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The Arizona State University College of Law enjoys the distinction of being the only ABA-accredited law school in the large Phoenix metropolitan area. This distinction enables Arizona State Law's students to benefit from close access to many of the state capital's legal and professional resources, and also secures for them tremendous job prospects in the city's vast legal market. At the same time, the school's impressive student/faculty ratio, which ranks among the best in the nation, enables students to get the most out of their legal education through frequent interaction with Arizona State Law's reputable faculty corps. Especially for Arizona residents, who pay a low in-state rate of tuition at the school, the Arizona State University College of Law is a great place to pursue a legal education.
Admissions & tuition
With around 2,500 applicants vying for a spot in an entering class that consists of fewer than 200 seats, Arizona State Law's admissions committee practices a high level of selectivity when granting admissions offers. During the 2009 admissions cycle, only about 750 of the roughly 2,500 applications received by the school were approved, and 187 of these admitted applicants chose to matriculate at Arizona State Law to form the Class of 2012. The LSAT scores of this class at the 25th and 75th percentile were 158 and 163, respectively, while the undergraduate GPAs at the same percentiles were 3.3 and 3.8, respectively. Generally speaking, applicants with numbers that fall within these ranges can expect to be competitive in future admissions cycles at Arizona State Law. Hope is not lost, however, for those with slightly lower numbers, as Arizona State, like most other reputable law schools, aims to put together entering classes diverse in ethnicity, background and experience. Thus, applicants who are able to demonstrate through the application their ability to offer this sort of diversity to the student body of Arizona State Law will likely increase their chances of acceptance.
In terms of tuition, Arizona State School of Law is a bargain for residents of the state of Arizona. For the 2009-2010 academic year, in-state tuition at the school was $19,225, while tuition for non-residents was $32,619. It should be noted that non-residents who can prove their intent to reside indefinitely in the state of Arizona after graduation should, in most cases, be able to achieve resident status at the school following their first year.
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Quality of life
Whereas students at most law schools brace for icy winters every year, Arizona State Law students have been known to enjoy midnight swims throughout January and February. Of course, late summer months in Phoenix are usually marked by temperatures in the triple figures, but in general, the weather of the area is considered a great draw for most Arizona State Law School students. Another draw of the Phoenix area is its variety of bars, clubs, and restaurants, which allow busy law students the opportunity to unwind after a long week of classes, usually by way of the weekly bar reviews hosted by the school's student government. Housing options in the area are plentiful and affordable, for the most part, and law students are generally able to find suitable apartments near the law school campus. Public transportation, on the other hand, is not as efficient as in other large metropolitan areas, and according to many Arizona State Law students, an automobile is practically necessary for life as a law student in Phoenix. In sum, the quality of life for students at Arizona State Law promises to be high, mainly due to the great year-round weather of the Phoenix area.
Employment prospects & bar passage
In terms of bar passage, graduates of Arizona State Law have performed well in recent years. For the Class of 2007's administrations of the exam in the state of Arizona, approximately 83.5% of Arizona State Law grads taking the exam for the first time successfully passed, compared to an overall state passage rate of about 78.8%.
For residents of the state of Arizona, as well as applicants hoping to secure employment in the state and its surrounding region, the Arizona State University College of Law is a great place to pursue a legal education. Applicants who choose to enroll at the school can look forward to a sunny three years of law school and can count on great job prospects in Phoenix and all of Arizona after graduation.
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Quick reference
U.S. News ranking: 55th
Application deadline: 2/1
Application fee: $50
Entering class size: 187 (2009)
LSAT and GPA medians: 161, 3.6
LSAT scores at 25th and 75th percentiles: 158, 163 (2009)
Undergraduate GPAs at 25th and 75th percentiles: 3.3, 3.8 (2009)
Yearly tuition: Resident: $19,225, Non-Resident: $32,619 (2009-2010)
Median private sector first-year salary: $90,000 (Class of 2007, 67% reporting)

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- Police got first reports early Monday that 4 Smart cars had been tossed
- It all happened within a residential area of San Francisco
- Authorities don't have a motive, nor has anyone been arrested
Smart cars are good for the environment, good for parking in cramped cities and good for a driver's bottom line.
Then again, all that thinking gets turned upside down when the vehicles do.
That's what happened to four of these fuel-efficient vehicles in San Francisco, tossed aside like a piece of trash.
Why? Authorities don't know, leaving Bay Area residents to speculate that anything from pranksters to people upset about hipsters.
All Brandon Michael knows is what he saw -- a group of men, in the dark of night, walking up to one Smart car.
"(They) all just huddled around it and then just lifted it up and set it on its hind legs," Michael told CNN affiliate KRON.
The basically vertical vehicle that Michael described -- its front lights pointing toward the heavens -- wasn't alone. Two others in the same 1- to 2-square mile area were flipped on their side and one was on its roof, according to San Francisco police spokesman Gordon Shyy.
Tossing a Smart car isn't necessarily easy, unless you compare to other vehicles. Unoccupied, a typical one weighs just over 1,800 pounds; a Ford Explorer, by contrast, clocks in at about 4,500 pounds.
Authorities have launched a felony vandalism investigation since the first calls came in around 1 a.m. Monday, said Shyy.
The police spokesman said witnesses identified the culprits as six to eight individuals dressed in black. If they end up convicted, they could be facing jail time and a felony.
Authorities haven't identified any suspects yet, and the fact the flippings took place in residential areas -- where surveillance video isn't likely -- makes the investigation a challenge.
Florence Dabokemp, a San Francisco resident and Smart car driver, speculates people simply acting out are to blame. And while she hasn't been victimized, Dabokemp says she's not sure what she'd do if that did happen.
"I would be out of luck," she told KRON. "I would be out of a car, because I couldn't afford to fix it."


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CHAMPLAIN - If you've ever wanted to learn more about the art of winemaking, Lake Champlain Wines can help.
The organization, formerly known as the Lake Champlain Grape Growers Association, is hosting a free workshop this Saturday, May 22, that will focus on mapping and planting for a vineyard.
Rob McDowell, vice president of Lake Champlain Wines, said the idea behind the workshop is to get more people interested in tapping into what has become a cottage industry.
"A number of our members are planting new grapes in their vineyards. So, we thought what we'd do is just take an activity that was going to happen anyway and turn it into a workshop," said McDowell.
The group did something similar when it hosted a pruning workshop in March at Hid-In-Pines Vineyard in Morrisonville, said McDowell.
"That was pretty successful," he said. "We had about 50 people there and picked up a few new members."
The workshop will be geared toward novices and experienced grape growers, said McDowell, covering "the full spectrum." Upcoming workshops will focus on canopy management, summer pruning, and predator control, among other topics of interest to those wanting to grow their own grapes. And, given the area's almost impeccable ability to produce grapes, McDowell said he expects to see more and more vineyards sprouting up in the near future.
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This Saturday's workshop will be held at McDowell's own business, Four Maples Vineyard, 446 Prospect St. The workshop will begin at 2 p.m. and include a brief discussion led by Rich Lamoy, owner of Hid-In-Pines Vineyard.
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Interiors by Cheryll: Tips for hosting outside with style
Who doesn't love a great summer party? If you're hosting, do it with style.
Never before have we had the option to purchase such bright, colourful and stylish patio wear. Acrylic glassware that looks almost as sophisticated as your good crystal; dinnerware that unless you pick it up you'd swear it was fine china.
Don't be afraid to mix up the colours of your dinnerware so you can layer and exploit those vibrant hues of summer.
We all want outdoor spaces to be extensions of our indoor rooms, to allow our design esthetic and colour palette to flow from the living room to the patio. When you are shopping for your outdoor spaces, keep these tips top of mind.
From toss cushions for lounge chairs to tableware to accessories for the patio, I always shop with the same vision for outdoors as I have for the neighbouring indoor space. For centrepieces and accents on patio tables, we use ceramic vases (weighted down with gravel or sand to prevent wind damage), candle sticks and sculptural pieces that typically would be seen inside a home. Why not?
To ease food delivery and prep from the indoor kitchen to the patio dining space, invest in a wheel-based bar cart. They are invaluable when entertaining and you can easily serve appetizers, cocktails and barbecue ingredients in style. I keep several at home and all too often one serves as my margarita station and the other as my decadent tapenade cart.
If you're going to leave it outside, opt for a stainless cart; if storage is indoors, consider a wood and metal option.
Carts are also the perfect place to store and display all of that great patio dinner and glassware.
