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©2007, 2009, Helen C. Barrett, Ph.D.
I. Introduction • Tools
II. Process Overview • Write script • Record Audio • Images • Video Editing • Fine Tuning • Publishing
III. Evaluating Digital Stories
Read the article, "Digital Stories in ePortfolios: Multiple Purposes and Tools." Visit Dr. Barrett's web page on Digital Storytelling and explore the resources listed there, either education, family stories, or examples from around the world. .
Tools to create digital stories
Look at the web page above, and select the column with your current operating system. You will see software that is recommended for each stage of the digital storytelling process. Select the computer platform you use, and select one program from each section, (the recommended item is listed first).
Tutorials for using different tools
- Center for Digital Storytelling Tutorial for iMovie5 (PDF) (Macintosh OS X)
- Online tutorial for MovieMaker2 (Windows XP)
- Online tutorial for PhotoStory (Windows XP)
University of Houston tutorial for PhotoStory
- Online tutorial for Audacity
University of South Florida's Tech-Ease Audacity Video Tutorials
Updated tutorials for Audacity (audio editing)
- Apple iLife online tutorials
- Nipissing University MovieMaker2 Tutorial
- Digital Storytelling: A Tutorial in 10 Easy Steps
Here is a quick hands-on Tutorial using a standard set of seven images and a single audio clip: (Download these files to use in the tutorial)[download Zip file]
- MovieMaker2 (PDF)
- iMovie (PDF)
Overview of the process - How to prepare for developing a digital story
Learners create a 1– 4 minute digital video clip, told in first person narrative [begins with a written script ~ 400 words], told in their own voice [record script], llustrated (mostly) by still images, and with a music track to add emotional tone. I have created several resources to help you here. Since I facilitate hands-on workshops, I created a short digital video for participants in that workshop, so that participants know how to prepare: Individual preparation for a digital storytelling workshop
Here is an overview of the process of creating a digital story.
- Script development: write the story, often with a group called a story circle to provide feedback and story development ideas
- Record the author reading the story (audio recording and editing)
- Capture and process the images to further illustrate the story (image scanning and editing)
- Combine audio and images (and any additional video) onto a timeline, add music track (video editing)
- Add Background Music, Titles, Transitions, and Effects (Optional... if there is time)
- Present or publish finished version of story
For further information, check out this website in the UK: http://www.digistories.co.uk/ and the Center for Digital Storytelling's Cookbook
NOTE: in the following sections, instructions are provided for iMovie or MovieMaker2. Consult the tutorial on PhotoStory if you are using that program, since it is not structured like a standard video editing program.
1. Write a script for your story and get feedback
Look at examples of specific stories on the WWW. Use the Script template in Word format that I have provided online, answering these questions: Who is your audience? What is your dramatic question? You may want to go over your script with a facilitator or another person before recording your voice-overs. In hands-on workshops, we spend some time sharing the stories in a group process called a "story circle."
Keep your story to less than 400 words, which works out to about a page of single-spaced text. One of the video clips that you watched talks the seven elements of digital storytelling. One of these, economy, emphasizes the simplicity of digital stories: where you have images you may not need narrative explanation. Think of your story as a multimedia sonnet, with characteristics of poetry. Use the script template to identify the images that you will want to match with your narration. Or consider using GoogleDocs or any wiki for collaborative or group story writing and editing.
2. Create a digital audio clip of your story
You will need to use a microphone to record your story. There are several types of microphones:
- Microphones built into laptop computers (only use if you have nothing else)
- USB microphones (I really like the Samson USB microphone - it gives studio quality sound)
- Standard computer microphone that plugs into a microphone port or sound card
- iPod with microphone (I recommend the Belkin microphone) - this is a quick and easy way to record audio, especially when computers are not available, such as on field trips
- Digital audio recorders, such as the Sony MP3 recorder or the Olympus brand with USB connections or the Edirol digital audio recorder that saves audio files on an SD Memory Card
For options 1-3 above, you will need to have a software package on your computer to record the audio. (Options 4-5 just require you to download the files that you have recorded with the device.) The open source software Audacity is a good software package to use. Here are tutorials for using this software (other language versions). Great new resource on Audacity: updated tutorials for Audacity (audio editing) If you are using PhotoStory, you can also record directly into that program (see the tutorial above).
When you are ready to record your script, find a quiet place to record. Surprisingly, a great place to record audio is in a walk-in closet with lots of clothes (deadens the sound). Record only short sections of your story at one time. You can pause recording in a single file, or record separate clips, which you should name as sequentially numbered files. You might use the script template to write down the names of the files, if they are not all in the same file. Put all of your recorded audio files in a folder.
3. Select and edit the images you will use in your story
You can find images in many places: taken with a digital camera, scanned with a scanner, or found on the Internet. Most cell phones have cameras that work very well for digital storytelling. You don't need really high quality images (under 2 megapixels works fine).When searching Google images, though, select only the Large images – scanning from a book use no higher than 200 DPI.
You should use a program to crop your images and fix the color and contrast. The preferred program is PhotoShop Elements. However, a simple program such as Graphic Convertor would also work. Place your final images into a folder. You could use the same folder as the audio clips, or set up another folder.
iMovie users: the easiest way to import images should begin with organizing them in iPhoto (rather than folders), where you can then see them in the Media tab. You can also use iPhoto to crop and edit your images, and select the specific files you want to create an Album for only that pictures that you have selected for your story. Use the album to organize the pictures in the order that you will want to use them in your story.
4. Combine the sound and the images together in a video editing program
If you are using a regular video editing program such as iMovie for Macintosh or MovieMaker2 for Windows, I recommend the following sequence of activities:
- Import your audio clips in order. Usually, you will need to place the cursor on the timeline where you want the audio to be placed.
- Import the still images and place them on the timeline on the video track. Match them up to the audio track, changing the duration (length) of the still image.
- iMovie users: as you import images, apply the "Ken Burns" effect (panning and zooming in still images) as you place the image on the timeline (preview first). MovieMaker users: once the image is imported onto the timeline, you can apply different effects.
- Transitions often change the timing of your images, so you might want to insert the transitions
- Create a Rough Edit (Place your narration, sound track, and images on the timeline in approximate locations.)
iMovie users: Wait to apply very much of the "Ken Burns effect to images until the next step. Show your movie to someone else and ask for feedback.
- Insert Background Music, Titles, Effects.
- Polish or Final Edit (Ask for final feedback)
- Export your movie to a playable format.
iMovie users:
Import your audio clips first, so that you know where to place the images.
If you don't use iPhoto, then you will need to import the images onto the Clips tab. Import one image at a time, checking the settings in the Ken Burns effect BEFORE importing.
To leave a copy in the Clips window, hold down the Option key when dragging the image down the timeline.
Once the project is complete, you should remove any images that still remain in the Clips window (to reduce the overall size of the project folder).
MovieMaker2 users:
Open Moviemaker2 and create a New Project [File Menu -> New Project] Give the project a name and save it in a "Movies" folder or on the Desktop.
From the Tools Menu select New Collection Folder and Rename it and Select that folder.
Select "Timeline" on the [View Menu (the top item toggles between Storyboard and Timeline views)]
Select File Menu -> Import into Collections (CTRL + I).all of your clips into the Project Window. Then drag your audio clips onto the timeline so that you know where to place the images.
Drag the images onto the video track in the order, adjusting the length of each image.
5. Add Background Music, Titles, Transitions, and Effects
Background Music: If you intend to publish this digital story on the Internet, you should not use commercial music from a CD or the WWW. Freeplaymusic.com is a good starting point. If you purchase any music from iTunes, it is protected to the computer where you downloaded it when you purchased it. You will need to burn any purchased song on a Music CD (with iTunes) and import the music directly from the CD.
Music often overwhelms voiceovers. Edit volume on the low end under your narration (> 10%) but you could increase the volume when no voice is present. (or add with Garage Band on the Macintosh). The following websites are good places to find royalty-free music to use in your project.
- Freeplay Music -a good collection of royalty-free music
- Soundzabound.com - Royalty Free Music For Schools - short clips free, reasonably-priced CDs available
- MagnaTune
- download.com
- Partners in Rhyme
- Free piano music by William Cushman at Ghost Notes Blog
iMovie users:
There is a second audio track for background music.
MovieMaker2 users:
There is no second audio track. To get around this limitation, you can use Audacity to create a multi-track audio clip with your narration and your music track. Export it as a single audio file that you can import into MovieMaker2.
Titles, Transitions, and Effects. Fine-tune as you have time (follow the order). Many transitions take time out of adjacent clips, so plan image durations to keep alignment with audio. Fade Out/Fade In (to/from black screen) or Wash In/Wash Out (from/to white screen) will NOT shorten your clips
6. Publishing your story
NOTE: the project file that you have been working with is your working file, but cannot be distributed. You will want to export your movie into a stand-alone file, which you can play with either QuickTime player (if you create a QuickTime movie) or Windows Media Player (WMV files). You can also insert a link to these movies in PowerPoint (be sure the movie files are saved in the same folder with the PowerPoint file). You may also create a DVD with your video.
iMovie users:
Publish: Share or Export two versions of your file (File Menu -> Export or Share Menu):
- QuickTime -> CD-ROM (and name it your "yourprojectname".mov) (which can be played from a CD)
- QuickTime -> WebStreaming (and name it "yourprojectnameweb".mov) (which can be posted online).
If you plan to create a DVD, then select iDVD.
MovieMaker2 users:
File Menu -> Save Movie File (becomes a WMV file format - pick different formats for different types of publishing, such as CD or WWW) Navigate to My Computer (click Next) Name the file and Folder (click Next).
It takes a few minutes to render.
If you plan to create a DVD, then save as full quality AVI (will take at least 250 MB per minute of video). There is not a standard DVD authoring program for Windows, so you will need to check the instructions for the software that comes with the DVD recorder that you have on your Windows computer.
Publishing on YouTube - Useful information about posting to YouTube (PDF)
YouTube video: Macintosh PowerPoint and QuickTime Pro
SlideShare: Posting Narrated PowerPoint to YouTube
YouTube video: PowerPoint to YouTube using Windows Movie Maker
Websites where you can publish your videos online:
- http://www.youtube.com (a very public space... maximum 10 minutes video length)
- http://teachertube.com or http://schooltube.com (two video hosting sites especially for schools)
- http://video.google.com (only available through GoogleApps account, limited to 2 GB per account)
- http://blip.tv/ (I have a group of movies stored there: http://eportfolios.blip.tv/ )
- http://ourmedia.org (a community of individuals dedicated to spreading grassroots creativity: videos, podcasts and other works of personal media)
- http://www.motionbox.com (750MB free storage, unlimited video uploads for $29.95 per year


