remy Cholhan '15, a biology major from Rochester, N.Y.
Bandish won $750 by placing first in the individual competition, the "Speak-Off," while the team received $100 in Amazon gift cards for placing second in the "Creativity Challenge" and $300 for winning third in the overall competition.
Bandish presented a three- to five-minute speech on an entrepreneurship topic of his choice to win the Speak-Off.
In the team competition, the students brainstormed a new purpose and market for Muller's Smart Carts, which are primarily used in gardens. The Clarkson team proposed that the aluminum cart-on-wheels could be used for purposes at racetracks.
In the "Creativity Challenge," the Clarkson students were asked to come up with a new name for the Free Enterprise Olympics, proposing the "Free Enterprise Summit" as an alternative.
This was SUNY Plattsburgh's first Free Enterprise Olympics, which aimed to better inform students about free enterprise and encourage and reward students' creativity and innovation.
Bandish said the competition involved a nearly 12-hour-long day of work. "It was challenging and I look back with a new respect for everyone on my team. We worked hard, laughed, and succeeded in both team events. Everyone contributed to the success of our presentation."
"The schools and participants involved are what made this competition great," added Saramak. "Everyone was friendly yet competitive, which sparked a lot of innovative ideas."
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in five alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.
Photo Caption: Four Clarkson University students successfully competed in the Free Enterprise Olympics and Speak-Off competition recently held at SUNY Plattsburgh. From left: Remy Cholhan '15, Bryce Bandish '15, Feroz Khalidi '16, and Emily Saramak '13.
[A photograph for media use is available at http://www.clarkson.edu/news/photos/plattsburgh-competition.jpg.]


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Screening for risks
The healthcare industry has been laser-focused on prevention since it became obvious that stemming the tide of disease in our country required an upstream solution. From tackling prediabetes in adults to preventing childhood disease with infant immunizations, health professionals are onboard — with most finding a way to incorporate disease prevention into everyday practice.
But one area of preventive care is often overlooked. According to the Centers for Disease Control, a full 75% of the morbidity and mortality in adolescents is a direct result of preventable risk behaviors.1 Such organizations as the American Medical Association, American Academy of Pediatrics and American Academy of Family Physicians all recommend annual screening of adolescent risk behaviors. But despite these statistics and evidence-based recommendations from leading organizations, teens have been overlooked in standards of care to date. A survey of AAP's fellows revealed that fewer than 25% of providers regularly screen teens for risk behaviors.2
Rapid Assessment for Adolescent Preventative Services, or RAAPS, is an adolescent risk-screening tool that was born out of research and a practical need to overcome some of the most common barriers to adolescent risk screening: time, provider confidence, lack of counseling tools and resources, and teen engagement.
RAAPS was designed to be quick and effective for ease-of-use in a retail setting, and screening teens in this setting is especially important. Because teens utilize health care less than any other segment of the population, a visit with them may be the only health care they receive for that year — or longer.
Despite the need to screen for risky behaviors, it can be a struggle to connect with teens using a traditional interview style or incorporate long surveys into the practice workflow. Prior to RAAPS, a 72-question survey — known as Guidelines for Adolescent Preventive Services, or GAPS — was the best option for providers, but this survey took nearly 30 minutes for teens to complete and was not a good fit in a clinic environment.
Rapid Assessment for Adolescent Preventative Services, or RAAPS, is an adolescent risk-screening tool used to overcome some of the most common barriers to adolescent risk screening, including time, provider confidence, lack of counseling tools and resources, and teen engagement.
RAAPS was developed to fit easily into the workflow. The team of industry leaders and academic experts at the University of Michigan incorporated evidence-based literature and completed a validation study to ensure identification of the top contributors of morbidity and mortality in adolescents.
Equally important as the science that went into the survey was the group of consulting experts: teens themselves. The team had strong teen involvement in every aspect of development to make the survey more engaging and to help teens feel more comfortable answering sensitive questions. This collaborative development process led to some innovative features that increase both engagement and effectiveness in the teen population.
For example, the RAAPS survey can be completed on any device with Internet access — such as an iPad, Kindle or Android-powered tablet — which provides the mobility and flexibility for the survey to be used in almost any care setting, as well as minimizes "shoulder surfing" by both casual observers and protective moms. Audio and multilingual options help improve health literacy, which is especially important among underserved populations. The short, 21-question format decreases survey fatigue, and the technology interface provides better quality data. As research shows, teens are more likely to provide honest answers with technology than with face-to-face or paper surveys.3
Because adults aren't the only ones who forget half of what they hear in an appointment, teens can choose to e-mail themselves the individualized health messages they receive from the RAAPS system that are specific to their identified risk behaviors following completion of the survey questions. These messages can serve as reminders of what was discussed and as a resource that can be referred to at a later time, increasing their exposure to the messages and increasing the chance that they will make positive behavior changes.
The team also added innovative features just for health professionals. Risk assessment can uncover a broad range of risk behaviors, and clinicians have indicated that they have significant experience talking with teens about some topics, but not others, particularly sex and mental health.
Evidence-based talking points were developed for each question to help professionals in their discussions with teens across all of the potential risk behaviors. Health messages appear for professionals as a PDF document linked directly to each teen's completed survey. These health messages focus on what has been proven to be most effective in messaging to teens: providing ideas for changing behaviors, rather than focusing on why they should change, and including such self-efficacy messages as, "You can make a difference in your life and the lives of your friends by making safe driving choices." Each message includes national or government websites specifically for teens, as well as hotline numbers where applicable. Since 2001, there has been a massive growth in teens using the Internet to seek health information, yet few take steps to ensure the credibility of the online sources they are finding. RAAPS is giving them reputable resources.
RAAPS users report that these messages have helped them increase the effectiveness of their counseling sessions and, most importantly, build trust and rapport to support ongoing discussions, not just one-time encounters.
Another useful feature is access to risk data. Prior to having an online system, clinicians would have to counsel hundreds of teens with paper surveys and had no way of easily tracking individual outcomes or reviewing all of the risk data that had been collected, outside of time-intensive chart reviews full of human error. So, when building the reporting features, the RAAPS team asked clinicians what questions they had about their teen populations and created reports that responded to such questions as:
- What is the effectiveness of the risk counseling I am providing?
- What are the greatest risks in my teen population?
- Are my programs and services focused on the greatest risks?
Teen risks change over time, and having accessible data that reveals changing trends is critical for professionals serving adolescent populations. For example, a review of RAAPS 2012 data shows a significant increase in mental health risks among teens, even surpassing the usual issues of teen drinking, drugs and unprotected sex.
Used in care settings ranging from hospital outpatient clinics to school-based health centers, and with a benchmark database of more than 33,000 completed surveys, RAAPS' innovative approach has engaged teens and improved the effectiveness of both the identification and reduction of risk behaviors. And the data from RAAPS has been used to change service at all levels.
Consider a case study in Michigan, which began as a pilot and rapidly expanded across the state. The data from this initiative has been collected and analyzed at the state level and used to inform changes in Medicaid programming. Increased awareness from this project of the unique needs in teen populations also spurred adoption of an adolescent risk assessment guideline for Michigan.
Despite these successes, risk screening is not yet a standard practice among care providers serving the adolescent population. With 75% of all illness and death in the teen population attributable to preventable risk behaviors, and more than 75% of providers failing to routinely screen adolescents for these behaviors, the issue cannot be ignored. To learn more about RAAPS, visit RAAPS.org.
Jennifer Salerno is a nurse practitioner and former director of the University of Michigan Regional Alliance for Healthy Schools (RAHS) school-based health center program and the UM Adolescent Health Initiative, where she developed the RAAPS screening tool. Salerno is currently a consultant to the Michigan Department of Community Health, overseeing grant funding for the transformation of adolescent healthcare delivery in Michigan. She serves as a board member and adviser on many state and national organizations focused on adolescent health.
