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"dear god, I've turned into some sort of hipster-otaku hybrid!"
welcome, it's nice to see you!
"dear god, I've turned into some sort of hipster-otaku hybrid!"
welcome, it's nice to see you!
so my school decided "LETS JUST NOT HAVE FINALS!"
seemed cool at first. i think "wow, now i won't have to study so hard."
so I have 4 tests tomorow. the only class I get a break in is choir. uggh. my teacher must have all decided that having large do-or-die unit tests the last day of the trimester is a good idea. i am dying. i feel pretty prepared for History and math. but that Bio Test. uwuuug. i will fail it.
my grades slipped in History B and Geometry B to B+'s....i am a streight A student.
help me.
help me.
i am crying now.
i am so unprepared and stressed out for my tests tomorow.
it doesn't help that this is the only free time I have had all day. i got loaded with homework today on top of studying.
well. i think i will go now. i am sure you don't really want to hear about my school issues anyway.
have a good one!
i was looking forward to going to school today.
well, i am at school.
but I am going home
because I am sick.
lkfajoducjmnre i blame doctor who. he made me stay up all night.
:( but then again...how can I blame him?
I started driver's ed on tuesday. so far it has been pretty boring. it is useful though, so it makes it worth it. fortunatally for me, i have a friend in the class too (not really a close friend that comes over to my house and whatnot;but still a friend.)Lisa Timm is a pretty cool instructior, but nothing can change the fact that this is in the middle of my summer vacation. I have to get up a 7 o'clock because I am in the morining class. :( ...but dispite all this grumpy-ness, i am extreamly excited about getting my licence!(we're getting our pink slips on Monday <3~)
But here's the thing: my first drive with an instructior is tomorow!I hope I do good. but right now i am super frustrated by all the homework we just got. plus, there's a sign test tomorrow also: so i need to study for that too. kdsjaklfjdfkldjafk when will this end? D:
I reallllly hope that I do okay in town! I have drove quite a lot with my dad (illigally though it may be)--but only in the country! T^T town is different!
D: I hope the instructor, tim goes easy on me!!! *plus Riley is going to be in the car, so I might bring show tunes to play while our other partner Alexandria, is driving. hehhehehe chior girls are funny!^^
but that's beside the point!
>///< please wish me luck tomorow (and them my next drive's on Monday)
by the way, the DeLorian has always been my dream car...*_* (sigh)
My appologies for the long-ness of this!
wow, i have no school spirit...wildcats....whoo *said sarcastically while waving around a flag of green and white with bullet holes in it*
Well...today was my 2nd day of highschool...and to tell you the truth, i am not-so-enthused...i kinda wish it was the weekend already! already!?!?!
so yeah, the only class of the day I have been super psyked about is chior, and unfortunatly it is my last hour (damn, why 5th hour?!!)
the reason I have not had so much fun is because I have been quite rudely been put in strangely timed hours...I don't have many of my friends in my classes, so if you aren't in my classes, i will probably not see you that day. plus, only one of my close friends has my lunch hour
*the high school here is HUGE!!* I heard a bunch of preps that got lost the first day of school, and I couldn't help but laugh...i think one of them heard me, because she tured around and scoweled...i stuck my tounge out at her as her posse' ran off down the hall
also, I got my hair cut a few days before school started. My cousin cut it for me at the salon, but I had no clue what I would do with it...so I told her to do whatever would look nice...my main is now 7 inches shorter than it was to begin with...(´・ω・`)
it's really weird. try taking a shower while you forget that your hair is 7 in. shorter.. :< if anyone really wants to see it, ill post a picture if you tell me to..
on a brighter note I AM FINALLY GETING A DSi XL!!!!! *so happyyyyy!!* (^o^)/
i am getting it from my friend, who's selling me his for 50$!!!!
all hail hatena! you better be ready for me!
oh, by the way..I AM SOPRANO 1, BABY!! ♪( ´θ`)ノ *now cassi won't kill me!*
here's to a better year of highschool, and actually...you know...seeing my friends... (;3;) ima gonna go watch a ton of anime...see if that gets me iin a better mood!
oh, by-the-way...i finally beat crisis core!!!! (*^-^*)
~with love, kks~


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Restringing Racing Lanes – The Fast Way!
Restringing Racing Lanes – It'll Happen To You
Just as motorists will eventually be forced to confront changing a flat tire, aquatics directors, coaches, and even team parents will likely be involved with a lane rope restringing project.
There can be many reasons to restring. Replacing a damaged lane float, replacing old or failed lane divider cable, and adding a 15 meter resurfacing marker and other regulation lane markings for training or competitions are just some likelihoods that require restringing.
Rushing this project causes a mess. Loose floats quickly become disorganized, leading to recounting, or configuration mistakes.
It's A Priority
No matter the reason, you'll need to take care of it quickly. Taking a pool lane divider out of service can delay swim meets, eat up swim practice time, and irritate aquatic center patrons.
Aquatics programs can delay restringing by purchasing backup lanes for interim use, and this is an excellent short term solution. But using a backup is like driving on a spare tire: when your spare fails, you're in hot water.
The following advice is the quickest and easiest method I've ever used for restringing lanes. Enough preamble – let's get on with it.
What You'll Need
- Replacement racing lane cable
- Replacement lane floats (for adding new markings or replacing damaged floats)
- A friend
- A good cable cutter
- Box packing tape
Racing Lane Restringing – The Secret Sauce
- Move Lane: Use a helper to remove racing lane from pool or pool storage reel to the pool deck and arrange in a straight line.
- Release All Slack: Release all slack from your lane tension reel, so cable is fully payed out.
- Cut Old Cable: On the tension reel end, severe cable with cable cutter between the reel and furthest point from the end of the lane floats. Important: Cut at the point where lane cable is in good condition, after fraying and kinks have ended. The cable needs to slide through the floats and you don't want snags!
- Join Cable Ends: Making sure cable ends are butted and positioned in a straight line,
join the replacement cable end to the old cable end at your cut point, using a carefully tight and tidy (to avoid snags) double wrap of packing tape.
- Old Cable Out – New Cable In: Make sure replacement cable is unspooled to eliminate pulling resistance. Using the remaining end fitting as a handhold, pull the old cable out of your lane, as the new cable slides through the floats. Your helper should continue to unspool the replacement cable to reduce resistance. Important: Don't rush the pulling – going fast can burn the tape and cause your joined cables to break.
- Just Replacing Cable? Done! If you aren't adding/removing/replacing floats, pull the new cable all the way through the lane, break your packing tape connection, and reattach your tension reel and spring end fitting. You're done restringing.
- Replacing Lane Floats? Almost There: If adding or replacing floats, pull your joined cable ends to the replacement point, watching for a little skip in the floats as your packing tape splice travels through the lane rope. When you've hit your mark, break your tape,
make your float replacements,
, rejoin cable ends with tape,
and continue to pull the new cable through your lane.
All done – that was easy!
Have any tricks to share? We'd love to hear from you.
If you have any questions we can answer – let me know.
Robin Spencer Kiefer
About Robin Kiefer
Robin Kiefer is the Grandson of Adolph Kiefer, the Founder of Kiefer Swim Products. Today Kiefer Swim Products is a multifaceted company focused on serving the aquatic industry, lifeguards, and swimmers.
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What a great deal! I will check it out when the time comes closer. Thanks for the good idea.
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I would talk to your friend for sure and tell her that you are tight for money. Ask her if you could do your own hair and makeup this time.
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Strait Up
"''Strait Up"'' was an album released by Snot in 2000 (the album has been credited to Various Artists and Strait Up as well). Originally intended to be Snot's sophomore album, for release in 1999, plans were drastically changed when lead singer Lynn Strait died in a car accident on December 11, 1998. Though 11 tracks themselves had been recorded, Strait had only recorded vocals for one of them by the time of his death. By 1999, Snot's surviving members decided to finish the vocal-less tracks by getting musicians from other popular bands to write lyrics and sing on the unfinished tracks. The finished album was released on November 7, 2000, featuring the 11 tracks, a spoken word tribute from Ozzy Osbourne, another spoken word piece by Strait himself, and Snot's last recorded song with their original lineup. Snot released a live album in 2002, but have otherwise disbanded.
Strait Up
# "Starlit Eyes", featuring Serj Tankian of System of a Down
# "Take It Back", featuring Jonathan Davis of KoЯn
# "I Know Where You're At", featuring M.C.U.D. (now known as Jahred Shane) of (Həd) P.E.
# "Catch a Spirit", featuring Max Cavalera of Sepultura & Soulfly


