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Berry College students who want to pursue careers in the legal profession receive outstanding academic preparation for law school, personalized advising and support, and access to numerous resources.
Students receive one-on-one assistance and mentoring from the pre-Law program's faculty to design an individualized course of study that prepares them for the rigors of a law school education. The program also gives students exposure to more than a dozen law-based courses offered at Berry College.
The pre-law program at Berry College is not an academic major, though many of our students do complete the legal studies minor as part of their education. Instead, the pre-law program supplements a student's chosen major with additional elective course work and advising. This approach, endorsed by many leading law schools around the country, emphasizes the importance of a broad, liberal arts education as the best preparation for law school.
Stellar ResultsAnother reason we take this approach to the pre-law program at Berry College — it works! Over the past five years, Berry College graduates have been accepted to more than 80 law schools nationwide. Among the prestigious institutions on that list are Harvard University, University of Chicago, University of California-Berkeley, University of Virginia, Northwestern University, University of Texas-Austin, Notre Dame, University of Georgia and Emory University.
While we cannot guarantee acceptance to any specific institution, the pre-law program's overall acceptance rate for students applying to law school exceeds 95 percent.
The Berry Experience Your preparation for law school begins the moment you step on campus at Berry College. Most pre-law students meet with the pre-law advisor during their first semester to learn about the program and the resources and opportunities we make available to you. Over the next two years, students are introduced to the LSAT exam, attend presentations by guest speakers from the legal profession, meet alumni currently in law school, participate in law-related student organizations, work in legal internships and take part in law-based classes. Select students are also given the opportunity to work with faculty on law-related research projects.
Law schools do not require a specific course of study; instead students should concentrate on gaining the skills needed to succeed in law school. Typical pre-law courses include American National Government, Ancient and Modern Political Philosophy and Constitutional Law.
Beginning in your junior year, you will meet with the pre-law advisor to develop a personalized study schedule in preparation for the LSAT. You will also be given guidance in preparing for the law school application process, as well as developing a list of potential law schools for your interests and abilities.
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text: Valproate (Depakote) Brand names: Depakene® Capsules (immediate release): 250 mg Syrup: 250 mg/5mL Depakote® Tablets (delayed release): 125 mg, 250 mg, 500 mg Sprinkle capsules (delayed release): 125 mg Depakote ER® Tablets (extended release): 250 mg, 500 mg Stavzor® Capsules (delayed release): 125 mg, 250 mg, 500 Generic names: valproate (val PROE ate); also divalproex sodium and valproic acid Note: For the purpose of this document, the medication will be referred to as valproate. Even though valproate is available in different names, strengths, and formulations, all provide the same active medicine. Medication class: mood stabilizer, anticonvulsant All FDA black box warnings are at the end of this fact sheet. Please review before taking this medication. What is Valproate and what does it treat? Valproate is a mood stabilizer medication that works in the brain. It is approved for the treatment of bipolar disorder (also known as manic depression),seizures (epilepsy), and migraine headaches. Bipolar disorder involves episodes of depression and/or mania. Symptoms of depression include: Depressed mood, feeling sad, empty, or tearful Feeling worthless, guilty, hopeless, or helpless Loss of interest or pleasure in normal activities Sleep and eat more or less than usual (for most people it is less) Low energy, trouble concentrating, or thoughts of death (suicidal thinking) Psychomotor agitation ('nervous energy') Psychomotor retardation (feeling like you are moving in slow motion) Symptoms of mania include: Feeling irritable or 'high" Having increased self esteem Feeling like you don't need to sleep Feeling the need to continue to talk Feeling like your thoughts are too quick (racing thoughts) Feeling distracted Getting involved in activities that are risky or could have bad consequences (e.g. excessive spending) What is the most important information I should know about Valproate? Bipolar disorder requires long-term treatment. Do not stop taking valproate, even when you feel better. Only your healthcare provider can determine the length of valproate treatment that is right for you. Missing doses of valproate may increase your risk for a relapse in your mood symptoms. Do not stop taking valproate or change your dose without talking to with your healthcare provider first. In order for valproate to work properly, it should be taken everyday as ordered by your healthcare provider. Periodically, your healthcare provider may ask you to provide a blood sample to make sure the appropriate level of medication is in your body and to assess for side effects, such as changes in blood cell counts. Are there specific concerns about Valproate and pregnancy? If you are planning on becoming pregnant, notify your healthcare provider to best manage your medications. People living with bipolar disorder who wish to become pregnant face important decisions. This is a complex decision since untreated bipolar disorder has risks for the fetus as well as the mother. It is important to discuss the risks and benefits of treatment with your doctor and caregivers. Valproate has been associated with an increased risk of spinal cord defects (spina bifida). Bleeding, liver problems, decreased IQ scores, developmental delays, and other birth defects have also been reported. There may be precautions to decrease the risk of these effects. Discontinuing mood stabilizer medications during pregnancy has been associated with a significant increase in symptom relapse. The American Academy of Pediatrics and the World Health Organization consider valproate compatible with breastfeeding. What should I discuss with my healthcare provider before taking Valproate? Symptoms of your condition that bother you the most If you have thoughts of suicide or harming yourself Medications you have taken in the past for your condition, whether they were effective or caused any adverse effects If you experience side effects from your medications, discuss them with your provider. Some side effects may pass with time, but others may require changes in the medication. Any other psychiatric or medical problems you have All other medications you are currently taking (including over the counter products, herbal and nutritional supplements) and any medication allergies you have Other non-medication treatment you are receiving, such as talk therapy or substance abuse treatment. Your provider can explain how these different treatments work with the medication. If you are pregnant, plan to become pregnant, or are breast-feeding If you drink alcohol or use illegal drugs How should I take Valproate? Valproate is usually is taken 1-3 times daily. It may be taken with or without food. Typically patients begin at a low dose of medicine and the dose is increased slowly over several weeks. The dose usually ranges from 1000 mg to 2500 mg. Only your healthcare provider can determine the correct dose for you. Valproate tablets: Swallow whole. Do not crush, chew or split tablets. Depakote Sprinkle capsules: Swallow whole or sprinkle onto food, such as applesauce or pudding and eat immediately. Do not chew the sprinkle capsule or contents. Valproate syrup: Measure with a dosing spoon or oral syringe which you can get from your pharmacy. Use a calendar, pillbox, alarm clock, or cell phone alert to help you remember to take your medication. You may also ask a family member a friend to remind you or check in with you to be sure you are taking your medication. What happens if I miss a dose of Valproate? If you miss a dose of valproate, take it as soon as you remember, unless it is closer to the time of your next dose. Discuss this with your healthcare provider. Do not double your dose or take more than what is prescribed. What should I avoid while taking Valproate? Avoid drinking alcohol or using illegal drugs while you are taking valproate. They may decrease the benefits (e.g., worsen your condition) and increase adverse effects (e.g., sedation) of the medication. What happens if I overdose with Valproate? If an overdose occurs call your doctor or 911. You may need urgent medical care. You may also contact the poison control center at 1-800-222-1222. A specific treatment to reverse the effects of valproate does not exist. What are the possible side effects of Valproate? Common Side Effects Nausea, diarrhea, weight gain, feeling drowsy or dizzy Rare Side Effects Hair loss, liver problems Low platelets (platelets help the blood to clot. Bruising easier than normal is a symptom of low platelets Pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas). Symptoms of pancreatitis include severe stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, and not feeling hungry Increased ammonia levels. If this happens, you may get confused, disoriented, or have difficulty thinking. Serious Side Effects Studies have found that individuals who take anticonvulsant medications including valproate have suicidal thoughts or behaviors up to 2 times more often than individuals who take placebo (inactive medication). These thoughts or behaviors occurred in approximately 1 in 550 patients taking the anticonvulsant class of medications. Are there any risks for taking Valproate for long periods of time? To date, there are no known problems associated with long term use of valproate. It is a safe and effective medication when used as directed. What other medications may interact with Valproate? Avoid taking high doses of aspirin (for example, 325 mg three or more times a day) to treat fever or pain. Aspirin can interfere with valproate and increase valproate blood levels significantly. If you are taking aspirin 81 mg to 325 mg once a day for your heart, this should not interfere with valproate. Combining valproate with topiramate (Topamax®) may increase ammonia levels in your blood. If this happens, you may get confused, disoriented, or have difficulty thinking. The following medications may decrease the level and effect of valproate: Anticonvulsant medications such as phenytoin (Dilantin®), carbamazepine (Tegretol®/Carbatrol®/Equetro®), and phenobarbital Rifampin (Rifadin®) Valproate may increase the level and effects of: Amitriptyline (Elavil®) Anticonvulsant medications such as phenytoin (Dilantin®), carbamazepine (Tegretol®/Carbatrol®/Equetro®), and especially lamotrigine (Lamictal®). Valproate may decrease the level and effects of: Olanzapine (Zyprexa®) How long does it take for Valproate to work? It is very important to tell your doctor how you feel things are going during the first few weeks after you start taking valproate. It will probably take several weeks to see big enough changes in your symptoms to decide if valproate is the right medication for you. Mood stabilizer treatment is generally needed lifelong for persons with bipolar disorder. Your doctor can best discuss the duration of treatment you need based on your symptoms and illness. Summary of FDA Black Box Warnings Liver Damage Serious and fatal liver damage has been associated with valproate. Children under the age of 2 with severe seizure disorders, congenital disorders, organic brain disease and taking multiple anticonvulsant medications are at increased risk. The risk is highest in the first 6 months of treatment. Liver function should be checked with blood tests before starting the medication and then periodically. Birth Defects Birth defects have been found in babies born to mothers who took valproate while pregnant. Pancreatitis Life threatening pancreatitis has been reported in children and adults who take valproate. Signs of pancreatitis include severe abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and inability to keep food down. 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I help you to realize that you have the abilities, wisdom and courage to give birth. Birth is something that you know on a basic level. I just help you to access that knowledge. - Jacquie Munro
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Dare to be different
After each birth, the lovely nurse sighs and says to my client, "I haven't seen a birth like that in ages. Thank you!" Well, actually, yesterday's quote (by a British nurse) was, "I haven't seen a birth like that since I came here!"