1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC]. (2012). The youth risk behavior surveillance system – United States 2011. MMWR 61(4). Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/pdf/ss/ss6104.pdf.
2 American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Periodic Survey of Fellows #71, conducted in 2008.
3 Paperny, D. M., Aono, J. Y., Lehman, R. M., Hammar, S. L., & Risser, J. (1990). Computer-assisted detection and intervention in adolescent high-risk health behaviors. The Journal of Pediatrics, 116(3), 456-462.
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The Beaufort-based Thumbs Up Inc., a United Way agency, has joined in a partnership with Target in recognition of its efforts in improving early childhood reading. A grant stemming from this relationship will be used to purchase computers, books, and school supplies for students.
Thumbs Up is a year-round program that focuses on academic achievement and character development by volunteers working one-on-one with referred youth, their families and their teachers. Students come from families where little or no help is available with daily homework assignments. The program requires both the parent and the student sign a contract stating the rules for joining and successfully participating in the program. Volunteers work one-on-one to tutor the children, help with homework and listen to them read and help them with reading comprehension.
Long Cove Community Endowment Fund also recently granted Thumbs Up funds to purchase computers, eBooks and new books for the after-school program. Long Cove Club was the first residential community on Hilton Head to establish a charitable endowment fund. Old and worn books will be supplemented with fresh new books, further encouraging the students to discover the joy of reading.
Those wishing to volunteer can help tutor from 3-5 p.m. once a week, drive a small bus on field trips or provide a meal once a month. Donations can be sent to 914 Hamar Street, Beaufort, SC 29902 and are 100 percent tax deductible.


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Padiav was a spatial component of traditional Persian houses : an enclosed courtyard with a pool or free flowing stream going through it . The word patio is derived from this word after another transformation.
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Overview and HistoryTehran is the capital of Iran and the largest city in the Middle East, with a population of fifteen million people living under the peaks of the Alborz mountain range.Although archaeological evidence places human activity around Tehran back into the years 6000BC, the city was not mentioned in any writings until much later, in the thirteenth century. It's a relatively new city by Iranian standards.But Tehran was a well-known village in the ninth century. It grew rapidly when its neighboring city, Rhages, was destroyed by Mongolian raiders. Many people fled to Tehran.In the seventeenth century Tehran became home to the rulers of the Safavid Dynasty. This is the period when the wall around the city was first constructed. Tehran became the capital of Iran in 1795 and amazingly fast growth followed over the next two hundred years.The recent history of Tehran saw construction of apartment complexes and wide avenues in place of the old Persian gardens, to the detriment of the city's cultural history.The city at present is laid out in two general parts. Northern Tehran is more cosmopolitan and expensive, southern Tehran is cheaper and gets the name "downtown."Getting ThereMehrabad airport is the original one which is currently in the process of being replaced by Imam Khomeini International Airport. The new one is farther away from the city but it now receives all the international traffic, so allow an extra hour to get there or back.TransportationTehran driving can be a wild free-for-all like some South American cities, so get ready for shared taxis, confusing bus routes and a brand new shiny metro system to make it all better. To be fair, there is a great highway system here.The metro has four lines, tickets cost 2000IR, and they have segregated cars. The women-only carriages are the last two at the end, FYI.Taxis come in two flavors, shared and private. Private taxis are more expensive but easier to manage for the visiting traveler. Tehran has a mean rush hour starting at seven AM and lasting until 8PM in its evening version. Solution? Motorcycle taxis! They cut through the traffic and any spare nerves you might have left.People and CultureMore than sixty percent of Tehranis were born outside of the city, making it as ethnically and linguistically diverse as the country itself. Tehran is the most secular and liberal city in Iran and as such it attracts students from all over the country.Things to do, RecommendationsTake the metro to the Tehran Bazaar at the stop "Panzda Gordad". There you can find anything and everything -- shoes, clothes, food, gold, machines and more. Just for the sight of it alone you should take a trip there.If you like being outside, go to Darband and drink tea in a traditional setting. Tehranis love a good picnic and there are plenty of parks to enjoy. Try Mellat park on a friday (fridays are public holidays), or maybe Park Daneshjou, Saaii or Jamshidieh.Remember to go upstairs and have a look around, always always always! The Azadi Tower should fit the bill; it was constructed to commemorate the 2500th anniversary of the Persian Empire.Tehran is also full of museums such as:the Contemporary Art Museumthe Abghine Musuem (glass works)the 19th century Golestan Royal Palace museumthe museum of carpets (!!!)Reza Abbasi Museum of extraordinary miniaturesand most stunning of all,the Crown Jewels Museum which holds the largest pink diamond in the world and many other jaw-dropping jewels.Text by Steve Smith.


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VIDEO: Joe Johnson Does It Again
ALL BALL NERVE CENTER — It's late at night, I've got one full day of vacation staring me in the face, and before I drift off to bed, I'm thinking about the last few things I'd like to accomplish (a long nap tomorrow, not doing chores, etc.) before heading back to the blizzard in NYC. And then Joe Johnson does it again. The Brooklyn Nets needed a win in the worst way, and who better to turn to than Joe Cool?
I know we usually air these posts out a bit, but this one is going to be a bit more to the point, because, you know, vacation. But before we get too far into this, we should stop and explain why we're here: What is the Horry Scale? For those who are new around these parts, the Horry Scale examines a game-winning buzzer-beater (GWBB) in the categories of difficulty, game situation (was the team tied or behind at the time?), importance (playoff game or garden-variety Kings-Pistons game?) and celebration (is it over the top or too chill? Just the right panache or needs more sauce?). Then we give it an overall grade on a scale of 1-5 Robert Horrys, the patron saint of last-second daggers.
One other thing before we move on: I've received a few emails from Blazers fans and Thunder fans wondering why I had not done Horry Scale posts for their teams when Lillard and Westbrook have hit game-winners. My reasoning is sound: Those guys have hit game-winners, yes, but they both left tenths of a second on the clock. And as we all know from reading the rules above, we are looking for shots with 0.0 remaining on the clock.
Which leads us to Joe Johnson…
The toughest part of Joe's game winner was having the 6-10ish Serge Ibaka guarding him. But the rest of the shot was the same kind of shot Joe's been knocking down his entire pro career. He inbounded the ball to Kevin Garnett, who handed it back to Joe, and then you can see all the other Nets clear out of the way and just let Joe do his thing. I've often said that if Joe Johnson were in a one-on-one contest against any other NBA player, I think he'd fare pretty well, because he's terrific at using his dribble and his size to nearly always get his shot off. And this instance was no exception.
More like season situation. The Nets have famously been something of a mess this season, and the recent season-ending injury to Brook Lopez led to many thinking it was time to put the final fork in the Nets (if we hadn't already). So to say they needed a win not just on this night but to give life to their season is no understatement. And I'm pretty sure nobody thought that win would come on the road, against the mighty Oklahoma City Thunder.
Rowdy. Even moreso than on Johnson's previous game-winner this season. Of course, even though this isn't an overtime finish, the Nets probably have more at stake now than they did a few weeks back. They've been knocked down, but they got up again.
We've had a run of 4 Horry scores of late, and I think it's time to break that streak. While the shot over the bigger defender was impressive, it was a basic jumper in a one-on-one setting. So I'm giving this three Horrys…
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Brent Crude glides among the canapés at the Waldorf
Ask Ken McClymont about the quality of University education these days, and you will likely get a frosty response. Ken, an artist and probably unreformable fringe theatre director, was among the guests at the London Festival Fringe awards, nominated (though not winning) anything for The White Whore and the Bit Player, a production which, earlier this year, ran at the Rosemary Branch theatre (a venue which was a winner of a Fringe Report Award in 2010). His 'unreconstructed' view of university or college education is that it's where you go to grow up, not to take vocational training in PR or 'business'. The fact that students emerge with the kind of debt that would have bought a house back in the day leaves him more than a little upset too, and I have to say that I agree with him.
