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Each set of Woodland people are created in their on habitat in the Fomul Forest. Each addition to the family is unique and are OOAK (one-of-a-kind) miniatures. Woodland people are made solely out of polymer clay, paints are not used, but, instead color is derived by the clay itself. The only addition is a bit of antiquing to give the people their aged/dirty look.
Anyone interested in having Woodland People come and live with them please contact me for arrangements and prices.
Each piece has a name, story and they are numbered and signed by the artist/creator of the Woodland People.
They will bring a smile to anyone's face but most of all they will spark that child in all of us and spark the imagination to see the magical properties of the Woodland People
What are Woodland People, you ask? They are little creatures like tiny little Trolls or Elves. They live in the woods and make their homes out of logs, trees, boroughs, pods or any place they can find to snuggle in and sleep. They are friendly, happy little people that just love to bring smiles to everyone.
The Woodland Creatures live in the forest beyond the typical eye of humans. They have the ability to live and communicate with animals and humans alike, as long as the humans believe in the magic of myths and folklore.
The Woodland Family are known as "The Meshuganahs" (Ma-Shug-a-Na) which in Yiddish means "Little Crazy Ones". They are a lot of small families that live together as one large Woodland Family. Each is unique in their own ways and each has their place, duties, responsibilities and roles in the Woodland Family. The Woodland people do not have much and do not need much they live off the land and exist through the happiness of family and friends.
Now that the leaders Shazbah and Jezbah have found a place high in the Yukon for the Woodland People to live in they where can live together in peace, happiness and harmony. They are putting the word out to the Woodland people to come and be together once again in the Fomul Forest.
Another family wandered in today there are three of them and they will be a great addition to the Woodland Family. Uncle Trapper and Uncle Jeddie are great at foraging for food and their nephew Tinker is going to follow right in their footsteps. Tinker may be small but he will search for homes for each of the families to snuggle into. They have made the trip from the foothills of Tennessee as you can see from the hillbilly type hats.
We hear daily that the Woodland people are trudging hard every day on their journeys to arrive here in the Fomul Forrest (Forrest of Many Layers) as soon as possible. Human people do not realize when they walk through the forest how many layers there are because humans do not usually look past the "Forrest for the Trees". Humans take everything at face value and never try to look below the top layer to see what lies within. Therefore they do not get to enjoy one of the true blessings in life and that is the endless child within. The child that is within all of us and believes, has faith and always looks below the top layer.
Well, today while looking for food they looked across the meadow and saw someone sitting against a stump so they headed over there and discovered Grinly propped up where he had slept last night. But, there is a problem and a good thing the Woodlands happened upon him. Grinly has been attacked while sleeping by the Creeper Vines, they have twisted all around his body and since he traveled alone he could go get loose. So he was waiting and hoping that someone would discover him before it was to late.


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Carleton College Cowling Arboretum
About the Arb
The "Arb" consists of approximately 800 acres (360 hectares) of land adjacent to the College and was created under the leadership of President Donald J. Cowling and Professor Harvey E. Stork in the 1920s. Professor Stork and Superintendent of Grounds D. Blake Stewart ("Stewsie") were responsible for much of the early development of the Arb, and their influences can still be seen and felt in many places. Stork and Stewsie were remarkable land managers, and it can be argued that they were among the nation's first restoration ecologists. In particular, their planting of upland forest trees and wildflowers in the Upper Arb (Stork Forest) decades ago is now coming to impressive maturity.


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Charlottesville police say a man who brought a loaded semi-automatic rifle into a Kroger store won't be charged.
Police tell media outlets that the unidentified 22-year-old man didn't break any laws. He legally owns the AR-15 rifle and he didn't conceal it.
Permits are required in Virginia to carry concealed firearms. There are no restrictions on firearms that aren't concealed.
Police say the man entered the store unarmed around 5 p.m. Sunday, then returned to his vehicle and got the rifle. He carried the weapon into the store and then left again.
Police believe the man was demonstrating his Second Amendment rights.
Kroger managers banned the man from the property.
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Control is an Illusion You Need to Let Go
December 2, 2009 · by Bobbi Newman · in Change, Managers, Policies, Social Media, Social Networking Sites · 33 Comments
The issue of control comes up over and over again when we talk about the online world. It recently it came up at Internet Librarian in many different ways, including: How do I stop a staff member from wasting time on Facebook? How do we control what staff are saying online? Management wants everything posted […]


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Tania Neild runs a company called InfoGrate that connects very wealthy people with companies who oversee their personal technologies, such as emails, and her company is based only about twenty miles from Clinton's New York house. (Politico, 11/10/2015) (The Washington Post, 9/5/2015)
An FBI report will later state that "due to user limitations and reliability concerns regarding the [existing] server, staff for [Hillary] Clinton and President [Bill] Clinton discussed future email server options, and a search was initiated to find a vendor to manage a Clinton email server. Additionally, [Clinton's computer technician Bryan] Pagliano's expressed desire to seek new employment contributed to the decision to move to a new server."
Clinton will also be interviewed, and she will recall "that the transition to [a new company] was initiated by President Clinton's aides seeking a higher level of service than could be provided by the [existing] server."
Around January 2, 2013, Neild is introduced to Clinton's chief of staff Cheryl Mills through an unnamed mutual business associate. Neild will later tell the FBI that she worked with Mills and Pagliano to produce a proposal to solicit responses from multiple companies. (Federal Bureau of Investigation, 9/2/2016)
January 2013, Platte River Networks, a small company based in Colorado, is told by Neild they are in he running for a new contract. In mid-February, they find out they are a finalist for the contract, and that they might be working for Clinton. They will be hired by Clinton to manage her private server on May 31, 2013. (Politico, 11/10/2015) (The Washington Post, 9/5/2015)
Pagliano will later tell the FBI who made the final decision to pick Platte River. But this person's name will be redacted, and only identified as someone working for President Clinton. (Federal Bureau of Investigation, 9/2/2016)
In retrospect, the choice of Platte River will seem to be an odd one. Cybersecurity expert Alex McGeorge will later comment, "My big issue here is do you want a small firm with little/no government experience or contracting (according to what's being reported) and no stated security expertise to be in charge of the email system for our secretary of state? That is fundamentally ridiculous." (Business Insider, 8/17/2015)


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Since the onset of civil conflict in 2002, press freedom has generally not been respected in Côte d'Ivoire, despite constitutional protections. While gradual improvements had been seen over the previous few years, with a reduction in the number of attacks on the media and a tentative opening of the space for independent reporting, the situation deteriorated in connection with the long-delayed presidential election held at the end of 2010. The incumbent, Laurent Gbagbo, refused to relinquish power after losing to opponent Alassane Ouattara, leading to a protracted conflict in which both men claimed the presidency. Ouattara finally assumed power in April 2011, and Gbagbo was arrested, but the fighting left 3,000 people dead and an estimated one million displaced.
While imprisonment for defamation was abolished in 2004, defaming the head of state or other state institutions is still punishable by fines of up to 20 million CFA francs ($44,000). During the postelection violence in 2011, journalists were arrested on a regular basis and imprisoned for a variety of offenses. In January, two journalists were held for 20 days on allegations of rebellion and threatening national security. Even after Ouattara assumed the presidency in April, journalists who criticized him often faced a similar fate. In July, Hermann Aboa, a presenter on the national broadcaster, Radiodiffusion Télévision Ivoirienne (RTI), was arrested and put in a military detention facility on charges that included inciting racial hatred. He was provisionally released in December after persistent pressure from international press freedom organizations. Also in December, three journalists with the pro-Gbagbo newspaper Notre Voie were charged with "inciting theft, looting, and destruction of property in the media," but were cleared after 13 days in custody.