Then, I ran into a nurse who had helped us at a birth last week, and she still was in shock that my client gave birth standing. "I tried to get her back onto the bed, I ASKED her to get on the bed, but she just didn't! I had to think, how am I going to do this, where's my stuff? I hadn't done anything like that before!"
"Oh, come on," I said. "You're creative! Wasn't it good to think outside the box at work for once?"
"No!" She was laughing while she said that, but she really had been outside her comfort zone at the birth. Why didn't she embrace something new and dare to be different? (Understand that she is otherwise a fabulous nurse, and really never let on that it was outside her comfort zone to my client...great diplomacy!)
I checked my client stats since October 2008 (26 births). There have been only three cesareans (11% - one breech, one face presentation, one true fetal distress). The rest have been water births, standing births, hypnobirths, squatting births, hands and knees, side-lying, etc. Some just had one vaginal assessment, some none at all. A few (18%, which includes the cesarean births) had epidurals (that had been their plan all along). The rest (82%) used water, movement, singing, TENS, dancing, and, for some, just a little bit of nitrous oxide gas, to help them through labour. Their ages ranged from 30 to 50 (yes, 50!)
Isn't the hospital epidural average well over 80%? (Must check recent stats...) Anyway, it's not 18%!
How do we do it? Well, I do have clients who are able to eat well, go for long walks, stay fit. But they're not really much physically different from most women. And...they all have their own anxiety, fears, and baggage. Some have battled emotional demons, and some have overcome physical and sexual abuse.
What I offer is the long, slow approach. I try to work with my clients over many months (slowly building trust), talking to my clients about the most recent research on mothering, birthing, parenting. I find out about their lives, what drives them, what challenges them. I ask them to call me whenever they are worried or scared, or whenever they just want to have a good chat. A phone call that starts with us talking about diapers, might end in her telling me that she was abused as a child, or has battled depression, or that she hasn't yet told her midwives that she's seeing a psychiatrist and is on medication. I help my clients to feel and know that they are safe. We trust each other.
One recent client went from "I really want an epidural" at our initial interview, to using hypno-birthing...and laughing and chatting as she entered the hospital at 8cm.
Another client went from having post-traumatic stress symptoms and battling depression and anxiety, to a home birth with joy.
And yesterday? Well, this woman had a lovely slow birth. She was another who dared to be different. After about 14 hours of deny-it cramping, she asked me to come just after 2am. We spent the next 9 hours with her on the ball, in the bath, in the shower, back on the ball, doing walkabouts, climbing the stairs, lunging, swaying, swirling. That's 9 hours. No, we didn't bolt to the hospital. She was confident in her and her baby's safety. She had a loving partner who stuck by her through it all (and who I could reassure throughout). I talked her through most contractions (except in the bath). "Soft...you are safe...your shoulders are loose...your muscles are melting...your bottom is loose...baby is wiggling down...your hands are soft...your face is soft...your legs are heavy and warm...soft..."
We waited until we had counted off at least 5 hours of good regular contractions under 5 minutes. We waited until she'd had significant bloody show (not mucous plug!) We waited until she'd had over 2 hours of self-described "8/10 power" contractions (up until then, her 3-minute apart contractions had been at 5-7/10). We waited until she was moving, almost dancing on her tip-toes during each contraction. We waited until she was deep in a trance of endorphins. We waited until she was just beginning to feel a hint of pressure in her bum from the bulging bag of waters (we didn't wait until it broke, but we could have waited, if she wanted.) We waited until she said she was ready to go to the hospital.
Then...she said the word, and we were ready to go. But then, we had to wait until all the shrieking children in the school-yard across the street had gone back into their classrooms after recess!
Okay...to the hospital. 7cm. That number scores us the good rooms upstairs. Into the bath, then walkabout, the birthing ball...and back into the routine that we had at home. "Soft, you are safe, your baby is safe." And infinite patience. And a partner by her side. Throw in a lovely British nurse who moves silently and gently. Add a young family doctor who intuitively respects a patient's need for autonomy. And then we stay by the woman in labour, and trust her, and trust her baby, and trust her body...and wait. One hour. Slow. One hour. Slow. One hour. Gentle. Slow. And, right on cue, she starts to feel the baby coming. An hour and seven minutes later, out emerges a beautiful pouty face...then oh! a little hand...then a smooth vernix-covered body. Hands reach down and baby Maggie is on her mum's chest!
And then it comes, the nurse shining and smiling, finally happy..."Thank you. I haven't see a birth like that since I came here!"
That was a first baby who dared to deny the hospital statistics. She had laughed at the almost 30% cesarean rate, the 90% epidural rate. She was undisturbed, unmedicated, and was given a slow and gentle birth.
We owe it to our children to dare to be different. This changes lives, and it IS worth the effort.
- Jacquie Munro, Vancouver Doula, Slow Birth, Slow Planet
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Thank you for your post- the last story lifted my spirts and encouraged me no end. I'm a British trained doula practicing in Israel. Brilliant! x
- 10:59 a.m. PDT
- Rosie said...
Thank you Jacquie! I hope you write a book someday. Please thank this good mama-woman-strong birth warrior for me. - A mom and doula in San Diego, California
- 11:04 a.m. PDT
- Kathleen Brannan said...
i love how you write jacquie! i still remember you chanting "low low low low" to me when regan was making her way into the world. you are such an extraordinary person!
- 9:45 a.m. PDT
- Taryn said...
This is wonderful! If only all women dared to be different and trust a slow birth. :)
- 10:10 p.m. PDT


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Three weeks have now passed since we were all together at Appleby. It is very sad that the Gathering has
|Swinfield Families
3, 5, 2 & 12 all together at last!
|Sandra Bates and her family and trees
Family 5 was the most represented with 13 attendees. There were another 11 member of the extended Bates family there too, being close relatives of Sandra, who did so much to organise the event. These all stem from the marriage in 1803 at Kirby Mallory of Thomas Swinfield (1770-1833) and Sarah Toon (1776-1821) and are "on paper" descendants from their two sons, Thomas (1808-1893) and William (1813-1885). This part of our history was described in Part 1 of this Blog which I wrote way back in September 2011.
|Family 5D: Aaron, Kierran, Kristofer, Darren,
Alan, Dawn & Michael - newly found cousins
I am documented as the great-great-grandson of Thomas (1841-1905) whilst Sandra and her family are descended from his wife, Sarah Swinfield nee Hewitt, through her illegitimate son, Joseph (1843-1905).
|Families 5F & 5D: Mark, Derrick, Tina Carter,
Kierran, Aaron, Darren & Geoff meet for the first time
William Swinfield was the forebear of the other members of Family 5 who were at the Gathering. He had two grandsons, George Ernest Tertius Swinfield senior (born 1876) and Joseph Herbert Swinfield (born 1880), of Family 5D. Michael and his son and daughter, Alan and Dawn, are from George Ernest Tertius junior. Darren and his three sons
|Paul Swinfield (Family 3) with Mark Swinfield
& Pat Kirby (Family 5F) study the displays
It is a pity that, despite expressing their intention to attend, no-one was there from the other very large parts of this lineage, being Families 5B and 5E. It would have been great if they had been there too. They would have met so many new cousins too.
These relationships and trees can all be seen on the Family Tree DNAwebsite.


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Washington (CNN) - Officials from Miami-Dade County say they have finished counting absentee ballots and will begin counting the county's 2,800 provisional ballots on Thursday afternoon.
Election officials worked overnight to finish counting the outstanding ballots – votes that are largely to blame for holding up the process of declaring a presidential winner in Florida.
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Penelope Townsley, supervisor of elections for Miami-Dade County, expects all absentee and provisional ballots will be fully counted by Friday afternoon.
"Am I embarrassed by some of the things that happened? Absolutely," Townsley told reporters in regards to the voting issues. "But I have to focus on simply getting it right. And that is exactly what I will move to do."
In an effort to improve the way the next election is carried out in Miami-Dade County, the county will put together an "after action" report, according to Townsley. This report will look to improve both the overall facilities and the number of facilities in the next election.
One reason for the slow process, Townsley said, was the high turnout in the county.
"The turnout was something that caused us to have to deploy additional resources, additional equipment," Townsley said. "And we will learn from those lessons."
Florida remains the only state that CNN has yet to call in the already decided election. With 97% of the vote reported, President Barack Obama has earned 4,143,364 votes, edging out Mitt Romney's 4,096,351.