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Week ending January 20, 2012
Boothe, Joan N. The Storied Ice: Exploration, Discovery, and Adventure in Antarctica's Peninsula Region. Regent. 2011. 372p. illus. maps. bibliog. index. ISBN 9781587902246. $34.95; pap. ISBN 9781587902185. $24.95. HIST
Boothe, a former business school professor, has long studied the Antarctic, traveling there many times. Now she presents a chronological history of the Antarctic Peninsula region, best known for Sir Ernest Shackleton's expedition aboard the ill-fated Endurance. In 19 well-organized chapters, Boothe describes the many explorers, scientists, etc., involved with the discovery and exploration of this forbidding ice-cloaked terrain over the last 500 years. Providing concise sections on all main expeditions and their participants, as well as relevant political context, information on whaling and sealing activities, and more recent developments, her history reads like a textbook on the area's dramatic and eventful past. Boothe makes excellent use of quotes from original expedition accounts and similar archival sources, all of which are clearly footnoted. She also provides an appendix with a useful historical time line.
Verdict Best suited to researchers seeking a comprehensive historical chronicle focused on the Antarctic Peninsula region (i.e., not Antarctica or the South Pole) and to those wishing to look up a particular regional expedition. Recreational readers may prefer Roland Huntford's The Last Place on Earth: Scott and Amundsen's Race to the South Pole, while those interested in Shackleton's survival saga should turn to Alfred Lansing's Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage.' Ingrid Levin, Salve Regina Univ. Lib., Newport, RI
Broadwell, Paula with Vernon Loeb. All In: The Education of General David Petraeus. Penguin Pr: Penguin Group (USA). Jan. 2012. c.352p. index. ISBN 9781594203183. $29.95. INT AFFAIRS
Broadwell, a former U.S. Army officer, presents a firsthand account of the appointment of General Petraeus as commander of the U.S. mission in Afghanistan in June 2010 and the subsequent challenges and successes he has faced. Written with formerly embedded journalist Loeb (Washington Post) and based on Broadwell's doctoral dissertation, the book succeeds as both a biography of Petraeus and a history of the war in Afghanistan from mid-2010 to the present. Broadwell had access to Petraeus before and since his appointment, thus giving readers an insider's narrative that is not based on printed sources but comes from her own experiences with key players right in Afghanistan as she studied Petraeus's military innovations there. Her style is readable and refreshingly lacking in the gung-ho or gut-wrenching tones that many accounts of recent military activity include. She sticks to facts and does not glorify war. Broadwell makes it clear that it is too early to judge the ultimate effect of Petraeus's oversight in Afghanistan or whether it will change the outcome of the war.
Verdict This full account is highly recommended to readers in military studies and current affairs and all who want a better understanding of the key players and engagements in the current U.S. war in Afghanistan.' Jenny Contakos, Wolford Coll. Lib., Naples, FL
Dyer, Geoff. Zona: A Book About a Film About a Journey to a Room. Pantheon. Feb. 2012. c.240p. bibliog. ISBN 9780307377388. $24. FILM
Some films inspire devotion in viewers, while others spark obsession. Novelist and nonfiction author Dyer (Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi) has become obsessed with the 1979 Russian film Stalker, directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. Dyer gives the reader an impressionistic, deeply subjective tour of a cerebral film featuring a character who guides people through a forbidden wasteland zone. The author claims the work contains the quality of prophecy and has always invited allegorical readings. As he explicates the film, Dyer supplies lengthy, deliberate digressions on such topics as drinking in films, the annoying quality of coming attractions movie trailers, and his perceived similarities between Stalker and The Wizard of Oz' the latter film he admits he's never seen and never intends to see. The book is a bit of a bumpy ride, not for all tastes.
Verdict Some readers might enjoy getting inside Dyer's head, and his book is distinguished by his stylish if disjointed prose. However, because relatively few have seen the Tarkovsky film, this remains an optional purchase.' Stephen Rees, formerly with Levittown Lib., PA
Freudenberger, Richard & BackHome Magazine Eds. The Country Almanac of Housekeeping Techniques That Save You Money: Folk Wisdom for Keeping Your House Clean, Green, and Homey. Fair Winds: Quayside. 2011. c.256p. illus. index. ISBN 9781592334131. pap. $19.99. HOME ECON
Freudenberger (Alcohol Fuel: A Guide to Making and Using Ethanol as a Renewable Fuel) and the other editors of BackHome Magazine have produced a comprehensive guide, filled with information to help readers clear toxins and excess waste from their homes while gaining an appreciation for self-efficiency. The projects, recipes, and general practices have all been tested by the contributors, and each entry lists necessary materials and projected monetary savings. The guide is divided into three parts. All Around the House covers housekeeping practices, including instructions for making household cleaning products, as well as recipes and general advice for saving money on food preparation. This section is accessible to a wide audience, and most people could easily adopt these methods without any prior experience. Part 2, Those Special Interests That Make Life Special, focuses on crafts, pets, and holiday recipes and homemade gifts. Part 3, Heading Outside: The Great Outdoors, covers topics more suitable to experienced woodworkers or gardeners, but the instructions are clear and detailed enough for novices.
Verdict This is a versatile reference for sustainable housekeeping, gardening, and DIY projects.' Meagan P. Storey, Virginia Beach
Gottschild, Brenda Dixon. Joan Myers Brown & the Audacious Hope of the Black Ballerina: A Biohistory of American Performance. Palgrave Macmillan. Jan. 2012. c.370p. index. ISBN 9780230114098. pap. $27. DANCE
This latest work by Gottschild (The Black Dancing Body) fills a large gap in dance research by highlighting an important teacher, fundraiser, and champion of black dance' Joan Myers Brown. During an era marked by racial segregation and discrimination, Brown realized the traditional dance world was not ready for a black ballerina. After becoming successful as an entertainment dancer, she was determined to provide black dancers with the opportunities she missed. Brown started the Philadelphia School of Dance Arts in 1960 and the Philadelphia Dance Company (Philadanco) ten years later. Still active and often described as maternal yet demanding, Brown has high expectations for her students and choreographers. Rigorous training, structured practice, and a passionate, professional attitude are required. Even with its extensive detail and ample references to interviews and historical documents, the book reads well as a personal narrative. The history of Philadelphia and of black dance provide a framework for Brown's life and career.
Verdict Those interested in Philadelphia or African American histories as well as dance enthusiasts and biography buffs will enjoy reading this detailed work.' Shannon Marie Robinson, Univ. of the Arts, Philadelphia
Green, Aliza (text) & Steve Legato (photogs.). Making Artisan Pasta: How To Make a World of Handmade Noodles, Stuffed Pasta, Dumplings, and More. Quarry: Quayside. Jan. 2012. 176p. photogs. index. ISBN 9781592537327. pap. $24.99. COOKING
James Beard Award winner Green teams up again with photographer Legato (after The Fishmonger's Apprentice) to produce a beautifully photographed directory on how to make all types of pasta in your own kitchen, with just a few kitchen tools. And don't think only of Italian' there are a few representative recipes from other countries, such as pot stickers, pierogi, and udon noodles. Recipes vary by shape, flour type, and flavoring. By following the easy, step-by-step instructions and hundreds of photographs, readers will be inspired to make their own delicious creations. The book contains many useful extras such as nutrition information, resources, and a glossary, but those who want to serve a homemade sauce along with their pasta fresca may need to consult another resource.
Verdict This is a terrific choice for any library as it will be useful for both experts and novices alike. Mangia!' Jane Hebert, Mount Juliet, TN
Holford, Patrick. Say No to Diabetes. Piatkus, dist. by Trafalgar Square. Feb. 2012. 368p. illus. bibliog. ISBN 9780749955892. pap. $19.95. HEALTH
British nutritionist Holford (founder, Inst. for Optimum Nutrition; The New Optimum Nutrition Bible) asserts that the current global rise in diabetes diagnoses is fueled by the increase in obesity across populations. He enumerates the costs of diabetes on both the individual and society and argues that common nutritional advice for a low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet only compounds the problem. He describes the mechanics of diabetes and metabolic syndrome and explains how carbohydrates impact both weight and blood sugar levels, thus increasing the severity of the disease. Holford presents his low-glycemic-load diet as a safer, healthier way to lower weight and lessen the need for diabetic medicines. He lists food groups he considers at-risk, warns against food addictions, and makes detailed recommendations for foods and supplements. Sample menus and recipes are included. Appendixes provide additional information on the glycemic loads of specific foods through charts and other resources.
Verdict The British viewpoint, language, and measurements may prove challenging to American readers. A better choice would be Meri Raffetto's The Glycemic Index Diet for Dummies.' Janet M. Schneider, James A. Haley Veterans' Hosp., Tampa
Kelly, Wendy (text) & Dean Young (illus.). Buji and Me: 7 Lessons from the Dog Who Rescued Me. Medallion. 2011. 256p. illus. ISBN 9781605421117. pap. $12.95. SCI
Animal behaviorist, dog trainer, and former psychotherapist Kelly (founder, Pawsitive Life Fdn.) expounds on the seven principles her pitbull Buji taught her. Buji was a seemingly incorrigible, aggressive dog scheduled for euthanasia at a local shelter. Using patience and positive training methods, she transformed Buji into a good pet and an outstanding therapy dog. Buji returned the favor. First, he saved Kelly's life by detecting breast cancer at a very early stage' fixating on the site of the tumor' long before doctors found it. Buji's persistence drove Kelly to seek second and third opinions till she, and her dog, were proven right. Then, he taught her how to live as dogs do: with honesty, love, compassion, optimism, and joy. Humorous cartoons by comic strip Blondie illustrator Young enhance the text.
Verdict A combination memoir and motivational title similar to Trixie Koontz's Life Is Good, Lessons in Joyful Living, edited by her owner, Dean Koontz. Self-help aficionados as well as dogoir readers will demand this book.' Florence Scarinci, Nassau Community Coll. Lib., Garden City, NY
Knight, George W. The Holy Land: An Illustrated Guide to Its History, Geography, Culture and Holy Sites. Barbour. 2011. 288p. illus. maps. index. ISBN 9781602606449. pap. $14.99. TRAV
A colorful and easy-to-read book, this illustrated guide to the Holy Land offers a brief description of major places, including cities, towns, mountains, valleys, buildings, roads, rivers, pools, and churches from the Bible. Knight (Illustrated Bible Handbook Series) arranges the book geographically from south to north, devoting a few chapters along the way to the city of Jerusalem. For every place listed, the book provides a meaning, pronunciation, and location, as well as a key to where readers will find it on the book's various maps. Filled with quotations from scripture (and more modern sources), photos, illustrations, and maps, this book gives readers a basic understanding of this important area.
Verdict While Knight does a good, if basic, job of exploring the holy places and sites from the Bible, he writes with a negative undertone that some readers might find offensive when explaining Israel's current political situation or discussing other religions. For readers who want to combine travel and religion.' Melissa Aho, Univ. of Minnesota Lib., Minneapolis
Larsen, Linda Johnson. The Starter Cook: A Beginner Home Cook's Guide to Basic Kitchen Skills & Techniques. Lyons: Globe Pequot. 2011. 328p. illus. index. ISBN 9780762774487. pap. $21.95. COOKING
Wondering what a mandolin is? Larsen (The Everything Potluck Cookbook) explains its uses (cuts julienne style) and includes a photo. Aptly titled, this culinary reference covers myriad basic cooking topics such as how to stock a kitchen, necessary supplies, and safety. Larsen defines a wide range of food categories, including meat, fish, vegetables, and dairy, and explores their qualities. She even offers disaster fixes in case you encounter a problem like lumpy mashed potatoes. Scattered throughout are tips on budget, health, and more. Freezing strategies, cooking rules, and organizing methods are presented.
Verdict Packed with information, this guide includes a glossary, conversion chart, and handy lists on the life span of foods. Ideal for the novice cook, it provides a solid background as you learn your way around a kitchen.' Barbara Kundanis, Longmont P.L., CO
Laufer, Peter. No Animals Were Harmed: The Controversial Line Between Entertainment and Abuse. Lyons: Globe Pequot. 2011. 272p. index. ISBN 9780762763856. $22.95. PETS
Laufer (James N. Wallace Chair in Journalism, Univ. of Oregon; Forbidden Creatures: Inside the World of Animal Smuggling and Exotic Pets) examines the line between animal use and abuse and poses pressing moral and ethical questions for people who work with animals in a variety of environments. Where is the line between use and abuse drawn for animals that are seemingly well cared for, as compared to those in obvious distress? Are the best interests of the animals really being considered? How often do people placate themselves by thinking animals happy (with or without anthropomorphizing them) in the environments in which they find themselves? Laufer conducts interviews with individuals involved in a variety of animal activities, which helps to balance his arguments and encourage readers to think critically about the topics at hand.
Verdict Many readers will be abhorred by some of the abuses that Laufer reports occur on a daily basis. This book asks its audience to reflect upon their own actions and, with greater awareness, perhaps some of the most blatant abuses will cease. A compelling read.' Kyrille Goldbeck-DeBose, Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State Univ. Lib., Blacksburg
Morhaim, Dan, M.D. The Better End: Surviving (and Dying) on Your Own Terms in Today's Modern Medical World. Johns Hopkins. Feb. 2012. c.160p. index. ISBN 9781421404189. pap. $18.95. MED
As a practicing physician, Morhaim (health medicine & policy, Johns Hopkins Univ.; delegate, Maryland General Assembly) has watched the detrimental effects that end-of-life procedures have on dying patients, their families, and the medical personnel who care for them. He has made it his personal mission to urge patients to prepare advance directives' legal documents that convey decisions about end-of-life care ahead of time' to improve the comfort and quality of a dying patient's care. Using real-life examples and minimal medical jargon, he describes in detail how many common emergency procedures, like CPR, are implemented and comments on the pros and cons of each. A resource list provides links to general resources on palliative care, hospice, organ donations, and alternative funerals. Also included is a state-by-state list of advance directive resources.
Verdict Morhaim's book should take some of the mystery out the critical care and end-of-life process. Though a bit pricey, this slim volume can be read in a few hours. A good introduction not bogged down with detail, this book will prepare readers to discuss this very important topic.' Tina Neville, Univ. of South Florida at St. Petersburg Lib.
Powell, Neil. Search Dogs and Me: One Man and His Life-Saving Dogs. Blackstaff. Feb. 2012. 262p. photogs. ISBN 9780856408670. pap. $23.95. PETS
This book of a trainer and his rescue dogs reads like an adventure novel. Northern Irish dog trainer Powell has worked with dogs for over 30 years. His dogs are prepared for mountain search and rescue, water searches for drowning victims, searches of collapsed structures, and drug detection. Powell introduces the reader to each of his dogs and recounts his experience training them. Each dog has a unique personality and each is best suited for a particular type of rescue work. They are not just working dogs, though' Powell has a close bond with each, and they are clearly part of his family. The book includes plenty of humorous dog-related incidents, which will keep readers smiling and remind them that even well-trained dogs have their moments.
Verdict No prior knowledge of the work of a search and rescue dog is needed to enjoy the heartwarming canines introduced here. Powell is a good storyteller, and when he writes about his search-and-rescue activities, his readers join in the experience. This riveting book is recommended for dog enthusiasts everywhere.' Deborah Emerson, Central New York Lib. Resources Council, Syracuse
Schultz, Patricia. 1,000 Places To See Before You Die: The New Full-Color Second Edition. Workman. 2011. 1200p. photogs. maps. index. ISBN 9780761156864. pap. $19.95. TRAV
Since the first edition of this best-selling title was published in 2003, the popular concept of the bucket list has spawned many rosters of things to achieve or places to go in a lifetime. Its second edition boasts 500 color photographs, 200 new entries, 28 additional countries, and more details on where to stay, where to eat, and what to do, especially for budget-minded tourists. Schultz (1,000 Places To See in the USA and Canada Before You Die) organizes the book into eight sections: Europe; Africa; the Middle East; Asia; Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands; Latin America; the Caribbean; and the United States and Canada. The entries will whet readers' appetite for visiting, but experienced travelers may want greater detail. This work is well indexed; readers are directed to www.1000places.com/indexes to access 12 additional thematic indexes, e.g., Gorgeous Beaches and Getaway Islands and Unrivaled Museums. Book purchasers can also download the 1,000 Places app free of charge.
Verdict This handy, well-formatted, and well-organized book is a boon to seasoned and novice travelers alike.' Elizabeth Connor, The Citadel, Military Coll. of South Carolina Lib., Charleston
Smith, Patti. Patti Smith: Camera Solo. Yale Univ. 2011. ed. by Susan Talbott. photogs. ISBN 9780300182293. pap. $25. PHOTOG
Punk icon and National Book Award winner Smith (Just Kids) calls her new book a diary entry of her life. This book of photographs accompanies an exhibition at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, CT' the first major show of Smith's photography. It showcases 70 intimate, elegant black-and-white photographs from this multifaceted artist's life, including her world travels and celebrity friendships. With a vintage Polaroid instant camera, Smith shoots photographs that connect her interests in literature and poetry, including images simple yet profound of objects like the slippers of Robert Mapplethorpe, the bed of Virginia Woolf, and the spoon of Arthur Rimbaud. Such photographs, loaded with meaning for both the photographer and the viewer, are strangely compelling. Smith's choice of instant film helps capture the fragility of each object, turning them into shrines for the departed. An interview with Smith by editor Talbott (dir., Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art) adds insight into the artist's life and work.
Verdict Recommended for fans of Smith and anyone with an interest in photography, literature, and popular culture.' Shauna Frischkorn, Millersville Univ., PA
Van Overtveldt, Johan. The End of the Euro: The Uneasy Future of the European Union. Agate. 2011. 208p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 9781932841619. $24.95. ECON
Many member nations of the European Union' which envisioned the euro as a monetary tool for peace, stability, trade, and prosperity' are now disillusioned with their common currency. Several major debt crises have wreaked havoc on the entire monetary system, and the aftermath has included volatile financial markets and declining wealth on a global scale. Owing to inherent structural problems, reforms cannot easily be implemented. Van Overtveldt (The Chicago School: How the University of Chicago Assembled the Thinkers Who Revolutionized Economics and Business) presents strong arguments why he thinks Germany will be the first E.U. nation to cease use of the euro and cause the currency's end. Chief among these is the staggering hyperinflation that afflicted the country during 1920' 24, an episode of economic chaos that still haunts its cultural memory. Therefore, the German government's primary goal is to maintain economic stability at any cost.
Verdict This economic history is perfect for business students. Because the events in European markets have a global impact, especially on U.S. markets, this book should be an essential title for any reader with investments or interest in financial instruments.' Caroline Geck, Peshine Ave. Prep. Sch. Lib., Newark, NJ


