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BURLINGTON, Vt. — Solid defensive work and productive special teams play almost evaporated in the third period Friday night for the University of New Hampshire hockey team.
But the Wildcats avoided a total meltdown and held on for a 4-3 victory over Vermont at Gutterson Fieldhouse that snapped a four-game winless streak.
UNH twice led by two goals in the third period only to watch the Catamounts slice the deficit to one, the last time with eight minutes to play in the third.
The Wildcats withstood Vermont's comeback attempt, which included pulling goalie Brody Hoffman with 1:02 remaining to no avail as fifth-ranked UNH improved to 17-8-4 overall and 12-7-3 in Hockey East.
The Wildcats led 3-1 after two periods and outshot the Catamounts during that span, 18-4.
"We played such a good game for two periods," said UNH coach Dick Umile. "They came after us and we handled it. They were pinching their defensemen and sending everybody in there. It was hard to get out of the zone. They scored that third goal and made it interesting. It was an important win for us."
The teams meet again today at 4 p.m.
Senior forward Austin Block scored twice for UNH and defenseman Trevor van Riesmdyk added three assists. Dalton Speelman and Matt Willows also scored with Willows' power-play at 5:18 of the third period that gave the Wildcats 4-2 lead being the eventual game winner.
Willows put a backhander past Hoffman, set up by van Riemsdyk and junior forward Kevin Goumas, who emerged from his slump with two new linemates and a pair of assists for his first points in five games.
UNH scored three power-play goals and killed three penalties without allowing a shot.
"We worked on (the power play) a lot this week," Block said. "We were focusing on moving the puck and getting the puck to the net as many times as we can. With the skill and strength of the guys up top we should be putting in three or four power-play goals in every night. It was nice to get that going."
Vermont (10-15-4, 7-11-4 HE), which had its three-game win streak snapped, outshot UNH in the third period, 10-5, after being held to just four shots in the first two periods combined.
The Wildcats couldn't have played much better defensively than in the first two periods. They outshot Vermont through 40 minutes, 18-4, including 14-2 in the second period with both shots coming in the final minute.
"Those stats were pretty impressive," Umile said. "I don't think we've ever done that."
UNH's only coverage breakdown over the first two periods resulted in the game's first goal less than two minutes into the first period. The Wildcats roared back with three unanswered goals, including two power-play strikes in the second-period, which ended with UNH in front, 3-1.
Speelman was credited with the go-ahead goal at 8:43 of the second as UNH capitalized on a two-man advantage after the Catamounts took back-to-back penalties for tripping and hitting from behind.
"I thought we were pretty solid (defensively)," Block said. "They run their D down a lot so our wingers have to pay attention to that. The first period we held them to minimal shots which is definitely a positive thing."
Block made it 3-1 with 3:37 left in the second period with his second goal of the game and team-high 13th of the season. The senior forward skated down left wing, cut in front and beat Hoffman with a forehand finish.
Van Riemsdyk and Eric Knodel assisted on the play.
"It was a team win," Block said. "I'm happy to help out offensively."
Speelman gave UNH a 2-1 lead when he deflected John Henrion's one-timer from the top of the left circle. Goumas also drew an assist for his first point in five games. Goumas played on a line with Casey Thrush and Willows.
"Kevin Goumas touched the puck a lot and had some chances," Umile said, "and that's what we were looking to do."
The teams combined for only six shots in the first period. Nevertheless the meager total resulted in a pair of goals. The Catamounts scored early and the Wildcats countered late to make it 1-1 heading into the first intermission.
Block scored the tying goal when he converted the rebound of a shot from the left point by van Riemsdyk. Grayson Downing also assisted on the goal, which came with 55.9 seconds remaining in the first.
"We didn't have that many shots in the first period," Block said. "You want to try and score goals in the last minute to build momentum for the next period and I thought we accomplished that. It definitely helped us, but I thought everyone played pretty well."
H.T. Lenz gave Vermont an early lead on the Catamounts' first shot by converting a centering pass from Matt White, who found an uncovered Lenz streaking down the middle of the Wildcat zone just 1:52 into the contest.
UNH outshot the Catamounts in the first period, 4-2.
"This was a big, big win for us," Umile said. "The way they finished at the end was important. We held our composure at the end."
"This was huge," Block said. "Hopefully it will be a long streak of wins coming up. I'm glad we finally got one."
Vermont (10-15-4, 7-11-4 HE) 1 0 2 — 3
First Period: Scoring: V-Lenz (White, Polesello) 1:52; NH-Block (van Riesmdyk, Downing) 19:04. Penalties: NH-Downing (tripping) 3:43; V- N. Bruneteau (interference).
Second Period: Scoring: NH-Speelman (Henrion, Goumas) 8:43 pp; NHBlock (van Riemsdyk, Knodel) pp. Penalties: V-Walls (cross-checking) 1:39; V-N. Bruneteau (tripping) 7:20; V-Lenz (hitting from behind) 8:00; NH-Downing (roughing) 8:52; V-Walls (boarding) 14:34.
Third Period: Scoring: V-N. Bruneteau (unassisted) :55; NH-Willows (van Riemsdyk, Goumas) pp; V-Turk (B. Bruneteau) 11:00. Penalties: V-DeCenzo (hooking) 4:17; V-B. Bruneteau (slashing) 5:53; V-Paliotta (cross-checking) 7:23; NH-Block (hitting after whistle) 8:19.
Goalies: NH-DeSmith (11 saves on 14 shots); V-Hoffman (19, 23).
Attendance: 4,003.


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Guest column: Shootings changed the way we see America
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There are some world events, some American events, that have changed the way we as a people view our country forever – Pearl Harbor, the Great Depression, and 9/11 to name a few. All of these events shaped not only American history, but world history as we know it. And sadly, most of these events paid to be in our history books with the currency of human lives.
But there are a few uniquely American events that reshaped our country so profoundly that, although the world shared them with us, we have the horrible honor as a people of paying the highest price. For example, the American Revolutionary War, the U.S. Civil War, and the assassinations of JFK, Lincoln and Dr. King each shook this country to its foundation both in principle and in character. With one war came the beginning of a country and its founding principles formed into the U.S. Constitution; with another war, the truth that "all men are created equal" became something more than words that Thomas Jefferson once wrote. For the martyrs of our country, a bullet ended their mortality, but not their ideals, and their deaths only served to forever seal their principles into the collective conscience of America.
In the past few decades, two other events have been added to the annals of American history that I believe will come to define us – Columbine and Newtown. Once again, the price we've paid is far too high. Once again, payment was rendered through the sting of a bullet.
Our nation chose sides in the debate we now face when the first shots were fired in Lexington and Concord more than 200 years ago. That's when our forefathers decided to fight the enemies' fire with fire, and this country hasn't let go of its guns since. In our search to blame someone or something for the deaths of innocent children and teachers, Americans are now staring down the barrel of all the weapons we've created to fight our enemies and we're turning them against each other. We all want so badly to legislate, confiscate and adjudicate our way out of anything evil ever happening again. Unfortunately, just like many other problems our country faces (the federal deficit, taxes, illegal immigration), we've ignored the problem for far too long and we're currently living with the collateral damage done to our society.
There are some who would argue that violence is never acceptable, and I wish they were right, but tell that to the guy shooting at you. As the saying goes, "you don't bring a knife to a gun fight." And for a lot of people, including me, that philosophy is reasonable.
While one far-leaning side is screaming for guns to be taken away and the other for law-abiding citizens to stockpile their weapons, the truth is that neither can protect our children entirely, and that's what scares us. If a mad man can't find a knife, then he'll make a bomb; if he can't find a bomb, he'll commit suicide by flying an airplane into a building.
So what can we, as citizens, do? What can be done to lessen evil's ability to so easily do us harm? Do we put armed officers in every school? Do we pass laws preventing the illegal distribution of certain guns? Do we force our children to receive their educations in veritable fortresses to keep them safe? Do we shut down legal gun industries all together ensuring that only non-law-abiding citizens have access to them?
In this heated debate over the causes and effects of history, something more simple keeps coming to my mind – that what we do with our lives matters. It matters that caring educators gave their lives defending the innocent – just ask the Sandy Hook parents how much. It matters that we try to teach our children right from wrong, even if they choose not to obey. It matters that parents care about what their children watch, read and play, even if they are mad at us for it. It matters that for every act of violence, there are a thousand kindnesses being given and received in this world. And it matters that although I see the necessity for man's weapons in the fight for freedom, I wish with all of my heart that none of them existed at all. If only it were that simple.
– Tiffany Miller is a Tahoe resident and mother. Visit her website at http://mycrayonbox.org.

