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On Saturday at Los Angeles State Historic Park in Chinatown, the 10th annual FYF Fest drew more than 20,000 fans of underground rock, soul, folk, punk, house, hip hop and techno to bake in the downtown sun, then chill under the stars.
Mikal Cronin delivered catchy, acid-drenched rock, the Underachievers sampled the Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter," Flag tore through Black Flag's "Gimme Gimme Gimme," TV on the Radio offered hard new material, Los Angeles beat producer Nosaj Thing delivered thick, scatterbrained synthetic rhythms and sampled Kendrick Lamar's L.A. anthem "Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe," and Deerhunter's magnetic Bradford Cox sang with his head wrapped in a creepy-looking scarf.
We'll have a full review later of the FYF, which continues Sunday with performances by, among others, MGMT, the Melvins, and Omar Souleyman. But for now, here are five highlights from a remarkable first day of action.
FYF Fest: The Sunday artists to see, hour by hour
1. The magnificent soul singer Charles Bradley and his band poured every ounce of sweat into their late-afternoon performance. Wearing maroon pants, vest and a sheer black shirt, the 60-something-year-old Floridian roared through the sunshine, his Screamin' Jay Hawkins' suggestive yowls and Otis Redding-esque pleadings echoing across the park. A commanding performer, Bradley should offer lessons to many of the young singers around the FYF. He foot-shuffled, he thrusted his pelvis, he gesticulated with his arms while offering big-boned soul and blues. He was impossible to ignore.
2. Those looking for evidence that the annual FYF Fest had hit an afternoon peak found it during songwriter Ty Segall's set. As he and his band, all seated on stools, pushed a hard-strummed acoustic guitar-driven song, the crowd up front was dancing frantically. Suddenly, a pair of pants flew up from the pit, floated in the air, legs akimbo, then drifted back into the crowd. Up they flew again, and you had to wonder about the potentially trouser-less dancer below. Was he or she so lost in the moment that the pants just had to go? I'd wager yes.
3. As washes of smoke and vapor drifted over the crowd, Brooklyn rap duo the Underachievers roamed the stage offering rhymes from their breakout mixtape "Indigoism." The most surprising turn was when, during "Gold Soul Theory," the two started rapping to a creeping, slowed sample from the Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter." Hard-core fans echoed every line, the most reassuring of which was in the final hook, which highlighted divine creativity, or, as they rapped in unison, "the golden gift that's trapped up in your mind."
INTERACTIVE: A festival for every fan – SoCal's yearly sonic lineup
4. During a break in Torrance hard-core punk band Joyce Manor's tough set, unfortunately shortened by technical difficulties, a moshing fan screamed up from the pit that he'd lost his phone. While technicians worked on a powerless amp, singer/guitarist Barry Johnson asked to crowd to keep an eye out. Ha. Yeah right. A few minutes later, though, as the band tore through scream-along punk and the fans slammed and crowd-surfed, a single-arm shot up from the mess, holding a Samsung. Crisis over -- though whether the phone survived the stomping feet is another issue.
5. TV on the Radio has been dormant for the past few years as members worked on other projects. The band, though, returned to the main stage with a typically confident, and notably hard-edged, performance. Doing old and new songs -- the band is teasing new work, though hasn't announced a new album -- the best New York band of the decade offered a triumphant return.
L.A.'s FYF Fest moves from punk to pro
FYF Fest: The Sunday artists to see, hour by hour
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Drive times to the Aurora University Woodstock Center:
- Approximately 70 minutes from the Aurora University, IL campus to the Woodstock Center
- Approximately 40 minutes from George Williams College, Williams Bay, WI
- Approximately 85 minutes from Chicago, Illinois
- Approximately 60 minutes from Rockford, Illinois
- Illinois: Directions from Aurora, IL | Directions from Chicago, IL | From Rockford, IL
- Wisconsin: Directions From Williams Bay, WI
From Aurora, IL (Aurora University)
- Take Galena Road west to Highway 47.
- Take Highway 47 north towards Woodstock.
- Turn left onto McHenry Avenue.
- Turn left onto Madison Street.
- Take second right onto Church Street.
- Take I-90 west towards Rockford.
- Take Highway 47 exit (north) towards Woodstock.
- Turn left onto McHenry Avenue.
- Turn left onto Madison Street.
- Take second right onto Church Street.
- Take US 20 towards Belvidere.
- Turn left onto IL 23 in Marengo.
- Turn right onto Kishwaukee Valley Road.
- Take a left onto Tryon Street.
- Take a right onto Washington Street.
From Williams Bay, WI (George Williams College)
- Take Ravinia Drive to North Lake Shore Drive.
- Turn right on North Lake Shore Drive.
- Turn left on WI 67 south.
- Turn left on US 14 east.
- Turn left on IL Route 120 east.
- Route 120 becomes Church Street.
- Aurora University — Woodstock Center is on the right.
Via Metra railway:
We are a block away from the Woodstock Metra Union Pacific Northwest Line (UP-LN) station.

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Hearts ... to a loaded field for the Nov. 5 Bluffton Town Council race.
It's exciting to see seven candidates have decided to run, vying for two at-large seats on Town Council. Six of them appeared at the League of Women Voters of Hilton Head Island/Bluffton Area forum Thursday at Town Hall.
The voters in this town deserve a variety of choices, and we're fortunate to have so many candidates from different backgrounds interested in serving their community.
Now, it's up to us to learn as much as we can about the candidates in order to make the right choice come Nov. 5. That's why Bluffton Today brings you our 2013 Town Council election guide in today's paper and online at blufftontoday.com.
Read our profiles of the candidates in the paper, then go online to hear from them in their own words via video introductions and a written questionnaire.
Then get out and vote.
Darts ... to more stopgap measures in Washington.
We were mercifully spared the economic consequences of a default and saw the pain caused by the government shutdown cease Wednesday when Congress voted to raise the nation's debt ceiling and end the shutdown. But odds are, we're going to go through a similar crisis in only a few months.
The government, which was partially shut down for 16 days, is funded through Jan. 15 and enforcement of the debt limit is extended to Feb. 7.
House Republicans used the shutdown and potential default to try to extract concessions from President Barack Obama, who refused to negotiate, up to the brink of the debt ceiling deadline last week.
We hope it doesn't happen again, and that a longer-term deal can be reached before another showdown happens early next year, but we're skeptical.
Hearts ... to to the Beaufort-Jasper Active Adult Challenge, which opened Friday and continues through Nov. 1.
The 15-day competition includes a wide range of sports, from swimming to cycling to tennis to the annual triathlon. As always, the goal is to encourage local seniors to get active and be healthy.
Robert Sweetgall, the guest speaker at Friday's opening ceremonies, provides a perfect example. Sweetgall quit his $100,000-per-year engineering job to found Creative Walking, Inc., which specializes in custom-designed walking and wellness programs.
"Too many people check out too early on life. I think many don't realize how just a little physical activity can enhance the quality of life," Sweetgall said. "A lot of people are suffering from chronic diseases, stress and heart problems when they just need to have more fun."
With obesity rates skyrocketing, the rest of us should learn from the seniors participating in BJAAC. Follow their example and stay active.
Hearts ... to a pair of Bluffton High School graduates who continue to represent their hometown well.
University of South Carolina Beaufort senior Kendra Collins and junior Anthony Vecchio were recently named the Sun Conference's women's golfer of the month and men's cross country runner of the week, respectively.
Collins is off to a terrific start to her final collegiate season at USCB. The 2012 honorable mention NAIA All-American already has tied for first at one tournament and won the individual title in another.
Vecchio won the men's title at the Beaufort Shrimp Festival 5K to earn his third career runner of the week honor. He owns three of the four best cross country times in USCB history.
Collins and Vecchio are proving local prep athletes don't even have to leave town to make their marks in college. We're certain there are plenty more Bobcats who will wind up starring on the next level right down the road at USCB.


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March 2012
Two SCU Law Alums Receive Top Corporate Counsel Awards
Deborah Lohse
SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 2, 2012 --Two Santa Clara University School of Law alumni were honored with top prizes in the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal Corporate Counsel awards. The two were among the nine winners from among 27 nominees (including four other SCU Law alums). The awards honor the top legal minds representing the interests of some of the world's most recognized companies, based in the Bay Area and Silicon Valley.
Sam O'Rourke, deputy general counsel of intellectual property at Facebook, won the magazine's award for Rising Star, for his work on some of Facebook's cutting-edge intellectual property issues. In the story, colleagues described O'Rourke, who graduated from SCU Law in 1999, as "drop-dead smart, (with) very good people and street instincts" and "a genuinely nice guy with a flair for the quintessential California free spirit."
Andrew Vu, assistant general counsel for SAP in Palo Alto, won the award for top Community Champion, for his work advocating for Asian-American, Vietnamese-American, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community issues. Vu, who graduated in 1993, was described as "almost like a secret Batman who can go out and save the world."
The two men were honored Thursday night by the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal and the San Francisco Business Times at 2012 Best Bay Area Corporate Counsel Awards, held at the Sofitel San Francisco Bay.
Profiles of all the winners and finalists are available to Business Journal subscribers in print and online.


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Hi there!
