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The Inquisition
A flying saucer burns two eye-shaped holes in the hayfield. The eyes follow us wherever we go. Mother keeps a lucky penny in her shoe and tallies crows with an auctioneer's fervor. She swallows the milk of superstition. She illustrates fortune and omen, and draws the curtains in nightshade.
I am writing a runaway note on my red typewriter. A stranger knocks and introduces himself as Colonel Rip Van Scratch. He stinks of whiskey and jet fuel. He's got eyes like holes burned by a flying saucer. The Colonel says, Rumors are the boy's marked as mine. Mother says, Tyro's a good boy and I should know. She points to the umbilical cord that connects us.
Mother searches my head for horns or 666. She says, Phrenologically speaking, he reads like a bald tire, slick and temperamental. She fixes my hair with hairspray. Colonel Scratch says, That's flammable you know. Mother says, That's not flammable that's a cowlick.
The Colonel throws me on the kitchen table, spreading me out like a treasure map. His hands feel like every truth I never wanted to hear. He scratches at the course of my heart—straights and narrows, switchbacks, and the inevitable dead end.
The Colonel says, The boy's destiny is written in a third nipple, and a stray patch of hair flanking his lower ribcage, and the howler is this coyote shaped birthmark. Mother says, That's no sign, that's a beauty mark.
Colonel Scratch says, He's writing a runaway note. Mother says, That no runaway note, that's his memoirs. Tyro's sensitive like that. His grandmother could talk a squirrel down from a tree, and he talks himself up into a state of susceptibility. When he's on a typing roll, he gets so sensitive he catches cold by dreaming it.
Outside, the Colonel's red van bathes in moonlight. Sin Bin painted on the side. I say, I've no plans to travel with the likes of you. Scratch tips his hat to Mother. He says, Beware of the signs. Sass, truancy, and silence.
He rides his motorcycle out the back of the Sin Bin. I continue my runaway note, a litany of sufferings, shortcomings, and unfulfilled aspirations. Mother mops up Scratch's boot marks. She says, Why he's taller than I ever imagined. I say, To hell with his stature. He's got plans to enlist me as a backscratcher, a backslapper, a bootlicker. Mother ignores me and kneads dough, her cheeks rosy.
I wake to snow. I break a dream over my knee. Outside, the Sin Bin looks like the flames of destiny. There are no tracks in the snow but the driver's seat feels warm. I pull the shifter into neutral. Headlights off, I coast into the night.
A pack of coyotes follow at every turn. I stop at the dam site, and the coyotes yowl. I step out and they surround me. I hand the leader my runaway note. It says: I'm going to runaway tomorrow morning when you are sleeping. Be sure to say goodbye forever. The coyotes lift their chins and offer their apologies to the moon.


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CS Teams Sweep Programming Contest, Nov. 8, 2000
SOCORRO, N.M., November 7, 2000 -- Four undergraduate teams comprised of New Mexico Tech computer science majors recently traveled to Las Cruces to compete in a regional computer programming contest and swept the field, returning to Socorro with the event's top four awards.
"New Mexico Tech did blazingly well this year at the New Mexico State University programming contest," says Tech student Danny Quist, one of three Tech students who made up the first- place- winning team.
Quist and fellow team mates, Ben Sittler and Jeff Shipman, correctly solved four out of the six problems posed during the daylong competition, coming out on top of 17 other teams which hailed from the University of Texas at El Paso, NMSU, and New Mexico Tech.
Solving the problems at the programming contest required using computer programs which the students developed "on-site" with various commonly used programming languages.
The New Mexico Tech team which placed second in the competition included team members Benjamin Gordon, Augustine Ortiz, and Jackson Peacock.
Third place was awarded to Zack Bradshaw, Ben Leiting, and Nick Pattengale.
And, Jon Bradley and Jeff Eliasen placed fourth.
Earlier this year, four teams from New Mexico Tech also fared well in the Sixteenth Annual Fort Lewis College Computer Programming Contest in Durango, Colo., with a Tech team winning that computing competition as well.
Faculty advisor for all four of New Mexico Tech's programming teams was Allan M. Stavely, associate professor of computer science with Tech's computer science department.

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MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. (AP) — Republican Sen. Rand Paul says President Barack Obama's health care law probably can't be defeated or gotten rid of. And he's suggesting there is little he and other congressional Republicans can do to stop the law from taking effect.
Speaking to reporters Saturday at a gathering of Michigan Republicans, Paul says Republicans could use votes on measures in the House and in the Senate to come up with compromise legislation. But the Kentucky Republican says that time for that is running out.
An opponent of the law many call "Obamacare," Paul says he's acknowledging that, in his words, "we probably can't defeat or get rid of Obamacare." He says that working from the position of not funding the health care law might help render it, quote, "less bad."
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Today and tomorrow I am attending a terrific conference at Penn State University called, "Playing to Win: The Business and Social Frontiers of Videogames." It features panel discussions about various legal and business issues facing the video game industry, as well as discussions about how video games are used to aid teaching and learning. There are also panels on multiplayer online worlds and virtual reality environments and the issues surrounding both. [They will apparently be posting videos from the conference on their site shortly.]
The folks at PSU were kind enough to invite me to deliver the luncheon keynote on Day 1 and I decided to provide a broad overview of the policy issues facing video games that I have covered in some of my past work. My presentation was entitled, "Video Games, Ratings, Parental Controls, & Public Policy: Where Do We Stand?" and the entire 36-slide presentation is now available online here. Down below, I thought I would just outline a couple of the key themes I touched upon in my presentation.
ESRB: Strengths & Challenges
One of the things I did in my presentation was to provide a brief sketch of how the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB), the game industry's voluntary rating and labeling system, works. After doing so–again, you can download the entire presentation if you want those details–I outlined the strengths of the ESRB system, which I listed as follows:
Then I discussed some of the challenges facing the ESRB system…
General Thoughts on Ratings vs. Government Regulation
Later in the presentation, after walking through how various parental control tools worked, I talked about my general feelings regarding critiques of private rating systems and the ESRB in particular:
Future Issues & Controversies
I concluded by throwing out a few predictions about future issues and controversies that I think we will be debating in coming months and years.
I suppose I should provide some more details regarding this last slide since it will be of the most interest to many readers. Here's some more explanation regarding each of my 7 predictions:
(1) Renewed push for universal media ratings: This issue has always been hanging out there and I think we will continue to hear calls–from both policy makers and media critics–for some sort of universal rating system for all media. God only knows how that would work. The last Star Wars movie ("Revenge of the Sith") yielded several distinct media products: a major theatrical motion picture, a video game, a book, a comic book, and even a musical soundtrack. Should they all be rated the same way using the same system? I think that would be difficult to pull off. More worrisome is the fact that any move toward a universal rating scheme would undermine much of the education and awareness-building efforts that have helped familiarize consumers (especially parents) with the ESRB and other existing private rating and labeling systems. Finally, because it is unlikely we will ever see a voluntary movement by all major media producers to abandon their existing rating schemes and adopt a universal system, such a move would likely only come about because of action by government officials. Of course, that raises a host of First Amendment issues. For that reason, we might instead see a push for…
(2) Oversight of ESRB by Congress or non-profit / academic groups: Some critics say that the ESRB needs more "objective" oversight by either a regulatory agency or some of the third-party group, like an academic institution. As I point out in some of those slides above, ratings will ALWAYS have a subjective element to them since raters all bring different values and insights to the task of judging artistic expression. So making the rating process more bureaucratic isn't going to make matters any better. Instead, it will just politicize the system and slow it down. [See my lengthy essay on this issue from a few weeks ago.]