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Seahawks will look at Matt Leinart and Brady Quinn
- The Seattle Seahawks traded backup QB Matt Flynn to the Oakland Raiders last week
- To fill the void%2C the Seahawks are looking for a No. 2 passer and have invited Matt Leinart and Brady Quinn for tryouts
- Both are former first-round draft picks who have bounced around and have never lived up to expectations
In an attempt to find Russell Wilson's new backup after trading Matt Flynn, the Seattle Seahawks are bringing in a couple of former first-round picks and a familiar face for a visit.
Matt Leinart and Brady Quinn are the headliners in a two-day workout/visit that also includes former Seahawks backup Seneca Wallace and veteran Tyler Thigpen, multiple people informed of the visits told USA TODAY Sports. They spoke on condition of anonymity because the team hasn't confirmed the meetings, which include a workout on Monday.
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Leinart, the 10th overall pick out of Southern California in 2006, was a bust with the Arizona Cardinals and is trying to resurrect his career with a fourth team after short stints with the Houston Texans and Oakland Raiders over the past three years. He's obviously hopeful a reunion with former USC coach Pete Carroll could turn things around.
Leinart has started only two games since the start of the 2008 season. Obviously, he wouldn't be needed to start for Seattle unless something happens to Wilson, who had a spectacular rookie season that ended with a tough loss to the Atlanta Falcons in the a divisional-round playoff game.
Like Leinart, Quinn just recently completed a stint with a third team. He struggled in eight starts with the Kansas City Chiefs last year, throwing only two touchdowns to eight interceptions. Quinn's finest moment with Kansas City was his leading the victory over the Carolina Panthers a day after Jovan Belcher's murder-suicide. Quinn's two touchdown passes came on that day.
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Wallace was the Seahawks' fourth-round pick in 2003 and made 14 starts for the team before he was dealt to the Cleveland Browns in 2010. He started seven games for Cleveland over the next two seasons combined but was cut at the end of the preseason last year.
The 32-year-old Wallace was a versatile player who has lined up at wide receiver and Wildcat quarterback in his career. Given Wilson's success running read-option looks during his rookie season, Wallace is a good fit to run the same scheme if needed in a pinch.
Same with Thigpen, who ran an option offense in college at Coastal Carolina and has decent speed. Thigpen has averaged 5.9 yards per carry over his six-year career with the Kansas City Chiefs, Miami Dolphins and Buffalo Bills.
A former seventh-round pick of the Bills, Thigpen has started only one game in the past four seasons. He started 11 games for the Chiefs down the stretch in 2008 and threw for 2,608 yards with 18 touchdowns and 12 interceptions that season.


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"Race" Is a Four-Letter Word
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This lesson provides students with the opportunity to critically examine works of art from various time periods and consider not only ways that race and racial groups have been depicted in various societies, but also how those depictions might perpetuate stereotypes and biased thinking. A role-playing interactivity encourages constructive approaches to dealing with controversial issues.
Program Format:
- Open discussion on how artworks can be seen as images that perpetuate stereotypes, especially without information on the intent, the timeframe, and the background of the artist.
- Introduce selected works without conveying background information, then review how perception of these works might change with adequate context.
- Practice ways to describe, analyze, and evaluate works.
- Role-playing interactivity in which students assess and react to cultural sensitivities in their own school community.
- Students will understand that objects (paintings, sculptures, and decorative arts) from various historical periods reflect cultural beliefs and values of the period in which they were made.
- Students will understand that the cultural ideas reflected in works of art might express perceptions that may or may not be accurate about the group of people portrayed-how they look and seem.
- Students will understand that information about an art object can influence our perceptions of the object.
- Students will learn that certain skills help us investigate works of art: description, analysis, and evaluation.


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Guys, Kim Kardashian is so totally with child. I mean, she has to be! Wanna know why we're convinced Kim Kardashian is pregnant? Because the woman who's said for years now that she wants a child soon was allegedly spotted at the OB/GYN's office with boyfriend Kanye West.
Sure, Kanye's taken his lovely Kardashian girlfriend to all sorts of fun places. Paris, New York Fashion week, and a birthday trip to Italy for starters. Let's be totally real here, though: there's no other reason in the world that Kanye would accompany Kim to the girly doctor unless she had a baby K in the oven.
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If it's true, then I'd actually be happy for the celebrity couple. We all know that Kim really wants to have children and the two of them, well, they seem stupidly happy together. I don't really think anyone else would be able to handle Kim's intense paparazzi following like Kanye can because he's used to it too.
I can't help but wonder what the two entertainment moguls would name their child. There's no doubt, though, that it would be something totally off the map and --DUH -- start with a "K." I wouldn't even put it past them to name it Kimye because that's just the kind of thing that two would do. Why? Simply because they can.
To think, this all started up again because Kanye admitted he was in love with Kim in a rap song called "Theraflu." Oh, the little things.
Do you think Kim and Kanye are pregnant?
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Beds and Herts Police have signed a deal with Cambs constabulary to make further progress with their collaboration.
At a summit meeting on January 28, the three chief constables and police and crime commissioners formally signed a collaboration agreement for ICT services.
Last year similar agreements were signed for control rooms and for Firearms and Explosives Licensing and Human Resources functions.
Ian Bell has been appointed as the head of ICT for all three forces, while the next stage will be to appoint a single senior management team with responsibility for both day-to-day business and the move to a fully collaborated ICT team.
Bosses claim that increased collaboration will mean improvements in resilience and economies of scale, and will provide an opportunity to introduce
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Five weeks … can you believe it?
That's how much time is left before the high school football season officially kicks off. And unlike last year, we won't have to put up with those stupid political ads in the meantime. (Wait … we have a governor's race here … never mind).
There are several interesting pegs, like some change of addresses (Marshawn Williams from Hampton to Phoebus), three new coaches (Brandon Kelley at Gloucester, Bernard Griffin at Warwick, Glenn Tidwell at Menchville), and a different playoff system (thank you, VHSL) that will no longer have Hampton and Phoebus in the same division.
Speaking of the Phantoms … for the first time since 2008, they are not the defending champion. They are, however, the clear favorite in the district — which, despite the VHSL's realignment, remains intact.
Whether the PD will produce another state championship remains TBD. But with the start of a new season only five weeks away, here are five games that should be fun viewing.
Aug. 24: Phoebus vs. DeMatha (Virginia Beach Sportsplex)
The Phantoms had to get permission from the VHSL to play earlier than the official start date, but they feel it's worth it. Phoebus tried to play a national opponent last year but couldn't get out of its contract with Churchland.
DeMatha, coached by former William and Mary running back Elijah Brooks, expects to return 18 starters from last year's 9-3 team. The Phantoms are coming off a 12-1 season that ended with a 54-0 loss to Lake Taylor, their worst since 1976.
It will be the first time a PD team has played an out-of-state school since 1998, when Hampton went against Northeastern in Elizabeth City, N.C.
Aug. 29: Denbigh at Tabb (Bailey Field)
One of the good things about reclassification is that it allows something like this. The Patriots and Tigers both ended up as Division 4 schools, so they can play each other without one being penalized for playing down.
This will be the first time teams from the PD and Bay Rivers have played against each other since the 1989 season. In '88, this area was treated to one of its greatest games ever when Tabb beat Hampton 10-7 behind Terry Kirby's 187 yards.
The Patriots are coming off a 2-8 season in which they had only six seniors. With the expected returns of quarterback Terrence Dingle and others, Denbigh could be one of the Peninsula District's most-improved teams.
Sept. 6: Western Branch vs. Bethel (Darling Stadium)
No doubt, the Bruins carried some bitter feelings into the offseason over how 2012 ended for them.
In the quarterfinal round of the Eastern Region playoffs, Bethel took a 21-20 lead over Western with 5:30 remaining in the fourth quarter. But Brady Schomburg's 30-yard field goal with 46 seconds left gave Western Branch — which had four turnovers — a 23-21 win.
The teams will have a different look. Western is without workhorse back Josh Marriner, who is now at Connecticut. Bethel lost 20 seniors but returns highly recruited lineman Ricky Walker — and don't be surprised to see him catch some passes as a tight end.
Sept. 20: Woodside vs. Bethel (Darling Stadium)
With Hampton the likely No. 2 pick in pre-season, the Wolverines and Bruins figure to be third and fourth — one way or another. This game could wind up particularly significant when the Class 6A (gonna take a while to get used to that) playoffs roll around.
The last two games between these teams were pretty one-sided (45-19 Bethel in 2012; 30-20 Woodside in '11). But the three before that were anything but routine with scores of 30-27 (Woodside, in overtime), 67-35 (Woodside) and 38-35 (Bethel at the gun).
Sept. 27: Hampton vs. Phoebus (Darling Stadium)
For the first time since at least the late 1990s, this game — which, by the way, is in dire need of a cool nickname, like maybe "The Neighborhood Brawl" — will be played in September. It'll be the fifth game for each team.
It will be the 46th game of the series, which began in 1976. The Crabbers have won twice as many (30-15), but the Phantoms have taken eight of the last nine.
An intriguing sidebar: Williams, the Crabbers' leading rusher the past two seasons, is now a Phantom. So is Joe Addison, the Crabbers' backup quarterback last season.