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Photograph by Grant Gunderson
"Alaska is the best spot, hands down, to ski steep, in a lot of snow," says French skier Richard Permin, seen here doing a powder turn as he came off a 50-foot cliff he'd just jumped. The Gulf of Alaska is in the distance. "But we struggle with the weather. Sometimes we camp in Alaska for three weeks with only one day on skis—or sometimes none."
"I skied five different lines," recalls Permin of this day near Seward, Alaska, with skiers Cody Townsend and Markus Eider. "It was the most productive day of the trip. We starting skiing at sunrise, and we were done at sunset." The trip was so productive, in fact, that both Permin and Townsend got injured (see more details below).
Scenes from this trip will appear in a Matchstick Productions film called Days of My Youth coming out in fall 2014.
Getting the Shot
"I really wanted to capture something that showed the amazing location and gave the viewer a sense of place, rather than focus strictly on the ski action," says award-winning photographer Grant Gunderson of this shot. "For this shot, we decided to post-up on a knife-edge ridge, where we would have our best chance to capture some great ski action with the amazing backdrop that Seward provided."
Though the landscape is alluringly beautiful, the skiers were fighting injuries and tough conditions. "The biggest challenge we had shooting in Alaska was athletes getting hurt. Early this day Cody Townsend injured his knee, ending his trip and season. The next day Richard was caught in an avalanche—pretty damn terrifying too—which ended his trip and season. The conditions where absolutely perfect for the skiers to really push the limits this year, but anytime they are pushing it that far there is always a risk of injury," says Gunderson.
On heli-ski shoots, Gunderson always carries two Canon 1DX camera bodies, and an assortment of Canon L lenses, "everything from 8mm to 400mm. I tend to ski with a very heavy pack as I always want to make sure I have the best tools to capture the moment," he says.
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With his son just graduating from the University of Montana with a degree in piano performance, Earl Morgenroth began discussing the possibilities of the business of retail music with his son, David. They agreed that with their business acumen, musical ability, entrepreneurial spirit, and wise investing, that they would look to go into the retail music business in Missoula, Montana. They wound up going for the gusto, and over a 3 year period established Morgenroth Music Centers in Missoula, Great Falls, and Billings. Today we have stores in Great Falls and Missoula.
Since their first store opened in 1985, there have been a great many changes at Morgenroth Music Centers. Our mission has always been to Change lives through music participation. We try to remember the excitement that we as young students of music felt the first time we went to the music store to rent or purchase an instrument. Our passion for music is reflected by our high caliber of music professionals on staff and continued commitment to the communities in which we live. Life is short . . . . Don't forget to play.