I wanted to share one of the easiest and most loved appetizers in my family's repertoire (perfect to wheel out on your new cart) — bacon-wrapped blue cheese stuffed dates. Simply fill the centre of a large date with a dollop of blue cheese, wrapped in a half slice of bacon and then bake in a 375 F oven until the bacon is cooked. These will be gone instantly and can be prepped well in advance.
An important deck design tip — think about the transition from inside to outside and incorporate materials that work with the colour, scale and texture of your interior flooring. When we design these decks for clients, we also try to avoid the "solo step" that has too many folks tripping on that one level transition.
Outdoor spaces as gorgeous and well used as your indoor spaces — that's what fabulous summer living is all about.


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Travelling the Romans Road to Personal Salvation
When witnessing, and trying to lead a person to Christ, the following points should be made. There is the problem of personal sin. "As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:" (Rom. 3:10). To say that there is none righteous is not to say that people are not religious, for indeed…… Continue reading Travelling the Romans Road to Personal Salvation


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A trickle of sweat began to inch down my forehead and sting in my eyes as I struggled through the thick brush. The heavy pack crushed my back and the straps cut through my shoulders. Despite the shade of the dense jungle foliage, the heat was stifling and seemed to burn through my whole body. I put a hand to my face to brush away another bead of perspiration and it came away covered with the green stain of camouflage face paint I was wearing.
My back still burned like a thousand tiny needles were piercing the skin, the grim reminder of the consequences of stumbling over a red ant pile. There was an irritating pain in one leg and I knew at least one leach had "hitched a ride" as I'd crept along. Ahead a ray of sunlight was breaking through the brush indicating we were near a clearing. Knowing how dangerous it could be to cross an open area, I gripped my rifle more tightly in my sweaty hands. A branch hit me in the face making a scratch that soon stung with the salty burn of sweat. "Nineteen more days and I will be home," I thought silently. "Home....away from Vietnam, away from the jungle, away from the heat, the leaches, the red ants; and yes, away from the war.
My thoughts were interrupted when Stubby, the man ahead of me, turned and whispered one word..."Dinks", our slang term for the enemy. Instantly I froze, my eyes scanning the trail we were breaking out on. Another trickle of sweat rolled down the tip of my nose and I suppressed an urge to brush it aside. My heart was pounding like a drum but around me all was quiet. Too quiet! It was uncanny. "Nineteen days, " I thought again. "What am I doing here?"
Suddenly there was the sharp, staccato beat of automatic rifle fire. No time to think now. I threw my pack to the ground hanging on to my rifle and my camera. I hit the edge of the clearing at a run and flung myself to the ground behind a mound of dirt, my AR-15 rifle spitting flame and lead almost before I felt the hot dust beneath me.
"Xray, Xray, this is 75, 75...Contact, Contact, Contact," I could hear our radio man Specialist Four Jaime Pacheco yell into the radio.
"How many were out there?" I wondered. There were only seven of us, a mere handful of men. Then came the dull roar of a detonating hand grenade and a cloud of smoke and dust rolled over my position. "I must have been crazy," I said to myself as I kicked an empty magazine out of my weapon and inserted another 30-round clip. Then I had to laugh a little under my breath. "Me, crazy?" That was just what everyone else had been calling me.
For a year and a half my friends had called me crazy for the foolish bravado I exhibited. When I arrived in Vietnam it was to work in the capacity of a combat engineer. But three months before my second tour was to end I was transferred to the 3rd Brigade, 1st Air Cavalry Division and employed as a correspondent for the military news media.
Because my tour was nearing its completion I'd been informed by my superiors that I would not be allowed to go "in the field" for my stories, but would work in the office and around our base camp at Bien Hoa. I was not one to sit behind a desk for long, and was even worse at following orders. I started making trips to the jungle against orders "bouncing with the Blues", our quick reaction force, on several missions. Our commanding officer would review my stories and photos, shake his head, and forbid further excursions. "You're too short (our slang term for having a short time left in our combat tour) to be going in the field," he would say. "I don't want to have to write your parents and tell them, 'I know Sergeant Sterner was supposed to be home in a couple of weeks but.....'."
His protests aside, he continued to publish my stories and photos. I kept returning to the jungle for more. I enjoyed the freedom of going out with different units and being where the action was, but before my tour ended there was one story I was determined to get, one I was sure would be an exclusive.
For years our office had tried to get a correspondent on a mission with a team from H Troop, 75th Rangers. All efforts had failed, not so much because Rangers were publicity shy, but because the nature of their mission was so unique that an untrained man could mean disaster. These men who wore the much envied black beret were an elite unit that hunted the enemy in the most silent and deadly fashion. Working in teams of five or six men, they were famed for their occasional reconnaissance missions. Their most common mission however, was what they called "hunter-killer" missions, operations where they stalked the enemy with stealth and skill using highly honed guerrilla tactics to out-maneuver and ultimately destroy him.
After more than a year of unsuccessful attempts to write and photograph the Cav's rangers in action, our public information office had given up on the possibility of getting that story. I wasn't satisfied and boasted that before my tour ended, I would get that story. My superiors in turn told me that even if the Ranger company gave their consent (in itself considered an impossibility), they would not allow me to take the job. Normally any man with less than 30 days "in country" was kept on the base camp. I had been consistently in the jungle right up through the Tet holiday just four weeks before my scheduled return home.
Then, miraculously, the Ranger commander gave his consent for me to accompany a team on a mission. No one in our office could understand the change in their attitude and not until later did I understand the reason. For though, at the time, some of the men in our office believed that it was my persistence and military record over two tours that persuaded the Rangers to take me on, I know now that God had a plan behind it all.
"Sergeant Sterner," my senior NCO said just before I left on my first of several missions with Ranger Team 75, "You really are crazy!" And then I was one my way--my last mission in Vietnam and the chance to get my exclusive story.
Actually I would actually pull several missions with the team in the short time remaining in my tour. My first lasted only a few hours. The chopper inserted the seven-man team just before noon and at four in the afternoon we walked within ten feet of an enemy soldier hidden in the dense jungle. When the firing subsided we were extracted and flown back to Bien Hoa for the night. The following morning we were inserted again in another area. So here I was, two contacts in two days, and my tour of duty almost over. I knew I had to make this one good.
Remembering what my job here was, I jumped to my feet and snapped a picture. In that brief instant I saw a flicker of flame. One of our grenades had started a brush fire. Before I could move Jaime was rushing forward at a crouch to beat out the flames. I snapped another picture, then sent a burst of fire from my weapon to cover Jaime's return to his position.
Overhead I heard the beat of helicopter blades slicing the air above the trees. Our team leader was barking instructions into Jaime's radio, "We have movement to the south, about a hundred yards out." Then came the crash of rockets and the scream of a Cobra gunship making its lethal dive. Another grenade thundered and I slapped a fresh magazine in my weapon and continued to fire. And then silence came. The enemy had withdrawn, the fight was over....for me at least.
The team leader jerked his head my way. "Sterner, cover the trail for the radio man," he said matter of factly, treating me as a member of the team and not just a correspondent who was along for the trip. I responded by moving to the center of the trail and taking up a defensive position while a reconnaissance element went out to check our "kill zone".
The recon team found a bunker complex and was gone for some time. Then came the sound of a grenade and Jaime turned and said, "I hope that was one of ours." I nodded grimly and, suddenly realizing how thirsty I was, got out my canteen and took a long drink. I offered it to Jaime and between the two of us it was quickly drained. Still thirsty, we made short work of Jaime's canteen, then went to work on the five quart flask in his pack.
As we waited for the recon element to return we had time to talk and snap a few more pictures to send home. We were two soldiers who had just survived a moment of danger together, and that puts a unique bond between men. Such bonds were not uncommon among the soldiers who fought in Vietnam, but soon Jaime and I would find an even stronger bond, one that would tie our lives together for eternity.
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WASHINGTON, May 7 (Reuters) - The regulator of the Vatican bank on Tuesday signed an information-sharing pact with the U.S. agency that tracks suspicious financial transactions, part of an effort by the scandal-ridden bank to improve its international image.
The bank, which manages money mostly for dioceses and religious institutions and is known as the Institute for Works of Religion (IOR), has traditionally been isolated from the international regulatory system.
It has been rocked by three decades of scandals, including the 1982 incident in which Roberto Calvi, an Italian known as "God's Banker" because of his Vatican ties, was found hanged under London's Blackfriars Bridge.
More recently, Italian magistrates have been investigating the IOR for money laundering. The IOR has assets estimated between 6 and 7 billion Euros.
The Vatican has tried to burnish the bank's reputation, and in 2010 it created the Financial Intelligence Authority, the Vatican's equivalent of "financial intelligence units" set up by many governments to collect and exchange information on suspicious transactions.