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Spirit of '76
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Smoking Room
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Photo Fragments
Up, 2012
Florid, 2011
Memory Laps, 2012
Feetfirst, 2012
Ruminator, 2011
Stuffed Shirt, 2011
Worldly Belongings, 2011
Being a photo collector, I end up with thousands of damaged photos from lots. As long as I have been collecting and collaging, I have made use of those marred photos. I know some collectors who cringe when old images are used for art, but these were not pristine or even interesting. I do keep the ones that are unusual or beautiful for my photo collection even if they are damaged.
The collages shown here were made either yesterday, or last year. I like working with the photos on board, but I also have a very large group of snapshot collages that I have made over the years. I have plans to put those in photo albums. I will show some of those in a future post.
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Sing along your favorite songs with the most adorable bunch of animals! Sing movie is an anthropomorphic take of Christophe Lourdelet and Garth Jennings, a brilliantly scripted venture that tries to edify the lives of animals. It does so effortlessly by resonating us with them in the right proportion. They let humanity seep under the skin of animals to epitomize important life lessons, and the problems every fellow dreamer has to deal on an every day basis.
Plot of the Sing Movie
Although the movie packs in a plethora of cute animals to look forward to, the best and the most prominent one however stays the leader. A Koala bear named Buster Moon, voiced beautifully by Matthew McConaughey, is the guy with the cardinal vision of seeing success dribble in through his theater gates via show business.
He is an optimist who has never learnt to give up. Buster retains hopeful eyes, the ones that are always excited to see new things sieve in. The gleam in them tells you that he is eager to shape dreams into reality, and always ready to deliver.
With his job to hunt down only the best, he possesses the natural flair to always dispense the right judgment. Things that he does are strong enough to often leave you brooding with a poignant sense of regard at your scattered dreams. It contrasts how we tend to give up our dreams with the slightest sign of trouble. With Buster Moon's efforts to work around things to get things running either by hook or crook, you can feel in your bones the warmth of a never give up attitude that is so crucial to get by.
You know what's great about hitting rock bottom. There is only one way left to go, and that's up.
Other Fellow Dreamers (Spoilers Ahead)
Buster Moon's big aspirations are inspiring. But it is owing to his clumsy accidents along with Miss Crawly, (surprisingly voiced by Garth Jennings himself) that sets the Sing movie on wheels. Paths get paved for aspiring singers when promotional fliers of $100,000 for a singing competition accidentally overrun the whole town. Though it was intended originally to show a mere $1000 and came up straight from Buster Moon, the huge success of it made him play along.
Talented singers from eclectic background show up. Oh! Watch out for their auditions, by the way. They are outright hilarious! When you watch them all auditioning for the competition, their species and their ungainly acts make things even funnier. It would be hard not to crack up.
Aslo, a bunch of girly Japanese dolls (Pandas probably) keep showing up every now and then to perform, assuming they have been selected. Watch out for them as well! So funny!
Among other crucial animals are Ash, Eddie, Johnny, Rosita, Gunter, Mike, and the exceptionally talented elephant introvert Meena. The latter's voice has been given by none other than Tori Kelly. Her voice is so beautiful that it would bring tears to your eyes. Also, her side-plot is one of the best the movie has.
So the movie is basically more of a competition where animals from different backgrounds come in the front-line to test their luck. Their lives are intertwined with their domestic issues and concerns that stop them from, in one way or the other, from following their dreams. But it is about beating all odds to come out with flying colors.
Songs in Sing Movie
Taking the movie moniker into account, the primal theme was basically supposed to be songs. So it doesn't fail in that direction at all. There are around 60 songs shoehorned in the flick that play at various junctures setting you in the right vibes.
Among the most prominent ones are:
- Faith by Stevie Wonder and Ariana Grande
- I'm Still Standing by Taron Egerton
- Hallelujah by Tori Kelly
- Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing by Tori Kelly
- My Way by Seth MacFarlane
- Set It All Free by Scarlett Johansson
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Minor Downsides
When you look at the downsides of Sing movie, you could hear some bells knell in its comedy department. It is definitely not that funny, but there are ample jests to keep that flow going. Also, the movie doesn't have anything huge coiled up waiting at the climactic end. It's there where you feel all that amped up energy slowly wane. The subplots feel deliberately created to show feigned approvals, and they become really drab at one point.
Also, if you really look at the movie it appears to be more of a cliched tale confined to pursuing something, falling and then rising up again. That is all. So, there is nothing extraordinary apart from that for us to feast upon.
The Final Verdict
Even though the Sing movie's theme is a tad predictable, it manages to hold up really well. Almost giving you an impression as if you are watching a good reality show. You begin to feel for the characters, sympathize and empathize with them as you might have done for characters in the real world. It makes you appreciate Garth Jennings even more, who also happened to have written the story of Sing.
This latest by Illumination Entertainment is way better than all of its past works so far. It cuts short the snappy humour that it was known for, but still manages to come up with a beautifully crafted animated flick. It has family entertainment written all over it.
You can check our review of other Illumination Entertainment movies as well.
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Hello, my crafty friends! Be ready for picture overload on this post! I made these fun treat boxes using the 3D haunted house treat box from the Silhouette Design store.
These were so fun and easy to make! I might have to whip up a few more to give to fiends and my son's teacher.
The bat, spider and fence are part of this cut file from silhouette, but the window frames I made in Silhouette Studio Designer Edition using rectangles. I sized the outer rectangle so it was just slightly bigger than the window and the small inner rectangles slightly smaller so nothing would show from underneath. It only took 2 minutes and was worth it.
This cute little ghost is from one of my retired metal die cut sets. I put some dimensional foam behind the ghost and stuck him in the window frame.
I also used a hole punch to make the door knob.
I, of course, inked all of the edges of each piece on both boxes and I curled the roof pieces around a pencil. The black and white stripe I curled just right and the green roof I had to flatten a little after the photos, but you get the idea.
The spider web under the roof is from one of my retired metal die sets,
Don't you love the crackly windows and the cat's eyes?! They turned out better than I imagined, which is always fun. I covered my window with Crackle Accents from Ranger and then glued the window frames on after it had dried. I added green to the cat's eyes with a marker and then covered them with Crackle accents. I used regular Glossy Accents for the door knob.
I cut the ghost from a slightly patterned paper and inked the edges with black ink.
The joy of creating is being able to share with someone! These seem just the right size to hold a big handful of candy. :)
Have a happy day!


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- (verb) bring under domination or control, especially by conquest; "the invaders had soon subjugated most of the population"
- (verb) make someone or something subordinate to; "the new ruler firmly subjugated the Church to the state"
Subjugate meaning in Hindi (English to Hindi Meaning)
- जीतना, कुचल देना, पराजित करना, वशीभूत करना, वश में करना, अधीन करना, दास बनाना, वश करना
Subjugate Origin
- late Middle English: from late Latin subjugat- 'brought under a yoke', from the verb subjugare, based on jugum 'yoke'.
Subjugate in a sentence (word usage in recent Hindu newspaper)
- Saudis use bullying as a tactic to subjugate others.
- Most of the effort of humanity to date has been for one army to conquer and subjugate another.
- I've also witnessed the brutal way we use words to subjugate and spiritually crush black women.
- You can not subjugate us, you can not control our lives, you can never win.
- Senior Trump Adviser Thinks Muslims 'By And Large' Want To 'Subjugate' Non-Muslims.
Mnemonic trick to remember the meaning of subjugate
- sub log jhuk jao mere gate ke aage
Subjugate Pronunciation
Mantra to Subjugate Lust


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England are bidding for glory at Euro 2016 as they look to end 50 years of hurt since our one and only major cup success - the 1966 World Cup victory.
To mark the Championships campaign in France, we have delved through the picture archive to come up with these pictures of old England kits... and we want you to pick which year they were worn.
Why not have a go at our quiz and then challenge your mates to beat you by sharing on social media.


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We welcome First and Business class passengers, along with selected Marco Polo Club members and oneworld frequent flyers
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roybahat needed a new other design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 92 designs submitted by 33 freelance designers.
I am giving a friend a gift... so you don't need to know much about me! (But I am a dad, living in California, and this is a gift from my family to a family friend.)
One person -- the gift recipient. He is a little older, but has a great sense of humor.
I need a black and white illustration -- simple and minimalist is fine -- of an owl walking a crocodile by a leash. You got it right, an owl walking a crocodile by a leash. Inside reference :)
The 'story' is that while the crocodile is on a leash, in need of taming, the owl is firmly in control of the leash, holding the crocodile back (not with violence, think dog whisperer).
They should not be cartoonish or silly. (But happy is fine!) The design will go on stationery, so it should work at that scale (i.e., not a small logo). I don't care if the design has a vertical or horizontal orientation. The two animals should be approximately equal size (but this doesn't have to be exact, I just don't want one much bigger than the other).
I will pick the most stylized, interesting visual that is still legible and clearly communicates the story of an owl walking a crocodile by a leash... so feel free to be creative on the look.
It doesn't need any text.
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Microsoft must be feeling the pressure from competing browsers as they are putting a lot of thought into how to improve Internet Explorer. However, they probably won't have a new version ready until Longhorn goes gold planned for 2006. Eweek is carrying more on this story [3].
In other news [4], Bill Gates' trip to Turkey only proved that Linux is cutting into his profits more and more as well. The newer Turkix [5] was found to be quite popular there and is picking up speed as other European nations begin to show interest.
UPDATE: More [6] Passing the Buck from M$.
Seems M$ is now trying to blame Core Security Technologies and Finjan Software for publishing proof of concept code that exploits some of the many security holes in it's code. Yeah, he's sweating folks!


