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It has been a long time without a post. we had sales and a lot of new shirts releases since the last post but it's over! We're back and with a new working threadless coupon code that will save you 3$ on every purchase!
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You already know it's a special post so I want to give one of our readers a 5$ giveaway coupon for threadless (not a regular coupon).
The 5th comment on this post will get it. (just leave your currect email in the email field).
We have all waited for this to come and it's finally here! Threadless sale 🙂
All tees starting from 5$ only! a lot of new shirts this week, new hoodies and great reprints choises.
Sale will be over at March 23 so don't wait till your tees will be sold out.
Here're some of my favourites in the last few weeks that I think you should check out.
This design was made by 50 Threadless best designers and the main designer was Alex Solis. If you're intrested in buying this tee- don't wait! it will be grabbed pretty quickly.
When I first scored this design I just wanted it so bad to be printed and it did. Great concept and great execution. well done Aled Lewis for your 21st print on Threadless 🙂
It's a really cool idea and it's already on my cart. Can't wait to play poker with that shirt.
I chose it because I think it's the best zip-up hoody in Threadless. very unique and cool. defenetly worth the price.
There are 16 NEW tees on Threadless this week along with a new sale for the girls!
One design that caught my eye is called "Woolly Woolly" by Edward Pincombe. It's a really cool and unusual print from Threadless so don't miss it!
One more T-shirt I really liked is again designed by Alex Solis that won with his latest designs in the last few weeks. Look for more prints from this guy. I always stunned when watching his great designs.
As I blogged before about, Threadless is having a new concept for the Bestee awards.
Ok, results are in and the winner of the great prize- 20,000$ is…. Red by Kneil Melicano.
Acually, I chose other design but still, it was very hard to choose between those 2 great designs. btw- I still waiting for my order to come which contain as well to other 12 other tees, the winning of bestee – RED so it's kinda cool 🙂
I won't post here the whole winners but I have to say- CONGRATS to you all!
What about Bestee Awards for 2009? Here're the whole details.
Vote for your favorite design every month! The winner will receive an additional $2500 and the design will eligible for the huge $20,000 Design of the Year award!
Get ready, cause on Feb. 9 you'll be able to vote on all of January's awesome designs!
Let's go on to the New shirts for February 2, 2009.
First tee that cought my eyes is "Smoke and Mirrors", again by Aled Lewis. I remember voting for this design and wishing it will be printed. well, I really want that shirt so I will probably buy it tommorow.
Second and last tee I will post this time is from typetees. I really love the slogan so I will share it with you. slogan is "Drop it like you're clumsy" by Loy Valera.
Don't forget to use Threadless discount codes and save some money 😉
3 Days sale, January 26 New T-shirts & Threadless T-shirt Giveaway Results
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I really want to start off with the new shirts I loved this week and this time I really intend to buy them because they're really awesome but still, I want to remind you first to use Threadless coupon codes and save money!!
Threadless January 26 New Shirts
First tee and the one I loved the most is called "OUTLAW" and once again- it's a winning design by Alex Solis which is a really great designer with a unique style and I love most of his works.
This shirt is a winning design of the "Threadless Loves Horror" promotion I blogged about recently.
Next T-shirt is called "The League of Cliche Evil Super-Villains" and that's a reprint. When I joined to Threadless I didn't see that shirt and that's a shame because it's a great one!! I probably gonna buy it this week (with hope for a shoart sale that will make it easier for my pocket). The one thing I really loved about that shirt is the colors and also the great placement of the design on the T-shirt.
Threadless T-shirt Giveaway #1 Results
After a week full of new subcribers, I made a random choise and the winning email address is: firstname.lastname@example.com . congrats! 🙂
I'll contact the winner today to get details about the shipping address, his desired Threadless shirt and its size and then make the order.
This was only the first Tshirt giveaway out of many more to come so stay subcribed for new posts and giveaways 😉
The FAN-tastic Sale- 3 Days Long!
You guys did it! Threadless fan page on facebook gained over 5,000 new fans and you get what promisted- 3-days-long sale on Threadless!
Click Here to see the tees included in the sale
Threadless announced yesterday (19.01) about a "FAN-tastic challenge" that can be ended with a 3 days long sale starting from Monday, January 26.
The idea is pretty simple- you should join the Threadless fan page on Facebook and if it reachs 50k members by January 23, Threadless will randomly choose 5 members from the Threadless fans page on facebook and give them 12-club membership (~250$ value)! If it will achieve that goal, Threadless will also have a 3 days long sale for everyone.
I think it would be great if I could help with this post and ask you to join Threadless fans page on Facebook and invite your friends.
If every currect member of this threadless fans page will invite only 2 friends, we'll achieve the desired goal 🙂
New Threadless T-shirts for January 19th, 2009
It's Monday and it's time for new shirts in Threadless – typetees, selects and threadless line tees.
Here're the best tees in my opinion for this week:
T-shirt number one I chose is from the select line tees. it's called "Eavesdropping" designed by Travis Millard. It costs 25$ but it's worth it. Also, you can save some bucks using threadless promo codes
I chose this T-shirt mostly because of its smartness and the execution of the idea. I also admire Bisparulz's designs so I wanted to post it in here.
Last tee I want to share with you is from the typetees line.
Slogan is "Life is like a box of terrible analogies". I think it's a very strong slogan and defenetly worth 15$! (even before applying the discount).
Threadless Promo Codes Weekly Check
From a check I've made just now I confirm that all Threadless coupon codes are working properly and willing to save you some bucks 🙂
Threadless 2008 Bestee Awards
I hadn't got a chance to post about the Threadless Bestee Awards yet but it's time.
Every year, Threadless giving you the chance to choose your best tee of the year and give its designer 20,000$ award!!
Also, there are 11 more categories.
$20,000 prize:
Design of the Year, based on YOUR vote!
All 331 designs are up for voting NOW!! Go vote!!!
On Jan 19, we will narrow down 20 finalists for an additional week of voting!
$10,000 prize:
Designer of the Year
$1,000 prizes:
Newcomer of the Year
Unprinted Designer of the Year (plus a design printed)
Blogger of the Year
Gallery Photographer of the Year
Collaboration of the Year
Groundbreaking Design of the Year
Best Use of Critique
Slogan of the Year
Select of the Year
Kids Design of the Year
Threadless will announce the winners on February 2, 2009
Today, Threadless narrow down 20 finalists for an additional week of voting. Vote Now!
Personally, I voted for Foam Monster In Emotional Reunion With Severed Limb designed by the Great designer Aled Lewis. I really think he deserve this price for about 10 new awesome designs this year and also I own this T-shirt and I really love it! click here and vote for this as well
Threadless T-shirt Giveaway
And now, to the best part of this post- Threadless T-shirt giveaway!
All you need to do is to subcribe to Threadless blog via email and I will randomly choose one email next Monday and ask him to choose a desired T-shirt which I will buy for him and ship it.
If you have an account on Threadless, it would be nice if you could help this blog to be more popular by posting our banner on your profile. thanks 🙂
More giveaways will be made in the near future so be turned and subcribe to us 😉
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Elkhart County ranked first nationally by achieving the largest percentage increase in employment among 256 of the 322 most populous U.S. counties where employment grew from March 2010 to March 2011, according to a report by Inside INdiana Business.
Elkhart County recorded an employment gain of 6.2%, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Sept. 29. Elkhart County's employment increase of 6.2% outpaced a national job growth rate of 1.3% during March 2010 to March 2011. Within Elkhart County, the largest employment gains occurred in manufacturing, where the number of jobs rose by 5,125, amounting to a 12.4% boost in manufacturing employment.
"These results highlight a renewed vitality as WorkOne has helped strengthen Elkhart County's workforce to a high-level of skill and innovation. As the U.S. and global economies have slowly rebounded from the depths of the economic crisis, Elkhart County employers have continued to build operational efficiencies and workers have enhanced not only their technical skills but also 'soft skills,' such as teamwork, communication and discipline in the workplace," said Chuck Knebl, communications manager for WorkOne in Northern Indiana.

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Monday, December 7, 2009
My Husband Loves Kelly Wearstler...
Perhaps the real irony here is that I really don't. While I'm a fan of Kelly's earlier work, her new '70s and '80s-inspired direction has left me at something of a loss. And a recent post (and the accompanying comments) over at My Little Happy Place suggest I'm not alone in this.
Dave also has a proclivity for what I term "Florida colors". Think aqua, turquoise, purples, and even hot pink. This is, after all, a man who insisted that his "man cave" be painted teal. Malachite, amethyst, agate: these are three of Dave's favorite things. And obviously Kelly's, too, if this room is any indication. Where she's not actually working with these materials, she's mimicking the look in the floor-to-ceiling draperies.
This particular room strikes me as a bit (dare I say?) tacky. Little Black Sambos aside, it's all just a bit much for me. In fact, about the only elements of this room that I like are Wearstler's Birkin bag and fabulous pumps. Dave's response?: "Fun!"