Media regulatory bodies were frequently used to control critical journalism during the year. In February 2011, Gbagbo replaced the entire leadership of the National Press Council (NPC), which is responsible for regulating the print media, with his supporters. The council then fined, suspended, and banned pro-Ouattara outlets, including Le Nouveau Réveil and Nord-Sud. The former head of the NPC had resisted government pressure to forcibly close such outlets following the 2010 election. After Ouattara assumed power, his administration continued to use the NPC as a political tool, filling it with staunch supporters who worked to suppress opposition voices. The pro-Gbagbo Le Temps, in particular, was targeted multiple times by the Ouattara administration and repeatedly suspended on accusations of inciting hatred.
Throughout the postelection crisis, control of information available to the public was of the highest importance to both sides, putting the media and journalists squarely in the middle of the conflict. Gbagbo's camp violently attacked and threatened journalists who recognized Ouattara's presidency; raided and often torched the offices of opposition media houses; banned all international media, including Onuci FM, a UN radio station, from operating and broadcasting inside the country; and attacked and prevented Edipresse, the country's main newspaper circulation service, from distributing newspapers. There were numerous reports of journalists and newscasters being killed by both sides. Pro-Ouattara forces were reportedly responsible for the violent death in February of Marcel Legré, an operator at La Réfondation Printing Press, which produced Notre Voie. Near the end of the conflict in early April, pro-Ouattara forces attacked and virtually destroyed the offices of RTI, which had been operating as a source of pro-Gbagbo propaganda. The United Nations and other international organizations had previously criticized Gbagbo for his use of RTI and state-owned Fraternité Matin in a calculated campaign of disinformation about the opposition and the UN-led peacekeeping force. RTI journalists fled and broadcast intermittently from a truck. Ouattara's eventual success in blocking the dissemination of pro-Gbagbo media represented a significant turning point in the conflict.
Although the pro-Gbagbo forces were defeated in April, the situation for the media did not markedly improve. Instead, forces loyal to Ouattara continued to directly target pro-Gbagbo journalists. In late April, the offices of La Réfondation were destroyed in an arson attack attributed to Ouattara's vigilante security forces. These groups also controlled a number of the formerly pro-Gbagbo media outlets for months. Many outlets relocated to other sites and were not able to resume distribution until late May. Also that month, Sylvain Gagnetaud, a pro-Gbagbo journalist, was arrested and executed by Ouattara supporters. A hit list of pro-Gbagbo journalists reportedly circulated after Ouattara officially became president, and his government stated that it would prosecute journalists involved in the Gbagbo regime's propaganda operation.
Côte d'Ivoire has a history of vibrant reporting despite its unstable political situation. However, the media became extremely polarized during the postelection conflict, as journalists were harassed and intimidated into taking sides; very few were able to remain independent in their coverage. By the end of the year, opposition outlets were still recovering, and the pro-Ouattara camp dominated the information landscape; RTI was directly controlled by the Ouattara administration, and Fraternité Matin switched allegiance after Gbagbo's arrest. The new broadcast regulator, the High Commission for Audiovisual Communication (HACA), stated that safeguards had been put in place to prevent RTI from resuming a divisive role.
State-run media comprise the largest radio stations, including the only one with national reach, the largest daily newspaper, a news agency, and the national television broadcaster, RTI. With three public radio stations and more than 100 low-power, noncommercial stations, radio is the most popular medium in Côte d'Ivoire, though a 2004 press law prohibits the transmission of any political commentary by private radio outlets. There are about 20 daily papers, more than 30 weeklies, and several monthly journals available. Although most newspapers are privately operated, politicians and politically engaged businessmen have a considerable share in their ownership. The government-controlled daily newspaper, Fraternité Matin, has the largest circulation among print media and rarely criticizes the government, but a number of private papers compete with it and contain more critical coverage. Foreign media are generally accessible, though during the postelection conflict all international stations were suspended.
While only 2.2 percent of the population was able to access the internet in 2011 as a result of infrastructure limitations, online news sites and particularly blogs are becoming a more popular source of information among urban Ivoirians. Gbagbo's administration restricted mobile-telephone communications after the election and through the first half of 2011. The Côte d'Ivoire Telecommunications Agency (ATCI) announced its intention to block access to several independent and anti-Gbagbo websites early in the year, but the sites remained unblocked. This period also represented the first time bloggers were targeted for harassment and punishment by the Ivoirian government.


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Anyone try or recommend buying third party battery? I don't need it but its a option for the future.
Here is an example of a battery
Sound too good to be true.
07-09-2010 12:27 PM - edited 07-09-2010 12:29 PM
generic battery quality can vary quite a lot, and can be different between each batch, due to poor quality control and materials used for the battery construction.
a lot of people on here will probably disagree with me but i buy everything on ebay. you just have to pick the right seller. the battery that you linked to. the seller only has 243 feedbacks. get your items from powersellers, the ones that have thousands of feedbacks and then go into the feedbacks and see what customers are saying about them. i like ebay because the descriptions are usually very well detailed. the descriptions on amazon are kinda sparce. i've bought items on amazon that were clearly used. but the description doesn't say new or used. so you have no recourse. I have a service company and i have 2-x32s, 3-x41s, 1-x30, and 1-x40 that were all bought on ebay. all the power adapters, wireless cards, batteries, ram chips, bluetooth chips, everything was bought on ebay and i haven't had any problems with anything. but, again, you have to do your homework. don't just buy the first one you see, research the seller and the product. i can buy 4 batteries on ebay for the price of one genuine. if i get 1 year out of it all four will still last longer than 1 genuine. and i've been getting 2 1/2 to 3 years use out of 1 battery. and i don't do anything to prolong the life of batteries, i just use them. ebay has come a long way from the old days, if a seller gets too many negative feedbacks, ebay will now yank their account. or take away their selling discounts. so sellers now have to watch their Ps and Qs. so it's a lot safer to buy something on ebay than it used to be.
it is not so much of what the sellers sell, but rather the quality of the parts and the safety issues in relation to the battery. They may die or last shorter than a genuine battery, but that is not the biggest problem (you get what you paid for). But rather a lithium cell internal short circuit is quite a large accident, the generic battery doesn't have the internal control circuitry to detect a thermal runaway.
HP have overheating batteries and they use cells from large manufacturers, what sort of quality do you expect from these cottage industry that manufacturer these generic batteries. It only takes a very small amount of contaminates within the anode/cathode or solid solution electrode, to cause a thermal runaway to occur.
Obviously, this is a risk that the OP have to weigh in when buying generic battery.
you're right of course, except that there are still laptops catching on fire from genuine batteries as well as generic batteries. if a battery shorts out, the smart chip shuts down the connection to the laptop, but the short in the battery is still there and a heating episode still happens. yes, there are more safeties in a genuine battery but until sony and samsung start making safer cells, the problem with batteries will still happen. there are only a few mfgs that make battery cells and generic mfgs use the same cells as genuine mfgs. i've taken apart quite a few batteries, genuine and generic and none of them use any kind of insulator to separate the cells inside the case. instead, they depend on the sticky substance to hold the cells in place. if somebody accidently drops the battery on its end, there's a good chance the cells will move together in the case and + to - happens and boom. i really think that if mfgs insulate the cells a lot of the problems with batteries won't occur. but until they do, it's a crap shoot with genuine and generic alike. i tell all my techs that if they drop a battery to not use it at all. bring it back to me and that's another one that i take apart to experiment with.