We have gathered (some 100 or so guests) in the slightly incongruous surroundings of the marble ballroom at London's Waldorf Hotel, to witness the second London Awards ceremony, an event umbilically linked to the London Festival Fringe, in which Greg Tallent plays a leading role.
It's incongruous because this is a fringe night (or used to be – the event seems to have moved on!) and the guests wouldn't be out of place at Glastonbury, while the surroundings here are rather more like the Royal Opera. It's incongrous too, because there is some lovely entertainment – cabaret with Lily Lowe Myers and Robyn Cooper, followed by music with Millie Moonstone, as well as a finale of operatic splendour from Stephen A Brown and Ezra Williams – and the acoustics here (as one might expect from a room lined with marble and mirrors) are such that it really is difficult to hear. But then maybe that's just me being an old git.
The awards are introduced by Derval Mellett and they are a mixed bag too.
The poetry award for example, goes to Michael Longley. Not that it isn't well deserved – Michael Longley has been writing and winning awards throughout the decades (and I suppose I have to own too, that his wife, the redoubtable Edna, used to try to teach me English somewhere around the time of the Flood). It's the fact that he could hardly be called 'fringe' that is a little strange. (You could argue the same about BalletBoyz, who won the Dance award, but there…) But see the comment from Greg, which is attached – its wider than 'fringe' these days.
For the record, the full list of winners is as follows:-
London Art Award 2011 Winner
Douglas Gordon
London Best Play Award 2011 Winner
Precious Little Talent
London Book Award 2011 Winner
Stuart Evers "Ten Stories About Smoking"
London Comedy Award 2011 Winner
Zoe Lyons
London Dance Award 2011 Winner
London Film Award 2011 Winner
Submarine Dir: Richard Ayoade
London Jazz Award 2011 Winner
Julian Siegel
London Music Award 2011 Winner
Wild Beasts
London Photography Award 2011 Winner
Nadav Kander
London Poetry Award 2011 Winner
Michael Longley
I have to report too, that the lovely Alwyn Marriage (poet, lecturer, writer and judge on the poetry award, as well as the driving force behind Oversteps Books) is of the view that there has never been a better time to be a poet in the UK, such is its growing popularity. So there. And you'll probably be wanting to buy a volume or two from Oversteps to see just what you're missing. If you do, just click here: www.overstepsbooks.com
Finally, a note to the National Theatre (the great and good of which usually hang on my every word): Ken is ready whenever the offer comes, though he plans to shake up any potential audience more than a little. Be warned.
Thursday, 28 July 2011
(c) Brent Crude 2011


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City of Lancaster residents will soon see a hike in property taxes and water and sewer fees – increases that will help pay for a number of additions, such as more police officers.
City Council unanimously passed final reading Tuesday, June 26, of its $21.49 million budget for 2012-13.
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AUGUSTA — Mainers will soon be able to keep a closer eye on their politicians.
Public broadcasting's Maine Capitol Connection channel is expected to go on air Monday and feature day-and-night, gavel-to-gavel House and Senate coverage, plus hearings, news conferences, interviews and events of the day under the Augusta dome.
A state version of C-SPAN, Capitol Connection will start off as a pilot and make changes as needed, Managing Editor Mal Leary said.
Capitol Connection will provide "a window into the work we are doing," said House Speaker Mark Eves, D-North Berwick.
House of Representatives coverage will be transmitted live, followed by recorded Senate proceedings that often take place at the same time as House activities. Some days, Leary said, the Senate will be covered live and House taped.
"Certainly the more light we shine on the work in Augusta, the more lawmakers can be held accountable to the people we serve," said Senate President Justin Alfond, D-Portland, said.
Once budget hearings conclude, coverage will move to hearings on with high-profile issues, perhaps gun control or school funding.
The channel is also intended to be educational.
The state chief justice will explain how the court system works in one piece, legislative leaders will give the inside view on State House workings, and explanations will be given of the often complex relationship between the federal and state governments, said Leary, a three-decade State House reporter and open government leader.
The idea of televised legislative coverage has come up now and again through the years, and it gained momentum last spring following discussions among MPBN, legislative leaders and Gov. Paul LePage, who supports the idea, said Maine Public Broadcasting Network President Mark Vogelzang.
Vogelzang said he's confident the project will be a success, and he has received positive feedback in the run-up to the channel's debut. Leary thinks the program will get an ample audience.
"There's a lot of people out there who won't watch all the time but will watch when there's something of interest to them," Leary told WCSH-TV.
Last week, legislative leaders approved the plan for the channel through June, when the legislative session is due to end, and while it could continue next year there's no commitment to do so.
Launching of the programming required significant technical preparation in the weeks leading up to its debut, including a control room in the press area of the state office building. But thanks to forethought by planners when the Capitol Complex was renovated more than a decade ago, much of the necessary wiring was already in place.
Maine joins roughly half of the states with similar coverage of legislative events. But in Maine, the signal will be carried via cable as well as over the air so everybody – including people out of cable range in remote areas of the state – can get it.
MPBN's $250,000-$300,000 annual cost for the programming is all borne by member contributions.
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Tremulous times in the world of U.S. trade with China. Tomorrow, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will travel to Beijing for the latest semi-annual Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED). At ManufactureThis, we've previously termed these meetings "chit-chat diplomacy"— business-as-usual photo-op summits that receive the requisite press coverage, with Secretary Geithner offering rote praise of the good progress Beijing has made.
But there's an element of underlying frisson, a strange tension developing. Everyone knows that China's continued currency undervaluation should be a top point of discussion. However, Beijing has astutely signaled of late that it has begun trading its currency with wider latitude–albeit, a very incremental 1% band, rather than the previous 0.5%.
Such moves are always perfectly timed, giving Beijing room to say that it is making progress, and allowing Secretary Geithner enough wiggle room to fend off critics. Of course, nothing gets accomplished.
However, the critics are already out, and in more force than usual, which adds a slightly disturbing undercurrent of anticipation.
In Politico, Josh Boak cautioned that, while Thursday will launch another round of negotiations about the economy and security, it wouldn't be wise to "expect too much to be done about the exchange rate."
Boak says that, given the role the economy is playing in the 2012 election, "there's huge pressure at home on the Obama administration to get the Chinese to raise the value of their currency against the dollar." The fact that no one expects progress to be made in Beijing, makes the overall talks appear to be strangely superfluous. Similarly, Geithner's recent praise for China's "very significant and very promising" steps drew "withering criticism from the Alliance for American Manufacturing."
Bottom line: No one is buying the party line any more.
The low expectations for the S&ED come amidst a slightly more chilling turn in U.S.-China relations. Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng recently escaped from house arrest and took refuge at the U.S. embassy. In an already complicated scenario, the Chen affair could overshadow the entire talks.
Niall Ferguson, author of 'Civilization: The West and the Rest,' sees the incident as one of the launching points to a potentially "dangerous time for U.S.-China relations." As Ferguson explains, "the one thing you do not do in China: intervene in their domestic and political affairs and criticize them on human rights issues." This will put Secretary Clinton in a tricky position because, says Ferguson, "to get into an argument about one dissident is a high-risk strategy."
While Ferguson expects China's economic policies to be "on the table" this week, he cautions that Western media have been too quick to give China a pass on its internal economic issues. The "slowdown" of China's economy has been "over sold." He says that adjustments to China's overheated economy were "actually in the 5-year plan so it is not exactly a surprise."