(3) More FTC oversight of retailer enforcement: The Federal Trade Commission already conducts secret shopper surveys and issues an occasional report about the "Marketing of Violent Entertainment to Children." Those reports has shown that retailer enforcement of the ESRB rating system is improving, but still needs to improve. [Here you will find my detailed thoughts on the conclusion of the last FTC report.] But there have been some calls in Congress for stepped-up FTC oversight, and potential penalties, for retailers who fail to enforce the system properly. (Remember Sen. Clinton's "Family Entertainment Protection Act"?)
(4) Mandatory age verification for MMOGs & online activities: Here's one to keep a close eye on. With a debate raging about the wisdom and effectiveness of age verification for social networking sites, it's only a matter of time before online video games are brought into the discussion in a major way. The recent Bryon report in the UK included a discussion of this in the online gaming section of their final report. Stay tuned, this debate is set to explode here in the States.
(5) Mandatory parental controls defaults: One of my next white papers discusses the perils of government mandates that might force media & technology providers to not only embed parental controls in all their devices, but also turn them "ON" when they are shipped to market (meaning they would set to their most restrictive position as a defaults). For example, it could be required that every video game console be shipped with on-board screening technologies that were set to block any games rated above "E" (i.e., "Everyone"-rated games). Similarly, all personal computers or portable media devices sold to the public could be required to have filters embedded that were set to block all "objectionable" content, however defined. If "default" requirements such as this were mandated by law, parents would be forced to opt out of the restrictions by granting their children selective permission to content above a certain ESRB rating. In theory, this might help create another roadblock to underage access to some objectionable content, but it would also create an enormous consumer backlash and lead to a great deal of regulatory hassles and console hacking. Again, I've got an entire paper coming out on this issue from PFF next month that addresses my reservations with such a mandate.
(6) What happens when "AO" games hit consoles? I created some controversy recently when I noted that: "Whether any of us care to admit it, the fact that AO-rated games are currently kept off the major consoles and off the shelves at some major retailers (ex: Wal-Mart and Target) is probably the most important thing holding back a full-on legislative assault on video games." Some took that to mean that I was advocating rigorous self-censorship of "AO" (Adults Only-rated) games. To the contrary, as I told MTV Multiplayer News, "I am in no way advocating that the industry hold off in terms of allowing complete creative expression." And I also told MTV Multiplayer that I thought that eventually one of the major consoles–probably Sony–would cave and allow some AO-rated games on their platform. But make no doubt about it, when that happens, all hell is going to break loose. Not only with the typical pro-censorship crowd kick their complaint-generating factories into high gear, but a lot more average parents will protest the move and likely petition lawmakers for greater regulation of games or consoles.
(7) What about virtual reality games? And finally we come to virtual reality. All these other video game debates we have been having pale in comparison to the heated debate we can expect during the coming decade as virtual realities games and devices proliferate. And we all know they are coming. I fully expect that something like the Star Trek "holo-deck" will be in my living room by the time my kids are teenagers. We are already seeing more "tactile" devices coming to market, such as steering wheels and video game guns, that add a new layer of involvement to the games we play. Most recently, video game vests are hitting the market that simulate the sensation of being shot while playing a game. Once you combine these tactile technologies with more visually immersive visual display technologies, we will be well on our way to a serious VR world. And once they figure out a way to make it fully online and interactive, a huge policy debate is going to develop over the wisdom of letting people (especially kids) play holo-deck games where they actually feel like they are inside Halo or World of Warcraft, mowing down competitors with plasma rifles and broad swords. (Personally, I am very eager to try out "Resident Evil" this way!) Regardless, this debate is coming and it will be a very heated affair.


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|Stella, Mary Malinda or neither?
As far as the woman's identity, I'm guessing that she was from the Cox, Mockbee or Allender families. She was in with these family heirlooms and chances are, she was a Kentucky gal since the
|Stella Allender?
However, despite her ugliness, she will remain in the family collection. After all she is ours, even though we cannot give her a name. My guess is that she is a young woman in the family that died either as a teenager or as a young mother and this was the only photo they had of her. They obviously loved her very much to endure and even frame this monstrosity. Based on the time frame that Maureen pinpointed, the 1880s, I'm leaning toward a young woman by the name of Stella Allender. She died somewhere around the turn of the last century as a teenager and there is only one other small photo that was reproduced of her and passed among the family. Thankfully, a much clearer photo of Stella which has been sometimes incorrectly identified as a young picture of her grandmother....clothing style would be way off since her grandmother was born in the 1830s. If it's not Stella, it might be Mary Malinda Mockbee, another young lady that passed away in 1879 from typhoid at the age of 15. Both women died young, childless and were only half remembered by their siblings or nieces/nephews. However, the remembrance was short lived and didn't travel across the generations. I only know of them because of my research. In fact, Mary Malinda's gravestone had been missing for years until I dug up the pieces around a stand of peonies that grew near her grandparents graves. The full story of her gravestone rediscovery can be found here at my other blog: Musings of a Kentucky Gardner.


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To the cry of "La commerce est libre" from the armed Metis stationed outside the courtroom, the monopoly of the Hudson's Bay Company in Rupert's Land was effectively broken... - from The Road to the RapidsWho was Pierre Guillaume Sayer, and what did he have to do with our area? And not only that, why did he have an important role in the history of our area?
Sayer's significance derives from his trial in the General Quarterly Court of Assiniboia on 17 May 1849. The free trade in furs, practiced in the Red River valley since 1821, had greatly increased with the opportunity from 1843 to sell at Pembina (N.Dak.) to Norman Wolfred Kittson, who was in direct competition with the Hudson's Bay Company. Sayer was arrested for illegally trading in furs, and was brought before the court by Chief Factor John Ballenden in a case designed to test the legality of the monopoly claimed by the HBC. Sayer's counsel was James Sinclair, a representative of the free traders of Red River; the two were backed by Louis Riel Sr, who, with the Reverend George-Antoine Bellecourt, had organized the Métis to protest against both the monopoly and the inadequate representation of the Métis on the Council of Assiniboia. Presided over by the judicial recorder, Adam Thom, the trial was by jury and was conducted fairly. Sayer admitted to trafficking in furs, but claimed that he had been exchanging presents with relatives, an Indian manner of trading.From the Dictionary of Canadian Biography
The jury returned a verdict of guilty but recommended mercy on the ground that Sayer had genuinely believed that the Métis were permitted to trade freely. Ballenden accepted the recommendation and Sayer was freed. Riel promptly asserted that the verdict was tantamount to a surrender of the HBC monopoly. This view was at once taken up by the Métis assembled outside the court-house, who cried "Le commerce est libre!" So it was to be: the HBC abandoned its efforts to maintain a monopoly and began aggressive competition with the free traders. Sayer's trial was thus a landmark in the history of the Canadian west.