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Today I met with the Seattle Weavers' Guild Tapestry Study Group for our monthly meeting. We sit down in a room at a local weaving store to weave and share projects. People come and leave as they can and it's a blissfully pleasant experience. Today's meeting solidified what I already knew: I really like tapestry weavers (and bead weavers, too, of course). Maybe it's because they're artists, or that those drawn to tapestry tend to be smart and vibrant… or perhaps I feel a certain nostalgia around tapestry weavers having grown up with a mother in that world. One of my favorite memories as a kid is running around a weaving show (where my mom was demonstrating) with my little drop spindle feeling like the princess of the weaving world.
Today, I mostly just sat and wove and listened. It was so very nice to have a little break from everyday life. While there I was planning on weaving a little sampler for a tutorial (yes, our new site will have tutorials!) but realized too late that I was probably using the wrong yarn to clearly show "pick and pick" like I had planned. So, instead of weaving and taking pictures and trying to figure out the best way to explain a technique, I just wove (the same thing I was planning on weaving, but I will redo it with some Brown Sheep yarn rather than handspun.) I was really enjoying being lost in the weaving and it made me realize something: For most of us, the joy of weaving (be it beads, tapestry or something else) is almost completely in the process. Sure, we love those finished pieces, but the reason we weave is because we love to weave and even if we're weaving a sampler that no one will ever see (and might just be cut off the loom by tomorrow), there is still so much joy in weaving it.
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PVV leader Geert Wilders has invited Marine Le Pen, leader of the French far right party Front National, to a meeting in the Dutch parliamentary complex in November, Le Pen told television show Nieuwsuur on Monday evening.
Wilders wants to discuss his plans to form a coalition with nationalist parties to fight the European elections next year. The two met in April for the first time.
Wilders has already made approaches to the Vlaams Belang, Italy's Lega Nord and the UK Independence Party, the Volkskrant said earlier this year. UKIP and Sweden's Democrats have refused to join an alliance with the Front National.
Le Pen said she had wanted to meet Wilders to form her own opinion of him 'away from the devilish image sketched by the media and other politicians.' 'When we first met, we realised we had an awful lot in common,' she said.
Wilders confirmed the invitation to Le Pen during the programme. 'She is a charismatic politician. Parties like the Front National and the PVV can force the Europhile elite to lower their tone a little through the European elections,' he said.