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My Next Book: The Outsider Test for Faith
Hey, why not? I'll start work on it before too long. I have plenty of material. I'll combine into one book everything I've written about it. I would tell how I first came up with it, why it is objective and fair, why it's needed, who should take it and what it requires of people. I'll also provide some examples of how Christian apologists critique the religions they reject. Then I'll decisively answer every objection to it in some detail, and end the book showing what it does to the Christian faith. While I'd like to have it titled: The Outsider Test for Faith, and I may do so, I was wondering if there is a more catchy title that would better tell the reader what the book is about. Any suggestions?


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Historic Structures - Sweet-Marble Barn
Sweet-Marble Barn
Date: 1803
Origin: Mount Vision, Otsego County, NY
Builder: Sweet, Benjamin
Original owner: Sweet, Benjamin (?-1813)/ Sweet, Philip/ Marble, Dale. R/
Info: This English-style threshing barn has a timber frame construction and three bays. It has a center threshing floor and two side bays, one for the storage of grain and one for the shelter of animals in six stalls.
Provenance: The Farmers' Museum acquired the barn from Dale Marble, Mt. Vision, NY; by donation, December 31, 1997.
*Dale Marble acquired barn lot from Sherman Marble in March 1997.
*Sherman D. Marble was conveyed barn lot from sister Thelma M. Marble upon her death in 1979.
*Thelma M. Marble and David E. and Clella Marble acquired joint tenancy of barn lot from William C. Marble in 1929.
*William C. Marble bought the barn lot from Sophronia White Gardner in 1918.
*Sophronia White Gardner bought barn lot (with other properties) from the heirs of Brice Shove (Eliza Shove, Henry Wilbur, Anna Wilbur and Evaline Wilbur) in 1891.
*Eliza Shove et al. were willed the property owned by Brice Shove in 1888.
*Brice Shove bought the barn lot as well as other lots from Solomon Squires.
*Solomon Squires bought the barn lot and other property from James, Fanny and Waty Sweet in 1852.
*James Sweet owned the barn lot in the 1850 census, possibly acquired from his father, Philip Sweet.
*Philip Sweet might have acquired the barn lot from the estate of his brother Benjamin Sweet.
*Benjamin Sweet bought the barn lot and other properties from Eber Sherman in 1802 for $3,781.


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On Thursday, July 11, at 7 p.m., Bayliss Public Library will host its next Superior Poetry Café, with featured poet Jonathan Johnson, and open mic. Johnson was one of the authors who visited the library on the 2011 U.P. Book Tour. He migrates between upper Michigan, Scotland, and Washington State, where he teaches in the MFA program at Eastern Washington University.
Jonathan Johnson is the author of two books of poems, "Mastodon, 80% Complete" (2001) and "In the Land We Imagined Ourselves" (2010), both from Carnegie Mellon University Press, and the nonfiction book "Hannah and the Mountain: Notes Toward a Wilderness Fatherhood" (University of Nebraska Press, 2005). His work has appeared in the Best American Poetry and numerous other anthologies, as well as Southern Review, Missouri Review, Ploughshares, North American Review, and The Prairie Schooner. In March, EWU Theatre premiered his play "Ode" about John Keats and Fanny Brawne.
The new book "The Way North: Collected Upper Peninsula New Works," edited by Ron Riekki, includes an introduction by Johnson, as well as a poem and a story he wrote. Johnson will have copies of his books available for purchase and signing.
After his reading, the public is invited to participate in an open mic. Poetry, other writing, stories, and music are welcome. Friends of the Library will provide refreshments.
Bayliss Public Library is a member of the Superior District Library. It is located at 541 Library Drive in Sault Ste. Marie. For more information, see www.baylisslibrary.org, call (906) 632-9331, or check out our Facebook page.


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According to a new study, checking accounts at the nation's ten largest banks come with a median length of 111 pages of disclosure documents. Getting to the bottom of all of your account's requirements, fee schedules, addendums, and other terms and conditions is like reading a short novel—a horrendously boring, annoyingly legalistic, and purposely confusing novel.
Or, in terms of length if not quality of storytelling, a checking account's disclosures are more than double William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," according to The Pew Charitable Trusts, which conducted the study. The play and the confounding, absurdly long disclosures accompanying checking accounts have something else in common: They're both unfortunate tragedies that could have been avoided.
While it's too late for the star-crossed lovers, checking accounts don't have to be doomed to a fate in which customers are confused and can't find key terms and conditions while sifting through more than 100 pages of tiny type on brochures and websites.
The Pew study offers some simple suggestions—the main one being a means to clarify and significantly scale down all the disclosure. Specifically, banks should:
provide information about checking account terms, conditions and fees in a concise, easy-to-read format, similar to the Schumer Box used for credit cards
Part of the box might look like this:
The Pew study also recommends that banks start providing better, fuller, less confusing information concerning overdraft options. Another study published this week, from the Center for Responsible Lending, showed that more than half of bank customers who opt for overdraft protection don't fully understand what the "protection" does and does not do.
How could things change so that customers actually grasp what they're opting into or out of? To begin with, banks could just stop tripping up customers by referring to overdraft charges with all sorts of different names and phrases, like:
Overdraft item fee
Insufficient funds fee
Overdraft fee
Overdraft items paid fee
Returned/paid item fee
Unavailable funds penalty
Unavailable funds fee
These are all essentially the same damn thing, which, Pew researchers point out, makes it difficult for consumers to understand what's what, and to compare accounts among and within banks.


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Yes, You Can Compete With Free, But It Has To Be Done Right
from the don't-kill-the-golden-geese dept
We've made this point over and over again for years, and it's great to see some examples backing it up. However, when we make the point that the focus should be on this, rather than ratcheting up copyright enforcement and copyright laws -- a strategy that has never been shown to work, and which has been shown to have massive negative consequences for culture and speech -- a standard refrain from entertainment industry insiders is that they did innovate with things like iTunes, Hulu etc., and yet there's still file sharing. Thus, they say, enforcement is the answer.
That's wrong. When we talk about competing with free, we don't mean doing anything to compete with free. We mean actually making the services as good, convenient and easy. There have been cases -- like Spotify and Netflix -- where the industry has really done a good job, and then we see the results like what's happening in Sweden. But, every time we see one of those success stories, we hear of efforts by the legacy industry to make those services worse, as they feel jealous that the services, rather than the content, get all the attention. Indeed, the recording industry keeps trying to cripple Spotify, even as it competes successfully with infringement. Ditto Netflix.
There's an important point here: competing with free/infringement isn't just about doing something. It's about actually understanding what consumers want, and delivering it to them in the way they want it. Netflix and Spotify have been able to do that -- and hopefully the industry doesn't suffocate them along the way -- but just saying that making efforts should be enough is kinda like saying copyright is there because artists should get rewarded for their labor. Doing stuff doesn't get you paid. Doing stuff that people want, in a way they want it, with natural ways to make money, is how you get paid.