07-11-2010 06:33 AM - last edited on 07-16-2010 04:17 AM by bananaman
Have you ever taken apart a Lenovo OEM battery before? i have, and the ends of the battery are insulated from each other with PCB boards. Let me find the battery that i took apart and post an image tomorrow.
What you are saying about the positive and negative end touching each other is not going to happen.
The run away reaction occurs within the cells itself, it got nothing to do with the battery end shortcircuiting.
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yes i have taken apart a lenovo battery before and the one that i took apart did not have insulators. granted, that was a 2006 battery and maybe the newer ones were made different. all i'm saying is that cells are still shorting out internally and even though the smart chip shuts down the charging system, the shorted cell is still in there and can still cause heat. sony, in their infinite wisdom, decided to use a new system to crimp the cells and introduced impurities into the cells, hence the big recalls. now, batteries only last a year or so when they used to last 3 and 4 years. they don't degrade over time like they used to, now they just shut down. and it's still happening. there's more safeties and that's a good thing but the crappy cells are still being used. because there is no one else making them. japanese cells seem to have a better quality than other mfgrs, but it's still a crap shoot to buy a battery. 3rd party batteries have chintzier contacts in them and have a tendency to bend, the quality is not as good as oem so if you put in and take out the battery every day, sooner or later the contacts won't contact any more and the battery won't work. what i don't understand is cordless hand tools battery cells are made by the same mfgrs and they don't have smart chips in them and i don't see them having the shorting problems like laptops. and these tools are abused. well i got off the subject enough, i concede to you that buying an oem battery is safer, but who can afford half a netbook to buy a battery that lasts a year? i know i can't so i guess i roll the dice and take my chances.
i am not quite sure what you are saying. If the safety switch is triggered, then the battery can't be used or charged, so i am not sure how they can still cause heat.
Crimp the cells? what do you mean by that?
i'm not sure how to post a link but this is just one article of sony's crimping technique that introduced impurities into batteries. there's a small pic halfway down the page which shows. sony changed the way they crimped the cells and it introduced small amounts of impurities into the cell which shorted the cells and caused heat and fires. sony actually tried to cover it up but there was too many which triggered the mass recalls in 2006.
a shorted battery causes heat all by itself without being connected to a charging system. most of the laptop fires happened when they were just being carried in bags. they weren't being used, charged or anything. they were just being carried in a bag and they caught fire. did you ever accidently go to tighten a battery terminal on your car and touch the wrench to ground? nice spark, right? if you left it there, the battery generates a lot of heat and it could explode. an extreme example, i know, but laptop batteries can do the same thing because of the impurities in the cell causing shorting. much smaller scale but the same effect. heat.
i'm not saying anything new, this is all over the internet and it's old news. but sony tried to say that only certain factories did the new crimping technique but i think that it was more widespread. batteries should not fail in a year, lenovo has a very good safety in its' batteries so it's detecting something going on in those batteries. and it's not all of them, just some of them. i just think that it's still a crap shoot to buy generic as well as oem.
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The Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat is one of three species of wombat, it can grow to a length of 75-100cm with a height of 25-35cm and can weigh as much as 32kg. Don't let appearance fool you, these guys are very alert and when disturbed are capable of reaching speeds of 40km an hour. Southern Hairy-nosed Wombats are generally solitary creatures, however they live in complex tunnel systems which are known to hold between 5 and 10 wombats, generally not all individuals are present at the same time. The extensive burrows have clustered entrances which form a warren with smaller burrows attached. Burrows are connected by a network of trails which often lead to rubbing posts and wallows. Within the burrows the wombats rely on their excellent olfactory sense to communicate and entrances are often marked with urine, faeces and scratch markings. Southern Hairy-nosed Wombats use their burrow systems to beat the harsh heat of the day and can conserve energy while in a burrow by maintaining a low body temperature and slowing its breathing and heart rate. A tunnel system can have a radius of 100-150m and a Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat usually has a home range of 6-10 acres depending on the quality of the pasture.
The Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat inhabits arid and semi arid inland regions as well as grassy plains, savannahs and open woodland in the Southern Coastal Region of South Australia and the South Eastern corner of Western Australia. It formerly inhabited the South West portion of Queensland, however it is now extinct there. Today, the Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat is listed as an endangered species and populations are fragmented where it does exist.
The Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat is a herbivore and a grazer, preferring young tender grasses. In addition to grasses it is also known to eat herbs, roots, shrubs, barks, mosses and underground roots and tubers. Its diet is low in protein and high in fibre and therefore must conserve energy with a low metabolism. The wombat has a more efficient digestive system than other grazing animals such as the kangaroo or cattle.
The Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat usually gives birth to a single joey which at birth is hairless and weighs around 2 grams. It crawls into the pouch and attaches itself to one of two teats which swells around the joey's mouth to prevent it falling out of the backward facing pouch. The joey will make its first appearance out of the pouch between 8 and 9 months when it starts eating solid foods, but it will stay with its Mum until the age of 2 and will reach sexual maturity at age 3. The mating season of the wombat is between September and December. In the wild, the Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat is thought to have a short life of between 10 and 12 years, however research shows they are capable of living to 20. The oldest recorded Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat is in captivity and was 30 in 2005.
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It happens even to savvy consumers, including Consumers' Checkbook staff: You do extensive homework before making a purchase or contracting for a service, but things still go wrong. The supposedly repaired clothes washer is once again inoperative and the repairperson says it's a new problem (which, of course, it's not); the TV starts acting screwy exactly one week after its warranty expires (of course); the crown falls out of your tooth after only four months of chewing (seems like it should outlast your caramel cravings by a few years).
Although most of us gripe about service headaches to family, friends, and coworkers, we seldom—studies show it's as few as one out of four—complain to the company that dropped the ball. And many consumers who do complain to businesses do so ineffectively.
A lot of consumers remain silent because it seems like too much trouble to complain or they want to avoid a confrontation. Others don't complain because they think it won't help—the warranty expired a week ago so the store won't do anything. But, in our experience, telling a company—especially a reputable company—that things didn't go well usually produces good results. The trick is to complain competently, and to diligently follow up.
The first step is to make sure the company's owner or manager knows you are dissatisfied. Even if the employees you dealt with know you're unhappy, that information might not reach someone who has the authority—and cares enough about customer service—to put things right. When you call, ask to speak to the owner or general manager. State the facts as you view them, why you feel entitled to relief, and how the company can make amends. Make your request reasonable. For example, don't ask for a full refund on a home improvement project if four out of five tasks were performed correctly.
When you complain, do so in a firm but nonthreatening manner. No one responds well to hostility: If you are intemperate, an otherwise reasonable business owner might respond in kind, and what could have been a calm (and quick) resolution turns into a feud. Even if you believe you were intentionally cheated, don't utter words like "crook," "criminal," "incompetent," or...you know...worse. Harsh words rarely get positive results.
If your phone call fails to yield results, put it in writing. Attach to your email, or enclose with your letter, copies of relevant documents such as contracts, invoices, receipts, and previous correspondence.
If your complaint involves a product that you bought or was installed, contact the manufacturer. Even if your problem did not result from a manufacturing defect, the company may want to settle your claim rather than risk your ill will. We advise you to call the company and obtain an email address or phone number for the company's CEO or president. Although the company's top executive is unlikely to handle your complaint personally, his or her staff is likely to get it to someone in the company who can help you—and is more likely to respond to a request that comes from the top.