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NCAA Releases External Investigation Findings for Enforcement Program
COLUMBIA -- Nearly a month after the NCAA announced improper conduct issues within its own enforcement program, the association has released new information regarding misconduct in its investigation into the University of Miami. Monday, the NCAA released a report detailing the findings for the external investigation.
Kenneth Wainstein, a partner with the law firm of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, conducted the review at the direction of NCAA President Mark Emmert following his Jan. 23 announcement of conduct issues within the enforcement program.
The external review found select enforcement staff members: knowingly circumvented legal advice to engage Nevin Shapiro's criminal defense attorney, violated the internal NCAA policy of legal counsel only being retained and monitored by the legal staff, paid insufficient attention to the concern that engaging the criminal defense attorney could constitute an inappropriate manipulation of the bankruptcy process, did not sufficiently consider the membership's understanding about the limits of the enforcement staff's investigative powers and did not violate a specific bylaw or law.
"With the completion of the external enforcement review, we recognize that certain investigative tactics used in portions of the University of Miami case failed our membership," Emmert said. "As I stated before, we are committed to making the necessary improvements to our enforcement processes and ensuring our actions are consistent with our own values and member expectations."
"This report is an important first step in responding to the issue at hand," Wainstein said. "For an organization with an oversight function like the NCAA, its credibility and reputation for fair-dealing are always more important than its ability to prove the allegations in any particular case. This episode is a reminder of the problems that arise when investigators resort to expedient but questionable tactics."
Vice President of Enforcement Julie Roe Lach has been fired for approving an improper financial relationship between an NCAA investigator and an attorney of former Miami booster Nevin Shapiro. Former Director of Enforcement, Ameen Najjar has also been fired after the investigation found he was the most involved member of the enforcement program for the inception and implementation of Shapiro's attorney Maria Elena Perez's proposal to assist in the NCAA investigation.
The NCAA has not said how this will effect the investigation into current Missouri men's basketball coach Frank Haith's involvement during his time at Miami. However, they will be throwing out any evidence that the external investigation proved was obtained illegally.


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The Double "Z" Console
$ 1,950.00
CounterEv's Double "Z" Console is artistically designed and expertly crafted. Its balanced proportions and dramatic angles exude a sense of calm and make a dramatic statement, all at once.
The Double "Z" Console
$ 1,950.00
CounterEv's Double "Z" Console is artistically designed and expertly crafted. Its balanced proportions and dramatic angles exude a sense of calm and make a dramatic statement, all at once.
CounterEv's Double "Z" Console is artistically designed and expertly crafted. Its balanced proportions and dramatic angles exude a sense of calm and make a dramatic statement, all at once.
Choose Your Size and Color:
- Size: If you don't see your ideal size, click here for a quote.
- Colors: If you can't decide on a stain color, don't worry. Simply select the question mark, and place your order. You'll receive a coupon for 3 free stain samples and you can take up to 3 weeks to make your choice. (This may add up to 1 additional week to your lead time, but it will begin the production of your order without delay.) (PS-there are more stain choice on our stain page.)
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Please note: All our furniture is made to order, so If you're not seeing the dimensions and colors you're looking for, get in touch, and we'll email a quote to you right away.
After placing your order, you will receive an estimated ship or delivery date. We do our best to stay within the following lead times to ship your piece. These lead-times apply to both standard and custom orders.
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|Industrial Green
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|Modern Rustic
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Items under 150 lbs will ship via UPS Ground.
Items over 150 lbs will ship by one of the following methods:
- Crate and Freight: your order will arrive in a crate(s) to your curbside.
- Premium In Home Delivery: all crating material will be removed and the item(s) will be brought into your home.
- Local In Home Delivery: delivery and setup in your home up to 50 miles from Kingston, anywhere in Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn and The Bronx.
- Pick up in Kingston: You can also opt to pickup your order at our Kingston, NY manufacturing facility at no cost. (Please note: all orders picked up in Kingston will incur 8% NY State Sales Tax).
All Buffalo Green items ship via UPS ground unless otherwise specified.
Where do you source your wood?
We acquire reclaimed wood from all over the continental United States. We also source sustainably harvested, FSC certified lumber.
How "Green" are your products?
We believe our products are as green as it gets. Along with the use of reclaimed and sustainably harvested woods, we use only zero VOC stains and sealers, powder-coated, domestic steel and non-toxic, water-based adhesives. Our products will not off-gas noxious chemicals over-time, and if they should ever end up in a landfill, which we like to think is unlikely, they will not seep harmful chemicals into the ground water.
What is the maintenance on your furniture?
Maintaining the beauty of your CounterEv surface requires very little effort. Regular cleaning can be done with a soft, lightly damp cloth. When you receive your order, you will be given the recommended products and schedule for cleaning and maintaining your CounterEv products.
The finish on your furniture doesn't look very protective. Should I be concerned that it
doesn't look shellacked or varnished?
Our finishes are very durable and are used with much success in restaurants all over the world. We admit they don't look like traditional shiny, varnished furniture and we think that's a good thing. It means when you run your hands along our surfaces (which you will definitely be compelled to do) you'll feel finely finished, real wood.
I got a scratch on my table; can this be repaired?
Another nice thing about our finish is that, unlike varnished furniture, it can be easily spot repaired. We will send you a touch up/repair kit.
I would like a bit of shine on my finish. Is that possible?
Yes. When you receive your product it will have a polished, satin look, which will dull with use over time. It can easily and quickly be brought back to its original luster with minimal effort.
What is powder-coating?
Powder-coating is a process of painting an extremely durable coating onto steel in virtually any imaginable color. The process avoids emitting toxic, flammable gases into the atmosphere and water table.
Where is your furniture made?
Since 2015, all of our products, including items from the Buffalo Green line, are produced in Kingston, NY. Prior to that, we manufactured in Brooklyn, NY.
What if I change my mind after I order?
If you contact us to cancel an order within 24 hours we'll offer a full refund. Changes to dimensions must be made within 7 days. Stain choices, or changes to stain choice can be made up to half way through your estimated lead time.
What is your lead time?
These are the estimated lead times for each of our product lines:
Buffalo Green (table top and home decor): 2 days to 2 weeks
Splash Ups (light industrial wood and steel): 2-4 weeks
Industrial Green (wood and steel): 4-6 weeks
Modern Rustic (all wood): 8 to 10 weeks
I've seen your tables in Shake Shack and the finish looks really worn. Will that happen
to my table?
Definitely not! The furniture in your home will never experience the amount of traffic that is seen in many of the restaurants where our furniture can be found. Additionally, these restaurants are so busy that they often aren't able to adhere to the maintenance schedule we recommend for commercial furniture. Hence, some of our tables in these settings are in need of a little TLC. They would never look this way in your home, even if you neglect them for a little while.
Do you ship internationally?
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NY court upholds ex-billionaire's conviction
NEW YORK The conviction of a onetime Sri Lankan billionaire on insider-trading charges was upheld Monday by a federal appeals court that concluded the government did not cheat to obtain permission to make its most extensive use of wiretaps ever in such a case.
Lawyers for 56-year-old Raj Rajaratnam had argued on appeal that the government improperly persuaded a judge in 2008 to permit a wiretap to be placed on Rajaratnam's cell phone. The wiretap was used to record 2,200 private conversations by Rajaratnam, the founder of the Galleon Group of 14 hedge funds. Several dozen of those conversations were played for the jury that convicted him in 2011 of multiple counts of securities fraud and conspiracy to commit securities fraud.
"Rajaratnam's arguments are not persuasive," the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals wrote in a unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel in Manhattan.
The court said the wiretaps were properly obtained, despite a lower-court judge's finding that information about a probe of Rajaratnam by the Securities and Exchange Commission was "clearly critical" and that the government acted with "reckless disregard for the truth" in omitting certain information about the investigation in its requests for wiretaps.
The appeals court said it could not conclude that the government acted recklessly in its wiretap requests when fully disclosing the details of the SEC investigation would only have strengthened its argument for wiretaps.
Chronologies of the SEC's probe strongly suggested that Rajaratnam had been careful to exchange nearly all of his inside information by telephone, the appeals court noted. And it recounted statements by a government lawyer and an FBI agent who said they never thought about including information about the SEC probe in its wiretap application. The appeals panel said the lower-court judge had erred in failing to consider the states of mind of the wiretap applicants.
The Sri Lanka-born Rajaratnam, arrested in 2009, is serving an 11-year prison sentence at a Massachusetts prison after the government said he made $75 million illegally. He did not appeal the legality of his sentence, which was substantially less than the 19 1/2 to 24 1/2 years prison term sought by the government.
He is scheduled to be released in 2021. In his criminal case, he was fined $10 million and was ordered to forfeit $53.8 million. He also was ordered to pay a record $92.8 million civil penalty to the SEC.
Prosecutors obtained more than two dozen convictions in a case they once called the biggest insider-trading prosecution in history.
His lawyers declined to comment Monday.