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Staff managing the five-a-day healthy eating promotion and school fruit and vegetable schemes - Labour's most important public health scheme to date - have been left in limbo since the Department of Health imposed a moratorium on all new programme expenditure last autumn. Most of the staff are on contracts that expire in March and with no certainty about future funding, many have left for other jobs. Reports suggest half of the five-a-day coordinators in London have moved on, and school coordinators around the country are also looking for other work.
The national school fruit and vegetable scheme provides a free piece of fruit or vegetable every day to nearly 2 million children between the ages of four and six in more than 16,000 schools. It forms part of the government's strategy to tackle obesity, heart disease and cancer by changing people's diets. The total cost of the school fruit and vegetable scheme in 2004-05 was £29m, and is expected to be £37m in 2006-07.
The Department of Health said this week: "In the short-term, coordinators' contracts will be extended for at least three months beyond the end of this financial year while long-term plans for this important scheme are put in place."
The contracts freeze was introduced in November as part of an embargo on all new spending commitments. A department spokesman said the general freeze had been lifted, but no statement was likely about the result of spending reviews. "We will not be giving a running commentary on individual spending plans in the department," he added.
The health secretary, Patricia Hewitt, will promise in a white paper on Monday to double the budget for health promotion over the next 10 years. Evidence that the programme was being disrupted by financial chaos in the NHS might have upset the launch of the white paper. Programme coordinators said they had not yet been informed of the change of heart.
The fruit and vegetable scheme is highly popular with parents and schools but an official evaluation found it has had no lasting effect on children's consumption of healthy food. Children eligible for the free fruit or vegetables increased their overall consumption by an average of only one third of a portion a day, failing to reach the government's five-a-day target. Experts say they warned the government that without funding for educational programmes to support the scheme it was unlikely to achieve much.
The Department of Health said: "Children participating in the scheme ate more fruit and vegetables than those not in the scheme, plus there was an increased awareness and knowledge of the five-a-day message. We know more work needs to be done to continue raising awareness of the importance of healthy eating but changing behaviour can take time."
Dr Martin Caraher, food policy expert at London's City University and adviser to the Department of Health, said the scheme had failed to address wider issues about children's diets: "We warned the Department of Health that international research showed that simply making free fruit available in schools was not enough."
Professor Fergus Lowe, who has run the successful Food Dudes programme from the University of Wales to change children's eating habits, said the school fruit scheme was unlikely to be effective without a broader educational programme. "It won't deliver the benefits required unless a serious effort is made in other ways to change children's habits and attitudes."


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Kevin MacLellan was appointed Chairman, NBCUniversal International in September 2013.
Based in London, MacLellan is responsible for day-to-day operations and international expansion for NBCUniversal businesses outside of North America, including Theatrical, Home Entertainment and Television (distribution, networks and production) with a focus to increase non-US revenues and drive collaborative business growth. MacLellan also works collaboratively with respective international leaders to drive the growth agenda for CNBC International, Telemundo International, Parks & Resorts and NBC News. Additionally, MacLellan supports Comcast's overseas expansion strategy and serves on NBCUniversal's Executive Committee.
Since 2011, MacLellan served as President, International Television overseeing all of NBCUniversal's TV and New Media businesses outside the U.S. In this role, he led the re-organisation of NBCUniversal's international television operations into a single integrated television division comprised of an industry-leading distribution operation, a strong portfolio of channel brands, a growing stable of production labels and multiple new media platforms. The combined International Television division positioned the company to take a more holistic approach to its portfolio of assets and optimize its value across multiple windows and distribution platforms.
During MacLellan's leadership, the International Television Production division developed world-class content for the US and international market, including Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning Downton Abbey, Dracula starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, the BAFTA-award winning reality drama series Made in Chelsea, Family Treefor HBO & BBC and About a Boy and Camp for NBC.
Additionally, MacLellan set out the strategic vision for NBCUniversal's International Television Distribution (TVD) and Universal Networks International (UNI) divisions. TVD manages free, pay and new media licensing across more than 250 territories with a portfolio of 75,000 television episodes and 4,000 feature films. UNI's portfolio of international channel brands include: Syfy, Universal Channel, E! Entertainment Television, 13th Street, The Style Network, Studio Universal, DIVA and Golf Channel. These brands deliver quality content to 60 channels in 176 territories across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Asia.
Prior to his role at NBCUniversal, MacLellan served as President, Comcast International Media Group (CIMG) & Comcast Entertainment Studios (CES). In this capacity, he oversaw Comcast's international television and new media properties, which included E! Entertainment Television, E! On-line, The Style Network, The Golf Channel, and G4. He was also responsible for all original production for the networks domestically and internationally, including popular franchises such as The E! True Hollywood Story, The Soup, Fashion Police and Live from the Red Carpet.
Under MacLellan's leadership, Comcast increased their international channel subscribers from 17million to over 100 million and increased syndication revenue by over 500%.
Prior to Comcast Corporation, MacLellan was Vice President, International Television Networks at Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) in London. He was responsible for managing the company's channel investments, carriage agreements and partnerships, as well as overseeing business development. Before that, he was Director of Programming for Home Box Office (International) in New York and in Eastern Europe, based in Prague. He began his career in TV production and programming at several leading cable networks in the US, including HBO, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon.


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S.Con.Res.73 - A concurrent resolution concerning the return of or compensation for wrongly confiscated foreign properties in formerly Communist countries and by certain foreign financial institutions.104th Congress (1995-1996)
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Welcomes the efforts of many post-Communist countries to address the status of plundered properties.
Urges: (1) countries which have not already done so to return plundered properties to their rightful owners or, as an alternative, pay compensation in accordance with principles of justice and in a manner that is just, transparent, and fair; and (2) post-Communist countries to pass and effectively implement laws that provide for restitution of, or compensation for, plundered property.
Calls for: (1) the urgent return of property formerly belonging to Jewish communities as a means of redressing the particularly compelling problems of aging and destitute survivors of the Holocaust; and (2) the Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and other countries to remove restrictions which require those whose properties have been wrongfully plundered by Nazi or Communist regimes to reside in or have the country's citizenship from which they now seek restitution or compensation.
Calls upon foreign financial institutions, and the states having legal authority over their operation, that possess wrongfully and illegally property confiscated from Holocaust victims, from residents of former Warsaw Pact states who were forbidden by Communist law from obtaining restitution of such property, and from states that were occupied by Nazi, Fascist, or Communist forces, to assist and to cooperate fully with efforts to restore this property to its rightful owners.


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A tour combining two of Belgium's Christmas markets, staying in the heart of historic Bruges with many café, bars and restaurants
Day 1 Morning departure to Dover for our ferry to Calais and on to Bruges for our three night stay
Day 2 Day at leisure in this wonderful city to stroll round the Christmas market, the museums, the Church of our Lady, (with its high brick tower), gift shops, visit a brewery, enjoy a boat trip on the canal or even a carriage ride around the city.
Day 3 We head for Brussels, the capital of Belgium and to the enchanting Christmas market in the Grand Place, with its magnificent fir tree, colourful stalls and superb gift ideas, enhanced by the splendid magical and original light & sound show
Day 4 After breakfast, we commence our homeward journey.
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Three of the schools, Midway Middle School in Liberty County, Sol C. Johnson High School in Chatham County and Glynn Middle School in Glynn County, are served by the Armstrong Atlantic State University Educational Technology Training Center.
"We're pleased that three out of five of our ETTC districts who applied this year were awarded these grants," Wendy Marshall, director of the Educational Technology Training Center at AASU, said. "The grants will address a statewide need to improve instruction to meet the needs of today's students and increase academic achievement."
AASU's ETTC assisted the schools in writing the grant proposals. The center also will provide assistance with the purchase of the hardware necessary to implement 21st Century Learning Environments in a minimum of five classrooms.
The technology involves interactive whiteboards, projection devices, and student-response systems that allow teachers and students to interact with the files, software, and Internet content displayed on the white electronic boards. Students can interact with the content directly on the board, like using a chalkboard, or by using wireless, handheld devices. A common curriculum, grade level, teacher planning teams, or other criteria connect the five classrooms.
AASU's ETTC will also assist in providing extensive professional development for one leadership team at each of the schools. In addition, each classroom will receive a teacher laptop and five student laptops. The equipment and training will be in place when students and teachers return to school in August 2007.
Armstrong Atlantic's ETTC is one of 13 centers strategically across Georgia to serve the technology needs of schools in the state. In addition to Chatham, Glynn, and Liberty, AASU's ETTC also serves the school systems in Charlton, Long, and McIntosh counties.
About AASU
Armstrong Atlantic State University, part of the University System of Georgia, was founded in 1935. The university offers more than 100 undergraduate and graduate academic programs. Armstrong Atlantic serves more than 6,700 students.


