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Warwand History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
England by the ancestors of the Warwand family when they migrated to the region after the Norman Conquest in 1066. The Warwand family lived in Sussex. Their name, however, is a reference to Varrenne, Normandy, the family's place of residence prior to the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. Despite this name's resemblance to the Germanic Guarin, often translated as Warin, the names are not thought to be related.
Early Origins of the Warwand family
Sussex, Surrey, Norfolk and Suffolk where William de Warene, or Warrena married Gundard, a daughter of William the Conqueror, received great possessions and later became progenitor of the Earls of Warenne and Surrey. [1]CITATION[CLOSE]
Lowe, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print. Poynton in Chester, "anciently called Ponynton and Poynington, remained in the possession of the male line of the family of Warren from the reign of Edward III. till the year 1801, when it terminated in Sir George Warren, K.B., from whose daughter, Viscountess Bulkeley, the manor passed by will to the Hon. Frances Maria Warren, afterwards Lady Vernon, who was succeeded by her son the present lord. " [2]CITATION[CLOSE]
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
Early History of the Warwand family
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Warwand Spelling Variations
spelling variations. The frequent changes in surnames are largely due to the fact that the Old and Middle English languages lacked definite spelling rules. The introduction of Norman French to England, as well as the official court languages of Latin and French, also had pronounced influences on the spelling of surnames. Since medieval scribes and church officials recorded names as they sounded, rather than adhering to any specific spelling rules, it was common to find the same individual referred to with different spellings. The name has been spelled Warren, Warrene and others.
Early Notables of the Warwand family (pre 1700)
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Migration of the Warwand family to the New World and Oceana
Many English families emigrated to North American colonies in order to escape the political chaos in Britain at this time. Unfortunately, many English families made the trip to the New World under extremely harsh conditions. Overcrowding on the ships caused the majority of the immigrants to arrive diseased, famished, and destitute from the long journey across the stormy Atlantic. Despite these hardships, many of the families prospered and went on to make invaluable contributions to the development of the cultures of the United States and Canada. Early North American immigration records have revealed a number of people bearing the name Warwand or a variant listed above: Abigail Warren and Anna Warren, who both came to Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1623; John Warren, his wife Margaret and their four children, who arrived in Watertown, MA in 1630.
The Warwand Motto
The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto.
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Supermarketing research
As marketers continue their hunt for innovative ways to influence consumers' purchasing decisions, East Coast-based Automated Media Services is hoping to make that search easier.
"The idea is obvious," says the company's commercial at 3GTV.com. "Put the world's most powerful selling medium, television, right in front of shoppers at the moment they are deciding what to buy. And put it right in front of their eyes at the retail store."
It may seem like a no-brainer, but delivering commercials on store shelves via television, or "3GTV," as AMS calls it, is no easy task. It takes original research and complex analysis.
That's where Bradley University Assistant Professor of Marketing Dr. Jennifer Burton and Bradley MBA students come in. Burton wrote her dissertation about buyers' moment-to-moment emotions to advertisements, and through a mutual contact, AMS brought Dr. Burton on board as an adviser in summer 2009.
"I had the idea of getting some MBA students on the project," Dr. Burton says. "I knew it would be a good experience for them, and I could guarantee AMS that they would do great work."
Brad Eskridge and Amber Akisanya, who have since graduated from Bradley's MBA program, acted as marketing consultants for AMS, as the company began to launch its new technology in the Washington, D.C., area.
Eskridge and Akisanya developed a marketing database so AMS could view its marketing strategy more clearly, based on geographic and demographic information. "It helped them say we'll take this technology there next, and here's why," says Akisanya.
The students also helped create a teaser campaign to increase awareness of 3GTV among grocery store shoppers and marketers, like Coca-Cola, and they traveled to D.C. to conduct field research. "We surveyed customers and entered our data into the marketing software we learned in class and came up with an analytical report about how customers relate to these devices," Akisanya says. "Overall, we found that shoppers were comfortable with this technology and they found it informative for their shopping needs."
Eskridge and Akisanya assisted AMS for about 15 months before concluding their work in September 2011. Eskridge, now an adjunct instructor at Bradley, said it was exciting to work on what may be the most innovative marketing technology available.
"You watch TV in your home right now, but there is not a lot of room for growth there. One place that remains relatively untapped is in stores," he says. "I think down the road, this technology will become more prevalent because if marketers can deliver their messages closer to the time of purchase, that will ultimately prevail."
Akisanya adds: "This experience renewed my belief in the entrepreneurial spirit and deepened my passion for marketing, while reassuring me that I picked the right major. The Foster College of Business Administration has really practical classes that translated seamlessly into the real world. When the client is impressed by your skills, it proves that."