Another option is to post your complaint—and your desired resolution—on Facebook or Twitter and tag the company. This forces the company to decide whether it wants to gain good or bad publicity from your dispute. While it's not too risky to ignore one customer's complaint, many companies don't ignore complaints that have been broadcast to hundreds of other potential customers. Many companies, particularly national ones, have staff who monitor social media websites to resolve complaints quickly and show that the company is responsive to its customers.
Still no favorable resolution? Fortunately, there are third-party programs that can help.
If you paid using a credit card, the federal Fair Credit Billing Act and the policies of credit card issuers provide enormous leverage by allowing you to withhold payment for goods and services you believe are defective or not delivered as promised. After you've tried unsuccessfully to resolve the matter with the service provider, contact your credit card bank to dispute the charge (you usually can do this even if you've already paid the bill). Once you've requested this "chargeback," your credit card bank will place a hold on the disputed charge and investigate. The service provider can protest the chargeback, but sellers rarely successfully reverse chargebacks if the customer has returned (or tried to return) the goods or can document the service defect.
Another option is to file a complaint with a government consumer agency. The consumer protection offices in each jurisdiction have legal authority over many types of businesses. In the District, contact the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (202-442-4400); in Anne Arundel and Prince George's counties, contact the Consumer Protection Division of the Office of the Maryland Attorney General (410-528-8662); in Howard County, contact its Office of Consumer Affairs (410-313-6420); in Montgomery County, contact its Office of Consumer Protection (240-777-3636); in Alexandria and Arlington, Loudoun, and Prince William counties, contact the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (804-786-1343); and in Fairfax County, contact its Consumer Protection Division (703-222-8435).
You can complain to one of these offices even if you're not sure it has jurisdiction over your complaint: It will refer matters it can't handle to another state agency or a federal agency. The matter might be resolved via phone or email, but these offices may also perform inspections, gather evidence from third parties, do legal or technical research, or mediate the dispute. Staff might do more than resolve your complaint; they might get the merchant to agree to change business practices and/or provide relief to additional aggrieved consumers, or they might force the business to pay penalties.
In addition to government consumer agencies, private agencies such as the Better Business Bureau can help you. But government agencies have the force of law behind them. The government can conduct formal investigations and use law enforcement tools such as subpoena power to obtain the facts that will help them negotiate a settlement on your behalf. Government consumer offices can pursue legal action if evidence shows the merchant has violated the law. And the staffs of government agencies are more likely to negotiate on your behalf than are mediators with private and voluntary programs. Private-sector mediators acting as neutral parties often help you and the business come to a resolution. While mediation might work when dealing with responsible merchants, it may be of little value with businesses that have no incentive or desire to work out a settlement.
If you still can't resolve your complaint, you may be able to bring an action in small claims court. Most courts have legal advisers to help you prepare your case.


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Parish administrators have recently voted for the demolition of 2 Trois-Rivières, QC Roman Catholic churches pending the approval of the local Archbishop.
St-Philippe parish was founded in 1909 & St-François-d'Assise parish in 1927 since there is no longer sufficient attendance to warrant their upkeep. It is possible that the land on which they stand will be sold & the churches will be replaced by apartment buildings or condominiums.
If you have ancestors from these parishes & you want to visit them, you should plan the trip for no later than mid 2011... It's always nice to be able to sit in the church pews where your distant relatives sat, where part of your history was lived...
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With that being said, there's a factor called "finger memory" that requires repetition to get used to changing chords and notes comfortably... with this training you'll be learning the most important things to commit to that "finger memory" instead of the silly stuff lots of piano teachers make you learn that can't be applied to anything else.
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88 responses to "Piano Genius"
A few months ago, I knew nothing about playing the piano.
Then I read this: learn piano for beginners and now I play many popular songs perfectly by ear even though I had never learned an instrument before.
It's easier than you think to master the piano if you know these shortcuts.
wanna see part 3
Dear Teacher of all times,
I am totally moved by your ingenuity, sincerity at sharing and love for what helps humanity and the world a better place. It takes a good heart to share an idea capable of improving lives. Since you have decided to be selfless, I have asked God almighty to increase your generational fortunes for ever and ever…….Rev. Black Diamond
I watched the two videos and there was mention of a PDF file. I don't have a piano yet but was wondering if I can download the PDF for the future. I would like to have a little background even before I have a piano. I am a drummer who wants to learn some piano.
Hi Tim,
You are amazing. I wish to have your all piano lessons. Is there any Cd I can buy?
wow! sir your beautifully laid-out tutorial was just extra ordinary, so simple and has made me have a skill i failed to have over a month just within 30min. Thanks alot.
however, please i would like to understand more about the Major scale and the system you talked about i.e, 3keys between the 1st and 3rd finger and 2keys between the 3rd and 5th finger if you are playing a MAJOR. I tried it and it worked but why i tried playing C D E F G A B C, i found out that only 2keys a found in-between the 1st and 3rd fingers if im sounding the D cord. why is it so sir?
I am very interested in joining your site but am concerned about security. My iPad tells me that it is not a secure site.
I'm a beginner and very interesting knowing how to place fingers on the keys.
Can you suggest a digital keyboard to purchase so I can get started . Digital. ? 88 key?
Sir you really are a genius.I thought it would be a great deal to learn piano,but soon after watching your methods I realized how easy and convincing it is.
i'm 84 and not only music illiterate but also computer illiterate. do I get books or dvds; so I can learn slowly? also, how about costs?
Hi Tim!
I keep playing guitar but piano was never made as simple and easy as you did in instant piano genius video's.
I had watched piano video's earlier too but nothing like these.
You explain it in such a simple and easy way to remember.
I could never understand Maj and Minor chords and progressions too.
I always used to biheart them ( mug it up)
But your video's have changed it all.
Speaking of genius.You are easily one in my opinion.Your way of teaching to play the piano is so comprehensive and effective. I've learnt a lot from you in just minutes. Your videos are labelled as the best "in my book" i`ve ever come across in terms of tuition.
THANKS!!! ..and continue the good work.
You are an awesome Piano instructorTim!You have the best patient and u love your job.
I appreciate you a whole lot.May the lord shower you with continuous blessings!!Merry Christmas!
Thank, you know, I want to learn piano fast and it will be a big help for me, thank you for sharing..!
I have tried several other YouTube videos because I want to learn online piano lessons, but they take off too fast or are not as learner friendly. Your videos are far better 🙂
Played guitar for years, now want to learn Piano
I insist you to learn faster, he is best teacher ,and he is brilliant than other traditional teachers
I salute your excellence in teaching piano. I used to combed through a lot of DVD products and on the internet in an attempt to learn piano in an easy way but to no avail. Thank God I accidentally found your free videos on the intertet. Gone were those days when I used to learn piano as if I'm learning rocket science, now it just easy and fun learning to play piano with your program. Because of the quality of your teaching I quickly enrolled as a member of pianogenius but I had to cancel my membership for reasons beyond my control. But I can't wait 2 get back on your program again. Right here in Africa your training is working for me.
Tim to me you are the boss of them all!
Really glad to get your free video tips. Its really incredible.
Your piano tips have really made me very interested learn piano though i hv not learned it since my childhood. Thank you very much.
I've just come upon your videos today for the first time and very intrigued by your teaching method. Maybe even hopeful you may be able to help me? I'm classically trained since young via forced curriculum but EXTREMELY frustrated over never being able to play music I hear…only what I can read. I feel I prisoner and have lost my joy for playing though I love piano. I will never forget the joy of my experiences in New York Carnage Hall in my youth but now age 57 I long to play for shear enjoyment at my own will what ever song comes to my mind.