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07/2011 Dress with Pin Tucks (plus-size)
Added Jul 24, 2011
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Dress with front tucks
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Mar 28, 2012, 04.32 PMby patipana
Well, I'm 73, 5' 1", and I think the tucks will finish off my latest project. Thanks for the idea!
Feb 12, 2012, 06.00 PMby patti-r
The plus size would be too large for me, but I love the style, I downloaded the PDF instuctions thinking I can put the pin tucks on a tunic type dress. BTW I am 65 and 5' 1" it might make me look taller LOL..
Sometimes I overlook some of the poor sewing details on the patterns knowing when I can impove it with my sewing skills and fact in that many of the models are leaning on walls to make patterns look distorted.
Aug 6, 2011, 04.06 AMby nehozack
I love this pattern, but seriously Burda Sample sewers – check your work, look at that mess of a hem!!! I also will join cybercrys – is it going to come in regular sizes too?
Jul 27, 2011, 05.09 PMby Rebecca Alleyne
I love this pattern! The detailing is beautiful and I would definitely love to have this dress in this colour against my copper brown skin… beautiful.
Does it come in anything other than a plus size? Or do I have to resize the pattern myself?
Jul 26, 2011, 06.04 AMby gillthecat
I WANT TO BE THIS WOMAN.. i dont think even surgery would get me there,,,,,ahhhhhh why am i 45 and 5 ft 2 i WANT TO BE AN AMAZON,,,,,,,,,,,,, ok clam down but this dress that hair,, doesnt give hope to us mere mortals does it,, i could make the dress though !!!
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Jul 26, 2011, 09.46 PMby flowergirl22
oh I know how you feel,, 43 and 5ft 3,, but still we can dream,, but we can make the dress…
lets have a go at that….
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OneAsia, High 1 Resort Open, Mathew Griffin Wins. September 10 2012
Mathew Griffin
Aussie Matthew Griffin notched up the biggest win of his professional career here on Sunday with a one-stroke victory at the 2012 Charity High1 Resort Open in Korea's Gangwon-do province. Matt held on to his lead in the final round with an even-par 72 that gave him a -9 under par under total, and the winner's cheque of around U.S. $178,000.
Kang Kyung-nam, with a final round of 68, and Park Sang-Hyun with 71, both of Korea, pushed Mathew all the way around the hilly 7,148 yard High1 Resort Country Club course, which at 3,730 feet is the highest golf course in Korea.
Mathew said of his victory;
" I am really, really thrilled, this is what I have worked for all my life, so it is absolutely amazing to finally get there. This is immense, it gives me a lot of security and it also repays the faith that my supporters and sponsors have shown in me over the years."
Park Sang-Hyun rued a missed chance of victory;
" Very disappointed, that's the only thing I feel right now. I sort of think that somehow I was meant to be second in this tournament."
The win here at the High1 Resort Open propels Mathew up the OneAsia Order of Merit and gives him a two year exemption, but equally gives him the confidence boost he needed to go and tackle Q-School on the U.S. PGA Tour at the end of the year.


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• TV Girl performs at 9 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 28 at The Griffin, 1310 Morena Blvd. 21 and up. $12. www.thegriffinsd.com
Anyone wanting to dance to the rock 'n' roll hits of the 1970s and 1980s will want to check out Rockandy, appearing at Tio Leo's on Sept. 29. With both female and male lead vocals, the five-piece group is able to cover a lot of ground stylistically. The band is versatile, able to play funk like classic "Boogie Oogie Oogie," as well as the rock song "Sweet Child of Mine." Rockandy's music is perfect for a Saturday night of dancing and singing along. You won't hear any unfamiliar tunes in the set list. This is comfort food for the ears.
• Rockandy performs at 9 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 29 at Tio Leo's, 5302 Napa St. 21 and up. Cover TBD. www.tioleos.com
Electronic industrial rockers My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult (MLWTTKK) return to Brick by Brick on Friday, Oct. 5. Though very much a cult band since its 1987 Chicago founding, MLWTTKK's music has appeared in projects as diverse as the Flintstones movie and TV's "CSI: N.Y." Currently a quintet, the band has had an ever-shifting lineup since its inception, but has remained true to its musical vision with songs that rock, but also which often have a dance element running through them. Anyone looking for modern-edge dance music or rock with an insistent beat will enjoy every second of this show.
• My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult performs at 8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 5 at Brick by Brick, 1130 Buenos Ave. 21 and up. $15. www.brickbybrick.com
One of the finest musicians in San Diego, jazz guitarist Peter Sprague appears at Tango Del Rey on Saturday, Oct. 6. Sprague will perform with an all-star group that includes harmonica virtuoso Joe Powers, bassist Gunnar Biggs, drummer Duncan Moore and special-guest guitarist Yosuke Onuma. Though relatively unknown in the U.S., Onuma is a major jazz figure in Japan, recording for Sony and inspiring a generation of players. This will be Onuma's first appearance in California, so aficionados of fretwork prowess won't want to miss a second.
• The Peter Sprague Group performs at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 6 at Tango Del Rey, 3567 Del Rey St. All ages. $15. www.tangodelrey.com
Some might think 1920s-style hot jazz (or gypsy swing) might be a little too old-fashioned for modern ears, but that couldn't be further from the truth. Though the sound is quite different from modern jazz, its energy, virtuoso musicianship and incredible catalog of great songs makes it an appealing, joyous sound. None play it better locally that The Zzymzzy Quartet, which appears at the Pacific Beach/Taylor Branch Library on Wednesday, Oct. 10. Though some of the music it plays is approaching 100 years old, this combo's terrific playing confirms that great music is truly timeless.
• The Zzymzzy Quartet performs at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 10 at Pacific Beach/Taylor Branch Library, 4275 Cass St. All ages. No cost. www.pblibraryfriends.org/concert.htm


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$100G in jewelry stolen from California Rep. Issa home
VISTA, Calif. – San Diego County authorities say $100,000 worth of jewelry has been stolen in a burglary at the home of California U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa (EYE'-suh).
U-T San Diego says more than 50 items, including watches, rings, earrings and bracelets, were taken from the Vista home on Nov. 29. No arrests have been made.
An Issa spokesman says the pieces were irreplaceable family heirlooms.
The Republican who chairs the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is one of the wealthiest members of Congress. He made his fortune with a company that produces car alarms and other auto security products.


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Asian soybean rust has been found in a sentinel plot in extreme southeast Mississippi. The isolation of the plot heightens the need for scouting vigilance but doesn't warrant new fungicide spraying recommendations, state Extension specialists said Monday.
The discovery came as Extension researchers with the University of Georgia reported finding soybean rust in Tift County in south-central Georgia. Growers were being advised to consider spraying in that state.
"I found the rust in a plot of Group 5s in George County last Wednesday evening (July 13), late," said Billy Moore, Mississippi Extension plant pathologist. "There aren't many beans in George County. That remains the only spot in the state we've found any rust."
What Moore found was "just symptoms, nothing obvious. I pull samples all the time based on 'symptoms.' Often, it's just herbicide damage or something. This time, it happened to be rust."
Moore placed the samples in a plastic bag and that in a cooler.
"There's no ice in the cooler, the temperature stays 70 to 80 degrees. The sample stayed in the cooler until Friday night when I got back to (Starkville, Miss.) after a scouting trip. The samples were put in the fridge until they were looked at in the lab today."
"As hard as Billy has been looking for this, I'm glad it was him who found it," said Alan Blaine, state Extension soybean specialist. "It's been harder than looking for a needle in a haystack. Even in this instance, he pulled 14 leaves and found rust on one."
Both men cautioned producers against quick action with fungicides for rust alone. However, with other yield-sapping diseases like Cercospora and frogeye showing up, producers shouldn't assume fungicides aren't needed at all.
"We can make money protecting our crop from things other than rust," said Blaine. "Fungicides are good for maintaining soybean yields whether rust is around or not. Producers don't need to forget that."
Moore said his discovery involved "an extremely small amount of rust. It's well away from soybean production areas. We monitor sentinel plots around Jackson, Ala., frequently. Rust hasn't been found there. There are a few soybeans in the Meadville, Miss., area, a few beans in Poplarville, and a couple of other fields scattered around. Around there, beans are very, very sparse. There are so few bean producers there you can count them on two hands."
Alerted to the rust find in Alabama (near Mobile) last week, several of the aforementioned producers have already sprayed fungicides.
"We'll be back in George County checking things tomorrow," said Moore. "Certainly, if soybean rust develops in the plot to any extent, we'll destroy it. The main news is this: we're not concerned this poses a major threat to producers further north.
"Right now, there's no reason for producers to be alarmed about this. No one should be losing sleep. We're watching this closely. It isn't a situation where there's a wave of spores rolling north. There are so few spores being distributed, right now. It's like dropping a few grains of sand in the ocean."
Researchers at the University of Georgia Coastal Plain Experiment Station in Tifton said it may be time for growers in their area to begin spraying.
They said Asian soybean rust was found in a sentinel plot at the station. Layla Sconyers, a plant pathology research associate, collected samples from the plot last Friday.
"Because of the large number of samples, they've only been checked today," said Bob Kemerait, Georgia Extension plant pathologist Monday. "Out of 100 leaves pulled, there was one leaf (from a plant at R-5) that had five or six pustules on it. Layla did a great job. She caught it very early in the infection."
Rust hasn't been found anywhere else in the state.
Further tests will be run on the sample. "However, there's no doubt in my mind it's rust," said Kemerait.
The good news is the infestation is "very low. I went out to the plot tonight and there are a lot more bacterial pustules than anything that could be rust."
Even so, Kemerait is troubled with where the rust was picked up. "I thought if rust was found in Georgia, it would be in the southern part of the state: maybe Seminole County, coming out of Alabama. Tifton, in Tift County, is in the heart of the coastal plain, right on I-75 about 65 miles north of the Florida line.
"Unfortunately, if we've got rust here, I can't tell growers anywhere on the coastal plain they're safe from it. For that reason, I'm calling for growers in the area who have reached bloom stage, or beyond, to go ahead a spray a fungicide. I hate to break the news, but growers need to consider spraying. It's time."
Kemerait said conventional wisdom says the rust came in with Hurricane Dennis. The traditional rust development timeline doesn't fit that, though.
"It was found last Friday. Dennis hit six days earlier. It's hard to believe it had enough time to come in and get going in that amount of time. I guess it's possible, but it would have had to hustle. Usually it takes well over a week for rust to reach that point."