All the more reason why Secs. Geithner and Clinton should travel to Beijing with fire in their belly, and should take a strong stance on so many of China's more egregious practices: dumping, subsidies, intellectual property theft, piracy, currency misalignment…
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Charles Curran, one of the most influential theologians of the past half century, grew up in Rochester, New York. He decided at the age of 13 to be a priest, earned two doctorates in theology in Rome, where he was also ordained, and accepted an appointment to the theology faculty at the Catholic University of America in 1965, a campus that would serve as the stage for an epic battle between Curran and the Vatican. (1)
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This weekend I was forced alone, and I spent it glued to the couch and dragging myself outside for sludgy coffee and impractical purchases. I saw "Little Miss Sunshine", alone. I bought suede boots that I have no idea how to wear, alone. I wandered the crowded streets, alone, and the worst part was, there was a stretch of several hours where I called no one and no one called me and I was struck hard by how I could have been snatched in that timeframe, quartered and thrown in a dumpster, and yet, no one would have known and no one would have cared.
I'm mourning the death of my former life now, and I don't deal well with grief. Everything is exhausting and pointless; I found myself 100 pages in to reading "The Corrections" before I realized I had already read it. Every action I take is a step back. My novel is stagnant at page 125 as of this second.
Being a tortured artist is overrated. I'm not finding comfort in the aesthetic of pain. I can't slash angry lyrics on a page, or even be lyrical at that. I can only create when I'm happy, not shivering on a corner of the bed, face hot, paralyzed by fear. Of the unknown. Of the thought that things that do not make you who you are, and even if they do, they are wasted, you could have done it some other way, known a slice instead of a wave of sadness and you could have learned it just from that…
Feelings mock. Things that control my life that I have no say in. Or worse, I do, and it's my fault that things have unfolded as they are, and of course, whose fault would it be otherwise? structures crumbling in my hands, and the thought of the reason why is something that could keep me sick at night, because I really do not know. I do not know how much of me is supposed to be, and why it's here.
Every action tastes like a mistake these days. Fingernails get dirty faster and sleepiness crowds my eyes, something is wrong, and while there must be a remedy, someone else holds it today, not me.


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"In the picture is my husband Scott and our son Ryan in the Outer Banks, North Carolina—he is 5 weeks old in the picture, now 11 weeks. I currently have both arms and feet tattooed. I definitely plan on getting a tattoo for Ryan, but will probably wait a few years to see his personality develop to be inspired. I am proud to be a tattooed mama. When I was pregnant, people would tell me 'Oh, giving birth won't be so bad because you have so many tattoos, your used to pain.' Getting tattooed is no comparison! I'd rather get tattooed for a week straight then feel the pain of pushing and delivering any day!"
Donna, New Jersey, Parenting.com reader
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Stephanie, Parenting.com reader
"This tattoo represents my mom who passed away when I was just 10 years old. She comes to me in my dreams as an Owl or Pueo, in Hawaiian. She is my guardian, and I carry her with me at all times."
Ipo, Parenting.com reader
"I have four tattoos currently, but once I'm done being pregnant I'll have more! This tattoo I have on my arm is my favorite. It's tigger for my nephew. He told me once when he was about 2 years old that Tigger is his hero, and he's mine. If it weren't for that little boy, I don't know where I'd be. So we got Tigger done. The J. R. M. underneath are his initals!"
Laura, Parenting.com reader
"This is my second tattoo. I got it a week after my husband and I got married. The kanji means energy. My husband and I believe that everything stems from energy, and everything in life depends on your state of energy. My husband got the same kanji on the same ankle at the same time. I have always loved Asian culture and cherry blossoms have always been beautiful to me. I definitely plan on getting more tattoos and plan to raise my children to be accepting of everyone no matter what their lifestyle choice is."
Heidi, Parenting.com reader
"This tattoo is all of my siblings initials (including my own) in order—reverse birth order, boys to girls—plus a little heart representing both our bond and one baby my mother miscarried at a late stage. I designed the tattoo myself. I was inked in Paris in 2007, a few months before I became pregnant with my son. Why in Paris? I took one of my sisters to the City of Lights for her 30th birthday, and we both decided to make it even more memorable—she has a cat on her ankle now, in honor of the last name shared with her husband, son and daughter.
Nicole, North Carolina, Parenting.com reader
"This is a picture of my latest tattoo, right after I got it. It is for my son, Alexander, and my husband, Frank. For my generation, tattoos are a normal way to express ourselves, but there are still some people that are shocked by my ink!"
Renee, California, Parenting.com reader and mom of Alex, 5, and Lilly, due October 8
"This is my son's name, Eric, on my shoulder!"
Erica, Parenting.com reader
"This is my first and only tattoo. I got it about 2 months ago and I am so glad I did. It's for my daughter, who is now 14 months. The halo is because she's my angel and the heart is for the love that we share. Below it in the banner is her name, Dalia.
Stephanie, New York, Parenting.com reader and mom to Dalia, 14 months
"Three days after I had him, I went a got his actual feet prints from birth tattooed!"
Medina, Parenting.com reader
"This tattoo holds a very special meaning. My youngest son, Noah, has had three surgeries to remove the left half of his brain due to a seizure disorder. He is finally seizure-free, and I got my first and only tattoo to celebrate this momentous occasion. The butterfly is the logo for the Hemispherectomy Foundation, a wonderful organization that provides support for families whose children have undergone a hemispherectomy, the same surgery Noah had. There is an 'N' in the left wing to represent the left half of Noah's brain being removed. The two large stars hold the initials of my older sons. I chose green and blue because those are my older boys' favorite colors. 'Believe' is our motto for all that Noah has been through. It also happens to be the city motto for Baltimore, where Noah's surgery took place and where he became seizure-free."
Jennifer, North Carolina, Parenting.com reader and mom to Nate, 8, Connor, 8 and Noah, 3
"On my right leg is a fairy tattoo. It doesn't stand for anything—it's just a figurine I got as a gift from someone. I loved it so much I got it as a tattoo."
Kristy, Parenting.com reader
"In June, I turned the BIG 40. I wanted to do something special to symbolize my 40 years. So, you guessed it—I got a tattoo.
I have always wanted a tattoo, but was always too nervous about the pain. I decided it was now or never! But, I wanted to be sure that it was meaningful. I have always had a love for dolphins. They are such amazing creatures. My dream was to go swimming with dolphins for my 40th, but that didn't happen. So, I decided to incorporate them in my tattoo. I decided on a circle of swimming dolphins. Each dolphin represents one of my children and is the color of their birthstone. My kids love it, and now whenever I go swimming, I am actually swimming with the dolphins."
Lisa, Parenting.com reader and mom of Nicholas, 10, Bella, 10 and Miranda, 4
Kelsey, Parenting.com reader
"I originally had a celtic butterfly on my shoulder. I decided I wanted a lily in rememberance of my grandmother, Lily, so they added on and changed it up."
Laura, Parenting.com reader
"I got this tattoo because I was having fertility problems. My husband and I had been trying to get pregnant for over a year. I was also taking fertility drugs to help. This verse has always spoken to me, but I kept forgetting to pray about this problem we were having. I decided I needed the reminder with me all the time. 3 weeks after I got the tattoo I found out I was pregnant with our first baby. We are so excited!
The verse is Philippians 4:6-7: Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God's peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus."
Tara, Texas, Parenting.com reader
"I designed all my tattoos myself; they are in my handwriting. This is my first, which I got on November 4, 2006 when my daughter was 6 months old. It took me 6 months to design. 'Principessa' is Italian for princess (I came up with this idea because her father is part Italian and she is my little princess). Ariel Nicole is her name, and I had it placed on the back of my neck because no matter what, she is always in the back of my mind.
Thanks for setting up this scrapbook and allowing all us tattooed mamas to share our tattoos & the stories behind them. Mine mean a lot to me—my daughters are my world, and the tattoos I have are a symbol of both the pain and the pleasures of being a mom."
Emily, Parenting.com reader and mom of Ariel and Tacy (baby #3 due November 14, 2009)
Jessica, Parenting.com reader
"I got a few tattoos 3 months before getting pregnant, and no damage to them afterward either!"