I just started a new job and with that took the opportunity since my DS will be 13 months on Wednesday to drop a pump sesh. At first, for about 2 days, my body was still producing over two bottles worth, so we were still giving a small sippy cup (10 oz total for 2 sessions). Now we are at 4 or just under 4 oz each pump session(about 8 oz per day). I'm a little worried (call me ms. cautious) because in the early months I had a LOT of trouble with supply and slow or blocked let down, and even though things have been fine in the pump output department for the last 5 months, I still consider myself sensitive to even small changes and I guess I am fearful that dropping a session will start to reduce my supply overall.
I've heard many of you state that pump weaning at a year was successful, but then I read a recent post by LLL Leader Meg offering her skepticism about that process. I'm wondering if any of you have had an adverse reaction to pump weaning and could share your stories. In any event, I'm going to take it slow and stick with 2 sessions for now. I'd only go back up to three if I felt I wasn't making enough in two. He does eat lots of solids, totally on table food primarily and seems to have a bottomless tummy so not worried about him being underfed with less milk! I do know he does not appreciate drinking much other than my milk, the occasional smoothie but I haven't tried any other types of milk since he nurses enough and gets enough pumped milk that he doesn't need it yet.


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Nikita Khrushchev
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Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchyov (17 April 1894 – 11 September 1971) was the leader of the Soviet Union after the death of Joseph Stalin. He was First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964.
- They say that the Soviet delegates smile. That smile is genuine. It is not artificial. We wish to live in peace, tranquility. But if anyone believes that our smiles involve abandonment of the teaching of Marx, Engels and Lenin he deceives himself poorly. Those who wait for that must wait until a shrimp learns to whistle.
- Impromptu speech at a dinner for visiting East German dignitaries, Moscow (September 17, 1955), as reported by The New York Times (September 18, 1955), p. 19.
- Comrades! We must abolish the cult of the individual decisively, once and for all.
- "The Cult of the Individual and Its Consequences" (24 February 1956), quoted in Lend Me Your Ears (2004) by William Safire
- Yes, today we have genuine Russian weather. Yesterday we had Swedish weather. I can't understand why your weather is so terrible. Maybe it is because you are immediate neighbours of NATO.
- At a Swedish-Soviet summit which began on March 30, 1956, in Moscow. The stenographed discussion was later published by the Swedish Government.as quoted in Raoul Wallenberg (1985) by Eric Sjöquist, p. 119 ISBN 9153650875
- Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will dig you in. (We will bury you.)
- Remark to western ambassadors during a diplomatic reception in Moscow (18 November 1956) as quoted in Memoirs of Nikita Khrushchev: Statesman, 1953-1964, Penn State Press, 2007, (2007) by Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev, p. 893
- Berlin is the testicle of the West. When I want the West to scream, I squeeze on Berlin.
- Nikita Khrushchev, First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Aug. 24, 1963, speech in Yugoslavia[citation needed]
- I am very glad to hear this, since I come from the Ukraine. From now on I can sleep peacefully. I will immediately telegraph my daughter in Kiev.
- Khrushchev's reply when the Swedish prime minister Erlander assured him that Sweden had no intention of repeating the 1709 Battle of Poltava in eastern Ukraine between Russia and Sweden. From a Swedish-Soviet summit which began on March 30, 1956, in Moscow, as quoted in Raoul Wallenberg (1985) by Eric Sjöquist, p. 125 ISBN 9153650875
- If Adenauer were here with us in the sauna, we could see for ourselves that Germany is and will remain divided but also that Germany never will rise again.
- Said during a late night visit to a sauna with Finland's president Kekkonen in June 1957. Translated from Våldets århundrade (2001) by Max Jakobson, p. 220 ISBN 9174866389
- The thought sometimes -- the unpleasant thought sometimes creeps up on me here as to whether perhaps Khrushchev was not invited here to enable you to sort of rub him in your sauce and to show the might and the strength of the United States so as to make him sort of … so as to make him shaky at the knees. If that is so, then if I came -- if it took me about 12 hours to get here, I guess it'll just -- it'll take no more than about 10½ hours to fly back.
- Khrushchev's remarks on his unfriendly reception in California while on a United States Tour. [1]
- I happened to read recently a remark by the American nuclear physicist W. Davidson, who noted that the explosion of one hydrogen bomb releases a greater amount of energy than all the explosions set off by all countries in all wars known in the entire history of mankind. And he, apparently, is right.
- Address to the United Nations, New York City (September 18, 1959), as reported by The New York Times (September 19, 1959), p. 8. The physicist quoted was eventually found to be William Davidon, associate physicist at Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois.
- We have come to this town where lives the cream of American art.… But just now I was told that I could not go to Disneyland. I asked "Why not? What is it? Do you have rocket-launching pads there?" I do not know. Just listen to what reason I was told: "We," which means the American authorities, "cannot guarantee your security if you go there." What is it? Is there an epidemic of cholera there or something? Or have gangsters taken over the place that can destroy me? Then what must I do? Commit suicide? … For me, this situation is inconceivable. I cannot find words to explain this to my people.
- Remarks during a Hollywood luncheon (19 September 1959), quoted in New York Times (20 September 1959) "Text of Khrushchev Debate With Skouras"
- Mr. President, call the toady of American imperialism to order.
- Remark in the United Nations General Assembly (12 October 1960),[specific citation needed] denouncing a speech by Philippines delegate Lorenzo Sumulong
- Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.
- Comment on the construction of a bridge in Belgrade (22 August 1963), quoted in Chicago Tribune (22 August 1963) "Khrushchev Needles Peking"
- If you start throwing hedgehogs under me, I shall throw a couple of porcupines under you.
- As quoted in The New York Times (7 November 1963)
- I remember President Kennedy once stated... that the United States had the nuclear missile capacity to wipe out the Soviet Union two times over, while the Soviet Union had enough atomic weapons to wipe out the United States only once... When journalists asked me to comment... I said jokingly, "Yes, I know what Kennedy claims, and he's quite right. But I'm not complaining... We're satisfied to be able to finish off the United States first time round. Once is quite enough. What good does it do to annihilate a country twice? We're not a bloodthirsty people."
- As quoted in Khrushchev Remembers: The Last Testament (1974)
- My arms are up to the elbows in blood. That is the most terrible thing that lies in my soul.
- Told to Soviet playwright Nikolay Shatrov, as quoted in William Taubman, Khrushchev: The Man and His Era (New York: W.W. Norton, 2002)
- Are you real men or some goddamned faggots?
- Said to avant-garde artists (Ely Bielutin and Ernst Neizvestny) during a visit to their exhibition (1 December 1962)
- The living will envy the dead.
- The attribution of this widely quoted remark about nuclear war to Khrushchev is disputed in Respectfully Quoted : A Dictionary of Quotations (1989).
- In Russia this quote is usually attributed to the translation of Treasure Island by Nikolay Chukovsky: "А те из вас, кто останется в живых, позавидуют мертвым!" ("Those of you who will be still alive will envy the dead", originally: "Them that die'll be the lucky ones").[2]
- "You Americans are so gullible. No, you won't accept communism outright, but we'll keep feeding you small doses of socialism until you'll finally wake up and find you already have communism. We won't have to fight you. We'll so weaken your economy until you'll fall like overripe fruit into our hands." [1]
- (When talking to US President Truman on a visit to America regarding how healthy the crops looked) "If you had made it (how to raise crops so well) a secret, I would have known about it."
Quotes about Khruschchev
- Our only "crime" is that in Bucharest we did not agree that a fraternal communist party like the Chinese Communist Party should be unjustly condemned; our only "crime" is that we had the courage to oppose openly, at an international communist meeting (and not in the marketplace) the unjust action of Comrade Khrushchev, our only "crime" is that we are a small Party of a small and poor country which, according to Comrade Khrushchev, should merely applaud and approve but express no opinion of its own. But this is neither Marxist nor acceptable. Marxism-Leninism has granted us the right to have our say and we will not give up this right for any one, neither on account of political and economic pressure nor on account of the threats and epithets that they might hurl at us. On this occasion we would like to ask Comrade Khrushchev why he did not make such a statement to us instead of to a representative of a third party. Or does Comrade Khrushchev think that the Party of Labor of Albania has no views of its own but has made common cause with the Communist Party of China in an unprincipled manner, and therefore, on matters pertaining to our Party, one can talk with the Chinese comrades? No, Comrade Khrushchev, you continue to blunder and hold very wrong opinions about our Party. The Party of Labor of Albania has its own views and will answer for them both to its own people as well as to the international communist and workers' movement.
- It is not we who behave like the Yugoslavs but you, comrade Khrushchev, who are using methods alien to Marxism-Leninism against our Party. You consider Albania as a market commodity which can be gained by one or lost by another. There was a time when Albania was considered a medium of exchange, when others thought it depended on them whether Albania should or should not exist, but that time came to an end with the triumph of the ideas of Marxism-Leninism in our country. You were repeating the same thing when you decided that you had "lost" Albania or that some one else had "won" it, when you decided that Albania is no longer a socialist country, as it turns out from the letter you handed to us on November 8, in which our country is not mentioned as a socialist country.
- Enver Hoxha, Reject the Revisionist Theses of the XX Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the Anti-Marxist Stand of Krushchev's Group! Uphold Marxism-Leninism!, Speech Delivered by Enver Hoxha as Head of the Delegation of the Party of Labor of Albania Before the Meeting of 81 Communist and Workers Parties, Moscow, 16
November, 1960
- Nikita Khruschev was a difficult man to deal with, often very hard, always determined. But his peasant side which made him alternatively good-natured and cunning, also made him likeable.