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Ten Korean War veterans from Mills County will travel to Washington, D.C., next Wednesday to visit the national memorial built in their honor.
Clarence Boles, Robert Goodwin, James Lloyd Harold, Robert Henderson, Harold Prather, Don Weak and Ed Whitcomb, all of Glenwood, Eugene Leu of Hastings along with Malvern residents Ernie Spiker and Theron Michaelson will be among more than 130 veterans taking part in the Western Iowa Korean War Honor Flight. Their one-day whirlwind tour to Washington will include visits to the Korean War, World War II and Iwo Jima memorials along with a tour of D.C. and a stop at Arlington National Cemetery to view the Tomb of the Unknowns and the ceremonial changing of the guards.
"I think it's a great opportunity," Weak said. "It will be my first time in D.C."
Weak served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, taking on a variety of duties – radio operator, parts man in the motor pool, movie projector operator and assisting in the transportation of prisoners.
Boles, a U.S. Navy veteran, is also looking forward to the trip. The Glenwood High School Class of 1950 graduate spent 45 months at sea during his 48-month tour of duty. He was aboard the USS Manchester, a cruiser that took part in the invasion and bombardment of Wonsan and patrol of the Korean coastline.
Boles said over the years he's stayed in touch with several of the men he served with, including some from western Iowa. Two of his close Navy friends are now deceased.
"I've really been looking forward to going to Washington and seeing the memorials with other guys who served in the Korean War," Boles said.
There was some speculation during the shutdown of the federal government that the honor flight might have to be postponed or cancelled, but organizer Jeff Ballenger said the trip was never in doubt. Ballenger said he was assured by Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley that the veterans would not be denied access to the military memorials.
"We weren't concerned about it (shutdown)," Ballenger said. "My personal opinion is that the memorials belong to the veterans. They served our country. They deserve this.
"We're excited and ready to go."
Ballenger said the honor flight is a way to thank the veterans for their service, noting the Korean War has often been referred to as the "Forgotten War."
The Korean War Honor Flight is the first for western Iowa veterans and stemmed from the popularity of the 2008-2009 honor flights for World War II veterans. The trip is being funded through private donations and $30,000 from the Iowa West Foundation.
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Rainier Cancer Center Provides State of the Art Cancer Treatments Close to Home
You hear the fateful word "Cancer."
Among the myriad of emotions and thoughts surrounding this diagnosis, one of the first things you may ask yourself is "What do I do next?"
And one of the last things you will want to do is navigate your journey on your own. Certainly, you would travel anywhere you needed to, in order to get advanced technologies and compassionate care. But what if state of the art technologies were available in a convenient, comfortable, state-of-the-art cancer center just a few miles away? And not only a convenient location, but a comprehensive team there to guide you through your personal journey? Well that's just what you will find at Rainier Cancer Center in Tukwila, just one block east of Southcenter Mall.
Rainier Cancer Center opened in November of 2011 with a mission to bring advanced technologies to patients who need them. At the same time, they recognize that treatment is only half of the equation. The rest lies in human kindness-trust, compassion and care. It is also their stated mission to excel at all that.
And don't miss "Celebrate Life" – their celebration of life event this Thursday, Feb. 21 from 6-8 p.m. at the center! An amazing evening is planned, full of food, live music and friendship celebrating the lives of their Cancer Center graduates. The entire staff of Rainier Cancer Center invites you to come and experience this joyful and inspiring event, and discover how they are "Fighting Cancer – Precisely."
On-site at the center a complete team of professionals who all work together to deliver outstanding care. This group includes:
- Board Certified Radiation Oncologists who plan and oversee the entire treatment process, adjusting, as necessary, to ensure the best possible outcome.
- Cancer Navigators Cancer Care Team – your single point of contact to answer questions, assist with scheduling and billing, provide emotional support, assist with transportation and housing arrangements and connect patients with helpful resources.
- Physicists and Dosimetrists who manage the physics behind each radiation treatment using sophisticated planning software.
- Nurses and Medical Technicians who are specially trained to help patients manage the side effects of cancer or therapy,
- An Administrative Support Team who help with appointments and provide support with billing and other administrative issues.
Also on-site you will find sophisticated equipment such as the "linear accelerator". This state-of-the-art equipment is the most cutting-edge available today. Completely open on all sides, it moves around the patient so that they can lie comfortably without being repositioned, and allows for targeted treatment. This is just one example of the precision and technology, which was also chosen with the comfort of the patient in mind. The center is equipped to treat patients diagnosed with a variety of cancers, including Prostate, breast, head/neck, colorectal, brain/CNS, bone and skin cancer.
Of course, all the fancy equipment in the world means nothing if the treatments don't produce successful results. At Rainier Cancer Center they believe that combining the best physicians with the most state-of-the-art equipment is a formula for a successful outcome, something they are celebrating in their "Celebrate Life" Celebration of life event on Thursday, February 21st from 6-8 p.m. at the center. An amazing evening is planned, full of food, live music and friendship celebrating the lives of their Cancer Center graduates. The entire staff of Rainier Cancer Center invites you to come and experience this joyful and inspiring event, and discover how they are "Fighting Cancer – Precisely."
Expect more helpful medical tips from the staff at Rainier Cancer Centers right here on the blog as we help them spread the word about their commitment to excellence in patient care.
Rainier Cancer Center is located at 200 Andover Park East, Suite 3 Tukwila, WA. Their phone number is: 206-922-6400 or find them on the web at www.rainiercancercenter.com.
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I'll go ahead and say this is a 'thing' now; revamping literary classics to turn them into monster mashups. The newest book to the add to the pile is Sheri Borwning Erwin's "Jane Slayre". If you couldn't tell by the clever title, this is a simple case of turning Charlotte Brontes "Jane Eyre" into a vampire slayer. At this rate, we're only months away from "Of Mice and Monsters".
Are you an Anne Rice fan? Then this is good news for you. Bluewater Comics has announced that Ms. Rice will be the next subject of their Female Force line of biography comics.
While the title of "Red Sonja", Conan's flame haired female counterpart, was previously given to Rose McGowan and director Douglas Aarniokosk, those plans have been scrapped. In fact, they're even shopping for a new writer which pretty much spells out the fact that this latest reboot was a complete disaster. What could be seen as good news by some and questionable news by many is word that Millennium Films has now offered the role to Megan Fox.