The regulator became operational in April 2011 and on Tuesday solidified a partnership with the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a unit within the U.S. Treasury Department that tracks suspicious money flows.
In an official announcement about the new Memorandum of Understanding, the Vatican said the new agreement was meant to "foster bi-lateral cooperation in the exchange of financial information" between the United States and the Vatican.
The Vatican expects to share with FinCEN information about suspicious transactions that could relate to money laundering or the financing of terrorism, the announcement said.
A representative from FinCEN did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Rene Bruelhart, a Swiss lawyer appointed last year as chief of the Vatican's Financial Intelligence Authority, traveled to Washington to sign the new agreement with FinCEN.
Bruelhart said in an interview that the agreement represented a "clear commitment from the Vatican to strengthen" its financial regulatory system.
In its first year of operation, the Vatican bank watchdog only handled one "suspicious activity report", according to a report issued by a committee of Council of Europe experts.
However, since last autumn, the financial intelligence authority has generated several such reports which are now being investigated.
The kind of agreement which the Vatican regulator signed with FinCEN establishes the "rules of the road" for international information sharing that is vital to global efforts to combat money laundering and terror finance, said Alan Sorcher, a former senior advisor at FinCEN who is now a director with the anti-money laundering practice at Deloitte.
Peter Djinis, a former regulatory policy official at FinCEN who is now in private practice in Florida, said entities like the Vatican are vulnerable because they take in huge amounts of money and there is often little oversight as to how those funds are expended.
"It's a positive sign to see that there is a recognition that there need to be financial controls on even those kinds of donations, not because the money is being raised for malicious purposes, but rather because large amounts of money sometimes bring out the worst in people," Djinis said. (Additional reporting by Brett Wolf; Editing by Karey Van Hall and Paul Simao)


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The outrage over the $165m bonuses has turned financiers and bankers into devils and further undermined the credibility of Tim Geithner, the US Treasury secretary. This, in turn, will make it harder for President Barack Obama to ask Congress for more money to get the banking system on its feet. And, until US banks are shored up, the whole global economy will wobble.
Uncertainty surrounding the biggest US banks like Citigroup and Bank of America is now arguably the single most important factor damaging confidence. The IMF said on Thursday that the global economy is unlikely to turn around until governments achieve a "decisive breakthrough" in resolving the financial crisis. It also joined the chorus of voices who have criticised Geithner's original plan for bailing out the banks as lacking "essential details".
It is now critical that the Obama administration fills in the details – such as spelling out the terms under which it will help private investors vacuum toxic assets off bank balance sheets and determining how much more capital the banks need to withstand a severe recession. This programme will almost certainly require extra money from Congress. Obama himself has indicated that he may be looking for another $750bn.
A few weeks ago, securing such extra funds looked tricky, but possible. The AIG fiasco, though, has raised the bar. Geithner, who was already losing the confidence of Congress following his tax problems and lacklustre public performances, is now being criticised for failing to do enough to stop AIG's bonuses being paid out. Meanwhile, Wall Street has just got a whole lot more unpopular. How easy will it be to persuade Congress to write another giant cheque with taxpayers' funds when it looks like the last funds just went to pay undeserving fat cats' bonuses?
Such a reaction, while totally natural, would be extremely worrying. Until the US banks are stabilised, the global economy will feel like it is on a stormy sea without a compass. The rest of the world must hope that Obama gets a grip on the situation before more damage is done.


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Newspaper Archive
Note - Some of these links may no longer work.
Dec 19, Metro riders group seeks better service on 'minor' holidays, from Examiner
Nov 28, Bethesda Metro station elevators opening soon, from Gazette
Nov 15, Transit advocate: More is needed to make Germantown Road safer, from Germantown Patch
Nov 15, Message to lawmakers: Make transportation a priority, from Gazette
Nov 14, Portable speed cameras on the move in Montgomery County, from Gazette
Nov 13, Transportation advocacy group to discuss death of Germantown teen, from Germantown Patch
Nov 13, Resident talks troubled crosswalk, from BethesdaNow
Nov 12, Metro slammed for poor Veterans Day Red Line service, from Washington Post, Examiner, WRC, and Patch
Sep 19, New push to allow apartments in homes, from Gazette
Aug 14, County seeks concrete answers at Silver Spring transit center, from Gazette
Aug 13, Silver Spring transit center opening delayed as county studies cracks, from Examiner
July 19, Advocacy group demands answers on Silver Spring Transit Center, from Gazette
July 19, Silver Spring Transit Center delays sparks uproar, from WJLA
July 19, Silver Spring Transit Center opening date to be announced soon, from Washington Post
July 5, West Virginia officials discussing subsidizing MARC service, from Examiner
June 21, Transit groups push for gas tax increase in expected special session, from Examiner
May 23, Transit task force outlines vision for bus transit network, from Patch
May 2, Transit rider advocates ask Metro to delay weekend track work, from Washington Post
Mar 29, Move for beloved farmers market prompts concern, from Bethesda Patch
Mar 26, Bus plan may drive property taxes up, from Washington Post
Mar 21, Leggett would raise parking, bus fees throughout Montgomery, from Examiner
Mar 20, These feet are made for walkin, from Bethesda Magazine
Mar 15, MontCo bus network means choice between cost, congestion, from Examiner
Mar 13, Transit unions launch 'Occupy Metro' at Farragut Square, from TBD on Foot
Mar 4, Developers study ways to reduce costs of Corridor Cities Transitway, from Examiner
Feb 29, Metro riders speak out on budget, from Washington Post
Feb 17, Flash Mob in Silver Spring Promotes Purple Line, from Silver Spring Patch
Feb 16, Flash Mob Raises Awareness For Metro's Proposed Purple Line in Silver Spring, from CBS 99.1 News
Feb 14, New Bethesda Metro station gains support despite Leggett opposition, from Examiner
Jan 25, Funding delayed for second entrance to Bethesda Metro station, from Gazette
Jan 25, Montgomery leaders worry over lack of funds for Purple Line, from Gazette
Jan 25, Montgomery council endorses buses instead of light rail for I-270 corridor, from Washington Post
Jan 17, Montgomery defers money for second Bethesda Metro entrance to next capital spending plan, from Washington Post
Jan 6, MARC Re-evaluating Schedule Changes, from Germantown Patch
Dec 1 Busway — not light rail — would bring more jobs, money to upper Montgomery, analysis finds, from Washington Post
Nov 11, Groups favor gas tax rise -- with conditions, from Baltimore Sun
Nov 2, MTA: Purple Line Means Faster Travel Times, Less Traffic Congestion, from College Park Patch
Nov 2, O'Malley says new revenues will help Purple Line, from Washington Post
Nov 2, Backers press for Purple Line funding, from Washington Post
Oct 28, Costs rise to rebuild trail along Purple Line, from Washington Post
Oct 27, Bethesda Metro Riders Voice Concerns Over Service, from Bethesda Patch
Oct 7, Plans for Purple Line move forward in Maryland, from Washington Post
Sept. 15, Activists want 2nd Bethesda entrance sooner, from Washington Post
Sept. 14, New plans for railyard at Lyttonsville Purple Line stop raise residents' eyebrows, from Gazette
Sept. 14, Company Hits reset button on development plans for Chevy Chase Lake, from Patch
Aug. 29, Countywide rapid bus system proposed, from Examiner
July 19, Lack of money doesn't stop Purple Line station development plans, from Washington Post
July 10, Lessons for the Purple Line, via Phoenix, from Washington Post
June 19, Meshing transit, development in Chevy Chase Lake, from Gazette
June 14, Transit and town center projects set to transform College Park, from Baltimore Sun
June 2, The University of Maryland officially endorses the Campus Drive route for the Purple Line, from Washington Post
May 17, Public hearings begin on proposed Metro cuts, from Washington Post
May 16, Purple Line delayed two years, from Examiner
Apr 28, Candidates for Chevy Chase's town council debate Purple Line, from Gazette
Mar 17, Governor O'Malley asks the Maryland congressional delegation to seek Purple Line funding, from WAMU
Mar 7, MTA Administrator Ralign Wells talks with Kojo Nnamdi about MARC; ACT's campaign on the gas tax is discussed, from WAMU