- Muhammad Reza Pahlavi (1980) The Shah's Story, page 142
- Comrade Khrushchev often repeats that Socialism cannot be built with American wheat. I think it can be done by anyone who knows how to do it, while a person who doesn't know how to do it cannot build Socialism even with his own wheat. Khrushchev says we live on charity received from the imperialist countries … What moral right have those who attack us to rebuke us about American aid or credits when Khruschev himself has just tried to conclude an economic agreement with America?
- Tito, as quoted by Jasper Ridley, Tito: A Biography (Constable and Company Ltd., 1994), p. 348-349.
- He's a charming fellow between sentences.
- John Charles Daly, What's my Line?, 20 September 1959.[3]
- And lastly, Chairman Khrushchev has compared the United States to a worn-out runner living on its past performance, and stated that the Soviet Union would out-produce the United States by 1970. Without wishing to trade hyperbole with the Chairman, I do suggest that he reminds me of the tiger hunter who has picked a place on the wall to hang the tiger's skin long before he his caught the tiger. This tiger has other ideas.
President John F. Kennedy's 13th News Conferences on June 28, 1961 John Source: F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum
- In the first message, Khrushchev said this: "We and you ought not to pull on the ends of a rope which you have tied the knots of war. Because the more the two of us pull, the tighter the knot will be tied. And then it will be necessary to cut that knot, and what that would mean is not for me to explain to you. I have participated in two wars and know that war ends when it has rolled through cities and villages, everywhere sowing death and destruction. For such is the logic of war. If people do not display wisdom, they will clash like blind moles and then mutual annihilation will commence." - Robert McNamara, Fog of War (2003)
External links
- Obituary, The New York Times (12 September 1971)
- "The Case of Khrushchev's Shoe" by Nina Khrushcheva (Nikita's granddaughter) in New Statesman (2 October 2000)
- "Nikita S. Khrushchev: The Secret Speech — On the Cult of Personality" (1956) at Modern History Sourcebook
- A "Stalinist" rebuttal of Khrushchev's "Secret Speech" from the CPUSA (1956)
- "Tumultuous, prolonged applause ending in ovation. All rise." Khrushchev's "Secret Report" and Poland (March 2006)
- ↑ Udall, U.S. Rep. Morris K.. Khrushchev Could Have Said It. originally published in The New Republic, 1962. Retrieved on 2016-04-06.


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I was reading Two lives, one Social Security number, and... I'm curious... what's your opinion on it?
My opinion, I think, depends on the following two questions:
What is the point of distinguishing citizens from non-citizens? Non-citizens and citizens alike both will probably still be paying taxes. Non-citizens do so through sales tax and if they're employed illegally, they still pay income tax according to the above article.
Do governments call people citizens chiefly for the purpose of tracking their movements more easily?
Something else?
Two more things. Why don't illegal aliens just get a green card or something? I think the bar for becoming an actual US citizen is maybe unreasonably high (I think it has, for some people, taken upwards of around twenty years), but what about for green cards?
It's like... if I needed $100.00, I could rob somebody or I could just withdraw it from my bank. If the latter was an option for someone, it'd be hard to have sympathy for them if they did the former. Similarly, if getting a green card is a viable option, I wouldn't have much sympathy for illegal aliens. If the green card issuing agency were horribly corrupt, though, then I might be more sympathetic, although that still doesn't necessarily excuse it.
Also, I'm not really sure why people would cross the border illegally, anyway? In the US, getting a passport is quite easy. Assuming it's just as easy in Mexico, why not get a passport, cross the border at a legitimate check point, and then just not leave? Doing so would mean you wouldn't have to deal with so-called coyotes, who, according to the wikipedia article on them, are highly prone to extorting people. I guess maybe you'd need to deal with one to get a social security number, although with almost 300,000,000 people (I'm assuming each of these people has an ssn) and 1,000,000,000 possible social security numbers, guessing a valid ssn shouldn't be all that difficult.
As for the msnbc.com article... I think it's dumb that the Holli in the article can't get information on the other person using her account, seeing as how it is her account. And the government complicity is kinda annoying, too, although not entirely surprising, I suppose. I wouldn't expect the police to help a high school student out if someone stole their $100.00 graphing calculator. And what are the consequences of people using your SSN? I suspect that these consequences could be quite severe. Maybe someone does a background check and you get denied jobs because someone's using your SSN as if it were somehow your fault even when it isn't.


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Fit Club
Being me, I found solace in the gym. My obsession was short lived, but while I was there I got in the best shape of my life. Then I met a great guy, dug into my new career, got married and had kids. Each live changer took time away from the gym and added a pound here and there. I always had my membership just in case I would end up with an extra hour....an extra hour? What a joke.
For a while I would make it to the gym at least three days a week. Then it trickled to two days, then one, and then once every two weeks. You get the idea. Something else always took priority....or maybe I just let other things become a priority...however ya wanna shake it, I wasn't making it to the gym.
I hurt my back a few weeks ago when I fell with one of the boys in my arm...sounds much more dramatic that it really was. The pain was bad and I limped to a new chiropractor to get a tune up.
After a 15 minute download on my personal, physical and diet history, the doctor gave me my marching orders. Change your diet (no dairy, no meet, no gluten) to cure the every present ulcer and start exercising....chasing kids and cleaning up toys was not enough. Time....couldn't you have written me a prescription for more time? Just one extra hour?
I had been waking up at 4am (truth) to get some work items done. So, why not exercise then? Well, CPS usually frowns on leaving the kids alone for extended periods of time. I was on a mission to find something that I could do at home. What comes to mind first when working out in your living room? The horrors of Jane Fonda or Sweating to the oldies VHS tapes. I can't do that. My ego has enough bruises. Richard Simmons would be the beginning of my complete demise. Next I'd be shopping QVC late nights hoping for a great deal on Quacker Factory clothing. FML.
I had heard of the P90X thing for a while. The infomercials showed fit people working out and getting more fit. But where were the chubby kids? Where were the soft people? The round shape club? Well, when my box of P90X tricks arrived in the mail, I quickly found out.
Getting down to business I completely ignored the note about taking a fit test before hand. Fit test? I'll be fine. 12 CD's complete with a calendar to track your progress. Let's get it on!!!
The first day I didn't have much time so I decided to do the shortest CD. Ab Ripper X. This guy Tony who is in amazing shape appears on the TV screen...remember its before 5am. So chipper people are frowned upon. He doesn't mess around. We did something like 349 ab/core exercises in less than 15 minutes. No breaks, no water, no messing around. It was hell. I looked like a fish flopping on the carpet. I cursed at this Tony dude at least a dozen times as he and his disciples effortlessly crunched and flexed their ripped bodies. P90X isn't for fat kids....it's for fit people....I am not a fit person...yet.
My hip flexors (muscles at the top of your thigh, right where your thigh meets your hip) were so sore that while driving I could not lift my leg from the gas petal to the break with out crying out in pain. She would comment "what's wrong? Why are you making that noise?"
"My legs hurt."
"Do you need a bandaide?"
I wish it was that easy.
Two days later I did plyometrics aka jump training....I could barely walk down a slight incline. It was horror. I continue to curse Tony each time I see his smug mug on the TV screen. Two days ago I did Kenpo X...basically a lot of Karate kicks and punches. I can barely straighten my arms. Tomorrow I will tackle another CD...what can I say, I am a bit of a masochist.
6 comments:
- danijane said...
I can relate to 3 things in your post..."going to the gym never entered my mind", "Barely being able to lift my legs from the gas pedal to the brake", and "I can barely straighten my arms". Now, about exercising.....can't relate to that. The best weight loss method I have found is a broken neck. I lost 10 lbs and couldn't gain a pond back if I tried. You carry on with your boyfriend Tony, I will cheer from the sidelines!
- August 25, 2010 at 11:12 AM
- Joann Mannix said...
You know who does that series? Pink. And I don't know if you've ever seen her in person, but she looks amazing.
I thought about doing it. I wanted to actually hear from someone who was doing it. When I googled it, it looked like you needed all kinds of equipment and stuff, yes or no? And I'm all about the easy. Although I love weight training and I love, love, love jump training. And I do love the whole point of using different muscles every day. I'm going to check in with you and see how it's going before I make any decisions.
- August 25, 2010 at 2:27 PM
- Andrea C Lagourgue said...
Joann....I would love to sing the phrases of P90X, but we are in a down swing in our relationship. ;) It is great. Good work out, interesting, time flies by, but it sucks. It's hard. I didn't go all "Pink" and do the six days a week thing...not yet at least. I do it when I can. You do need dumbells, bands and the pull-up bar.
All in all, it is worth the money!
- August 25, 2010 at 4:31 PM
- dani jane said...
I spelled "pound" wrong and it is bugging the crapola out of me....
I dropped the "u". Excuse me please!
- August 26, 2010 at 9:03 AM
- Andrea C Lagourgue said...
well if you do gain a pond (water pond) I hope it is distributed throughout your body evenly :)
- August 26, 2010 at 2:55 PM
- Lisa said...
Ha! I bought this for Andrew a couple of years ago after he put on the freshman 25 (no more high school football, baseball, basketball) and he saw this on TV. He uses it (sparingly these days) and it kicks his butt at 21 years old. I am doing Bob (not Jillian) before I ever attempt the P90X. Keep on it girl, you know you can do it!