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The north London outfit will face Jupp Heynckes' men with Bayern currently nine points clear at the top of Bundesliga, having only lost one of its opening 17 games this term.
However, Hartson is convinced that Arsene Wenger's side can overcome the Bavarians, and feels that the Gunners are capable of beating any side in Europe on their day.
"It's a tough draw for Arsenal but they have no reason to fear Bayern," Hartson told Goal.com. "I think they will just be happy that they avoided Barcelona for what would have been a third meeting in four years.
"Arsenal have a fantastic record in Europe being the only club to have qualified for the last 13 knockout stages. People forget just how consistent they are in European competition. It's not fair on Arsene [Wenger] that everyone seems to want to put them down on the domestic stage when things aren't always going their way."
Despite being confident for his former side ahead of the tie, Hartson acknowledges that Bayern will be a tough proposition, and feels that the four-time champion of Europe should have added to its haul last season, when the club lost in the final of the competition to Chelsea on penalties.
"In my opinion Bayern should have won the trophy last season," he said. "Chelsea were very fortunate. I think Bayern had 18 corners to Chelsea's one and, of course, the Germans missed a penalty before the shootout. They are a traditionally a very experienced European side and, like all German teams, are mentally strong. German football is flying just now with three of them winning their Champions League groups.
"But none of that will worry Arsenal. They are very capable of beating Bayern over two legs and a lot can happen between now and February. Arsenal are inconsistent but on their day they are capable of beating anyone in Europe."


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|VOLUME XVIII NUMBER 3 Spring 2003
With the Grain
"When we go home sometimes, right on the front step will be a chunk of wood," Charlie Sheaff '72 explains, with his hands out in wonder. "I have no idea who left it oftentimes. One night we came home and I could not get in the front door of my own house. Someone had dropped off a half-a-dozen cherry burls and I guess wanted to make sure that I saw them, because they piled them up right in front of the door."
The anonymous donor knew that Sheaff cannot turn down a cherry burl, in fact cherishes those tumorlike growths as the source of bowls and other turned pieces. "An ugly burl growing on the side of a tree that you see in the woods – to a woodworker that's like a piece of gold. It's just unbelievable the grain that takes place inside that piece of wood."
When Sheaff talks about wood, it's hard to imagine a piece he couldn't carve, lathe, or somehow manipulate into something beautiful, useful, or both. "What's a scrap?" he asks. "I don't know what a scrap is.
"I'm known as a packrat, particularly in woodshop. I cannot make myself throw some of this wood away. There'll be a piece with a big old knot in the middle of it, and it should probably go in the burn pile, but I'll just keep it around."
Since 1982, when he moved from a position at Keene High School to the KSC faculty (he has since earned his doctorate from the University of Massachusetts), Charlie Sheaff has preached the religion of wood to a congregation of college students wanting to do something with their hands as well as their minds.
On the first day of Woodworking II in late January, in his home department of Technology, Design and Safety, he handed all the students a block of wood, two by two by nine inches, and told them: "Make a spoon." Now, a few weeks later, he says, "they're finishing them up, and they're incredible.
"With that project I could stand up and I could talk to them forever about grain direction and understanding the wood fiber and so forth, but when they're carving that spoon they're experiencing it. They go the wrong way with the grain; it chips out. The little bowl of the spoon – you never think about that, but trying to hollow it out is a bear if you don't pay attention to the way the grain's going, because you can carve only halfway down. You can't go up the other side because you'll tear it out.
"People want to make these curly handles, but they have to realize if they have a little short grain it's apt to break; it's going to be very tender.
"They learn so much, an incredible amount, by a simple little project like carving a spoon."
Competent woodworking requires an intimate relationship with the many ways a tree can tell its life story. Or, as Charlie Sheaff puts it, "You have to keep in mind that Mother Nature is doing the artwork and what you're doing is exposing it."
So while technique, craftsmanship, and professionalism sit at the heart of Sheaff's classes, the conversation also focuses on aesthetics, biology, culture, and much of the other content of a liberal-arts education. A case could be made, he says, for creating an entire liberal-arts curriculum around a woodworking technology class.
"Students sign up for a woodworking course, and they think they're going to use the table saw and cut some wood," he says. "But after the first few classes talking about the product we're working with, I hear a lot of comments like 'Oh, we studied this in biology.'"
In researching furniture styles, students engage themselves in history. And anthropology. When Sheaff's students craft perfect wooden balls, they explore the psychology of touch: Why is it so relaxing to roll one in your hands?
Chemistry: "A lot of research on glues comes from the seashore," he tells a class. "Why do barnacles stick to a rock? It's protein. That's why some of the best glues are made from animal hides. It's why we say a horse is ready for the glue factory."
Central to any liberal-arts education is the development of problem-solving skills. "A liberally educated person," Sheaff contends, "has got to be able to think creatively, solve problems, and understand that perhaps there isn't one answer but may be several."
In the spoon project the problem can be how to lay down the spoon for drying when every bit of its surface is freshly wet with finish. In Exploring Technology, which he teaches with colleague Del Ogg, it may be how to package a potato chip for mailing unbroken to a second-grader across town. (Collaborators in such projects can include Sheaff's wife, Carol '73, who teaches at Mt. Caesar Elementary School in Swanzey, and daughter, Kimberly '99, who teaches at Symonds in Keene. Daughter Katelyn '06 is so far resisting a teaching career, studying health promotion and fitness.)
Or, the problem, in only an hour and a half, may be: Please construct a 20-second timer using paper plates, straws, rubber bands, sand, a golf ball, and a mouse trap.
"Twenty seconds is a tremendously long time," Sheaff points out. "The first time out of the box we get a lot of 5- and 10-second timers."
Puzzles are also good for professors, he says. "I thrive on trying to solve problems." One such challenge arrived a few years back, when someone had apparently stolen the ceremonial mace traditionally carried by the most senior faculty member at KSC's Commencement.
"The Alumni Association came to me and said we need a mace," he recalls, "and that's all they said."
He began the project with research into the history of the mace, a medieval weapon for head-bashing, and considered how to bring in classical elements, such as a fluted column, to signify the liberal arts. He then constructed a prototype. "It was just out of pine, and I stained it dark to show how it would look in black walnut. On the top I needed a metal ball for the prototype and found the bulb that came out of a toilet tank. I put that on the prototype and sent it on over.
"I got a call a couple of days later, and they said, 'We met, but we have some concerns. We really like the design; it's lightweight, but we think that's a toilet-tank bulb on top.' And I said, 'Well, you think right.'" The real, final version carries a hollow brass ball from a flagpole company in Fitzwilliam. And the shaft is hollow to make it light, because, Sheaff says, "after all, it's going to be carried by the faculty member who's been here the longest."
Despite the wood professor's respect for tradition, he embraces new technologies and new substances in his own woodworking exploration. "One of the things I've gotten a little bit known for in New England, even nationally," he says, "is working with alternative wood products, processed wood products – plywood, particleboard, some of the construction timbers." Among the turned pieces that he exhibits and sells, one bowl that drew attention was made from LVL – laminated veneer lumber – a shredded wood product used in construction.
"They compress the stuff together and make huge beams out of it for, say, basements," Sheaff says. "A friend was building a new house in Sunapee, and I came across a piece of this stuff. I looked at it and thought, 'that would be crazy to turn.' I turned two bowls out of that first piece. One I gave to him as a housewarming gift. The second piece I put in a couple of national exhibits and it sort of took off; people really enjoyed it. My younger daughter said, 'It looks like it's made out of worms,' so my older daughter, at the time being in high school and studying French, called it 'bol de vers,' which means 'bowl of worms,' so that's what I named the piece."
Almost every night after dinner, Sheaff disappears into his workshop at home, making pieces for exhibit or sale or working on commissions for architects needing hand-turned wood pieces such as porch columns or intricate, spiral balusters to support handrails.
"Wood," says Charlie Sheaff, "has been my whole life." His father was a building contractor "and always had a good-sized shop to work in." And Sheaff himself works in the trade and has built about a half-dozen houses in the Keene area."I feel very strongly about what I do," he says. "I stay involved in both the construction area and the woodworking area because I want to stay current. I picked up a journal of light construction the other day and there were seven new types of nails they were advertising. I'm constantly at the lumberyard talking with these people to try to stay current with the technology."
He moves his hands familiarly over one and then another in a series of absolutely identical balusters, shaped in elaborate curves and planes. This is serious work, and rewarding in many ways. But it doesn't bring a smile until he turns the conversation back to his real work, especially with the beginners, and the baseball bat a student is turning out of maple.
"Some of the happiest times, for me," explains the wood professor, "is when I finally grade the projects at the end of the semester and you can see it in their faces; they are just as proud as can be with these creations."
Michael Matros is editor of Keene State Today.