Dave also prefers a more cluttered style than I do. As an avowed type-A, I tend to display only a few tchotchkes and mementos on any surface. Clutter is the gateway to messy in my book. Left to his own devices, Dave would keep out all of his many, many collections (coins, stamps, rocks, you name it, he's collected it). Kelly's latest "tablescapes" seem to be in keeping with Dave's philosophy as many photos in her new book showcase tables completely packed with curiosities and precious objects. As an amateur Classicist (a few years ago Dave tore through all of Plutarch's Lives), Dave also appreciates Wearstler's new found obsession with oversized Greco-Roman busts.
What's interesting is that all of this is very "of the moment" -- the next big thing in design (thanks in no small part to Kelly, I'm sure). In fact, I'd peg this renewed fondness for '70s and '80s glam as one of the major trends to watch for in 2010 (Belgian style being another). So what's a girl to do? Dave certainly has a right to dictate how our house is decorated -- after all, he lives there, too. And certainly one of the trade offs with sharing your space with another person (or persons) is that, inevitably, you have to compromise some and make your home reflective of everyone who lives there. So how do I incorporate Dave into my decor? Admittedly, I've not been particularly good about running every purchase by Dave and I've certainly ignored him on a few occasions and gone with my gut instinct (typically with good results). In the past I've justified this on the grounds that Dave doesn't really care about interior design and that he's always been pleased with what I've done in the past...now though, I'm starting to think that I need to rethink both of those assumptions.
And so, my solution is to work in Dave (aka "Mr. Wearstler") through the accessories. Bring in more naturally glamorous elements-- and definitely more rocks. Antiques. Gilt. Bold jewel tones. Not only will this inevitably make Dave happier, but it will force me to push the boundaries of my own "style" in a new and interesting direction.
Source list (clockwise, from top left): 1. Faux malachite boxes from High Fashion Home ($200-260). 2. Petrified wood trays from Jayson Home & Garden ($65-$148). 3. Tiny bugs from Mothology ($10 each). 4. Cameron table lamp from Circa Lighting ($3,150). 5. Eglomise coffee table from Beeline Home ($2250). 6. Amethyst napkin rings from Nate Berkus for HSN ($59.95 for a set of 4). 7. Gold leaf urchin bowl with silver spoon from Inglenook Decor ($26). 8. Gilded knot mirror from Horchow ($419.90).
So what about you? Does your S/O have a distinct design style? If so, how do you take it into consideration when you decorate?
26 comments:
- Anonymous said...
My husband prefers to be as far away from decorating as possible, but he will always help me with my DIY projects if I ask nicely. :-) He likes the logic/tools required for those.
I would say Kelly's a little out there for me most of the time, although she's obviously talented. Will be fun to see how you incorporate "Dave's style". You have a good eye, so I'm sure it will all turn out very tastefully done.
- December 7, 2009 at 7:31 PM
- Things That Inspire said...
First - I must state that I absolutely adore your writing style!!! Your blog is one of the best written blogs, bar none, and I particularly enjoyed this entry.
Anyway, back to the topic...SOs. DH and I are in the early stages of designing a house, and I have been shocked (and a tiny bit dismayed, to be truthful) at how involved DH has been - in the past, it has been all about veto power rather than involvement in design. However, I think this is all about wanting to get the footprint right rather than an interest in the design. Time will tell. After 17 years of marriage, it is nice to be surprised sometimes.
- December 7, 2009 at 8:32 PM
- MyLittleHappyPlace said...
Hey Averill! Thank you for the kind shout-out! I'm right there with you on your assessment of Wearstler's new "movement." Although I AM rather fond of the geode/hewn stone looks. Perhaps because I see it a lot in Brazil, too - maybe I'm at the "can't beat 'em, join 'em" phase! ;)
DO love those faux malachite boxes - swoon!
- December 7, 2009 at 9:50 PM
- Kitty said...
I live with an artist who wanted me to wear something out of Flash Gordon on our wedding day, and would happily decorate the house with his own pieces, a la Betelgeuse. When we moved in here, however, he had fabulous velvet tiger striped revolving and rocking club chairs made for me. I like Nate Berkus' amethyst napkin rings above!
- December 7, 2009 at 10:20 PM
- Tracy @ Comfort and Luxury said...
Fun post! Lucky for me, my husband shares my love of color and traditional style with a bit of folk art and whimsy. He's been great about putting his carpentry skills to work no matter how nutty he thinks my ideas are... and seems to always appreciate the outcome. If he suddenly came up with his own style after all this time, I'd think he'd been body snatched. Good for you to want to incorporate your hub's newly discovered style and take it on as a challenge to yourself. So many wives simply dimiss their husbands' preferences like it's not his house too and I think that's unfortunate. Can't wait to see what you two come up with!
- December 7, 2009 at 10:47 PM
- Sarah Klassen said...
Great post, Averill! As always, you keep me laughing and picturing the entire scenario while reading through your post. I'm quite surprised that Dave is drawn to this style. I wonder if there is some memory or association that he has with this look that draws him to it so much...
Every David I have ever met has been brilliant. (just thought I would share that!) My David typically has very modern taste. As a designer, he also appreciates graphic design, photography, fashion and home decor. Once we marry, I can see we will have no troubles merging our styles...although, I may have to claim a "girly room" to display all of my overtly feminine collectibles such as "fouffy" chandeliers, chairs, pillows and artwork as he so charmingly puts it...and most importantly, anything relating to Audrey Hepburn. The odd time, though, he looks at a more ornate piece of furniture and says "that's pretty sick." Shocking, and therefore, I have decided that I cannot predict his style other than to say he likes a warm, modern home with the odd unique, ornate/antique piece. He prefers well-designed pieces that are bold and masculine has a "design-y style".
I like the selection of pieces so far, and I'm excited to see the results :)
- December 8, 2009 at 12:17 AM
- Christy said...
What a fun interesting post to read. I personally don't care for her style at all, whatsoever. That one dining room with the Birkin is more than a TAD tacky in my book!
I think it's cool that you're trying to incorporate his tastes into your house too! Can't wait to see what pieces you end up purchasing and where you end up putting them.
Matt and I (luckily) have a very similar design taste. Though, of course, I tend to be a bit more frilly and girly - I manage to reign it in in all but Fiona's room!
- December 8, 2009 at 7:33 AM
- sarah @ realestatestyle said...
I haven't seen her book yet, but from your pics, I agree with you on her new style. I like simple...these don't seem simple. My husband used to fight me on decor changes, but now I think he is trusting me more. He likes bright and open, and that is what I have done with our house. I am trying to get a good rep for the next house we get one day! Also, love that lamp!
- December 8, 2009 at 7:46 AM
- Kara said...
I am not a fan of Kelly at all. Her fashion sense is fun but decorating - so not my cup of tea. Tacky is right!!
- December 8, 2009 at 9:30 AM
- Dumbwit Tellher said...
Heee..larious Averill. I bet you were shocked, & amazed but really it's quite impressive. Men typically have such "whatever" taste in decorating that for Dave to be drawn to the Wearstler side is rather exciting!! Perhaps when you work with clients who have big bank accts. & therefore you do too, you design in such a manner that you can change it all up in a few years? I love (I admit it) her style & if I didn't have to be concerned with longevity, I'd love to be more avant-garde as Kelly. I just love her gutsiness and I'm afraid I've always been one to root for the one less rooted for, or is that, ride the rode less traveled?! Tell Dave, bravo!! Loving your picks to bring some of that style into your home too. Do I let Graham dictate, I've never asked him. Isn't that shameful?! Great post Averill. I now need to start asking poor Graham. x
- December 8, 2009 at 9:52 AM
- Style Redux 2 said...
"My Husband Loves Kelly Wearstler"-I would prefer that my husband were having sex with her as opposed to loving her interior design, but that's just me. I would love to see more glamor, gilt, antiques, and accessorizing in your home. I look forward to seeing what you do.
- December 8, 2009 at 10:00 AM
- Liz @ It's Great To Be Home said...
I've gotta agree, I'm not particularly down with Kelly's style (for the most part - do love that imperial trellis, though!). That's awesome that you're trying to incorporate Dave's style - I'm still working on getting Jason to elaborate on his own sense of style, but for right now all he'll say is, "Not that." Helpful, no? :) Ah well, we'll get there! (P.S. For some reason, I love those bugs - I may have to get some for my brother!)
- December 8, 2009 at 10:04 AM
- Laura@JourneyChic said...
I think I just threw up a little in my mouth. Wow. I officially hate Kelly's interiors. They're a total assault on the senses, and not in a good way IMO. That being said, I do like the geological accessories you chose as a way to incorporate Dave's style. AND, I'm impressed that he's gotten to the point where he can verbalize his style. My hubby isn't there yet. All I know is that he likes really dark colors, which I shy away from. He once mentioned "mauve" wall paint, which I vetoed. When I hear mauve, I think of an old lady's skirt.
- December 8, 2009 at 10:20 AM
- Karen@StrictlySimpleStyle said...
I was shocked when I recently saw pictures of Kelly Wearstler's own home. Speechless is more the word. Lots of clutter and a mix of patterns that just didn't seem to work. I like the old Kelly style better.