- September 1, 2010 at 3:30 PM


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Fix running "descriptive" header on tool pages
The brief description (beneath the author's name and university) for tool pages duplicates what is provided in the abstract, and in some cases, "falls off" with an ellipsis (See MOSCap First-Time User Guide page for an example). Margarita pointed this out, and I am putting in a "wish" for it. Could you include the first line of the abstract only and consistently for each page? It would look much cleaner than what is now provided. Thanks!


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Life in Christian County, Kentucky...
Hopkinsville's old Winn Dixie store is being torn down, and a Rite Aid Pharmacy will be built there instead (at the intersection of Country Club Lane and Ft. Campbell Blvd.)
I'm a little surprised they tore down a building that seemed perfectly adequate and in decent condition. They'd rather start with a building that is built to their purpose and specs, I guess. I understand the advantages of that, but it sure makes a lot of construction rubble to be dealt with.
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posted by Howard Fosdick on Sat 10th Nov 2012 07:28 UTC
If you want to ensure you have adequate passwords but don't have the time or interest to study the topic, there's a useful basic article on how to devise strong passwords over at the NY Times. It summarizes key points in 9 simple rules of thumb. Also see the follow-up article for useful reader feedback. Stay safe!


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I then removed the package via Software Manager and tried to install using the terminal and the kazam stable repository, copying and pasting commands found here http://www.webupd8.org/2010/09/try-kaza ... ation.html but this seemed to install the same version with the same result and (when tried in the terminal) the same error message.ERROR:root:Could not find any typelib for Gtk
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/kazam", line 29, in <module>
from gi.repository import Gtk
I have other gtk programs working fine, e.g. Grsynch, so am at a loss - and out of my depth - with this one.
Any ideas appreciated as the program seems generally to attract favourable reviews and I have a current need for it or something similar.


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With the economy on a downturn, getting a job with a better pay means having the right qualifications for it, whether they be a certification or a sufficient training. In the field of information technology (IT), this is no exception: a highly sought-out skill means very high demand.
In this light, any IT professional knows for a fact that having a certification from Systems, Applications, and Products in Data Processing–or more commonly known as SAP–means getting one of the highest paying careers in any job market today.
To get this certification, however, means you have to go through a fairly long process. Listed below are some objectives that should be kept in mind when going for a SAP certification or a job position that requires SAP skills and knowledge.
Understand that failing to plan is planning to fail. So, plan before starting the study.(a) There are many modules associated with SAP like CRM, FICO, ABAP, BASIS, et al. It is advisable to get certified and authorized training with each of them.
(b) Have proper training in either a technical or an industrial profession. This might include certified backgrounds in engineering, computer studies, information technology, network analysis, and the like.
(c) The Internet is a very large source of information about SAP-related material, and more will be available in time. Still, it is recommended to go to a proper SAP training by an institution or a person. Specialized education is often better than hand-me-down information.
(d) As written above, the Internet is a good source of material, and some professionals prefer to give SAP training and education online instead while still remaining well within the normal training budget. Some valuable modules go for even less than USD500.
(e) It is usually the case for SAP training courses to have access to a SAP system. Anyone who wants to have more proficiency with the system–which means more familiarity and preparedness for the job you want to apply–should try to negotiate for some extra system access for a small number of months. Talk with your SAP training institute or person about this.
(f) Perform any, if not all, evaluations avalable. Exercise your proficiency with SAP on a regular basis. In any interview about SAP-dependent positions or SAP-related careers, the type of queries will be more about day-to-day or case-to-case applications, not merely theoretical ones.
(g) In the case that you can afford it, go for the SAP training certification. A full certificate is always better than just specific module training. Of course you have to update it from time to time, but this means more weight to your credentials, which equates to more chances in getting a high-paying job. Take note, though, that a SAP certification will normally be around USD1000.
(h) Establish connections with professionals who are already in a SAP-dependent or SAP-related field and ask them about approaches and insights that could help you with the job interview or the job itself.
(i) Lastly, try online groups and message boards about SAP. Better yet, keep accounts in multiple sites to further increase your chance of netting updates earler and learning more about modules you are interested in or you want to know about.
I hope these tips will help you prepare for certification. I have seen people use these tips to get certified. Best of luck.
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British rockers "Def Leppard" claim "One Direction" ripped off one of their biggest hits ... and get this ... they're flattered.
Def's legendary one-armed drummer Rick Allen tells us any fool can hear the similarities between their 1987 hit "Pour Some Sugar On Me" ... and 1D's tune, "Midnight Memories."
Maybe the real reason for calling off the lawyers ... Allen seems to admit he's done to other bands what 1D did to his. Listen to him ... it's hysterical.
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Thursday, October 20, 2011
"Blogging is a new concept for me. I have absolutely no clue as to what I am doing just yet, but I have never let that stop me before. I have found many blogs to be intriguing and inspiring. What will I bring to this forum?...................I do not know. I will just have to see where this leads."
In the beginning I didn't even know how to upload a photo and creating links was a complete mystery. I have met some fabulous people through this medium, been given some wonderful opportunities and have enjoyed having this place to chronicle my journey as I grow into the artist I want to be and most of all, to be able to share ideas.
What is a blog post without an interesting photo? You'll have to wait until next week to learn more about this one.
In the mean time don't forget to enter the giveaway I am hosting, read my previous post to find out how to be entered into the drawing for the digital scrapbooking software, My Memories Suite
(Comments/Entries must be made in that post, thanks )
18 comments:
- Sherri said...
Wow you have really redesigned your blog! It looks terrific!!! But then, I would expect no less from you! :)
- October 20, 2011 at 12:47 PM
- Leah said...
Gratz on three years! I have really enjoyed reading your posts and look forward to many more.
- October 20, 2011 at 1:28 PM
- fabriquefantastique said...
3 years? were you surprised to discover you love blogging? I did/
- October 20, 2011 at 1:44 PM
- sbsudbury said...
Happy Anniversary to you!!!! You are one of the most inspiring bloggers in the blogosphere so keep up the great work.
Looking forward to many more exciting posts....
- October 20, 2011 at 2:30 PM
- Clare Wassermann said...
You have learned a lot but I have also learned a lot from you!
- October 20, 2011 at 3:11 PM
- Trudi said...
Congrats on the Blogaversary! I've been reading almost all those 3 years! I keep coming back you inpire so many of us :) And cheris my postcard still to this day :)
- October 20, 2011 at 3:44 PM
- Terri Stegmiller said...
Happy anniversary! The photo is very intriguing and I can't wait to learn more about it.
- October 20, 2011 at 4:51 PM
- Needled Mom said...
I know what you mean. I was so clueless when I began too, but there are tons of people to offer help. Congratulations on your blogaversary.
- October 20, 2011 at 5:16 PM
- vikkii said...
Congrats, amazing how time flies while having all kinds of fun, I started blogging about a year ago myself, love visiting your site.
- October 20, 2011 at 5:41 PM
- Jackie said...
Oh congrats so much !!!!!!
- October 20, 2011 at 8:55 PM
- Joan said...
Congratulations on your 3 years Jill. I really look forward to your plst! I am also intrigued as to what you are up to with the photo :)
- October 20, 2011 at 11:32 PM
- Caryl W said...
congrats on three years....I love following you!!
- October 21, 2011 at 12:30 AM
- Sharon said...
Happy blogiversary! I'm so glad you started blogging, as I really enjoy reading your posts and learning what you are sharing with us. Keep up the good work!
- October 21, 2011 at 2:09 AM
- Ethne said...
Happy blog-versary - I look forward to the fantastic work you have to share with us over the next year, and if your photo in this post is anything to go by it will be fantastic
- October 21, 2011 at 3:12 AM
- Quilter Kathy said...
Happy Blogiversary! I have enjoyed reading your blog and look forward to many more years of Quilt Rat adventures!
- October 21, 2011 at 8:20 AM
- Petit Design Co. said...
congrats on a fun milestone.
quick question... I've been asked to review my memories too, did it take a long time for your computer to install the program (not to download)? or maybe it was just my computer.
- October 21, 2011 at 11:47 AM
- Createology said...
A very Happy Blogiversary! Your new banner is beautiful and really shows your talents. I truly enjoy your blog and have learned so much. Thank you for sharing your wisdom. Blissful Blogging...
- October 21, 2011 at 7:01 PM
- Royce said...
Oh so glad to find out about My Memories - I took a quick look and fell in love with the Memory Lane kits - great prices too.
I follow your blog regularly and will post a link about this give away
- October 23, 2011 at 3:29 PM


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10 Scrumptious Skylit Kitchens
Last week, we looked at kitchens with windows facing east for early morning sun. Today, let's take a look at kitchens that receive high-noon sun via gorgeous skylights. Whether you're in a top-floor apartment or a stand-alone house, a skylight just might be the answer to a little extra natural lighting in the kitchen. Even if you have some space above your kitchen, a tubular skylight can still direct light down into the space.
A few advantages and disadvantages to skylights in the kitchen:
- Natural light without sacrificing wall space that can otherwise be used for cabinetry or shelving.
- Good source of overhead light that's often enough for task lighting at the counter top.
- An operable skylight will aid in ventilation of the kitchen.
- Strong solar gain can mean lots of extra heat in the kitchen.
- Can be difficult to reach, thus clean.
What do you think of skylights in kitchens? Anyone have any firsthand experience with them to share with the rest of us? Please feel free to share opinions or experiences in the comments section below!
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What Google Wants From North Korea
Former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson will be taking Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt on a humanitarian visit to North Korea. The WSJ's Evan Ramstad tells us why an Internet company would want to visit the most isolated country in the world.