I've tried many play by ear methods only to find myself longing for sheet music as is faster and easier. End result is closing my piano and walking away saddened at not accomplishing my goal to play by ear. My question to you is for advice to help deal with feeling boxed in surrounded by notes and traditional methods as if trapped by many years and family generations of traditional forced curriculum training.
Thank You for offering a simpler alternative method bringing joy to the hearts and in the lives of many who wish to make a joyful noise creating beautiful music for shear pleasure. TY
You're method of teaching is incredible. Are these extra videos free also. Ty
Awesome concept and video lessons to help anyone play the piano with more confidence and knowledge about key changes! Keep the videos coming Piano Genius! 👍🏾
I'm 52 years old. I love piano. But due to my hectic life I dont have the chance to take up piano lesson. Do you think I can catch at my age? Thx
Thank you very much for sorting this out for me.
Knowing a bit of drums, i started tottaly "playing" some keyboards.Tim's videos are great, easy to watch and full of tips.From my few emails with the suppoort of Pianogenius, i only have to say, that they are great,very supportive and generous sharing knowledge, videos and help.! Pianogenius is a surprise..!!
True Genius
I allways wanted to learn the piano maybe now is the time with YOR system ThNK YOU
Tim u r the best piano teacher ever. Love yr life Mr Tim
thank you very much your videos helped alot for me, though i still need more practise
I watched the videos They were great. Do you have any more?
This makes music really easy.
I'm delighted with these lessons
Great tips and really help me a lot to see your techniques. Thank you for sharing !
A quick question: is your system also applicable to newbies (just start to learn to play)?
Thank you very much…it's very helpful and now I can play piano
Thanks a lot for sharing your blessings sir as one of the most professional keyboard player.. your video thought me a lot and I really appreciate sir… Now I learn a lot and I will watch it over and over to be a prof. keyboard player too..God Bless and More videos to come…Merry christmas…
…I'll just simply say thank you.
Thank a lot. your presentations are so easier to understand and perform. It will be better if you upload more videos on youtube.
I'm just beginning my piano lessons and I must say that I feel blessed having the opportunity to access the invaluable insights that you share on this platform. I really I'm grateful and would like to say keep these amazing lessons coming with this touch of uncommon simplicity. Thanks.
Hi TIM,
i recently came across the major scale formula which is WWHWWWH . please will this also be true for a minor scale (WWHWHWW) formula , if not is there a formula for that too and what will it be .
Thank you for sharing your expertise. I thought I have lost my biggest desire to learn to play piano but not when I've seen your videos. Definitely a big help…almost crystal clear learning the basics.. Big thanks from here..
Wow! I feel more confident now. Thanks so much!
no doubt the 1st two helped me a lot..
i'm not amusic player, even i only man with a bored life, but i keep look for something that can make me a very little happy by listening music sounds…so i decide to eksplore what the music is.. with little hope i can play a music instrument…instrument that stranger for me..And I GET it ….! what such easiest way to fill my sadness with these lessonss.. THANK YOU
Thanks for the fantastic videos.. Really helped! Would like to learn melodies with accompanying chords and if there's a lesson on that? Not much of a singer hence melodies would help complete a song. Thanks again!
This is Fantastic !! Like a Miracle !! Thank You Very Much for Sharing !!!! Is actually very easy !!! 2 THUMBS UP !!! yay !!!
It's a very good for beginner.I like very much
Nice materials, i've really learnt a lot in less than no time
#thanx thanx a lot this lessons are really helping me grow my piano skills
Is there any way I can get a hard copy of you lessons ?
I'm 66yrs young, and I took lessons when I was in my teens. But,
I stopped. Now with you method I've returned, and at last feel I
get what I want out of this, just simply play music and have fun
doing it.
to quote Tim "stop learning specific things, and start learning everything." So cool!!! We are learning together. Let's have fun.
I really wanted to learn how to play piano and this helped me alot. Thankul that there are still people who share their knowledge and talent and not asking much in return. 🙂 Godspeed!
nice and way more cheap than train to other teacher wich it will make you pay more than 400 $ a year if you're on indonesia
its very interesting and easy to learn piano. thanks for your contribution.
Just inherited my great great great grandfather's ship organ. And feel totally comfortable with every chord…wonderful
As a guitar player (beginner) I learned some theory so I recognize how Maj7 chords are built using the 1,3,5,7, Min7: 1, b3,5,b7, etc. Your lessons make perfect sense in translating that same theory the way I learned it for guitar into keyboard. You explained it exactly how I needed to hear it in order for it to make sense. People should realize that the numbering system you use is "for real" in the sense that musicians will commonly refer to the "5" or the "1" as a reference to the 5th, or 1st (respectively) note/chord/diad, etc. in the Major scale. Good Stuff!
It Really Works… Thanks Piano Genius…
You re really a genius. True to words, i have learnt so much more in a few days just watching your videos than i have done over a few months of learning the piano. Its unbelieveable that all these videos are free! Thank you so much. May God bless you real good.
It has helpd me wthin 30min ,bt i wil prcts mre,God sent you for me ,thnk u
Educating, informing and somehow, entertaining. Your tutorial wiped out all apprehension and fear in figuring out the number system. Thanx a million, and keep up the good work.
Don't know if you believe in God or not but you and your simplicity are an answer to prayer. Thank you so much! I am a math/science teacher with two musically gifted kids and a husband who plays acoustic guitar. For years all I could do was stare and smile while everyone else sang their hearts out. I have learned 3 worship songs in 1 week and will be practicing them for our "open mic" night at church! Whoohoo! May you be blessed 100 fold the way you have blessed!
Amen! @Kat .. This program is truly a God sent. May God bless you guys
thnx a lot. it really helped me. 🙂
Very encouraging; makes sense, especially for those who just want to sit down and play for relaxation and entertainment.
Thanks, that definitely helped me. The song chords of 1 -4 – 5 and how much it's used was especially interesting.
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I imagine that most people have positive associations with the word "nutrient," and in my years as a physician, I did, too. After all, nutrients, like protein and vitamin A, are the cornerstone of human nutrition. But when we talk about the Chesapeake Bay, or any body of water, the word takes on another meaning entirely.
In the bay, nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus are major culprits in the pollution that creates dead zones, algal blooms, and higher levels of bacteria that are harmful to people. And lately there's been quite a bit of attention paid to an Environmental Protection Agency proposal that Maryland adopt a "nutrient trading" program as a solution to nutrient pollution in the bay.
Under this program, entities that release nutrients to the bay would be able to generate "credits" by reducing their discharges below what the law requires. They could sell these credits to other sources that would purchase them in place of reducing their own releases.
In a perfect world, nutrient trading would reduce pollution while providing flexibility to governments and businesses. Unfortunately, our world is far from perfect, and nutrient trading is riddled with problems.
My first objection to this kind of program is semantics. Let's call it what it is: pollution trading. Excess nutrient pollutants in the bay lead to public health problems, just as other pollutants do. Human exposure to nitrites from excess nitrogen in drinking water can lead to "blue baby syndrome," which can cause illness and death in babies and has been related to spontaneous abortions and increased cancer risk.
Elevated nutrient levels can also lead to the proliferation of harmful algae and pathogenic microorganisms like Vibrio bacteria, cryptosporidium and giardia. Infection by these microbes can lead to gastrointestinal illness and severe diarrhea.
Who's discharging these pollutants into the water? Some are energy companies, some are factories and some are wastewater treatment plants. In Maryland, however, agriculture accounts for 37 percent of the nitrogen and 48 percent of the phosphorus released into the bay.
Most nutrient output from agriculture comes from animal waste. In 2011, Maryland produced more than 311 million chickens — and that means lots of chicken manure and lots of nutrients.