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The Bachelor of Accounting, Bachelor of Business Administration and Master of Business Administration degrees offered by the Cameron University School of Business have been awarded re-accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP). Accreditation is granted for 10 years. During the intervening years, a quality assurance report is required to be filed every two years. Cameron's programs have been accredited since 2001.
"This re-accreditation by ACBSP reinforces Cameron's commitment to continuous improvement, innovation, and scholarship," says Dr. John Camey, Dean of the School of Business. "We will continue to focus on student learning in order to ensure that graduates of Cameron's School of Business receive a top quality education that will prepare them to take their place in the business community."
As part of the reaffirmation of accreditation, the School of Business prepared a self-study which demonstrates and records that it remains in compliance with ACBSP accreditation standards as outlined in the organization's "Standards and Criteria for Demonstrating Excellence in Baccalaureate/Graduate Degree Schools and Programs" document. Following submission of the self-study, the School of Business hosted an evaluation team site visit. The evaluation team then completed its report to ACBSP's Board of Commissioners, which subsequently re-affirmed Cameron's accreditation.
Accreditation standards include the areas of leadership, strategic planning, student and stakeholder focus, measurement and analysis of student learning and performance, faculty and staff focus, faculty deployment, and educational and business process management.
The mission of ACBSP is to promote continuous improvement and recognize excellence in the accreditation of business education programs around the world. Founded in 1988 and recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, ACBSP was the first organization to offer specialized business accreditation at all degree levels.


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Washington, D.C., March 7, 2011 – The Securities and Exchange Commission today amended its complaint against a Stamford, Conn.-based investment adviser and its principal, Francisco Illarramendi, to additionally charge them with engaging in a multi-year Ponzi scheme involving hundreds of millions of dollars.
The SEC previously charged Illarramendi and his firm MK Capital Management LLC in January and obtained an asset freeze against them, alleging that they had misappropriated at least $53 million in investor assets.
In a parallel action today, the U.S. Attorney's Office of the District of Connecticut unsealed criminal charges against Illarramendi for the same misconduct as well as for obstruction of justice for deliberately misleading the SEC staff during its investigation.
"Illarramendi knew that the SEC was onto his scheme and compounded his fraud by attempting to mislead the Commission's staff," said David P. Bergers, Director of the SEC's Boston Regional Office.
The SEC alleges that Illarramendi and MK Capital Management – which is not registered with the SEC – have misappropriated investor assets and misused two hedge funds they manage for Ponzi-like activity in which they used new investor money to pay off earlier investors. During the SEC's investigation in December 2010 and January 2011, Illarramendi attempted to hide the fact that his hedge funds were missing assets by providing the SEC staff with a false letter from an accountant in Venezuela that purported to verify the existence of approximately $275 million in assets held by one of the funds. Those assets do not exist.
According to the SEC's amended complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, Illarramendi is the majority owner of the Michael Kenwood Group LLC – a holding company for investment adviser Michael Kenwood Capital Management LLC among other entities. Through this adviser entity, Illarramendi manages several hedge funds, including one that purportedly held up to $540 million in assets. The SEC's complaint alleges that due to Illarramendi's misappropriation and his Ponzi activity, the funds hold assets worth substantially less than that amount.
Since the filing of the original complaint on Jan. 14, 2011, the Honorable Janet Bond Arterton, U.S. District Judge for the District of Connecticut, entered an order on Jan. 28, 2011, freezing the assets of Illarramendi and his firm. On Feb. 3, 2011, Judge Arterton appointed John J. Carney of Baker Hostetler LLP as the receiver in the case.
The SEC's complaint charges Illarramendi and Michael Kenwood Capital Management, LLC, with violating Sections 206(1), 206(2) and 206(4) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and Rule 206(4)-8 thereunder. The complaint also names the following Illarramendi-controlled entities as relief defendants, alleging that they received investor funds to which they have no right: Michael Kenwood Asset Management LLC, Michael Kenwood Energy and Infrastructure LLC, and MKEI Solar LP. In addition to preliminary emergency relief, the SEC's complaint seeks permanent injunctions, disgorgement of ill-gotten gains plus prejudgment interest and penalties from the defendants, and disgorgement plus prejudgment interest from the relief defendants.
The SEC's investigation is ongoing. The SEC acknowledges and appreciates the assistance of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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For more information about this enforcement action, contact:
David P. Bergers, Regional Director
John T. Dugan, Associate Regional Director
LeeAnn G. Gaunt, Assistant Regional Director
SEC's Boston Regional Office
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All employers trying to build robust health and well-being programs struggle with finding and nurturing vendor relationships that fit within their company's culture and achieve their programs' goals. Finding the right partner for your organization can be challenging, but it also can be rewarding and can play a vital role in the outcome of your programs. A recent NBGH survey of large employers from seven different industries yields the following tips for developing and maintaining successful vendor relationships.
Large employers have more potential partners than ever to choose from to connect employees to high-value care. The Business Group's Marketplace identifies dozens of vendors that provide second-opinion services, transparency tools, medical decision-support programs, disease management and several other condition-specific programs. Dozens more exist and startups looking to partner with large employers are being created regularly.
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Hello I have an assignment for my beginners java course this semester and I'm having some problems with the program I am trying to create. The purpose of the program is to get a starting number, ending number, and an increment from the user to count upwards from the starting number to the ending number. Also it should say if the number printed is negative or positive which I believe I done correctly in my code using the modulus expression. For example the user chooses 3 for start number and 12 for ending number and 3 for the increment the program should print out:
The number 3 is negative
The number 6 is positive
The number 9 is negative
The number 12 is positive
I have some code posted below and It is all kinds of terrible. I was hoping to get a little bit of help.
import java.util.*; public class numbers { static Scanner console = new Scanner(System.in); public static void main(String[] args) { int endNumber; int startNumber; int increment; int count; System.out.print("Your starting number? "); startNumber = console.nextInt(); System.out.print("Your ending number? "); endNumber = console.nextInt(); System.out.print("Your increment number? "); increment = console.nextInt(); System.out.println(); while(count <= endNumber) { if(0 == count%2) { System.out.println("The number " + count + " is positive"); } else { System.out.println("The number " + count + " is negative"); } } System.out.println("Thanks for playing"); } }


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Grains finished stronger with December corn up 6 ¼ cents, January soybeans up 4 cents, and December wheat up 19 ¾ cents. Though we finished stronger, soybeans and corn came well off their day session highs before settlement.
Supportive outsides contributed to the strength today, but otherwise it was a Tuesday without much fresh fundamental news. Yesterday's Commitment of Trader's data showed massive liquidation of corn and increases to short positions in wheat/beans by the "managed money". Wire reports this morning show Japan has already increased their imports of feed wheat substantially and are expected to continue through March (bearish corn). Even though the outsides were supportive today we still haven't resolved the issues that are plaguing Europe right now (bearish dollar denominated assets such as commodities).
Even though we are coming off of oversold levels we remain with our bearish stance for grains. We still feel corn/wheat are overpriced and until the world burns through its supply of wheat, corn will have a hard time sustaining any rallies. Soybeans are well oversold and off of their moving averages by quite a bit. Unless there are any weather problems in South America it may be hard for soybeans to sustain any rallies as well. First notice day for December futures is tomorrow, Wednesday November 30th for the following: December Corn, Wheat, Soybean Meal, Soybean Oil, Oats, Treasuries, and Metals.
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D.C. Universe Online has depth
A few months ago, I received an invite to the Denver Sony studio.
Short on time, at first, I didn't pay it much attention. But after a follow-up email, I decided to shoot down for a quick look at what the Sony reps were all excited about.
They were pitching two new games. D.C. Universe Online, and Magic: The Gathering.
The Sony people did a fabulous job of getting me one-on-one time with two main developers of both games, and I left looking forward to good things to come.
So, when my playstation version of the game arrived, I eagerly inserted it to download.
And then I waited….
…. and waited some more…
And after an hour I gave up and went to run some errands.
Upon my return an hour later, I was sure I'd be ready to get down and dirty with some game action.
I was wrong.
It took almost three hours for it to download.
Why am I tell you this?
Well, I think it is a great way to convey the depth and complexity of this massive multi-player online (MMO) game.
This isn't some minimal effort hurried through to exploit the revered world of the Marvel comics book series. The developers brought their full effort, and its apparent from the onset.
The beginning is what you might expect. The user chooses the side of good or evil. They then go to task on building their character from the ground up via a vast selection of attributes. Looks, size, skin, fashion, weapons, special powers, etc. No attention to detail is spared.
After a brief game introduction/tutorial, your character is now ready for action in a huge online Metropolis that is chalk full of other gamers trying to successfully complete a dizzying array of missions.
So, in layman's terms, you have just created a super you. You now jump into this vast, detailed, virtual city, and live your super hero life by taking on countless missions that build your character along the way.
You can make friends with other users, or even team up and fight good or evil together around the city.
This isn't the type of game that a user can fly through. It takes time and effort, and this is what sets it apart. I found it astonishing how quickly three or four hour chunks of time seemed to vanish each time I traveled to Metropolis.
D.C. Universe is almost a lifestyle. It is a world that the user can escape to and never run out of things to do. But that's what an MMO is supposed to be about, right?
For those who are not experienced with MMO's, D.C. Universe seems the an ideal option to give it a try. The monthly subscription fee will be a seen as a drawback to most, but thankfully, the initial free month gives enough time to decide if its for them or not.
Regardless if it is for you, or isn't, the overall quality of this game is impressive enough to at least give it a go.
Please check out the video below for a sample of gameplay.