Mar 6, "The position of the university is that we must have the Purple Line," says UMD President Loh, from Diamondback
Mar 3, Campaign seeks funding for two-way all-day MARC trains, from Frederick News-Post
Mar 2, Frederick County TransIT proposes reduced bus service, from Frederick News-Post
Mar 1, Officials hear feedback on south Bethesda Metro station entrance, from Bethesda Patch
Feb 28, Transit group seeks MARC changes, from Washington Post
Feb 24, ACT's Tina Slater appointed to county transit task force, from Washington Post
Feb 24, Maryland's suburbs turn to urban building around Metro stops and New developments could spur reverse commuting on Metro, from Examiner
Feb 18, New station entrance design to be on view at Bethesda Metro meeting, from Gazette
Feb 18, Lessons from the ICC for transit advocates, from Baltimore Sun
Feb 16, County looking into shrinking $86 million garage, from Bethesda Patch
Feb 9, Advocates question cost of planned Bethesda parking garage, from Bethesda Patch
Feb 8, Does transportation 'lockbox' have a big hole in it?, from Baltimore Sun
Feb 2, UMD President: No Purple Line Not an Option, from Capital News Service; more details in article from Diamondback
Jan 31, University of Maryland administration takes positive tone as it releases final version of its Purple Line study, from Diamondback
Jan 23, Gas tax holds the line as roads crumble, from Washington Examiner
Jan 19, County Executive proposes yet another year's delay in new Bethesda Metro entrance, from Patch
Jan 12, New vision of a walkable Chevy Chase Lake around its Purple Line stop, from Gazette
Jan 10, Purple Line planners move on to details, from Washington Post
Nov 1, Fear the purple, by Ralph Bennett, from Diamondback
Oct 26, Ehrlich would cancel Purple Line on first day in office and transfer $300 million out of transit budget, from Washington Post
Oct 25, Light Rail Line Hangs By a Thread as Maryland Goes to the Polls, from Streetsblog
Oct 20, Bethesda station escalator to return to service, from Gazette
Oct 15, Point/Counter Point: The Purple Line, from 270 Inc. Business Magazine
Oct 15, O'Malley, Ehrlich clash over Purple Line, from Diamondback
Oct 14, Purple Line: Predictions vary around potential Dale Drive station, from TBD Neighborhoods
Oct 14, O'Malley, Ehrlich vigorously debate social issues, Purple Line, from Washington Post
Oct 8, New website urges voters to consider candidates' positions on Purple Line, from Prince George's Sentinel
Oct 8, Choice of Maryland governor will determine fate of Purple Line, from Washington Post
Oct 2, O'Malley-Ehrlich transportation gulf is wide - Incumbent would build light rail; challenger would scrap it, from Baltimore Sun
Sept 23, Plans unveiled for second Bethesda Metro station entrance, from Gazette
Sept 21, State transportation budget adds $48 million for Purple Line, from Baltimore Sun
Sept 18, ACT testifies on Metro governance, from Washington Post
Sept 10, Purple line to proceed in East Campus despite new development plans, from Diamondback
Sept 8, Bethesda Metro station closer to second entrance, from Gazette
Aug 26, PGACT releases Smart Growth Platform for Prince George's County, from Gazette
Aug 23, Washington Post editorial bases District 18 endorsements on Purple Line support
Aug 23, Bus Rapid Transit not more cost-effective than rail from The Baltimore Sun
Aug 17, Transportation Becomes Key Issue In Race For Governor, from WJZ
Aug 12, Approval of Purple Line engineering contract delayed, from the Daily Record
Aug 10, O'Malley supports Purple Line, from the Baltimore Sun
Aug 3, Riverdale Park discusses Purple Line, from the Patch
July 30, The myth of "highway user revenues," letter to the Gazette
July 29, A state proposal to build a 16-mile Purple Line is now officially part of Montgomery County's master plan from the Washington Post
July 26, Montgomery's urban residents spend far less on transportation from the Examiner
July 16, Berliner agrees Purple Line must have two tracks; trail cost rises, from Examiner; more details in Silver Spring Trails
July 6, Howard University biotech campus should go near Metro, letter from ACT member Todd Reitzel to Washington Post
June 29, Transportation debate in governor's race about roads, too, from Baltimore Sun
June 28, The Medical Center Metro station's looming crisis, from Washington Post
June 24, Frederick County should care about Purple Line, from Frederick News-Post
June 23, Hundreds remember Red Line crash, from Gazette
June 21, Is Metro any safer one year after deadly crash?, from Examiner
June 17, Ehrlich's transit stand risks backlash, from Baltimore Sun
June 17, Washingtonians say commutes haven't changed, from Examiner
June 11, Transit and rider advocates want to be represented on Metro task force, from Washington Post
May 26, MTA Tightens Screws on University of Maryland's Purple Line Recalcitrance, from City Paper
May 21, University of Maryland Announces Compromise on Campus Drive Closure, from Rethink College Park
May 19, Ehrlich Prefers Bus Not Rail for Purple Line, from Washington Post
May 13, Administration still insists on closing Campus Drive, from Diamondback
May 12, MTA pushing for additional Purple Line stop in Silver Spring, from Gazette
May 12, Montgomery council approves keeping bus routes, from Examiner
May 11, ACT joins student government in opposing Campus Drive closure, from Diamondback
May 7, Maryland will pay Metro money owed this year, in slightly different versions from Washington Post and Examiner
May 7, Campus Purple Line alignment still up in the air, from Diamondback
May 6, Del. Carr lobbies USDOT against Purple Line and for busway, from High Green, newsletter of the Chesapeake Railway Association
May 5, Oversized Bethesda parking garage now justified as Purple Line parking, from Gazette
May 5, Students blast Campus Dr. summer plans, from Diamondback
May 3, Metrobus riders losing out in Metro budget proposal, from Examiner
April 29, UMD rethinks pushing bus routes to fringe of campus, from Diamondback
April 28, ACT rides to Ride-On's rescue, from Gazette
April 28, UMD bus ban seen as attack on Purple Line, from Diamondback
April 26, Maryland moves slightly on operating funds, but plans more bus cuts for Prince George's Greater Greater Washington
April 26, Metro's maintenance projects deferred for lack of cash from Examiner
April 20, Ehrlich win could stunt Purple Line from Southern Maryland Online
April 19, ACT's Cavan Wilk praises White Flint plan from Examiner
April 16, Maryland student government reaffirms backing of Campus Drive route for Purple Line from Diamondback
April 8, Lawmakers reject attempt to stall Purple Line from Baltimore Sun
April 7, Md. budget puts D.C. area Metro funding in doubt from Washington Post
April 1, Underfunding of Metro could endanger Purple Line from Washington Post
March 29, State senate committee calls for restudy of heavy rail Purple Line from Diamondback
March 10, More Metro funding demanded by coalition to avoid service cuts from Washington Post
Feb 17, ACT members clear snow from bus stops from Gazette
Feb 10, Council decides not to cut Ride-On service from Gazette
Feb 3, Debate flares as county studies Rockville Pike crossing at Medical Center from Gazette
Feb 1, Finding ways to put D.C.'s Metro system back on track from Baltimore Sun
Jan 29, Metro approves 10-cent fare increase with no service cuts from Washington Post
Jan 13, Leggett proposes budget cuts, layoffs - Reductions in Ride On bus service from Gazette
Nov 20, Letter in Gazette on county growth policy
Aug 24, Let's Put The Brakes On This $4.6 Billion Boondoggle from the Baltimore Sun
Jun 17, Purple Line Passes Important Test from Washington Post
Jan 28, Ratified Purple Line May Revive Suburbs from Washington Post


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should I start Jaime Garcia against CIN? Strasburg isn't the only pitcher they've been tearing into recently.
Also, what is with the 180 start maximums in the RCLs?
Hmm, Jaime?
Who to start, who to bench. Grab that WW guy? Low priced rookie or high priced stud?
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S hares of OSI Pharmaceuticals Inc. jumped Friday after the biotechnology company and its partner Genentech Inc. said their drug Tarceva met its main goal in a study of stemming the spread of lung cancer.
Shares of the Melville, N.Y.-based company rose $5.03, or 14.1 percent, to $40.39 in afternoon trading. The stock has traded between $32.10 and $53.71 over the last 52 weeks.
The companies said the drug stopped the spread of advanced non-small cell lung cancer for significantly longer than a placebo, following treatment with chemotherapy. The study involved 889 patients who were given at least four cycles chemotherapy and were then treated with either once-daily Tarceva or a placebo if the disease did not progress during chemotherapy.
The trial was conducted by Roche Holding of Switzerland and full results will be reported at a future medical conference.
Tarceva is already approved as a secondary treatment for patients who have not responded to earlier chemotherapy and the companies hope to gain approval for the drug as part of a first line of treatment.
BMO Capital Markets analyst Jason Zhang reaffirmed a "Outperform" rating on OSI, saying the drug could bring in $1 billion in sales globally for the companies.