In a completely unexpected turn, genre favorite Danny Trejo has announced plans to self finance a basketball drama. Focused on the Utah Jazz player Paul Millsap and his uncle/agent DeAngelo Simmons who kept the player off the streets of Louisiana, the film is tentatively titled "Ambition". Which is apt for Trejo's attempt at self financing this movie as well.
A Vermont Policeman opted for some target practice as he fired a pepperball gun repeatedly at an inmate. At an inmate who was locked in his cell.
Uganda has a growing problem that has caused the government to form task forces and start a poster campaign to warn of the dangers. The problem? Human sacrifice.
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Woodall to the rescue for Daggers
Brian Woodall fired home a late equaliser to secure a 1-1 draw against Burton and extend resurgent Dagenham's unbeaten run to five matches.
A first half of few chances saw Adam Pearson head Justin Richards' cross wide for the Brewers, while Michael Spillane saw his 30-yard effort pushed behind by goalkeeper Ross Atkins at the other end.
The second half quickly exploded into life, though, and the home side were denied the opening goal when John Akinde's low shot was blocked on the line by Andrew Corbett.
Burton quickly moved in front, however, when Jacques Maghoma curled a 25-yard effort spectacularly beyond the reach of `keeper Chris Lewington.
As Daggers pushed for an equaliser Scott Doe saw his header blocked on the line by Adam Bolder, with Burton desperately hanging on.
The visitors could have made the points safe but Lionel Ainsworth shot straight at Lewington while Bolder should have done better with an effort after a swift counter-attack.
And with two minutes remaining, Woodall struck a stunning equaliser from outside the box to earn the Daggers a point.
Dag & Red 1-1 Burton Albion: Match Report - view commentary, squad, and statictics of the game as it happened.
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The Army's vice chief of staff, Gen. John Campbell, was confirmed Wednesday as the next commander for NATO's International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces in Afghanistan.
Campbell will replace Marine Gen. Joseph "Fighting Joe" Dunford as ISAF commander. Dunford was confirmed at the Wednesday hearing as the 36th commandant of the Marine Corps.
Army Lt. Gen. Joseph Votel was confirmed to succeed Navy Adm. William McRaven as head of U.S. Special Operations Command.
On his Facebook page, Campbell said he was notified late on Wednesday of the Senate confirmation. President Obama had nominated Campbell for the new post.
Campbell congratulated Dunford and said he looks forward to the transition with his successor, Gen. Dan Allyn.
"Ann and I feel so very honored and humbled to have had the opportunity to serve our great Soldiers and Families as the 34th Army Vice Chief of Staff team and look forward to transitioning with the newly confirmed 35th Army Vice Chief of Staff team, my good friend General Dan Allyn and his wife Debbie," Campbell wrote.
He did not say when the transition would take place, but until then, he said, "I remain committed to my duties as Vice Chief of Staff while simultaneously preparing for my next 'Rendezvous with Destiny' in Afghanistan."
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This works very well — and not just because everyone's in love with Fred Savage, and that love intensified when he grew up to direct episodes of Party Down*. And YouTube commenters are normally the worst — but Severus Thnape's, "My name is Robb Stark. You killed my father. Brb gonna get married," is the best.
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Nashville comes to Fernhill House
Country music tribute act Lolly Parton is the latest musical entertainer to wow residents at Fernhill House.
The evening contained all Dolly Parton's top hits including Nine to Five, Jolene and Islands in the Stream.
Lolly is a popular entertainer at hotels and corporate functions and she took time out after her lung burstingly energetic performance to chat to residents as they sipped their evening beverages.
Her visit follows two successful evenings with The Poppy Sisters – two real live sisters from Worcester who perform songs from the 40s, 50s and 60s.
Nancy and Rose met with such a rapturous response when they performed in the spring that they made a return trip earlier in the summer.
The sisters are regular visitors to care homes across the Midlands and are also much in demand at vintage fayres, such as special events at the Severn Valley Railway.


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Top Student Awards Announced at GraduationSOCORRO, N.M. May 16, 2011 – Five New Mexico students earned the top annual awards at commencement Saturday. Three undergrads and two graduate students were recognized for their exceptional academic performance, integrity and community involvement.
The winner of the top undergraduate award, the Brown Award, for 2011, is Nic Shafer, who earned his bachelor's in mechanical engineering.
The Cramer Awards are given to the male and female seniors graduating in engineering who rank highest in scholarship. The 2011 winners are Zahra Ghanbari of materials engineering and David Burkhard of mineral engineering.
The Langmuir Award honors an outstanding scientific research paper by graduate student. Nikolai Evdokimov of the Chemistry Department won based on his research publication in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.
The Founder's Award is given to the graduate student who has made an outstanding contribution through scholarship, research, and involvement in campus affairs. The 2011 winner is Cynthia Veitch, who completed her master's in computer science.
The Faculty Senate meets the day before graduation to determine the award winners. The winners receive a framed certificate and a cash award.
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Brown Award Winner Nic Schafer
Shafer is a standout among the Techies. He is graduating with highest honors in the Mechanical Engineering Department.
Schafer worked as a residential assistant, then worked for the past two years in the Center for Student Success as a peer facilitator. He led a group that developed a tutoring program for Dine College in Shiprock. Schafer presented the program, which was such a big hit that Tech was asked to present the tutoring program again in Arizona.
Schafer has been involved in InterVarsity, Tau Beta Pi engineering honor society and other campus clubs. In 2010, he was among the core group of students that started the Engineers Without Borders student chapter at Tech.
In 2010, Schafer was accepted into a summer internship in Germany. Based on his research skills and his overall impressive academic performance, he earned a full-ride scholarship to return to the University of Dortmund for a graduate program.
The Brown Award is named in honor of Mr. C. T. Brown, who was for many years a member of the Tech Board of Regents. It is presented to the member of the graduating class who, in the opinion of the Faculty, ranks highest in scholarship, conduct, and leadership.
Cramer Award Winner Zahra Ghanbari
|Zahra Ghanbari accepts congratulations from President Dr. Daniel H. Lopez for winning the 2011 Cramer Award.
Ghanbari earned a bachelor's in materials engineering today. A graduate of Del Norte High School in Albuquerque, Ghanbari's career at New Mexico Tech has been marked with many honors, awards and achievements.
Ghanbari earned a reputation among faculty members as an academically gifted student who always helps underclassmen understand material. She has impressed her professors by consistently being at the top of her class and by showing great leadership skills. Any time the Materials Engineering Department needed a volunteer, Ghanbari was the first to step up.
In addition to her stellar academic work, Zahra helped revitalize the American Society of Materials student chapter over the past two years. She organized the inaugural statewide ASM student conference in Socorro. She also won a statewide scholarship from the ASM New Mexico chapter in 2010.
With professor Dr. David Burleigh, she attended the School to Work Career Day in Albuquerque and helped recruit new Tech students. She led the department's effort to build a 49'ers parade float. She also volunteered at the Community Arts Party. Ghanbari has served as a justice for the Student Association and she won the Student Appreciation Award in 2010 for her service and volunteer activities.
