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by Brett Harrison
When I was 9, my dad sent me to Camp Shady Trails, located on Little Traverse Bay off of Lake Michigan in the northeastern part of Michigan's Southern Peninsula. In many ways Camp Shady Trails was a camp like any other. It was located on a beautiful body of water, offered arts and crafts, intramural sports and other activities. In fact, like many camps, many counselors were former campers. But Shady Trails was different in very significant ways.
All of its campers had a speech impediment.
As far back as I can remember, I had a severe stutter. Although my family had gotten used to it, it had begun to be a problem in school. Not so much with the teachers but with fellow students, who teased me mercilessly and often erroneously believed me to be mentally retarded. Although dad had taken me to a number of speech therapists and one psychologist, he knew stronger action had to be taken. Somehow he had heard about the camp and after further research, I was enrolled.
Camp Shady Trails was founded in 1932 by John Clancy, an accountant who was having a hard time finding success because of a severe stutter. He finally got the help he needed and devoted his life to helping young men with the same affliction. I don't know why, but the decision was made to make the camp all male. This rule only applied to campers and counselors as most of the speech therapists were female. Most of the speech therapists either had a degree from the University of Michigan or were working towards one.
By the time I arrived in the summer of 1968, Shady Trails was helping boys with a variety of speech impediments. Stutterers were in the majority, but there were also boys with cleft palates, deaf boys and boys who sounded like Elmer Fudd. The Elmer Fudds were usually given the somewhat generic classification of misarticulation. I say "generic" because a speech therapist explained to me later that "misarticulation" just means you have a speech impediment.
Excursions were a big part of camp life, and often we were assigned speech therapy tasks on our trips, like walking into a store and buying a candy bar whose name consisted of letters that we had difficulty with. But fun was always the main order of the day. Since the camp was on a part of Lake Michigan, excursions usually had something to do with water, and we often found ourselves swimming at some point. When that did happen, eventually we would all start hunting for Petoskey Stones.
For those of you who are neither marine geologists or natives of the great state of Michigan, the Petoskey Stone is the Michigan State Stone. It is usually a small to medium-sized stone or pebble that is also a fossil, with the fossil part being made by coral over 300 million years old. I don't know who first found a Petoskey Stone at Camp Shady Trails, but by the time I arrived, it had become an unofficial tradition. Although the stones could be found on the shore, the best place to find them was usually in shallow waters.
Although many of us had gotten pretty good at finding them, including yours truly, the undisputed champ was Monroe Dibbets (not his real name; I don't want a lawsuit), the pride of Cleveland, Ohio. Monroe was blond, a nice looking kid and deaf. He was pretty hard to understand except when he found a Petoskey Stone. Most of us were lukewarm about Petoskey Stones, but not Monroe. His sole purpose in life seemed to be the first to find a Petoskey Stone at every outing and to find the most by the end.
Monroe never had any friends. As soon as we hit the water, his head would arch back a little bit, as if he were communing with the Great Petoskey Gods. About 20 seconds later, he would go to a certain spot and look in the water, the same way a bear looks for fish in those nature documentaries. He was extremely focused, to say the least. It usually took him no more than two or three minutes to hit pay dirt.
Then Monroe would get a sort of creepy, competitive smile on his face, jump up and down while pointing at his quarry and squeal loud enough that the seagulls would turn their heads, "Petoskey Stone! Petoskey Stone!" Monroe sounded like the illegitimate child of Marlee Matlin and Pee Wee Herman but 10 times more obnoxious than you could imagine said offspring to be.
Although he was annoying to everybody, even the counselors, once "Petoskey Stone! Petoskey Stone!" was heard, this was usually the beginning of a Petoskey Stone frenzy. And no matter how many you found, Monroe would find more. If you found five one day, he found 12. If you found 18, Monroe got 25. And so it went. You see, nobody liked the kid, but we admired the heck out of him.
I have no idea what ever became of Monroe. Maybe he worked hard on his speech and became a radio announcer. Or maybe a successful businessman or politician. But I like to think that as an adult Monroe moved to a small town on the shore of Lake Michigan and can still be heard squealing to this day, loud enough so the gulls turn their heads . . .
"P-p-p-toskey St-st-stone, P-p-p-toskey St-st-stone; I w-w-w-win!"


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Are Swedish Police Violating Copyright Law In Creating Shoe Database?
from the if-the-shoe-fits dept
So, it's a bit amusing to find out that the Swedish National Police may be in a bit of hot water themselves after building a national "shoe database" (Google translation from the original Swedish) for use in tracking what kinds of shoes make what kinds of tracks. But how did they build the database? They just went online and downloaded pictures from various websites.
And it turns out that might not be legal.
The police claim that the law lets them ignore copyright in solving crimes, but an intellectual property professor quoted in the article notes that such an exemption only applies in the direct police investigation of a specific crime -- not for the sake of building up a general database. The professor suggests that this appears to be a clear violation of Swedish copyright laws.
While I do think it's silly that this should be considered infringement (a database of shoe treads? really?), I do find it amusing when organizations that always promote themselves as strongly pro-copyright discover how that can come back to bite them.


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Chevrolet "Romance" Super Bowl Commercial Features 2015 Silverado HD
A man, his truck, and a very elibigle bachelor
Let's admit it. Some of us like watching the Super Bowl just because of the clever commercials. But of the 108 million viewers last year (Forbes.com), about half of them supposedly have this same motive for observing the most-watched event in America. Super Bowl ads are awesome – awesomely expensive. According to that same article, ad spots for the 2014 Super Bowl (which sold out two months ago) cost a whopping $4 million for 30-second spots and a staggering $8 million for 60-second spots. Combined with the price to produce the commercials, you have quite a chunk of change budged toward this specific event! The high price tag alone for these commercials make them more alluring.
Chevrolet has invested in February 2nd's Super Bowl XLVIII by featuring the new 2015 Chevrolet Silverado HD in its first TV ad called "Romance." The commercial spotlights a charming cattle rancher transporting his "bachelor" stud-bull across town to a romantic rendezvous where he, the bull, spots an abundance of eligible females. The Austin, Texas, filmed spot shows off the exterior design, power and capacity of the Silverado HD in a feel-good way as "You Sexy Thing" ramps up in the background. It ends with this message: "The new Chevy Silverado Heavy Duty. Strong for all the roads ahead."
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Word on other message boards (Scout, Rivals, NDNation) is that Dayne Crist is going to transfer to Wisconsin. Not as big as a get for Wisconsin as Wilson was but Crist is probably better than any other QB on that roster after Wilson leaves. Crist has 1 year of elgibility and will be able to transfer and play immediately just as Wilson did. He'd be able to play in ND's bowl game and then transfer in time for spring semester and be able to participate in spring practices.
If Rees decides to transfer too, it'd be pretty bad for ND. The ND depth chart at QB would be Hendrix and.... Not exactly the depth you would want when your QB is scrambling and taking hits as often as Hendrix would.
You have to love Brian Kelly burning bridges.
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Wild Sneak Past Montreal Friday Night In St. Paul
The Minnesota Wild defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4-3 Friday night at Xcel Energy Center. Jason Pominville led the Wild with two goals and an assist.
Rookie forward Justin Fontaine started the scoring with his fourth goal of the season at 5:45 of the first period, with assists credited to Keith Ballard and Torrey Mitchell.
The lead was short lived, as Montreal's Brendan Gallagher knotted the game at one just 25 seconds later.
Pominville scored his first goal of the night at 8:41 of the second period on a pass from Mikael Granlund to make the score 2-1 in favor of Minnesota at the second intermission.
Nino Neiderreiter scored his third of the season early in the third period to give the Wild a 3-1 lead, with Granlund and Pominville getting the assists.
The Canadiens made a run at goalie Josh Harding and the Wild with back-to-back goals to tie the game 3-3 with ten minutes left in regulation.
However, Pominville came through with his second goal of the game, and ninth of the season, after a deflected shot off the stick of defenseman Keith Ballard found its way to Pominville's tape and into the back of the net.
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Campus Visits for Post-Docs?
There are, of course, (at least) two different kinds of post doctoral fellowship: your teaching post-doc, and your research post-doc, and the two kinds are likely to have different kinds of campus visit. But I don't know about this, since I've never been invited to campus to interview for a post-doc.
What say you, Smokers?
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*This was a little while ago, and it was posted in a thread that was mostly over. I meant to post a post about it at the time, but things got away from me. Then the person came back and asked to have a main post about it, and I meant to post about it then, but things got away from me again. Sorry. I hope this isn't too late to be helpful to that person.
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I just recieved a self-identification form from a school to which I applied. There was the usual bit which said that completion of the form is voluntary and won't affect the status of my application.
The unusual part was that at the end it asked whether I do or do not give permision to release the data to the search committee.
If a candidate does give permission to release the data then the committee will know the candidate's gender/race. And it seems that this could certainly affect the status of the candidate's application (for better or worse). And if the candidate's file does not include that information then the committee will know that either the candidate did not release the information or that the candidate did not complete the form. And this seems like it could affect the status of one's application.
So it seems likely false that completion of the form won't affect one's application. But also, I'm just not sure what the prudent action is for a candidate given his or her race and gender.
(and I don't mean to highjack the thread, just curious what others think)
- January 31, 2012 at 11:59 AM
I have had two campuses visits for post-docs over the past two years (though one was technically a dissertation completion fellowship, but the school also offers a post-doc). Both required very little teaching commitment and were meant to increase diversity at the school. Both were for minority students and were university-wide competitions, meaning each dept., if they so choose, submits a candidate and a selection committee narrows things down. The department is deeply invested in you winning the post-doc so I got mostly soft-ball questions from them and information about the program and the department. Sometimes these post-docs are meant to increase the diversity of the faculty in the long-run and while no promises were made there was suggestions that they want to keep good people there. Anyways, the committees were made-up of members of different departments and sometimes they ask about research, other times about teaching. Despite the minimal teaching requirements, there were more questions about teaching and adapting to the school. They wanted me to feel comfortable there and fit was big deal to them. In both places I presented a paper to a general audience (philosophers were greatly outnumbered so it had to be accessible to people in various humanities) and for one place I gave a teaching demo. It's not much different than on-campus visits go otherwise, meet a bunch of people in the faculty, see the school, see the neighborhood, meet with the dean, dinner out. Everyone was very nice both times (I haven't really had a cut throat interview so it wasn't different from any other interview I had except more people from different disciplines). Good luck, but I don't think it should be approached any different than a regular campus visit.
- January 31, 2012 at 1:30 PM
I had an on-campus interview for a two-year postdoc at a liberal arts school a few years ago that was the same as other on-campus interviews I've had for tenure track postions. I gave a mock-class on a relevant topic (of my choice), met with members of several departments relevant to my work, met with admins, was given a campus tour, etc. That particular institution had a rule that all job candidates (even for one year positions) had to bring candidates to campus, so I don't think my interview was very different than it would have been if I had been up for a tenure-track job.
That said, I think practices vary widely from place to place. I was offered a different (more research-oriented, but which still involved teaching) postdoc at a research institution based on my "paper" application alone. That school didn't even call or Skype me before emailing me about the offer.
- January 31, 2012 at 3:05 PM
I completed a research post doc at the Centre for Research on Ethics at the University of Montreal. No in person interview was required. I also applied to and reached the finals of a teaching post-doc at Lawrence University. I did not get it, but again no flyout was part of the interview process.
- January 31, 2012 at 4:19 PM
Anyone know how the Bersoff searches run? Do they interview at the APA? Do they do on campus interviews? Or do they just make offers?
- February 1, 2012 at 1:56 AM
Thanks admins; I was the original pos(t)er of the question, and I appreciate the follow-up. Cheers!
And thanks to all for your helpful advice and anecdotes. I had no idea what to expect, honestly. (From the visit, not from you.)
- February 1, 2012 at 6:29 AM
In the only case I know of from experience, they just make offers.
- February 1, 2012 at 7:16 AM
I interviewed for (and got) a 2-year research postdoc in last year's hiring season. The on-campus visit was almost identical to the on-campus I had for a TT job: 30-minute to 1-hour interviews with individual faculty members, an "informal" lunch with several members of the department (clearly also still part of the interview), and a job talk. The only thing I found odd was that the visit did not include a dinner or other evening social event. They flew me in late the night before the interview, and out the afternoon of the interview.
- February 1, 2012 at 9:21 AM
A related question: If one has a 2 or 3 year post-doc (not "1 year with possibility of renewal") is there an expectation that the post-doc is going to stay the whole term, and not go back on the market the first year? I know this probably differs depending on the appointment, but I wonder if anyone has experience with this.
- February 1, 2012 at 10:49 AM
It's true that there are no flyouts/interviews specifically for the Bersoff, but in years when NYU is doing both junior tenure track and Bersoff searches (like this one), there's significant overlap between the applicant pools. So some Bersoff applicants will also be flown out to interview for the tenure track position. My understanding is that for such candidates, the flyout effectively serves both as a flyout for the TT position, and a flyout for the Bersoff--if you totally bomb, you probably won't get either, whereas if you do pretty well but they don't make you a TT offer, they might still offer you a Bersoff.
- February 1, 2012 at 2:27 PM
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Anon 10:49 -- I had a two year post-doc, and I went on the market the first year. And the year after. A TT job is, of course, better than a post-doc if you're looking for long-term employment, and post-doc programs know this. The lag between being hired and beginning a TT position is several months, so you would still be staying at your post-doc for a good stretch. But, if you get a TT offer, some schools will also permit you to complete a post-doc and defer beginning your TT job, because having a post-doc is a unique educational opportunity that can make you a better scholar.
- February 2, 2012 at 1:48 PM
- zombie said...
FYI, I ended up leaving my post-doc a few months shy of my official end date to take a TT job. But I still completed all my post-doc requirements, so I think it was a win-win.
- February 2, 2012 at 1:49 PM
I'm Anon 9:21.
I considered going on the market the first year, but considered that I would probably burn some bridges by doing so. I also was still trying to dig my way out of the financial hole that the move had put me in (no moving aid with the post doc). In some ways, I regret not going on the market the first year though.
- February 3, 2012 at 11:54 AM
Has anyone heard anything about the Yale Humanities Mellon Fellowships? I'm wondering where they are in their process so it would be most useful to know if there are people out there who have heard from them...
- February 4, 2012 at 9:28 AM
Do they expect that candidates from outside the US come for the campus visit for a postdoctoral position? What is your experience? Is the interview enough? Thanks.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The MIT men's fencing team picked up wins against Northeast Fencing Conference rivals Tufts and Dartmouth while falling to Boston College, Vassar and Brown at a competition hosted by BC last Saturday. With the hit, the Engineers' record slipped to 6-8 (6-4 NFC) on the year.
Senior Rajiv Nadadur led the men's team with an 11-4 record over the five matches. Max Brand (5-10), Vinayak Ramesh (2-8) and Isaac Businger (1-4) rounded out the MIT sabre squad.
The Engineers' best weapon was foil, as the group went 23-22 and logged the only winning record among the three weapons. Sophomore Benjamin Nield (10-5) led the way, while classmate Daniel Levine (8-7) was not far behind him. Richard LaGrandier (3-7) and Alexander Siy (2-3) also participated.
At epee, freshman Jackson Crane (10-5) showed off his young talent. Including Carter Chang (7-8) and Javier Ordonez (5-10), the Cardinal and Gray finished 22-23 in the weapon.
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Former Philadelphia Phillies star-turned-financial disaster Lenny Dykstra is demanding the immediate return of his private jet ... after it was repossessed by creditors.
Dykstra filed papers in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in California yesterday stating that 3 creditors -- Constant Aviation, Classic Interiors and Crystal Air Aviation -- violated a court order and took possession of his Gulfstream jet. It's unclear when the plane was actually taken.
Dykstra -- who names himself as his lawyer -- claims a judge had granted him an "automatic stay" ... which means even though he may be in debt, his property was temporarily off-limits.
Now, he declares in the docs that "the airplane must be returned" ... and he wants an $800,000 check to boot.
So far, Dykstra's creditors -- all three -- aren't talking.
UPDATE: The president of Constant Aviation tells TMZ, "It's not [Lenny's] airplane, I don't know if he is confused. Our dealings with him are over and we are moving past the Lenny Dykstra saga, as I think everyone should."
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Pat Green, 'All Just to Get to You' – Song Review
Pat Green takes a second break from writing his own songs to honor ten artists who've influenced him on 'Songs We Wish We'd Written II.' The lead single finds the Texas-born hitmaker taking a rock n' roll approach to 'All Just to Get to You' by Joe Ely.
Green's urgent delivery and a gritty slide guitar take this song to a level the original never reached. He finds that sweet spot an artist looks for when recording a cover. Make it your own, but stay true to the original.
"I have stumbled on the plains / Staggered in the wind / Stood at a crossroad or two / Cried to a river / Swept to the sea / All just to get to you," he sings to begin the song. Things really heat up after the first chorus.
"I ran too hard, I played too Rough / I gave my Love, not near Enough / I bled too red, I cried too blue / I beat my fist, against the moon / All just to get to you."
The guitar work noodles around until Green unleashes his player between the second chorus and the bridge, creating a cathartic moment that you long to see performed live. Green's subtle vocal fluctuations also cause one to give the song a second look if at first it passes by like highway traffic.
"From the California Shore / Where the mighty ocean roars / To the lands of the Hopi and the Sioux / I walked the desert sands / Crossed the Rio Grande / All just to get to you," he sings.
'Songs We Wish We'd Written II' will be available on May 8.
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Dorian Fuller - Professor of Archaeobotany
- Profile
- BA, MPhil, PhD, FSA, FLS
- Professor of Archaeobotany
- Section Co-ordinator: Archaeological Sciences
- Executive Director (UK): International Centre for Chinese Heritage and Archaeology
- Committee of International Work Group of Palaeoethnobotany
- Contributor to Degree Programme: MA Archaeology and Heritage of Asia
- Contributor to Degree Programme: MSc in Environmental Archaeology
- Course Co-ordinator: ARCL0019 Plants and Archaeology (not running in 2018-19)
- Course Co-ordinator (with Claudia Naeser): ARCL0056 Introduction to the Archaeology of Sudan
- Course Co-ordinator: ARCL0096 Archaeobotanical Analysis in Practice
- Winner of Antiquity's Ben Cullen Prize 2012
Research Interests
- Archaeobotany. Human Plant Use in Prehistory, reconstructing agricultural systems, approaches to interpreting archaeobotanical evidence and its integration with theoretical issues in archaeology.
- Origins and Spread of Agriculture. Plant domestication, including work in Asia and Africa
- South Asia. Prehistory, Protohistory, environmental history.
- Neolithic China
- Nubia and Sudan
- Archaeological theory, in Environmental Archaeology and the history of thought with regard to Sudanic and South Asian archaeology.
- The Anthropocene
Research Directory Records
- The Archaeology of Human Evolution
- Comparative Pathways to Agriculture (ComPAg)
- Early Rice Project
- The Impact of Evolving of Rice Systems from China to Southeast Asia
- Indus Geomorphology
- Modelling Domestication
- Out of Africa, Into Asia
- Pleistocene Hunter-Gatherer subsistence in Sri Lanka
- Shahrizor Research Project
- Editor-in-Chief (joint), Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
- Editorial Board, Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution
- Editorial Board, The Anthropocene Review (Sage)
- Editorial Board, Japanese Journal of Archaeology
- Editorial Board, PLoSone
- Editorial Board, Springer Briefs in Earth Sciences
- Editorial Board. Oxford Research Reviews for Archaeology
- Section Editor (Environmental Archaeology), Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology (Springer).
Blog: the archaeobotanist
Educational Background
- Lowell High School, San Francisco
- BA, Yale University, 1995, double major in Anthropology and Organismal Biology.
- Honours thesis (Anthropology). Problems in the Archaeology of Meroitic and Post-Meroitic Nubia:Theoretical and Methodological Issues
- Honours thesis (Org. Bio.). Systematics and Leaf Architecture of Gunnera.
- M.Phil, Cambridge, Archaeology, 1997
- M. Phil thesis. The Emergence of Agricultural Economies in India: A Reconsideration of the Bio-archaeological Evidence
- PhD Thesis submitted Dec. 1999, Cambridge, examined March 2000, approved May 2000.The Emergence of Agricultural Societies in South India: Botanical and Archaeological Perspectives.
Research Projects and Fieldwork
- The Early Rice Project: Comprising The Impact of Evolving of Rice Systems from China to Southeast Asia (NERC-research grant 2013-2016) and previously The Identification of Arable Rice systems in Prehistory.
- Comparative Pathways to Agriculture (ComPAg). European Research Council Advanced Grant project (2013-2018)
- Collaborator on SEALINKS- Multi-disciplinary perspectives on the prehistoric emergence of long-distance trade in the Indian Ocean area, an ERC-funded projected (Principle Investigator, Dr. Nicole Boivin, Oxford University). [project website]
- Archaeobotanical studies from Late Neolithic Baligang, Henan Province, China. Excavations of Peking University. Archaeobotanical research supported by the ICCHA (UCL-PKU).
- Archaeobotany from settlement surveys in the Upper Ying, Yi and Luo River Valleys, Henan (Henan Provincial Institute of Archaeology & PKU)
- The Archaeobotany of Tian Luo Shan: An investigation of foraging and rice cultivation in the Hemudu Neolithic culture (Yangzi Delta, China) (excavations of the Zhejiang Pronvincial Institute of Archaeology).
- The archaeobotany of Chuodun and Caoxieshan, Neolithic Paddy-field sites near Suzhou, China (excavations of the Suzhou Museum).
- The archaeobotany of Maoshan. Liangzhu era paddyfield site near Hangzhou (excavations of the Zhejiang Pronvincial Institute of Archaeology).
Southwest Asia
- Jarmo Neolithic excavations and archaeobotany, Iraqi Kurdistan (2012-)
- Archaeobotany of Shahirizor Research Project, Iraqi Kurdistan (2012-)
- Archaeobotany of Catalhoyuk, Konya Plains, Turkey (2012-)
- Archaeobotany of Ziyaret Tepe, Turkey, Assyrian Period.
South Asia
- Archaeobotany of the South Indian Neolithic and joint director of the of Bellary Archaeological Research project.
- Archaeobotany of Neolithic-Chalcolithic coastal Orissa, in collaboration with Professor Rabi Mohanty of Deccan College. This is now being pursued as part of the Early Rice Project
- Archaeobotany of coastal ports in northern Sri Lanka (Mantai, Kantharodai, Karinda). This is being pursued as part of the Early Rice Project and the SEALINKS project (Oxford).
- Archaeobotany of ancient Hund, Pakistan, in collaboration with Dr. Ihsan Ali, University of Peshawar
- Archaeobotany of ancient Paithan, Maharashtra, India, project of the Society for South Asian Studies, directed by Dr. Derek Kennet (Durham).
- Archaeobotany of the Garhwal Himalaya, Uttranchal, India in collaboration with Professor Vinod Nautiyal, Dept. of Archaeology, University of Garhwal
- Archaeobotany of the Vindhyan Neolithic, in collaboration with Professor JN Pal, University of Allahabad
- Archaeobotany of Early Historic sites in Southern Tamil Nadu and Kerala, including Pattanam Project of the Kerala Council for Historical Research.
- Archaeobotany of Neolithic Golbai Sassan and Gopalpur, Orissa (with Rabi Mohanty, Deccan College).
- Archaeobotany of Bangladesh, in collaboration with Mizanur Rahman, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka
- Archaeobotany and Ethnobotany of the Gamo Highlands, Southern Ethiopia, part of the Gamo-Baroda Project of Kathryn and John Arthur and Matthew Curtis (2011-.
- Contributions on the archaeobotany of the Swahili coast and islands in collaboration with the SEALINKS project (Oxford).
- Artefact analysis and monograph preparation: Arminna West: The Late Nubian Necropolis and Buildings Excavated 1963, Publications of the Pennsylvania-Yale Expedition to Egypt, no. 7. Peabody Museum of Natural History and the University Museum of Pennsylvania (New Haven and Philadelphia).
- Bio-Archaeology and Archaeological Survey (1997), Wadi Muqaddam, central Sudan, Sudan Archaeological Research Society, project directors: Michael Mallinson and Dr. Lawrence Smith (Cambridge).
- The Archaeobotany of the Napatan city of Kawa (Sudan), excavated by Sudan Archaeological Research Society/ British Museum expedition, directed by Derek Welsby.
- Rescue archaeology of the proposed Hamdab Dam reservoir, Sudan: SARS Amri-Kirbekan expedition, co-directed with Derek Welsby (British Museum) [2003-04]
- Environmental Archaeology of Volubilis, Morocco. UCL joint project with Ministry of Culture, Morocco, including excavations of the early Islamic town, directed by Elisabeth Fentress and Hassan Limane. [2001-2006]
- Archaeobotany (mainly plant impressions) from later Prehistoric sites of Dhar Nema (Southwest Mauritania), from fieldwork by Dr. Kevin MacDonald and Dr. Robert Vernet.
- "Crop dispersal and agricultural adaptation in the Libyan Sahara," NERC-funded research project (co-investogator with Professor David Mattingley, University of Leceister), being pursued with PhD student Ruth Pelling. [2003-2007]
- "Reassessing ancient Egyptian crops, crop husbandry and the agrarian landscape," AHRB-funded research project (co-investigator with Professor Peter Ucko), with post-doctoral research fellow Mary Anne Murray (from October 2003-2006)
- Co-organiser (with Dr. Mary Anne Murray) of the 5th International Workshop for African Archaeobotany here at the Institute on 2-5 July 2006. Now preparing the proceedings for publication.
- Archaeobotany (mainly plant impressions) from later Prehistoric sites of the Tilemsi Valley, Mali (fieldwork of Kate Manning)
- Archaeobotany of Islamic Essouk, NE Mali (fieldwork of Sam Nixon).
- Archaeobotany of Iron Age sites in Rwanda (fieldwork of John Giblin).
- Co-Investigator on "Was barley locally adapted to drought conditions in ancient Nubia?" A NERC-Funded projected projectm with principle investigator, Dr. Robin Allaby, University of Warwick. [2009-2012]
Link to thematic / annotated publications and downloads
- Publications
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Prof Dorian Fuller
- Research students
Current Students
- Louis Champion A ceramic and archaeobotanical study of food and drink evolution in the African Savannah – Forest transition (Second supervisor: Kevin MacDonald)
- Rita Dal Martello Contact, influence and dispersal. An analysis of agriculture and cooking practices in Neolithic Yunnan and the diaspora of Upper Yangtze populations (second supervisor Yijie Zhuang)
- Lara Gonzalez Carretero An archaeobotanical perspective on changing cuisine: cooking practices, minor foods and condiments at Çatalhöyük (Joint supervisor: Karen Wright)
- Hanna Sosnowska Lithic Analyses in Iraqi Kurdistan from the Neolithic to Proto-Urban period (Joint Supervisor: David Wengrow)
Second Supervisor
- Catherine Walker The consequences of human adaptation through studying the mismatch between ancient and modern diets (Principle supervisor: Mark Thomas, Dept. of Genetics, Evolution and Environment)
- Phillip Austin Wood resources, fuel use and environmental context of Mayan salt production in Belize (Principle supervisor: Elizabeth Graham)
Completed PhD students
- Sureshkumar Muthukumaran An Ecology of Trade: Tropical Cultivars, Commensals and Fauna between the Near East and South Asia in the 1st Millennium BC(Principal supervisor: Karen Radner, History Department). Submitted 2016
- Rebecca Beardmore Understanding Late Bronze and Early Iron Age land use and subsistence strategies in Kazakhstan: an approach using geoarchaeology and phytolith analysis (Second supervisor: Stephen Shennan). Submitted 2016
- Michael Brass The archaeology of social organisation at Jebel Moya: 5th to 1st millennium BC (Principal supervisor: Kevin MacDonald). Submitted 2016
- Ellie Kingwell Banham Early rice agricultural systems in India (Second supervisor:Julia Shaw). Submitted 2015.
- Ying Zhang Animal procurement strategies in Neolithic of the Yangtze River Basin: Zooarchaeological and Ecological Approaches (As second supervisor; Principal supervisor: Louise Martin). Submitted 2014.
- Yvette Balbaligo Earthenware pottery from Ille Cave, Palawan, the Philippines: local change and regional connections (As second supervisor; Principal supervisor: Bill Sillar). Submitted 2014.
- Andie Byrnes The development of early food producing economies in Egypt: A comparative study (Second supervisor: Andrew Reid) Submitted 2018
- Cristina Castillo The archaeobotany of Khao Sam Kaeo: Assessing the agriculture resource base and human occupation of a Late Prehistoric Site on the Thai-Malay Peninsula (Second supervisor: Vince Piggott). Submitted 2013
- Brian Hole The use of archaeology by Indigenous Tribes and the Nation State in India to reinforce and create national identities (Principal supervisor: Tim Schadla-Hall) Submitted 2018
- Leilani Lucas (nee Espinda) Economy and interaction: Exploring archaeobotanical contributions in Prehistoric Cyprus (Second supervisors: Sue Colledge, Cyprian Broodbank). Submitted 2012
- Jixiang Song The Agricultural economy during the Longshan period: An archaeobotanical perspective from Shandong and Shanxi (Second supervisor: Tao Wang). Submitted 2011
- Brigitte Balanda Development of royal funerary traditions along the Middle Nile Valley during the Napatan period. (Second supervisor: John Tait). Submitted 2011.
- Charlene Murphy Pompeii, A changing city: The archaeobotanical analysis of Regio VI Insula I, Pompeii Italy (Second supervisor: Kris Lockyear). Submitted 2010.
- Phillipa Ryan Diversity of plant and land use during the Near Eastern Neolithic: phytolith perspectives from Çatalhöyük [as Secondary Supervisor, Primary supervisor: Arlene Rosen). Submitted 2010]
- Anne de Vareilles Sommieres When to farm and how to farm, that is the question. An archaeobotanical perspective on the Mesolithic to Neolithic transition in the Western Balkans (Joint supervisor with Marc Vander Linden). Submitted 2017
- Alison Weisskopf Vegetation, agriculture and social change in Neolithic north central China, a phytolith study (Second supervisor: Arlene Rosen). Submitted 2009
- Meriel McClatchie Arable agriculture and social organisation: a study of crops and farming systems in Bronze Age Ireland. (Second supervisor: Ken Thomas). Submitted 2008.
- Michelle Wollstonecroft Post-harvest intensification in Late Pleistocene Southwest Asia: food processing as a critical variable in Epipalaeolithic subsistence systems and subsistence change. (Second supervisor: David Harris) Submitted 2007.
- Ruth Pelling Agriculture and trade amongst the Garamantes: 3000 years of archaeobotanical data from the Sahara and its margins. (Second supervisor: Elizabeth Fentress). Submitted 2007.
- Emma Harvey Early Agricultural Communities in northern and eastern India. (Second supervior: Arlene Rosen). Submitted 2006


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Native American tribes challenge Oklahoma gay marriage ban
Two gay men are getting married under Native American tribal law in Oklahoma, apparently circumventing a state law that does not allow same-sex unions.
Activists said the marriage advances the cause of gay rights in a state that has blocked federal benefits for same-sex military couples in the past.
Jason Pickel, 36, and Darren Black Bear, 45, who have been together for more than eight years, were planning a trip to Iowa to get married. But they changed their minds when the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes allowed them to pick up a marriage license on Friday in the tribes' courthouse after the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was struck down.
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A decision by Qantas to pour millions of dollars into state-based bodies after ditching Tourism Australia could be "very dangerous", former Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett says.
Speaking at the annual meeting of the Australian Tourism Export Council (ATEC) in Sydney on Thursday, Mr Kennett said he wasn't sure if Qantas had properly thought through what it was going to do with the approximately $50 million previously invested in the peak tourism body.
"I read somewhere in the paper, which scared me a little bit, that they were going to be directed towards the state bodies," he said.
"Dangerous. Very dangerous."
"I think there is a real opportunity here for Qantas to try something different, which talks about and actually emphasises flexibility."
Qantas confirmed on Wednesday it would be suspending it's long-standing partnership with Tourism Australia - worth approximately $50 million over three years - in favour of state tourism bodies.
The move was due to a "potential conflict of interest" of the peak body's Chairman Geoff Dixon, whom Qantas alleged was a "member of a syndicate committed to unravelling" the airline's structure and direction.
Mr Kennett said whatever drove the Qantas decision, the airline should be doing more targeted marketing. He questioned whether government bodies could provide this.
"I don't think, with due respect, governments have put enough weight onto the tourism sector for what it is - it is potentially the biggest employer for people in the country."
The Qantas executive manager of international sales, Stephen Thompson, told the conference the move to put more money into state bodies was not a concern.
"We have had a long association with all state bodies right across Australia," he said.
"Everyone is very happy to be working with us to make sure that ... we can leverage off each other to promote tourism.
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If you haven't heard the news, Walmart has the Skull Shores Frankie Stein doll available priced at only $4.13 right now! In addition to this exclusive doll offering, they've got an array of Monster High decorations and dress-up sets that are sure to offer up some spooky party fun. Check out the new doll and a sampling of the items in this short video:
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Driving Lessons
The ritual of getting children ready for school in the morning has spanned many generations. Added to this is the obstacle of trying to get across Germantown Avenue to reach the bus stop.
Although there is a cross walk and a marker with "State Law, Yield to Pedestrians" printed clearly on it, drivers seem oblivious to those trying to cross. Although my child is old enough to cross the street
I am fearful that she will be run over by a driver who is speeding and has no thought about her safety or anyone else's. I am referring to the intersection of Germantown and Abington. I wonder what it will take before drivers understand that arriving somewhere a few seconds sooner is not a priority over a pedestrian trying to reach their destination in one piece? Perhaps they need to be hit where it hurts the most, a stiff fine and points towards their driving record.
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For the 12th year in a row, John Anderson, Solaris Restaurant award winning chef and restaurateur, and his staff opened their doors to the Chestnut Hill Rotary for its Annual Pancake Breakfast providing supplies and muscle along with a charming ambiance. Special Halloween guest, thanks to Fran O'Donnell and O'Doodles, was the Cat-in-the-Hat. Our own Philadelphia Fire Department Engine 37 firefighters and Medics supplied their official coloring books.
Other supporters of our Rotary fundraiser include the Ounsworth family, Carol Schwartz Gallery, Chestnut Hill Cheese Shop, Conshohocken-Plymouth Meeting Rotary, Electrical Wizardry, Esther Kurtz family, Get-A-Way Travel Agency, Herbert Henze family, Human Touch Home Care Ltd., Kamelot Auction House, National Penn Bank, Tom Lloyd family, Valley Green Bank and Wesley Enhanced Living at Stapely.
A special thanks goes to Solaris' Sarah who ran the show and put up with the Chestnut Hill Rotary members – a third rate restaurant staff. The youngsters of the Hope Children's Home in Guyana who benefit from this annual event are especially thankful for the generosity of Chestnut Hill and Mount Airy.
Our sponsors and more information can be see at www.chestnuthillrotary.org
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Ernie Almonte speaks glowingly about his love of cooking and the outdoors, of his family – including five sons, two of whom are Eagle Scouts – and his Italian heritage.
Handing over his business card, he points not to the contact information on the front, but to four words printed on the back:
"Integrity. Reliability. Independence. Accountability."
"These are my core values," he says. "It's a contract between myself and you."
Almonte, who spent more than a decade as the state's auditor general, has served in a variety of other professional and public capacities and is now a Democratic candidate for general treasurer, presents that commitment, particularly the pledge of integrity, as central in his message to voters.
"My education, my experience, my ethics and my maturity," he said, will allow him to carry through on what he promises to achieve.
Visiting the Beacon's Warwick Avenue office on Thursday, Almonte focused on a four-point plan for the treasurer's office.
He intends to pursue a "strong investment strategy" for the state that is sustainable and lowers the burden on taxpayers; create a "financial resource expert team" to assist cities and towns; put in place a chief accountability officer to rein in fraud on the municipal and state levels; and pursue a "financial capability program" to educate Rhode Islanders about money management.
At the heart of his plan, he said, is providing municipalities and citizens with the tools needed to pursue prudent, long-term financial management while fostering a climate of trust and certainty for business in the Ocean State.
"It will create a culture of business growth and a culture of job creation," he said. "It creates a culture of trust in our government."
The financial resource expert team, said Almonte, will be focused on addressing financial issues in communities before they become crises. The concept, he said, stems from his experience as auditor general, when his office would often find itself in a position he called "reactive" to such situations.
"If you truly want to make this state better, it needs to be proactive," he said. "A lot of cities and towns do not have that expertise … we're trying to improve their skill set and help them make the right decisions."
The chief accountability officer, said Almonte, would provide assistance and education in "best practices in how to reduce the risk of fraud for city and town officials."
Describing what he calls the "fraud triangle," which attributes the misuse of funds to the three ingredients of pressure, opportunity and rationalization, Almonte said the accountability officer's position would be focused on rooting out and preventing such incidents.
The "financial capability" program, a term Almonte said he prefers to "financial literacy," would be focused on educating individuals. In a struggling economy, he said, the management of money can especially weigh on people's minds, and providing them with the tools needed to be successful in that regard would improve productivity.
"If we can teach them how to handle their finances, they can focus on their job," he said.
A certified public accountant who served as auditor general from 1994 to 2010, Almonte boasts a range of other experience. He was the first public servant elected as national chairman of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and for the past three years has served as chairman of the U.S. Department of Defense Audit Committee, a position appointed by the secretary of defense.
In 2008 and 2005, he was named one of the "Top 100 Most Influential People in the Accounting Profession" by Accounting Today. In 2011, he founded the accounting firm Almonte Group LLC, for which he serves as "chief visionary officer," and he is also president of government services and chairman of the board for Virtual DBS in North Kingstown.
"I will be able to bring local and national leadership experience," he said.
In his first bid for elected office, Almonte said he has raised approximately $300,000 and hopes to double that amount. He acknowledges the race for governor will draw the lion's share of voters' attention, and said his focus is on meeting with Rhode Islanders.
"Nobody's going to outwork me," he said, calling his experience on the campaign trail thus far "overwhelmingly positive."
Almonte said he has no preferred candidate in the governor's race, but spoke highly of the quality of the field and said he could work effectively with whoever is ultimately the victor.
"I know how to work with people and bring people together," he said.
Regarding current General Treasurer Gina Raimondo, who has drawn criticism from some due to her role in reforming the state's pension system, Almonte praised her "tremendous courage to tackle a problem that could have sunk our state" and her work to "professionalize" the treasurer's office.
The role of hedge funds in the pension reform has been particularly controversial. Almonte said he does support such funds being a part of pension plans as part of necessary diversification and risk reduction, but indicated he would prefer a lower level of their involvement than what is currently in place.
Almonte also said he would have taken a harder line with hedge funds during negotiations, and would have instituted a timeline for resolution of the matter.
"Don't confuse my smile with weakness," he said. "I'm one of the toughest negotiators."
Almonte additionally said he would have made a greater effort to communicate with those financially impacted by the reform. He said he has gained the respect of public employees as a "truth-teller," and would bring the same approach to the general treasurer's office.
"There should have been an extended amount of time to reach out," he said. "It takes time, and a lot of people don't want to take that time … [I have] courageous conversations with everyone, telling them what they need to hear, not what they want to hear."
Almonte said reaching out to the state's diverse communities is also essential. Citing a recent appearance on Spanish-language radio, he said he has started working to learn Spanish – he already knows Italian – and received positive feedback from the Hispanic community.
"People see that I am authentic, I am sincere," he said.
Now 57, Almonte said his decision to seek elected office is motivated purely by his affection for Rhode Island.
"I love Rhode Island," he said. "I just want to make it better."
He also said the move required the backing of his family. He estimates he could earn $3 million more by remaining in the private sector, but sees an opportunity to help on a broader scale.
"If I get elected treasurer, I can help 1 million people be successful," he said. "My eyes are on the long-term vision."


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Our holdings include hundreds of glass and film negatives/transparencies that we've scanned ourselves; in addition, many other photos on this site were extracted from reference images (high-resolution tiffs) in the Library of Congress research archive. (To query the database click here.) They are adjusted, restored and reworked by your webmaster in accordance with his aesthetic sensibilities before being downsized and turned into the jpegs you see here. All of these images (including "derivative works") are protected by copyright laws of the United States and other jurisdictions and may not be sold, reproduced or otherwise used for commercial purposes without permission.
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Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "O.J. DeMoll Co., Autocar truck." The cigar store has an interesting selection of magazines, including one called Saucy Stories. Mold-spotted National Photo Company glass negative. View full size.
"O.J. DeMoll, interior." The DeMoll furniture store at 12th and G streets N.W. in Washington circa 1925. National Photo Company glass negative. View full size.
Washington, D.C., circa 1917. "Soterios Nicholson in auto." This "well-known Greek attorney" had a long and occasionally eventful career in Baltimore and Washington. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
Washington, D.C., circa 1921. "Aerial view looking toward Capitol and Washington Monument." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
March 1965. My father engaged in the activity that occupied his evening hours every single day: reading the papers. In our case, these were two: the local Marin County daily, the Independent-Journal, and whatever San Francisco afternoon one that happened to be in business, here the Examiner. He was 63, a year before his retirement, when I shot this Kodachrome by available light. View full size.
Washington, D.C., 1915. "Mrs. Robert Lansing in auto." Eleanor Foster Lansing, wife of Woodrow Wilson's new Secretary of State, with her poodle at the tiller of an electric car. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
New York, October 6, 1920. "Baseball -- 'Hot dogs' for fans waiting for gates to open at Ebbets Field." This was Game 2 of the World Series between Brooklyn and Cleveland. Photograph and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
"G.G. Loehler Co., August 1923." The 12th Precinct police station under construction in Washington at 17th Street and Rhode Island Avenue N.E. Cost: $55,376. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.


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Detectives scour rare periodicals for clues to 20th century life
James Madison University students are gaining new insight into American popular literary genres by poring over a growing collection of old pulp magazines. Called "pulp" because they were printed on rough paper stock made from wood pulp, the magazines' very form led to their rarity as readers discarded their copies after reading them.
Students enrolled in Dr. Brooks Hefner's American Pulp course are the first beneficiaries of the university's collection of 60 Black Mask magazines, which includes three of the five issues that include the serialized version of Dashiell Hammett's "The Maltese Falcon." "These are among the most important, if not the most important, texts in American popular fiction and detective fiction of the 20th century," said Hefner, an assistant professor of English.
Hefner's students are each researching an issue of The Black Mask to produce a critical introduction to the respective magazine, focusing on editorial policy, writers, use of artwork and story themes, such as questions of race, nationality, masculinity and culture.
Additionally, they are writing text for a display to highlight the JMU Libraries Special Collections recent acquisition of Black Mask magazines. JMU holds the third largest collection of Black Mask magazines in the country, after UCLA and the Library of Congress, Hefner said.
The students are also learning about appropriate use of primary sources in Special Collections, which is housed in Carrier Library. "In literary study, there is a renewed attention on the material contexts of publication," Hefner said. "Seeing literary works in specific forms changes the ways we understand them."
In researching the September 1929 issue, senior English major Alexandra Pearsall of Millburn, N.J., has not only studied one of "The Maltese Falcon" issues, but has also delved into the very copy of the magazine once owned by Erle Stanley Gardner, himself a Black Mask contributing writer — and later creator of the Perry Mason character.
"Reading an original copy of The Black Mask has allowed me to put myself in the shoes of the people who would buy these editions in early 20th century America," Pearsall said. "Each edition of Black Mask is full of action-packed stories that hold your attention because of all the crime, chaos and suspense."
The first installment of "The Maltese Falcon" was interesting to Pearsall for Hammett's sharp dialogue and clean prose. "The protagonist, Sam Spade, is a rough-and-tough detective, the typical 'hard-boiled' detective that is so characteristic of the detective genre in American pulp fiction. I also found it interesting that 'The Maltese Falcon' was published as a hardbound novel one year after its initial appearance in The Black Mask."
Andrew Mabon of Pittsburgh, a senior majoring in public history, studied the May 1920 issue. "It is only the second edition of the magazine to have been published. Therefore, much of the stories within aren't quite the same kind of pulp fiction that you find in stories such as "The Maltese Falcon," Mabon said. "My issue of The Black Mask is mainly a noir crime narrative, and still projects a late-19th century Victorian perspective on the traditional values and roles of manliness."
"What's most interesting in this issue of The Black Mask magazine is how the stories, the characters, the plots, are really reflective of the time in which they were written," Mabon said. "Historical context plays a huge part of the content of the magazine's stories, especially in 'Receipted in Full' by Hamilton Craigie and 'The Mystery of the Missing Finger' by Valentine Williams. These two stories address the anxieties and fears many working class Americans were experiencing as the nation shifted from primarily rural to primarily urban. These stories portray the city as a dark, mysterious and ancient place full of horrible secrets. So, in my issue of the magazine, the most interesting part is the parallels that can be drawn between the stories' plot and new demographic-urban trends."
"Researching The Black Mask magazine (April 1922) has given me incredible insight into American culture," said Erica Figert of Leesburg, a junior majoring in English. "The inclusion of strong female protagonists in a few of the stories is very fascinating when viewed in tandem with American history, for women had only received the right to vote two years prior to the publication of my issue."
With the acquisition of the magazines, "students at JMU have access to some of the most important documents in 20th century American popular culture, a unique collection that other universities just don't have," Hefner said. "The Black Mask collection can be studied across disciplines and can also draw scholars to JMU Special Collections."
In addition to the library display, Spring 2012 semester will find The Black Mask collection in the spotlight in Hefner's graduate-level course on American magazines.
Published: Monday, October 1, 2012
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samtanip necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 89 diseños de 28 diseñadores freelance.
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My client is one of the larget developers in Hurghada, Egypt. Until recently thay have left the marketing to agents across Europe, but after having their fingers burnt they are now going to be doing everything in house. This is the first development to be sold in this way so image is everything.
Property investors, people looking to move to Egypt, those wanting a second home, etc. This property is more expensive than most in Hurghada therefore the brand needs to reflect this
The logo needs to be for screen and paper. The colours used will create the scheme for the website. Vector formats only please.
The sun shines in Hurghada 365 days a year, but not many people know this.
The apartments are at the higher end in Hurghada starting at 40,000 GBP and top end of 120,000 GBP, so a slightly wealthier client is targeted.
The complex is a beach-front apartment, of which there are not many as most of the land by the beach has been snapped up by large hotel groups.
About the logo:
Abviously needs to reflect property / development etc
I think the size should be 4:1 ratio (four times wider than it is tall) as the template for the website has an area for the logo that is this sort of size.
Being able to reflect the beach, sunshine etc (read the wikipedia article) would be good, although remember I'm not a designer so don't take this as red. - It needs to be clean and professional.
Here are some images of the development if it helps:
I hope this is enough info. I will try and rate each design as quickly as possible so you start to get an idea of what I like.
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RADAR ITALY displays the positioning of speed cameras in Italy, as well as your position on the map and the speed you are driving at.
The application beeps when you exceed the speed limit.
This application was created in the interests of road safety. it only has but one informative purpose and may not be considered a reliable source of information. The author assumes no liability for any misuse that may be made of it, or in case of change in the positioning of the mentioned above speed cameras. He shall be privileged from arrest or questioning on this issue.
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Carroll Hangs On To Overall Melges 32 World Championship Lead With One Day/Race To Go
6 December 2014
Miami, FL - With the 2014 Melges 32 World Championship trophy up for grabs amongst ten teams heading into Day Five, three races were held under idyllic Miami Beach conditions with 9-14 kts of shifty breeze. PRO Anderson Reggio supplied shorter course lengths that gave way to some exciting mark roundings, each race not being decided until the final few meters.
The first race of the day saw Alessandro Rombelli's STIG assume an early lead then extend for the win to finish ahead of Edoardo Lupi and Massimo Pessina's Torpyone in second, and William Douglass on Goombay Smash in third. In what might be deemed a regatta saving race, Jason Carroll and his Argo Team clawed back from a poor start and a mid-teens position at the first top mark to finish fifth. This ultimately left three teams — STIG, Argo and Torpyone in a three-way battle for first with twenty-eight points each.
Sitting tenth overnight, Dalton DeVos' Delta got back in the groove for Race Eight to round the top mark in first, followed by Keisuke Suzuki on Swing and Alec Cutler's hedgehog. DeVos held his own around the track right up until the very end with reigning World Champion Carroll putting it on wax to pass several boats downwind and take the bullet, an impressive come back that further vaulted him into the overall lead. DeVos finished second and Lupi/Pessina placed third, with Rombelli suffering a tough twelfth place finish.
Carroll came on strong once more for the final race of the day rounding the top mark in first, giving up the favored gate to a hard charging Naofumi Kamei on Mamma Auito! and Ryan DeVos' Volpe. On the next upwind leg, Kamei was able to find a few right hand nuggets to tack back to the favored left side and extend their lead over Carroll and DeVos, hanging on to take the win. Lupi/Pessina, Carroll's closest competition going into Sunday's one and only final race, proved that they have the heart of a lion and will not back down, recovering several times from tough positions to put together three solid races and remain the only threat to Carroll headed into the final day.
An additional, full and complete race report will be published shortly further confirming overnight results, etc.
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TOP TEN RESULTS (After Nine Races, One Discard)
1.) Jason Carroll/Cameron Appleton, Argo; 7-1-[12]-6-1-8-5-1-2 = 31
2.) Edoardo Lupi & Massimo Pessina/Lorenzo Bressani, Torpyone; 8-[14]-1-7-8-2-2-4-3 = 35
3.) Naofumi Kamei/Manu Weiller, Mamma Aiuto!; 4-2-5-[18/DSQ]-2-17-11-6-1 = 48
4.) Alec Cutler/Richard Clarke, hedgehog; 10-4-7-[12]-3-4-9-3-8 = 48
5.) Pierre Casiraghi/Vasco Vascotto, Robertissima; 1-7.6/RDG-9-1-[11]-9-4-3-17 = 51.6
6.) Alessandro Rombelli/Terry Hutchinson, STIG; 5-6-3-[16]-12-1-1-12-12 = 52
7.) Ryan DeVos/James Spithill, Volpe; 6-8-6-9-10-3-6-[13]-4 = 54
8.) William Douglass/Chris Larson, Goombay Smash; [18/DNF]-5-4-4-4-13-3-10-13 = 56
9.) Dalton DeVos/Jonathan McKee, Delta; 2-7-[16]-2-16-10-12-2-7 = 58
10.) Richard Goransson/Morgan Larson, Inga From Sweden III; 3-10-2-5-14-[16]-8-8-9 = 59
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Sept. 10, 2005
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. - Kyle Teixeira's two goals and an assist led Rhode Island College to a 3-1 win over MIT in men's soccer action on Saturday afternoon. Neil Zimmerman tallied the lone goal for the Engineers (1-1-0) and the first of his career.
Teixeira put the Anchormen (1-2-0) on the board 12:42 into the game, when he blasted in a shot off a rebound. Exactly 16 minutes later, Teixeira set-up Julian Montoya for what proved to be the game-winning goal. In addition, Teixeira eclipsed RIC's school record for points in a career with 148.