I think it's cool that your husband has ideas about style at all. My husband's idea of great style is 4 white walls, the biggest t.v. he can find and a recliner.
- December 8, 2009 at 10:50 AM
- Couture Carrie said...
Love these spaces and your collage!
I don't live with my SO but I loooove his style!
P.S. I am 5'10" but I still wear platforms!
- December 8, 2009 at 12:23 PM
- Haven and Home said...
Very interesting. I have the same issue with my Husband...I wonder what he would think of Kelly...
- December 8, 2009 at 3:27 PM
- Averill said...
Beth: I have a boatload of accessories and antiques (mostly from my mom!) in closets throughout the new house just waiting for tables, shelves, etc. to be placed on.
- December 8, 2009 at 3:43 PM
- Maple said...
There's no way I could work at that desk (or that I could ask any guests to sit down in chairs that look like giant hands!). What astounds me is I'm sure each of those rooms cost more than my house.
- December 8, 2009 at 3:49 PM
- Carolyn said...
I agree with Things That Inspire. You have a great writing style..so funny too. Good luck with your 'merger'!
- December 8, 2009 at 4:19 PM
- Southern Aspirations said...
I LOVED this post! It is so interesting to me to see how one merges styles and your writing is quite humorous and intelligent. I am shocked about the KW comments- I was going to be critical in a post and thought I'd be shot immediately. I like her hotel decor but the other interiors... not so much. Not sure I like all the decisions she's made either, but that's another story.
My husband is much more into collecting things as well. And a more "rustic" (but not in a cute French country way) or very traditional (e.g., no art deco which I love!). He is very amenable to trying new things though!
- December 9, 2009 at 6:03 AM
- Nichole said...
Hooked On Houses did a post and poll about her beach house a while ago. The readers did not like it.
- December 9, 2009 at 11:11 AM
- Averill said...
Clearly, I am not alone in my distaste for Kelly's new style! I wonder then, do you suppose design editors/other bigwigs who decide who's "in" and who's "out" actually like her new style or are they just putting it out there to be controversial/sell magazines?
- December 9, 2009 at 11:26 AM
- Isabella & Max Rooms said...
While I don't care for her latest designs, I admire her for going beyond what she has become know for to try new things. That is brave...and besides, she is so gorgeous, I think editors will print virtually anything she does just to have a photo of her in their publications!
- December 9, 2009 at 12:00 PM
- maureen @ The Inglenook Decor said...
I have two of her older books & adore those. I haven't seen her new work yet though. Much like musicians, I guess designers {and most of us}, our style & taste evolves & I think it's amazing that she can explore & do where her creativity takes her.
I must say Averill that I'm jealous that u're husband is into her work or anything design for that matter. I'm having such a tough time with our new place.{like Sarah Klassen}, i'm not into too much frou, frou or anything, I do love a little bit of old world charm & feminine touches but that's an absolute "no, no" to him. I'm sneaking in my flea market finds slowly though. :)
- December 10, 2009 at 8:56 PM
- Jenn said...
I love that you unlocked your husband's design style! Also that it's ultra-glam Wearstler...who would think? My boyfriend moved in a few months ago and I have no idea what he would like, other than the fact that he hates clutter and I live for managed clutter. It's a work in progress for sure!
- December 11, 2009 at 12:00 PM
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EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) Even a veteran like Jaromir Jagr can still get excited about scoring in overtime.
The 40-year-old forward scored 1:46 into the extra period, lifting the Dallas Stars to a 3-2 victory over the injury-riddled Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday night for their first winning streak of the season.
Jagr beat goalie Devan Dubnyk with a high wrist shot for his third goal of the year.
``That feeling never gets old,'' Jagr said. ``When you score in overtime, everybody is talking about it. That was a big goal for us.''
Jamie Benn and Derek Roy scored in regulation for the Stars (5-5-1), who have won two in a row.
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A minute later the Stars tied the game as a shot by Benn appeared to deflect off Jeff Petry and into the Edmonton net. It was Benn's third goal in six games since ending his contract holdout.
Dallas went up 2-1 with 1:16 left in the second period when Roy ripped a shot from the point during a power play that found the back of the net untouched. It was Roy's first goal with the Stars.
Edmonton tied it 2-all 8 minutes into the third on a power play as Schultz let loose a slap shot from the point past Lehtonen. It was the third goal of the season for the Oilers' rookie defenseman.
Jagr thinks it has taken some time for the Stars to find their footing, but they're starting to come along.
``We had three new guys coming here and Jamie wasn't signed,'' he said. ``We didn't really have much of a chance to play together and not even much practice. We have to learn during the games. It is going to get better and better. It is just taking some time.''
The Stars return home to play the Ducks on Friday. The Oilers start a two-game road trip Saturday in Detroit.
NOTES: It was the first of three meetings between the teams this season. The Stars won all four meetings last season by a combined 14-4 margin, holding the Oilers to one goal in each game. ... Dallas D Alex Goligoski was a surprise healthy scratch. Goligoski is the Stars' highest-paid defenseman at $4.2 million and is second on the team's payroll behind Benn. ... With the three injured centers, Oklahoma City call-up Marc Arcobello made his NHL debut, playing on the Oilers' top line between Taylor Hall and Eberle. ... The latest injuries added to an already long list of hobbled players for Edmonton that includes Andy Sutton (knee), Ryan Jones (eye), Ben Eager (concussion), Mark Fistric (back) and Theo Peckham (hip). ... Stars forward Ray Whitney is out with a broken foot. ... The Stars came into the game having been short-handed a league-high 50 times this year.


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Building Custom Rocker GuardsPosted in How To on January 1, 2011
Rocker guards are a great addition to any 4x4. Whether your off-roader is lifted or stock, there is always the potential for banging door and rocker panels with rocks and other things that will leave you wishing for some body armor.
There are a lot of vehicles out there that have no bolt-on rocker guard applications, and if you're a lucky owner of one of these unsupported vehicles, then you're going to be looking into building some custom protection.
If you know how to weld and own a tubing bender, then you can make your own at home, but if you're like the great majority of us without a welder in the garage, you'll need to find yourself a good local welder and fabber. We turned to Gentry Welding in San Luis Obispo, California, to help us build a set of clean guards that would not only protect the body, but also give us a step up into our ride.


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As a Verizon Wireless Premium Retailer, we offer a competitive compensation package that includes base pay plus unlimited commission potential, excellent advancement opportunities, Health, Dental, Vision, and Aflac benefits, Flex-Time off, 401K, Product Discounts, Top-notch Training, and a fun, success-driven work environment for Full-time and Part-time shifts. We pride ourselves on offering superior customer service, as well as having the best locations throughout the state.
If you have the drive; we have the tools to further your career. If you're looking for a competitive workplace where an unlimited earnings potential exists, look no further!
Position Overview: The Wireless Consultant is responsible for the providing excellent customer service and selling GoWireless products to patrons. This position reports to Store Manager.
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• Responsible for executing promotions and meeting or exceeding established sales goals as established within District
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Kitchen Tour: Emily's Wide-Open Inspiration
We met Emily at her home on a cold Wednesday morning when her husband and four kids (all under 9) were out and occupied. We chatted while she showed us around the old Victorian which was quiet and calm — something we could tell might be a rarity given the evidence of her brood everywhere. Their home is warm, thoroughly lived in, and clearly loved to the hilt. But the kitchen has an intriguing vastness. Where others might have installed an island with room for bar seating, Emily's kitchen seems to relish its uninterrupted square footage, something that no doubt comes in handy when 6 warm bodies are working together to bring a meal to the table…
Emily Franklin is a former chef and the author of a new cookbook, Too Many Cooks: Kitchen Adventures with 1 Mom, 4 Kids, and 102 Recipes, as well as two novels, The Girls' Almanac and Liner Notes. She has also written over a dozen books for teens. You can visit her at emilyfranklin.com.
What's your cooking style?
More Glenn Gould and Liszt than Mozart. That is, highly improvisational. I tend to think about food, dream about it, romance an idea around, then shop and make and dish a see how it turns out. Along the way, however, there are always changes — oh, look, we have extra kale so I'll add that in — and what started as a pasta dish might end up as a torte if my mood or the ingredients change. Also, now that I'm cooking for my big family, I tend to think in terms of beginning of the week (might make something large that can be reused or deconstructed for leftovers) and then slide into the weekend with an easy dish. I love getting an idea about trying something new and making it happen just as much as I like revisiting family favorites. But I'm a TERRIBLE recipe-follower. I break many rules and add things and am prone to skipping sifting.
What inspires your kitchen?
I read this question as "what inspires you in your kitchen" so I think I'll answer that because it actually answers the real question. My walls are "French Cream" or "French Butter" — something caloric and rich. The sun hits the surface and warms up the room, and makes simmering soups or canning jams a delight. Always, the voices of my four kids fill the space, and while the house is old (built in 1889), the appliances are new. The combination of antique and modern is inspirational and speaks to not only my kitchen but my way of cooking. I grew up half in Europe and half here and I wanted a mix of country and city, American and other, and mainly a place where sharing — of food and stories — can occur.