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I ... the ... all executive chairman Eric Schmidt will travel to North Korea ... in what is being described as the humanitarian visits ... joining me now is reporter Evan Rams that from Seoul ... he added that we were just talking about it and she and Johnny and sad New Year's and giraffes ... and ... looking for signs and that's and North Korea could be possibly opening up to the rest of the world when you really see signs in that speech but could this be the first indication ... that perhaps at North Korea is opening the doors of its ... well ... I would say that if it were as somebody different and Governor Richardson involved I mean Governor Richardson has had no connection in ... North Korea for many many years he's been involved in of ... crisis and Laney ... with the North Koreans ... of Henan and his associates Cunningham could have ... quite a good relationship with the North Koreans ... and so the fact that these two guys are going in the town with Eric Schmidt ... of is that more of a case of Advent entering the work that they've always done with North Korea which is ... just kind of this on ... the Shoals second try at ... least a type of contact ... that goes on ... I'm not sure and in the case then representing the ... great breakthrough ... but on the other hand I'm you know it's it's pretty interesting in that ... they're going to take Eric Schmidt with that ... again and do we know exactly what they will be doing and who will they be meeting inside that the country on this visit ... no on for Chile we don't know any of that ... the of sources confirm this to me is quite familiar with the plans ... but I'm they are not providing any of the at ... that precise ... details of the trip including ... the exact days that they will go and ... it looks like it's going to be in the middle of this month Iverson was just a few days away ... aam and and there's no word on who they will be meeting ... on in the past ... when ... Mr Richardson who is also former U N ambassador and former cabinet member and Democratic administrations ... in the U S ... when he is gone there he has met with ... senior people ... the last time you with though was in December of two thousand ten ... that was director of the Young Gun Island attack by North Korea on South Korea ... and that he was not able to meet with any scene here is a North Korean government ... officials I'm at the time ... aam but ... um ... I mean that foreign ministry types and such but none of the ... super high ... members of the regime ... so ... of course that's what we're on to be watching for is will they come out of ... it that North Korea ... and that tell us that they were able to meet with in China ... okay that perhaps even letting you can't really think of the place that's more closed off especially in terms of internet use its ... ad then North Korea ... so what is being Goebbels that entranced and Eric Schmidt's interest in making this trip would be ... well I mean let's be clear part of its publicity rate its great publicity for below they have been on ... advocates of openness ... of the disc a low share of aam transparency in business and governments ... are around the world ... they of course it had a very high profile on Friday with the government of China ... um and ... so it isn't some ... new ... for this guy to go in and make a statement about ... the importance of ... technology in importance of transformation ... um and transparency and we'll see ... what message he is able to convey to the North Koreans ... I'm in and of course the North Koreans has resigned the on New Year's message that you know we just spoke about yesterday ... we're very very interested in technology write any promote what they call CNC ... computer numerical communication enter some kind of thing like this ... and I'm so they themselves have their own ... internal way of promoting and technology ... although of course in their style which is to try to communicate with the rest of the world and so therefore they close up in it ... from their own people ... yes then of course we did hear Qincheng and just say that I we live in the middle of a modern day add ... industrial revolution I think I think it's ... thanks AmEx added as I fed ... rises as a state of Israel clashed of ... visions of technology and um ... you know this be ... a very interesting moment to see but somebody like Eric Schmidt and saying dude ... yet ... it's certainly well thanks Fran much at and training us from Seoul for more on that story ... indebted Des beest dot com I'm Deborah con thanks for watching ...


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EPA to Seek Public Input on Cleanup Plan for Contamination at Raymark Site in Stratford, Conn.
Release Date: 09/07/2010
Contact Information: Jim Murphy, (617) 918-1028
(Boston, Mass. – Sept. 7, 2010) – A 30-day public comment period will begin next week on the Proposed Cleanup Plan for a portion of the Raymark Industries, Inc. Superfund Site in Stratford, Conn. The comment period, which begins September 16, will end on October 16, 2010.
EPA has also scheduled a public meeting and public hearing to ensure adequate opportunity for the public to provide input on the proposal. The Public Informational Meeting will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Septembe15, 2010 at Stratford High School, 44 North Parade, Stratford, CT. There will be a presentation on the plan followed by a discussion period.
A Public Hearing will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at the Stratford Town Hall Council Chamber, 2725 Main Street, Stratford, CT. At this hearing the public can offer oral and written comments on the plan. EPA does not respond to any of the comments made at the Public Hearing other than to indicate the time limits or to request clarification. At the close of the formal comment session, if time permits, EPA will be available to answer questions.
Over the past ten years, EPA has worked with the Conn. Dept. of Environmental Protection, state and local officials, and citizens from the Town of Stratford in an effort to reach consensus on moving forward with the cleanup of the Raymark Superfund Site. The development of a cleanup approach with both long-term and short-term goals has been the objective of these meetings. While EPA is still seeking consensus on a long-term cleanup plan to address the areas in Town that remain contaminated with Raymark waste, conceptual agreement has been reached on final cleanup actions at four properties and temporary actions for the remaining areas in Town contaminated with Raymark waste.
These final cleanup actions and the interim actions that are currently presented for public consideration in the Proposed Plan are projected to cost $4.6 million and include the following components:
Beacon Point Area of Concern 2
- Place institutional controls that restrict excavation and groundwater use on a portion of this Town-owned property;
- Estimated cost is $184,609
576/600 East Broadway
- Excavate Raymark waste from the 100 year floodplain to a depth of four feet and place on the upland portion of the two properties to be capped;
- If capacity allows, place Raymark waste excavated from Third Avenue onto the properties;
- Place a low permeability cap on all Raymark waste on the properties located above the 100 year floodplain;
- Integrate final slopes with abutting residential properties (and for potential future development);
- Continue monitoring of groundwater and perform cap maintenance, as required;
- Place institutional controls that restrict excavation in the capped area and restrict the use of groundwater;
- Estimated cost is $3,349,396.
Third Avenue(included only if consolidation capacity exists at 576/600 East Broadway)
- Excavate all Raymark waste from this residential property;
- Backfill the excavation with clean fill and return property to existing conditions;
- Transport excavated Raymark waste to storage area and sample;
- Transport Raymark waste above regulatory standards to an out-of-town treatment and disposal facility;
- Consolidate remaining Raymark waste on 576/600 East Broadway (if available capacity);
- Estimated cost is $370,533.
Interim Actions
- Place institutional controls on all remaining Raymark waste locations throughout Stratford. Institutional controls may include restrictions on excavations, groundwater use, and notification requirements such as fencing or signage. The types of controls necessary will be determined on a property by property basis and are only temporary measures to reduce the potential of exposures to Raymark waste. These temporary measures will remain in place until final remedies are complete.
- Estimated cost is $855,858
Copies of the proposed plan will be available to the public starting on September 13 at Stratford's Library, Town Hall, and Health Department and will also be available at both meetings and on EPA's website: https://www.epa.gov/ne/superfund/sites/raymark. More detailed information concerning the cleanup alternatives evaluated for the Proposed Plan is available in the Raymark Industries, Inc. Operable Unit 6 Feasibility Study and the accompanying Administrative Record. Both will be available for review beginning September 15 on the EPA website and at the Site information repositories located at the Stratford Public Library, 2203 Main Street and at EPA's Records and Informational Center, 5 Post Office Square, Boston, Mass.
EPA welcomes input provided during the public comment period and uses comments to improve the remedy selection decision. There are three ways for individuals to express their comments on the Proposed Plan:
Written comments may be mailed and postmarked by October 16, 2010 to Ron Jennings, U.S. EPA, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100 (OSRR07-1), Boston, MA 02109-3912 . Written comments may also be emailed to email@example.com by October 16, 2010.
Oral comments may be spoken into the official record during the Public Hearing on October 6, 2010.
NOTE: Only comments received during the 30-day formal public comment period \will be considered and become part of the official record. Comments and responses will be incorporated into the final Record of Decision to be issued at a later date.
EPA and the CT Department of Environmental Protection encourage you to attend the public meetings. For further information about these meetings or the public comment process, call Jim Murphy of EPA's Public Affairs office at (617) 918-1028, or toll-free at 1-888-372-7341, extension 81028.
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Nestled in a shopping center behind Dottie's Diner at 744 Main Street South in Woodbury, CT is the sweetest little vintage boutique I've ever stepped foot in: Maison St. Germain.
Owned by mother-daughter team Debra and Nicole, it's filled with wonderful little treasures that make you think you've stepped right into an Audrey Hepburn film.
It's only a few minutes from Timex, so my friend/co-worker/fellow thrifty shopper Ali and I popped in to check it out during lunch on Friday.
I have been to quite a few vintage shops, thrift stores, and flea markets, searching for the perfect backdrop or table to set up in my office for photos and I finally found it at Maison St. Germain! I took this adorable little English pub table home with me and immediately squeezed it into my already-crowded office. But it's okay because next year I'm moving my office into what is currently our bedroom — a much bigger space for all my crafty supplies and madness! I so wish the cute green chairs came with it, but they were sold separately so I didn't take them.
I was also in love with this big orange dresser. Beautiful! And unlike many of the antique shops in the area, Maison St. Germain's prices were very reasonable. I hate when shop owners find a trashy piece of furniture in a junk yard somewhere for pennies, and try to sell it to you for hundreds of dollars. It's clear that Debra and Nicole carefully curate every piece they bring into their shop and lovingly transform it into something unique, filled with personality. Debra even writes a blog about their adventures: Capers of the Vintage Vixens.