"We expected this trial to be positive given its unique design and many supporting evidences," he said, in a note to investors.
He considered the drug a unique possible choice for lung cancer patients, citing its oral administration and mild side effects.
Goldman Sachs analyst May-Kin Ho, meanwhile, remains more cautious on the stock with a "Neutral" rating as she awaits more detailed data. The recent study results will likely be compared with study data from the already approved lung cancer drug Alimta, made by Eli Lilly & Co., she said.
"Without detailed data on SATURN (Tarceva study), it is difficult to assess the benefit of Tarceva versus Alimta," she said, in a note to investors.
Shares of South San Francisco, Calif.-based Genentech rose $1.27 to $83.07.


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U.S. beats Russia in amazing hockey shootout, Minnesotan scores winning goal
By Steve Keating
SOCHI, Russia - There was no Russian revenge in the "Miracle on ice" rematch on Saturday as the United States triumphed 3-2 in a remarkable sudden-death shootout after the teams finished level at 2-2 after overtime in a thrilling preliminary round game.
With Russian President Vladimir Putin among the noisy, capacity crowd at the gleamingBolshoy Ice Dome, T.J. Oshie of Warroad scored in the eighth round of the shootout to end an electric heavyweight clash that evoked memories of the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics 'Miracle on Ice' when a group of American college players upset the former-Soviet Union's 'Big Red Machine'.
Pavel Datsyuk, one of just two players on the Russian roster alive when the Soviets lost 34 years ago, scored twice in regulation for Russia.
The United States got powerplay goals from Cam Fowler and Joe Pavelski.
(Editing by Mitch Phillips)
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Fijian and Chinese delegates welcome the medical ship the Peace Ark and its crew members at the Kings Wharf in Suva. Picture: KIMBERLEY SACHS
AFTER its arrival in Suva yesterday, the world's second largest medical floating ship is expected to provide its services today.
The Peace Ark is a standard hospital ship designed and built in China.
It is 178 metres in length, 24m in width and 35.5m in height. The depth is 8.5m with displacement that weighs about 14,300 tonnes.
Chinese ambassador to Fiji Huang Yong said this would be the ship's first time to visit Fiji adding the floating medical ship would help and provide medical services to the people of Fiji.
He said the ship would be in the country for a week providing free charge services.
"The Peace Ark is equipped with 300 beds, eight operating rooms and more than 200 types of medical services. It has about 100 medical staff in 22 specialities, among it are 15 clinical departments," Mr Yong said.
He said different kinds of medical services would be provided by the hospital ship.
"We have seven auxiliary departments such as blood transfusion department, pharmaceutical department, examination department, radiology, pathology and medical engineering to name a few."
Mr Yong said the PLA-Navy hospital ship would also be visiting other countries in the South Pacific.
"Serving as peace manager, the Peace Ark embodies China's new security concept, with peace, development, co-operation in its core."
He said the visit consolidated and strengthened the traditional friendship between people in China and the South Pacific countries.
Political Counsellor for the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Fiji Yang Zhaohui said this was the first time for this ship to sail to the Pacific and people should take advantage of the services provided.
"For the expert team, they will visit the CWM Hospital and the military hospital on a daily basis to provide services there and the dispatch team will visit Valelevu Health Centre due to the lack of medical staff there," Mr Zhaohui said.
He said they would also invite local medical students to conduct operations with their experts on board the ship.
He added the ship had already visited Tonga and would later visit Vanuatu and PNG.
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The Airfield Shooting Club will hold its last Bowling Pin Match of the season this Saturday, December 3rd at the ASC range in beautiful Wakefield, VA. This will be the last pin match until April 2017. As most experienced pin shooters know, we take of January through March because the weather is too cold and the plastic that protects the pins shatters. So lets have a farewell balst for the year this weekend! We will begin with set up at 9:30. For directions to the range or information on the match, see our web page at airfieldshootingclub.org. For specific questions about the match, email our pinhead at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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By Zachary Boak
Did you know that Clarkson University runs an observatory? The Reynolds Observatory located on the Hatch Road has been around since 1970. In recent years the observatory has been primarily used for outreach and education. In the warmer months on Fridays in favorable weather there are public nights where everyday people can visit and learn about the stars as well as get a close up view of the more prominent celestial bodies. During the school year the Clarkson Physics Club visits to view deep sky objects as well as take pictures of the heavens. Events include viewing stars and planets through the telescope as well as a showing of the night sky with laser pointers. Local schools such as Carthage Middle School and Potsdam High School have also visited on field trips to both the planetarium at SUNY Potsdam as well as to the Observatory itself.
Currently the Physics club has been busy upgrading the observatory to current standards so that it can be used in more in depth research although significant funds are required in order to replace 20 year old technology. Currently the main telescope is a 12 inch Schmidt-Cassegrain guided by a computer controlled mounting system. The dome is also linked to the computer and the whole system is controllable remotely. With additional funding upgrades could be performed that would increase the aperture of the telescope to 14 inches as well as a much more precise mount. Current renovations include the clearing of brush and tall trees to give a better field of view as well as a permanent internet connection. This will allow us to control the observatory from anywhere with an internet connection as well as being able to sell time usage to researchers around the world.
With the help of Professor Joshua Thomas and Emeritus Professor Jan Wojcik it is expected that funding will be secured in order to bring the observatory up to modern day standards to be used for proper research. For questions about how you can be involved with the observatory as well as any events contact the Clarkson Physics Club.
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In the White Room
by Jack Foran
Paintings and a new installation on display at Buffalo Arts Studio
Lots of mortality imagery in the current Buffalo Arts Studio exhibit, featuring an installation by the artist team of Kristina Siegel and Jörg Schnier, and paintings by Alicia Malik.
The installation is called Deserted Rooms and consists of a gallery space and accoutrements in severe white to off-white. White plaster walls on three sides, the fourth wall a kind of diaphanous white scrim curtain with doorway cutouts, and mid-room two garments or outfits, one female, the other ostensibly male, constructed of the same or similar white gauzy fabric, hanging on white hangers, suspended from the ceiling, the female garment a kind of credible nightdress of simple design, the less credible—in such flimsy material and delicate construction—male outfit, a sort of suit jacket and pants. One other suspended item, a representation of a window, in similar see-through fabric, of similar sewn manufacture. And as room décor, on the plaster walls, a half dozen or so photographs of modernistic architecture fragments as abstract art—wall and ceiling planes and angles of intersection, and what looks like the railing of a pristine modern staircase or balcony—again in whites and off-whites. Puritan modern.
While in the slight air current throughout the gallery from ceiling fans, the hanging items sway gently back and forth, to and fro, ghostly animating the installation. The work as a whole is reminiscent of a famous painting by Andrew Wyeth—the centerpiece painting of an Andrew Wyeth exhibit now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.—of an open window looking out onto a farm field crossed by tire tracks, a line of dark woods on a rise in the distance, and most prominently in the picture, filmy delicate lace curtains blown inward, into the room, on a gust of breeze through the window. The painting is called "Wind from the Sea," and it is also a piece about mortality, I think. About the presence of what's no longer present.
Whereas the paintings by Alicia Malik are reminiscent of nothing I know of. Each painting presents a sole subject matter single dead insect—flying or crawling variety, housefly, honey bee, mayfly, or beetle—depicted relatively small on a relatively large canvas, the remainder of the canvas offering a subdued painterly background to the focal matter dead bug.
What to make of this work? It's about death, of course, of insects, but also of humans, surely, because we—artist and audience alike—are humans, and invariably self-referential. So about likenesses and possible differences between the insect mortality situation and our own. Likenesses such as the complete and inexorable finality of demise. Differences such as that humans have traditionally had recourse to palliatives—real or imagined—to the inexorable finality. Religious beliefs about continuance in some way. Secular schemes of continuance via the faculty of memory somehow. The idea of legacy.
But also just about insects, living or dead. The pictorial style is realistic, though not field guide realistic. But we get to glimpse—and in a small way appreciate—the incredible fragility and complexity of the insect mechanism. The wing of a housefly, constructed like a cathedral stained glass window, thinning to translucence in light islands amid dark support structure ridges, like the lead bead network around the stained glass in the window.
And also just about painting. The artist Robert Bechtle painted suburban tract houses, with attached garage, and late model Detroit car in the driveway. That is, painted pictures of tract houses, with attached garage, and car in the driveway. Remarkably uninteresting subject matter, it seemed to some observers. Asked why he chose such subject matter, he responded that "the subject of painting is painting," only that, to be a painter, "you need to find something to paint."