What is your favorite kitchen tool or element?
Soapstone is wonderful for making dough and pastries. I adore my stove, and my fridge annoys me daily, but my current favorite tool is the wooden spoon I bought in Morocco. It's pleasingly round (rather than oval) and while it isn't a ladle, has lip enough to hold risotto or chowder. It cost less than two dollars and I watched the woodworker make it by hand.
Best cooking advice or tip you ever received:
"If you're going to cook something, you should probably want to eat it." — My oldest son at age 3.
Biggest challenge in your kitchen:
When we first moved in, the kitchen still had an icebox with a pull handle. We could fit one quart of milk or lettuce but not both. When we re-did the room, we got a much larger fridge but in order to have enough counter space, we tucked the fridge into the corner of the room. It's pleasing to the eye and provides space for mixing, rolling, and prep, but the downside is the fridge can't open all the way, so I'm perpetually slamming it into the windowsill or unable to open the produce drawer all the way or having to rearrange items to accommodate the door.
…Either that or having four children under age nine tugging on me at any given moment.
Biggest indulgence:
Vanilla bean pods and candied violets from G. Detou in Paris, or my six-burner stove.
Dream tool or splurge:
An immersion blender to replace the one I had in the UK.
What are you cooking this week?
- Moroccan Cod with caramelized onions, lentils, and smoky tomatoes.
- Zucchini chocolate chip muffins that I shredded and froze last summer.
- Chard-Sunflower tart.
- Barbeque turkey meatloaf, spinach lasagna, Umbrian Chicken with Orechiette, and Greek Loukoumathes (honey puffs) for a friend who is starting chemo.
What cookbook has inspired you the most?
Which cookbook? My grandmother's notebook which contains sketches of her garden, lists of everything she ever planted and every single item she canned for nearly thirty years. Recipes for garlic-dill pickles, shredded beets with mustard seeds, cold cucumber soup, and notes about how to grow everything. I can make the same recipe now that I ate at her side when I was five.
Which cook? The Swedish chef. He never seemed to know what he was doing but had fun doing it. If memory serves, he sang all the time and ended up producing memorable meals. Plus, his whites were immaculate. With four kids under nine, I'm lucky if I've showered.
What's the most memorable meal you've ever cooked in this kitchen?
A glorious Thanksgiving for 25 people or the saffron salmon chowder I made when my fourth baby came home from the hospital and we were finally a family of six sitting down to eat together.
Vermont soapstone, Wolf stove, G Detou (G. Detou, 58 rue Tiquetonne 75002, Paris, 01 42 36 54 67)
Recipe for Simple Granola
This is reprinted with permission from Too Many Cooks: Kitchen Adventures with 1 Mom, 4 Kids, and 102 Recipes, published by Hyperion.
This takes all of twenty minutes to make. I make a large batch and store it in an airtight container (or an oversized Ziplock). Funnily enough, because I introduced this at night, I rarely serve it at breakfast. Sometimes it's a quick weekend lunch. Other times, a cool summer dinner. For housewarming or holidays I sift the cooled granola into canning jars, add some chopped up dried fruit (see below) and tie with a bow for an easy gift.
Note: measure oil first – this way the honey will slide out easily and make for simple clean-up.
3/4 cup canola oil
3/4 cup honey
Big splash vanilla extract
1 teaspoon brown sugar
5 1/2 cups rolled oats (not the quick cooking ones)
3 cups bran bud (Grape Nuts)
+/- handfuls of dried fruit (golden and brown raisins, cranberries, blueberries, chopped apricots, dates, etc.)
+/- Fruit for layering if making parfait – bananas, apples, grapes, cantaloupe, honeydew
Oven to 300. Heat oil, honey, sugar, and vanilla for about 1 minute in microwave or two minutes on stovetop. In large bowl, mix warm ingredients and add in dry (except for dried fruit). Stir gently until combined.
Pour onto parchment-lined cookie sheet and spread into one layer. Bake for 25ish minutes, shifting/mixing granola a few times. If you need to leave, turn off the oven and it will be fine. If you're home, take it out. You can't mess it up unless you burn it, which I have certainly done.
LET COOL completely before testing or doing anything else to it. The crunch comes only upon cooldown. Once cool, add dried fruit if desired or mix into plain yogurt for a healthy lunch. Feel free to add toasted almonds or sunflower seeds if you like.


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Midori no Hibi - Comparing the anime to the manga
I finished the entire manga series before the anime and the differences are EXTREMELY noticeable. First off, they left out most of the good scenes and dialogues from the manga and only included a few of them in the anime, if at all. I guess the producers wanted a more 'kid friendly' show since they didn't show Midori's childhood friend (forgot name) showing attraction to Seiji. Maybe it's just me..
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I show the anime 1st then the Manga version. Both are kinda expected to me cause I know that the anime doesn't go into much details on the certain part of it. But on the Overall I like it and wasn't much of a disappointed.
|2007-02-03, 20:39
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They simplified it so that they can package it easier and sell it quickly.
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to me, it was a bit disappointing how they didn't really developped a lot the supporting characters, especially Kouta. (no hilarous ambigous Yaoi with Seiji, his devotion to Midori was kinda cut in half, seriously.)
in fact, the plot was far less cluttered by fillers, compared to its manga counterpart (that was really a good point, where the manga was really going overboard, a la Love Hina), but the critical plot devices weren't really written pretty well. (Seiji's Choice about Midori didn't have any impact in the anime, while in the manga, it was a critical dilemna, meaning an end, but also a beginning)
it was really enjoyable, but it wasn't really faithful to the original main plot.
as a side note, i felt the "Takako FULL ATTACK MODE day" in the anime was much better than its dull clusmy manga counterpart.
both versions are kinda completing each other.
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Ending of midori
ending of Midori?
Based on the wiki
Spoiler for anime ending:
Spoiler for manga , based on wiki:
If you look at the bold part, Shouldnt it be wrong? i mean when i read the Manga, the way i remember was ,
Spoiler for manga ending that i read:
Could some one confirm this? I just want to make sure. So does she remember or not? What is this spin of that the wiki talks about?
For wiki page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midori_...nly_characters.
Now another question. At the very end of the Manga , Seiji tells Midori
Spoiler for manga at the very ending:
Does any one know what does that supposed to mean ? I have a feeling , there is something to that last statement but i dont know what is. I would really appreciate if any one could tell me.
Thanks alot in advance.
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Location: U.K. Hampshire
The ending is left open for your own interpretation but maybe it helps if you read the last chapter again (and look at the actual pictures as well as the words).
Spoiler for Manga ending:
Edit: And of course there is a 4-koma at the end of the last volume that does actually state she read the diary so I guess it isn't down to any interpretation anymore
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Also the last pages were in japanese so i couldnt read. gotta find an english version i guess .
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Fierce Five ready to turn Olympic gold into green
By NANCY ARMOUR,
Updated August 8, 2012
LONDON (AP) Now it's time to turn those golds into some green.
With gymnastics competition over, the Fierce Five got an idea of what life is going to be like now.
The U.S. women's gymnastics team got a sneak peek at their Corn Flakes box Wednesday - coming soon to a grocery store near you! - and Procter & Gamble Co. created an ad to congratulate them.
They're starting to hear about all the offers rolling in - hundreds for Gabby Douglas alone - and are finally beginning to realize just how big a deal they've become back home.
"It's definitely going to be different," Jordyn Wieber said. "At the same time, it's the coolest thing in the world. To be 17 years old and be able to experience all this? A lot of girls would kill to be in our spots."
The U.S. women leave London with five medals, fewest at an Olympics since 2000. But their three golds - team, all-around and floor exercise - are their most ever at an Olympics, and they got the ones that really matter: their first team title since the U.S. team known as the Magnificent Seven in 1996, and a third straight all-around champion.
The medals will make these teenagers very wealthy young women, and will leave a mark on the sport long after they've hung up their leotards.
"These girls have no idea. They're little rock stars. And they're going to be rock stars," said Sheryl Shade, Douglas' agent.
The Mag Seven - Dominique Dawes, Shannon Miller and their teammates - certainly turned their team title from the Atlanta Olympics into a lot of cold, hard cash. But that was a different era, before social media and the demand for instantaneous news. Before the Internet, really.
Now everything the Fierce Five does is noted, critiqued and pinged around the world in seconds. Douglas has nearly 600,000 followers on Twitter, and has gotten shoutouts from everyone from Oscar winner Octavia Spencer to Ashton Kutcher. Aly Raisman, who won two medals on the final day of competition, including the first U.S. gold on floor exercise, has jumped from 8,000 followers about six weeks ago to 350,000.
As attractive as that is to traditional sponsors, it may be even moreso to companies that target young girls and are looking for an entree into the athletic world, said David Schwab, managing director of Octagon First Call.
"Previously, the only market for them was Disney actresses or musicians. They've opened the door to an athlete marketing space for a young girl," said Schwab, who specializes in matching brands with celebrities.