Oh, and if you're looking for vintage teacups to turn into candles, you'll find plenty here!
I love the way they merchandised everything. This table made me want to sit down and have a tea party.
I can't even handle how perfect this pink vanity is!
…Or this sign I found in the dressing room. Ha! Amen, sisters!
Their back room was filled with unique vintage clothing, shoes, purses, and accessories. I wanted that cute pale pink ballerina skirt, but I picked up a slightly more sensible purple pencil skirt and a gold purse instead.
Even their cash wrap/checkout area was set on a beautiful vintage dresser or countertop. I had a wonderful time poking around during my lunch hour, and am so happy with the table I picked up. I'm sure you'll start seeing it here on the blog all the time now! ;)
If you're in the area, or looking for somewhere to pick up unique antique furniture or clothing, please stop by Maison St. Germain and say hello to Debra and Nicole! Please note that the address listed on their website is their previous address. Their current address is: 744 Main Street South, Woodbury, CT.
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Von Hippel–Lindau disease (VHL) disease results from a mutation in the von Hippel–Lindau tumor suppressor gene on chromosome 3p25.3.[1][2][3]
VHL disease can be subdivided according to the clinical manifestations, although these groups often correlate with certain types of mutations present in the VHL gene.[4]
Signs and symptoms
Signs and symptoms associated with VHL disease include headaches, problems with balance and walking, dizziness, weakness of the limbs, vision problems, and high blood pressure. Conditions associated with VHL disease include angiomatosis, hemangioblastomas, pheochromocytoma, renal cell carcinoma, pancreatic cysts (pancreatic serous cystadenoma), endolymphatic sac tumor, and bilateral papillary cystadenomas of the epididymis (men) or broad ligament of the uterus (women).[5][6] Angiomatosis occurs in 37.2% of patients presenting with VHL disease and usually occurs in the retina. As a result, loss of vision is very common. However, other organs can be affected: strokes, heart attacks, and cardiovascular disease are common additional symptoms.[3] Approximately 40% of VHL disease presents with CNS hemangioblastomas and they are present in around 60-80%. Spinal hemangioblastomas are found in 13-59% of VHL disease and are specific because 80% are found in VHL disease.[7][8] Although all of these tumours are common in VHL disease, around half of cases present with only one tumour type.[8]
The disease is caused by mutations of the von Hippel–Lindau tumor suppressor (VHL) gene on the short arm of chromosome 3 (3p25-26). There are over 1500 germline mutations and somatic mutations found in VHL disease.[9][10]
Every cell in the body has 2 copies of every gene. In VHL disease, one copy of the VHL gene has a mutation and produces a faulty VHL protein (pVHL). However, the second copy still produces a functional protein. Tumours form from only those cells where the second copy of the gene has been mutated. This is known as the two-hit hypothesis. A lack of this protein allows tumors characteristic of von Hippel–Lindau syndrome to develop[11][12]
Approximately 20% of cases of VHL disease are found in individuals without a family history, known as de novo mutations. An inherited mutation of the VHL gene is responsible for the remaining 80 percent of cases.[7]
30-40% of mutations in the VHL gene consist of 50-250kb deletion mutations that remove either part of the gene or the whole gene and flanking regions of DNA. The remaining 60-70% of VHL disease is caused by the truncation of pVHL by nonsense mutations, indel mutations or splice site mutations.[7]
VHL protein
The VHL protein (pVHL) is involved in the regulation of a protein known as hypoxia inducible factor 1α (HIF1α). This is a subunit of a heterodimeric transcription factor that at normal cellular oxygen levels is highly regulated. In normal physiological conditions, pVHL recognises and binds to HIF1α only when oxygen is present due to the post translational hydroxylation of 2 proline residues within the HIF1α protein. pVHL is an E3 ligase that ubiquitinates HIF1α and causes its degradation by the proteasome. In low oxygen conditions or in cases of VHL disease where the VHL gene is mutated, pVHL does not bind to HIF1α. This allows the subunit to dimerise with HIF1β and activate the transcription of a number of genes, including vascular endothelial growth factor, platelet-derived growth factor B, erythropoietin and genes involved in glucose uptake and metabolism.[12][13] A new novel missense mutation in VHL genes c.194 C>T, c.239 G>A, c.278 G>A, c.319 C>G, c.337 C>G leading to the following variations p.Ala 65 Val, p.Gly 80 Asp, p.Gly 93 Glu, p.Gln 107 Glu, p.Gln 113 Glu in the protein contributed to Renal clear cell carcinoma.[14]
The detection of tumours specific to VHL disease is important in the disease's diagnosis. In individuals with a family history of VHL disease, one hemangioblastoma, pheochromocytoma or renal cell carcinoma may be sufficient to make a diagnosis. As all the tumours associated with VHL disease can be found sporadically, at least two tumours must be identified to diagnose VHL disease in a person without a family history.[7][8]
Genetic diagnosis is also useful in VHL disease diagnosis. In hereditary VHL, disease techniques such as southern blotting and gene sequencing can be used to analyse DNA and identify mutations. These tests can be used to screen family members of those afflicted with VHL disease; de novo cases that produce genetic mosaicism are more difficult to detect because mutations are not found in the white blood cells that are used for genetic analysis.[7][15]
There is no way to reverse VHL mutations, but early recognition and treatment of specific manifestations of VHL can substantially decrease complications and improve quality of life. For this reason, individuals with VHL disease are usually screened routinely for retinal angiomas, CNS hemangioblastomas, clear-cell renal carcinomas and pheochromocytomas.[16] CNS hemangioblastomas are usually surgically removed if they are symptomatic. Photocoagulation and cryotherapy are usually used for the treatment of symptomatic retinal angiomas, although anti-angiogenic treatments may also be an option. Renal tumours may be removed by a partial nephrectomy or other techniques such as radiofrequency ablation.[7]
VHL disease has an incidence of one in 36,000 births. There is over 90% penetrance by the age of 65.[17] Age at diagnosis varies from infancy to age 60–70 years, with an average patient age at clinical diagnosis of 26 years.
The German ophthalmologist Eugen von Hippel first described angiomas in the eye in 1904.[18] Arvid Lindau described the angiomas of the cerebellum and spine in 1927.[19] The term von Hippel-Lindau disease was first used in 1936, however its use became common only in the 1970s.[7]
Some descendants of the McCoy family (involved in the Hatfield-McCoy feud of Appalachia, USA) are presumed to have VHL. In an article appearing in the Associated Press, it has been speculated by a Vanderbilt University endocrinologist that the hostility underlying the Hatfield–McCoy feud may have been partly due to the consequences of von Hippel–Lindau disease. The article suggests that the McCoy family was predisposed to bad tempers because many of them had a pheochromocytoma which produced excess adrenaline and a tendency toward explosive tempers.[20]
Other uncommon names are: angiomatosis retinae, familial cerebello-retinal angiomatosis, cerebelloretinal hemangioblastomatosis, Hippel Disease, Hippel–Lindau syndrome, HLS, VHL, Lindau disease or retinocerebellar angiomatosis.[21][22]
See also
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- ^ Henry, Todd; Campell, James; Hawley, Arthur (1969). Todd-Sanford clinical diagnosis by laboratory methods, edited by Israel Davidsohn [and] John Bernard Henry. (14th ed.). Philadelphia: Saunders. p. 555. ISBN 0-7216-2921-0.
- ^ a b Wong WT; n E; Agró Coleman HR et al. (February 2007). "Genotype–phenotype correlation in von Hippel–Lindau disease with retinal angiomatosis". Archives of ophthalmology 125 (2): 239–45. PMC 3019103. PMID 17296901. doi:10.1001/archopht.125.2.239. Retrieved 2008-10-22.
- ^ Calzada, MJ (March 2010). "Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome: molecular mechanisms of the disease". Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico 12 (3): 160–5. PMID 20231120. doi:10.1007/s12094-010-0485-9.
- ^ Lindsay, Kenneth W; Ian Bone; Robin Callander; J. van Gijn (1991). Neurology and Neurosurgery Illustrated. United States: Churchill Livingstone. ISBN 0-443-04345-0.
- ^ Frantzen, Carlijn; Links, Thera P.; Giles, Rachel H. (21 June 2012). "Von Hippel-Lindau Disease". GeneReviews at NCBI. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g Maher, ER; Neumann, HP; Richard, S (June 2011). "von Hippel-Lindau disease: a clinical and scientific review". European Journal of Human Genetics : EJHG 19 (6): 617–23. PMC 3110036. PMID 21386872. doi:10.1038/ejhg.2010.175.
- ^ a b c Friedrich, CA (Dec 1, 1999). "Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome. A pleomorphic condition". Cancer 86 (11 Suppl): 2478–82. PMID 10630173. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19991201)86:11+<2478::AID-CNCR4>3.0.CO;2-5.
- ^ Kondo, K; Kaelin Jr, WG (10 March 2001). "The von Hippel–Lindau Tumor Suppressor Gene". Experimental Cell Research 264 (1): 117–125. PMID 11237528. doi:10.1006/excr.2000.5139.
- ^ Nordstrom-O'Brien M; van der Luijt RB; van Rooijen E et al. (May 2010). "Genetic analysis of von Hippel-Lindau disease". Hum. Mutat. 31 (5): 521–37. PMID 20151405. doi:10.1002/humu.21219.