The Alicia Malik and Kristina Siegel and Jörg Schnier exhibit continues through September 13, with extended hours on Fri (8/22) until 8pm.blog comments powered by Disqus
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A Study on Modern Changes in European Clothing - with an emphasis on the effect of industrial revolution -
Choo, Hi-Kyung ; Im, Weon-Ja ;
Journal of the Korean Society of Costume, volume 6, 1982, Pages 7~26
Investigation for industrial revolution has been recognized as an important issue of historical science, since industrial revolution itself was a historical moment in modern economic society and in the forming of modern capitalistic culture. If clothing culture had been developed in close relation to social culture. industrial revolution which gave a base for modern capitalistic culture, would be a birth of modern clothing as well as a moment for modernization of western clothing. As it takes for granted that industrial revolution, historical phenomenon is a developmental base of modern clothing culture. This study tried to enlighten the origin of modern clothing culture phenomenon with investigation of industrial revolution as a historical moment in modern clothing culture through documental study. Historian's point of view and method of studying are important when we investigate the clothing phenomenon. Although culture phenomenon of industrial revolution has been evaluated usually through socialogical aspect, studying for clothing culture phenomenon must be carried out on aethetical as well as well as sociological aspect, on account of dualism of clothing, as it is social and artistic nature. In 19th century, there were technical improvement, changing patterns of production, changing social relation and beginning of mass culture. At the same time clothing culture phenomenon was changed in relation to modern capitalistic society. The findings of the study could be summarized as follows. 1. Technical improvement in textile industry and fitting process brought about mechanization of clothing industry. 2. Appearance of popular clothing culture made it easy to spread to various classes of society. 3. Development of transportation system and communication channel made it internationalization of western clothing. 4. Recognition of importance in functional style of clothing. 5. The pursuit of modern aesthetics made rapid changing mode of clothing. Above distinctive features of modern clothing culture were derived from by-product of machinary culture, mass culture, internationalism, rapidly changing mode of various culture during industrial revolution. Industrial revolution was a change of the material world as well as in industry owing to machine advent, then the culture part that displayed directly these changes was the plastic arts of living that mould the material. The problem of clothing construction caused by industrial revolution was solved by pursuing the functional aesthetics. Clothing phenomenon as a process of value transfer participates mass culture in closs relation to general change of various culture caused by industrial revolution. Therefore western clothing gained the qualities of modern culture, condensed as function, and popularity in the process of modernization.
피복(被服) 설계(設計)에 따른 체형연구(體型硏究)의 의의(意義)
Jang, Seok-Hyang ;
Journal of the Korean Society of Costume, volume 6, 1982, Pages 27~34
우리나라 여성(女性)의 발양(髮樣)에 대한 연구(硏究) - 문헌(文獻)과 유물(遺物)을 중심(中心)으로 -
Kim, Jeong-Ja ;
Journal of the Korean Society of Costume, volume 6, 1982, Pages 35~48
문학(文學) 작품(作品)에 나타난 복식(服飾)의 미의식(美意識)에 관한 고찰
Kim, Yeong-Ja ;
Journal of the Korean Society of Costume, volume 6, 1982, Pages 49~63
A Study on Present Status of Preferences in the Choice of Patterns in Clothing
Kim, Eun-Ju ;
Journal of the Korean Society of Costume, volume 6, 1982, Pages 65~87
1. Purpose: The purpose is to apply and adapt ancient textile pattern to practical life, and to contribute to the promotion of the creative development of modernization and Koreanization of textile pattern by the survey of the extent of taste for the textile pattern existent in Korean costume among costumes. 2. Hypothesis: Textile pattern is in most classical one expressed in fact, but nowadays abstract or geometric one is more exist. Consumers are in most part in forties, and so the taste cannot be ignored. Therefore aesthetic consciousness found Korean costume is more important rather than excessively bold or mordern one. 3. Method and Process: (1) This research is analysed 386 one through college student and parents of a primary or high school. (2) Taste of the pattern is comparisoned and analyzed as age. education, pocket money of the student or an income of a month in home through computer. And the analysis of the statistics research is operation through the Chi-Square Goodness of-Fit-Test. 4. Conclusion: (1) The Korean costume put on mostly party or formal dress, therefore it should be researched as an outdoor dress with traditional costume. (2) The most one is concerned in textile pattern, it's taste is different from color, constitution. Textile industry is developed not only weave pattern, gold-coverning pattern but embroidry pattern, dye pattern, therefore the various side of pattern design should be researched. (3) In Side of form, plant pattern is not only most various but highest in popularity. According to approach nowadays, all of the pattern becomes composition or geometric one with abstract tendency and so from these day pattern is necessary combinationed, researched with our people emotion. (4) The color of textile pattern is choiced individual taste. Through investige, research in various side of the modern taste and our costume, we take growing interest in the color, composition of textile, and should dressed with beauty and grace. (5) In side of size, textile pattern is choiced to individual face and body shape through research on form, color, size of these pattern, we should endeavor to dress well. (6) In side of application, most people is concerned in not only interior ornament but the costume is high. Costume research by some people of the outside and symbol with interior through the pattern analysis is not only very important but also is due to people culture.
이조후기(李朝後期) 궁중여무복(宮中女舞服)에 관한 연구(硏究) - 순조(純祖) 이후를 중심으로 -
Lee, Ju-Won ;
Journal of the Korean Society of Costume, volume 6, 1982, Pages 89~103
A Study On Changes in the Shape of Collars and Necks of Korean Clothing
Paik, Kum-Hyun ;
Journal of the Korean Society of Costume, volume 6, 1982, Pages 105~119
This thesis is mainly about the changes of Garment's collar(옷깃) and outer collar (옷섶) which indicate the identification of dress history. Through the observations of some reports about important folk materials and genuine objects, the author has investigated and rearranged them focusing on Yi-Dynasty. (1400-1900) For the shape of the outer lapels(겉깃) of Korean Jacket(저고리) were used together Squar-Tray-Collar(목판깃), Sharped-Collar(칼깃), and Dang ko-Collar(당코깃) and coming to the end of inner lapels(안깃) formed squar-tray-collar. Squar-tray-collar and sharped-collar were mainly used together for the shape of the outer lapels of Korean overcoat(포). Dang ko-collar was seen only in two overcoat. Coming to the 18th centry, the outer lapels became round-edged like those of jackets, while the inner lapels formed squar-tray-collar. In the process of positional changes of the collar and outer collar of Korean jacket and overcoat, the outer lapels positioned outside the outer collar, or a part of width of collar's positioned upon the outer collar, or the whole outer lapels positioned inside the outer collar. And through these changes the current position of the outer lapels became settled in the end of the 19th centry. But the inner lapels did not undergo many changes compared with the outer ones, and their position was mainly outside the outer collar like those of current lapels. And the garment's collar and outer collar of jacket and overcoat became small while the width and length of breast-tie(고름) became large.
고대(古代) Egypt 복식(服飾)에 나타난 상징성(象徵性) - Tutankhamen 왕조(王朝)를 중심으로 -
Jeong, Heung-Suk ;
Journal of the Korean Society of Costume, volume 6, 1982, Pages 121~143
Many studies have done on Egyptian Clothing because its unique characteristic culture. However, I was facinated by the exhibitions of Tutankhamen burial treasures which were shown in San Francisco and New York in 1978 and 1979. I found out myself that there are several interesting aspects of clothing to compare 18th dynasty king, Tutankhamun and other dynasties in Egyptian culture. Therefore, I tryed to analized the Egyptian clothing including accessaries with theigr symbols durin 18th dynasty King, Tutankhamun. The most of people were shocked and amazed when they toured the exhibition of Tutankhamun articles which were the most incredible burial treasures in existence today. The body of the King has been embalmed, bandaged and fitted in eight layers of coffins with pure gold mask to represent the god Osiris. Among eight layers of coffins, one is pure solid gold in mummiform, two of mummiforms are made of compact wood covered with sheets of gold and inlaid with multi-colored glass-paste and semi-precious stones. The Egyptian belived that the soul continued to exist throughout eternity if it had passed on examination of its deeds on earth at a "Last Judgement" presided over by Osiris. They also believed that the mummified body could exist in the tomb as a habitation that the soul could revisited. Thus a proper burial was vital for a full existence in the hereafter. They buried dead person in the sealed vault of the tomb with some of the possessions he had used during his life time, such as his furniture, clothing and jewels. In this studies, I've tried to research to various clothings, and accessories with their symbols used during 18th dynasty king, Tutankhamun. The studies are shown as: I) Clothings of Tutankhamun dynasity of Kalasiris, Sheath skirt. Gala skirt, Loin skirt, Hike and Dalmatic. The Dalmatic was first seen in this dynasty. Probably the Roman Christian borrowed the Dalmatica from Egyptian Dalmatic. No where has the same design at the period. II) Egyptian of 18th dynasty Tutankhamun wore big headdress, broad collar necklace passium, pendants, armlets, rings and earrings with very beautiful, exquisite handcraft. They seem the first people who wore earrings in Egyptian history. III) The symbols of decorated items vulture, lotus...Upper Egypt Uraeus, papyrus...Lower Egypt scaravaeus, Nile Riber...rebirth man(Ankh), +...eternal life solar disc, gold...sun ostrich-feather...nobleness God, Horus' eye...protection against enemy IV) Also Egyptian prefered the straight line and a right angle which were the basic principles of architectural arrangement.