The vast majority of Maryland chickens are produced at mammoth "concentrated animal feeding operations" (CAFOs) on the Delmarva Peninsula. Exactly how CAFOs might participate in nutrient trading remains rather murky; the rules have not been written yet. Different scenarios are possible, and each is troubling.
Under the Clean Water Act, CAFOs may not release nutrients or other pollutants into the bay or its tributaries. If CAFOs comply with the law, as they always claim they do, CAFOs should not be able to generate credits. After all, they cannot reduce their pollution to less than nothing.
If they are not in compliance, as numerous studies suggest, then they should not be paid for violating the law. The better approach is more active enforcement by the EPA and state government, which should tell industries to straighten up and fly right. The Clean Water Act is an example of a tried-and-true regulatory strategy. Old-fashioned? Perhaps. Proven effective when enforced? Definitely.
Perhaps CAFOs will not be allowed to participate in nutrient trading. That would make the most sense. On the other hand, it would mean that the centerpiece of bay restoration efforts (nutrient trading) does nothing to address a primary source of the bay's problems.
Regardless of CAFOs' involvement, allowing industries to buy credits rather than reduce releases could result in local "hotspots" of pollution in areas dominated by these industries. Most likely, these hotspots would appear in low-income communities, where residents don't have the means to move or to fight the stockpiling of pollution in their backyards.
Nutrients and other agricultural pollutants pose a serious public health problem. A nutrient trading (or pollution trading) scheme is not an effective response. Policymakers should instead focus their energy on better enforcement of existing regulations that address the discharge of waste into our bay.
Dr. Robert S. Lawrence (email@example.com) is the director of the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.


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Balmy Weather Brought out the Bugs, but Was the Frost That Followed a Factor?
While many enjoyed a mild winter and an early spring with record-breaking temperatures, the warm weather also prompted many bugs to show up earlier than usual. The question is, will bug populations be larger this summer?
"It depends," says Canisius College Biology Professor Katie Costanzo, PhD. Costanzo's research focuses on the evolutionary ecology of mosquitoes. "Some mosquitoes are dormant during the adult stage, while others are dormant during the egg stage," says Costanzo. "Our mild winter likely killed off less dormant adults and eggs, and the warm weather also facilitated an earlier end to the dormant stages. So, the warm weather caused the first batch of mosquito eggs to hatch early this year, and sped up development."
Costanzo adds that in parts of the country where the warm weather continues, we can expect to see more generations of mosquitoes and possibly larger populations as the summer progresses. However, she says, there are other factors that affect the populations, as mosquitoes lay their eggs in or around standing water. "So, if we have a dryer than normal summer, they won't remain at a high level."
Flies are a different story. "Fly populations will depend upon the species," she says. "Some flies, like the house fly, don't have an aquatic stage and so they aren't dependent upon rainfall. The warm weather induced an earlier emergence and faster development, which may lead to a much higher population of house flies this summer."
Costanzo also notes that many other insects and arachnids came out much earlier than average years, including ants, termites, ticks, and wasps.
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Every year at Reunion, a program of special events, workshops, and seminars spark the conversations and connections that make this Spring weekend so rewarding. This year's program addressed contemporary issues on both national and more personal levels, and included a panel discussion about "The Great Recession," along with workshops about managing finances, entrepreneurship, and finding a job. A frank Q&A session with Chair of the Board of Trustees and Pulitzer Prizewinning author Anna Quindlen filled the Held Lecture Hall; and a panel about the challenges and opportunities for women in science also drew a crowd. For those who couldn't make it to Reunion this year, here are highlights of these events.
Living Out Loud: A Coffee Break with Anna Quindlen '74
When Board Chair Anna Quindlen speaks, everyone listens. Few audiences were more rapt than the one that crowded into Barnard Hall's Julius Held auditorium to hear the prize-winning journalist and best-selling author share her insights, wit, and passion on everything from the current state of feminism to the future of Barnard.
There was good news about the College. "In every way that counts Barnard is on firmer footing today than ever in its history," said Quindlen, who added that "the students who are here, they love this place so much."
She offered a more cautious note about the state of contemporary feminism. "I came to feminism the way a lot people come to social movements when they are young—purely out of self interest," said Quindlen. The struggle has changed since her early career, she noted, moving "from courtrooms, corporations, and newsrooms to living rooms and bedrooms, to private venues where it all began." The absence of overt discrimination—or questions about a young woman's typing skills—masks the work that remains to be done.
"Young women today graduating from Barnard encounter subtle sexism of 'far enough,' not 'no way,'" she said. "We women have been reinventing ourselves all our lives. We need to reinvent America. We need women leaders not because it's good for women but because it's good for everyone."
Starting Your Own Business: Entrepreneurial Solutions
Given the current state of the corporate economy, it's not surprising that being one's own boss exerts a powerful appeal. "Entrepreneurship is a good story for women," said Dr. Karen Vexler Hartman '69, who, with her colleague Prof. Cynthia Thompson of Baruch College, led the workshop.
As Hartman, founder and president of LearnTech Associates, a management consulting firm, noted, "It's a huge part of the economy. Small businesses are one of the ways to create jobs. Lots of women are preferring to run their own businesses." Women own more than 41 percent of all privately held firms. And contrary to popular misconception, more than two-thirds of new businesses are still operating after two years.
For some, it's a chance to pursue a more congenial lifestyle, or embrace more creative and fulfilling pursuits than are possible working for a corporation or someone else. For others, starting their own business affords an opportunity to develop a product or idea that serves an untapped market niche.
Hartman explained that entrepreneurs aren't born, but are made—largely by their choice to become entrepreneurs. For most, the quest for autonomy and achievement are major motivations. "You have to be willing to have lots of ideas and be willing to experiment and beunfettered. You have to be driven," saidHartman. "You have to want to do this."
Women & Science Education
Barnard has a long history of contributing women physicians and scientists to the professions. Some distinguished alumnae shared their experiences and suggestions to encourage more women to enter the field at this panel. Hirschorn Professor and chair of environmental science Stephanie Pfirman, the moderator, noted, "President Obama talked about restoring science to its rightful place, and increasing the diversity and capability of science professionals. There are huge global challenges…. Women are still underrepresented, [and] there's attrition after they obtain their PhDs."
"It's easier for people to see women as scientists now and that they should be paid as well as anyone." For Helen Bernstein Berman '64, a Board of Governors professor of chemistry at Rutgers, having a mentor who was "encouraging of my continuing a career" was critical. "Women are learning to express their needs better. In my early life, this wasn't possible," said Marian Bennett Meyers '59, assistant professor of cardiology at the NYU Langone Medical Center.
Practical changes can improve prospects as well. "We have a task force on recruitment, retention, prevention of attrition, promotion, and awards," said Ellen R. Gritz '64, professor and chair of behavioral science and Olla S. Stribling Distinguished Chair for Cancer Research at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. "We have women on every single search committee. This encourages women to apply for positions."
"Making the field more enticing from the beginning also matters," observed Maria S. Rivera Maulucci '88, assistant professor of education. "It's not that we want everyone to become a scientist. We want every one to appreciate it. That needs to be part of the mission."
The Great Recession
The road to economic recovery may still be a long one, and the economic landscape that emerges may look quite different from what's gone before, but there's no need to push the panic button. That was the message from a panel discussion of the current recession led by President Debora L. Spar, joined by Professor of Economics Perry Mehrling, and Assistant Professor of Political Science Kimberley Johnson. "This 'Great Recession' has affected all parts of society. This is a great learning opportunity to understand how the economy works, or doesn't," said Spar, who will teach a course on the Great Depression this fall.
She suggested that a positive result of the economic turmoil may be that Wall Street isn't the career destination of choice for smart college graduates. Also, new graduates are reconsidering what it means to "live a happy and prosperous and successful life." "We're rethinking the role of government regulation, the scope of government, the scope of corporate, and what [makes] an attractive set of career and life goals," said Barnard's president.
The political landscape has shifted along with the economic one. For Professor Johnson the compelling question is whether President Obama's election signals a fundamental, generational realignment of the sort that took place when Franklin D. Roosevelt or Ronald Reagan took office. "In the 18 to 21-yearold group, more identify as Democrats," said Professor Johnson. "One consequence in the long term may be a strong Democratic party."
Professor Mehrling, who is advising the government on the TARP, says there is no easy fix. "In the brave new world of modern finance, we replaced our comfortable, safe banking system with capital-market credit. The idea was to separate the funding of credit from the risk of the credit. We haven't put Humpty Dumpty back together, and it won't look like it did before. We are in the early days of putting the system back together."
Financial Planning & Retirement
Begin saving early, be conscious of compound interest's power, and construct a portfolio that balances risk against potential reward. "Financial planning is all about getting stuff …out of your head, and...into a plan, so that you can use your brain for its highest and best use, which is to make the important decisions," explained instructor Vanessa Wilson to about 25 alumnae gathered in Milbank Hall at one of two financial workshops, which were samplers of the full courses offered by Barnard's Financial Fluency program. A good plan could serve as a bulwark against anxiety. In the long run, it could be the difference, between destitution and comfort.
Wilson brought charts and graphs illustrating the benefits that consistent saving begun in one's 20s will confer. Her examples established beyond all doubt: there is nothing abstruse or frightening about personal finance. It is all, as she put it, "addition, subtraction, and multiplication." For instance, forgo a daily latte at $4.85 for a $2 drip coffee and put the difference into a jar, saving $960 in a year, and accumulate $12,000 in 10 years at five percent interest.
An alumna raised a challenge. "I think the assumption of a five-percent return is ridiculous today," she said. Wilson acknowledged that something dire had just happened to the economy and everyone reaching retirement age, but she also reassured the class that historical trends proved that over decades, the market tends to grow.
In her retirement workshop, financial advisor and founder of LRN Associates Lynn Silverstein Najman '72 urged alumnae to diversify their holdings. Her rule of thumb was that no one's portfolio should consist of more than five percent of a single stock. "If you are holding mutual funds, do the work to find out what their top 10 holdings are," she pleaded, noting that, "In December, I can't tell you how many different mutual funds were all holding Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Bear Stearns, and AIG." She also acknowledged that "all the craziness that's been going on," did in fact call into question some of the conventional wisdom, but concluded that the age-old advice—over a longtime horizon, you can hold a higher proportion of stocks—remained sound. Higher-risk, higher-yield investments, such as equities, Najman told the audience, were important to hold in order to make sure that one's portfolio grew at a rate faster than inflation.
Vickie Morgan '69 attended both sessions and came away with the determination to ask more questions about her portfolio and take a more active hand in its management. "My level of knowledge is very low—that's why I came here," she said. "I do have a better understanding of the problems, and I know what questions to ask. The tendency is often to put one's head in the sand and assume—it's there, somebody's managing it, and I don't want to look at it. I see now how important it is to be engaged with your financial future."
-by Merri Rosenberg '78 and Wesley Yang, illustrations by Jennifer Daniel
For a list of future Financial Fluency programs, visit alum.barnard.edu/financialfluency.


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Big Leaf Maple - March BJP
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
For my March project I chose Big Leaf Maple (Acer macrophylum) which begins to leaf out at the beginning of the month. I'm always a bit anxious around Spring because this is when it starts to get unpleasantly warm (for me that's over 70F!) and I know that soon it will be Summer and the rain will stop. But Spring is really a special time of year in this area - the Winter-dormant plants are all starting to leaf out and grow, the Summer-dormant plants are still actively growing, and the wildflowers begin their incredible flower display. It's one big swirling explosion of green and flowers!
So I went out to a local hillside where I found my maple leaf beginning to unfurl. It was a translucent green tinged with a coppery color - I used these colors in my outline. The circle in the middle that is half yellow and half white is representational of the Vernal Equinox - half of the Moon and half of the Sun for the balancing of day and night. To create this I strung the beads and sewed them down into a spiral shape.
While walking on the trail looking for my maple leaves I came across trillium (Trillium chloropetalum) and gooseberry (Ribes menziesii) blooming in the woods! The trillium is an incredible woodland bloomer on a stalk about 18" high with three huge leaves topped with three sepals and three petals. I stitched these on the left of the leaf. I just included the sepals and the petals, which can be white, maroon, or rose-pink. These are depicted as you would see them looking straight down at the flower. The gooseberry is a thorny shrub and the flowers hang down from the branches like little fuchsias. The gooseberry flower is on the right-hand side - the flowers are smaller than the size I stitched them. I used different bead shapes and thread for this one and I think it looks pretty realistic. I was actually a bit surprised by how realistic it turned out! So there's my project - inspired by a Springtime woodland!
Note: This entry says posted by robin michelle but it's Jill's March project. I just posted for her because she was having computer problems.
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February BJP Finished!
Thursday, March 18, 2010
I finally finished February! It took awhile and I'm not entirely sure what it means but here it is. Since each month is supposed to be a journal of what's going on in my life that month I was waiting until about half-way through the month to start. I put the rose cameo on Feb 13th and then worked a little around it on the 14th. On the 15th a close friend of mine died. I stopped working on it after that and didn't start again until the 1st week of March. There are a lot of tears on this because I thought about him every time I picked it up to work on. My original thought when I had started February was a kind of nebulous idea of something along the lines of "looking for love in all the wrong places" as a satiric homage to Valentine's Day and some not so great choices I had made. Once I started working on this again and thought about it, I realized in a way it still fit. My friend Paul was one of the right places I looked for love. He was one of my closest friends and always there to listen to me gripe & complain. He loved my bead stuff too. I have some pretty heart beads he had sent me after he moved and I wanted to include one on this but when I finished it just didn't seem to fit so I'll save it for another project. I halfway wanted to do this all in dark beads to reflect how I felt but I could imagine him coming back to haunt me for being morbid and weepy! He was a happy person and laughed a lot and that's how I want to remember him and I do when I look at this. I mostly did wavy lines - through no plan, it just came out that way. Maybe because I've felt not so stable this past month. But it's done and I'm fairly pleased with it!
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Galileo, portrait of three astronomers, frontispiece from Systema Cosmicum, Augustae Treboc. [Strasbourg], 1635
In the first Latin edition of the Dialogo, the portrait has been reengraved and significantly altered from the Italian original. Two columns have been added, and above them the curtain with the dedication to Galileo's patron, the Grand Duke of Tuscany, is held not by Italian putti but by little angels, who also support the Medici crest. The astronomers' poses are similar to the original, but Copernicus looks out toward the reader and holds his model of the heliocentric system in a more prominent position. The names of the astronomers are engraved in the ground rather than on their garments. The arrow points more clearly to Copernicus. The small stones on the ground, much more than in the Italian version, appear to represent the the configuration of sun and planets.
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Portrait of Galileo from Systema Cosmicum, Augustae Treboc. [Strasbourg], 1635
Like the engraving of the three astronomers, the portrait of Galileo has been altered in the Latin edition of his Dialogo. He faces in the opposite direction and his titles are given in Latin. Additionally, some of the ornamental detail in the portrait has been altered to make the overall effect more sober. The engraving is signed Jac. al Heyden.