Ghanbari is headed to Golden, Colo., where she has been accepted into a master's program at Colorado School of Mines.
Cramer Award Winner David Burkhard
|David Burkhart accepts congratulations from President Dr. Daniel H. Lopez for winning the 2011 Cramer Award.
David Burkhard is truly a rare breed. He finished his studies with a perfect 4.0 GPA with a bachelor's in mineral engineering.
Several of his professors noted that they have never known anybody to do such precise work – and they wished they could have given him A-Pluses. His homework was often so perfect that instructors would use his work as the key to grade all other work. Burkhard's professors said he is an exceptional student and an all-around good person. He is conscientious, diligent and hard-working.
Burkhard worked as a grader in the department and always showed exceptional dedication and a thirst for knowledge. He completed an internship at BHP Billiton's coal mine near Farmington. Burkhard was so impressive that his employers would not let him leave. The company created a position for him to entice him to stay.
Burkhard is a non-traditional student. He was a businessman who decided that he wanted to follow his passion, which is mineral engineering. He left his career to go back to school and follow his dream. Burkhard has excelled the entire way and has impressed everyone he meets.
Langmuir Award Winner Nikolai Evdokimov
|Nikolai Evdokimov, 2011 winner of the Langmuir Award. At left is student regent Omar Soliman.
Evdokimov is nearly finished with his P.H.D. in chemistry. He defended his dissertation the day before graduation.
Nikolai was named the winner of the 2011 Langmuir Award based on his research paper titled, "Structural Simplification of Bioactive Natural Products with Multicomponent Synthesis. 3. Fused Uracil-Containing Heterocycles as Novel Topoisomerase-Targeting Agents." His paper was published in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, which is the most influential and prestigious academic journal in the field.
Evdokimov's research involves investigating the anti-cancer properties of natural products and developing new laboratory methods of creating synthetic versions of these chemicals. His work is crucial to finding new ways to treat cancer. New Mexico Tech has a small army of interdisciplinary researchers who are in pursuit of new anti-cancer drugs. Evdokimov is a standout among a team of exceptional researchers.
Evdokimov has earned a reputation among his colleagues as a hard-working and brilliant scientist. Chemistry Department faculty members noted that everyone who comes in contact with Nikolai respects his quality character. He is always pleasant, sincere and friendly. He's also a busy man at home, where he and his wife are raising their two children.
Evdokimov will be leaving New Mexico Tech later this year. He is headed to UCLA, where he will continue his research on a post-doctoral assignment.
Founders Award Winner Cynthia Veitch
|Cindy Veitch, M.S., receives the Founders Award.
Photos by Thomas Guengerich/New Mexico Tech
Cindy Veitch finished her master's in computer science with an emphasis in information technology.
The Founder's Award honors the people responsible for founding the New Mexico School of Mines in Socorro in 1889. It is given to the person graduating this year with an advanced degree who is judged to have made an outstanding contribution to the Institute through scholarship, research, and involvement in campus affairs.
Early in Veitch's career, she switched from a bachelor's program in computer science to major in technical communications. After finishing that degree, she returned to computer science for her graduate work.
Throughout her time at Tech, Veitch has impressed her professors in both computer science and technical communications with her stellar work, attention to detail and her willingness to help out.
Veitch helped pilot a First Year Experience Class and showed an intense commitment to her fellow students. In that capacity, she always went above and beyond what was expected of her, giving time when she had no time to spare. She also mentored the instructor who took over the FYE class. She has always made herself available to tutor other students and serve as a role model to other Techies.
Veitch was accepted into the Scholarship For Service program, which is a competitive program for computer scientists who specialize in information security. Her master's thesis is titled, "Towards automatic classification of citation function in scientific literature: Observations on the mapping of rhetorical structure to citation function."
Veitch has worked as a researcher or intern at Los Alamos National Laboraty, the Army Research Lab in Maryland and Sandia. She produced stellar work as a master's student and now works in Critical Systems Security at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque.
By Thomas Guengerich/New Mexico Tech


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Her castle was crumbling, but Ulrica Wihlborg was secretly relieved. Returning home to her native Sweden from Los Angeles three weeks before her July 29, 2005, wedding, she found scaffolding and construction debris surrounding the former royal palace she had chosen a year earlier as a reception site. "At first I was freaked out," she says, "but then I looked upon it as a blessing. I hadn't wanted anything too fancy." So the couple quickly found a lakefront private estate called Forneboda in the nearby town of Kyrkhult. As West Coast weddings editor for People magazine, Ulrica had covered so many over-the-top celebrity weddings (including those of Carmen Electra and Dave Navarro, Trista Rehn and Ryan Sutter, and Alicia Silverstone and Christopher Jarecki) that she simply wanted a relaxed fete. The bride and her groom, Craig Forrest, a Hollywood screenwriter, walked together down a forest path to the lakeside ceremony. On the way, Ulrica impulsively plucked a sheaf of wheat from a bucket to use as an impromptu bouquet. "I had never really wanted a bouquet," she says. "But the wheat felt just right." So did the wreaths they exchanged. (They later gave each other rings privately in the forest.) "We left the wreaths by the lake as a remembrance that something beautiful happened there," says Ulrica.
For the reception in the dining room of Forneboda, Ulrica and event planner Eden Rodriguez of End Design in San Francisco sought rustic simplicity. Pink silk runners covered burlap tablecloths. Candles in honey jars hung from the ceiling; at each place setting was an ivory card pierced with a strand of wheat (picked by the bride herself) and bearing a single word: kindness, peace, joy or serenity. "These were our wishes for our guests," Ulrica explains. After dining on filet mignon, grilled chicken and smoked salmon, the guests danced to American and Swedish songs.
The next afternoon, everyone reassembled at her parents' inn for a traditional fika (a spread of coffee and pastries). "I tied on my Swedish apron, put my hair in pigtails and served my guests," recalls Ulrica, who created a storybook celebration more personal and poignant than anything she could have written about.
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The Most Divisive Characters in Literary History
This week, we read an article which sought to answer one of life's most troubling questions: "Is Holden Caulfield Obnoxious?" Though the Flavorpill office is largely split on this point, your humble author has been squarely in the "yes" camp since she picked up the book at age 13 and put it down ten pages later, brushing off Holden as a pretentious jerk unworthy of her attention. However, I have to admit that this article swayed my feelings a little bit — quite a feat, with such an old grudge on the table.
Regardless, Holden Caulfield remains one of the most controversial literary characters of all time — some love him, some hate him, and some love to hate him. There may even be some people out there who hate to love him. However, Holden's sheer divisiveness is one of the things that makes him such an interesting character and cultural icon, so we started thinking about a few more of the literary characters we're destined to keep fighting over for years to come. Click through to read our list, and make sure to let us know which side you weigh in on for each figure in the comments — or, if we've missed your favorite controversy, feel free to go on a rant below.