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P11 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 95 designs submitted by 32 freelance designers.
Logo Design for Mega Freight Inc. (MFI) the logo must be professional, elegant, and have a corporate feel to it.
Mega Freight Inc. (MFI)
Desired Color Scheme:
Desired Style:
Accepted File Formats:
Standard Web Formats (.jpg, .gif or .png); Vector Formats (.eps, .pdf or .ai); Layered Formats (.psd or .tiff)
All designers may use any color scheme they choose, however we recommend that you keep it somewhat basic. You can submit designs using either MFI or Mega Freight Inc. as your title.
Keep in mind this is a very professional business freight forwarding business so try to keep the look of the logo extremely corporate.
*Stationary designs are also welcome, but we will notify you first if we like your designs.
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The challenge in engineering research is to discover new knowledge and apply it to the invention and development of new processes and products. Today, engineering research is being conducted on a micro-scale from molecules and living cells and on a macro-scale from processes and products. Meeting this challenge requires researchers who are able to combine efforts in several engineering and science fields.
At ACE our goal is for our undergraduate engineers to start thinking with a collaborative mindset from day one. We launched Armour R&D where students are given the opportunity to explore topics of high priority and relevance to society throughout their undergraduate degrees.
Students will have the opportunity to further explore these topics with the Program for Undergraduate Research in Engineering (PURE), Mentoring, Innovation and Development (MIND), and Student-led projects. These programs encourage undergraduate students to build on their research and begin to develop innovative products, tools, or processes.
Our mission at ACE includes cross-disciplinary research, via our two research institutes and twelve research centers, and core research competency areas. Program objectives include integrating research from other departments and disciplines at IIT, and our partners at other universities, government laboratories and research organizations and in business and industry. Total research expenditure at Armour College of Engineering (ACE) in 2015 reached $15M, up exponentially from a total of $6.8M in 2009. ACE accounts for nearly 35% of all research expenditures at IIT.
Currently, our two institutes focus on:
- Energy, Environment, Economics and Sustainability
- Biomedical Engineering
Our research centers focus on:
- New building materials
- The future of energy and the contribution of renewable energy to the supply mix
- The role of fuel cells and batteries in the nation's energy supply
- Electric power and power electronic technologies
- New frontiers in aerospace research
- Thermal processing technology
- Synthesis, rheology, processing and recycling of polymeric and elastomeric materials
- Faster, more efficient development of pharmaceutical solid products
- Complex systems and dynamics
- Medical imaging
- New devices and treatments for neurological diseases
- Role of engineering in developing treatment modalities for diabetes and its related complications
In addition, our core competencies areas include such cross-disciplinary areas as: computational fluid dynamics, particle technology and fluidization, environmental and geoenvironmental engineering, cell and tissue engineering, neural engineering, dynamics and control, nanofluids and material processing.
For more information, visit our research institute and centers and faculty research links. You can search for specific research areas and find faculty involved in each area.


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Jordan is one of five sophomores in the Crimson heavyweight varsity eight.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Seven members of the Harvard and Radcliffe crews have been invited to U.S. Under 23 national selection and development camps this summer, and Harvard lightweight freshman coach Linda Muri is serving as a coach with the U.S. Women's U23 National Team.
The student-athletes are seeking spots on the U.S. squads that will compete at the 2010 World Rowing Under 23 Championships July 22-25 in Brest, Belarus.
Muri is coaching and rising senior Olivia Coffey of the Radcliffe heavyweight crew is currently competing at the women's U23 camp. The camp began June 1 at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif., with athletes remaining after initial cuts moving to Mercer Lake in New Jersey.
Also training with USRowing from the Radcliffe rowing teams are heavyweight sophomore Michelle Pearson and lightweight sophomore Elizabeth Hamilton. Both are taking part in the U.S. U23 Development Camp in Cambridge.
Coffey has rowed in the Black and White varsity eight in each of her three seasons, earning All-New England selection in 2009. Pearson and Hamilton made the varsity eights for their respective Radcliffe teams as freshmen in 2010.
On the men's side, Harvard lightweights Will Newell and Austin Meyer have been invited to the U.S. Under 23 selection camp for the men's lightweight four without coxswain, while lightweight Eric Schultze has been invited to the sculling camp and heavyweight Nick Jordan is headed to the U23 Men's National Team camp.
The lightweight four camp is being held at the Oklahoma City National High Performance Center and will select the group that will compete in Belarus. The lightweight scullers will be determined at the U.S. U23 World Championship Trials June 22-25 on Mercer Lake. Meyer and Newell contributed to the Harvard lightweight varsity eight's 10-0 dual record and Eastern and national medals. Schultze helped the Crimson freshmen take silver at Eastern Sprints.
Jordan will join the men's heavyweight camp after competing for Harvard at the Henley Royal Regatta July 1-4 in Henley-on-Thames, England. He has already helped Harvard claim Eastern Sprints and Harvard-Yale championships this season.