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Each year, MAC Cosmetics picks a big-name celebrity to feature on a trademark product for their Viva Glam campaign. Last year, Lady Gaga partnered with the brand to produce Viva Glam Gaga lipstick, which had a sort of taupe-meets-crimson sheen to it; this year, they've chosen Nicki Minaj for a bright bubblegum-pink lipstick and Ricky Martin for a colorless unisex lip conditioner. While many corporations wrangle endorsements from famous people at high prices and then hawk the products for higher profits, MAC gives 100 percent of all proceeds from their Viva Glam products to the MAC AIDS Fund.
After a whirlwind media tour, with appearances on Good Morning Americaand Live! with Kellyearlier in the day, Nicki and Ricky relaxed at New York City's Stage 37 last week for their much-hyped Viva Glam launch party. Before the bash, we caught two of MAC's top execs and chatted them up about the famous duo: Nicki and Ricky's rhyming synergy, how they make money off the products, and whether Obama is wearing makeup on-camera.
Here's what John Demsey, group president of the __Estée Lauder Companies,__and Nancy Mahon, global executive director of the MAC AIDS Fund, had to say.
How did you choose Nicki and Ricky as the new faces of the Viva Glam campaign?
John Demsey: Both of them have huge, diverse platforms in terms of their fan base and audience. In Nicki's case, she's become one of the leading voices for young people and really has captured the imagination of the day. We also believe she can sell the lipstick. Ricky has been a pop star since he was a young child. He himself is on a trajectory to taking his career to greater heights. It's the first time that MAC Cosmetics has ever done a unisex product that can be used by men and women with no shades associated with it. The two are a surprising, fun combination of pop-culture personality, muscle, and fund-raising ability.
Nancy Mahon: I'd just like to add that AIDS is the leading killer of black women in America and abroad. That's something Nicki really took to heart. And Nicki's uncle died of AIDS himself.
You guys give away 100 percent of the proceeds from Nicki's lipstick and Ricky's lip conditioner, each costing $14.50, to the MAC____AIDS____Fund. Clearly, it's a great cause, but how can you make any money off of it? John: We've been doing this for 20 years—first, with RuPaul, and last year, with Lady Gaga. We've found that this cause in particular resonates with the staff that works for the brand, as well as the customers around the world who are attracted to our brand. Whenever our Viva Glam business is at an all-time high, so is our overall business. For us, this is not only good work—it's good business.
__Nancy:__We as a company give more money to AIDS than any other company in the world. Last year, we raised $38 million and gave that all away. We would be happy for more company, so we not only encourage customers to make a difference but also other companies. It's a wonderful testament that you can do good in the world and do good business.
In terms of selling the lip conditioner to men, do you think they'll really buy it?
John: A little-known fact is that there probably isn't a performance artist, model, film star, newscaster, or journalist—male or female—in the world that doesn't have some sort of experience with using a MAC product from time to time. It always amazes me how many men—politicians, professional athletes—in the era of high-definition television wear makeup as part of projecting their total image.
__Are you going to name any names here?
John:__There's hardly a person I can think of that has not used our products.
John:__ I don't know if he has. I know that Michelle has.
__How about Brian WIliams?
John:__ Everybody does! We've come a long way since the Nixon-Kennedy debates, in 1960.
__I saw a promo ad that said one lipstick can buy 254 male condoms or 24 female condoms. In terms of where the money will go, do you focus on prevention, research, or medicine for those who already have the disease?
Nancy__: We certainly do fund condoms—we fund a large range of services—but the bulk of what we do is fund food and housing for people living with AIDS. The bottom line is if you can't eat and you don't have a roof over your head, you can't practice prevention or get better.
__The Nicki lipstick is bubblegum-pink. Do you think girls will want to go for this really bold color?
John:__I'm sure of it, because we had a little experiment. When Nicki came to us before she launched her first album, Pink Friday, she was big fan of a pink shade of our lipstick, and we actually created a variant of the shade for her album launch, which we put online only. We thought we would sell 2,500 pieces over four Fridays last November. We sold 40,000. If you watched the Grammys, she wore the Viva Glam lipstick during her performance.
__What did you think of that performance? It was very Catholic-imagery inspired and somewhat blasphemous. Could that turn off some people?
John:__It could. I think she definitely made a statement and got people's attention, and that's what MAC's all about.
__Ricky has around 4 or 5 million fans on Twitter, while Nicki has 9 million. Is she the more famous spokesperson of the two?
John:__ Ricky has a very surprisingly big fan base in Asia and in the international markets. He really hasn't been focusing on the American Twitter-using market for quite some time. I don't know if you saw his performance on Glee two weeks ago, or the news that he's going to be in Evita on Broadway, but this campaign coincides with the re-introduction of Ricky Martin to mainstream America.
__Ricky's not the first openly gay person you guys have used, either.
John:__ We've used RuPaul, k.d. lang, and Elton John, so we've had everybody from all walks of life associated with the brand.
Nancy: John, I didn't get to tell you this, but this morning Nicki told me, "Boy, you guys are really good at this. I really like working with Ricky." So they have very nice chemistry.
__And it rhymes!
John:__We didn't know it was going to happen this way, but it's lining up to be a very Ricky-and-Nicki moment. And MAC is at the center of it.


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"You think your teacher will believe you were bit by a dragon?" I asked.
"You just don't believe in dragons," his older brother, Ryan, said – who really did believe in them. Far more than anything I could convince him about the existence of any actual God.
"I don't believe you can actually be bit by a dreamt dragon," I said.
Ryan sullenly was putting on his sneakers. At eight, he was quick to disclaim the existence of Santa, the Easter bunny and the tooth fairy. (Suspicious perhaps of the $1.99 price tags Santa left on stocking toys; handwritten notes identifying their Easter baskets, and a baby tooth "dropped" by the negligent tooth fairy in the bathroom rug.)
Ryan is not the only human to believe dragons actually did exist, though seemingly, no evidence has ever been found. "That's because they came before the dinosaurs," is Ryan's claim. "So far away back, the bones just crumbled away. That's why there's no fossils."
I do my best to believe along with him. I love the idea of dragons, especially since they had wings and could fly!
But he can see through my doubts, so gets angry at me for stepping on his invisible pet dragon's tail. He has a smaller pet dragon that rides his shoulder like a parrot. He has a devoted row of truly real, if plastic, dragons on his desk, and to whom he feeds purple Flarp for dinner.
So on this particular school morning when his little brother was bit by a dreamt dragon, Ryan challenged me: "What's the big difference between a dreamt dragon and an invisible one, anyway? You can't actually see either. So maybe he really was bit by a dragon."
The both just looked at me. Kenny massaging his bit leg.
"If it's not feeling better by the time you leave for school, I'll take you to the doctor. I'm sure there's a shot for dragon bites."
Kenny's eyes grew wide. "A shot?" He suddenly stood up straight. "It might be feeling better..."
And to Ryan I said, "And watch your step. Mugsy is on the loose."
"You think you're the only one with a pet dragon? Well, not exactly a dragon, but he looks like a dragon maybe....It's part bird, part. . . gerbil." We have gerbils, it was the first thing that came to mind.
But now I was on a roll. "And its wings are fragile as a butterfly's. And it has x-ray night vision." I can't imagine where I came up with the name Mugsy and was glad no one ask.
Ryan grinned. "Cool." Until we were finally out the door to school, he walked very gingerly around the house, careful not to step on Mugsy's fragile wings.


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Mexican Drug Lord Son Captured, Authorities Say
(NEW YORK) -- Mexican authorities said today they captured the son of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the notorious leader of one of Mexico's most powerful drug cartels.
Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar, a suspected high-level operative in his father's Sinaloa cartel, was nabbed Tuesday morning in Guadalajara, Mexico, according to a statement released by the Mexican Navy.