Holden Caulfield
As Austin Allen points out in his aforementioned article, everyone has an opinion on Holden Caulfield. As he puts it, "Either you found him a kindred spirit in your youth and continue to sympathize with him — less blindly, more wistfully — as you age; or else you found him a whiner then and you find him a whiner now." And according to a 2009 New York Times piece, modern teenagers may fall more and more into the latter camp: "what once seemed like courageous truth-telling now strikes many of them as 'weird,' 'whiny' and 'immature.'" This may have something to do with the now-dated language, or maybe our reality TV-saturated kids have less time for admonitions of phoniness. Then again, maybe they should listen up.


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Fishing all year round
You can fish on Denmark's high-seas all year round and all day long. Fishing trips are easy to organise and to get to – you are never further than 52km from Denmark's 7,000km-long coastline.
Where to fish
Popular places to fish include Great Belt (between Sealand and Funen), Little Belt (between Funen and Jutland) and for the adventurous with good sea legs, The Yellow Reef, a high plateau area on the edge of the Norwegian Deep, off the North Coast of Denmark.
Tour operators
You can join an organised fishing trip as an individual, but many operators also organise group tours where you can chose the destination yourself. Special tours are also available, such as family trips, shipwreck tours or trips for certain species like mackerel or flatfish. Troll fishing is possible of the coast of Bornholm. The type of boat, services they provide and duration of trip vary from company to company.
A tour of four to six hours typically costs about 250kr for adults and slightly less for children, not including the mandatory fishing licence you need to buy.
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1) What day of the week was your Father born? Tell us how you found out. I googled for a 1910 calendar.
My father, Donald George Hansen, was born on Saturday, May 14, 1910.
2) What has happened in recorded history on your Father's birth date (day and month)? Tell us how you found out, and list five events. This Day in History is the place I found these events
Thomas Gainsborough 1727 - 1788
Bobby Darrin 1936 - 1973
George Lucas 1944
Mark Zuckerberg 1984
Tony Perez 1942 (baseball player)
4) Put your responses in your own blog post, in a comment on this blog post, or in a status or comment on Facebook.


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2014 has been a truly memorable year for technology, but let's be honest: Many of the innovations that had us talking this year still have yet to be perfected for widespread consumer and enterprise use. From wearables to the Internet of Things, all the way to mobile payments and augmented reality apps, 2014 has set up a myriad of new and exciting tools that will really begin to hit their stride in 2015.
One of the motifs that will really begin to take hold in 2015 is a distinct crossover between consumer and enterprise technology. We're entering brand new territory with some of these breakthroughs, and they'll all have a major impact on both the business and mainstream worlds.
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COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (Reuters) - In one of the first skirmishes of 2014 between opposing wings of the Republican Party, conservatives and moderates vie on Tuesday for an early lead in the fight to nominate a candidate to run for the U.S. Senate seat of retiring Iowa Democrat Tom Harkin.
Republicans need to win six seats to gain a majority in the U.S. Senate in congressional elections in November. If they retain control of the House of Representatives, they would gain considerable leverage in dealing with Democratic President Barack Obama.
But the party's path to victory is complicated by the conflict between the moderate "establishment" wing and the conservative Tea Party movement, with a number of conservative challengers running in primaries against moderate incumbent senators. Both sides favor lower taxes, spending cuts and smaller government, but while moderates are willing to compromise in many cases it is anathema for Tea Party-backed politicians to do so.
Rural Iowa's convoluted process of caucuses starts on Tuesday, with political analysts viewing them as an early test of the strength of the conservative movement, well ahead of the primary election battles that are set to take place in more than half a dozen states.
Iowa's process of nomination by caucus is unusual, but the threat of bruising primary contests undermining mainstream Republican candidates is a national issue.
The Tea Party has had several victories in the past two election cycles, with Senate wins for Ted Cruz in Texas, Rand Paul in Kentucky and Marco Rubio in Florida. But the amorphous conservative movement has also selected Senate nominees like Richard Mourdock in Indiana and Todd Akin in Missouri who have been too far to the right, especially on social issues, even for electorates in Republican-leaning states.
"If the conservative base pulls too far to the right in a couple of states, it could cost the party," said Republican strategist Ford O'Connell.
In a December 18 Quinnipiac University poll, Iowa voters said they would prefer a Republican-controlled Senate, but U.S. Representative Bruce Braley, the unopposed Democratic nominee, topped each of the four declared Republicans by six to 11 points.
Braley had raised more than $3 million by the end of September, more than 10 times the amount raised by his nearest Republican competitor, state Senator Joni Ernst, who boasts of castrating pigs when she was growing up on a farm and of having a concealed weapon permit.
Some political scientists say, and Republican strategists worry, that should Iowa's conservatives nominate their candidate, former radio commentator Sam Clovis, the race will be much harder to win in a state where independents form the largest share of registered voters.
"Iowa should definitely be in play, and Republicans could win if they choose someone electable and do it wisely," O'Connell said. "The problem is that rock-ribbed conservatives tend to do very well in primaries in Iowa, but they do not fare as well in general elections."
In Iowa, local precinct caucuses will elect delegates to county caucuses. County caucuses then elect delegates to the state convention, which may then end up selecting the Republican nominee.
In a presidential election year, Iowa is the first state to select presidential nominees through its caucuses, gatherings in
precincts where debates and arm-twisting precede votes. Social conservative Rick Santorum won in 2012 and Mike Huckabee in 2008, but neither gained their party's nomination.
In a non-presidential election year such as 2014, Iowa uses a quirky hybrid system. A June 3 primary determines the winner, but if no candidate wins more than 35 percent of the vote the Senate nominee will be selected at the convention. With a wide field of largely unknown candidates, observers do not expect anyone will get more than 35 percent.
The last time a nominee for office was selected at a convention in Iowa was in 2002 when conservative and controversial Republican Steve King was chosen to run for a congressional seat. King is now serving his sixth term.
The Republican field "includes every faction of the party, and there is no clear frontrunner," said Steffen Schmidt, a political science professor at Iowa State University who says a decision at a convention is a likely outcome.
"Conventions are a rotten business where the most determined and organized faction wins," as it takes planning months in advance to control the process, Schmidt said.
Republican Iowa Governor Terry Branstad has been trying to whip up interest in the caucuses among moderate Republicans, but persuading people to show up in January, five months before the primary, in a midterm year requires an energized base that generally favors conservatives who have dominated the state party since 2010.
"In a democracy, the ones who participate are the ones who win," said Tammy Kobza, who is coordinating grassroots conservative efforts across the state through an umbrella group called Unbridled Liberty. "And we are the ones who show up."
In a field observers see as lacking in big names, the candidate considered closest to the party's establishment is former Reliant Energy Chief Executive Officer Mark Jacobs.
Jacobs is expected to raise more money than Clovis and hew to a more mainstream Republican line nearer the center of Iowa's political spectrum.