Florida – and Miami-Dade county in particular – was plagued by long lines at the polls. Voters queued long into the night on Tuesday; some still waiting to vote after the election had been called for Obama.
Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos A. Gimenez called the voting issues "a perfect storm," in an interview with CNN.
"Without a doubt we had some operational issues that we have got to take care of," said Gimenez. "We had the longest ballot in Florida history. It probably took voters two and a half times longer to vote individually than they had last time."
For the mayor, who said he was "already knowledgeable" about all the ballot issue, it took him 10 to 15 minutes to get though the entire ballot. "Could you imagine," he said, "someone who didn't know everything on that ballot?"
Though the mayor said he is convening a special panel to look into the election issues, one reason the mayor volunteered was fewer days of early voting.
"We also had fewer days of early voting," Gimenez said. "That was changed by the state legislature and signed into law by the governor. We need to expand early voting hours again like we had in the past. We also need to expand the number of early voting sites."
Carolina Lopez, Miami-Dade County Election department spokeswoman, told reporters Thursday in Doral, Florida, that their department worked through the night to process all the 21,500 absentee ballots.
Those ballots, she said, will be "processed very shortly."
"I believe that when you're the largest county in the state of Florida, history will put all eyes on us," Lopez said. "But the important thing is just to keep on, giving the best performance that we can, providing accurate results so that they're not scrutinized later. I think when it's all said and done, our 1.3-million registered voters will have solid results and we can move past the presidential election."
Well, Ken, there is more in the ballot than just the presidential race. There are local issues as well that might still matter.
Fascinating factoid – looking at the map it turns out that Obama wouldn't have needed EITHER Ohio OR Florida, because he got Virginia. He only needed any one of those three. Getting them all just underscores the utter totality of his victory.
I will never, for the life of me, figure out why there is no national standardization for ballots, at least for Presidential elections.
This may be a personal bias, but I think the way Virginia does paper ballots would be the way to go. It's a large ballot that you mark clearly with a special pen that is then inserted into an optical scanner that counts the vote right there. At the end of the day, poll workers simply run the printout from the machine and call in the results to the registrar. It takes all of 30 minutes for the poll workers to get this done. Then, if there are any questions later, you have a clearly marked ballot to reference, no hanging chads etc.
Don't get me started on touch screens, that's just inviting controversy. I'm all for going paperless wherever possible, but if there is one thing we should have a paper trail for, it's elections. You can't re-count or verify anything from the touch screens.
Just my $0.02
The Republican governor and his henchmen did this on purpose to make it difficult for minorities to vote. They should be indicted for vote fraud.
Imagine how many people got discouraged and went back home without voting!
Florida reminds me of an African country (Zimbabwe) that held elections in 2008 and there were no results until after a month. On the day of voting, long lines were only seen in counties that had been targeted for voter suppression.
This governor is dangerous for democracy.
I agree with cali girl. Thank you Florida voters for sacrificing to make your vote count!!!!!
Rick Scott is a crook! Vote him out next election, Florida!
What is the deal? Even NY/NJ got thiers in on time despite the complications....


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Debit card payday loans are fast becoming the means of choice for online borrowers and lenders. It is fast, it is cheap, and it requires very minimal requirements to process or approve. With a debit card payday loan, you can access quick payday loans and have it deposited onto a prepaid debit card without the need for bank accounts. You can then visit any ATM machine to withdraw the loan with the PIN already assigned to you.
There are lots of things to know about debit card payday loans and how they differ from other kinds of loans; here are some of them:
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Your payday loan is deposited onto a prepaid debit card: With a debit card loan, you have no need for a bank account or some signed checks to access your loan. Your approved loan will be loaded onto a prepaid debit card and you can withdraw from an ATM machine. Your lender can provide you with a dedicated debit card and you can also use your normal prepaid card for the loan deposit.
Get as much or as little as you want: You can get as much as $1,000 or as little as $50 if you want on your debit card. Depending on your chosen lender, you can have any desired loan amount loaded to your debit card for as many times as you want without changing cards every time you apply for a loan.
Not all US states approve of payday loans: Regardless of how much online lenders tout their trade, not all US states approve of payday loans, whether it is loaded on a prepaid debit card or not. It is legal and approved in some US states, heavily regulated in some others, and yet prohibited in other states.
Benefits of prepaid debit card payday loans: The benefits of debit card payday loans are that:
You don't need a bank account to access the approved loan
You can use the approved loan at online stores, withdraw from ATM or use over the phone
Your loan debit card can be used for other funds apart from loans alone. Customers can pay you on it and you can enjoy other financial benefits on it
You can earn cash or point rewards on your payday loan card when it is used
You can get loan approvals even though you suffer bad credit ratings.
Disadvantages of debit card payday loans are as follow:
The fees or interests you pay on using your loan card is higher than that of conventional loans
The repayment term is relatively very short, meaning you may have to pay back within a few days or weeks up to your next payday.
The conditions for applying and getting approved for card loans are as follow:
You must either be a US citizen or a permanent resident
You must reside within a US state where payday loans are legal
Depending on your state of residence, you must be within 18 u 21 years of age
You must be gainfully employed and capable of paying back in time
You may have to provide personal information such as date of birth, residential address, email id, government id and job details among other requirements.
You must make adequate inquiries before applying for debit card payday loans to determine if it is suitable to your needs and situations before making your decision. You can apply for payday loans online from the security of your bedroom and you can walk into a cash shop to apply for loans in person. Whatever choice you make, ensure you understand the terms and conditions of each lender before signing the dotted line.


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GI.biz picked up on the piece which sees Sir Paul McCartney, Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison all agree that the late members of The Beatles would have "been amused" by the game which launched in the States yesterday, and is set to hit the streets of Europe tomorrow.
"[John] would have been excited about the Rock Band concept, and very happy with how the music and the visuals of the Beatles were represented," said Lennon's widow Ono.According to Beatles "shareholders", getting approval from the surviving members of the band and families wasn't straightforward.
"It will inspire and encourage the young generation to be intimately involved in music making," she added. "You can't ask for more. It will be another musical revolution created by the Beatles to make our planet a planet of music."
Bryn says: I was just watching the news on TV and the game got a mention in a segment that was reporting about the four-year digital re-mastering of all The Beatles tracks. Yes, you can now go out and re-buy all the songs, along with The Beatles: Rock Band.
If you're rich, that is.


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Where have I been?
I've started full-time work in London and have also moved house so I've been going through an adjustment period and as much as I'm missing the blogging community I feel putting that part of my life first has been essential for me to settle in at the moment. It doesn't help that my laptop failed on me and my camera stolen (as previously explained), the latter still yet to be replaced! So its proving difficult to post good quality content. However, I miss blogging, if I hadn't already mentioned that- so here's an old outfit that never made it to publish.. excuse the moodiness/deer in headlights- lets put it down to being seriously sad about the lack of blogging yeah ;)


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Mike Pence To Lead US Delegation To Olympics In Pyeongchang, South Korea
Vice President Mike Pence will lead the U.S. delegation to the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea. The White House announced that Pence will attend the opening ceremonies of the games, on February 9th in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Jarrod Agen, Pence's deputy chief of staff, said the trip will "reinforce the strong U.S. presence on the Korean Peninsula and send a clear message of American resolve to the North Korean regime.''
Pence will also make stops in Seoul, South Korea and Tokyo, Japan to meet with leaders over the ongoing tensions in the region with North Korea. Before heading home, he will stop in Alaska to inspect the intercontinental ballistic missile defense systems.
North Korea has been facing mounting international pressure to give up it's nuclear weapons program, but the country has continued to conduct tests. The United States has been leading the push to force Kim Jong Un to end the tests by enacting economic sanctions.
The sanctions appear to be having an effect as North Korea reached out to it's neighbor in the south to engage in talks about ending the tensions between the two countries.
The United States recently called off military drills it had planned with South Korea and moved them to after the Olympic Games.