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The Realities of Audio Editing
What Editing Can't Do
Over the years as technology has continued to improve, I have noticed an increase in the reliance of editing to compensate for, well… to put it bluntly, bad musicianship. If your singing is off in terms of pitch or timing, it can be fixed. If your bass or guitar playing is off timing or out of tune, it can be fixed. If your drummers timing is off or the drums don't sound good, they can be fixed or replaced. Editing can do all of these things. It can make you sound better than you are but it cannot make you better than you are.
What Editing Can Do
When it comes to the possibilities of editing I have a simple description that I like to use.
There are four skill levels when it comes to a performance and the playing of an instrument. What editing can do is kick your skill level up a notch, but only one notch! If your performance is OK, editing can make it sound good but not great. No matter what anyone tells you, it is not possible to make the jump from OK to Amazing through editing. The only way to do that is through determination and practice.
To further cement the truth behind this statement, here is a 3 min. clip of Niel DeGrasse Tyson (Host of Nova Science Now) singing and then having it corrected using AutoTune. Make sure you note how he describes the skill level of his own singing and how long he says it took to correct it.
Did the corrected version sound amazing, great, good or just OK to you?
I rest my case.
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5 cups fresh or frozen okra
1 cup onions chopped
1 cup chopped tomato or rotel 6 oz pork tasso - smoked
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heat olive oil add garlic . when turning light brown add onion and okra and tasso . Fry down then add tomatoes. add small amts of water when sticking, fry till okra is not slimy A bout 30- 45 min
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You can probably tell by my recent posts that I've not been in the best of mindsets lately, resulting in poor training attendance, slack food choices and general blahness all round.
I had a makeup session with Chris at Zenergy this morning and I was looking forward to it. I was resolved to go in and do a good session. Dare I say, even punish myself for being so slack lately. Well, punish we did.
It's amazing how wrecked you can get in a 10 min As Many Reps as Possible (AMRAP) session. We were using kettle bells which I enjoy and they were a little bit heavier than I've previously done so I knew it was going to hurt. I've never really had tough hands but I wouldn't call them girls hands either. Well today they got smashed. Not sure why, I was using chalk and it wasn't like I hadn't done these things before. Maybe it was the 'punishment' mentality I took into the session, my body cooperated by making my hands soft or something.
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Tottenham Release Computer-Generated Images of Their New Stadium, Naming Rights Park
Posted By Brian Phillips On December 15, 2008 @ 2:30 pm In Uncategorized | 11 Comments
Tottenham have released the first images of their new stadium project. Check out the name gloriously displayed across its side.
Seriously, if you were a Spurs employee, and you saw that your bosses were about to release images of a beautiful new stadium with "NAMING RIGHTS" emblazoned across the side of it, do you think you might have cautiously raised your hand and suggested putting something else there? Something a little less, I don't know, nakedly mercantile? Obviously I realize that the club will in fact sell the naming rights, so I guess this could be taken as a welcome dose of honesty. But given that their accompanying publicity material is all about putting supporters first and creating the ultimate fan experience, the name on the image strikes a dissonant chord at the very least.
Anyway, here's Naming Rights Park by night:
What do you think of the stadium itself? Is it too cautious for its own good? I like the curviness, but there's a cheap-toy quality in the way it's put together that may be a product of its being a computer graphic that does not yet exist in the real world, or may not.
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Microsoft (MSFT) may have barred HTC (2498) from participating in the first wave of Windows RT tablets, but that apparently hasn't stopped the company from gearing up for the next wave. Unnamed sources have told Bloomberg that HTC "is working on a 12-inch device and a 7-inch version" of a Windows RT tablet "that can also make phone calls." The planned seven-inch tablet, which will be unveiled alongside the 12-inch tablet some time in 2013, will be the first small Windows RT tablet to hit the market and go head-to-head with other popular small tablets such as the Google (GOOG) Nexus 7 and the iPad mini.
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David and Sarah J. Vandercook
I am trying to find family connections for a David Vandercook, born circa 1811 in NY. I have only been able to locate him in the 1805 USC for Arcadia, Wayne Co., NY as follows:
1850 US Census for the Village of Arcadia, Town of Arcadia, Wayne Co., NY
Taken 19 December, 1850
Film Number: 444328
Digital GS Number: 4181066
Image Number: 00588
Reference Number: 15
Dwelling Number: 2535
Household ID Number: 2691
Collection: United States Census, 1850
According to this census, David and Sarah had four children:
1. Llewellyn Vandercook, born circa 1836 in NY
2. Martha J. Vandercook, born February, 1838 in NY, married Daniel W. MC INTYRE circa 1856. They had one son, William D. McIntyre, born circa 1860 in Phelps, Ontario Co., NY and who may have come to Michigan. Martha and Daniel are both buried in the Riverview/Plainsville/Gypsum Cemetery, Town of Phelps, Ontario Co., NY. Daniel died in 1908, Lucy at some point after the 1900 USC (apparently her death date was never added to her stone.)
3. Almond I. Vandercook, born circa 1844 in NY
4. Lucy E. Vandercook, born circa 1848 in NY
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The fact that we've made a system so ridiculous that this has become practical bothers me to no end.
Lego robot that strips DRM off Kindle books
The question is — as always — should it be?
I don't think it's clear-cut at all; the owner of this book (owner, not licensee) has a right to read that book regardless of platform or device, and to make copies of it for archival purposes in a different format. These arguments hinge on interpretations of the first-sale doctrine, fair use exemptions from copyright law, and the DMCA , specifically the anti-circumvention exemption of 2003 (?) that allows literary works to be copied to prevent platform obsolescence.
I think this is every bit as against the law as just using DRM breaking software. It's circumventing digital rights management. If you get picky, it's using digital means to do so.
I think using DMCA to prevent the person who bought the property to use it in a way consistent with the terms of sale (IE "to read it" versus "to give away 1000 copies" or "to plagiarize it" is an immoral piece of legal action, but given that DMCA exists, I don't believe that this is any less infringing than any other method.
In fact, DMCA could be used to outlaw everything more modern than monks with quill pens. Even Gutenberg used technology that could be described as "digital." Couple this with the way governments have been treating libraries, and I am beginning to wonder when they will simply outlaw reading altogether. As they squeeze the market tighter and tighter, demand will drop, causing prices to rise, causing demand to drop...
The monks would still be using their fingers, though! That makes it 'digital'.
No, the DMCA prohibits the circumvention of an effective means of access control. There is no effective means of access control between the screen and the camera, so there is no circumvention.
This is called the "analog hole" and even the MPAA admits it is not a violation of the DMCA. in their brief on why people shouldn't be allowed to circumvent DRM on DVDs for the fair use purpose of criticism, they said that people wishing to make fair use could do so without running afoul of the DMCA by capturing the video on the screen with a digital camera.
However, Purgathofer is in Austria, where the prevailing law is the local implementation of the EUCD, not the DMCA. But like the DMCA, the EUCD protects effective means of access control, not analog reconversion. What's more, Austria has a "private copying right" that says that it is not an infringement to make copies for personal use -- provided no EUCD-violating circumvention takes place.
Any exception to the DMCA would have expired three years later (and the exceptions are made at 3 year intervals that started in 2001, so you're either thinking of 2001 or 2004).
Further, there is no DMCA in Austria (it's the local implementation of the EUCD).
But in any event, analog reconversion is NOT a DMCA violation. (nor, for the record, is it an EUCD violation).
Nope. Austrians have a private copying right -- the right to make personal copies provided they don't circumvent an effective means of access control in so doing.
Ah, ok, I wasn't really familiar with the remaining exemptions. Yeah, you're right - it does appear to be an exemption made in October 28, 2003. You are allowed to make a personal copy of an etext for certain specific functions, such as "read aloud." For some reason I thought that had been gutted, but it only had been made impossible to achieve without an absurd process like this. I get it now - the absurdity here is a direct result of the absurdity of how the exemption was defined.
Edit: Oh, but that exemption was denied in 2006...
Edit edit: But the exemption was re-granted in 2009?
A separate - and more important - issue.
Ah, so it's only illegal most places. I don't know which is more depressing - that such an absurd process is required to make possible perfectly reasonable activities, or that even that absurd process is legally denied to Americans...
"Required?" This is an art project. It's not meant to be practical or reasonable.
My understanding is the anti-circumvention exemption for literature has been extended multiple times and is still in effect. Regardless, I still think that first-sale and fair-use doctrines trump dmca, but whether my position is supported by the law is another question. I can't really speak to Australian law, but I think the same principles apply under that common law jurisdiction or at the very least, its still the ethically right way to look at it. Using that argument vs local laws, however, ymmv.
Reading this string of comments makes me realize how much I would hate going to law school.
I recall a few years back at a reading room in a special collection library (the kind of place where they let you check out books for a few hours but you can't leave the building with the books), this young woman was standing next to a table with a book spread open on it, taking photos of each page with her phone or digital camera. My 20th Century photocopy-loving mindset was blown.
Yep. It would be extraordinarily hard to do, well, almost anything today that did not include a "digital component".
The idea that a dominant class would force illiteracy upon its subjects makes me rethink the possibilities for the cessation of Linear B in the Greek Dark Ages.
cf. Plessy v. Ferguson.
tHATS IT!!
Yup, I have decided.
It's amazingly stupid that we have to have this conversation at all.
It's layers and layers of madness.
- Good artists are driven to create
- Creative people work best when life is safe, stable, and worry-free
- Good artists want the world to see their work
So instead we have . . starving artists with unstable lives, a world full of people who can't experience their awesomeness, and constantly interrupted creative processes
This is the OPPOSITE of helping!


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Extra equipment such as jet-patcher machines are being deployed to make effective and speedy repairs to potholes on rural roads.
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Henderson County fire calls
The Henderson County Fire Commission reported the following alarms between noon Monday and noon Tuesday:
● Blue Ridge, victim down, 12:03 p.m.
● Dana, fire alarm, 9:48 a.m.; fire alarm, 9:49 a.m.
Henderson County <0x000A>fire calls
The Henderson County Fire Commission reported the following alarms between noon Monday and noon Tuesday:
● Blue Ridge, victim down, 12:03 p.m.
● Dana, fire alarm, 9:48 a.m.; fire alarm, 9:49 a.m.
● Etowah-Horse Shoe, victim down, 8:28 a.m.; victim down, 11:07 a.m.
● Valley Hill, emergency, 4:28 p.m.; victim down, 10:23 a.m.; victim down, 11:37 a.m.
Hendersonville fire calls
The Hendersonville Fire Department responded to the following calls from noon Monday to noon Tuesday:
● Victim down, 2:17 p.m.
● Victim down, 6:30 p.m.
Henderson County EMS
The Henderson County Emergency Medical Service reported the following calls between noon Monday and noon Tuesday:
● Two routine transports.
● 11 medical emergencies, 11 people transported.
● No motor vehicle accidents, no person transported.
● Two out-of-county, to Mission Hospital in Asheville.
● Four calls ambulance not needed.
Henderson County Sheriff
The Henderson County Sheriff's Department responded to 246 calls Monday. Deputies served 25 warrants.
Hendersonville Police
The Hendersonville Police Department reported 103 calls Monday. Officers made four arrests, investigated five accidents and provided two assists to other agencies.
The following crimes and incidents were reported Monday, according to law enforcement records:
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● Felony trafficking methamphetamine and felony maintaining a dwelling or vehicle for the use or sale of a controlled substance, Brookside Camp Road, 10:35 a.m.
● Breaking and entering, Chimney Rock Road, 11:17 a.m.
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● Breaking and entering, Tracy Grove Road, 8:35 a.m.
● Simple assault, Harris Street, 11:37 a.m.
● Assault by strangulation, Chadwick Commons, 1:15
Fletcher <0x000A>Police Department
● Disturbance, 1:05 a.m.
● Breaking and entering, 1:54 a.m.
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Dutta Baruah, Rashmi and Angelov, Plamen (2010) Clustering as a tool for self-generation of intelligent systems : a survey. In: Evolving Intelligent Systems, EIS'10, 2010-03-292010-04-01.
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Fuzzy Rule Based (FRB) and Neuro-fuzzy systems are commonly used as a basis for intelligent systems due to their transparent and simple human interpretable structure. One of the crucial steps in designing FRB and neuro-fuzzy systems is to innovate the rule base. Data clustering is one of the approaches that have been applied extensively to automatically generate rules from input-output data. The goal of this paper is to critically review some of the most commonly used as well as recently developed clustering techniques, emphasizing their use in rule base generation. The paper explores the shift from offline clustering techniques to online and finally to evolving techniques that originated due to the current demand of adaptive systems.
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We have a lot of stuff to report this morning…
News and Notes
- EliteXC has announced a total net loss of $11.9 million between January and June 2007 according to UFC Mania.
- IFL heavyweight Krzysztof Soszynski has announced that he has joined Dan Henderson's Team Quest in order to continue with his training…
- FEG formally announced three bouts for the upcoming K-1 Hero's event on September 17th. The semifinals of the 2007 154 lb tournament will roll on when Caol Uno takes on Kultar Gill and Gesias Calvancanti goes up against Vitor Ribeiro. Ikuhisa Minowa and Ralek Gracie will compete in a non-tournament bout.
- Cage Fury Fighting Championship's October 12th event will feature the return of Ricardo Almeida. Almeida's opponent will be Dennis Hallman.
- American Top Team has stated that Denis Kang is expected to sign with an organization in the next few weeks and is targeting September as a possible date of return.
- Palace Fighting Championships has announced that Justin Levens will fight Kenny Ento for the vacant PFC World Middleweight Championship on October 18th:
"These are two of the most popular and intense fighters to ever compete in the Valley," Printup said. "Levens has faced tougher competition, but Ento is an extremely tough match up. He's tall, rangy, has excellent submissions and underrated stand up. Levens is an absolute animal, who has only lost to top-level fighters."
- The IFL Finals on September 20th in Hollywood, Florida will now feature two superfights as well as the IFL Championship. Seth Petruzelli and Rolles Gracie Jr. will meet in a light heavyweight bout. Aaron Riley and Ryan Schultz will clash in the night's other superfight.
- The weigh-ins for UFC 74 will begin at 6 PM EST and will start to be broadcast on ESPNEWS at 7:15 EST. As always, they will also be available to watch online for free on a slew of sites, including UFC.com, Yahoo! Sports, and MSN.
- Tickets for UFC 77: Hostile Territory are slated to go on sale starting on August 22nd…
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GungHo Online Entertainment America (say that 10 times fast) has announced a sweet holiday deal. The Vita puzzle-platformer known as Dokuro will be on sale for 50% off starting today and lasting until 8 January, 2013.Source: ps3attitude
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Sherman School graduates 51 in its Class of 2009
Published 1:00 am, Wednesday, July 8, 2009
The following 51 eighth-grade students earned their certificates for graduation:
Zachary Aversano , Zachary Boston, Shannon Burke , Adriana Carino , Brianna Celio , Andrew Chuisano, Tyler Clark , Megan Conrad , David Cope , Ryan Diller , Lisa Fredlund , Emily Gribble , Gavin Hauspurg, Valerie Heinonen , Jill Humphreys , Bethany Hunt , Amanda Kappes , Anastasia Kean , Kyle Kellett, Robert Knapp , Michael Korniewicz, Malana Krongelb, James Laucius , Egzon Lekaj, Alexander Lockwood , James Lord, Amanda Lovello, Dylan McAward , Myles McFadden , Brendan McGrath , Holly Mehne, Kristie Merrithew , Ryan Milgrim , Shayna O'Rourke , Vienna Pallisco, Brooke Parker , Rebecca Perlman , Madeline Pintabona, Andrew Pivetz, Katherine Pollack , Nicholas Preble , Madison Ranno , Alison Rettenmeier, Evan Souza , Matthew Stager, Sierra Stein, Megan Viento, Samantha Visser, Lauren Waag , Clint White and Kyle Winters.
Special awards were recently presented to students at Sherman School, as follows:
Awards for Grades 6-8
nRosalie Baxter Awards: Kyle Thomson (6th grade), Gregory Schrenkel (7th grade) and Kristie Merrithew (8th grade).
nBEUTS Character Award: Molly Fitzpatrick.
Grade 8 awards
nRosemarie Seligmann Creative Writing Award: Malana Krongelb.
nJean Foster Memorial Award: Brianna Celio and Andrew Pivetz.
nGiddings-Warwick Award: Shannon Burke and Jill Humphreys.
nJackie Crawford Award: Kyle Kellett and Madison Ranno.
nDaniel J. Murphy-MIP Award: Vienna Pallisco and Evan Souza.
nDaughters of the American Revolution Citizenship Award: Lauren Waag.
nDaughters of the American Revolution History Award: Katherine Pollack.
nFine Arts Award: Jill Humphreys, Kyle Kellett and Katherine Pollack.
nSecretary of State Eighth-Grade Excellence in Citizenship: Kyle Winters.
nNancy Broughel Leadership Award: Adriana Carino, Bethany Hunt, Malana Krongelb and James Lord.
nEighth-Grade Ann Magoun Memorial Award: Valerie Heinonen and Vienna Pallisco.
nBud Faust Friendship Award: Amanda Lovello, Shayna O'Rourke and Andrew Pivetz.
nRob Silk Award: Jill Humphreys, Brooke Parker and Lauren Waag.
nJohn O'Connor Fitness Award: Robert Knapp, James Lord, Brooke Parker and Evan Souza.
nStudent Council Awards: Malana Krongelb (excellence in algebra), Brooke Parker (excellence in pre-algebra), Gavin Hauspurg (excellence in math), Tyler Clark (excellence in physical education), Jill Humphreys (excellence in art), Kyle Kellett (excellence in technology), Kristie Merrithew (excellence in introduction to Spanish), Katherine Pollack (excellence in Spanish), Malana Krongelb (excellence in social studies), Jill Humphreys (excellence in language arts), Matthew Stager (excellence in music) and Jill Humphreys (excellence in science).
nStudents of the Year Award: Bethany Hunt and Brooke Parker.
nPrincipal's Award for high honors: Zachary Boston and Lauren Waag.
nPrincipal's Award for highest honors: Jill Humphreys, Bethany Hunt, Malana Krongelb, Katherine Pollack and Kyle Kellett.
nFaculty Award: Brooke Parker.
High school awards
nSherman Higher Education Merit Scholarship: Lauren Castaldi .
nHigh School Ann Magoun Memorial Award: Lauren Castaldi and Robert Butts.
nSara Hackett Award: Zak Klvana .


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Fifers have been expressing their shock and delight at having their achievements recognised in the New Year's Honours list for 2014.
They were given their awards for their many years of hard work in their chosen professions.
Brian Wilson from Kirkcaldy was given an OBE for 41 years of public service in security at the Scottish Parliament before retiring at the end of November.
He said: "I started in 1973 and stayed there as I really enjoyed it."