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12 December 2012
Vernalis plc today announces successful results from a Receptor Occupancy (RO) study with V81444, its A2A antagonist which has potential applications in Parkinson's disease and other CNS indications.
The RO study examined the relationship between dose, plasma concentration and blockade of the A2A receptor using positron emission tomography (PET) scanning and included a preliminary evaluation, using functional MRI (fMRI), of the effects of V81444 on cognitive function.
The RO study demonstrated that full A2A blockade could be achieved with single doses that were within the range of doses previously shown to be well tolerated with no safety concerns. The RO study has provided confirmation of the appropriate dose to be used in the forthcoming clinical proof-of-concept trial.
Vernalis now plans to initiate, in the first half of next year, a Phase IIa proof-of-concept study to further evaluate the pharmacokinetics, safety and tolerability of V81444 in patients, together with an evaluation of efficacy in a target patient population.
Ian Garland, CEO of Vernalis commented "We are very pleased with these results and are already actively preparing for the continued development of this exciting program over the next 12 months".
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About Vernalis
Vernalis is a revenue generating development stage pharmaceutical company with significant expertise in drug development. The Group has one marketed product, frovatriptan for the acute treatment of migraine, an exclusive licensing agreement to develop and commercialise multiple novel products focussed on the US prescription cough/cold market as well as eight programmes in its NCE development pipeline. Vernalis has significant expertise in fragment and structure based drug discovery which it leverages to enter into collaborations with larger pharmaceutical companies. The Company's technologies, capabilities and products are endorsed by collaborations with Endo, Genentech, Lundbeck, Menarini, Novartis, Servier and Tris.
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This news release may contain forward-looking statements that reflect the Company's current expectations regarding future events including the clinical development and regulatory clearance of the Company's products, the Company's ability to find partners for the development and commercialisation of its products, as well as the Company's future capital raising activities. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. Actual events could differ materially from those projected herein and depend on a number of factors including the success of the Company's research strategies, the applicability of the discoveries made therein, the successful and timely completion of clinical studies, the uncertainties related to the regulatory process, the ability of the Company to identify and agree beneficial terms with suitable partners for the commercialisation and/or development of its products, as well as the achievement of expected synergies from such transactions, the acceptance of frovatriptan and other products by consumers and medical professionals, the successful integration of completed mergers and acquisitions and achievement of expected synergies from such transactions, and the ability of the Company to identify and consummate suitable strategic and business combination transactions.


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Beware Gushing Oil-Supply Forecasters
The oil boom sweeping North America is driving a bull market in predictions. But no matter how bullish the estimates, the gusher isn't going to bring $20 oil back. Heard on the Street's Liam Denning joins MoneyBeat. Photo: Getty Images.
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... oil posts leaping across North America is driving in bull market in predictions ... no matter how bullish the estimates get that gusher isn't going to bring back fun at all oil ... anytime soon heard on the Street's Liam Denning has the details ... PNC Zandi tells right there ... oil ninety two dollars a barrel ... ah I remember the late nineties when oil was soon she ... cost me eight dollars to fill my tank ... and I thought that the greatest thing on the planet with those of classic economists couple when they say ... you know ... oil was one that was more only when you send them into the life of boxes right ... now ... why can I have those days that I know we're a little Bumi in North America Shale wala ... why oh why can I have my IItaly's thank guests ... well I mean this Chaucer's is China for the encapsulates a lot of other thing is which is United in general ... among the loyalists come up a lot the last fifteen years and ... the intestinal energy agency's prediction yesterday that the headline ... mine was that ... the shale revolution of the next five years ... will have as dramatic an effect is the rise of China the last fifteen years which ... is ... the selling in my estimation I mean there's no ... there's no doubt that the shale revolution is going to change oil markets relative to what we become the so the costs and he is ... but to say that that's gonna have the same effect I think isn't selling ... aam is actually got to mom from China barring some kind of ... economic meltdown in China which ... is a possibility given as the imbalances in the economy ... are not happening that the Manas and Megawati and is going to keep running ... now on the other hand we all finding myself ... becoming more efficient with oil especially ... in the US has found religion on fuel efficiency ... of Europe is common in force to be efficient month at this just in the processional time ... aam ... but all this change is going to use the Tse REIT Remuzzi ... of excess of supplying oil ... to thank them for a simpler thing you mention her pieces that ... these new sources of oil are very expensive to get to ... and because of that ... the oil companies they have to keep the price and ... then ... you know ... the the marginal costs will key example came across all but I think the thing to point out is that ... Shiloh was a little different from both the lasagna Pizza ... cuff search of production led to a collapse in oil prices is ... of the was ninety eight the one that I'm thinking on his action in the nineties ... of lamb with the deal price shocks of the seventies was cause a lot of new supply from Islam and seemed to come on one of the difference today ... is that a lot of these that new field see shale fields are really true ... aam very intensively used a lot of wells that have high decline rates ... if the price drops you can scale back that ruling and they can be quite as quick response on the supply side to try and bring things into boxes not love what we had in the NetEase clan ... the total well in the North Sea one seed roll out well you keep producing pretty much whatever the price the US um I think that's a key difference this time so I you know most of the oil prices we use the shirt or above ninety dollars an hour and on ... about ... gas prices in the other somewhere north of three dollars rival Frank ... the ... ink is that just the way it's going to be from now on and we see prices going ... I think the next I'm actually pretty optimistic ... for the can see more of the next fee is I think we all dined steel prices ... moderate generally ... the way I can trust what's happening with the repeat disheveled and is ... there is a jaunts on the outside ... that we did get some time ... gushing in North America and there is excess supply and prices ... collapse might might my point is more I don't think the price collapse will last very long because of the supply response ... and that will get ... the Wildcats rise in ways that ... because we know that there is no more to supply now intend to cap ... the price spikes illegal use to ... in the run up to two thousand and I am not a good thing that can seem ... that at least isn't it hardly and think you're a much appreciated


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Department of Revenue News Release
June 19, 2009Management Contracts Awarded for Cape Girardeau, Mountain View & Sugar Creek License Offices
Management contracts for three more local motor vehicle/license offices were awarded today by the Missouri Department of Revenue. The granting of the offices came as a result of a comprehensive bidding process that has been championed by Gov. Jay Nixon.
The three offices awarded today are in Cape Girardeau, Mountain View and Sugar Creek. This brings to 25 the total number of offices granted under the new system.
The Southeast Missouri University Foundation has been awarded the contract to operate the Cape Girardeau License Office. The foundation has been the office agent since 1993. The office will remain at 112 S. Spanish St.
The license office in Mountain View has been awarded to Pamela Sue Smith of Mountain View. The office will remain at its current location of 119 S. Pine St.
Paul J. Wrabec Co., Inc. has been awarded the right to operate the Sugar Creek License Office. The new license office will be on South Sterling Avenue in Sugar Creek.
Details about any changes in office operations, if any, will be announced by the agents.
The three offices awarded today are the latest to have their management chosen using a bidding process that was implemented when Gov. Nixon took office on Jan. 12. The process calls for people or groups to submit detailed bids to obtain the management contracts to operate the offices. Each of the three offices awarded today had two bidders.
Karen King Mitchell, director of the Missouri Department of Revenue, said she is pleased with how the competition for license offices has progressed.
"The process to compete for the right to operate these offices is transparent and open to anyone," Mitchell said. "It's been gratifying to see the quality of the bids that have resulted from this new process because the ultimate winners will be the citizens of the state of Missouri."
Some winning bidders have chosen to return part of their estimated office revenues to the state. The Cape Girardeau office will return 2 percent ($4,678) of its first year revenues, Mountain View will return 1 percent ($636), and the Sugar Creek office will return 3.5 percent ($7,503). The cumulative amount of estimated funds that will be returned to the state in the first contract year from the 25 license offices that have been awarded so far is $130,644.
"The willingness of agents to return some of their profits is a great cost-efficiency measure for the state, and the amount returned to the state will undoubtedly grow as more bids are awarded," Mitchell said.
For a list of winning bidders for license offices, please go to http://oa.mo.gov/purch/awardedfeeoffices.pdf.
All 183 local license offices provide services that are overseen by the Missouri Department of Revenue, but each office is operated by an independent contractor. Transactions that are conducted at these offices include the issuance and renewal of driver licenses, applying for titles for motor vehicles, and the issuance and renewal of registration for motor vehicles, boats and outboard motors.
Additional information on the bids will be posted by the Missouri Office of Administration within the next few days.