"I think of all the candidates, Mark Jacobs would give the Republicans the best run for their money," Iowa State University's Schmidt said. "The problem for the party is that the Republican base is very conservative, but the rest of Iowa is not as conservative as the Tea Party."
In the past two election cycles, one of the biggest problems for Tea Party conservatives is they have often split their vote among many primary candidates, but Clovis is the only Tea Partier in Iowa's field this year.
"Sam's a breath of fresh air," said Paul Kurt, 68, of the Dubuque Tea Party. Kurt said he liked Clovis's message of small government and focus on the U.S. constitution, and would speak on the candidate's behalf at a local caucus Tuesday night.
At a pizza restaurant over the weekend, Clovis described himself as a "hard-nosed conservative."
The Tea Party's battles against President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul that resulted in a government shutdown last year were "the wrong fights," he said. Clovis said he would focus on the budget to cut spending instead.
Iowa's unemployment rate stood at 4.4 percent in November, below the national average of 7 percent, but he said the state's voters were focused on pocketbook issues.
"Many voters may disagree with me on social issues," said Clovis, who is against gay marriage and abortion. "Where we can agree is on finding ways to put more money into Iowans' pockets."
Timothy Hagle, a political scientist at the University of Iowa said that if Clovis is nominated and manages to steer clear of social issues, the general election could very well be close.
"If the race comes down to the economy," he said, "then I think it would be a big mistake to write Clovis off."
The most recent government figures show nearly 720,000 registered voters in Iowa are independents, with about 616,000 Republicans and 615,000 Democrats.
Republican strategist O'Connell said selecting a conservative Senate candidate could push independents toward the Democratic candidate.
That is also a risk in Georgia, where a number of candidates for retiring U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss' seat are trying to outdo each other as conservatives and may move to far to the right, O'Connell said.
Midterm elections tend to favor the party that does not hold the White House. Braley spokesman Jeff Giertz noted that fact and said the Democrat's campaign is preparing for a hard battle no matter who the Republican nominee is.
"This will be a tough race all the way to the finish," he said.
Editing by Peter Henderson and Grant McCool


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FRIDAY, June 1 (HealthDay News) -- Many U.S. adults are at risk for overdosing on over-the-counter pain relievers containing acetaminophen, according to a new study.
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Acetaminophen (Tylenol) is the most commonly used over-the-counter pain medication in the United States, and acetaminophen overdose is the leading cause of acute liver failure, according to researchers from Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill..
The researchers interviewed 500 adult patients at outpatient general medicine clinics in Atlanta and Chicago. More than half had used acetaminophen in the past six months and 19 percent said they were heavy users, which means they took acetaminophen every day or a couple of times a week.
The study authors then assessed whether the patients understood the recommended dosage of acetaminophen products and if they were able to take them safely.
The results showed that nearly a quarter of the patients were at risk of overdosing on an acetaminophen medication by exceeding the recommended dose of 4 grams (4,000 milligrams) in a 24-hour period. Five percent of the patients took more than 6 grams (6,000 milligrams) over 24 hours.
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"Our findings suggest that many consumers do not recognize or differentiate the active ingredient in [over-the-counter] pain medicines, nor do they necessarily closely adhere to package or label instructions," wrote Dr. Michael Wolf, an associate professor of medicine at Northwestern, and colleagues. "Given the prevalence of the problem, risk of significant adverse effects and lack of a learned intermediary -- i.e. a physician to guide decision-making and counsel consumers on proper use -- we believe this to be a serious public-health threat requiring urgent attention."
The study was published online May 26 in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
-- Robert Preidt
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The federal German Renewable Energy Sources Act (Erneuerbare Energien Gesetz, EEG) is the relevant support scheme to promote the use of solar electricity in Germany. The federal German Renewable Energy Heating Act (Erneuerbare-Energien-Wärmegesetz, EEWärmeG) in conjunction with the federal market incentive programme (Marktanreizprogramm, MAP) are the main support schemes promoting the use of solar thermal in Germany. For further details, please refer to chapter 2.3.
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Anachemia Science Celebrate the International Year of Chemistry Anna Tse | added on Feb 07, 2011 | Canada Anachemia Canada would like to demonstrate our support for the International Year of the Chemistry by using the IYC 2011 logo during our "Celebrate Chemistry program this year. At Anachemia, we have supported our local schools for almost 10 years, by being the proud supplier of the chemicals for the annual National Crystal Gro
GA/GI Festival --Eco, Art and Technology Chirstine Bethea | added on Feb 04, 2011 | United States Indie Venue to showcase unique people, projects and programs in the eco, art and technology industries - Event April 1-2
EJMS and Italian Chemical Society Celebrate Role of Mass Spectrometry in Chemistry Ian Michael | added on Feb 04, 2011 | United Kingdom EJMS—European Journal of Mass Spectrometry and the Mass Spectrometry Division of the Italian Chemical Society are celebrating the IYC. Each issue of EJMS in 2011 will start with a review on a particular area of chemistry in which mass spectrometry has had a significant impact and written by an expert from the Italian Society.
|publications, analytical chemistry, celebrating chemistry
|students, professional chemists, educators, professors, industrial chemists, universities, research scientists, post graduate students, women chemists
IYC 2011 (Hong Kong) Official Website Chi yan, stephen Cheung | added on Feb 04, 2011 | Hong Kong Official website at HK with link http://www.hkedcity.net/iyc2011 launched at the end of Jan .You may learn more about IYC and development of the Chemistry discipline in the sub-sections. Visit us often to check out updates of events and resources related to IYC, and of course, share with us your ideas.
Philip Ball 'Unnatural: The Heretical idea of Making People' Jacqui Colgate | added on Jan 26, 2011 | United Kingdom This question has been asked for many centuries, and has produced recipes ranging from the homunculus of the medieval alchemists and the clay golem of Jewish legend to Frankenstein's monster and the mass-produced test-tube babies in Brave New World


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Meet Savannah. My darling daughter who has a sweet tooth the size of Texas. Sav recently indulged in all sorts of sugary treats while celebrating at a birthday party.
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Their story was featured in the April 2009 issue of All You magazine.
Dennis and Pamela Marks, plus five children, lived in a trailer. With the pending arrival of a sixth child, the family was outgrowing that home.
They sold the trailer and rented "a nice three-bedroom house with a yard." It was sweet set-up, until a three-day eviction notice arrived. The landlord had fallen behind on the mortgage payments, and the bank had seized the property. That was in May of 2007.
Finding a new -- and affordable home -- in three days was difficult. Very few people wanted to rent to a large family. "By then end of the third day, we had no more options --we slept in our old Ford station wagon that night," Pamela Marks told All You magazine.
Life in a Car:
With kids ages 4-16, the family slept in the parking lot of their employer. At times, the school-age children spent nights in the homes of friends, but on most nights the family slept in the station wagon. Finally after two months, the Marks were able to find an affordable home.