Brian's award was also in recognition of the huge amount of voluntary work he carried out in swimming, ice hockey, and football, as well as helping out at the Kirkcaldy Polish Club and Dunnikier Estate Community Association.
The 59-year-old he was "very proud" to receive the OBE. "My family are very proud too.
"It was a total surprise and great recognition."
Two Fife healthcare professionals have been awarded MBEs.
Joan Taylor, from Glenrothes, a community midwife with NHS Fife, was awarded an MBE for services in complementary therapies.
She has worked for the health authority for 41 years and spent many of them as a community midwife at Kirkcaldy's Forth Park maternity hospital.
The 65-year-old has a particular interest in complementary therapies and combines her many years of experience as midwife, using reflextherapy, massage and aromatherapy to help relieve the pressure symptoms of pregnancy, ease morning sickness and reduce stress for women trying to get pregnant or those caring for a newborn baby.
She said: "I am really overwhelmed and would like to thank those who nominated me for the honour.
"I have known for a wee while and it has been such a difficult secret to keep."
Also receiving an MBE is Barbara Page (69), from Kinghorn, who has been honoured for services to Dermatological Nursing. Barbara was awarded the British Dermatology Nurse of the Year in 2005 and is also founder and honorary chair of the Scottish Dermatological Nursing Society.
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"My new haircut makes me look like such a retard," wailed the teenage girl at our local shopping mall. I didn't know her, or her gaggle of friends who tried to assure her that, in fact, she didn't look like a "retard". But her statement - and their responses - took me aback. Without a second thought, they had just devalued the millions of people with intellectual or physical disabilities.
Sadly, actor and writer Ben Stiller, along with his accomplices at Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks Studio, put a lot more thought into the use of "retard" as they developed their new film, Tropic Thunder.
A couple of weeks before the film's recent Hollywood premiere, news leaked of a marketing website for the movie, featuring the film-within-the-film, Simple Jack, starring Ben Stiller as the title character and featuring the tagline: "Once upon a time there was a retard." After a howl of protests from disability rights advocates, the studio brought down the site but refused to edit the film, which included at least 16 uses of the "R-word", including the line sure to be repeated around the world: "Never go full retard."
In talks with disability advocates, DreamWorks executives protested that the movie is an "equal-opportunity offender". However, while Stiller has acknowledged changing the script to avoid offending African-Americans, no consideration was given to individuals with disabilities. After all, it's a comedy - no harm intended.
But whether intended or not, the potential for harm is astounding. Millions of moviegoers - mostly adolescent and young adult men - will be given the message that it's OK to target children and adults with disabilities. In school and on the street, "retards" will be fair game. For a population that has been subject to millennia of discrimination and abuse, even to the point of death, it is a major setback, courtesy of Hollywood.
Unfortunately, the damage doesn't end with the frequent use of the word "retard" and the shockingly awful images of Simple Jack. More troubling is a segment of the film involving Stiller and Matthew McConaughey. When Stiller's character says he wants to adopt a child, McConaughey looks at a photo of himself with his arm around a boy vacantly staring into space - clearly meant to have an intellectual disability - and says: "At least you get to choose yours. I'm stuck with mine."
The message is clear - avoid having a child with a disability at all costs. For parents worried about bringing a child with a disability into a world where they may be taunted, or worse, Tropic Thunder may provide one more reason to terminate a pregnancy. Sad for many reasons, but particularly since studies show that overwhelmingly parents and siblings of individuals with disabilities actually rate the experience of having a loved one with special needs very positively.
Over the past half century, America has come closer than ever of reaching its founding ideal that all people have certain inalienable rights. Gone are the systems that held countless people back because of their race, religion, gender or national origin. Perhaps most astonishing to some is that our next president may be an African-American man, just 40 years after Martin Luther King Jr died at the hands of a racist killer.
But, as shown by the careless words of those teens in the mall and the premeditated actions of Spielberg, Stiller and their Tropic Thunder cohorts, we still have work to do before widespread discrimination ends and all people are valued for the diverse and wonderful attributes they bring to our world.


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Written for undergraduate and graduate students of finance, economics and business, the third edition of Financial Markets and Institutions provides a fresh analysis of the European financial system. Combining theory, data and policy, this successful textbook examines and explains financial markets, financial infrastructures, financial institutions and the challenges of financial supervision and competition policy. The third edition features greater discussion of the financial and euro crises, including extensive analysis of their causes and impact, as well as their remedies. New material covers unconventional monetary policies, the Banking Union, the Basel 3 capital adequacy framework for banking supervision, macroprudential policies and state aid control applied to banks. The new edition also features wider international coverage, with greater emphasis on comparisons with countries outside the European Union. Visit the companion website at www.cambridge.org/de_Haan3e for password-protected PowerPoint lecture slides, solutions, figures and tables for instructors, and exercises for students.
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Upstart Wizards Should Embrace Youth Movement After Surprising Playoff RunMay 16, 2014
"Ball movement, player movement." That's what head coach Randy Wittman said he wanted to see more of after three quarters of action Thursday night on ESPN.
Instead, his team's offense dissolved in the waning moments of Game 6, forfeiting a brief lead as the Indiana Pacers went on one last run down the stretch and prevailed by a final score of 93-80.
The difference between the two teams' late-game execution was palpable. Indiana defended physically with the game on the line and continued to pick-and-pop the Wizards into submission. Washington quickly resorted to three-pointers that were out of rhythm.
They had no answer for David West and his 29 points, making just 39.2 percent of their field-goal attempts Thursday night and converting on 2-of-18 three-points attempts. No magic from Trevor Ariza to be found. John Wall and Bradley Beal combined to make only 12 of their 35 shots.
The Wizards had their chances throughout the series, and yes, to some degree they blew it.
The two teams exchanged runs in the third quarter and early into the fourth. For a minute there it looked like Washington was going to come from behind in this one. But every time the momentum shifted the Wizards' way, Indiana responded.
Indiana bounced back because it's a team that's been through these scenarios before. The Pacers know each other. They've gelled together. Despite a late-season identity crisis, they know what it takes to finish games and to finish series.
In due time, the Wizards will be able to say the same. Hopefully. They'll have that much more drive the next time they go through this, and they'll have that much more know-how.
After Game 6, Wittman said (per Yahoo Sports), "I think we all felt we had an opportunity here to do more than we did, and that's a good feeling for those guys. They're hurting in there, and when you hurt, that means you care. I couldn't be more proud of a group of guys than I am of these guys."
And Wittman is right. The Wizards were visibly distraught on Thursday night. They knew they let a golden opportunity slip through their fingers. They could have easily chalked this up to inexperience and waited for the next chance to come around, but there's something different about this group. It has high expectations for itself. It expects to overachieve.
That's a rare find, and it's something worth holding onto.
When things like this happen, there will be those who clamor for a roster overhaul. Their logic is that something must be broken given the team's uneven performances. Others teams were more talented, they say. Other teams had better coaches, they say. Other teams' players meshed together better.
And so on.
It's a logic that makes a little bit of sense in video games or fantasy basketball, but it's ill-suited to real life.
The Wizards will find that continuity is their best friend. This team's best pieces are also its youngest pieces, and it will take them time to master the playoffs—just as it's taken the likes of Paul George and Lance Stephenson to do the same.
John Wall is absolutely a star in the making. His hit-or-miss conference semifinals could lead you to believe otherwise, but it's worth remembering he's just 23 years old. The emergent point guard averaged 19.3 points and 8.8 assists this season. The assist mark was tied for second-best league-wide.
Wall can still work on his decision-making. Some ill-advised three-pointers throughout the second round proved as much. But that's pretty much par for the course when dealing with young floor generals, many of whom aren't relied upon so heavily this early in their careers.
In any event, it goes without saying that Wall isn't going anywhere at the moment.
The Wizards wouldn't have it any other way, and Wall's under contract with the organization until 2019. The two sides believe in one another, and they've given each other plenty of reason to do just that.
Before we started pointing fingers at Wall and his inexperience, recall that this guy averaged nearly 19 points per contest in the first round against the Chicago Bulls. His 24 points were instrumental to a decisive Game 5 victory.
So it's not that Wall can't handle the playoff pressure. He just has to learn to be a little bit better against top-shelf competition, especially when that competition is so dominant defensively.
There's nothing in Wall's body of experience that could have prepared him for that. It's something that has to be lived and encountered directly. Next time he'll be ready.
So will Bradley Beal.
The 20-year-old had his moments against the Pacers, erupting for 25 points, seven rebounds and seven assists in the series debut—a game Washington won.
A broader look at his sophomore campaign is equally impressive. Beal averaged 17.1 points per contest this season and emerged as the team's second most consistent scorer. At this rate, he could very well become one of the very best shooting guards in the league.
At the moment, he needs some confidence and a slightly better in-between game. Those aren't insurmountable objectives by any means.
Like Wall, Beal will be with the Wizards for some time. He has two more seasons on his rookie contract before becoming a restricted free agent—something that may never come to fruition should Washington lock him up in advance with an extension.
There are some lesser-known quantities that could also yield dividends for Washington.
With Al Harrington and Drew Gooden getting most of the reserve minutes in the paint during the second round, we saw less of 26-year-old Trevor Booker. He played over 24 minutes per game in the opening round versus Chicago, though, and could be in store for similar playing time throughout the Wizards' next playoff run.
Harrington and Gooden are both free agents this summer.
For that matter, so are Trevor Ariza and Marcin Gortat. Re-signing either or both would put a serious crimp in Washington's ability to bring in outside talent, and that's probably OK. There's not a position of particular need on this roster, and both Ariza and Gortat proved valuable throughout the postseason.