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Left to Right: Senators Don Gaetz, R- Niceville, incoming Senate President, Joe Negron, R- Stuart, and Senate President, Mike Haridopolos, R- Merritt Island, huddle at the rostrum, Friday as members found out the Florida Supreme Court ordered that chamber to redraw its political maps to more accurately adhere to the anti-gerrymandering directive of voters but validated the House map that pits 38 incumbents against each other. [Scott Keeler | Times]
The Florida Supreme Court on Friday tossed out the proposed state Senate legislative redistricting maps, approved the House's forcing lawmakers to start over in a special session later this month. Story here.
In an extraordinarily thorough 234-page opinion, the court voted 7-0 to validate the House maps, and rejected the Senate maps 5-2. The court defined the terms of the new constitutional standards and called out the Senate for being the worst violator, ruling eight districts as invalid.
"We conclude that the challengers have demonstrated that the Senate plan, but not the House plan, violates the constitutional requirements. We therefore declare the Senate plan constitutionally invalid and the House plan constitutionally valid,'' the court wrote for the majority in an opinion written by Justice Barbara Pariente.
Concurring opinions were written by Justices Fred Lewis, Jorge Labarga and James E.C. Perry. Chief Justice Charles Canady and Justice Ricky Polston disagreed with the ruling to reject the Senate map and dissented.
The new rules establish landmark standards that legislators must follow when they do the once-a-decade redistricting process. They prohibit lawmakers from intentionally protecting incumbents and political parties; require them to preserve minority voting rights; and, order them to draw compact districts where possible.
But the new Fair Districts standards didn't offer the court any guidance as to how to define those concepts, and the court was clearly divided over how far it should go into settling the factual disputes over those elements.
Attorneys for the Legislature and Attorney General Pam Bondi argued that the court should attempt to determine if the maps were compliant with the new constitutional standards but instead await challenges brought in trial courts. But the court concuded that "would be an abdication of this Court's responsibility under the Florida Constitution" and could "create uncertainty for voters" and candidates who must qualify to run for their seats by June 4.
The Legislature's maps had been challenged by the Florida Democratic Party, the League of Women Voters, the National Council of La Raza and Common Cause of Florida. They argued the new districts violate the amendments passed in 2010 because they were drawn with the intent to protect the Republican majorities of the House and Senate and unfairly pack minorities into districts on the pretense of protecting minority voting strength.
During oral arguments, Pariente led the questioning of lawyers for both sides seeking input on how to define the provisions of the amendments.
"The new constitutional provisions seek to level the playing field in how legislative districts are drawn,'' Pariente wrote in the majority ruling. "These mandates are specific, and the citizens of this state have entrusted to the Supreme Court of Florida the constitutional obligation to interpret the constitution and ensure that legislative apportionment plans are drawn in accordance with the constitutional imperatives."
But Canady was not persuaded and Polston agreed.
Among the issues the court addressed was how lawmakers must treat the requiements that districts be drawn compactly, how reducing the number of minorities in a minority-held House district go too far and unconstitutionally abridge their rights compactness.
The governor must now call a special session devoted exclusively to redistricting within five days.
Each chamber drew its own map as part of a handshake agreement between the Senate and the House. But both chambers will need to return to Tallahassee to approve redrawn Senate maps.
The House celebrated that its maps had been approved Friday as House Redistricting Chairman Will Weatherford read aloud the first page that declared the House plan constitutional and members roared into a standing ovation.
"There was one minor detail I forgot to mention and that was that the vote was also unanimous," he said, referring only the ruling on the House map. The other minor detail he didn't mention: They threw out the Senate plan.
"This is a historic moment," said House Speaker Dean Cannon, R-Winter Park.
The Senate continued working in the final day of the legislative session and did not formally acknowledge the decision.