- ^ Knudson, AG (Nov 2001). "Two genetic hits (more or less) to cancer". Nature Reviews Cancer 1 (2): 157–62. PMID 11905807. doi:10.1038/35101031.
- ^ a b Kaelin, WG (2007). "Von Hippel-Lindau disease". Annual review of pathology 2: 145–73. PMID 18039096. doi:10.1146/annurev.pathol.2.010506.092049.
- ^ Bader, HL; Hsu, T (Jun 4, 2012). "Systemic VHL gene functions and the VHL disease". FEBS Letters 586 (11): 1562–9. PMC 3372859. PMID 22673568. doi:10.1016/j.febslet.2012.04.032.
- ^ Pasupuleti Santhosh Kumar, Katari Venkatesh, Lokanathan Srikanth, Potukuchi Venkata Gurunadha Krishna Sarma, Akkamgari Ramprasad Reddy, Srinivasan Subramanian & Bobbidi Venkata Phaneendra (July 2013). "Novel three missense mutations observed in Von Hippel-Lindau gene in a patient reported with renal cell carcinoma". Indian journal of human genetics 19 (3): 373–376. PMID 24339559. doi:10.4103/0971-6866.120809.
- ^ Lonser RR (June 2003). "von Hippel-Lindau disease". Lancet 361 (9374): 2059–67. PMID 12814730. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(03)13643-4.
- ^ Priesemann M; Davies KM; Perry LA et al. (2006). "Benefits of screening in von Hippel-Lindau disease--comparison of morbidity associated with initial tumours in affected parents and children". Horm. Res. 66 (1): 1–5. PMID 16651847. doi:10.1159/000093008.
- ^ Kim, JJ; Rini, BI; Hansel, DE (2010). "Von Hippel Lindau syndrome". Advances in experimental medicine and biology. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 685: 228–49. ISBN 978-1-4419-6447-2. PMID 20687511. doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-6448-9_22.
- ^ Von Hippel E (1904). "Ueber eine sehr seltene Erkrankung der Netzhaut". Albrecht von Graefes Arch Ophthal 59: 83–106.
- ^ Lindau A (1927). "Zur Frage der Angiomatosis Retinae und Ihrer Hirncomplikation". Acta Ophthal 4: 193–226. doi:10.1111/j.1755-3768.1926.tb07786.x.
- ^ "Hatfield–McCoy feud blamed on 'rage' disease". MSNBC.com. 2007-04-05. Retrieved 2007-04-05.
- ^ "NORD national organisation for rare disorders".
- ^ "MeSH (Medical Subject Headings)". Retrieved 08/11/2012. Check date values in:
Kumar PS, Venkatesh K, Srikanth L, Sarma PV, Reddy AR, Subramanian S, Phaneendra BV. Novel three missense mutations observed in Von Hippel-Lindau gene in a patient reported with renal cell carcinoma. Indian J Hum Genet. 2013 Jul;19(3):373-6.
External links
- GeneReviews/NCBI/NIH/UW entry on Von Hippel-Lindau Syndrome
- The VHL Handbook
- Von Hippel–Lindau Disease (VHL) at NINDS
- Von Hippel–Lindau syndrome at NLM Genetics Home Reference
- von Hippel–Lindau syndrome at CHORUS
- Hippel–Lindau disease at Who Named It?
- Online 'Mendelian Inheritance in Man' (OMIM) 608537 (VHL gene)
- VHL Family Alliance support group
- Cancer.Net: Von Hippel-Lindau Syndrome


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LINES-L discussion list established 1992 by Cliff Manis, now owned by Marc Nozell
FAQ for LINES-L by Marc Nozell
The official manual is now included in the distributions. Nonetheless, here are some snapshots:
3.0.2 Français RTF tgz or zip
3.0.5 (2000/03) online (3 formats)
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3.0.7 chm (Microsoft help file) (2001/11) (c/o David Johnson): zip
3.0.39 Manuals
emacs lines-mode.el by Marc Nozell
emacs gedcom.el by Stephen A. Wood
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Updated report scripts are now included with the Lifelines kit.
Previous official repository at Genealogy Anonymous FTP Site by Stephen A. Wood the same via Web interface
the same in one .tar.gz file
copy of individual reports at Dan Hirschberg's site
copy of .tar.gz file at Dan Hirschberg's site
all reports posted on LINES-L by Vincent P. Broman
genealogical charts in PostScript by John S. Quarterman
LifeLines report programs by Robert Simms [ BROKEN ]
3.0.1 and 3.0.2 original Tom Wetmore's sources plus binaries for Solaris, Linux and MS-DOS at Genealogy Anonymous FTP Site by Stephen A. Wood
the same via Web interface
old repository at ftp://hoth.stsci.edu no longer works
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3.0.5 Windows95/NT port by Paul McBride
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GenWeb site by Scott McGee
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17.2 Circumstances That May Permit Local Adaptation
Stake presidents, bishops, and branch presidents have discretion to make simple adaptations to certain Church programs. Where needed, such adaptations may be made as follows:
When considering what adaptations may be appropriate, the stake presidency, bishopric, or branch presidency counsel among themselves and also with the stake, ward, or branch council. They also counsel with their immediate presiding authority if circumstances may justify a major or unusual adaptation. Leaders should always seek the guidance of the Spirit in making adaptations.
Leaders may consider the following factors when determining what adaptations may be appropriate.
Family Circumstances
When extending callings, scheduling leadership meetings, and planning activities, leaders
One family circumstance to consider is the Church calling(s) held by a member's husband or wife. Individual families should not be overburdened with Church responsibilities. Another circumstance to consider is the overall time demands that members face in supporting their families and taking care of other personal matters. In some areas of the world, members of necessity work two or three jobs. These are legitimate considerations for leaders to weigh in extending callings, scheduling leadership meetings, and planning activities.
Transportation and Communication
Some stakes or wards encompass large geographical areas, requiring members to travel long distances to meetings and activities. When evaluating the need for meetings and activities, leaders take into account the time and expense required for members to travel.
In many areas of the world, automobiles are not common, and transportation takes place by foot, bicycle, bus, and streetcar. When distances are great, these conditions may mean that leaders should adjust Church programs and leadership meetings to make it easier for members to participate.
Even where automobiles are widely available, leaders should be sensitive to the cost of driving long distances. In some instances, such as conducting high council business, leaders may use conference calls, e-mail, and the Internet to reduce costly transportation. When using these resources, leaders should take special care to ensure confidentiality.
Members in different stages of life often vary widely in their access to transportation. For example, young single adults are often more mobile than families with children, and sometimes they have the resources to travel greater distances. Where young single adults are able to gather at reasonable time and expense, they should have multistake activities of moderate frequency (see 13.3.1).
In some parts of the world, telephones are expensive, and many members do not own one. Likewise, e-mail and Internet access are rare in some areas. If these resources are expensive or not generally available, leaders should make necessary adaptations.
Where travel is difficult or costly and communication resources are inadequate, serving as a ministering brother or sister is more challenging. In such cases, leaders organize ministering to best meet local needs (see 7.4.3 and 9.5.3).
Small Quorum or Class Size
Young Men and Young Women
In a ward or branch with few young men, Aaronic Priesthood quorums may meet together for instruction and activities (see 8.11 and 8.13.1). However, individual quorums should still be organized, with leaders called and sustained for each quorum.
In a ward or branch with few young women, they may meet together for instruction and activities (see 10.6.2 and 10.8.1). A class presidency may be called for each age-group, or one presidency may be called for the combined age-groups until they are able to be organized into their respective classes.
If adult leadership is limited, the Young Men presidency may teach the Sunday lessons and administer the activity program without assistant advisers. The Young Women presidency may do the same for young women. In a very small unit, the Young Men and Young Women presidents may be the only adult leaders in their organizations. If this is the case, they teach the Sunday lessons and oversee activities for all young men or young women. When possible, counselors and a secretary should be called for each organization.
Because youth often benefit from socializing in larger groups, the young men and young women in two or more small wards or branches may meet occasionally for combined activities.
Periodic stake or multistake activities are especially important where wards or branches have small numbers of youth (see 13.3 and 13.4).
In a small stake or a district, the Young Men president may be the only stake or district Young Men leader. The same may be true for the stake or district Young Women president. When possible, counselors and a secretary should be called for each organization.
In a ward or branch with few children, the Primary presidency may want to organize fewer classes, combining age-groups.
In a small ward or branch, the Primary presidency may be the only Primary leaders and teachers. In a very small unit, the Primary president may be the only Primary leader. In this case, she conducts sharing time and teaches a class for all the children. When possible, more leaders and teachers should be called as outlined in 11.7.
In a small stake or district, the Primary president may be the only stake or district Primary leader. When possible, other leaders should be called as outlined in 11.7.
Leadership Resources
When there are not enough qualified members to fill all leadership positions, the presiding officers may fill only those that are most essential. In addition to calling active, experienced members to leadership positions, presiding officers should seek inspiration to find other potential leaders among new members, inexperienced members, and less-active members who could return to activity. Church members do not need to be experienced or highly qualified to receive a calling. Having a calling is an important way for them to serve and to grow spiritually.
If there are not enough members to serve in leadership positions, presiding officers may organize their stake, ward, or branch on a smaller scale. Examples might include staffing some organizations with only a president and one counselor, having a counselor serve also as a secretary, and simplifying some programs.
In a very small branch that does not have a Young Women or Primary president, the Relief Society president may help parents organize instruction for the young women and children until Young Women and Primary presidents are called.