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Our Nation is Short on Sleep
When Dr. Steven Culley was in medical school he got little sleep and didn't have much of a social life."The first two years were horrible. Classes were in a dark room, from 7 in the morning to 5, and we had to study five or six hours after that and all day on weekends," Culley said. "It's pretty exhausting. Most days I managed to get about six hours of sleep, including naps. You give up a lot of social life and personal life." In an interview at Lakeland Regional Medical Center, St. Joseph, Culley said he gets more sleep as a resident doctor than he did as a student in medical school. "Now I usually get seven or eight hours. Our schedules are not like the horror stories you hear, at least not here," said Culley, who in his first year of residency at Lakeland has been working a rotation in the hospital's Emergency Department. When it's time for a shift change, he said, "Unless your patient is in critical condition, when you're done, you're done. If you stay late they adjust your hours after that so you rest up." Based on a federal Centers for Disease Control National Health Survey, Culley is in a profession that ranks high on the list of the most sleep-deprived. Doctors are fourth on the list, behind police (third), lawyers (second) and home health aides (first). And they're not alone. The CDC reports that more than a quarter of the U.S. population at least occasionally does not get enough sleep, and 10 percent of the population is chronically sleep-deprived. And, the CDC says, sleep is not a luxury but a necessity. Experts say adults should get seven to nine hours of sleep a night. Insufficient sleep has been linked to a number of chronic diseases and conditions, including diabetes, heart disease, obesity and depression. Sleep deprivation is a serious threat to the nation's health, the CDC says. Why are Americans so tired? Dr. Robert Piasecki, a local sleep expert, says the nation's 24-hour-a-day society is partly to blame. In other cases, people have undiagnosed sleep problems that could be threatening their health. A growing problem Piasecki is the medical director at Michiana Sleep & Pulmonary Associates in Royalton Township and is a pulmonologist and sleep specialist. He said that in his 18 years as a sleep doctor he has seen an increasing number of people with sleep problems. He attributes that to growing demands on people's time, the economy -- which has many people working two jobs and odd shifts -- and an ever-growing pressure on people to get more things done in less time. "Our society says if you want to get ahead, you have to work long hours and go to school. Companies want to be more efficient. But are they?" Piasecki wonders. "And a lot of people are taking care of their own parents to reduce costs. There's people working, taking care of children and taking care of parents." Working long shifts or working and sleeping at odd hours can wage war with the body's circadian rhythms. According to the National Institutes of Health, circadian rhythms are physical, mental and behavioral changes that follow a roughly 24-hour cycle. Circadian rhythms are produced by natural factors within the body, but are also affected by signals from the environment like light and darkness. Melatonin is a hormone that makes people sleepy. The body's "master clock," which controls the production of melatonin, receives information about incoming light and sends it to the brain. When there is less light, as for example at night, the brain responds by making more melatonin, resulting in drowsiness. Doctoring the doctors Lorraine Kelly, residency program director for Lakeland HealthCare, said Lakeland uses guidelines set by the American Osteopathic Association to help ensure that its doctors get enough rest. The health care system uses New Innovations, a residency management software program, to keep track of its residents' academics, schedules and lifestyles. Residents work 10-hour shifts of either 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. or 5 p.m. to 3 a.m., with an attending physician on duty at all times who is trained to recognize fatigue. "They do rotate shifts, but because of the AOA guidelines, if they work a certain number of hours they must have a certain number of hours off," Kelley said. "There's a sleeping facility available, and the attending physician is trained to recognize sleep deprivation and send them for a nap." Sleep deprivation among resident doctors has been a big topic since the 1980s, when a bereaved and furious New York father, Sidney Zion, set in motion a series of reforms to the medical education system that he believed had killed his daughter, Libby Zion. Zion alleged that resident doctors in training, who at that time routinely worked 36-hour shifts with little or no sleep, with no attending physician at the hospital, had given his 18-year-old daughter a lethal combination of medications when she was in the hospital for a suspected viral syndrome. Eventually, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education made mandatory a list of recommendations from a state commission that reviewed the Zion case. Last December the Institute of Medicine released a report recommending even stricter guidelines. Culley said that in his residency at Lakeland, "I have more free time than I did in medical school." Regarding rotating shifts, he said, "When I'm on, I'm on, and it's very easy for me to turn off when I'm home." Culley, 49, said he has always been health conscious, works out and eats right and has a good sleep environment at home, whether he's working days or evenings. Piasecki said shift workers face a particular challenge when it comes to sleep. They include people who work at night or change shifts often. They're fighting against the body's internal clock. During sleep, Piasecki said, blood pressure and heart rate go down. Shift workers have more medical problems and are more prone to high blood pressure, heart attacks and diabetes because of extra stress on the body, he said. He said shift work is one of about 85 sleep disorders doctors have identified. "You're fighting your internal clock that tells you you should be sleeping at night, and you are likely to have trouble sleeping during the day because you have kids or animals, it's light and you don't have a good sleep environment. Phones are ringing, and people are running lawn mowers." Shut-eye for cops Cory Peek, 38, is a Berrien County Sheriff's Department deputy. In his 14 years as a cop for three police departments he has spent about seven years total on a night shift. He works from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. for the sheriff's department and tries to sleep during the day. "I have a fan for white noise, but it's not dark enough and the phone rings all day," Peek said. "And training, court, everything but the actual shift work happens during the day, so sometimes I get three or four hours of sleep, have court or training, then sleep another two or three hours. I'm also on call as an evidence technician, so the phone rings constantly." Peek's wife works days, so their time together with their two young children is usually between 5 and 9 p.m., he said. They use baby sitters during the day so Peek can try to sleep. "We have my mother-in-law a couple days a week and another older lady. They come to the house because it's less hassle than packing the kids up every morning, but that means there's noise during the day." Peek said his body has never adjusted to the night shifts. "I don't think your body ever gets used to it. On your days off you go back to sleeping at night. Half the time I don't even know what day it is. I look at the calendar on my watch to see what day it is." To stay awake and alert on the night shift he stays as busy as he can. "You do business checks, traffic stops, good police activity. You touch base with citizens at places that are open and communicate with people. And I drink a cup of coffee or two. It's reality. No matter what, police have to be there 24/7. We get acclimated to it as much as we can and stay as focused as possible," he said. "When you go into the hospital or into the jail, lights are on everywhere, so it's like daytime. But when you're driving around patrolling and it's dark, it reminds your brain that you should be sleeping. To drive around in a car all night long isn't easy. The busier you are, the easier it is. When a call comes in, when you hear those tones and beeps, you get an adrenaline pump." Widespread problem Sleep expert Dr. Piasecki said if someone comes into his office with sleep problems, even if that person is a shift worker, the staff doesn't assume that's the only problem. When a patient complains that he or she can't sleep, Piasecki's staff explores other possible contributing causes such as asthma, heart disease, sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome, diabetes or some other sleep disorder. Piasecki said he discusses any medical problems or lifestyle issues the patient might have and what medications the person is taking. He said that while there are some good prescription sleep aids on the market, many have side effects, and some affect normal sleep patterns. "The medication stays in the system for a while and can cause morning grogginess," he said. "We also address any sleep hygiene issues. In kids this can be text-messaging at night or using other technology like a computer or TV." Referring to the 24-hour society, Piasecki said he has had patients in his office whose cell phones start ringing during a sleep study. The doctor said some people who work a night shift can adjust to it, and the goal is to improve the sleep environment, resulting in better sleep. He suggests using a soothing white noise to reduce the effects of daytime noises, or in some cases wearing small ear plugs. He suggests sleeping in a cool, dark room that is used only for sleep and not for reading or watching TV. According to the CDC's National Health Survey, workers in these 10 occupations sleep the least: home health aides, lawyers, police officers, doctors and paramedics, economists, social workers, computer programmers, financial analysts, plant operators and secretaries. People in some other professions get more sleep than those 10 but less than the general public. Piasecki called attention to a recent National Sleep Foundation poll that showed that transportation workers suffer from sleep deprivation more than the general public. "Usually there's inadequate sleep due to schedules and crossing time zones," he said. "This can apply to pilots, train engineers and truck drivers. In the study, 25 percent of transportation workers said lack of sleep has affected their ability to do their work." Piasecki said the federal government recently put new rules in place, including that in every 24-hour period transportation workers must have at least 10 hours of straight rest. Nuke plants, too There are also government regulations regarding hours worked at nuclear power plants. "People depend on electricity 24/7, and we have a responsibility to make that happen, so there's people here all the time. Shift work becomes a part of that," said Bill Downey, a spokesman for the Cook Nuclear Plant near Bridgman. He said Nuclear Regulatory Commission rules govern the number of hours that can be worked in a particular time period by people in jobs that deal with plant operations and security-related functions. The rules limit the hours and set standards for the number of days workers should have off. In addition, Downey said, the rules require that every nuclear plant train people to recognize fatigue, monitor work hours and document adherence to the rules. Downey said workers are trained in things such as the circadian rhythms of the body, sleep disorders and ways to recognize and combat fatigue. "Because working hours are demanding as part of this business, we go beyond regulations and look out for each other. We have people whose entire job it is to monitor and report who is coming and going when," he said. "We take it pretty seriously here. We do it because it's required, but also because it's the right thing to do." email@example.com (c)2012 The Herald-Palladium (Saint Joseph, Mich.) 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Taming the Slopes
A team of 20 Caltrans staff headed into Angeles National Forest for a series
By Kelly Markham
In many ways, San Gabriel Canyon Road north of Azusa is spectacular. It twists and turns through the chaparral and pines of Angeles National Forest (about 20 miles northeast of Los Angeles), offering up breathtaking vistas and the occasional coyote. The road, also known as State Highway 39, features jagged slopes bent at treacherous angles with boulders that appear poised to plummet. Sometimes, geology and gravity conspire to send those boulders plunging, leaving a trail of airborne dirt and stone in their wake and landing with a dusty crash on the pavement below.
Needless to say, large rocks hurtling onto the highway present safety concerns. For this reason, a six-mile section of the highway has been closed to the public since 1978 due to massive rockslides and mudslides following severe fires and storms. Caltrans District 7 (covering Los Angeles and Ventura counties) wanted to reopen the road in the future, but issues such as the falling-rock menace needed to be addressed first.
That's precisely the challenge a multidisciplinary Caltrans team undertook in October 2009. The group, laden with gear from lasers to rappelling ropes, bivouacked on the closed portion of Highway 39 during an intense and unprecedented four-day rockfall testing expedition. About 20 people participated, including geotechnical staff, climbers, surveyors, a maintenance crew, and the District 7 video team.