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Egypt stocks slipped slightly on Monday, although news of an initial agreement between Egypt and the International Monetary Fund over a proposed $4.8 billion loan agreement cushioned what might have been a much more severe drop.
"News spread in the market that Egypt had reached an initial loan agreement with the IMF, keeping investors positive," Ashraf Abdelaziz, head of institutional sales at Cairo-based Arabeya Securities, told Ahram Online.
The main EGX30 index fell by 0.07 per cent for the day to alight at 5,410 points. Total daily turnover, meanwhile, stood at some LE389 million.
By 1:30pm, the stock exchange rebounded after shedding 82 points in the first three hours of the four-hour trading session.
By midday, Egypt and the IMF announced that a staff-level agreement had been reached on the $4.8 billion loan facility. The IMF board is expected to approve the loan on 19 December, and the first tranche of the loan will be disbursed immediately afterwards.
The loan is seen by many as a much needed lifeline for the Egyptian economy, which remains dogged by a surging current account and budget deficits.
The largest listed company, Orascom Construction Industries (OCI), saw LE20 million in turnover, gaining 0.58 per cent to close the day's trading at LE259.82 per share.
Palm Hills Development (PHD) was the most active share in Monday's session, recording some LE41 million in daily turnover. It fell by 2.07 per cent to close the day out at LE2.47 per share.
The broader-based EGX70index, meanwhile, fell by 1.04 per cent.
Of 157 stocks traded on Tuesday, 48 gained while 109 declined in value.
Foreign investors represented the day's only net buyers, while local and Arab investors were net sellers.
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Alvocidib, Cytarabine, and Mitoxantrone in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00795002
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : November 21, 2008
Results First Posted : December 5, 2013
Last Update Posted : August 7, 2018
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|Condition or disease
|Acute Myeloid Leukemia With Multilineage Dysplasia Following Myelodysplastic Syndrome Adult Acute Megakaryoblastic Leukemia (M7) Adult Acute Minimally Differentiated Myeloid Leukemia (M0) Adult Acute Monoblastic Leukemia (M5a) Adult Acute Monocytic Leukemia (M5b) Adult Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia With Maturation (M2) Adult Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia Without Maturation (M1) Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With 11q23 (MLL) Abnormalities Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With Del(5q) Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With Inv(16)(p13;q22) Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With t(16;16)(p13;q22) Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia With t(8;21)(q22;q22) Adult Acute Myelomonocytic Leukemia (M4) Adult Erythroleukemia (M6a) Adult Pure Erythroid Leukemia (M6b) Secondary Acute Myeloid Leukemia Untreated Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia
|Drug: alvocidib Drug: mitoxantrone hydrochloride Drug: cytarabine Other: pharmacological study Other: laboratory biomarker analysis
|Phase 2
I. To compare the efficacy of two different schedules (bolus vs "hybrid bolus-infusion") of alvocidib followed by cytarabine and mitoxantrone hydrochloride in patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with poor-risk features.
I. To compare the toxicities of these regimens. II. To determine the disease-free survival and overall survival of patients who demonstrate a response to these regimens.
III. To compare the pharmacokinetics of alvocidib when administered in two different schedules (bolus vs "hybrid bolus-infusion").
IV. To describe alvocidib-induced alterations in AML blast cell expression of selected target mRNA and proteins.
V. To describe alvocidib-induced alterations in AML blast cell growth kinetic parameters.
OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to antecedent hematologic disorder of >= 6 months duration prior to transformation to acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and any prior antecedent therapy for myelodysplastic syndromes or myeloproliferative disorder. Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.
ARM I: Patients receive alvocidib IV over 1 hour on days 1-3, cytarabine IV continuously over 72 hours on days 6-8, and mitoxantrone hydrochloride IV over 60-120 minutes on day 9.
ARM II: Patients receive alvocidib IV over 30 minutes followed by alvocidib IV over 4 hours on days 1-3. Patients also receive cytarabine and mitoxantrone hydrochloride as in arm I.
Patients achieving partial or complete response (CR) after the first course of treatment may receive a second course of treatment 35-63 days following blood count recovery and/or undergo allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. Patients >= 50 years of age with t (8;21), inv (16), or t(16;16) AML who achieve CR after the first course of treatment may receive 3-4 courses of high-dose cytarabine consolidation therapy.
Bone marrow and/or blood samples are collected at baseline and periodically during study for correlative laboratory studies, including pharmacokinetic studies by liquid chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry, analysis of blast cell growth kinetic parameters by flow cytometry, and blast cell expression of selected target mRNA and protein by quantitative RT-PCR and western blotting.
After completion of study therapy, patients are followed periodically.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|78 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Randomized Phase II Study Comparing Two Administration Schedules of Flavopiridol (Alvocidib, NSC 649890, IND 46, 211) Given in Timed Sequential Combination With Cytosine Arabinoside (Ara-C) and Mitoxantrone Hydrochloride for Adults With Newly Diagnosed, Previously Untreated, Poor Risk Acute Myelogenous Leukemias (AML)
|Study Start Date :
|November 2008
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|November 2010
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|September 2012
Experimental: Arm I
Patients receive alvocidib IV over 1 hour on days 1-3, cytarabine IV continuously over 72 hours on days 6-8, and mitoxantrone hydrochloride IV over 60-120 minutes on day 9.
Drug: alvocidib
Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: mitoxantrone hydrochloride
Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: cytarabine
Given IV
Other Names:
Other: pharmacological study
Correlative studies
Other Name: pharmacological studies
Other: laboratory biomarker analysis
Correlative studies
Experimental: Arm II
Patients receive alvocidib IV over 30 minutes followed by alvocidib IV over 4 hours on days 1-3. Patients also receive cytarabine and mitoxantrone hydrochloride as in arm I.
Drug: alvocidib
Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: mitoxantrone hydrochloride
Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: cytarabine
Given IV
Other Names:
Other: pharmacological study
Correlative studies
Other Name: pharmacological studies
Other: laboratory biomarker analysis
Correlative studies
- Complete Response [ Time Frame: 1 year ]Bone marrow showing less than 5% leukemic blasts with normal maturation of all cell lines, an ANC of at least 1000/uL and a platelet count of 100,000/uL, absence of blast in peripheral blood, absence of identifiable leukemic cells in the bone marrow, clearance of disease-associated cytogenetic abnormalities, and clearance of any previously existing extramedullary disease. Repeat marrow confirmation 4-6 weeks following the marrow documenting CR is not required due to the need for continued treatment in CR.
- Number of Participants Experiencing Death From Any Cause Within 60 Days of Starting FLAM [ Time Frame: 60 days ]Toxicity defined as death from any cause within 60 days of starting FLAM.
- Disease-free Survival [ Time Frame: up to 2 years ]This will be defined as the time between study entry and the first date that recurrent or progressive disease is objectively documented, or death from any cause occurs.
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
Pathologically confirmed newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) meeting the following criteria:
- Subtypes M0, M1, M2, M4-7
- No acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
At least 50 years of age OR >= 18 years of age with >= 1 of the following poor-risk disease features:
- Antecedent hematologic disorder, including myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS)-related AML or prior myeloproliferative disorder (MPD)
- Treatment-related AML, AML with trilineage dysplasia
- Myeloid sarcoma, myeloid proliferations related to Down Syndrome, or blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm
- AML with trilineage dysplasia
- AML with adverse cytogenetics (defined as -5/-5q; -7/-7q; abnormal 3q, 9q, 11q, 20q, 21q, or 17p; t[6;9]; t[9;22]; trisomy 8; trisomy 13, complex karyotypes [>= 3 unrelated abnormalities]),
- No hyperleukocytosis with >= 50,000 blasts/uL (leukapheresis or hydroxyurea allowed for cytoreduction immediately prior to the first dose of alvocidib)
- No active CNS leukemia
- ECOG performance status 0-2
- Serum creatinine =< 2.0 mg/dL
- ALT/AST =< 5 times upper limit of normal
- Bilirubin =< 2.0 mg/dL
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Negative pregnancy test
- No active uncontrolled infection
- Infection that is under active treatment allowed provided it is controlled with antibiotics
- No other life-threatening illness
- No mental deficits and/or psychiatric history that would preclude giving informed consent or following study requirements
- At least 24 hours since prior leukapheresis or hydroxyurea for cytoreduction
- Prior non-cytotoxic therapies (e.g., thalidomide or lenalidomide, interferon, cytokines, low-dose 5-azacytidine, or low-dose cytoxan) for MDS or MPD allowed
- Prior chemotherapy or bone marrow/stem cell transplantation for non-AML malignancy allowed
- No prior alvocidib
- No other concurrent chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or immunotherapy
- No other concurrent investigational or commercially-available antitumor therapies for AML
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00795002
|United States, Maryland
|Johns Hopkins University/Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center
|Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287
|United States, Washington
|Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/University of Washington Cancer Consortium
|Seattle, Washington, United States, 98109
|Principal Investigator:
|Judith Karp
|Johns Hopkins University/Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center
|Responsible Party:
|National Cancer Institute (NCI)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
NCI-2009-00298 ( Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program) )
J0856 ( Other Identifier: Johns Hopkins University/Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center )
8237 ( Other Identifier: CTEP )
P30CA006973 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
U01CA070095 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|November 21, 2008 Key Record Dates
|Results First Posted:
|December 5, 2013
|Last Update Posted:
|August 7, 2018
|Last Verified:
|August 2018
Leukemia, Myeloid
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute
Leukemia, Monocytic, Acute
Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Acute
Leukemia, Megakaryoblastic, Acute
Leukemia, Erythroblastic, Acute
Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Bone Marrow Diseases
Hematologic Diseases
Myeloproliferative Disorders
Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Antineoplastic Agents
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Immunosuppressive Agents
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Sensory System Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Topoisomerase II Inhibitors
Topoisomerase Inhibitors


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Investor Update
Basel, 22 July 2010
Roche posts good half year results
Operating profit increases significantly faster than sales – double-digit growth for Core Earnings per share – outlook confirmed
- Group first-half sales up 5% in local currencies (3% in Swiss francs, 7% in US dollars) to 24.6 billion Swiss francs.
- Operating profit (before exceptional items) up significantly, rising 11% in local currencies (10% in Swiss francs) to 8.8 billion Swiss francs — again advancing faster than sales.
- Net income rises 37% compared with first half of 2009; lower exceptional expenses relating to integration of Genentech.
- Core earnings per share up 11% in local currencies, 9% in Swiss francs.
- Full-year outlook for 2010 confirmed.
|In millions of CHF
|% change
|As % of sales
|In CHF
|In LC1
|Research and development
|Operating profit before exceptional items
|Operating free cash flow
|Net income attributable to Roche shareholders (before exceptional items)
|Net income
|Core Earnings per share (CHF)
1 LC= local currencies
- Sales grow 4% in local currencies (1% in Swiss francs, 6% in US dollars); excluding Tamiflu, sales advance 6%, ahead of the global market.
- Major drivers are the Group's leading cancer medicines, as well as Lucentis, Actemra/RoActemra and Mircera; sales of oncology portfolio rise by 9% to 11.1 billion Swiss francs.
- Operating profit before exceptional items up 9% in local currencies (7% in Swiss francs).
- The FDA's Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC) votes that use of Avastin for previously untreated advanced HER2-negative breast cancer be removed from the US label. FDA's final decision expected by September 2010.
- US marketing application submitted for innovative breast cancer medicine T–DM1 (for advanced HER2-positive breast cancer) based on positive phase II results.
- Positive phase-III trial results with Avastin in advanced ovarian cancer.
- Diagnostics sales grow 9% in local currencies (7% in Swiss francs, 12% in US dollars) — significantly faster than the global IVD market — driven primarily by Professional Diagnostics, Diabetes Care and Applied Science.
- Operating profit rises substantially, up 45% in local currencies (47% in Swiss francs).
- Strong benefit of cobas 4800 HPV test in screening for cervical cancer demonstrated by ATHENA, the largest clinical trial ever performed in this indication.
Barring unforeseen events.
Severin Schwan, CEO of Roche, on the Group's Half Year results: "Roche achieved a strong operating performance in the first half of 2010 despite an increasingly challenging market environment; net income for the period was up significantly. Excluding Tamiflu, Pharma sales increased faster than the market, and Diagnostics continued to grow significantly above the market rate. The US filing of T-DM1, an "armed antibody" for the treatment of HER-2 positive breast cancer, represents a major step towards offering this innovative medicine to patients who have very limited treatment options."
Roche Group
Good half-year results
The Roche Group posted strong operating results in the first half of 2010. Group sales grew by 5% in local currencies (3% in Swiss francs; 7% in US dollars) to 24.6 billion Swiss francs. The Pharmaceuticals Division increased its sales by 4% in local currencies (1% in Swiss francs; 6% in US dollars) to 19.4 billion Swiss francs. Demand for the cancer drugs Avastin, MabThera/Rituxan, Herceptin, Xeloda and Tarceva continued to show strong growth. Overall sales of oncology products rose 9% in local currencies in the first half year, enabling Roche to solidify its leading market position in this segment. Other major growth drivers in the Pharmaceuticals Division included Lucentis in ophthalmology, Actemra/RoActemra for rheumatoid arthritis and Mircera for anemia. These positive factors more than offset the expected significant decline in Tamiflu sales. Excluding Tamiflu, sales growth was 6% in local currencies, again ahead of market growth. The Diagnostics Division expanded its market leadership as sales reached 5.3 billion Swiss francs in the first six months of 2010, a 9% growth rate in local currencies (7% in Swiss francs; 12% in US dollars).
This strong growth was led by the Professional Diagnostics unit's immunoassay business and Diabetes Care's Accu-Chek Aviva, Accu-Chek Performa and newly launched Accu-Chek Mobile blood glucose monitoring systems, followed by Applied Science with strong growth in the cell analysis segment.
The Group's operating profit before exceptional items increased significantly by 11% in local currencies (10% in Swiss francs), again substantially above sales growth. This rise was driven by the growth in sales and by further productivity improvements. The Pharmaceuticals Division improved its operating profit (before exceptional items) by 9% in local currencies and 7% in Swiss francs to 8.0 billion Swiss francs, due primarily to higher sales and cost synergies from the Genentech integration. The Diagnostics Division's operating profit grew substantially, advancing 45% in local currencies and 47% in Swiss francs to 947 million Swiss francs, due mainly to strong sales growth and ongoing programmes to increase operational efficiency.
Group net income increased 37% to 5.6 billion Swiss francs, primarily as a result of the much lower exceptional charges incurred in respect of the Genentech transaction in the first half of 2010 compared with 2009. Excluding exceptional items, Group net income attributable to Roche shareholders rose 8% in Swiss francs. Core earnings per share, which does not include exceptional items or amortisation and impairment of intangible assets, increased 11% in local currencies (9% in Swiss francs).
The Group's operating free cash flow remained very solid at 6.4 billion Swiss francs. Roche is accelerating repayment of the 48.2 billion Swiss francs borrowed on the capital market to finance the acquisition of all outstanding shares of Genentech in the first half of 2009. On 30 June 2010, 27% of the notes and bonds had already been repaid. Furthermore, in the second half of 2010 Roche will also repay, ahead of schedule, the 2.5 billion US dollar note due 1 March 2012. By the end of 2010 Roche will thus have repaid one third of the debt incurred to finance the Genentech transaction.
Full-year outlook for 2010 confirmed
Despite lower Tamiflu sales (expected to total 1 billion Swiss francs in the current year, down from 3.2 billion Swiss francs in 2009) and the more challenging market environment, Roche confirms its full-year outlook for 2010 on the basis of the positive half-year results.
Barring unforeseen events, Roche expects local currency sales growth in the mid-single-digit range for the Group and the Pharmaceuticals Division in 2010 (excluding Tamiflu sales). For the Diagnostics Division, Roche expects to grow significantly above the market.
Roche is also aiming for double-digit growth in core earnings per share at constant exchange rates.
Read the entire investor update
About Roche
Headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, Roche is a leader in research-focused healthcare with combined strengths in pharmaceuticals and diagnostics. Roche is the world's largest biotech company with truly differentiated medicines in oncology, virology, inflammation, metabolism and CNS. Roche is also the world leader in in-vitro diagnostics, tissue-based cancer diagnostics and a pioneer in diabetes management. Roche's personalised healthcare strategy aims at providing medicines and diagnostic tools that enable tangible improvements in the health, quality of life and survival of patients. In 2009, Roche had over 80'000 employees worldwide and invested almost 10 billion Swiss francs in R&D. The Group posted sales of 49.1 billion Swiss francs. Genentech, United States, is a wholly owned member of the Roche Group. Roche has a majority stake in Chugai Pharmaceutical, Japan. For more information: www.roche.com
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Muscatine Ag Learning Center
Opened in 2009, Muscatine's Agricultural Learning Center is home for Muscatine Community College's (MCC) Veterinary Technician program.
The center is a cooperative effort between MCC, the Muscatine Friends of the FFA, Muscatine Community School District and several area businesses.
The $3.5 million facility boasts a climate-controlled indoor arena, 20 horse stalls, cattle pens and classrooms. In addition to the veterinary technician program, the center is utilized by both MCC's and Muscatine High School's agriculture programs, hosts livestock shows, sales and many agriculture-related activities.
MCC's two-year Veterinary Technician program meets the Associate in Applied Science degree requirements for individuals entering the job market with the skills to perform a variety of functions as registered veterinary technicians.
Started in 2008, the college continues to work closely with area veterinarians in development of the program which includes on-the-job training. Courses are taught by veterinarians and experienced veterinary technicians.
Agricultural Learning Center
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In 2001, Lauren Cuthbertson won Young British Dancer of the Year. It was an auspicious start to a career that has seen her rise in just seven years to Royal Ballet Principal. Her repertory with The Royal Ballet includes Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, Giselle, Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty, Juliet, Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker and Nikiya and Gamzatti in La Bayadere. She has created roles in ballets by Wayne McGregor and Christopher Wheeldon.
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It is officially the last day of the year 2010, whatever that means to you! Let's refer to the next year as 2000 + 11. And now, the superlatives for best and worst of the best and worst end of the year lists:
The Daily Beast Award for Best Overall Horrible and Excessive Lists
We get it, your whole staff is on vacation. Write a fucking article. Half of them don't even have bylines.
TV's Most Uncomfortable Moments of the Year
14 Best Late Night TV Moments of the Year
Most Memorable Kisses of the Year
In Memoriam: Celebrity Deaths of 2010
The 20 Smartest People Of 2010
The Downers
The 10 Best Graphic Novels and Comics of 2010 [EW]
No one read these and no one will. Until next year.
2010's Unsafe Skies [The Daily Beast]
Most Vapid
30 Sexiest Stars of 2010 [EW]
Are they sexier or less sexy than last year?!
2010 Obsessions: Year of the mistress [CNN]
"'In society, one out of every two marriages ends in divorce and in some societies it seems like one out of every one,' Glass said. 'We want to see these marriages survive. You want to see a Sandra Bullock and a Jesse James who are so diverse succeed. When we don't see that, it kind of makes us feel vulnerable.'"
Or we're just bitchy gossips.
The Year's 10 Biggest Celebrity Gossip Stories [Jezebel]
The New York Times Makes New York the Center of the Universe, as per the Usual
The 110 Things New Yorkers Talked About in 2010
"55. Oh, the irony: Gawker is hacked."
Irony? Or justice?
The Best Way to Ruin My Night/Whole Year. WHISKEY SOURS FOR THE WIN
20 Worst Hangover Drinks [The Daily Beast]
The Serious
Top Scientific Breakthroughs of 2010 [Wired]
The Not-So-Serious
The Top 10 Animal Photobombers Of 2010 [Buzzfeed]
2010's Most Bizarre Reality TV Moment: What's your pick? [EW]
Any of them?
The Best of the Best of the Year
Brian Williams for the win, every time.
The Best Fake Rumors of 2010
Gawker has a lot, see their header:
The Year In Mariah Carey [Jezebel]
Featuring excellent GIF's like this one:
What's sad is that this list is not even close to comprehensive, just a smattering of what the internet has to offer. Did I miss any particularly poignant Best or Worst of lists?
And for your New Years Eve Party, check out this list of Memorable Songs Played on New Year's Eve.