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ACLU in Court Monday in South Carolina to Hold Former Officials Accountable for Torture of Jose Padilla
Group Takes on Case Against Rumsfeld and Others Seeking Accountability for Unlawful Detention and Abuse of U.S. Citizen
CHARLESTON, S.C. - The American Civil Liberties Union will be in federal court in Charleston Monday at 10:00 a.m. EST to argue that a lawsuit against former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other government officials for their role in the unlawful detention and torture of a U.S. citizen should not be thrown out. The ACLU was recently retained to represent Jose Padilla and his mother in the lawsuit.
Jose Padilla was seized from a U.S. jail in 2002, declared an "enemy combatant" and secretly transported to a military brig in South Carolina. He was imprisoned for nearly four years, during which he was subjected to extreme abuse and unable to communicate with his lawyers or family for two years. Lawyers for Padilla filed a lawsuit in February 2007 in U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina against Rumsfeld and others for their role in Padilla's unlawful detention and abuse.
The defendants filed a motion in 2008 to dismiss the lawsuit, and that motion will be argued on Monday.
Arguments in Padilla v. Rumsfeld, an ACLU lawsuit on behalf of Jose Padilla, an American citizen who was held unlawfully as an "enemy combatant" for four years at a U.S. military brig in South Carolina. The lawsuit charges that those responsible for his unlawful detention and abuse should be held accountable.
Ben Wizner, Litigation Director of the ACLU National Security Project, and Tahlia Townsend of Wiggin and Dana LLP will argue on behalf of Padilla before Judge Richard M. Gergel.
Defendants are Rumsfeld, Catherine Hanft, William Haynes II, Lowell Jacoby, Melanie Marr and Paul Wolfowitz.
Monday, February 14
10:00 a.m. EST
U.S. Courthouse, Courtroom 1
81 Meeting Street
Charleston, SC
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What Every Pastor Should Know offers 101 valuable rules and time-tested wisdom to help answer real-life ministry questions. From advertising to facilities to visitation, this valuable book offers the practical help you need, just when you need it most. This comprehensive guide will become one of the most valuable books in your library.
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Greek, Hebrew, some New Testament, a dash of Ethics, a side of Pastoral skills, but really it can feel as heresy radar rather than developmental in the tools to navigate the complicated waters of people, purpose and the plan of God. This is dense work that offers many rules of thumb and check-lists by the plenty to make reference rich, the typical American-style and for me the obsession with growth, caused this title to be neglectful of the priority of health.
Pastoral ministry is tough work. Most of the tips are about two to five pages long, and will appeal very much to the busy pastor. The brevity and the signposts also offered are very good.
The diagrams, tables, and illustrations add greatly, to making this book a pleasure to read. The range of themes addressed covers buildings and budgets, it shows readers about the nitty-gritty of management, leadership, relationships, biblical perspectives, and core church ministries.
I'd have loved more resources in the bibliography and alternative views on the same topic as in the brilliance of Wayne Grudem in Systematic Theology.
How it will or will not translate into the British or European market is another question. The resources are there, so how they might be used or deployed is something else altogether. It's a gutsy workbook full of reference provocation.
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SAN DIEGO -- When starting pitchers Zack Greinke and Ian Kennedy were last paired last June 11 at Dodger Stadium, pitches hit batters and tempers boiled over into one of the uglier brawls of the 2013 season.
Dodgers even series with win over Padres
SAN DIEGO -- When starting pitchers Zack Greinke and Ian Kennedy were last paired last June 11 at Dodger Stadium, pitches hit batters and tempers boiled over into one of the uglier brawls of the 2013 season.
When the right-handers were paired again Tuesday afternoon before 35,033 at Petco Park, cooler heads -- and Greinke -- prevailed as the Dodgers held onto a 3-2 win to knot the best-of-three series at a game apiece.
"It was just something that happened and it's over," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said after Greinke allowed two runs on two hits over five innings to run his career record to 4-0 against the Padres.
"Nothing to me," said Greinke, who was spotted a 2-0 lead before he took the mound.
The two runs came on a tape-measure blast by right fielder Yasiel Puig, who was also at the center of the events last June when Kennedy was pitching for the Arizona Diamondbacks.
The bad blood began when Kennedy hit Puig in the nose with a pitch. Greinke then hit Diamondbacks catcher Miguel Montero. Kennedy responded by hitting Greinke -- triggering a bench-clearing brawl that resulted in a 10-game suspension for Kennedy.
Puig wasted no time in drawing retribution from Kennedy Tuesday.
Left fielder Carl Crawford opened the Dodgers first with a single, moving to second on a steal and reaching third on a throwing error by Padres catcher Yasmani Grandal.
Puig immediately drove a 2-and-1 Kennedy fastball 410 feet onto the second balcony of the Western Metal Supply building down the left-field foul line.
"He's strong," Kennedy said of Puig.
The Dodgers upped their lead to 3-0 in the top of the fourth on a two-out double by catcher A.J. Ellis and a line single to center by second baseman Dee Gordon.
Greinke retired the first 10 Padres he faced before left fielder Seth Smith hit his second homer in as many games over a span of three at-bats. Smith's 374-foot drive into the right-field stands raised his career average against Greinke to .400 (6-for-15) and cut the Dodgers lead to 3-1.
"That wasn't surprising," said Greinke. "He usually takes good swings off me."
The Padres pulled to within a run in the fifth when second baseman Jedd Gyorko scored on a Greinke wild pitch after drawing an inning-opening walk.
But the Padres blew several opportunities to tie the game over the last four innings.
Third baseman Chase Headley bounced into rally-killing double plays in the sixth and the eighth. "That's baseball," said Headley. "But if you go in there over the course of a long season, those are going to go your way."
In the ninth, singles by first baseman Yonder Alonso and center fielder Will Venable put Padres on first and third with one out. But Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen struck out right fielder Chris Denorfia and pinch-hitter Nick Hundley around a bases-filling walk to Grandal to end the game. "I never doubted myself," said Jansen.
Both Greinke and Kennedy retired after five innings. Greinke allowed two runs on two hits and two walks with five strikeouts. Kennedy allowed three runs on five hits and a walk with four strikeouts.
NOTES: The Dodgers received a double dose of bad pitching news Tuesday. Two-time Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw will be on a "submaximal throwing program" for at least two-to-three weeks before his back strain will be re-evaluated. And reliever Brian Wilson is going on the 15-day disabled list with a nerve impingement in the right elbow that underwent Tommy John surgery last April. ... Dodgers CF Matt Kemp could be activated from the disabled list by this weekend. ... With two off days in the season's first five days, the Padres will skip their fifth starter the first time through the rotation and go with Opening Day starter Andrew Cashner Saturday night in Miami. ... LHP Max Fried, the seventh overall pick in the 2012 draft, has remained at extended spring training in Arizona with an elbow strain.