Leaders of very small branches follow the guidelines in the Basic Unit Program Guidebook.
In some areas of the world, crime rates are very high or political unrest prevails. If leaders in these areas believe that it is unwise for members to travel at night, they may cancel evening activities. This may mean reducing the number of Church activities, as well as scheduling some activities on weekends.
When security risks or travel costs are serious issues, leaders can schedule some youth activities on Sunday. Such activities should be separate from the Sunday meeting schedule and in keeping with the spirit of the Sabbath.
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'Securing Our Legacy,' a Plan for DePauw's Future, Outlined by President Bottoms in Campus Address
April 5, 2006
April 5, 2006, Greencastle, Ind. - Over the next five years, DePauw University will strive to further enhance academic engagement and campus life, reach across oceans to build an increasingly diverse student body and faculty while increasing opportunities for DePauw students and professors to study abroad, and engage the University's dedicated alumni in new ways. That was the message President Robert G. Bottoms delivered today in an address to the DePauw community as he outlined "Securing Our Legacy."
[Download Audio: "Securing Our Legacy" - 157kb] "The reason it has that name is there's not really anything -- absent perhaps technology -- ... (in the plan) that has not gone on at some level in the University in the past," Dr. Bottoms told members of DePauw's faculty and staff and students who formed a standing room only crowd in the ballroom of the Memorial Student Union Building this morning.
The strategic plan has three key objectives:
- To provide an outstanding learning and living environment that encourages academic excellence and the formation of intellectual communities.
- To prepare students to make a positive difference in the diverse and interconnected world in which they will live and work.
- To cultivate alumni loyalty through lifetime engagement.
President Bottoms reminded his audience that since the 1999-2000 academic year, DePauw's full-time faculty has grown from 150 to 230 -- a 40% increase -- resulting in a faculty-student ratio of one-to-ten and reducing DePauw's average class size to 17. [Download Audio: "Unprecedented" - 206kb] "I believe, although I haven't studied it carefully, that this would be unprecedented in DePauw's history," Bottoms asserts. "It does place us in the ranks of the top liberal arts colleges in the country."
The president who has led DePauw for twenty years noted how the University's intellectual life has also been enhanced by recent programs such as the week-long symposium, "Political Education and the Modern University," and the annual "DePauw Discourse" weekends.
With the new Richard E. Peeler Art Center and renovated and expanded William Weston Clarke Emison Museum of Art, "We have come a long way in four short years," Bottoms noted, and he sees the arts community at DePauw becoming even more "vibrant" when work on the Judson and Joyce Green Center for the Performing Arts is completed. [Download Audio: "The Arts" - 508kb] "The importance of the renovation and expansion of the Green Center for the Performing Arts will add, for our music program and our theatre program, the same kind of emphasis we've been able to add to our art program. Soon we will have a facility worthy of the excellence of the School of Music and this will help us in our search for students, I believe," Bottoms asserts. "It ought to be a privilege to come to a place like DePauw and operate in facilities like we will have."
The ways DePauw has used technology to improve teaching and learning have also impacted the campus. [Download Audio: "A National Model" - 335kb] "I believe one could make the case, and many people in this room could make it perhaps better than I, that when we think about instructional technology DePauw in some sense has become a national model. Our ITAP program, (including) the internships that we have using technology in classrooms all across the curriculum, is a resource many institutions would envy," Bottoms says. Five years hence, he envisions technology allowing DePauw students who study abroad to teleconference with their professors in Greencastle, and create new opportunities for interaction and engagement.
In discussing the second strategy -- that DePauw will prepare students will make a positive difference in the increasingly diverse and interconnected world -- Dr. Bottoms recalled that in 1986, when he assumed the presidency, DePauw had 81 multicultural students. "Last year we had 338. That's a growth of 400%," he noted. The president also reported that this year DePauw offered admission to 446 minority students, 124 more than it did last year. Twenty years ago there was one minority member of the DePauw faculty, today there are 43.
[Download Audio: "The Importance of Diversity" - 534kb] "We want a diverse student body and faculty not simply to reflect the diversity of society but because of the way diversity improves the learning environment," Bottoms says. "You've heard me say many times we just don't learn many things from people just like ourselves. It's also becoming increasingly true in this society that the better students in our pool -- the better students in high schools we hope to attract and their parents -- and the best faculty in our pool want to come to a school as diverse, or perhaps even more so, than the one I have been describing."
As he discussed during his recent, first-ever webcast, President Bottoms says "We will continue the emphasis on diversity in this country, but we want to expand our definition of diversity to include a global perspective." Today, DePauw has 35 degree seeking students from countries besides America. Securing Our Legacy seeks to increase that to 50 new international students per year, so that 200 will be studying at the University at a given time.
In February, Dr. Bottoms traveled to India for a week and met with students, educators and business leaders and create synergies that could lead to students from that country coming to DePauw to study, and students and faculty members from DePauw learning and teaching in India. [Download Audio: "Transformative Experiences" - 381kb] "Having spent a week in India I do not perceive myself to be an expert," Bottoms told his audience this morning. "But I do know and I can imagine that if I spent a semester or a year teaching in some of the institutions I visited that it would have perhaps a transformative effect on the way I viewed the world when I came home, and if I were teaching courses it would certainly have an impact on my subject matter and on my perspective."
Bottoms, who plans to return to India in the fall and foresees future outreach efforts in China and South America, added, [Download Audio: "Journey to India" - 399kb] "One of the things that I discovered in India was not only the opportunity for us to attract Indian students to DePauw, but also in several of the institutions I visited, the eagerness to have some of our faculty come as visiting professors to their institutions, particularly as they are developing -- even in their scientific schools or engineering schools -- what we would call liberal arts components to their curriculum that have been lacking in the past."
DePauw's distinctiveness will be further enhanced by The Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics, announced last fall. [Download Audio: "Ethics and DePauw" - 388kb] "Ethics and moral reflection have always been a part of DePauw; some would correctly state that DePauw was founded with some sort of high moral purpose in mind," President Bottoms notes. "If we read the newspapers or listen to the news these days, we know there are a lot of ethical challenges in life. And, on some reflection, we know that society somehow expects education to help improve the ethical climate in our country."
The Prindle Institute for Ethics "will develop as a place for faculty to develop their own insights into the ethical implications of current courses" and where new classes can be designed, Bottoms says. "The Institute could perhaps the sciences even more than we do now to raise for students various environmental questions, raise issues of justice across the curriculum, and have us be intentional as we examine various historical and literary figures and how they have faced crises and moral dilemmas in their lives."
The loyalty of DePauw alumni has made of the University's improvements and successes of the past 20 years possible, Dr. Bottoms stressed to his audience, allowing for new buildings, renovations of existing structures, the aforementioned improvement in the faculty, and the scholarships that enable America's best and brightest young scholars to study at the University regardless of their financial situations.
DePauw's financial goals over the next five years, the president stated, include increasing the Annual Fund -- which collected about $4.5 million last year -- to $7 million; adding $10.5 million each year to the endowment; and to raise $80 million in deferred and planned gifts to the University. With the additional resources, "We'll be able to do the kinds of things I described" and make DePauw an even stronger institution.
The five-year plan calls for building upon programs, on- and off-campus, that provide intellectual engagement for DePauw alumni and enhance the bonds that connect graduates to the University throughout their lives.
In concluding his remarks today, President Bottoms again referred to the goal of internationalizing DePauw. [Download Audio: "Success" - 476kb] "If we are successful, and I think we will be, it means we will have more people in our community who will not think like we do, who will not talk like we talk, and they will not look like we look," he said. "That is a tremendous responsibility and a tremendous opportunity for learning, and everyone on our campus will have to play a part if we are successful."
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English Faculty and Staff
Karen S. Kingsbury
Professor of International Studies
Hometown : Sutter Creek, CA
Joined Chatham : 2011
Academic Areas of Interest
Modern Chinese and East Asian literature and film, Asian American literature and film, literary translation
- Ph.D., Columbia University, 1995
- M.Phil, Columbia University, 1990
- M.A., Columbia University, 1986
- B.A., Whitman College, 1982
- Half a Lifelong Romance by Eileen Chang. Translation and introduction. London: Penguin Classics, 2014. New York: Anchor, 2016.
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- "Eileen Chang and (Middle) American Readers." Eileen Chang Cultural Industry Conference. Nangang, Taiwan. July 1-2, 2016.
- "Conscious Coquette: Unerasable Zhang Ailing." ASIANetwork Annual Conference. St. Petersburg, FL, March 4-6, 2016.
- "Eileen Chang, John P. Marquand, and Heddy Lamarr: Rewriting WASP Realism in Half a Lifelong Romance." Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian Studies. University of Pittsburgh, Oct 9-11, 2015.
- "Korean Wave Unwrapped: Dumplings in and out of Dae Jang Geum." 2015 Annual Meetings of the Association for the Study of Food and Society and the Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society, Chatham University, June 24-28, 2015.
- "In the Eye of the Storm: Pedagogy as Art in Time." American Comparative Literature Association. New York University, March 20-23, 2014.
- Intimate Transnationality: Sylvie Levey's Cinematic Studies of Shanghainese Women's Lives." Modern Language Association Convention. Los Angeles, Jan 2011.
- "Diachronic Diasporic Identity: Recalling Literary Genre in Taiwan-situated Readings of Sky Lee and Timothy Mo." 13th Conference of the Republic of China English and American Literature Association. Tunghai Univ, Nov 2005.