The younger Guzman was indicted in Chicago in 2009 for his alleged role in "narcotics trafficking activities to import multi-ton quantities of cocaine from Central and South American countries, through Mexico, and into the United States."
Earlier this month, the U.S. Treasury Department designated Guzman Salazar and his wife, Maria Alegandrina Salazar Hernandez, as key Sinaloa cartel operatives.
"This action builds on Treasury's aggressive efforts, alongside its law enforcement partners, to target individuals who facilitate Chapo Guzman's drug trafficking operations and to pursue the eventual dismantlement of his organization, which is culpable in untold violence," Adam Szubin, director of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control said then. Guzman Salazar's wife, the Treasury Department said, provided "material support" for drug trafficking activities.
In February, Mexican authorities nearly nabbed "El Chapo" himself, but the drug lord managed to escape -- a blunder that left American officials questioning whether someone was tipping him off.
Time and again, the U.S. provides Mexican law enforcement with precise intelligence about the safe houses where "El Chapo" is hiding. And every time the Mexicans raid a house, the man that the U.S. government calls "the most powerful drug trafficker in the world" manages to escape at the last minute.
"Every time he gets away, they tell us, 'He got out the back door,'" said one American official. U.S. officials have started to joke that "there is no word for 'surround' in Spanish."
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"Politician" is the occupational equivalent of "Florida".
Religion is regarded by the common man as true, by the wise man as false, and by the powerful man as useful
Yeah, if the pagans are so smart, why did Jesus invade Pagan-land on the back of a dragon and kill them all!
I have more pleasant things to focus my attention, time, and resources on than Gamergate or the Gamergate thread, such as pouring hot sauce in my eyes, lemon juice enemas, and imagining being eaten alive by fire ants.
I sympathize completely. However, to use against us. Let me ask you a troll. On the one who pulled it. But here's the question: where do I think it might as well have stepped out of all people would cling to a layman.
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February 27, 2004
NECA publishes latest NEIS
Michael Finnegan, president of Michael Finnegan Electrical Contracting Electric Supply Co., is the grand prize winner in Schneider Electric's Square D 100th anniversary sweepstakes. The contractor from South Windsor, Conn., was randomly chosen from approximately 6,200 entries to win a Dodge Ram pickup truck.
"I never expected to win, but I'm glad I did," Finnegan says. "This is a great way to kick off the new year."
The contest featured specially marked packages of the company's Amp Heavy Duty NEMA 1 and 3R safety switches that contained a promotional piece participants registered with the company. Five hundred instant winners received circuit breaker radios, and all participants who registered pieces were eligible for the grand prize.
February 26, 2004
NECA publishes latest NEIS
The National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) recently published NECA 406-2003, Standard for Installing Residential Generator Sets. The standard covers generators that are permanently installed in single-family dwellings for backup power and powered by gasoline, natural gas, or LP gas.
NECA 406 is the twenty-fourth volume of the National Electrical Installation Standards series of publications, and it's approved by the American National Standards Institute. Copies of the standard are available for $30 by calling the NECA order desk at (301) 215-4504, or as a free PDF at www.neca-neis.org/standards.
February 25, 2004
eBay offers financing option
eBay is now offering business buyers an integrated financing option for industrial equipment and information technology priced at $2,000 or higher. Direct Capital Corp. will provide the financing service and perform inspection checks to ensure the quality of the products being sold.
The Equipment Financing Program can be accessed at the eBay business Web site. Sellers need to enroll in the program and include a link to the financing service within the item listing. Buyers complete an online application and, upon approval, can purchase items up to a specific financing amount.
Computer, networking, telecom, and construction products are available for financing.
February 24, 2004
Tice Electric Co. receives Eve Award
Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao has awarded Tice Electric Co., Portland, Ore., with the Eve Award for excellence in equal opportunity programming. The company received the award at a ceremony held in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 19.
The company established an employee-based infrastructure to assist apprenticeship program participants overcome crises. The program helps to ensure employees complete apprenticeships and reach their career goals in spite of adversity. The company was also recognized for its efforts in training and the community.
Tice Electric Co., employs approximately 100 people and provides construction, remodeling, service work, telecommunication, high-voltage line work, and other specialized services for industrial and commercial clients.
February 23, 2004
Magnetek to assist Plug Power with stationary fuel cell development
Plug Power has selected Magnetek to provide power conditioners for a new line of stationary fuel cell it's developing. Magnetek will complete the delivery of two prototype power conditioners in August 2005.
The power conditioners will invert the DC produced by the proton-exchange-membrane fuel cells into the AC required for stationary applications. Doing this will enable the fuel cells to operate in grid-tied or stand-alone mode in the event of utility power loss.
In stand-alone mode, each fuel cell will be able to handle peak power loads as high as 9kW and accommodate load imbalances from 0% to 80%. Should a utility fail in grid-tied mode, the power conditioner will pick up the load immediately and the fuel cells will continue to operate in a stand-alone mode until the utility power is restored.
February 20, 2004
Schneider Electric creates Critical Power Competency Center
Schneider Electric has launched a Critical Power Competency Center (CPCC) that's based out of its Nashville, Tenn., office. The center aims to provide customized but repeatable power distribution and management for the critical power market.
The CPCC will combine the company's product design, development, and distribution; program management; engineering; and power consulting and resources from its LaVergne, Tenn., Smyrna, Tenn., and Columbia, S.C., facilities. This group will assist customers through project steps like power system design, order entry, project management, and implementation.
February 19, 2004
New Jersey LMC launches new Web site
The New Jersey State Building and Construction Trades Labor Management Council (LMC) has launched a new informational Web site, www.njlmc.org.
The site is designed to increase awareness about the LMC and its more than 16 organizational members, including NECA, and to provide those interested in starting a construction career with links to educational and training opportunities statewide.
The LMC represents more than 135,000 individuals in various union trades and employer associations throughout New Jersey.
February 18, 2004
President Bush's 2005 budget includes topics of electrical industry interest
President Bush's proposed 2005 budget, which he recently submitted to Congress, addresses several issues in a new initiative that some members of the electrical industry have come forward to support.
The initiative titled, "Jobs for the 21st Century," would provide $250 million for a new employer-focused grant program for training in community and technical colleges. To receive funding for the grant, applicants would be required to prepare a training plan with community colleges and employers, and certify that the training would focus on industries with demonstrated labor shortages.
President Bush's budget also addresses the administration's support for Association Health Plans, which would help small businesses provide health insurance coverage for their employees. On the issue of taxes, the budget aims to permanently extend many of the provisions of the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Act of 2003.
The IEC recently released a press release that states the organization's support for the initiative.
February 17, 2004
MPS and BVSG combine to provide expanded services to enterprise customers
Meridian Project Systems (MPS) and BV Solutions Group, Inc. (BVSG) have joined together to service corporate accounts that use Proliance, a software programs designed for Fortune 1000 companies, government agencies, and engineering and construction firms who need to design, construct, and maintain large capital and real estate construction programs.
Proliance is the first project controls software built on Web Services and XML technology. It allows global companies to manage projects, programs, and business processes across its organizations and external supply chains. This partnership will allow MPS to offer additional support to its customers through BVSG's global network of technical consultants and project managers.
February 13, 2004
Philips Lighting and California to conduct seminar on waste disposal
Philips Lighting and the California Department of Toxic Substance Control will conduct the Lighting Crossroads, a seminar to help California facilities managers and others responsible for building maintenance understand the state's new regulation that makes it mandatory to recycle lamps that contain mercury.
Sessions will be held in Sacramento on Feb. 24, Berkeley on Feb. 26, Orange County on March 2, Los Angeles on March 3, and Sad Diego on March 4. The seminars will include breakfast at 8 a.m. with the presentation to follow at 9 a.m.
The companies, along with lamp recyclers Advanced Environmental Recycling and Earth Protection Services, Inc., will discuss the reasons that light bulbs contain mercury, the new regulation, resources for recycling the mercury bulbs, and the importance of sustainable lighting practices.