And while their time in the spotlight is over at the Olympics, it's still burning brightly and waiting for them back in the United States. They're spending a few days next week in New York - pick a talk show, and odds are they'll be on it - and set off Sept. 8 on a 40-city gymnastics tour.
From now until Thanksgiving, they'll be front and center with fans from coast to coast.
"That will keep the conversation going and that's the goal," Schwab said.
Adding to the team's appeal is their versatility. Companies can build campaigns around the whole team or a single athlete, be it Douglas, Raisman or Wieber.
Kyla Ross, at 15 the youngest of the Fierce Five, is the only one who hasn't yet turned professional.
Douglas, of course, has the greatest potential for stardom.
Adults want to hug her, and little girls shriek with delight at the sight of her. Her smile alone is enough to dazzle Madison Avenue, and her personality gives new meaning to the word "outsized." She's got an adorable nickname - "Flying Squirrel" - and an even sweeter story: She moved halfway across the country at 14 to pursue an Olympic dream.
She's also the first African-American to win the all-around title or, for that matter, any of the individual events. That's bound to have an impact in a sport where elite minority gymnasts have been rare - though not so much anymore.
"There's not a lot of African-Americans in this sport, so I'm glad to bring it up," Douglas said. "I want them to think, `If Gabby can do it, I can do it, too.'"
While the Fierce Five leaves London with a fistful of medals, the U.S. men have little to take home but bruised egos.
For two years, they boasted how they had closed the gap on China and Japan, and had a real shot at winning their first team title since Bart Conner and the Golden Gang in 1984. "One team, one dream" was their motto.
One medal is what they got. And not the one they wanted.
After finishing qualifying in first place, the American men crumbled to fifth in the final, out of it before the competition was even halfway over. Leyva's bronze in the all-around turned out to be their only appearance on the podium.
It was their worst showing since 2000.
"I wouldn't say that this Olympics was much of a disappointment. We really only had one day where we didn't do what we wanted to do, and that was the team finals," Leyva said. "Yeah, it (stinks) not to get medals. We set high expectations for ourselves and that's what we need to fuel us for next time."
At some point, however, the Americans are going to have to do more than talk. Otherwise, they will always be stuck in the women's shadow, one that is now even larger thanks to all the bling.
"Mistakes were made, but it's only going to make us stronger over the next four years," captain Jonathan Horton said. "The great thing about having such a young team is that everybody is going to be back."
The same can't be said for the women, even though Raisman is the only one old enough to vote. She and Douglas are already talking about Rio, where the Summer Olympics will be held in 2016, but their opportunities outside the sport could change any plans. To say nothing of biology.
"It's a little girls' sport," U.S. coach John Geddert said. "Once they become women, it's very, very tough to handle the training load it takes to be at this level."


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CONWAY, SC (WMBF) - Post office employees are joining together to bring some holiday cheer to a family in Conway after intercepting a young girl's letter to Santa.
District Communications Coordinator for US Postal Service Harry Spratlin says, "We get thousands of Santa letters annually, and we process them to send a reply card, if they have a return address."
"If there's a need for assistance expressed in the letter, we return it for local help," Spratlin adds.
They received one of those letters from a young child in Conway, whose family is in desperate need of charitable assistance.
The letter reads, "I am eight years old and my mom has no money."
The young girl continues to say that her dad died when she was a baby, and she asks Santa to, "please visit me and make this a happy Christmas."
Post script, the girl says her mom didn't know she was writing this letter to Santa Claus.
Employees in the Conway postal office where the letter originated are working together to provide for this family's needs. They will be delivering the toys, food and clothing to the family on Dec. 18.
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BEVERLY HILLS, CA--(Marketwire - Apr 13, 2012) - Telpac Industries, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: TLPC) today announced the acquisition of NetMind Inc.'s micro-payment platform technology. David Teuma, CEO of Telpac Industries, notes that, "The acquisition of NetMind's micro-payment mobile platform allows us to quickly enter the global mobility market which is estimated to reach 1 Trillion worldwide by 2015."
The acquisition will propel the company into a position as a global market leader in the mobile payment space. "The platform will become a key part of Telpac's entry into the social media, massively multiplayer online game (MMOG), mobility and eCommerce industries," said David Teuma. Mr. Teuma also added, "Our proprietary micro-payment mobile platform meets the requirements of today's and tomorrow's explosive growth in the mobile payment space. We are positioning ourselves to accommodate the growth in the mobile payments marketplace and are aware this space is driven by consumer adoption through the delivery of convenience, reliability and new applications enabling commerce in the palm of our hands. With that being said, one of the key areas that consumers and merchants are always concerned, when adopting to new methods of payment revolves around the trust of their banking information and finances. Our proprietary payment system will enable and provide these key critical components and we are very pleased with this acquisition."
At Telpac Industries, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: TLPC) we go beyond providing mobile solutions. In the time of core challenges of managing product development in unpredictable markets, Product Innovation is a boom to the mobility industry. Telpac Industries' targeted mobile social networks allows consumers with mobile devices -- or any Internet connected device -- to interact with other consumers who share their interest, age or location, and enables them to select, buy and use content, services and goods relating to the network. Telpac creates and monetises what mobile consumers see, what they consume, and what they experience on their devices. www.telpacindustriesinc.com.
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First responders in Missouri soon will be allowed to obtain and carry an antidote for heroin overdoses, following action by Gov. Jay Nixon on Thursday.
First responders in Missouri soon will be allowed to obtain and carry an antidote for heroin overdoses, following action by Gov. Jay Nixon on Thursday.
The Democrat signed House Bill 2040 during a visit to a fire house in the eastern Missouri town of Byrnes Mill. The legislation takes effect Aug. 28.
A single dose of naloxone, when administered in time, can reverse an overdose of heroin or legally prescribed opioid pain medication. Gov. Chris Christie in New Jersey signed a similar measure there last month.
"This legislation can save precious, life-saving minutes by putting an effective heroin overdose antidote directly into the hands of trained law enforcement officers, firefighters and emergency medical technicians," Nixon said.
Until now, only paramedics with an order from their medical director were allowed to stock and administer the antidote in heroin overdose cases.
Naloxone can be administered through nasal spray, auto-injector or syringe. The bill also authorizes licensed drug distributors or pharmacies to sell the drug to qualified first responder agencies.
Heroin-related deaths and overdoses have risen, with officials blaming an increased availability of highly pure forms.
High Ridge Fire Chief Mike Arnhart, who was at the bill-signing ceremony, said availability of the antidote could be the difference between life and death.
"Having the antidote onboard our apparatus would allow us to provide immediate life-saving action, particularly in rural areas where it takes longer for an ambulance to arrive on scene," Arnhart said in a statement.
The bill's sponsor, state Rep. Steve Lynch, R-Waynesville, said in a statement that naloxone is "a safe, effective way to counter the effects of these deadly drugs."
Nixon also signed several other bills related to public safety. Among them: Senate Bill 767 and House Bill 1426, which allow counties to create lists of people with health problems, for use in responding to emergencies or disasters.


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1 large egg
1 egg yolk
2/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup cashew nut for grinding
1/2 cup cashew nut, halves for topping
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 cup vegetable shortening
3 Tbs vegetable oil
- Sift four, salt, and baking powder twice.
- Put 1/4 cup of cashew nut in a food processor and grind it to make like coarse powder.
- Add sugar in a food processor and process with ground nuts until it's mixed and creamy.
- Add egg, oil, and shortening in a food processor and pulse a few times to mix. Do not over mix. If your food processor isn't big enough, you can do this step in a stand mixer and use a stir mode.
- Remove the dough from a food processor or mixer. Wrap with plastic wrap and leave in a fridge for about 30 mins.
- Preheat oven to 400 F.
- Remove the dough from the fridge. Lightly flour your working area. Roll the dough out with a rolling pin to make it 1 cm thickness.Try to have the same thickness throughout the dough so that it's baked evenly.
- Use a cookie cutter with about 1 inch diameter to cut the dough.
- Arranged cut dough on a prepared baking sheet with some space apart.
- Mix egg yolk with a little of water to make eggwash.
- Brush each cookie dough with eggwash and place halve cashew nut on top.
- Bake about 10-12 mins or until it's golden brown.
|After refrigerating for 30 mins
|Ready to go in the oven!
|Smell heavenly


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Investment Advisers Act of 1940
IM Ref. No. 200342891
File No. 8-15204
We would not recommend enforcement action to the Commission under Section 206(4) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 ("Advisers Act") and Rule 206(4)-3 thereunder if any investment adviser that is required to be registered pursuant to Section 203 of the Advisers Act pays to U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Inc. ("Piper Jaffray"), a registered broker-dealer and investment adviser, or any of Piper Jaffray's associated persons, as defined in Section 202(a)(17) of the Advisers Act, a cash fee, directly or indirectly, for the solicitation of advisory clients in accordance with Rule 206(4)-3,1 notwithstanding a judgment of injunction from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (the "Final Judgment") that otherwise would preclude such an investment adviser from paying Piper Jaffray a solicitation fee.2
Our position is based on the facts and representations in your incoming letter dated October 29, 2003, particularly Piper Jaffray's representations that:
This position applies only to the Final Judgment and any State Judgment3 and not to any other basis for disqualification under Rule 206(4)-3 that may exist or arise with respect to Piper Jaffray or any of its associated persons.