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Guantanamo Detainee Begs to Be Charged
After 11 years of detention at Guantanamo Bay, suspected terrorist Sufiyan Barhoumi has decided to plead guilty to war crimes. There's just one problem: The Pentagon refuses to charge him. Jess Bravin reports on The News Hub.
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... the the ... a suspected terrorists being held a seat on one time of day detention center has decided to plead guilty ... but long this will Street dolls ... legal correspondent Just Raman joins us now from Washington DC and I'm just bought ... has a problem with him pleading he'll say is that the U S one charge them ... yes well Simon this is one of those ... many you know curious legal aspects of the Guantanamo detention system ... this is because of detainee's recently won two decisions in federal appeals court ... that found that the two most common charge of the United States wants to file against them ... conspiracy material support for terrorism ... are not valid war crimes those are civilian crimes only war crimes can be prosecuted ... in a military commission ... this detainee CPM bar who may have been charged with those two times ... three times actually since two thousand five ... every time the charges of fall apart on the government side ... he wanted to have his day in court ... because he believed that it was the only way you get a definite sense ... when the charges were dismissed because they were not valid charges up while in the civilian world or of normal justice system that would be a victory for the defendant he can walk free because the charges are not valid ... in Guantanamo ... if you're not charge ... a detainee is held ... and definitely ... and so this a detainee bar whom he ... saw his hopes of getting into a courtroom and telling aside a story dashed ... any native Jasper offered to the government he said charge me with anything you want I will plead guilty ... and walk in a corner and throw myself on the mercy of the port ... the government's answer was hot ... well if you testify against other detainee's then we will charge you with something ... but if not we will leave you one charge ... technically presumed innocent but as a practical matter held indefinitely at the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay and and there are examples of people who have managed to beat the charge pants and plead guilty and did time I mentally fried ... yes that's right I mean most of the people who were charged Evans seventy ... who were charged ... and convicted of the military commissions ... five of them in plea bargains ... have been released after serving their time owe the government claims it could theoretically hold them in jail forever ... after they've served their senses in fact every detainee us ... I there been evicted ... and after trial war made a plea bargain has in fact been released ... after completing their sets and so for foreign to me and some other detainee's ... they see that getting into a quorum is their only chance ... of actually having a definite sense from these lawyer Air Force captain told me that ... he is willing even to have a light sense that the court feels that's fair Iams Eels won a license ... but he wants he says ... the certainty of knowing what's going to happen it's the uncertainty of indefinite detention that he finds ... it too difficult to stop ... now I'm I'm I think I think that anyone can relate to that kind of thing that's interesting that you've written about about Guantanamo is that as a lock on to run the Congo and that ... and this is surprising calls for banks ... on including John Grisham novels ... what was until the Asha mobile so diabolical ... this was something that emerge from all reporting this story ... his lawyers ... they tell me they know they bring things on their visits to him there really one of his only ... contact the outside ... they brought a couple novels by John Grisham the of the bestselling a lawyer ... a writer ... because it they showed a bit about how the U S justice system work and the guy in a detainee is learning English ... the books were seized and a return to the attorney they were told that ... they were rejected not appropriate to go to the detainee ... and there was he was given no explanation why ... I brought that up with up ... with the ... John Grisham I said to ... have you feel about that ... the government is only explained that they get a blanket policy ... they allow detainees to see ... materials that are consistent with a mission of providing safe secure and humane treatment ... John Grisham it turns out ... it has about the same view Guantanamo was one time we'll have him ... he told us that day he considered the prison camp there a sad perversion of American justice ... and he could understand why his books of one was called up ... of ... the King of torts ... about the civil litigator and another called the innocent man ... of ... the non fixed Ekati can understand why those were risk to national security ... as it happens after we asked the Pentagon about this for further clarification they reversed course ... and said that the detainee would be permitted to read ... those bestselling books by ... John Bridge ... it's interesting ... 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Taking Pictures
Carol Teal 8/31/2007 10:37:17 PMVery creative! I love the tie! #727578
Pat Gamwell 8/31/2007 11:58:34 PMEXTREMELY well done, Mario! Excellent PS work, very creative and wonderfully presented. #4730394
Mario Aguilar 9/1/2007 12:12:00 AMThank you ladies! #4730425
Autum Rhoades 9/21/2007 10:06:58 AMSuper cool, Mario! Congrats on your finalist! #4820839
Autum Rhoades 9/21/2007 10:07:58 AMWonderful image! Great work! #4820846
Vikram Jamwal 9/21/2007 12:45:05 PMWonderful image Mario that you have created here!!! Congratulations - Everything you have done to it makes it wonderful image!!! A Winner! Best wishes! -vikram #4822159
Crossroad Photography 9/21/2007 4:53:33 PMClever and creative! Congrats on your finalist! #4824010
Mario Aguilar 9/21/2007 8:53:03 PMThank you everyone... I appreciate your comments. There is a much better version of this image in my gallery if you care to take a quick look. #4825119
Lisa J. Boulden 9/21/2007 9:33:07 PMLove the fun and creativity, Mario!
Colleen Farrell 9/21/2007 10:32:36 PMI love this, Mario! Beautifully done--congratulations on your finalist! #4825430
Dominick M. Dimacale 9/21/2007 11:19:10 PMCongratulations Mario on your Finalist...Dominick #4825555
Casey A. Hanson 9/22/2007 6:59:54 AMI love this Mario...very well done! Love the Yankees hats... :0) #4826925
Kay E. Mahoney 9/23/2007 11:44:41 AMCongratulations on your finalist. Good luck in the next round. #4832868
Meghan Gonski 9/24/2007 3:39:18 AMThis is an amazing photo. A lot of thought and time was put into this. Great job, it's so unique and funny. #4835928
Mario Aguilar 9/24/2007 4:17:45 AMThank you again everyone. I had fun making this image and putting it together. #4836154
Susan T. Evans 9/24/2007 10:39:20 AMCongrats Mario on this awesome first place win and wow so creative. #4837875
Evy Johansen 9/24/2007 10:39:44 AMBig congratulations on your first place win, Mario!! #4837877
Cyn Valentine 9/24/2007 11:09:13 AMAwesome image.. congratulations!!! #4838127
Shawn Jennings 9/24/2007 11:14:59 AMGreat work, Mario! Congratulations on your win! #4838170
RC Fritz 9/24/2007 11:24:50 AMCongratulations on your WIN!! #4838242
Lorri Shank 9/24/2007 11:32:43 AMCongratulations, Mario! What a fun image and very creative! A well deserved WIN! #4838279
Chastity Abbott 9/24/2007 11:36:13 AMI LOOOOOOOOOOVE this!!!!!!!! it looks so awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HUGE CONGRATS and gosh at the work that went into this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Keep it up! :) #4838302
Marsha S. Smith 9/24/2007 12:31:44 PMHas to be one of my favorite shots of all times. So funny and so perfect!
Kate Jackson 9/24/2007 12:33:09 PMCongrats Mario on a super fun shot! #4838610
anonymous 9/24/2007 2:18:15 PMCongratulations Mario on your fantastic First Place Win! B- #4839089
Monika Sapek 9/24/2007 2:54:14 PMMany congratulations on your really well executed idea and your fantastic Win, Mario!
Mario Aguilar 9/24/2007 3:30:02 PMThank you everyone. I appreciate all you comments. This is my first 1st place and I'm pretty psyched. Thank you all again! #4839390
Nancy (Peaches) Harker 9/24/2007 3:38:52 PMBIG congrat's on your beautiful first place win!!!
Diana L. Ralph 9/24/2007 3:44:37 PMMOST EXCELLENT!!! Congratulations! #4839459
Diana L. Ralph 9/24/2007 4:16:05 PMMOST EXCELLENT!!! Congratulations! #4839687
Susan M. Hembree 9/24/2007 5:36:26 PMWhat fantastic editing, Mario! I really had thought these were different people. Congratulations on a very well deserved 1st place! #4840287
Vikram Jamwal 9/24/2007 7:09:32 PMCongrats on your win Mario! #4840845
Kay E. Mahoney 9/24/2007 7:14:30 PMMario, Congratulations on your first place winner. #4840876
James Quantz Jr. 9/24/2007 7:20:43 PMCongrats, Mario! JQ #4840924
Jill Odice 9/25/2007 12:18:44 AMDon't know where my comment went about this, but I knew when I saw it that it should get 1st place! trhis is great! #4841700
Esra Belgin 9/25/2007 7:05:48 AMExcellent shot, Mario. Congratulations on your win. #4843641
Jill Flynn 9/25/2007 8:35:11 AMKudos for putting this together Mario! Great job and congratulations on your FIRST PLACE win! #4843994
Terry L. Ellis 9/25/2007 9:23:45 AMBrilliant work and idea, Mario! Congratulations on your magnificent First Place win! #4844171
Wendy Stevenson 9/25/2007 11:26:43 AMFantastic image and post work Mario!! Love the fun and colour in this very creative well done FIRST PLACE WIN!!! CONGRATULATIONS!! #4844730
Cora Miller 9/25/2007 11:46:32 PMWhat a fun image. Congratulations on your win. #4846780
Cliff & Patti Smith 9/26/2007 6:15:24 AMA big congratulations on your well deserved 1st place win Mario! Your images are awesome and, I predict you will go far in your career! I could spend all day looking at your gallery! #4848040
Vicki Zoller 9/26/2007 6:29:27 AMI love photos that make me smile and this made me smile BIG TIME!!! Excellent work both in the studio and in the digital darkroom!! Now I must go see the rest of your gallery!
Bill Houghton 9/28/2007 12:39:10 AMCongratulations on this beautiful win Mario. You deserve it. Bill
My Photo Gallery:
Bill Houghton Photography #4855809
Craig J. C. 9/28/2007 12:42:05 PMclassic! #4858228
Janine Russell 9/29/2007 12:36:29 PMMario, excellent colors, detail, clarity, exposure, lighting and PS work; big congratulations on your First Place Win! #4861603
Kristi A. Howson 9/30/2007 12:23:50 PMMario, congratulations on your First Place Winner!!! Great shot and funny too!!! #4865257
Mario Aguilar 9/30/2007 8:54:20 PMThank you again everyone. I'm glad to see that you all have a sense of humor. #4867092
Dominick M. Dimacale 10/1/2007 5:35:59 PMCongratulations Mario on your First place win!!!
Dominick #4871059
Dominick M. Dimacale 10/2/2007 7:10:59 AMVery funny and well-thought out! Congrats! #4873079
Denise Denomy 10/4/2007 7:36:45 AMFantastic! Whimsical! The contrast is outstanding! Congratulations on your win! #4881779
Cathy M. Gromball 10/7/2007 12:25:15 PMCongratulations on your wonderful First Place win, Mario!
Cathy :) #4894049
Mario Aguilar 10/7/2007 9:05:28 PMMuchas Gracias!
Jojie F. Alcantara 10/11/2007 2:46:08 AMCongratulations, Mario. Love your multiplicity shot. A real winner. :-) #4910684
Avril Young 12/5/2007 12:24:41 AMwow...clap, fantastically done...
Cheryl Meisel 12/5/2007 12:35:36 AMI super enjoyed it laughingggggg it's a hoot! GREAT WORK! Wonderful fun shot!
Cheryl Meisel 12/5/2007 12:35:36 AMI super enjoyed it laughingggggg it's a hoot! GREAT WORK! Wonderful fun shot!
Cheryl Meisel 12/5/2007 12:35:36 AMI super enjoyed it laughingggggg it's a hoot! GREAT WORK! Wonderful fun shot!
Karen Engelbreth 12/5/2007 1:09:24 AMFantastic image - big congrats on your WIN and POTD, Mario! #5171090
Susie Peek-Swint 12/5/2007 1:59:28 AMVery creative Mario .. many congrats on your win and POTD! #5171160
Michelle Alton 12/5/2007 2:17:49 AMMario, Congratulations on this wonderfully creative and highly amusing photo. It certainly deserves all the honors that it received. It's brilliant!
Joy Rector 12/5/2007 2:22:51 AMcongrats on the POTD #5171187
Josselyne Klecanda 12/5/2007 4:14:47 AMGreat creative work, love it. #5171365
Debbi Smirnoff 12/5/2007 6:23:34 AMLOL This is GREAT!!
Debbi #5171438
Cesar J. La Rosa 12/5/2007 6:31:40 AMCONGRATULATIONS on this FUNtastic Winner, Mario!!! Excellent work and very well-deserved First Place and POTD!!!
Michelle N. Russell 12/5/2007 7:15:37 AMThis is so fun! Thank you for sharing and Congratulations!! #5171697
Cheryl Meisel 12/5/2007 7:22:21 AMSuper good work on this wild and FUN shot! Great going!
Susan Cliett 12/5/2007 7:28:29 AMCool shot!!! Very creative!! #5171758
Gary G. Cooper 12/5/2007 7:28:51 AMGreat image and the work you have done.
Donna La Mattino Pagakis 12/5/2007 8:59:45 AMA very creative self portrait, nicely conceived. Congratulations on your potd and win Mario! #5171986
Mary Clarke 12/5/2007 12:20:57 PMFantastic image Mario, congratulations on POTD and your first place win #5172419
Patricia Ronan 12/5/2007 3:20:13 PMGreat image, congrats on your win and POTD:) #5172830
Mario Aguilar 12/5/2007 3:42:57 PMWoW... This is my first POTD... I've gotten a lot of comments on this image. This is one of my favorites along with the image titled New York, NY. Thank you all... I appreciate all your encouragement. Enjoy! #5172885
Lindley Johnson 12/5/2007 5:55:05 PMGreat fun, Mario, and a terrific colorful and creative image! Congratulations on your win and POTD. #5173222
Anita Bower 12/7/2007 4:13:14 AMI love photos that make me smile! Thank you for such an excellent and humorous and clever photo!!! #5178273
Michelle L. Frick 12/7/2007 9:38:45 AMThis is incredible Mario! Very clever and so well put together - you look like you'd be so much fun to shoot with! Makes your clients very lucky indeed!! Congratulations on your Winner and POTD! #5179492
RC Fritz 12/11/2007 4:32:51 PMCongratulation again, Mario!
Renee C. Bynum 6/12/2009 6:08:24 PMCongrats! Totally awesome PS work and very unique and creative idea :) #7624469
I shot myself in the studio today. Manual focus by trial and error. Used 3 strobes. Placed all the images together in PS CS. Hope ya'll enjoy it!
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DFID - Developing global partnerships in education: The World Classroom
The UK will spend £8.5 billion over the next decade to help the developing world realise the aim of Education for All. The Department for International Development (DFID) runs a school linking programme designed to encourage and increase understanding of the challenges and opportunities that face school children across the world.
Support, including grant funding, is available to schools who wish to participate in the programme, funding for which was doubled in April 2006 to £7.5 million over three years. The new publication draws together all the sources of advice and support for schools in one easy and accessible guide. DFID school partnership coordinators will be holding regional roadshows for schools later in the year to help explain what they can do to establish, build and maintain a link with a school in the developing world.
Gordon Brown said:
"The right to education could be the greatest gift the rich nations can make to the developing world.
That is why I want every parent, student and school in Britain and the developed world to become campaigners calling on governments round the world to ensure that in our generation every child is finally given access to schooling. "
Hilary Benn said:
Education helps transform lives, banishing ignorance and improving opportunities.
Building links between schools across the world, bringing pupils together, sharing experiences and learning will help us tackle the challenge of providing education for all.
DFID Global School Partnerships promotes partnerships between schools in the UK and schools in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Latin America. The programme provides advice and guidance, professional development opportunities and grants to schools that are using partnerships as a means to develop and embed a global dimension within their curriculum. The grants programme gives schools the opportunity to develop their partnerships through reciprocal visits and curriculum development activity.
To view a copy of the new publication, please go to www.dfid.gov.uk/news/files/school-partnerships.asp or to order a copy please call 0845 300 4100.
For more information about DFIDs Global School Partnerships please visit www.dfid.gov.uk/funding/globalschools.asp
For further information, contact Nic Fearon-Low on 020 7023 0533 or 020 7023 0600, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com or call our Public Enquiries Point on 0845 300 4100.