To register for the seminar, visit the Philips Web site or call1-800-945-9071.
February 12, 2004
Appleton offers free review guide
Appleton is giving away copies of its 2002 NEC Code Review Guide, which explains recent revisions made to the articles of the Code. The guide is available in booklet or 17-minute DVD format.
To obtain a copy of the guide, visit www.appletonelec.com or call 1-800-621-1506.
February 11, 2004
Cmmscity.com and TEC, Inc. launch CMMS search tool
Cmmscity.com and Technology Evaluation Centers, Inc. have teamed up to create the Cmmscity.com Technology Evaluation Center (TEC), a search engine that assists users in finding computerized maintenance management systems and enterprise asset management systems vendors.
The TEC allows users to choose the appropriate system based on a customizable set of criteria for their specific needs. TEC provides product data and side-by-side comparisons based on more than 2,700 system criteria.
February 10, 2004
Magnetek Industrial Control Group adopts new name
Magnetek Industrial Controls Group is changing its name to Magnetek Power Control Systems. Peter McCormick, president and general manager, says this new name better represents the products and services the company now designs and manufacturers.
The company has grown into several divisions like electromotive systems, telemotive industrial controls, Mondel engineering, elevator drives, power products, and alternative energy.
February 9, 2004
Osram Sylvania receives Partner of the Year award
Osram Sylvania has been named an Energy Star Partner of the Year for the second year in a row. The company will receive its award at an Energy Star ceremony on March 2, 2004, in Washington D.C.
The company is being recognized for producing compact fluorescent lighting, which saves as much as 75% of the energy typically used in an incandescent light bulb.
February 6, 2004
Leviton wins big at the tecHOMExpo
Leviton Integrated Networks won two Innovative Housing Technology awards at the fourth annual tecHOMExpo last month in Las Vegas. The company was the only manufacturer to win more than one award at the show.
The company's Compact Structured Media Enclosure, which creates a distribution point for basic telephone and video within each individual housing unit, earned the Home Networking Products award. The Spec-Grade Sound System Matching Module with AutoSurge technology, which allows impedance matching to take place at the central wiring point where speaker and control wiring converge to interface with the amplifier, took home the Video/Home Theatre Products award.
February 5, 2004
NFPA seeks new committee members
The National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) has issued a call for members to serve on various standard committees. Interested applicants can visit NFPA's Web site for a downloadable application.
Three of the 47 committees deal with electrical issues. The Committee on Electrical Systems Maintenance, which is responsible for NFPA 73, Electrical Inspection Code for Existing Dwellings, is looking for members in all interest categories, except special interests.
Two health care committees are also seeking new members. The Committee on Health Care Facilities-Electrical Equipment wants members in all interest categories, except users and The Committee on Health Care Facilities-Electrical Systems wants members in all interest categories, except special experts. Both committees work with chapters in NFPA 99, Health Care Facilities Code.
February 4, 2004
IBEW completes New Jersey Secaucus Junction
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 164, based in Paramus, N.J., recently completed work on the New Jersey Transit's Secaucus Junction, a 312,000-square foot station that connects 10 of New Jersey's 11 regional lines from Bergen and Passiac counties to a tunnel transfer to Manhattan's Penn Station, Newark Liberty Airport, and along the northeast corridor. The project was three years in the making, and it's considered one of the largest jobs in the Local's recent history.
The project employed an average workforce of 25 electricians and 10 telecommunication technicians to install the wiring network for 11 elevators, 32 escalators, 465 addressable fire alarm points, 232 closed-circuit television cameras, 984 public-address speakers, and three 8-foot diameter clocks. In addition, the group installed 1,600 feet of continuous fluorescent lighting in architectural ceilings and wall covers, and 11,500 feet of linear recessed fluorescent lighting on the train platforms, mezzanine levels and main concourse level, and ran 500,000 feet of cable and fiber optic wiring for the station's data, telephone, and CCTV work.
February 3, 2004
Emerson Motor Technologies finds a new home
Emerson Motor Technologies recently moved into a new facility in Southaven, Miss. The 150,000-sq ft Southaven Customer Service Center consists of a warehouse, modification center, and a local customer service center.
The company plans for multiple divisions to operate out of this single building. The first to make the move last month was Liebert.
February 2, 2004
SF 330 release date pushed back
Federal procurement agencies have pushed back the effective date of the new SF 330 form from Jan. 12, 2004 to June 8, 2004. The date change will allow time for the private and public sector to adjust, and for compliance software and other products to come to market. The SF 330 form will replace the SF 254 and 255 forms architects and engineers must complete and submit when bidding on public projects.
The National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) which lobbied with the Council on Federal Procurement of Architectural and Engineering Services to delay the compliance date, plans to hold a teleseminar in the upcoming weeks to help applicable engineers complete the new form.
Some of the objectives of the SF 330 are to merge the current SF 254 and SF 255 into a single form, expand information about qualifications and experience, and reflect current architect-engineer disciplines.


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Sep 27 2011
Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis ! (Thursday 29th, WLT 21, 7:30PM)
"Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis" (in English, "Welcome to the Sticks") is the most successful French comedy so far, with about a quarter of the population in France rushing to movie theatres to enjoy an hour and a half of laughs and tears at the same time.
I will let Julia Frey, in her article entitled "Pang and Ch'tis", introduce the movie to you:
"Currently, the wildly successful comedy Bienvenue Chez les Ch'tis -pronounced sh-tee- (Welcome to the Sticks), has sold more tickets than any French-made film in history, including France's most expensive film to date, Astérix aux Jeux Olympiques. At this writing, approximately 25 percent of France has been to see this gentil (charming) farce about a postal clerk from sunny Provence forcibly relocated to a small town in France's far north, the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region along the Belgian border. Shot in Bergues (pronounced "berk"-which is also slang for "yuck"-pop. 4,200), not far from Dunkerque, it uses gags about torrential rains starting at the boundary and hard-drinking, unemployed rednecks who eat bread slathered in stinky cheese dipped in chicory-flavored coffee, while speaking an incomprehensible dialect called Ch'timi, whence their nickname, "les Ch'tis". They replace "s" with "ch" (you know that singer Chtevie Wonder?), call their buddies "biloute" (regularly confused with biroute, slang for the male sex organ) and end every sentence with hein? (huh? pronounced a little like a duck quacking). All this slapstick has an underlying message: le Nord can be a wonderful place. "People arrive in tears", someone says, "and leave in tears". "
An American version of the movie was planned to be shot (the story would have been about a New Yorker being sent to a small town in Texas), and Eddie Murphy was thought of as embodying the main character, but it seems that the project has been abandonned recently. However, I hear that the concept had been exported to Italy and other European countries.
Anyway, here is the trailer:
Once again, this is a feel-good movie, a good way to relax at the end of a long week, and of course there will be free snacks and beverages!!! 🙂
See you on Thursday, in WLT 21, at 7:30PM !
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SURVEY: Dakotas Among Best and Worst Poverty Rates in Region
(NPN) -- One Dakota has the best poverty rate in the region and one of the best in the nation. The other Dakota has the worst poverty rate in the region but fares OK nationally.
Care to guess which Dakota is which?
According to statistics compiled by the nonpartisan Spotlight on Poverty Opportunity, North Dakota leads the Northern Plains with a poverty rate of 11.2 percent. Meanwhile, the other Dakota, South Dakota, has the second highest poverty rate in the region at 13.4 percent.
Statistics were compiled based on 2012 census and other data.
Nationally, New Hampshire has the best poverty rate at 10 percent while Mississippi has the worst at 24.2 percent, according to the group.
Spotlight's poverty rankings for Northern Plains states: 1. North Dakota, 11.2 percent; 2. Minnesota, 11.4 percent; 3. Wyoming at 12.6 percent; 4. Iowa at 12.7 percent; 5. Nebraska, 13 percent; 6. South Dakota, 13.4 percent; and 7. Montana, 15.5 percent.