Rockfall testing is exactly what it sounds like – testing how rocks fall. The idea is that if we know how rocks fall, if we understand rock behavior, we can develop mitigation strategies to protect motorists. To do that, we have to analyze the slope, the properties of rocks, the height of the rocks' bounce, roll velocities and other complex variables that are likely to confuse anyone who doesn't have a solid grasp of advanced physics. But the value is perfectly clear: safer roads.
"Caltrans needs to understand what the rockfall risk is so we know how to manage it," explained Engineering Geologist Michael Salisbury, the project leader. "A vendor might try to sell us expensive high-energy barriers, but that doesn't mean we need them. Rockfall testing helps us analyze the real risk."
The rocks that make up the San Gabriel Mountains are millions of years old. The team's testing technique is a more recent development – one so new that Caltrans has never used it before. It's called videogrammetry, and it determines the three–dimensional coordinates of an object – in this case, a falling rock – by using two or more video images taken from different angles. The advantage of using videogrammetry over traditional techniques is that it provides more data and better accuracy.
But this simple explanation of videogrammetry doesn't begin to capture the practical challenges involved. Rolling rocks down a mountainside isn't as easy as it sounds. It requires piles of equipment, plenty of patience, and at least a couple of people willing to ascend jagged cliffs and pry boulders loose.
The first step in any rockfall test is selecting the slopes to be tested. "The Federal Highway Administration has a rockfall hazard rating system," said rockfall specialist Senior Engineering Geologist John Duffy. "Using (those) criteria, we selected four slopes with the highest potential for rockfall, and that's where we did the testing."
Arriving at the first slope, climbers scaled the mountainside to set calibration points by painting them directly on the slope. They also selected and labeled the rocks to be rolled, choosing a variety of sizes and shapes. The camera crew prepared to shoot by putting four cameras in sync. The survey team created a scan of the slope using a laser radar system to assist with image calibration. And then it was rock-rolling time.
Fifteen to 18 rocks per slope – weighing 300 to 3,000 pounds – were measured, dislodged and rolled while being filmed. The crew determined the duration of the fall, point of impact, and length of the roll. The rocks were weighed, the ground crew cleaned up the post-test mess, and then the entire operation moved on to the next slope to repeat the process.
Low-Velocity Rocks
The data collected along the highway is still being analyzed, but the expedition itself revealed some unanticipated – and edifying – rock behavior.
"We rolled some pretty heavy rocks, and we just didn't get the velocities we expected," said Salisbury. "The terrain of the slope was more important than the size of the rocks. The big rocks often landed where the little ones did."
This is good news. Not only does it mean a lower rockfall risk, it also means lower mitigation costs. Rather than purchasing expensive barriers designed for big, fast rocks, more affordable rockfall nets made of steel cable should do the trick.
In addition, the team discovered that rocks perched above Highway 39 were weaker than anticipated, and had a tendency to fracture. During some tests, the falling rock exploded into smaller rocks before coming to rest on the ground in a rain of stones. This observation is important, because it helped to narrow the types of mitigation that would be appropriate.
All of this is tremendously useful information. But the value of the Highway 39 rockfall testing goes beyond the data collected. The expedition also served as a videogrammetry test mission of sorts and answered the question, "Can we make this work?" It's a credit to the creativity and commitment of the testing team that the unequivocal answer to that question is "yes".
"This testing helped us develop an effective new field technique. Eventually we should be able to do the same thing with a smaller team throughout the state," said Duffy. "There are 10,000 miles of roadway in California with a potential for rockfall. So there's a real cause-effect relationship here. This kind of testing helps save lives."


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Too much sleep could be bad for your health, study says
Bad news for people who get too much sleep, it could be hurting you more than it's helping.
A new study in the European Heart Journal recommends no more than eight hours of sleep.
Researchers say people who sleep more than eight hours are at greater risk of heart problems, strokes and even death.
The findings are based on nearly 117,000 adults in 21-countries over seven regions.
There are a couple of limitations to the study. Those involved with the data didn't take info on underlying conditions and participants also self-reported their sleep.


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Thoughts on SCALPED #50
This fiftieth issue was especially fun, what with all of the special guest artists involved. Some behind-the-scenes info on this issue:
My original plan was to do a full-on anthology issue, using not just guest artists but guest writers as well, all doing stories set within the world of Scalped, though not necessarily utilizing any of our main characters. Unfortunately we had to scale back a bit from there and keep things to our regular page count. No ill will from me in regards to that. Times are tough right now after all, especially for little books like Scalped. So what to do instead?
A few years back when Scalped was just getting started, Guera and I agreed to do a story for a western anthology. I wrote it and Guera started drawing it, but ultimately our schedule on Scalped became too demanding and we had to back out of the anthology. We'd been looking for a place for that story ever since. So with just a couple tweaks that became "The Art of Scalping," the first half of Scalped #50.
The second story, "The Art of Survival," came from a desire to have guest artists do pin-ups but to be able to incorporate the pin-ups into a story. Our list for artists we wanted was long, but some were no-brainers. Jordi Bernet HAD to draw Carol, as far as I was concerned. Dean Haspiel was someone I'd been talking to forever about contributing to Scalped. Same with Denys Cowan, who we'd tried to fit into the series before. When I thought of a Catcher pin-up, Brendan McCarthy was the first artist who came to mind, and thankfully he was already a fan of the book. Getting Timothy Truman onboard meant a lot to me, as his series Scout has always been one of my favorite comics. And Jill Thompson and Steve Dillon, again, no brainers, as they're two of the absolute best artists in Vertigo history. Thankfully everybody we asked said yes.
And then there's Igor Kordey, whose inclusion was pretty much fated. We actually have Igor to thank for Guera being involved with Scalped in the first place, as it was Igor who first suggested to his friend Guera that he send some samples of his work to editor Will Dennis at Vertigo. Those samples showed up in Will's email the same time we were looking for an artist for Scalped. And everyone pretty much knew right away that we'd found our guy. So we already owed Igor a great deal of thanks, and Guera had been wanting for a while to get Igor involved with Scalped. I was already a huge fan of Igor's work going back to his Marvel days. But I still remember sitting in a hotel lobby with my iPad and being blown away when I first got the email with Igor's pages for Scalped #50. Here's hoping this is the beginning of seeing much more of Igor's work again.
So that's Scalped #50. Of course, the main question people keep asking me now is, How much longer does Scalped have? When is it ending?
And the answer is...
I'm still not telling.
We certainly don't have another 50 to go, but as for the specific issue number, I'd like to keep that under my hat for just a bit longer. Let's just say that plot-wise, things are about to start heating up. And fast. As in issue #51, the first part of the next big arc, "Knuckle Up." From here on out, it's all about the chickens coming home to roost. Some folks will live. Some will die. Some will live but maybe wished they'd died.
Thanks so much for staying with us for fifty whole issues. Here's hoping you'll stay with us as we bring it all home.
14 comments :
- Hiram Constantino. at: 12:58 PM said...
Hey Jason, i'm from México, and i love this issue, i hope 50 more or 100 jaja...
- Gary Fitzgerald at: 1:14 PM said...
great issue.... but then they all are..
hope vertigo continues to be a home for you..
- brobinson50 at: 1:27 PM said...
I have become a HUGE fan of Scalped and all of your work in the past couple of years. But Scalped is by far and away my favorite. And many people I talk to agree, especially adults that have been reading comics since they were little kids. we now have our comic version of "The Wire", a grim gritty, incredible tale of average people and what they have to do to survive. No one is all good or all bad. They are all just shades of gray. Thank you for your outstanding work and I look forward to the next hopefully more than 50 issues.
- Swands at: 4:39 PM said...
Congrats on 50!
- Luc1an at: 8:36 AM said...
I love Scalped! I had to say it... :)
- Miki at: 5:31 AM said...
No Aaron, thank you and Guera!
- Miki at: 5:42 AM said...
One more thing: If I were editor, I would (with these fine names on the front page) put another one: Jock.
Man deserves it.
He is an important part of Scalped (at least for me)…
- Jason Aaron at: 11:21 AM said...
True me, no one involved with Scalped undervalues Jock. We all love him more than anyone.
- S.H.I.E.L.D boy at: 11:50 AM said...
Issues #50 was awesome. Kuddos for everyone involved!
...and yes, we want to see you teamming with Igor Kordey again.
- Richard Guion at: 2:03 PM said...
Just read Scalped #35-50 in one sitting and can't get enough. The way you incorporated the pin-ups into the story was nice.
As for when it ends, I suppose Scalped must come to a conclusion and that will be bittersweet. I think Scalped would make for a great TV series, on AMC or HBO.
- btmarino84 at: 12:29 AM said...
Absolutely wonderful book. Scalped is definitely my favorite Vertigo book running and PunisherMax is my favorite Marvel book running so...kudos.
Glad you are keeping the final issue number a surprise but I'd like to know, are you definitely going to be able to end it where you want? I'd be heartbroken at an early cancellation.
- Jason Aaron at: 11:55 AM said...
At present, yes, it looks like I'll still be able to end things where I've always wanted.
- Dd at: 12:10 PM said...
You know nothing of INDIAN COUNTRY (or MAFIA COUNTRY for that matter). You're feeding the sensationalism that continues to destroy what little progress that us Natives have made since the European invasion. Is it not enough that we're still robbed of the good life you seem to be living? We're still struck with poverty and poor health, now we have to deal with a who brand new host of stereotypes.