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Nationally, there's a new buzz about a class of superbug, carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, CRE, which is resistant to the strongest antibiotics. It has only been found in hospitals and nursing homes and has no presence in the community, nor is it easily spread from person to person, but the Centers for Disease Control has reported its steady increase.
The buzz is new, but the bug has been around for a decade. Local health systems have taken measures to contain it for several years.
At Sentara, infection control reported that the superbug "has been on the radar since 2006 and was discussed in a case review in 2008 during a Joint Commission survey at Sentara Norfolk General."
There is no specific screening for this particular bug, but if it shows up in lab tests for other cultures that physicians order, then the patients identified are put on contact precautions, according to Sentara spokesman Dale Gauding.
Contact precautions include patient isolation, wearing gowns and masks, dedicated equipment in the patient room, notification of other departments and hand washing — particularly hand washing.
At Riverside Regional Medical Center, in response to CDC recommendations, the nursing admission risk assessment has added questions about hospitalization outside the United States within the last 6 months and added CRE as a field to the electronic medical records to trigger appropriate precautions, according to Susan D. Moeslein, infection prevention nurse manager. Last week, staff implemented enhanced infection control software to transmit alerts to infection prevention staff and pharmacy staff on "all epidemiologically significant organisms identified in real time."
In a related matter, Sentara is launching a major trial to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of using antimicrobial copper-based hard surfaces and textiles to reduce infections in medical environments. The trial is scheduled to start in April at Sentara Norfolk General. The first "Cupron-enhanced" units — using the patent-pending antimicrobial surfaces and anti-odor textiles for bed linens and patient gowns — are slated to open in late 2013, with more studies planned for Sentara Leigh in Virginia Beach and several long-term care facilities and outpatient centers.