A Study on the Origin of Clothing
Lee, Ran-Hee ;
Journal of the Korean Society of Costume, volume 6, 1982, Pages 145~160
Wearing a clothes in human living is very rightful and reasonable things. And it's also the necessaries of living. So now, I want look around about origin of clothes from the prehistorical age, how they start and why they need to wear a clothes. As human culture is unknown origin, human clothes origin is also unknown origin, too. So many different people made unlike story about that, and it is very difficult to say correct birth of clothes. It must be reflection by a time, by a place, by a mankind, until this days, the history of human progress is
years. And from after the "Old Adam" man understand what is shame and disgrace, so that made them cover of their private parts, also it is a motive of human clothes. Since after pass a long time, the earth has many changes as it were weather, and for take care of human body from cold, people start make clothes and it's a second object of wearing a clothes. And third object of wearing clothes is after opportunity of development human culture, people desire for an aesthetic sence and for full-fill that feeling they start make a beautiful clothes with accessories and it is motive and a purpose of a human start wear a clothes. So I can say, for origin birth of clothes is 1. Protect of human body. 1) be adapted for different weather and different circumstance. 2) take care self from outside injurg. 2. Decorate for aesthetic sence. 1) Theory of Amulets. 2) Theory of symbolism. 3) Theory of Sex attraction. 4) Aesthetic Theory. 5) Theory of chastity. 6) Multi-theory And material for clothes they made from natural wilds like leaves, fur, skin of wood. skin of fishes and feather etc. But after develop of human knowledge people invent fiber, and use a knitted goods and woven stuff also first of all. They start use those kind that they just cover of their private parts as a belt and astring with leaves and a beast skins. But until this days it's taken big development with human knowledge and most important influence of develop was weather. So modern clothes for present days, must care with. physicology, preservation of health, living activity, dressing, morals, and etiquette etc.
A Research on Dye and Color in Korean Traditional Colors of Clothing
Soh, Hwang-Ok ;
Journal of the Korean Society of Costume, volume 6, 1982, Pages 161~171
The idea of King Hungdok's prohibition of clothing was to restrict the use of chinese-made cloth on the one hand and to compell his people to use Korean-made cloth for their apparel on the other. The prohibition of clothing sprang from King Hungdok's aspiration to restore his dynasty that had been falling due to the repeated drought disaster and luxurious living of the aristocracy. Safflower, Rubeaceae roots and Sapan wood are well known as some of the earliest natural red-dyes, exhibiting beautiful red-color in our anciet cultural tradition. The color yellow was considered from ancient time to the Chosun Dynasty as the central color. Thus, this color became the royal color for the costumes in the palace. Those plants used to make the color yellow are: Gardenia, phellodendron amurense, Turmeric, coptis, safflower, Arthraxon hispidus, Styphnolobium japonicum. Shikon, root of violet plant, is well known as one of the earliest natural days. By repeating the difficult process of making various dyes constantly during many centuries, the Korean people developed the marvelous technique of making natural color.
우리나라 공복(公服)에 관한 연구(硏究)
Kim, Mi-Ja ;
Journal of the Korean Society of Costume, volume 6, 1982, Pages 173~189
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Thursday, 24 March 2005
Church Times articles
Over the last few years I have written a number of pieces which have been published in the Church Times. These have appeared on their monthly computing / internet pages, and have included reviews and surveys of web sites on various topics.
The most recent of these articles is now available on the Church Times website: a preview of Apple's new Mac mini computer. You can read the article here
[Footnote, 12 April 2005: Apple today announced that the next version of Mac OS, Mac OS X 10.4, code-named 'Tiger', will be available from 29 April. So, now is the time to go and buy that Mac mini, safe in the knowledge that you will get the latest version of the OS. I placed my order for a Mac mini this afternoon!]
Some of the earlier pieces can be found in this list
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Sunday, 13 February 2005
the tree of knowledge of good and evil
This Sunday's readings include part of chapter 3 of the book of Genesis, the central story of the fall, in which Adam and Eve are tempted to eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, planted in the centre of the Garden of Eden, and which God has forbidden them to eat.
The consequence of this is that the couple are expelled from Eden, and they will die.
What are we to make of this?
The key to our understanding this today is perhaps in the words 'knowledge of good and evil'. Our human ancestors, at some point in their evolution, developed enough consciousness to become self-aware. This is a fundamental human trait — to be aware of yourself, and to be aware of other people and realize that they too are self-aware. Perhaps this realization, this consciousness, went hand in hand with the development of language, the development of communication with fellow humans. And consciousness and the recognition of others leads to conscience — the recognition of good and evil, as the writers of the Genesis story put it. Humans had eaten of the fruit of the tree, and there was no going back.
And along with this self-awareness must have come the realization that things die: that other creatures die, that other humans die; and eventually the realization that each of us will die too — the realization of our own mortality.
Like the writer of Genesis chapter 3 we can understand the link between this high level of consciousness, or self-awareness, and death. The writer of Genesis puts the story in mythic language, language that all can understand. He (most probably it was a 'he' or several 'he's) starts from the innocence in which we assume the non-conscious to live: the innocence where one does not have to make moral choices and the innocence in which one's own life is the centre of the world, indeed the only thing that makes the world, the innocence in which one has no idea that one's life is finite. And he points out that self-awareness leads inevitably to a loss of that innocence which culminates in the knowledge of our own impending death.
And in this mythic language we too can grasp at the truth, that in our self-awareness we do things that we know to be wrong, and in our knowledge of our own mortality, we live in darkness and fear, failing to reach the great heights of creativity and light of which we should be capable.
What then of Jesus? Jesus proclaims to us the kingdom of God in which is life in all its abundance. In this kingdom we are freed from fear of death to live life, a life in which we can make moral choices, a life in which we are not consumed with jealousy or with bitterness towards others, but a life in the light, a life of creativity. The apostle Paul wrote, 'As in Adam all die, so in Christ shall all be made alive.' (1 Corinthians 15.22.)
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Friday, 14 January 2005
body, mind ... and soul
Another fascinating programme in Melvyn Bragg's almost-always enlightening In Our Time — the last of the current series. This one considered 'the mind/body problem', starting with Descartes' famous quotation, cogito ergo sum, and then tracing the history of this philosphical and theological question from Ancient Greece, through Thomas Aquinas, Bishop Berkeley, Spinoza, Huxley and through to the modern day (though I missed the very end — I'll have to listen again.)
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Thursday, 23 September 2004
Y Cymun Bendigaid
A package containing a new book landed through my letter box a couple of days ago. It was a copy of the newly-authorized version of the Eucharist of the Church in Wales, published just in time for a meeting of the Church's Governing Body in September.
(The Archbishop of Wales, the Most Revd Barry Morgan, can be seen at the meeting using what looks like a copy of the altar edition of the book in this picture.)
The arrival of this book was a significant moment for me — because I had designed and typeset it. Having laboured long and hard over the text and layout, over page breaks and line breaks, vertical and horizontal spacing, typeface, kerns and ligatures, page numbers and goodness knows what else, here at last was the finished product.
This is always an exciting event: to hold in your hands the result of your own craftsmanship, your own hard work, and to be able to see for the first time whether it has actually worked, whether you have achieved the effect that you wanted — in this case clarity and beauty combining tradition and modernity.
Of course, many people had contributed to this volume, in ways significantly more important than I had. Liturgists had worked on drafts, revision committees and the Governing Body had considered it, and altered it to produce the final authorized text; others had created the cover (by Leigh Hurlock) and the calligraphy (by Shirley Norman); and the printer (Biddles) had produced the printed and bound books. But I shall remember the time spent designing a layout that works, selecting typefaces, playing with type size, and different combinations of bold and italic and roman, caps and small caps, creating custom ligatures (Welsh requires an 'fh' ligature which did not exist in the selected face, so I had to design one myself in roman, italic, bold and bold italic), and of course proofreading the text over and over again. Proofreading, especially of the parallel Welsh text, was also done by people at the provincial office of the Church in Wales. All in all, the result is a book to be very pleased with, I think.