ESPN Insider's Amin Elhassan breaks down the decisions facing the organization and general manager Ernie Grunfeld (subscription required):
With as many as six rotation players facing free agency, the Wizards have to ride that fine line between improving the roster and ruining the chemistry they found. Ariza and Gortat are the two most important free agency priorities, but also probably the most expensive. Gortat's presence at center allowed Nene to move to his preferred power forward position, while Ariza was one of the best defensive wings with 3-point range in the league, and neither of those positions come with a discounted price tag. With the cap hits each of those players will hold, there is a strong likelihood that Washington will not be able to operate as an under-the-cap team, unless Ariza and Gortat sign elsewhere or Washington renounces them.
Keeping this squad together may make more sense than playing a game of musical chairs at the small forward and center spots.
In a perfect world, the small forward question won't become an especially pressing one. Otto Porter Jr. only played in 37 games this season after being selected with the third overall pick in the 2013 draft. The Georgetown product has worlds of potential, and you'd like to see him play a more prominent role next season—either by taking Ariza's spot or as a sixth man off the bench.
If there's a move to be made, it might be trading Martell Webster to create some playing time for Porter. At the moment, Webster is making over $5 million a year, so it's hard to justify benching him.
But it's even harder to justify waiting any longer for Porter.
Impatience can do funny things to franchises, especially when they find themselves on the verge of actually being pretty good. This isn't the time to get any ideas about trading Porter for a more experience difference-maker, or otherwise do anything rash.
This is a time for the team to keep its core together and get to work. It's time to establish stability and consistency, for young players to mature and for veterans to aid in the process. We've only seen a hint of what this team can become.
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Hi there Te Papa blog readers,
My name is Tamara and I work for a team at Te Papa called National Services Te Paerangi.
This is my first post on Te Papa's blog, so I thought I'd get started by telling you a bit about what National Services Te Paerangi does, and who we are.NSTP staff and Te Papa workshop facilitators ready for action
National Services Te Paerangi works throughout New Zealand in partnership with museums, galleries and iwi, offering a range of practical and strategic programmes aimed at ensuring the sector's sustained vitality and success. If that very official statement is a bit too dry for your taste – we are the museum sector support team based here at Te Papa. We provide support and advice for museums, galleries and iwi caring for taonga to help them achieve their goals. We offer things like training and professional development opportunities, funding grants, connections with experts in various areas of museum work, resources, and so on.NSTP training workshop in progress
When Te Papa was in development during the 1990s, an act of Parliament was passed which said that Te Papa was to assist other museums in providing a national service. And here we are, providing that service, along with other externally-focused teams at Te Papa like Loans and Touring Exhibitions. (If legislation is your thing, you can read the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Act 1992 right here.)
I'm really lucky in that I get to work with a great bunch of people. This is the National Services Te Paerangi team (and my hair doesn't look like that anymore!). We have three staff who live and work regionally – our Museum Development Officers Sally August and Judith Taylor live in Gisborne and Nelson respectively, lucky things. Iwi Development Officer Gavin Reedy lives in Halcombe, near Feilding. The rest of us work out of Te Papa's main building in Wellington. We are a diverse bunch with a wide range of experience working in museums and with iwi, and we share a passion for Aotearoa New Zealand's heritage and cultural organisations.NSTP can provide funding and training towards care of taonga
And that group of great people is just the National Services Te Paerangi team. What I really love about my job is getting to work with dedicated and talented museum and gallery staff all over New Zealand. The heritage and cultural organisations in this tiny country are populated with some brilliant people!
In my next posts I'll tell you more about some of our programmes and services. If you are so excited by the prospect of National Services Te Paerangi that you want to know more right away, you could have a look at our website. Otherwise, stay tuned!


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The head of the local planning committee has insisted the state of the former Maccess building in Spen Lane would make no difference to any future planning decision.
The Spenborough Guardian reported last week that the site's owners Castlerock Capital said it would not demolish it until it had permission to build houses on the site.
But Coun Steve Hall (Lab, Heckmondwike), who is head of the Heavy Woollen planning sub-committee, said the state of the site would be "immaterial" as to whether or not the committee would grant planning permission for a future application.
"We can't force someone to demolish a building," he said. "But this should have no effect one way or the other on what the committee decides. It is immaterial.
"If an application goes in for the site, I would encourage people to get involved with it.
"It is a bit of an awkward situation, but this can all be solved amicably."
But Liversedge and Gomersal councillor Lisa Holmes (Con) wants Kirklees to crack down on the site owners, who were issued with a demolition order on the site months ago.
She said: "I am still absolutely against allowing this company any further time. I will continue to push hard to have this building removed."
She said she would request that Kirklees now issues legal proceedings.
Castlerock did not comment further.