Life Lessons From Pamela Marks:
- The homeless tax: Life costs more when you have less. For instance, the Marks paid about $200 per month to do the laundry. Likewise, meals at fast-food restaurants created a high monthly tab. "The kids hated it, but it was all we could afford," Pamela Marks said.
- Appreciation: When they found a home, the family was grateful for small pleasures, such as stability, home-cooked meals and fresh vegetables. The children learned to be more compassionate and are eager to help others in need.
- Ask for help: There were a variety of programs that could have provided the Marks family with shelter or assistance, but after being urned down by one program, the family stopped seeking help. Pamela Marks offers this advice for those facing financial trouble: "Wade through the bureaucracy to find the services that you need...Looking back, I wished we had reached out more for help."
- Look for free activities: While they were homeless, Pamela and Dennis Marks entertained their kids with a wide range of free activities from parks, museums and libraries.
Sharon is the author of the Frugal Duchess: How to Live Well and Save Money -- a coming of age memoir about money -- and a contributing writer in Wise Bread's 10,0001 Ways to Live Large on a Small Budget.


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A Q & A with Salt Lake Community College ePortfolio leadership
Across the country, there are a few higher education institutions that have gained recognition as pioneers and leaders in the adoption of ePortfolios. Salt Lake Community College is one such institution. CT talked with Ryan Carstens, Associate Provost for Education and Community Partnerships, and David Hubert, ePortfolio Director and Professor of Political Science, about SLCC's ePortfolio initiative and its leadership in the state.
Mary Grush: What was the original vision for your institution's ePortfolio initiative?
David Hubert: There were actually several related visions, with three main motives as parts of the overall vision for ePortfolios:
One part of this vision was to use ePortfolio as a reform for our general education program. We have a cafeteria-style gen ed program, that most students were seeing as a set of unrelated courses to "get out of the way" before they got into their major. We really wanted them to experience gen ed as a more cohesive, coherent program. We thought that ePortfolio would be a way to do that, because we consider it to be a kind of a capstone "along the way" — but rather than having an actual capstone, we're constantly having students think about their courses and how they relate to each other while they are going through gen ed.
The second part of the vision had to do with student engagement and intentionality. We wanted students to be more engaged with their learning in gen ed, and we thought that the ePortfolio could help do that… Plus, we wanted students to be more intentional about the learning outcomes for general education. So, when students reflect in their ePortfolios, they are often asked to reflect on how they are progressing, or what pieces of evidence they have that indicate that they are progressing towards certain learning outcomes. Also in terms of student engagement, we are trying to get students not to simply do assignments and forget about them, but to archive them and revisit them as they take other classes later.
The third part of the vision was the wish to directly assess our general education program. Prior to the implementation of ePortfolio we did only indirect assessment of gen ed, through surveys of students — now we are able to assess samples of student work directly. It's really been eye-opening to see our gen ed program from the point of view of what students actually do, as reflected in their ePortfolios.
Grush: When did your institution begin implementing and using ePortfolio technology?
Hubert: We started piloting ePortfolios in 2005, at the course level. We piloted different platforms with a few instructors — I was one. Later, when I was Dean of General Education, we decided we had enough experience at the classroom level to put a proposal together to make ePortfolio a general education course requirement. That was approved in 2009 and went into effect in Summer, 2010.
Grush: How has this requirement affected general education at SLCC, and how would you describe student adoption?
Hubert: We can certainly say that ePortfolio has greatly helped us assess the gen ed program. We're getting really good data, and we do a survey now every May with a sample of graduating students' ePortfolios. We do an assessment report that goes to the college community, looking at strengths and weaknesses in student attainment of certain learning outcomes.
Initially, in terms of student reaction, they were somewhat skeptical, and they didn't really understand what an ePortfolio was. But, now that we are three years into it, we're really kind of over the hump, and ePortfolio is starting to become a cultural marker for the institution. Now, it's an expectation that everyone "does" ePortfolio, and students are learning from each other how to build really effective ePortfolios.
Grush: Is ePortfolio use increasing at your institution?
Hubert: Our ePortfolios started in general education, but it's now expanding to a number of our career and technical education programs, as well as into the majors.
Ryan Carstens: And it's two-fold: Students are seeing the utility of this for jobs, especially in some of the CTE programs where the ePortfolio can be a sample of work. But we also see it having implications for employers, who are seeking quality employees in the soft skills areas. By using the ePortfolio to target the gen ed learning outcomes — critical thinking, reflection, and so forth — we think we will have students go out better prepared to be quality employees and not just skilled in terms of technical training.
Grush: How is ePortfolio adoption around the state? Is SLCC a model? Were you the first in your state to adopt this technology?
Ryan Carstens: We were the first higher education institution in our state to adopt ePortfolios. Actually Salt Lake is one of the first in the country. Of course, there are several institutions [and institution types nationally] viewed as pioneers. But we are certainly out there early at the community college level.
We now see several other institutions adopting this around the state, and we are opening discussions about ePortfolios for transfer students. So we are starting to have some state discussions about ePortfolio.
In Utah we have a state coordinating board (The Utah System of Higher Education) and within that, a state general education task force made of representatives from each of the higher ed Utah schools engaged in the general education efforts at their institutions. They are looking at ePortfolio as an instrument — for some of the same reasons David articulated: not only to help with assessment but also to go after general education learning outcomes. We have adopted LEAP from AAC&U as a framework for what we try to do in the state for general education outcomes; we've also looked at degree qualification profiles (DQP).
Grush: So ePortfolio serves as an assessment instrument at that level?
Carstens: Yes, it does, in a broad sense. For example, if a state chooses to use DQP as a framework — maybe looking at how an Associate degree lines up with the profile — you are essentially looking at the college-wide learning outcomes of degrees. And as soon as you start walking down that road of trying to identify all that as a state, and agree about it among institutions, you are at the next phase and saying, "How do we know whether we succeeded?" Now you are talking about assessment ("How do we know?") — that's really where ePortfolio fits in here. And there's going to be broader interest among schools in supporting that framework discussion with ePortfolio.
Grush: Do you have any concrete examples of using ePortfolios in that way?
Hubert: We have three DQP projects going right now: one with business majors and the University of Utah; one with geoscience majors and Utah State University; and the other with teacher education in all of the transfer schools. They are all doing DQP negotiations, and they are all going to be using the ePortfolios to document student learning.
Grush: What about ePortfolio's role closer to the student and to student learning, and to pedagogy?
Hubert: I'm on the board of AAEEBL, and I go to all of their conferences and to the ePortfolio part of AAC&U's general meeting every year… One of the issues that seems to be pretty common, is that some institutions are thinking that they can sign on to an ePortfolio platform, plug it in, and it's just another piece of technology. But really, if it's done well, ePortfolios should change the way faculty and students interact with each other, in a positive way.
It takes quite a bit of professional development effort to get faculty to think about ePortfolio as a pedagogy rather than a technology.
Carstens: The real frontier for us is in the teaching and learning discussions, and not in "how to" use the tech. That's where we have a lot of opportunities to broaden our understanding.
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