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A widow accused of killing her new fiancé on a secluded country lane told police she knew nothing about what happened after he got out of the car with two other men and did not return.
In police interviews after her arrest which were read to the jury at Nottingham Crown Court, Angela Dowling, 48, of Windmill Avenue, Conisbrough said she had no idea 50-year-old Alan Easton was going to be stabbed and buried a few minutes later on Harwell Sluice Lane, near Everton, on the night of 1st February, 2013.
She described being 'scared to death' waiting in her car in darkness after Mr Easton got out of the vehicle with her lodger, Stephen Schofield, and another man, Matthew Duffy, who told police he was asleep in the car when the murder allegedly took place.
Dowling claims she had already broken off her brief engagement to Mr Easton because he was allegedly getting too close to a 13-year-old girl and she found out he possessed child porn.
"I hadn't got a clue what they were going to do with him, I was on my own in the dark, I was scared for everybody."
"They told me to stay in the car. I knew they were going to have a word, but I didn't know what they were going to do. I just thought they were going to talk to him."
"I don't understand why they did it. If I'd known they'd got knives I wouldn't have gone anywhere."
"There's no way in hell I would have wanted this to happen. I was just driving and doing what they told me."
The jury have heard from the prosecution that the allegation Mr Easton acted inappropriately towards the teenager were untrue.
Dowling said she could not have walked far on the country track herself because she had been diagnosed with ME a few months earlier.
She admitted to police she was heavily in debt when Mr Easton came to live with her from Dumbartonshire in Scotland a few days before he was killed, and she still owed £4,000 for the funeral of her husband, who died from leukaemia a few weeks before.
The day after his death, Mr Easton's clothes were recycled and his Xbox was sold by Duffy.
Dowling, Duffy, 23, of Sussex Street, Balby and Mark Bingham, 50, of Fishponds Road West, Sheffield have gone on trial accused of murder.
Stephen Schofield, 31, also of Windmill Avenue, Conisbrough has admitted murder.
The trial continues into next week.


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In separate press releases, Association of Development Agencies in Bangladesh (Adab) and Oikyabaddha Nagorik Andolan (ONA) expressed concern at the recent attempt on ADAB Chairperson Dr Kazi Farooq Ahmad's life, police harassment of the NGO's Patuakhali President A H Mansur, repeated attacks on a Proshika office, and obstruction to ONA organised discussion on good governance.
"The events in Patuakhali is a threat to civil society," ONA President and National Professor Kabir Choudhury said in the release.
Citing newspaper reports, both Adab and ONA alleged that these 'disgraceful acts' were being openly performed by cadres 'under the visible incitement from an influential wing within the ruling party'.
"This is the latest expression of the vindictive mindset exhibited against the progressive NGOs and greater civil society."
Both Adab and ONA alleged that the recent attempt on Dr Ahmad's life followed the police harassment Dr Ahmad, ransacking of a Proshika training centre, and the harassment of various NGO leaders through state agencies.
The NGOs further accused the government of being politically motivated in blocking hundreds of crores of taka in bills owed to various NGOs, including Adab and Proshika.


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GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The regular season has almost arrived. But before the games start to count, the Packers will host the Kansas City Chiefs in their preseason finale at 6 p.m. Thursday at Lambeau Field. Five things to watch for in this game: 1. Which young "on the bubble" players will step up and grab a roster spot? Based on Wednesday's roster projections, 44 of the Packers' 53 active roster spots are locked in. That means nine players have one last opportunity to prove to general manager Ted Thompson and the coaching staff that they belong on the team this season. A year ago, linebacker Vic So'oto had such a great run late in preseason that the undrafted rookie free agent earned a spot on the roster. So'oto is on the bubble again and may need a dominant performance to make it for a second consecutive season. 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3 Ann Arbor, Saline high school students nominated for military service
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow has nominated three Washtenaw County high school students for placement in the U.S. naval and military academies.
"It's exciting that so many exceptional students from our state are willing to serve our country through military service," Stabenow said in a statement released Friday. "These individuals have demonstrated their excellence in and out of the classroom, and I am confident that they will represent Michigan well."
Students seeking appointment to a military service academy must obtain a nomination from their U.S. senator, U.S. representative or the country's vice president in order to be considered for admission.
Bundas and King applied to the U.S. Naval Academy and Keller hopes to attend the U.S. Military Academy. Other students also were nominated for placement in the U.S. Air Force Academy and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.
Once students receive a nomination, they must be accepted and admitted by the academy to which they have applied.
Danielle Arndt covers K-12 education for AnnArbor.com. Follow her on Twitter @DanielleArndt or email her at email@example.com.
Tue, Jan 1, 2013 : 6:42 p.m.
I did not realize they needed special permission to join the service. I thought it was automatic. Unless you have to have something special to join. Interesting.
Tim Hornton
Tue, Jan 1, 2013 : 7:30 p.m.
They do for the academy. The US is picky who our officers are especially since this is a full scholarship too.
Kristin Judge
Tue, Jan 1, 2013 : 1:50 p.m.
Michael is a true leader in Saline. The boys look up to him for good reason. We are glad our son has had the opportunity to know the remarkable young man and his family. Our Saline Swim and Dive team is not only talented in the water, they are exceptional young men. Congratulations Michael!
Tim Hornton
Tue, Jan 1, 2013 : 3:42 a.m.
Good for these young people. That's going to be 4 years of college on steriods without the fun but also without the student loan debt and at least a good paying job once completed and an awesome resume the rest of their lives. Sacrifice 4 years and reap the rewards the rest of your life and also help destroy terrorists who like to fly planes into buildings and kill 5000 innocent men women and childen.
Mon, Dec 31, 2012 : 10:45 p.m.
You need to fix your headline. They weren't nominated for military service. All one needs for that is to go to a recruiting station and sign on the dotted line. They received service academy nominations. See the difference? And congratulations to these fine young men.
Mon, Dec 31, 2012 : 11:40 p.m.
Arborarmy, I am no longer surprised by the media's ignorance of military terms, customs, ranks, and so on. But congrats to these fine young people!
Jeff Renner
Mon, Dec 31, 2012 : 8:35 p.m.
Congratulations, indeed, to these young people, but the headline is poor. They've been nominated for the military academies, not for military service, although that will follow their graduation.
music to my ear
Mon, Dec 31, 2012 : 7:59 p.m.
thats our boys good luck we are so proud of you and the military we are blessed to have you all !!!!!!
Mon, Dec 31, 2012 : 7:24 p.m.
Congratulations to those receiving nominations. Now get yourselves ready. You're gonna LOVE plebe year. ;-)
Mon, Dec 31, 2012 : 6:20 p.m.
So proud of you Sam Keller!
Mon, Dec 31, 2012 : 4:59 p.m.
Congratulations to these fine young men...........this is a good use of Senator Stabenow's time instead of figuring out what to spend money on next..............


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I thought I would do some cleaning up in my SSDT solution which turned out a bad idea.
In my solution I have three database projects which all started with the name "Database". It seemed a good idea at the time because I also have several unit test projects having the same name as the database projects so I started those projects names with "UnitTestAdventureWorks" and "DatabaseAdventureWorks".
I changed my mind as the icons for the database projects and unit tests are different and it just looked a lot more cleaner without the names Database and UnitTest in their project names.
Once I got rid of the prefixes and started to build…BAM, could not found project file "DatabaseAdventureWorks". Of course not, I changed it a minute ago.
My first idea was to rename the project again to "DatabaseAdventure". Visual Studio asked me to change the database in localDB as well. I said yes hoping it would rollback everything. Not only did it change the database names with the database prefix but also the project settings. I'm fine with the project settings but not the database changes.
Changing the name of the database in SSOX (SQL Server Object Explorer) back to normal (who wants their database named DatabaseAdventureWorks anyway? We know it's a database!); Visual Studio did not ask me to change the project settings.
I have the impression that settings between project settings, SSOX and Solution Explorer are not automatically updated. Also building the project does not help.
If anyone has some good advice or a workaround, shoot!