South Dakota's poverty rate has fluctuated from a low of 11 percent in 2000 to a high of 14.4 percent in 2010.


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We knew it was coming, but a brief hands-on play with the just-announced Canon EOS 6D has confirmed to the 'Lint that it looks to be a top-notch full-frame camera.
It's claimed to be the "world's smallest and lightest full-frame DSLR", and the body size feels smaller in the hand compared to, say, the Canon EOS 5D mkIII by quite a margin. In fact this latest full-framer is about the same size as the 60D. No mean feat considering the difference in sensor sizes, though we don't feel that the 6D's weight makes a huge difference when a heavy EF lens is attached to the front.
When it launches in December, the 6D will be £1,799 for the body alone - a couple of hundred quid less than the Nikon D600 - which has the potential to open up the 35mm format to a wider audience.
The EOS 6D might have only an 11-point autofocus system, but it's sensitive to a claimed -3EV and, from our tests both indoors and out (though, admittedly, nothing near to -3EV), it felt super-quick to lock on to subjects. Sometimes it's not the number of points but how well they work. Sure, a more complex focusing system might be welcome, but then for this money the 6D was never going to have the same system as the 5D mkIII or 1D X models.
Speed is reasonable too, able to write shots to the SD card at up to 4.5 frames per second. That's about the right figure at this level, though it does sit behind the Nikon D600's maximum 5.5fps ability.
The choice of a single SD memory card, too, seems to suggest that CompactFlash is falling by the wayside when it comes to more "consumer" cameras. Makes sense to us, particularly in a small-bodied design such as this.
"Consumer" is likely to be one of those "hot words" too. The 6D squeezes both Wi-Fi and GPS into the body, making those kind of tracking, tagging and sharing functions available. However the Wi-Fi - as with so many cameras - feels like a first stage solution. There are a lot of screens to fiddle around with, including giving the 6D its own moniker, that are plodding to press on through with only the rear d-pad as your typing weapon. Furthermore the Wi-Fi is either on or off and is embedded in the menu, so leaving it on could be costly to battery life.
Image quality isn't something we were able to test to any great extent, but the newly designed 20.2-megapixel full-frame sensor sounds to be just about the right balance of resolution versus quality. Given that this isn't the fastest snapper out there - so less suited to sports photography or similar, for example - we suspect that it'll suit those with a thing for landscapes and portraits down to a tee. When a final production sample makes its way to the 'Lint offices we'll give it a thorough going-over to see just how capable this latest sensor is. The DIGIC 5+ processing engine is able to shoot from ISO 100-25,600, which can be expanded from ISO 50-102,400 should you fancy really pushing the limits.
From our first play around the 6D looks to be a balanced, well thought-out DSLR. It'll have 60D users thinking of the upgrade potential, while those paused in contemplation of buying into a 5D mkIII system might just have found a money-saving route to imaging perfection…


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Maestro at the Opera begins tonight on BBC Two at 9pm, the first of three programmes which chart the progress of four celebrities who are undergoing training as a conductor at the Royal Opera House. The participants have been introduced to everything that goes into making an opera performance behind the scenes as well as conducting, working with the Orchestra and also the singers who have to act at the same time. They have also been working on phrasing, interpretation – making the music mean something.
Needless to say, neither the BBC, nor the ROH, thinks that anybody can become a qualified operatic conductor in ten weeks. To be a real Maestro takes not only talent, but years and years of hard work, training and experience, and the conductors appearing at ROH are some of the best in the world, already with distinguished careers internationally.
So the aim of the series – through the journey of the contestants – is to open up the wonderful world of an opera house to the contestants and to the viewers, and not to claim that anybody can learn conducting in a few weeks. To make the programmes exciting, there is of course the element of competition. And the prize for the most successful contestant is the chance to conduct a repeat of Act 2, fully staged, during tomorrow evening's performance, Saturday 5 May.
We have written to all our audience members and invited those who might be unhappy with the repeat of Act 2 to contact us and we will do all we can to find a fitting solution for them. The repeat of Act 2 will only last approx 20-25 minutes, and we hope our audience will see it as an opportunity to take part in a unique event and enjoy the festive spirit, or take an extended interval. Of course this will not be a normal performance of this act, nor should it be judged as such. But it will of course be interesting to follow how far the contestant has come.
We very much hope our audience will look forward to seeing how this challenge plays out


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Here is the changelog (I forgot to put dates on a couple entries in the readme):
Also, on my main Tribes server, recent changes are as follows:Changes in release 4 (June 3, 2010):
-Lowered the default gamma slightly. I feel the textures look better when the gamma is not turned up all the way.
-Renamed "Other Info" player setup field to "RPG password", when run as rpg mod.
-Changed console.cs to make command line parameters less strict (-dedicated no longer needs to be on the end).
-Added numpad key-bindings, for repack-compatible servers (the bindings are configured per-server).
-Hackfix 1.7.5 (small changes just for this new repack)
Changes in release 3 (March 22, 2010):
-Added War40k mod and some additional skins for other mods.
-Added a few other client side shape files.
-Worked around a bug that caused "REFRESH ALL" to take a long time.
-Hackfix 1.7.4 (small aesthetic changes)
-Repack will now stop accessing the sound device on startup if all sound volume options are turned down/disabled in options. It will still reopen sound on opening the options tab.
-Small changes to client files and defaults.
-Copied a few shapes and skins from SWRPG to RPG.
Changes in release 2 (January 15, 2010):
-Hackfix 1.7.3 (crash fixes + a hack fix tweaked)
-Additional RPG files (Farm RPG files + Carling's Orc skins)
-Some possible crashes fixed
-The repack should no longer automatically log console output unless running a dedicated server.
Changes in release 1 (December 25, 2009):
-Added server side support for the numpad key bindings
-Changed weight of coins from a small negative amount, to nothing -- fixing an exploit that allowed you to keep dropping and picking up your coins again to lower your weight for no apparent reason
-The following inventory items have been moved to belt: Black Statue, Dragon Scale, Enchanted Stone, Skeleton Bone
As a bit of trivia, there are now 77 keys that can be #set on my main server with the latest repack.


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Nottingham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire Genealogy
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Early records. Information about early residents of Atkinson before 1680 may be found in Norfolk (old) County records. Norfolk (old) County was discontinued in 1680, but her records are still available.[1] For more details about these early records see Norfolk (old) County, Massachusetts.
Brief History
Historical Data
Town Histories
Vital Records
Probate Records
City Directories
Town Records
Town Clerk
Nottingham Town Office
PO Box 114
Nottingham, NH 03290
Libraries and Historical Societies
- ↑ "Old Norfolk County Records," Essex Antiquarian 1, no. 2 (February 1897), 19-20. Part of NEHGS American Ancestors Search. At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Film 599729 Item 2; Book 974.45 B2a.
Adjacent towns: Rockingham Co.: Derry | Hampstead | Plaistow | Salem | Massachusetts: Essex Co.: Haverhill


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The Law Enforcement Program at MSU is a part of the university's Department of Government. The program has an outstanding reputation in Minnesota and in the Upper Midwest for providing quality professional education in law enforcement. Students in our program have a variety of career goals, including becoming a police officer, deputy sheriff, state trooper, conservation officer, federal agent, military officer, attorney, policy analyst, crime analyst, insurance investigator, loss prevention officer and many others.
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Dutch 4 Beginners is a Dutch language school in the East Midlands, that offers face-to-face lessons in Nottingham and online lessons via Skype.
Dutch 4 Beginners is based in Nottingham, however our students come from all over the United Kingdom. So do you live in Reading and would you like to learn Dutch with an experienced Dutch language provider? Then we would like to help you learn Dutch!
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