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The paper chain fell away and the Hood River County Library reopened July 2, after being closed for a year. New director Buzzy Nielsen joined former director June Knudson in cutting the chain as a crowd of about 200 watched.
In November 2010 voters approved the second of two proposals to form an independent library tax district, following the county's decision in 2009 to do away with the library portion of the county general fund, which effectively shut the Hood River, Cascade Locks and Parkdale branches in June 2010.
The Hood River community, and the Hood River News, lost a leader July 23 with the death of former editor and publisher Dick Nafsinger, at age 77. He started with the Hood River News in 1962.
In the first of two major developments in 2011 for the Heights, City Council approved the Heights Urban Renewal District, a multi-jurisdiction tax sharing plan that will fund improvements such as street upgrades, lighting, sidewalks and more. (Urban Renewal Districts also exist in the downtown core and on the Hood River waterfront.)
In December, the Heights Business Association agreed to a merger with the Hood River Chamber of Commerce. The HBA, formed 10 years ago, will operate as a committee within the chamber. The decision to become a component of the chamber had been under evaluation since mid-year. (Downtown Business Council took a similar action in 2010.)
Tenacity Games, a fundraiser for cancer research (formerly Kiteboarding 4 Cancer) raised $60,000 in a hugely successful and expanded sporting event held at Hood River waterfront and other area recreation sites.
Sgt. Neal Holste became police chief. City Council confirmed his appointment following the dismissal of former chief Bruce Ludwig in May.
In Cascade Locks, a series of unfortunate events began to develop: Former fire chief Jeff Pricher resigned under pressure after members of council and Mayor George Fischer accused him of mismanaging the department and its finances. Within weeks, firefighter Jess Zerfing would be appointed chief, all but three of the 14 volunteers would resign and the fire hall and ambulance would be literally locked up. Neighboring fire districts suspended mutual aid agreements for more than a month, into September.
In late July, the city hired Paul Koch as interim city administrator - its second in 2011. Interim administrator Rich Carson left abruptly in July the day his four-month contract ended. He had succeeded Bernard Seeger, who resigned in January after five years on the job, under pressure from city council.
The September recall of four council members and Fischer succeeded, leading to the hiring of Hood River Fire Chief Devon Wells as a consultant. Wells worked with Zerfing and Koch on a department reorganization plan (pending), and by December the volunteer base was up to 12 and services were mostly restored.
One of the stranger "traffic" incidents happened June 30 as an unknown vehicle accidentally spread a large amount of cooking oil on Cascade Avenue, causing pedestrians to slip and several cars to nearly collide with curbside trees. Apparently, the greasy truck was headed out of town and was never located.
The union representing Hood River County workers voted to authorize a strike, after contract talks broke down in June. However, by October the county and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 1982 ratified a new contract.
Headliner JoDee Messina packed 'em in at the 2011 Hood River County Fair; the annual horse show held a moment of silence for Frank Herman, the arena's namesake, who died the week before the fair.
Voters in Odell and Pine Grove voted to merge the two fire departments into one taxing district. The move consolidates personnel and equipment into one district, though both the Pine Grove and Odell stations will continue to operate and the district will maintain the two departments.
On Nov. 1, the district board announced the agency's new name: Wy'east Fire District.
At the Hood River waterfront, the promise of a revised landscape and new vitality took the form of groundbreaking of a $10 million, 33,000-square-foot building to house longtime Hood River businesses HoodTech and Turtle Island Foods.
Two local agencies celebrated their 40th anniversaries in August 2011. Next Door Inc., greatly expanded since its founding in 1971, moved into its new facility on the Heights in March. The multi-faceted social service agency, the county's largest, had operated from rented space downtown and on the Heights.
Oregon Child Development Commission, which operates Migrant Head Start in Parkdale, held a 40th anniversary celebration event.
Council recall petitions were filed in August against Cascade Locks' Tiffany Pruit, Kevin Benson and Don Haight and Mayor George Fischer. Later in the month, a petition would be filed against councilor Lance Masters.
Fischer and Benson would be accused in August of irregularities in unpermitted improvements to Benson's KOA campground.
Throughout the summer, motorists at exits 63 and 64 worked through lane shifts and the continual presence of flaggers and construction crews as Oregon Department of Transportation engineered a major realignment of exit 64. Button Bridge Road was widened under the freeway, and new east- and westbound accesses were created.
The work was completed in October, and with it came two notable changes: Pedestrians can now walk from downtown Hood River over Button Bridge Road (Highway 35) all the way to the port marina area and Hood River Marketplace. Second, they do so along the road always informally called "Button Bridge." As of September, the road is now signed with that name.
Next up: changes at exits 62 and 63; ODOT held meetings in August on the Hood River Interchange Access Management Plan and Transportation System Plan, which in coming years will bring major traffic flow changes to Second Street and connector streets downtown.
"Fueled by wind and heavy fuel, Dollar Lake Fire lights up the sky," read the Aug. 31 headline under an ominous photo of a massive plume of smoke at the base of Mount Hood. At the same time, local firefighters were dispatched to the High Cascades Complex fire on Warm Springs Indian reservation.
The Dollar Lake fire spread to more than 3,000 acres by Sept. 7, and caused widespread trail and campground closures, including the shutdown of Lost Lake Lodge and campground.
As the Mount Hood fire burned on under general containment, geologists from the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries reported discovery of a major fault line running from Mount Hood to Cascade Locks, right under the Dollar Lake fire area.
National Guard helicopters were called in to fight Dollar Lake fire, now covering more than 4,000 acres, according to the Hood River News on Sept. 10. (The fire would reach more than 6,000 acres before containment in mid-September.)
Ten years after the Sept. 11 tragedy, the Hood River News looked back on the day, and its legacy, via reflections by Gorge residents Carolyn and Caitlyn Fick, Julian Sandoval, Marty Todd, Vera Davis, Father Ron Maag, Mike Allegre, Susan Hoffman and Todd Jensen.
Jack Mills, one of the biggest supporters of the county's history and culture, died Sept. 12 at age 80. Mills, a retired banker, moved to Parkdale in the 1970s with his wife, Kate. Among other accomplishments, Jack served on the county commission, purchased and revitalized Mount Hood Railroad and was chief financial supporter of the Columbia Center for the Arts building project in 2006.
On Sept. 20, Cascade Locks voters elected by 53 to 47 percent margins to recall all but Lance Masters, who was retained by a 60-40 margin (and later appointed mayor).
Detective Matt English of the Hood River County Sheriff's Department announced he will run sheriff in 2012. Earlier in the year, two other men announced they would run: former Hood River police chief Bruce Ludwig, and Police Chief Neal Holste. (Ludwig announced Jan. 2 he would not run for office this year - see article, page A1.)
Hood River native Jill Arens resigns as executive director of the Columbia Gorge Commission, a position she held since 2006. Arens cited "bleak" economic forecasts for Oregon and Washington, and implications for short- and long-term funding for the Gorge land use oversight agency, which is based in White Salmon. (The search for Arens' replacement was ongoing in January 2012.)
The Washington Energy Facility Siting Council approved a scaled-down wind turbine development, known as Whistling Ridge, to be located on private land west of White Salmon and visible from that community and Hood River.
Humberto Ortigoza watched Oct. 11 as firefighters mopped up after a blaze leveled his auto repair shop on Stadelman Drive. In November, Ortigoza would open a new store, in the location of the former Hood River Motors, on 12th Street.
In mid-October, local residents would commence protests of planned transport of coal, via train, through the Gorge. Sierra Club and other groups would join a coalition opposing proposed coal export facilities at two ports in Washington state.
The Port Commission voted in its October meeting to increase the standard car fare across Hood River Bridge to $1, from 75 cents. The increase was long-expected; in June, the port had adopted a 2011-12 budget that reflected the increased revenue.
A gray plume, shaped like a question mark, punctuated the Columbia River Oct. 26 within hours after demolition of Condit Dam a few miles up the White Salmon River. The punctuation turned to a silty underscore a few days later, with the emergence of a re-formed sandbar at the mouth of the river.
"Occupy Mosier" gathered for one week, and one week only, followed by a weekend "Occupy Hood River" encampment three weeks later in Hood River, as residents peacefully demonstrated against banks and corporations and unresponsive government.
Lance Masters took the oath of office as Cascade Locks mayor, and council members Jeff Helfrich, Gail Lewis, Randy Holmstrom and Mark Storm also took the oath, completing the cycle of change at city hall that was formalized in the Sept. 20 recall vote.
Residents of Cascade Locks, and the Gorge, help in the final work party to create a two-mile loop trail on Port of Cascade Locks land east of the city, on Industrial Parkway.
"The Sandbar" is the unofficial name bestowed on the evolving landmass at the mouth of the Hood River, following a one-month contest sponsored by the Hood River News and Chamber of Commerce. Though the name is unofficial, Mayor Arthur Babitz read a proclamation naming "The Sandbar" at the riverfront on Nov. 7.
The History Museum of Hood River County announces its "Time to Build" capital campaign. The museum closed for the season, and began a new era by moving its collection out of the building to make way for expansion and remodeling to take place in the first four months of 2012.
Many residents protested, and many more offered support, at hearings in October and November, but by late December Walmart got its way as City Council voted 5-2 to allow the company to add a 30,000-square-foot grocery store to its existing facility. Councilors Ann Frodel and Laurent Pickard dissented, but the rest of council concurred with Walmart's argument that the original 1991 permit reflected the company's intent to one day add onto the store.
The Dec. 17 Hood River News announced the decision by Hood River Citizens for a Local Economy to appeal the city's Walmart decision to the state Land Use Board of Appeals.
A major break in a nine-year-old murder case occurred in late December with the arrests and charging of three family members in the death of Faustino Garcia, whose body was found near Hood River Middle School in February 2003. Charged with murder on Dec. 1 were Garcia's wife, Rosario Munoz de Garcia, and his children, Jorge Garcia Munoz and Guadalupe Garcia.
Insitu announced its long-awaited "campus" selection decision on Dec. 13, choosing Bingen for expansion of its headquarters and production facilities.
Starting Dec. 4, local churches collaborated to open the community warming shelter for the homeless, for the second year. Last year, the shelter would open only when temperatures reached freezing. In 2011-12, the service would be open daily from 6 p.m. to 8 a.m., through March.
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It's part of the same upcoming Heritage Auction which will showcase Fuzzy Thurston's Super Bowl II ring.
From the auction listing:
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1937-45 Don Hutson Game Worn Green Bay Packers Jersey. One of the most influential players in the development of the modern game, Hutson was the first star wide receiver in NFL history, credited with authoring many of the pass routes still utilized today. His utter dominance of NFL flight paths during his eleven-season tenure comes into focus when considering the many records he continues to hold six and a half decades after his retirement. No other player has led the NFL more seasons than Hutson in receptions (8), passing yards gained (7), receiving touchdowns (5) or overall scoring (5). In the famous 1999 ranking of the 100 Greatest Football Players by The Sporting News, Hutson earned the number six spot, the highest position of any Green Bay Packers veteran.
This distinctive jersey style is the one most commonly associated with the pioneering pass catcher, utilized by the Packers franchise from 1937 through 1948. Hutson's retirement at the close of the 1945 season accounts for the possible range of this specific jersey's potential vintage, though the included letter of provenance would suggest the later years of that span. The handwritten page from the son of Packers equipment manager John Proski states, in part, "The enclosed Don Hutson jersey #14 Green Bay Packers jersey along with picture has been with me and my family since 1944 or ? It was given to me by Don on my 5th or 6th birthday when my dad would invite Packer players over for my birthday party."
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This dating presents the exciting possibility that Hutson may have worn this jersey in the historic 1944 NFL Championship game victory over the New York Giants at Yankee Stadium, where the Packers did indeed don these gold-shouldered navy blue beauties. The jersey exhibits solid use throughout with five team repairs clearly dating to Hutson's ownership, though we must note that the young Proski's letter admits some of the wear may be due to some of his own childhood backyard games. This later use may also account for the loss of the manufacturer's label on the amputated crotchpiece, though MEARS was able to match the material, style and collar to a Ken Keuper jersey which was supplied by the Shea Knitting Mills Co. of Chicago, IL. MEARS deducts three points for the loss of the tagging and the unrepaired holes, accounting for the final A7 rating.The auction listing includes this photo of Hutson with fellow Packer legend Tony Canadeo.
The opportunity to own a genuine gamer from one of the great stars of the pre-war NFL might surface on two or three occasions in a hobby lifetime, and this is unquestionably the most important example to reach the public auction block in recent memory. In the football-mad town of Green Bay, where devotion to the team borders on religious zealotry, the jersey would be considered one of the franchise's most sacred artifacts. Letter of provenance from Joe Proski. LOA from MEARS, A7. LOA from Heritage Auctions.
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The closeup comes from the Packers' 1943 team photo:
I love this number style. There's something both solid and elegant about the straight block, maximizing the right angles in Hutson's famous #14.
Hutson is pictured wearing a jersey like this on the cover of the NFL's 1943 press book.
Looking at the auction listing, while "Hutson may have worn this jersey in the historic 1944 NFL Championship game victory over the New York Giants" (emphasis mine), I'm not sure I'd be willing to say that it's very likely that he did. I think the straight number font was phased out after the 1943 season. 1944 team photos clearly show a different number font, much more like the ones the Packers still wear today.
Unfortunately, decent photos of the 1944 Championship Game are rare, and surviving films are inconclusive. While it's not impossible that Hutson trotted out onto the field of the Polo Grounds for the biggest game of the year wearing an old jersey, the likelihood seems remote. Just one month before, as the Packers were preparing for their November 19 game against the Giants at the Polo Grounds, Hutson is seen wearing the new-for-'44 notched numbers.
I think it's far more likely that this jersey dates no later than 1943. Would make sense if it was in fact given to Joe Proski in 1944.
Regardless, it's a gorgeous-looking jersey, an example of the Packers' Lambeau-era iconic look.