Unless you've seen a 'scalping' first hand, you & RM's representation of if it is wholeheartedly offensive. EVEN when it was the 'whites' that introduced Natives to the concept of 'scalping'.
You're a good writer, I'll give you that. Which should be default make you smart enough to understand where to draw the line, but you're a complete IDIOT for thinking you can write about Indian Country the way you do.
The letters column of this issue FURTHER proves that.
I DARE you, DARE YOU to take your ass out to Pine Ridge SD, and live with only your clothes, ten bucks and a knife. DO IT, and I'll bet your writing gets that much better.
- Zoel at: 12:48 PM said...
I dare you too...hell come do it at my moms place. My grandmas still got sharp "100% Indian Handmade" tomahawks laying around on on top of her John Wayne Blue Rays...


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"Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood" (1804) by William Wordsworth
I first tracked down this poem in high school after watching "Splendor in the Grass" (1961) a movie featuring a doomed love affair between an impossibly young and handsome Warren Beatty and the equally radiant Natalie Wood on late-night TV. The movie's title comes from a line in Wordsworth's poem. Yet upon rereading it, the poem doesn't leave you in a sour mood at romances that fizzle and die. It is a hopeful poem about the consolations of growing older and wiser, about finding happiness "in the faith that looks through death,/In years that bring the philosophic mind." — J.K.
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NCAA Football: lawyers in the case against EA never intended for the games to stop being made
Lawyers in the class-action lawsuit over EA using college players likeness in its NCAA Football games have said they never intended for the company to stop making the games.
Speaking with Polygon, co-lead counsel Leonard Aragon said the players and the legal team would be "fine" with the company continuing to publish the games.
"If the NCAA would allow student-athletes to receive some compensation for appearing in video games, that's something that we would be amenable to and would certainly listen to as part of a settlement but we haven't heard anything yet," he said. "That's not us. We didn't tell them to do that. "We would be fine if they published a game."
EA plans to settle the on-going lawsuit after the US Court of Appeals rejected its move to dismiss the case. Now that it has made an offer, the former students' lawyers will focus on the additional claims made against the NCAA, which it believes conspired with EA.
In the past, attorney's have said EA and the NCAA's recent split, which has resulted in no new college football game from EA Sports next year, was a deliberate attempt to evade responsibility.
The debate over whether college athletes should be paid has become a hot topic again of late, with many sides claiming it turns them into "stars" while others claim it's not allowed because it would cut into the profits made by the NCAA and the colleges more popular players attend.
Others feel is money is eventually paid out, it should go into a trust that the players could only access upon completing their college career, because not all players "go pro" and are dependent on sports scholarships to be able to attend the schools in the first place.
The lawyers in the case against EA, NCAA and the CLC believe the players should be paid for their likenesses – in part – because a video game will linger much longer than a college career.


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There are plenty of low-budget Android tablets out there, and we've showed you a fair share of them over the time. Usually, these dirt cheap Android tablets shine through one aspect only, and that is their price tag. And that's fine with us – plenty of people don't afford to spend more on tablets, and even poor technology is better than no technology at all.
Peacock Imports wants to deliver a cheap Android tablet with a twist. The company took to the crowdsourcing site Indiegogo to sell a line of tablets and mini PCs that offer Android and Linux dual-booting capability.
Linux on tablets is gaining traction, with Canonical, the developer of Ubuntu, recently announcing that the Nexus 7 will be a reference device for the newest version of the popular Linux distro. But truth is, if you want to install Linux on your tablet device (ideally in dual-boot mode), you'll have to jump through many hoops.
The PengPod tablets will offer simple dual-booting, by having one of the two operating systems installed in the device's internal memory, and the other one on the SD card. Customers will be able to choose which OS comes installed on the device. Peacock Imports made use of the Linaro project to allow Linux to run on the ARM-based Allwinner A10 SoC that powers its tablets. To make Linux touch-friendly, the KDE Plasma Active interface was used. The Android version used is Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.
Having Linux and the Plasma Active interface means that you'll be able to easily run a slew of Linux applications, such as LibreOffice, Chromium, or the XBMC media player. Check it out in action:
Peacock Imports offers a 7-inch PengPod700 tablet (that you can get by pledging $99), a PengPod1000 tablet with a 10-inch display ($185 pledge), and the PengStick, a thumb-sized mini PC that will cost you $85. The goal of the Indiegogo campaign is to raise $49,000 by December 2. So far, the campaign garnered just over $2,000, but Peacock Imports pledged to deliver the tablets, even if it fails to reach its campaign goal.
For more details about the PengPods and the PengStick, or to support the campaign, head to the Indiegogo page or to the PengPod website.


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Favorite LEGO Projects + Products
My favorite 6-year old is turning 7, so in honor of his birthday I've collected some projects worthy of his ever-increasing LEGO-mastery. Happy birthday, LEGO kid!
- Design Taxi featured this stylin' table you can build yourself- but why not hire a 6-year old to make it for you? You'll just need to provide the 3,000 bricks and 893-step instruction book. Nucleo, creator of both the iconic Histogram table and it's LEGO counterpart, has all the details here.
- Wired Magazine said it best, as always: "There may be no better way to engage kids of all ages in learning about science than with a Lego-based DNA molecule, robot or rocket." I had a hard time picking a favorite from their very-informative gallery of science models, but this spine by artist Cole Blaq might be it.
- I saw an awesome LEGO cake in Donna Hay Magazine a long time ago, and if I had my act together I'd have made it for this birthday. Next year! LEGOs are timeless, right? (The LEGO cake instructions are sadly unavailable on Donna Hay but luckily Netsu snapped a photo, and searching for "LEGO cake" will bring you quite a few tutorials.)
- Design Taxi also highlighted Brixels, "a web service that helps you create custom-designed LEGO-mosaic artworks". Once you send in a photo, Brixels can either create the portrait for you or send you a template so you (i.e., the kid) can make it at home.
- Once in a great while, the 6-year old is allowed to use my iPhone. He mostly plays a Phineas & Ferb game, though I just got him Vidrhythm and am geekily excited to use it with him. Poppytalk featured the LEGO Super Hero Movie Maker, which I might be even more geekily excited to use. I love stop-motion animation as much as he loves LEGOs.
- HiConsumption showed off these LEGO ice cube trays, available through Amazon. I think they'd be perfect to make juice cubes in LEGOesque colors- lemonade, strawberry juice, etc- and would be so fun for a party!
- HiConsumption also introduced me to the beautiful wooden LEGOs made by Japanese design firm Mokurokku. My mom would have been all over those.
- These last two are LEGO-compatible products that I actually got him for last Christmas, to great acclaim. The LED Construction Brick Brites from ThinkGeek are ADORABLE- I got him a set of red ones for fire truck and ambulance play. Or minifig dance parties.
- I'm not sure if he's used the Brix Stix yet, but they seem super-fun. You can buy themed packs of reusable stickers (zombie, comics, medieval) so you can have fun building plots and sets, too.
I know there are a million more great official and unofficial LEGO activities and accessories out there- please share your favorites! It will help me stuff this year's Christmas stocking...
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Indonesian Dignitaries Visit Wabash, Crawfordsvilleby Jim Amidon • March 28, 2005 Share:
Two representatives from the Progressive Muslim movement in Jakarta, Indonesia, spent Easter Weekend at Wabash as part of a tour of the United States. They are studying religious pluralism in civil societies.
Eva Yuliana, Vice Treasurer of the Central Java National Awakening Party, and Zuhairi Bin Misrawi, a Program Officer of the Emancipatory Islamic Network, arrived at Wabash March 26, a three-day stop on a 21-day tour.
Yuliana and Bin Misrawi attended Easter Sunday worship services at First Christian Church in Crawfordsville, and later spent time with Wabash faculty families, Phil and Vina Mikesell and Larry and Nancy Bennett.
"I hope to teach my experience here to our society (in Indonesia) until we become better at democracy," Bin Misrawi said of his U.S. visit. "I think our democracy in Indonesia, which is just developing now, can learn more and more from the United States.
"I must learn more about the diversity here. There are similarities in our two countries. We have Muslim as a majority and you have Christians as a majority. We must learn how to support religious differences in society."
The scholars and their interpreter, Komariah Robinson, had a breakfast discussion with the staff of the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion. They later met with Crawfordsville Schools Superintendent Kathy Steele. Dr. Steele discussed the separation of church and state as it applies to public schools, and specifically talked about the seventh grade unit of the curriculum that carefully studies all religions with field trips to synagogues, mosques, and various Christian churches.
The group was led on a tour of Hose Elementary School by Principal John Tidd, whose school is home to classrooms of special needs children as well as the school corporation's gifted and talented track. Tidd, co-chair of the Character Counts! program in Montgomery County, discussed character- and values-based education in public schools.
Bin Misrawi is the founder of the Institute of Progressive Islamic Studies and an award-winning journalist and best-selling author on the subject of Progressive Muslim studies.
"The difference between Fundamentalist and Progressive Islam is that fundamentalists do not take into account modernity," he said. "Progressive Islam is more concerned with understanding Islamic Law in today's world."