Sara P. Crovitz
Senior Counsel
October 29, 2003
firstname.lastname@example.com Email
Douglas J. Scheidt, Esq.
Associate Director and Chief Counsel
Division of Investment Management
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.,
Mail Stop 0506
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: In the Matter of Certain Analyst Conflicts of Interest,
File No. HO-9479 (U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Inc.)
Dear Mr. Scheidt:
We submit this letter on behalf of our client, U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Inc. ("Piper Jaffray"), in connection with a settlement agreement (the "Settlement") arising out of a joint investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (the "NYSE"), NASD Regulation, Inc. (the "NASDR") and various state and territory regulatory agencies (the "States") into research analyst conflicts of interest at Piper Jaffray and several other large investment banking firms.
Piper Jaffray, a broker-dealer registered under Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") and an investment adviser registered under Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the "Advisers Act"), seeks the assurance of the staff of the Division of Investment Management ("Staff") that it would not recommend any enforcement action to the Commission under Section 206(4) of the Advisers Act, or Rule 206(4)-3 thereunder (the "Rule"), if an investment adviser pays Piper Jaffray, or any of its associated persons, a cash payment for the solicitation of advisory clients, notwithstanding the existence of the Final Judgment (as defined below) and any related state or territory court injunction. While the Final Judgment in question does not operate to prohibit or suspend Piper Jaffray or any of its associated persons from acting as or being associated with an investment adviser and does not relate to solicitation activities on behalf of investment advisors, it may affect the ability of Piper Jaffray and its associated persons to receive such payments. The Staff in many other instances has granted no-action relief under the Rule in similar circumstances.
The Commission, the NYSE, the NASDR and the States are currently engaged in settlement discussions with Piper Jaffray in connection with a joint investigation into research analyst conflicts of interest at Piper Jaffray and several other large investment banking firms. As a result of these discussions, the Commission will file a complaint (the "Complaint") against Piper Jaffray in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (the "District Court") in a civil action captioned Securities and Exchange Commission v. U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Inc.. Piper Jaffray will then execute a consent and undertaking (the "Consent") in which Piper Jaffray neither admits nor denies any of the allegations in the Complaint, except as to jurisdiction, but consents to the entry of a final judgment against Piper Jaffray by the District Court (the "Final Judgment"). The Final Judgment will, among other things, enjoin Piper Jaffray, directly or through its officers, directors, agents and employees, from violating Section 17(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, NASD Rules 2110, 2210 and 3010, and NYSE Rules 402, 476, 472, and 342. Additionally, the Final Judgment will order Piper Jaffray to make payments totaling $32,500,000 in settlement of the matters addressed in the Final Judgment, and to comply with the undertakings set forth in the Final Judgment.1
The Rule prohibits an investment adviser from paying a cash fee to any solicitor that has been temporarily or permanently enjoined by an order, judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction from engaging in or continuing any conduct or practice in connection with the purchase or sale of any security. Entry of the Final Judgment could cause Piper Jaffray to be disqualified under the Rule, and accordingly, absent no-action relief, Piper Jaffray may be unable to receive cash payments for the solicitation of advisory clients.2
In the release adopting the Rule, the Commission stated that it "would entertain, and be prepared to grant in appropriate circumstances, requests for permission to engage as a solicitor a person subject to a statutory bar."3 We respectfully submit that the circumstances present in this case are precisely the sort that warrant a grant of no-action relief.
The Rule's proposing and adopting releases explain the Commission's purpose in including the disqualification provisions in the Rule. The purpose was to prevent an investment adviser from hiring as a solicitor a person whom the adviser was not permitted to hire as an employee, thus doing indirectly what the adviser could not do directly. In the proposing release, the Commission stated that:
[b]ecause it would be inappropriate for an investment adviser to be permitted to employ indirectly, as a solicitor, someone whom it might not be able to hire as an employee, the Rule prohibits payment of a referral fee to someone who . . . has engaged in any of the conduct set forth in Section 203(e) of the [Advisers] Act . . . and therefore could be the subject of a Commission order barring or suspending the right of such person to be associated with an investment adviser.4
The Final Judgment does not bar, suspend, or limit the firm or any person currently associated with the firm from acting in any capacity under the federal securities laws. Piper Jaffray has not been sanctioned for activities relating to its activities as an investment adviser or its solicitation of advisory clients.5 Accordingly, consistent with the Commission's reasoning, there does not appear to be any reason to prohibit an adviser from paying Piper Jaffray or its associated persons for engaging in solicitation activities under the Rule.
The Staff previously has granted numerous requests for no-action relief from the disqualification provisions of the Rule to individuals and entities found by the Commission to have violated a wide range of federal securities laws and rules thereunder and SRO rules or permanently enjoined by courts of competent jurisdiction from engaging in or continuing any conduct or practice in connection with the purchase or sale of any security.6
In connection with this request, Piper Jaffray undertakes:
1. to conduct any cash solicitation arrangement entered into with any investment adviser required to be registered under Section 203 of the Advisers Act in compliance with the terms of Rule 206(4)-3 except for the investment adviser's payment of cash solicitation fees to Piper Jaffray which is subject to the Final Judgment;
2. to comply with the terms of the Final Judgment, including, but not limited to, the payment of disgorgement, pre-judgment interest, civil or administrative penalties and fines; and
3. that for ten years from the date of the entry of the Final Judgment, Piper Jaffray or any investment adviser with which it has a solicitation arrangement subject to Rule 206(4)-3 will disclose the Final Judgment in a written document that is delivered to each person whom Piper Jaffray solicits (a) not less than 48 hours before the person enters into a written or oral investment advisory contract with the investment adviser or (b) at the time the person enters into such a contract, if the person has the right to terminate such contract without penalty within 5 business days after entering into the contract.
We respectfully request the Staff to advise us that it will not recommend enforcement action to the Commission if an investment adviser that is required to be registered with the Commission pays Piper Jaffray, or any of its associated persons, a cash payment for the solicitation of advisory clients, notwithstanding the Final Judgment and any related state or territory injunction.
Please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned at 202-672-5354 or Dean Jeske at 312-832-4564 regarding this request.
Sincerely yours,
Joseph D. Edmondson, Jr.
James L. Chosy, Esq.
Steven Lentz, Esq.
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Shawabty of Queen Nefrukekashta
Napatan Period, reign of Piankhy (Piye)
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), el-Kurru, Ku 52
Overall: 9.6 cm (3 3/4 in.)
Accession Number
Medium or Technique
Not On View
This is a shawabty belonging to Queen Nefrukekashta. The female figure wears a tripartite wig with uraeus. There is one unframed column of text painted in black on the front of the figure. When legible, the text reads "Osiris Nefrukekashta." This mummiform shape does not have a back pillar, wig line or base and there are finger imipressions on the back. No hands or implements are depicted. The faceis damaged.
The ancient Nubians included shawabtys in their tombs only in the Napatan Period, about 750–270 B.C. These funerary figurines are based on Egyptian shawabtys, but differ from them in many features of their iconography. For instance, the known Nubian examples are only from royal tombs. Also, they have unique texts, implements, poses and are known to have the largest number of shawabtys included in one tomb. Their function, it is assumed, was the same as that of the Egyptian shawabty, namely to magically animate in the Afterlife in order to act as a proxy for the deceased when called upon to tend to field labor or other tasks. This expressed purpose was sometimes written on the shawabty itself in the form of a "Shawabty Spell," of which versions of various lengths are known. Shorter shawabty inscriptions could also just identify the deceased by name and, when applicable, title(s). However, many shawabtys carry no text at all. The ideal number of such figurines to include in a tomb or burial seems to have varied during different time periods.
From Nubia (Sudan) el-Kurru, Ku 52 (tomb of Queen Nefrukekashta). 1919: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition


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2013 Cowtown Classic MC Regatta May 4-5 Lake Hoover - Columbus, Ohio
6 May 2013
Eric Hood - Spring has sprung for sure and spring brought some big unstable windy conditions this year to Lake Hoover just outside Columbus, Ohio. Thirty-one MC teams made it to this annual fun event on one long, skinny lake. This lake is a couple of miles long running north and south but only a couple of hundred yards wide. Like most spots in the upper Midwest normal winds usually consist of southwest winds or southeast winds in the spring and summer but not for these two days. The unstable cool weather out to the west that dumped spring snow on a couple of the northern states was doing battle with warm air coming up from the southeast. Results for our group is that we had ESE winds on day one with a wind speed range of 15-20 knots. Day two conditions were much the same with wind speed ranging of 5-18 knots. The challenges though both days were the big shifts coming in from the east. Again, not a normal situation for this fun flat water lake.