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Galileo, title page from Systema Cosmicum, Augustae Treboc. [Strasbourg], 1635
The first Latin edition of Galileo's Dialogo (Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems), prepared by the famous Dutch printer Elsevier but printed in Strasbourg. Not mentioned on the title page is the translater, Matthias Bernegger, who appended to the text an extract from Kepler's Astronomia Nova (published 1609) and a letter by Paolo Antonio Foscarini. The additions presented arguments to demonstrate that the Copernican system did not conflict with the Bible. The Decree of Condemnation under which Galileo stood in Italy had not been published in France, so his work could be printed there. This Latin edition was later brought out in Leiden and London.
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Creating Centers of Lifelong Learning
Oct 22, 2012, 12:16 PM, Posted by Sanjeev Arora
This blog entry was originally posted to the Association of American Medical College's AAMC Reporter blog.
Academic medical centers are, by definition, hubs for education, research, and patient care. They are essential to creating a health care system in which new knowledge is translated into practice for real-time treatment and quality improvement.
Academic medical centers should be centers of lifelong medical learning and knowledge sharing, where medical professionals expand their expertise and competencies throughout their careers and where best practices are disseminated to the field. They can serve as forums for ongoing mentoring and case-based training. They can host expanded practice communities, where professionals from multiple disciplines, specialties, and even locales work together to provide better care to more people.
Given the challenges confronting our health care system— lack of access to care, uneven quality, escalating costs, rising rates of chronic disease, and severe workforce shortages—we must make more expeditious, effective use of the most up-to-date medical knowledge.
It is important to recognize that lack of knowledge is not what hinders us. More medical knowledge has been created in the past 100 years than in the previous 5,000. Over the next 50 years, there will be even more.
Our problem is a serious expertise shortage. Too many clinicians—especially those who care for underserved populations, often isolated from academic medical centers—lack access to updated knowledge and best practices. We do not have continuous learning systems in place to help them keep up with new knowledge. As a result, evidence-based information often does not reach everyday medical practice, and too many doctors, nurses, and other clinicians work without the full benefit of the science that should be available to them.
This is a terrible waste, one I experienced firsthand as a liver disease specialist in New Mexico. Our Albuquerque clinic was the only one statewide with the expertise to treat hepatitis C patients. An estimated 28,000 state residents had the disease, but only some 1,600 had received treatment.
I was deeply frustrated. We knew how to treat hepatitis C. But in New Mexico, that knowledge existed only in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, which meant thousands suffered unnecessarily and even risked death from escalating illness.
This example is far from isolated. Take arthritis, another significant issue in New Mexico. For many primary care clinicians, it is difficult to differentiate the more benign forms of arthritis from rheumatoid arthritis. In New Mexico, primary care clinicians were referring more patients than necessary to specialists. Patients with serious disease faced long delays for specialist appointments, resulting in unnecessarily prolonged suffering and greater expenses.
Arthur Bankhurst, M.D., a rheumatologist in Albuquerque, told me he, too, worried about keeping pace with the need for specialized treatment. Where would we find the additional capacity?
The answer: By sharing our knowledge with our colleagues in the field, as those of us involved in a new model of medical education and care delivery called Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) discovered. We must acknowledge that we cannot train enough specialists quickly enough to meet demand. We need to expand existing capacity by ensuring that all providers are practicing at the top of their competence and reinforcing team-based care as efficiently as possible. We need a system of lifelong learning, knowledge sharing, and mentoring for all clinicians.
Project ECHO is a simple approach that organizes education, training, practice, and research through weekly virtual clinics, or grand rounds. It uses case-based learning, already familiar to clinicians, to extend the learning continuum beyond medical school and residency through the professional life span. The sessions share the specialized knowledge and best practices that exist primarily in academic medical centers with community-based primary care clinicians. We encourage providers to develop an area of expertise to offer specialized services in their own communities.
Although we do not see patients during ECHO clinics, together, university-based specialists and primary care clinicians in the field actually manage patients with highly complex chronic diseases.
The ECHO model offers academic medical centers an enormous opportunity to extend their knowledge and expertise. They no longer reach only a tiny proportion of patients who need help. By leveraging technology to educate and mentor clinicians in the field, they make high-quality treatment available to an exponentially larger number of patients. Clinicians are empowered to do more of what they want to do—provide better care to more people.
Today, Dr. Bankhurst's expertise benefits many more patients. By working with primary care clinicians like Naomi Clancy, M.D., in the tiny town of Bayard, N.M., Dr. Bankhurst leads a team that treats patients with rheumatoid arthritis more effectively in their own communities. In contrast, patients with more serious disease like lupus gain more immediate access to specialists.
"Through the ECHO program, I can finally access these people," Dr. Bankhurst said to me. This is the force multiplier effect.
I, too, reap tremendous satisfaction knowing that far more New Mexicans with hepatitis C are getting treatment now than just a few years ago. Today, at 21 centers of excellence across the state, more than 30 primary care clinicians provide treatment to thousands of hepatitis C patients.
And the knowledge pipeline flows both ways. Specialists gain important knowledge by receiving real-time feedback from care teams that are discovering new best practices in community settings. During the H1N1 flu outbreak of 2009, new best practices emerged for treating children with H1N1 and pneumonia. In New Mexico, we immediately convened two series of clinics to train health care clinicians across the state.
By committing to an expanded mission of lifelong learning through models such as Project ECHO, academic medical centers can create knowledge-sharing networks that bring specialists, primary care physicians, nurses, medical students, residents, and others together to practice regionally, nationally, and even globally. Imagine the power, both within and across these networks, and the tremendous good they could achieve.
This commentary originally appeared on the RWJF Pioneering Ideas blog.


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To 1960
Chen Rentao (1906-1968), Hong Kong, and Frank Caro, C. T. Loo & Co., New York, to 1960 [1]
From 1960 to 1979
Department of Treasury, U. S. Customs Service [2]
From 1979
Freer Gallery of Art, from October 23, 1979 [3]
[1] This object is one of a group of 88 objects (F80.104-F80.180, FSC-S-22-25 and FSC-O-11a-h) seized in 1960 by the U.S. Customs Service, Department of the Treasury, from the dealer and collector Chen Rentao, Hong Kong and Frank Caro of C. T. Loo & Co., New York. The objects were deemed to have been introduced into the commerce of the United States in violation of 19 U.S.C. 1592 (Trade with Communist China).
[2] See note 1. The object's ownership title is based on the settlement agreement, dated November 1971, between the United States, Chen Tung Siang Wen, the executrix for Chen Rentao Estate, and Frank Caro, copy in object file. See U.S. Customs Service Memorandum, April 23, 1979 and a letter from Thadeus Rojek, Chief Counsel, Department of the Treasury, U.S. Custom Service, to Marie C. Malaro, Assistant General Counsel, Smithsonian Institution, dated November 29, 1979, copy in object file. The objects remained in the custody of the U.S. Customs Service office in New York until 1979.
[3] The object was transferred to the Freer Gallery of Art on October 23, 1979.
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Frank Caro 1904-1980
Chen Rentao 1906-1968
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Liu Yu was a native of Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. After studying for some years to pass the national examinations, he abandoned his goal of serving in government and put all his effort into painting. The landscape comes from an album of twelve leaves, seven of which were painted in monochrome ink and the remaining five in light color. Several of the leaves illustrate Liu's indebtedness to old masters of the Song and Yuan dynasties.
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