Both squads battled for the remainder of the half and into the second stanza, amassing a total of 30 fouls and five yellow cards in the contest. Teixeira ended the scoring drought in the 84th minute when he found the back of the net with an unassisted goal. MIT prevented being shutout when Zimmerman connected on a feed from Joshua Campoverde with 2:52 left to play.
MIT goalkeeper Thomas Caldwell recorded six saves while Jadon Neves made two stops for the Anchormen.
The next game for MIT will be on Wednesday, Sept. 14 at 4:00 p.m. when it travels to Tufts University.


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Here's What Your Candidates Said About Home Schooling 2018
Click on your district on the map, below. Then click on the names of your candidates to see how they responded to the ICHE Candidate Survey on home schooling.
The Candidate Letter can be downloaded in MS Word format here.
Candidate: Dem - Aaron Swisher US Representative District 2
1. Do you support or oppose requiring families who home educate to register their children with either the state or their local public school district?
2. Do you support or oppose requiring all children taught at home to take standardized achievement tests each year?
3. What other requirements, if any, would you favor as a condition of a parent's right to teach his or her children at home?
4. Other comments that you wish to make on the subject of home education:
I am not opposed to home schooling, but feel that mechanisms should be in place to ensure reasonable education. I feel that standardized achievement tests are appropriate, but no on a yearly basis.


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Art 550
ART 550: International Art History I
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in MFA, either Studio or Design Thinking
Cross-Listed: DSN 550
Credit Hours: (3)
The first of two online core art history courses. Students will investigate key moments in history that affected art and design, focusing on prehistory through the Renaissance period.
Detailed Description of Course
Content: The first of two online core art history courses. Students will investigate key moments in history that affected art and design where certain events and/or ideas caused a dramatic shift in the way art was conceived or the way our knowledge of the world changed and ultimately affected art and design. The time frame will focus on prehistory through the Renaissance period. It will focus on seminal points in time where new ideas, often resulting from novel situations or cultural collisions, generated definitive changes in the directions of art and design. This course will not only let students learn about key moments in history that affected art and design, but will also let them explore such moments to understand how these shifts came about, how future shifts might occur and what altered thinking may arise from them.
Detailed Description of Conduct of Course
The course will be online. Students may have access to online lectures, readings, discussion boards or other developing online technologies.
Goals and Objectives of this Course:
At the conclusion of this course, the student must be able to:
1. use historical precedent to inform art and design solutions;
2. define the major social, political and physical influences affecting historical changes in art and design;
3. demonstrate how those historical changes affect current applications;
4. express ideas clearly in oral, written and graphic formats;
5. identify periods and stylistic movements of art and design
6. understand the elements and principles of design;
7. compare and contrast styles within the time period;
8. process information using convergent/divergent thinking and analysis and synthesis strategies;
9. understand professional ethics;
10. understand contemporary issues;
11. identify and understand social and cultural differences, and apply them to new contexts;
12. understand the research process; and
13. work with team structures and dynamics.
Assessment Measures
May include but are not limited to writings, presentations, and discussion threads on reading assignments.
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Earth : Asia : Southeast Asia : Thailand : Eastern Thailand : Eastern Gulf Coast : Chachoengsao
Chachoengsao is a city at the Eastern Gulf Coast.
Chachoengsao, Paet Rio, has an old history back to the reign of King Borommatrailokkanat in the Ayutthaya period. Most of the people have settled by the Bang Pakong River and along canals. "Luangpho Phuttha Sothon" is a centre of faith of the people of Paet Rio. In the past, Chachoengsao was a fourth class city under the Ministry of Defence. During the reign of King Rama I, it was attached to the Ministry of Interior. Until the reign of King Rama V who changed the administration system, Chachoengsao became a city in the Prachin Buri Circle. In 1916, its status was changed from a city to a province. "Chacheongsao" is a Khmer word which means a deep canal. The name "Paet Rio" comes from the story that the city once teemed with giant snake-head fish; up to 8 cuts were required on the sides in making sun-dried fish.
Get in
By car
From Bangkok, there are three routes:-
By bus
There is an air-conditioned bus service from the Northern Bus Terminal on Kamphaeng Phet II Road during 5.20 a.m. – 6.00 p.m. The bus leaves every 30 minutes. The travel takes about one hour and 20 minutes, using the Motorway. For more information, contact the Chachoengsao Transport Company Limited (Kamphaeng Phet II Road) at Tel. 0 2936 4041, 08 9748 1349, or the Northern Bus Terminal (Kamphaeng Phet II Road) at Tel. 0 2936 2852 – 66 ext. 311, 442.
Additionally, visitors can travel from the Eastern Bus Terminal (Ekkamai). There is a bus service during 5.00 a.m. – 9.30 p.m. For further details, contact the Chachoengsao Transport Company Limited (Ekkamai) at Tel. 0 2712 1018, 08 9749 1336, the Eastern Bus Terminal (Ekkamai) at Tel. 0 2391 2504, the Chachoengsao Transport Company Limited (Chachoengsao) at Tel. 08 9752 9200, or the Chachoengsao Bus Terminal at Tel. 0 3851 4482.
A 1st class bus service connects Chachoengsao directly with Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport.
A variety of bus services run between Chachoengsao and both the Eastern Bus Terminal (Ekamai) and the Northern Bus Terminal in Bangkok.
By train
Various express and regular trains (including two daily air-con services) leave from Bangkok's Hualamphong station. The regular (3rd class, no air-con) peak hour trains can get extremely crowded, and tickets for these services do not guarantee a seat, so arrive early to avoid having to stand.
By train
A train service is available from the Hua Lamphong Railway Station to Chachoengsao. There are 11 trains a day. The first train departs at 5.55 a.m. and the last train leaves at 6.25 p.m. For more information, call Tel. 1690, 0 2220 4334, or contact the Chachoengsao Railway Station at Tel. 0 3851 1007, or visit the website: www.railway.co.th.
Get around
There are not many buses around town (the occasional one around the 2 main roads). The main transport is songthaew and tuk-tuk.
By songthaew
These are covered pick-up trucks with two benches in the back, and indeed the name means "two benches" in Thai. Seen everywhere, to board one just put your arm out and look at the driver, who will stop. Ring the buzzer (located in the roof) to stop anywhere on the route. There is at least one section near the market that they can't stop, so be patient. The driver will pull over, let you out, and then you pay him from the passenger window. Price as of 2007 is 5 baht for students and 7 baht for adults (any distance in one direction).
The different lines are colour-coded; most start/end or at least pass through the main city market area.
By tuk-tuk
The guys are genuinely nice. There's no over-charging, no taking you to see any attraction - only genuine transport. Tuk-tuks hang out at the bus/train stations, the 2 main supermarkets in town and the city market area. They can also be hailed from anywhere along the streets. You need to know basic Thai directions (turn left/right) and/or have your destination written or spoken in Thai, but they are very friendly with foreigners attempting to communicate. Basic fare will at 30 baht and usually go no higher than 50 baht (unless the distance is extremely long or a stop-over or return trip).
The main city market runs every day with raw and cooked food, clothes and basic needs.
There is a Thursday afternoon/night market which is very popular with the locals. Taking the blue songthaew (out of town) from in front of Wat Sothorn, it's about 300-500 metres. You won't see much of the market from the road as it's down a side street (to the right). You may see an ornate wood lace carving shop on the right.
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