The Courses
We had two W5s and four W7s. Starts were tight with lots of action. Probably the biggest gainer for most people was making their final upwind strategy for at least the first couple of minutes in the last 60 seconds before the start, maybe 90 seconds. If a competitor picked the wrong end, they fell behind quickly. The water was flat, as mentioned earlier.
The Learnings
As we travel from large lakes to small lakes one thing does not change when you have big shifty conditions and that is good boat handling. Boil it down even further and I would say what won this regatta and put four boats squarely up front was the ability to tack quickly, have the boat instantly on the correct angle of heel, vang on hard, then board up after the boat is level and sailing. This really is what allowed teams to fire off the line, get a boat length or two of margin to catch the first big shifts. The shifts you could see but sometimes they developed so quickly you had to really be able to react fast, survive and then still be fast. Sailing downwind, sailors had nice gains by simply paying attention to the quick bombs coming behind the boat. With legs that were only a 1/4 mile teams had to work hard coming around the top mark to keep from getting passed by a group of boats or to make a big gain yourself. The opportunities were there every race. A number of sailors talked about fighting till the end and never giving up because big gains were always possible. The other big learnings were simply being prepared for those conditions, which were not normal as I mentioned. Pre-race practice was really important to understand the challenges of the day.
The Race Winners
Race 1 – Chris Craig - Lake Fenton
Race 2- Chris Lopez - White Lake
Race 3- Ted Keller - Torch/Hoover
Race 4- Bob Cole – Keuka
Race 5 – Bob Cole – Keuka
Race 6 – Ted Keller – Torch/Hoover
Final Results
The final results can be found on the MC Facebook Page and the MC Website but here are the basics. 1st Ted Keller, 2nd Chris Lopez (Top Junior), 3rd Eric Hood (Top Master), 4th Pete Comfort, 5th Bob Cole (Top Grand Master), 6th Casey Christensen, 7th Jake Erdman, 8th Chris Craig, 9th Clark Wade, 10th Chris Hawk.
Regatta Champ Ted Keller was solid throughout the event and even found himself at a gate split like he had with Kenny Wolf down at the Midwinters. Fortunately, Ted got back on Pete Comfort pretty quick not risking disaster like the Midwinters. Ted will be a contender for the title this summer in Iowa. Ted also had the opportunity to sail with his daughter Casey and it was her first time racing with Ted in a MC Regatta. Always excited seeing young sailors coming on board in our class. Speaking of Youth or as we all cheered at the awards ceremonies "Yout" we saw Chris Lopez from White Lake really sail well this week and he enjoyed the rough and tumble conditions the spring weather brought.
Other News
The National Championship is just 6-7 weeks away at Clear Lake, Iowa. Word on the street is the Texans are coming to take away all the hardware. Seriously, we have some really strong teams coming and this will prove to be one of if not the toughest Championship of the year. Please, please help the regatta organizers by signing up today if you know you are coming. Word from downtown Zenda is that boats are still available but you need to call now before it is too late. Also, it seems like a big year for Iowa as we have the ILYA Championships there too. Lots of great spring and summer regattas but let's make sure we support the majors like the Nationals, ILYA, WMYA and those three great venues this year. Next available hull number is 2592.
Last but not least please make sure you sign up now for the Masters Championship being held here at Hoover. One thing we know in a 3 day series you will have some nice summer weather. This weekend was really an unusual weather system and not the norm for this fun sailing lake. I know Richard Blake, Jay Huling and a large cast of others from this club will roll out the red carpet for you this summer for the Masters Nationals Championship.


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Is It Really A Good Idea To Open A 'Mini' Patent Office Directly Within Cornell's NYC Tech Campus?
from the and-what-about-open-innovation? dept
"Creating a direct link between the patent office and inventors is a simple and virtually cost free way to reduce red tape, and help our best and brightest produce the next iPhone or microchip. When all is said and done, New York City will have the only college in the nation where you can get advice on patenting your latest invention between grabbing a sandwich at the dining hall and picking up your laundry, all without leaving campus."The problem, of course, is that this perpetuates the myth that patents correlate to actual innovation or bringing products to market. There is little to no evidence to support that -- but there's plenty of evidence to suggest that patents often get in the way of innovation. Embedding a patent office directly on the campus may skew the efforts there to focus on patents over alternatives. We've discussed how some businesses are focusing on open hardware and argue that avoiding patents is a better strategy. But somehow, I doubt the mini-Patent Office on the campus is going to talk about that when a student swings by.
The whole thing just reinforces the myth of how patents are a key part of innovation, when the research shows the exact opposite.
Cornell's President, David Skorton, claims that this will help "the dialogue":
"A key part of Cornell Tech's mission is to encourage innovation and economic development by helping to facilitate all aspects of university, industry, and government collaboration," said Cornell President David J. Skorton. "This partnership with the Department of Commerce will not only bring a new resource to the campus and to New York's tech entrepreneurs, it will also help create a new dialogue about intellectual property in the information age to help improve the innovation process in the United States."But, how is that dialogue created when you have an embedded person with one viewpoint, but not competing viewpoints?
Even worse, the press release announcing all of this cites the silly study the Commerce Department put out that showed correlation between jobs and very loosely defined "IP-intensive industries" to support the argument that this mini-patent office will somehow create jobs. Of course, that report was laughable. Its definition of "IP intensive" was so broad, that the biggest impact IP had on jobs was... in grocery stores. Also, the key to its argument that patents are good was that Steve Jobs had patents and made some cool products, so patents are clearly a good thing. But even at its worst, the report made clear that it was taking no position on the policy questions and shouldn't be used for such purposes... Yet here it is, in this press release, as if it's gospel that more patents will mean more jobs:
According to a recent Commerce Department report, intellectual property-intensive industries supported 40 million jobs in 2010, and contributed $5.06 trillion to the U.S. economy. By providing IP protection and commercialization tools for entrepreneurs, this partnership will drive additional job growth and serve as a forum for exploring ways to balance the free flow of information with the protection of IP in a digital era.It's a real shame that my own alma mater -- whose economics professors helped shape my understanding of why and how patents could be so dangerous -- seems to be perpetuating these kinds of myths.


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Mayor's Office
Mayor Chris Beutler today announced that the Lincoln Police Department found no criminal wrongdoing in the actions of a golf program employee regarding soft drink contracts. Golf Manager Dale Hardy signed contracts between the City's Ager Junior Golf Course and a national soft drink company without the proper authorization. The contracts also resulted in personal benefit to Hardy. The existence of the contracts was discovered by the City Purchasing Division, and the Mayor announced the investigation and audit July 18.
A separate "agreed upon procedures engagement" of the golf program by HBE Becker Meyer Love LLC, a local CPA firm, also found no further financial impropriety beyond the inappropriately signed contracts originally identified by City staff.
Under the contracts Hardy signed, a portion of the proceeds from sales went into a retirement account for him with the PGA of America in partnership with the soft drink company, an acceptable practice when Hardy was an independent contractor for the City. Confusion about whether the practice could continue once Hardy became a City employee led to about $800 being deposited into Hardy's retirement account from these contracts. The Police investigation found there was no intent to unlawfully receive funds.
"Despite the lack of criminal charges, this situation represents a serious violation of City policy and warrants appropriate consequences," said Parks and Recreation Director Lynn Johnson. "City employees cannot benefit personally from the terms of a City contract."
Hardy received a suspension with no pay, will pay restitution for the retirement funds designated for him, and is required to take training in the City procurement process. He has returned to work. The restitution will be paid into the Jim Ager Golf Marathon Fund in the Parks and Recreation Foundation.
Hardy was an independent contractor for the City until 2001 when he became a City employee. While an independent contractor, he had the authority to enter into contracts with vendors. The City contract approval process requires authorization by a department head or the Mayor.
Johnson said Hardy's supervisor approved signing the contracts and the private retirement fund arrangement. Personnel action was not taken with Hardy's supervisor because he recently retired from City employment.
"I apologize for my part in the situation," Hardy said. "I'm glad to put the matter to rest and get back to work supporting the City's excellent public golf program."
"I want to thank Lincoln Pepsi for their cooperation in the investigations," Johnson said. "Lincoln Pepsi is a well-respected vendor in our community and did nothing wrong in offering the contracts. Department staff should have assured that proper contracting procedures were followed. This has be a challenging time for the Ager staff and customers. Despite the recent challenges, Ager pro Scott Wiehe has done an outstanding job managing the facility. Because of his efforts, the Jim Ager Golf Course remains a well managed and popular municipal golf facility."


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S.F. Giants celebrate 40 years of 'Beach Blanket Babylon'
Officially it was "Hello Kitty" Day June 8 at AT&T Ballpark. Yet "Beach Blanket Babylon" continued to capture hearts, and heads, as the San Francisco Giants joined a civic salute to the 40th anniversary of the beloved musical revue.
"BBB" producer Jo Schuman Silver took the field with Giants CEO Larry Baer and his wife, Pam, as her cast belted out the national anthem followed by the city's unofficial anthem, "San Francisco."