Bin Misrawi, who has a daily radio talk show in Jakarta, is the author of four books: Beginning from Home; Al-Quran is Not a History Book, Interpretation of Islamic Law/FIKIH, and Islam and Arts.
His traveling companion, Eva Yuliana, is a former member of parliament and served as General Secretary of the Central Java Board of Women's Association for the National Awakening Movement. She is one of the nation's leading authorities on the empowerment of women and children in Indonesia.
Hose Elementary students were excited to meet natives of Indonesia after studying the region and raising nearly $1500 for disaster relief efforts after the December earthquake and tsunami. The students created a colorful chain of paper loops for every quarter they raised for disaster relief. The chain stretches around the school nearly two full times. Bin Misrawi explained to the students in Nancy Kirtley's fourth grade class that an estimated 250,000 people died on his home island in the tragedy.
The dignitaries led a discussion late in the day with Wabash faculty and students on the topic "How civil societies protect and encourage expressions of religion and the rights of religious groups."
After that discussion, Bin Misrawi expressed his appreciation for U.S. universities. "I find the research very wonderful," he said. "America is very established with universities. In Indonesia, we need to be more and more engaged with our universities (to do research)."
Arriving in the U.S. on March 11, Yuliana and Bin Misrawi spent time in Washington, where they met with Department of Education and State Department officials; Boston, where they met with Harvard faculty; Providence, Rhode Island; and Indianapolis before arriving in Crawfordsville. They will conclude their trip with stops in Portland, Oregon and Los Angeles before departing on April 5.
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Top: Hose Elementary School principal John Tidd explains how every colored ring indicates the donation of 25 cents toward tsunami relief in Southeast Asia. Hose students donated almost $1,500 to disaster relief.
Upper Left: Zhuairi Bin Misrawi poses for a photograph with Wabash student Ali Ahmed.
Lower right: Eva Yuliana shares a moment with a Hose Elementary student.


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Yup, that's right, the_shirt_ninja has ripped a ton of blood props, people that asked for those in the comments for the last update will rejoice when they find out that these props come in three red, green and black colors, this is indeed a great addition no one ripped those until now, thanks the_shirt_ninja! And once again, credits to staff member Maggo for his work with Kabal's spritesheet.
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34 responses to "A Bloody Update"
Great work guys, first rate! Thanks for this update, it's brilliant. Thanks again
Oh, bloody hell!
Nice, now I don't have to swap the blood myself anymore for my comics.
Now the infadels will be whining about something else.
Geez Kabal is freaky without his mask O_O
im so glad we have a full kabal sheet as well as the blood
Kabal and blood… Blood and Kabal… Isn't casual, don't it? Good work!
Only a few more spritesheets for MK3 AND 3 for MK2. Keep up the good work.
Fantastic Update!
Very good!!!
Murdoink, did you get the edited Jade sprites I sent you?
The last red blood prop, in the first set is showing as a red X.
Murdoink, your updates are getting cheaper! Everyone knows that you rush through getting updates and dating with women before they go and have a date with another man and trying to hurry watching your favourite shows that you want to catch on T.V! Please stop doing that so people won't get pissed off by you!!!
P.S.: I liked those green and black blood props that you put on there, they were awesome!!!
P.S. (inserts Shao Kahn's voice "again?"): By the way, where did you get those green and black blood props? (I'm talking about those MK2 blood props.)
No Tetra_Vega, you are just seeing things! XD
very nice! :)
yhea, it is good, i never expect to see it complete.
plus, did you know that rain´s bio is in mkarmageddon.com now
Um… The blood sprites that are used when an opponent explodes during a fatality, those sprites are missing (like Kano's Laser Eye Beam fatality and Sheeva's Animality). Thank you for the blood sprites and the MK3 Kabal spritesheet. So, can you rip the MK3 Nightwolf spritesheet for the next update and the rest of the MK3 Jax sprites?
No Murdoink, you are seeing things there buddy. Those blood sheets must have been hacked there.
I'm most looking forward to a Mileena sprite sheet, that and a UMK3 Reptile sprite sheet.
Oh and Murdoink, have you received the edited Jade sprites I emailed you?
MKII SUB-ZERO AND SCORPION! PLEEEEEEEEEEASE! btw What is the thing called that you rip sprites with and how do I get one?
You are missing a lot of the Armageddon bios. You should totally update those.
Nice update. Blood is finally done, like we all asked. :-)
And in all colors too… you do too much.
That's a good update, oh by the way i made a human smoke fake character pic because i dont like the question marks, i'll do more if you want, how do i send it?
Please oh please bring us MK 2 Scorpion. I really, really need those sprites.
kabal big head fatality scares me
Its been 8 days…Also is Classic MK3 Sub-Zero gonna be finished any time soon?
9 days…
Murdoink will take as long as he fucking well pleases. Please quit pestering him for shit.
He'll add characters when someone rips them, and sends them in.
10 days
But Tetra_vega, whenever someone makes a website that people go to often, it is expected of you to please your viewers, is it not? I agree with you, but, he has a responsibility to his viewers.
YES GOOD NOW WE HAS WAIT FOR SCORPION MK2 spritesheet
hi u all. hey guys im searching for the voice pack of shao kahn ( flawless victory, fatality, finish him, HAHAHAA and bla bla lol) does anyone have it in here? im actually working on a clip and a really need it. pls reply
you guys rock out loud and I'm 9 years old and tell the Baraka Character I said hi
make a mortal kombat armagedon2 and put evry guy in mortal kombat and make evry body with different coustumes not the ones on armagedon so later.
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In the run-up to the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, which starts Friday, we've been anticipating not just the music and art but also the independent sense of style that will be on display. Here are some of the standouts who will hit the stages in Indio over the next two weekends. Their looks are bound to turn heads at the increasingly fashion-focused festival.
Grace Potter & the Nocturnals
For the last few years, Grace Potter, the leggy singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist fronting Waitsfield, Vt.'s Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, has been working a Tina Turner-Marianne Faithfull vibe, favoring sparkly, fringed mini-dresses inspired by the 1960s and '70s. But Potter says that her look — and the band's — evolves with each successive album. With a new album set for release June 12, Potter says she's finally lifted the "denim jihad" that's been in place since the band's 2010 self-titled album was released. (But that doesn't mean you'll see the band awash in head-to-toe blue jeans any time soon.)
Style icon: "My style icons growing up tended to be men, so it was Mick Jagger in the leotards, bell bottoms and suspenders and David Bowie — especially his outfits from the movie 'Labyrinth.' You can see influences of that in what I wear today. Some days I want to be Mick Jagger, some days I want to be Bianca Jagger, but either way there's definitely a lot of '70s influence running through what I like to wear."
Fashion influences: "As a kid, I was obsessed with fashion, and I basically worked with whatever was in the shed — my parents had all their old, crazy, '60s and '70s hippie clothes in trash bags in a shed by our house. Every couple of months, I'd dig into that and go through every article of clothing and invent crazy outfits."
Favorite brands: "Balenciaga is huge for me. I love Balmain, and Miu Miu has some fabulous shoes right now. Every once in a while I like to incorporate something a little more refined, like a piece from Prada or Lanvin. Lanvin moves really beautifully onstage and I love the textures they're using right now.
"I love Gucci, but a lot of times it doesn't fit me properly, so I have to get it specifically tailored. And Issa of London has some really amazing dresses, so when it does come time for me to wear a [full, floor-length] gown, there are a few things I'm impressed with. Isabel Marant makes some nice, nonfussy dresses and little chiffon floaty shirts, and ALC is killing it right now. I love their silk pieces because they're light enough for summer but they're this luscious, buttery silk."
Coachella wardrobe: "It's important to put some thought into our 'moments in the sun' — our TV moments, our big, onstage Coachella moments — so you know exactly how everything's going to look on camera. And right now my dream list for Coachella includes Stella McCartney, an [Alexander] McQueen piece and some Givenchy ... We'll see which of those three is going to wind up onstage.
"The guys [bandmates Matt Burr, Benny Yurco and Scott Tournet] will probably be dressed in All Saints, [which is] bringing some custom pieces for me to try on. I'm a huge fan, and they're like the gasoline that fuels our tour. If it weren't for them, I'm not sure we'd ever be in clean clothes.
"At festivals, especially when I'm bopping around doing press and not onstage, I like to keep it light and simple and fuss-free, so I find the beach approach is a good way to go. Sometimes I'll just wear a bathing suit and throw a bunch of stuff over it."
Favorite stores: "I'm bicoastal at this point because of work, and I find amazing pieces in Vermont. I'll go to some random store where there's a lady knitting scarves and get a beautiful beret or a gorgeous super-thin long scarf. Then I'll bring it out to L.A., and I'll build around it by zinging over to someplace like Sunset Plaza. H. Lorenzo is a great store that's got a lot of exciting, hard-to-find pieces, pieces that are pretty rare, pretty hard to find.
"I like to hang out at Barneys and in a pinch I'll go to Robertson, but I'm more of a Beverly Center kind of girl. I love Traffic — they're an amazing store; our drummer Matt has borrowed suits from them. For festival stuff, I find a lot of light pieces at Calypso and amazing basics atJ. Crew. Corey Lynn Calter is a designer I love, and she's got a lot of great festival stuff."
Beats Antique
The Oakland-based world fusion-electronic music troika Beats Antique mashes up genres including hip-hop, Afro-beat, Middle Eastern belly dance and jazz. The group consists of David Satori, Tommy Cappel and Zoe Jakes, the latter of whom accompanies the music with a unique blend of tribal fusion belly dance during each performance.
Style icons: "Everything I learned I learned from trannies," Jakes said. "Because they're brilliant and I love them and they have the best styling and makeup advice — the best makeup artists are always trannies — so pretty much all of my secrets come from them. I'm usually performing on a stage with an incredible amount of light so everything has to be really extreme and exaggerated, the heavy eyeliner and the really long false eyelashes."
Fashion influences: "The people who have shaped me as an artist are other tribal fusion belly dancers Rachel Brice and Katarina Burda. I was also into the whole vaudeville scene, which has really affected my aesthetic."
Favorite stores: "I use EBay a lot. Sometimes I'll find something I really like at a fabric store and just buy it and hold onto it until I have a concept. The only other place I really shop is All Saints. They've got a great aesthetic, and I really love their clothes."
Drummer Tommy Cappel shared his sartorial sources as well: "David [Satori] and I both get our outfits from a vast community of seamstresses and clothing designers. I wear stuff by a group called Steam Trunk [in San Francisco] and S&G [boutique] in L.A., and we have a group of artist friends that own a store in San Francisco called Five & Diamond."
Coachella wardrobe: "I've had it planned for weeks," Jakes said. "The costumes are going to need to come off and go on very quickly because of all the costume changes — I usually change costumes six to eight times in a show — so I need to get them on and off within two or three minutes tops.
"For Coachella, we'll be having guest dancer Auberon Shull joining us, and we've got some mermaid tails. I think there's a flamenco skirt in there somewhere. There will be my heavily beaded antique costumes made from old, old, turn-of-the-century Egyptian fabrics, and I always wear a lot of old tribal silver jewelry. There will also be some antlers in there somewhere, as well as some feather fans and a few masks."
Cappel says he knows exactly what he'll be wearing too: "A dark gray shirt with black pinstripe, a sweet vest made by Steam Trunk, possibly a fedora or a cabby-style cap — and lots of sweat."
Street look versus stage look: Jakes said she dresses differently out of the spotlight. "Performers often say a true performer is one that looks pretty plain in regular life," she said. "And since I dress up for a living — I performed at least 150 times last year — it's kind of taken the excitement out of it on a day-to-day basis. When I'm not performing, I don't wear makeup, I wear leggings, a T-shirt and a pair of boots and that's pretty much it. About as bare bones as it gets."
On fan fashion: "It's really sweet," Jakes said. "We get a lot of people in the audience who dress up for our shows with a belly dance element, which is super cool."
Frank Ocean
The last year has been a good one for the New Orleans to Los Angeles R&B transplant and Odd Future collaborator. Frank Ocean (born Christopher Breaux) started off 2011 under the radar and ended it in the pages of men's style bible GQ as Rookie of the Year (in a three-piece Yves Saint Laurent suit) and L'Uomo Vogue (wearing pieces including a bottle-green velvet Roberto Cavalli suit). This attention came after the success of a self-released download album, "Nostalgia, Ultra," and collaborations with a constellation of musical stars including Jay-Z and Kanye West. (Ocean's voice can be heard on the duo's "Watch the Throne" album, among other places.)
But looking as dapper as Don Draper isn't just a fashion-shoot phenomenon. Ocean routinely takes the stage in crisp three-piece suits, white dress shirts, skinny ties and headbands as crisply folded as a "Mad Men" pocket square.
Azealia Banks
With her songs "212" and "Bambi" playing on catwalk soundtracks, the foul-mouthed Harlem rapper Azealia Banks has been running with fashion's in-crowd for awhile now, appearing front row at shows such as Mulberry's in London (palling around with Pixie Geldof and Lana Del Rey) and West's in Paris (where she played the after-party). She was hired by Chanel's Karl Lagerfeld to perform at a private dinner and starred in a photo spread in April's GQ.
Banks could hardly have asked for a better springboard than Coachella to acquaint the world with her bawdy bad-girl aesthetic of pigtails, denim cutoffs and striped tops that range from slouchy sweaters to form-fitting shirts. Expect her post-tween meets raunchy sexpot vibe — Mickey Mouse sweaters, Elmo sweat shirts and all — to gain traction as the year progresses.
First Aid Kit
The Swedish folk duo of sisters Klara and Johanna Söderberg, who hail from the Stockholm suburb of Enkede and perform as First Aid Kit, may be all but unknown to U.S. audiences, but they're steeped in Americana. The video for their song "Emmylou" — a tribute to their favorite country musicians including Emmylou Harris, Gram Parsons, June Carter and Johnny Cash — was shot in Joshua Tree National Park on Parson's birthday. And the album it's on, "Lion's Roar," was recorded in Omaha, Neb.
It's not just the duo's sound that harks back to the folksy America of days gone by. The sisters dress the part too, with a look that's pure ladies of the canyons circa 1974, complete with floral print dresses, flowing tresses, lace shawls, fringe and chunky turquoise jewelry.
And, while the denim shirt dresses, leather jackets and prairie skirts might not be blazing any new trends at Coachella, it's a safe bet to think the singing Swedish sisters will have a look that perfectly captures the spirit.


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Commencement 1999
SOCORRO, N.M., May 15, 1999 -- New Mexico Tech graduated 258 students on May 15, awarding three associate's degrees, 190 bachelor's degrees, 58 master's degrees, and seven Ph.D. degrees during commencement exercises. Awards for distinguished faculty, alumni, staff, and friends were also presented.
The top prize for a graduate student, the Founder's Award, went to Roseanna Neupauer, who also received a master's degree in mathematics and is working on a second master's degree in hydrology. Neupauer, a native of Northampton, Penn., is president of the Tech Graduate Student Association and has worked to promote issues benefiting students and to mentor incoming graduate students. In 1998, Neupauer brought to light a federal tax issue that affected Tech graduate students. By working with the Tech administration, Neupauer helped develop solutions advantageous to fellow graduate students and to the Institute.
The top prize to an undergraduate, the Brown Award, went to William Grüner, a native of Edgewood, N.M., who also received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering with highest honors. Grüner served as Student Regent on Tech's Board of Regents for two years. He was named Tech's "Engineering Student of the Year" for 1999, for his work on many projects including a bio-compatible neural interface, robotics, opto-electronics, pulsed power, and treatments for cancer. Grüner finished his course work in December and is now employed as a research scientist at Rio Grande Medical Technologies in Albuquerque.
The Cramer Award to the top female undergraduate in engineering went to Tamara Barber of Mountainair, N.M. Barber received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering with highest honors. She was a runner-up for "Engineering Student of the Year." Two of her projects have involved characterizing the antennae control unit for the Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope and helping develop a landmine detecting robot.
The Cramer Award to the top male undergraduate in engineering went to Kelly Shawn Houston of Trenton, N.J. Houston has completed a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering with highest honors and has started a master's program in that field at Tech. His undergraduate research work resulted in a paper on remediation of contaminated sites that he presented at the fall 1998 meeting of the American Geophysical Union.
The Langmuir Award for an outstanding research paper published in the past year by a recent Tech graduate went to James Wren, who graduated from New Mexico Tech in 1996 with a bachelor's degree in physics and now works at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Wren and colleagues designed a robotic optical camera called ROTSE which rapidly and automatically responds to notification of gamma ray outbursts and quickly begins observations. On January 23, 1999, this instrument detected the most powerful explosion ever observed in the universe and began observations within 22 seconds. This fast response time gathered valuable data for scientists studying the phenomenon of gamma ray outbursts.
New Mexico Tech honored two faculty members for their achievements. Dr. Allan Gutjahr, professor of mathematics, received the Distinguished Research Award for his key role in developing the field of stochastic groundwater hydrology. Gutjahr served as New Mexcio Tech's vice president of research and economic development from 1992 to 1997. In this role, he established review procedures which helped obtain funding for a remarkably high percentage of Tech's young scientists.
Dr. Emily Nye, director of Student Services and associate professor of English, was honored with the Distinguished Teaching Award. Nye founded Tech's Writing Center, which provides one-on-one tutoring, and has served as a tireless advocate for students' needs. The Student Association (SA) also presented her with their Staff Service Award.
Sharing the Staff Service Award with Nye was Dr. Gary Olsen, Dean of Students. The SA thanked him for providing them with advice and counsel over the years. The SA also honored students Beryl Barnes, Julia Gray, and William Grüner for their many services to students over the years.
The New Mexico Tech Alumni Association presented two awards. Their Distinguished Service Award went to the Honorable M. Michael Olguin, who served in the New Mexico Legislature for 14 years. Olguin was thanked for appreciating the value that graduates of state universities, including New Mexico Tech, bring to the state, and for being an unflagging supporter of higher education.
The Alumni Association also honored Dr. Corale Brierley with its Distinguished Achievement Award. Brierley earned her bachelor's degree and master's degree from New Mexico Tech in 1968 and 1972, respectively. She is a consultant in the field of biotechnology to the mining and chemical industries and government agencies. Earlier this year, Brierley was elected to the National Academy of Engineering for "innovations applying biotechnology to mine production and remediation."
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