And then after all that, despite all the care that has gone into its production, you begin to notice the mistakes. Here and there, dotted around, are little glitches that have escaped the proofreading. It's amazing that you can proofread a text so many times, both on screen and on paper proofs, and yet the minute you pick up the finished product you find a few more mistakes.
I suppose life is like that — you cannot produce the perfect work, there are always a few little things wrong. At least with a book there is a chance to correct any errors at the next printing! Mistakes in life, on the other hand, very often have to be lived with.
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And we get a training day on it this Monday in the diocese of St David's.
thanks Diolch etc
Posted by rhys at November 20, 2004 2:51 PM
If you are using the Welsh text, then there are a number of misprints in the Welsh. These (and a handful of glitches in the English) will be corrected in a second impression, which should be out sh
If you are using the Welsh text, then there are a number of misprints in the Welsh. These (and a handful of glitches in the English) will be corrected in a second impression, which should be out shortly, the first impression having sold out in just a few weeks. As I type this comment I am burning a CD ready for press.
Posted by Simon Kershaw at November 22, 2004 10:02 PM
Dear Simon,
Blessings prayed for the book you labored to design. As an American Episcopalian, I will likely have little occasion to use the book, but as a bookseller, I know the pleasure of
Dear Simon,
Blessings prayed for the book you labored to design. As an American Episcopalian, I will likely have little occasion to use the book, but as a bookseller, I know the pleasure of a book well made (and in this case, one that serves the greater glory of God). Intrigued as I am by Celtic languages, I am happy that it is a dual text.
I knew that you put together this website, but I had not followed any of the threads before. I am impressed, so far, with the civil quality of the discourse here.
I will check in from time to time. Thanks for this effort.
Georgia DuBose
Harpers Ferry, WV
Posted by Georgia DuBose at December 10, 2004 2:33 PM
Friday, 27 August 2004
connecting with culture
If you're not familiar with the London Institute of Contemporary Christianity then I suggest you take a look. Amongst other things they have a weekly comment column entitled Connecting with Culture which is always worth a read.
This week Nick Spencer writes about an infamous advertising slogan and the marketing of a fashion chain, with important lessons about the limits of self-expression in a free society.
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Monday, 16 August 2004
I have moved the saga of my learning to ring bells out of this blog and into A Bellringer's Progress. I don't suppose anyone really cares, but although bellringing requires quite a bit of thinking and it is almost entirely practised in Anglican churches, it probably doesn't really belong here on Thinking Anglicans.
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Hi. I started reading your blog and have found it so warming - I took up bellringing a month ago and am loving it and just wanted to tell you how much I'm enjoying reading about your progress
Hi. I started reading your blog and have found it so warming - I took up bellringing a month ago and am loving it and just wanted to tell you how much I'm enjoying reading about your progress. All the best, Lorna.
Posted by Lorna at September 13, 2004 12:45 PM
Oh, and the pink bit on the left of A Bellringer's Progress obscures some of the text on my screen - not sure if it's my resolution. Thanks
Posted by Lorna at September 13, 2004 12:50 PM
Tuesday, 16 March 2004
Sydney Carter
Today's Telegraph carries the obituary of Sydney Carter, best known as the writer of The Lord of the Dance — written in 1963 and described in the obituary as 'the most celebrated religious song of the 20th century'.
Carter, who died on Saturday 13 March, was much more than the writer of this song — he was a poet, and he wrote folk songs, as well as other religious songs and hymns such as One More Step and When I Needed a Neighbour.
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does anyone know where i can download/buy a copy of 'Carter Sydney: One more step…' song?
many thanks
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Thursday, 11 March 2004
bestselling artist of all time?
The BBC website reports that this accolade is claimed (by the publisher) for Annie Vallotton.
Who's Annie Vallotton you might ask?
She is the Swiss woman who illustrated the Good News Bible in the 1970s.
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One of the most memorable examples is of the crucifixion in Luke's gospel. The thorn-crowned head hangs forward, below the single line of the shoulder. Above it, two right-angles are the cross.
Somehow this plain sketch conveys the desolation of Jesus far more powerfully than two hours of Mel Gibson's blood-spattered film, The Passion of the Christ.
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Thursday, 22 January 2004
from the shrine of St Peter
If this is Thursday, this must be the Vatican! Today we visited the Vatican Museum, the Sistine Chapel, and the Basilica of St Peter. Jonathan Boardman, chaplain of All Saints, the Anglican church in Rome, gave us a tour of some of the principal works in the museum, and talked about the paintings in the Sistine Chapel. Although I have been in the Chapel twice before, this was the first time since the major restoration of the Michelangelo frescoes. It was also the first time I had really considered the overall scheme of the decoration: the ceiling depicting scenes from the Creation to the Flood; the pairs of pictures on the side walls by a number of earlier artists (Old and New Testament scenes in pairs, where the OT scene is in some way a 'type' for the NT one opposite it); and, of course, the Last Judgement on the 'east' wall. Here we see Peter and Paul as the strong men of Christ, sporting their perfect, resurrected, bodies (or at least, as Jonathan later noted, perfect in the eyes of Michelangelo; we might not all envisage our perfected bodies as those of East German athletes!).
And then to the Basilica of St Peter. The vastness of this building never ceases to amaze. I remember visiting as a schoolboy in 1973. Our guide asked a fellow pupil to walk over to one of the columns and touch the carving of a dove that seemed a few feet off the floor. As he got nearer we realized that far from having to reach down to it, he could not in fact reach it by stretching up. The perfect scale of the building had confused our senses. On the other hand, you do have to wonder what the fisherman from the Sea of Galilee might have made of all this splendour and pomp.
This is a place where the claims of the bishops of Rome are most evident, from the 'Tu es Petrus' mosaic in massive letters written around the base of the dome, to the monuments recalling papal declarations such as the 'immaculate conception', and above all the grandiose memorials to a swathe of popes in the main basilica. These explicitly proclaim the primacy and universal immediate jurisdiction of the see of Rome. As an Anglican, I find it very easy to challenge the show of pride and opulance, and the claims to power that these buildings and memorials present (whilst not forgetting that my own church has its own grand buildings, monuments and claims).
As a contrast to all the show it is a welcome change to descend to the crypt. Here you stand more or less at the level of the basilica built in the time of Constantine in the first half of the fourth century. Immediately beneath the dome and the high altar (with its great baldachino designed by Bernini, and forged from bronze taken from the Pantheon of ancient Rome) stands the tomb of St Peter. Not his actual tomb, I think, which lies another level down, not accessible to the general public, but a shrine to the saint, nonetheless. This is the place to stand and give thanks for the life of Simon son of Jonah, to whom Christ gave the nickname 'Cephas' or 'rock' ('petros' in Greek), and to pray — especially at this time, in the middle of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity — for the unity of the Church, union amongst Anglicans and union with our other separated brothers and sisters, and especially in this place, union with the see of Rome, with the successors of St Peter.
When you stand before, or over, the tomb of the leader of the Apostles, you are taken back to New Testament times, to the days 2000 years ago when Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee and called Simon, son of Jonah, to follow him, to the days when Simon Peter acclaimed Jesus as the Messiah, the Christ, disowned him, and was forgiven, to the days when he preached the resurrection of Christ in Jerusalem, and then through the eastern Roman Empire, before ending up in Rome, to suffer and die as a witness to the kingdom of God proclaimed by the Jesus he had known. Here, in the crypt of the basilica, the pomp of the main church is forgotten — the roof is low, the walls are plain. Here are the simple tombs of many of the popes, placed close to where they believed Peter was buried. Here it is possible to forget the grandeur that is just a few feet over your head, and to recover a simple spirituality, and the simple message at the heart of what Christians believe, and to which Christians down the ages have borne witness.
It is easy to say that the claims of Rome are misconceived and misunderstood, but even so I find myself not unwilling to allow a primacy of honour to this ancient see, effectively the only one remaining of the ancient patriarchates of Jerusalem (the see of James, the brother of Jesus), of Alexandria, and of Antioch, all three long since having lost their Christian hinterland. This primacy would not be the primacy of the main basilica, a primacy of marble and costly show, a primacy of universal jurisdiction or of infallible pronouncements; rather it would be like the crypt, plain and simple, unadorned, the servant of all, exhibiting moral strength, uncorrupted personal character, and the love of God the Father and of the created world, preached by the carpenter of Nazareth.
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