And fans, wearing fabulous "BBB"-Giants theme foam hats, went wild as the red sequins of singer Tammy Nelson's gown shimmered in the sunlight and the breeze billowed her BBB World Series chapeau.
This winning day capped almost a week of tributes to the nation's long-running musical revue, created by the late Steve Silver, who dreamed up a zany little song-and-dance show that he figured had about a two-week run at the Savoy Tivoli.
Days before the ballgame, Mayor Ed Lee presided over another "BBB" celebration at City Hall, where 2,000 fans filled the majestic Rotunda to cheer the cast as they presented a highlight of hits.
Dressed like a lounge singer in sequined jacket borrowed from "BBB," Lee joked that he'd found it while rummaging through the closet of former Mayor Willie Brown.
"When there's a Super Bowl or a World Series, 'Beach Blanket' always helps the city celebrate," he toasted. "Steve Silver was more than a great showman; he was a great philanthropist giving back to schools, music and arts programs because he loved this city of Saint Francis. And Jo keeps that spirit alive."
Joining Lee were additional guest stars who performed with the cast: Fine Arts Board President Dede Wilsey; S.F. Symphony maestro Michael Tilson Thomas; Willie Brown, reprising his "BBB" roles as our regal, omnipotent ruler along with Protocol Chief Charlotte Shultz and her husband, former Secretary of State George Shultz, who reprised their superhero roles, minus the flying.
Later that night, the Shultzes hosted a heartfelt hootenanny for the BBB family up at their Russian Hill penthouse, where guests supped on a super McCalls cocktail buffet and joined in a sing-along with George Shultz, who'd penned a paean (set to the Princeton Faculty Song) to "Beach Blanket."
To honor her hosts, performer Caitlin McGinty expertly serenaded them with their favorite song, "Some Enchanted Evening," as they took a little twirl.
Her golden pipes dazzled listeners - no surprise, as McGinty was an original "BBB" Scholarship winner. Now a coveted competition for high school teens, three new winners (J.P. Viernes, Annabel Hope, Marisol De Anda) were crowned earlier in the week at Club Fugazi.
"It's been an amazing week," enthused Schuman Silver, who was joined by her cousin, music mogul Clive Davis and their family. "I've met longtime fans, some of whom were at that first 'Beach Blanket' show. I'm amazed, and moved, how beloved the show remains and the lasting affection for Steve Silver."
Catherine Bigelow is The San Francisco Chronicle's society correspondent. E-mail: email@example.com


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FBI Agent Tries To Register Copyright On Top Secret Interrogation Manual... Making It Available To Anyone
from the copyright-uber-alles dept
This is idiotic on multiple levels. First, as is well known, documents produced by federal government employees are automatically public domain, meaning that you cannot copyright them. Second, of course, why the hell would this FBI supervisory special agent think it even made the least bit of sense to try to get a copyright, let alone submit a copy of the top secret manual to the Library of Congress? Then, of course, there's the issue that even if it was possible to put a copyright on this document (and, again, there's not), it would almost certainly belong not to the individual FBI agent, but to the government itself. Not only can't this guy get a copyright, but there's no reason for him to try to get a copyright (what, is he going to sell the book?), and then revealing the manual to anyone, let alone an operation whose basic entire purpose is to catalog the works and make them available to the public is quite incredible.
Mother Jones, who went and found the manual at the Library of Congress, quotes a few people who are reasonably shocked that this happened:
"A document that has not been released does not even need a copyright," says Steven Aftergood, a government secrecy expert at the Federation of American Scientists. "Who is going to plagiarize from it? Even if you wanted to, you couldn't violate the copyright because you don't have the document. It isn't available."Aftergood's comments are a little misleading, as there are certainly reasons why someone might want to register a copyright on an unpublished work (though, none of them apply to this particular work), and plagiarism is a different issue from infringement. But his point about "gross incompetence and ignorance" seems on point.
"The whole thing is a comedy of errors," he adds. "It sounds like gross incompetence and ignorance."
Julian Sanchez, a fellow with the libertarian Cato Institute who has studied copyright policy, was harsher: "Do they not cover this in orientation? [Sensitive] documents should not be placed in public repositories—and, by the way, aren't copyrightable. How do you even get a clearance without knowing this stuff?"
Of course, now that the full document can be seen by anyone, Mother Jones compared it to the ACLU's redacted version, and while they're not allowed to make copies or take notes when viewing the document, they were able to look at some of the redacted sections, including revealing some questionable techniques. From what's been revealed, it appears that the manual does encourage the use of very outdated and discredited interrogation techniques. In an interesting bit of timing, there was just a fascinating New Yorker article focusing on how law enforcement in the US still uses this completely debunked method, known as the "Reid Technique," which has a long history of eliciting false confessions (there's also a really good summary of the details over at NPR). US law enforcement has long been resistant to moving away from these methods, despite their ineffectiveness, but thanks to one not-particularly-knowledgeable FBI agent's desire to copyright an uncopyrightable work, we now know a bit more about the FBI's continued promotion of these techniques.


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BBB and Health Services Management Minor
The BBB Program and the Health Care Management Department of the Wharton School have jointly sponsored this effort. The objective is to provide students with exposure to two related areas: study in neuroscience and behavioral biology, as a leading example of the bioscience enterprise, and health services management, as the environment in which science innovation must be developed and managed. The minor consists of eight courses, four from the BBB Program and four from Wharton. Students must earn a minimum grade of C- in courses taken to fulfill the minor requirements. Students must have a minimum of 3 courses that they count towards the minor and not towards any other major of minor.
The College requires that students take sixteen courses in the College beyond those that are in their major. Thus, BBB majors declaring this University minor can count only two non-College classes within the 36 for the degree. These students must complete a total of 38.5 credits for their degree.
Students interested in the minor should contact Ms. June Kinney in the Health Care Systems Office at email@example.com or in her office 205 Colonial Penn Center (3641 Locust Walk) for advising and signature before declaring the minor with the BBB Office. Download Application for a Minor.
Wharton Required Courses
HCMG 101, Health Care Systems, is a basic course and would ordinarily be taken first in the sequence of health management course (although it is not technically a prerequisite for other HCMG courses).
Three additional Wharton/HCMG courses
HCMG 202 The Economics and Financing of Health Care Delivery
HCMG 203 Clinical Issues in Health Care Management: Doctors, Patients, and Managers in Modern Society
HCMG 204 Comparative Health Care Systems
HCMG 211 The Law of Health Care in America
HCMG 212: Health Care Quality and Outcomes: Measurement and Management
HCMG 213 Health Care Management and Strategy
HCMG 215 Management and Economics of Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Industry
HCMG 216: Health Insurance and Health Care Strategy
HCMG 250: Health Policy: Health Care Reform and the Future of the American Health System
HCMG 352: Health Services Delivery: A Managerial Economic Approach
HCMG 391: Special Topics: Health Care Entrepreneurship
BBB Required Courses
BIBB 109 - Introduction to Brain and Behavior, is a pre-requisite for all upper-division BBB courses and must be taken before additional BBB coursework.
Three (3) additional BBB courses
BIBB 040 - Sleep (Frosh Seminar- students taking BIBB 040 cannot also use BIBB 240 towards their minor requirements)
BIBB 050 - Forensic Neuroscience (Frosh Seminar)
BIBB 060 - Music and the Brain (Frosh Seminar)
BIBB 150 - Sex and Human Nature
BIBB 160 - ABCS of Neuroscience
BIBB 217 - Visual Neuroscience
BIBB 227 - Physiology of Motivated Behaviors
BIBB 231 - Animal Behavior: Evolution of Behavior
BIBB 233 - Neuroethology
BIBB 235 - Neurobiology of Behavior
BIBB 240 - Human Chronobiology and Sleep
BIBB 247 - Neuroscience and Society
BIBB 249 - Cognitive Neuroscience
BIBB 259 - Human Memory
BIBB 260 - Neuroendocrinology
BIBB 269 - Autonomic Physiology
BIBB 270 - Drugs, Brain and Mind
BIBB 310 - Lab in the Structure of Nervous System
BIBB 350 - Developmental Neurobiology
BIBB 399 - Independent Research
BIBB 417 - Visual Processing
BIBB 420 - Smell and Taste
BIBB 421 - Human Brain Imaging
BIBB 430 - Neurobiology of Autism
BIBB 440 - Addiction Neuroscience
BIBB 442 - Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
BIBB 451 - Behavioral Genetics
BIBB 460 - Neuroendocrinology Seminar
BIBB 469 - Stress Neuroscience
BIBB 470 - Animal Models of Psychiatric Disorders
BIBB 473 - Neuroeconomics
BIBB 475 - Neurodegenerative Diseases
BIBB 479 – Neural Systems & Behavior
BIBB 480 - Biological Basis of Psychiatric Disorders
BIBB 481 - Behavioral Pharmacology
BIBB 482 - Clinical Psychopharmacology
BIBB 492 - Experimental Methods in Synaptic Physiology
BIBB 499 - Senior Honors Thesis
BIBB 585 - Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience