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Turner v. President, Directors and Company of the Bank of North America
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In this unit, students investigate temperature cycles, tree rings, CO2 records, and the effects of CO2 on temperature, precipitation and cloud cover to determine the impacts of changing climate on forests. After gathering and analyzing local data,... (View More) students examine regional impacts and differences. The unit is one of four under the Chicago Botanic Garden curriculum entitled, "Climate Change in My Backyard." (View Less)
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Students are introduced to the carbon cycle through discussion, modeling and a game. Students then complete activities and investigations on Greenhouse gasses, photosynthesis, cellular respiration and ecosystem services (functions and values of... (View More) intact ecosystems to humans). The unit is one of four under the Chicago Botanic Garden curriculum entitled, "Climate Change in My Backyard." (View Less)
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Each lesson or activity in this toolkit is related to NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). The toolkit is designed so that each lesson can be done independently, or combined and taught in a sequence. The Teacher Implementation Guide provides... (View More) recommendations for combining the lessons into three main strands: 1) Lunar Exploration - These lessons provide a basic introduction to Moon exploration. Note that this strand is also appropriate for use in social studies classes. 2) Mapping the Moon - These lessons provide a more in-depth understanding of Moon exploration through the use of scientific data and student inquiry. The lessons also include many connections to Earth science and geology. 3) Tools of Investigation - These higher-level lessons examine the role of technology, engineering and physics in collecting and analyzing data. (View Less)
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ACUSHNET - In nominating Acushnet Veterans Service Officer Ronald Cormier as The Advocate's 2017 Acushnet Man of the Year, World War II veteran Leo Brillon praised Cormier "for the great personal service he renders to ALL veterans of the community."
"He is an asset to the town. WE APPRECIATE HIM!" the U.S. Navy veteran of the war in the Pacific wrote in his letter to the newspaper.
"He takes care of the veterans, and he does a good job," Brillon added in a follow-up telephone interview. "He's attentive, he pays attention to detail... he's meticulous in his work," the 90-something veteran said of his dealings with Cormier.
As Cormier approaches his tenth year on the job as the town's Veterans Service Officer, he said he is glad to hear that the town's veterans appreciate his work ethic, and his dedication to the job. He was more surprised to hear that his co-workers at Acushnet Town Hall also think that he is outstanding, well-respected for all the little things he does, even when not working in his tiny office on the second floor of the government center of this small town two days per week.
"He is a wonderful guy," were the first words out of the mouth of the selectmen's administrative assistant, Lisa Leonard. "He's very outgoing, and he's always there to help, no matter what the cause is here in town."
As an example of how thoughtful and considerate Cormier is, Leonard noted, "Every year on Administrative Assistants Day, he always brings in pastries for the ladies here at Town Hall."
The sign on the door of his Town Hall office says he is there only two days per week - Mondays and Thursdays - but the Veterans Services Officer job is really a 24/7 job, Cormier said.
His business card contains his personal cell phone number, and he takes calls from veterans and their families nights, weekends, and holidays, the Air Force veteran of the years 1966 to 1970 admitted. "You do what you have to do" when a fellow veteran in need calls looking for help, he said; "This is not a job you leave behind at 5 o'clock."
"I love the job... it's satisfying when you can help the people who need assistance," the retired Verizon employee said. "Anybody who's served their country in uniform is entitled to certain benefits, and deserves everything they're qualified to receive," and it's his duty to help them get any of the benefits or services they are eligible for, he said.
But, he suggested, there are also some "negatives" to the position. "There's a lot of pressure" to meet the demands of the job with limited hours, and "a lot of concern for my clients" when they are in need of services, Cormier said.
The pressure of a VSO's job increases during this time of year because veterans and widows receiving veterans' benefits have to be re-qualified every January, providing proof of residency and certifying their current income levels in order to continue to receive those state or federal benefits.
"This is a tough time of year," Cormier said, describing the end of December as a "hectic" period for him and other VSOs.
In general, the work schedule may vary a bit with the seasons, but the demands on his time have also increased in general over the years, he said. "When I started this job, I had 16 clients... now, I'm up to about 40 clients," he said.
Many of the people served by his office are World War II veterans, mostly in their late 80s or early 90s. "Most of my clients are elderly," Cormier said. "They're sweethearts... most of them are a pleasure to work with."
A few others are widows of older veterans entitled to some of the benefits earned by their spouse, and a handful of others are younger vets who have recently left various branches of the military. No matter what their age or status in terms of benefits, helping those clients who live in Acushnet is a fulfilling mission, he said.
"We're here to provide an important service," Cormier said. The "we" in that statement reflects the town's dedication to helping him complete that mission, he pointed out.
"This town is magnificent" in terms of providing help to its veterans, he said. "There's never been a problem getting what I ask for" to help a veteran, he added.
The town receives a 75 percent reimbursement from the state Department of Veterans Affairs for whatever eligible benefits it provides to its residents who have served, he said.
The expenditures could be higher if all qualified veterans actually applied for the benefits they are entitled to, Cormier said. "A lot of vets don't even know we're here to help them," he said; similarly, many widows of veterans don't know they are eligible to continue receiving a portion of their spouses' benefits.
So, part of the job description is continuous outreach to veterans, through local vets organizations, and the Council on Aging, spreading the word that he is there to help.
It is a job he hopes to continue doing for many more years, Cormier said. "I'd love to do it as long as I can," he said.
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It's no secret that Chicago's a food-obsessed town. Translation: Not even the season's skinniest jeans or shortest micro-minis can tear us away from a good meal — and apparently, you agree. We asked you to submit Instagram snaps of a dish that made such an impression (visually and gastronomically), you just had to take a picture of it. Swooning over each submission, we somehow narrowed it down to 11 pics guaranteed to get your tummy rumbling.
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The win gives WPI the 2-1 series victory over the nationally-ranked visiting Engineers. WPI improves to 9-10 overall and 5-4 in conference action while MIT, ranked 22nd in the most recent ABCA Top 30, slips to 12-5 on the season and 6-3 in NEWMAC play, a game behind league-leader Babson.
MIT's Max Ockner pitched well despite being saddled with the loss. The freshman allowed just five hits over five innings of work. Ockner walked two and fanned three while dipping to 1-2 this season. Relievers Aric Dama and Kiel Jindra combined to strike out four and yield just one hit over the last three innings for the visiting Engineers.
Minor didn't have a promising start as he hit MIT leadoff hitter Jonathan Rea with the second pitch of the game and threw away an attempted picked off throw that allowed Rea to move to third. After a strikeout and a walk, WPI third baseman Bryan Watkins snared a line drive and doubled left fielder James McKinney off of first to thwart the rally.
WPI gave Minor all the runs he would need in the bottom of the fifth inning. Watkins led off with an infield single to second and moved up on a wild pitch. After a walk to John Flynn, MIT appeared to have Watkins picked off of second after a missed sacrifice bunt, but the junior alertly sprinted to third base ahead of the throw and scored later in the at-bat on another wild pitch. Two batters later Flynn crossed the plate on an RBI single through the right side by Mike Gauvin.
Minor took over from there, not allowing a runner to reach second base over the final three innings. He scattered six hits, walked just one and struck out five to move his record to 3-1 on the spring.
Gauvin and Flynn were the only repeat hitters for WPI while McKinney and A.J. Hansborough each tallied multiple base hits for the guests. The game was played in a tidy 1:55 with MIT defense turning three of the contest's four double plays.
MIT ventures to Coast Guard on Friday for the first game of a three-game NEWMAC series at 3:30pm. WPI is scheduled to head to Brandeis on Saturday for a non-conference doubleheader at noon.
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Zita A. Strother 4/17/2012 7:48:08 PMLove the clean lines and the elegance of this image. #1457194
Lucy Abrao 4/17/2012 8:55:57 PMThank you, Zita. I appreciate your comments.
Leland N. Saunders 4/18/2012 2:50:25 AMGreat photo !! Great weekend !! I hope to get some of mine posted before the week is out. #10096711
Lucy Abrao 4/18/2012 6:26:45 PMThanks, Lee. It was a great weekend!
Christopher Budny 4/22/2012 6:45:19 PMVery nice! The posts look almost like luminaries in the water! #10104811
Nikki McDonald 4/23/2012 5:23:12 AMSilver and gold - I love the sparkle, Lucy. Beautiful night photo with excellent exposure. #10105384
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Usman M. Bajwa 4/25/2012 5:13:48 AMVery nice night exposure, Lucille! CONGRATZ on the POTD.
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Alex T. Mizuno 4/25/2012 10:52:47 AMHi Lucille, welcome to SF! Glad you had a great trip to SF with fellow BP members. This is a fantastic slow shutter speed image of Bay Bridge! This inspires me to go back to this local landmark. #10108947
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Bill Currier 4/26/2012 2:49:04 AMWow Lucy, what a great shot! I viewed ait and loved it but did not realize one of our FFFP members shot it! Well done. I love how you highlighted the posts in the foreground. and the water is so flat and silky. Very nicely done. Congrats!! #10109604
Lucy Abrao 4/26/2012 5:22:41 AMThank you everyone, I appreciate your kind comments. This image has become one of my favorites...even more so now. :o) Needless to say, I am very, very pleased to get POTD.
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Jan Eklof 5/14/2012 5:41:12 PMStunning! #10137338
Ellen Hodges 5/26/2012 7:20:57 PMHuge congrats on an extremely WOW POTD, Lucy!! #10154492
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Karen Celella 6/14/2012 9:56:11 AMOutstanding capture, Lucille. Congratulations on your POTD! #10180042
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Company plans to add three new employees to its workforce and retain seven
Brown Electric, an industrial and commercial contractor that provides electrical services throughout Western New York, on Friday unveiled its newly constructed 8,500-square-foot facility at 6421 Campbell Blvd., in the Town of Pendleton. The building will consolidate the company's operations.
Now that the facility is fully constructed, the company will move its entire operations from its current warehouse/shop facility in the Town of Tonawanda. The total cost of the construction project surpassed $500,000. The company has plans to hire three new employees, while retaining all seven of its current workforce.
The electrical company has been in business for 30 years and outgrew its former warehouse and shop facility in the Town of Tonawanda. The new facility provides much larger office and warehouse space. Brown Electric is a certified Women's Business Enterprise.
Brown Electrical was granted a 10-year commercial payment in lieu of taxes, sales tax abatements and mortgage recording tax abatement from the Niagara County Industrial Development Agency to help the company expand its operations.


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[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Wayne McIntyre] Microsoft Windows Server 2008 is the first server product where the Windows firewall is enabled by default. This is definitely a plus from a security standpoint however by default it does not allow remote administration. If you attempt to remotely connect to the Event Viewer of… Read more


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After all, it gives us an occasion to wear this in public:
|Fascinator Obtained for about $9 from H&M in Las Vegas with the help of The Daily Nail
P.S. My husband reminds me that half of him does recognize you as Sovereign as he is half Canadian.
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Scott D Offord needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 97 designs submitted by 22 freelance designers.
Pro Bark
*** Update: August 8, 2009 / 8:00PM CDT *** This contest is closed to new contestants. ***
We are only accepting revisions from existing contestants. ***
Our Current Website:
It is currently very basic. We were attempting to build brand recognition with the colored beavers, which is cute and creative, but we are open to other ideas. We need a website redesign.
What Our Customers Can Expect:
Always someone on-site to load your truck or trailer
(don't have to throw out your back shoveling mulch)
Fast delivery to your property
(get your mulch on time)
Free Delivery and Quantity Discounts
(save time and money)
Always a Full Load
(won't run out of mulch, won't get ripped off)
Home owners and commercial property managers
We would like to see a mockup of a Home Page, a Mulch Calculator page, and a Mulch Picker page, and a generic page that we can use informational articles about mulch.
Desired Navigation:
Mulch Picker
Mulch Calculator
Mulch Tips
Our Location
Phone number should be large, and on every page, with a call to action above or beside it, like "Schedule Delivery Today... Call: 262-695-2275" or something more catchy or benefit driven.
Logo should be re-vectorized if possible. The green and blue on the current site are our company colors.
Other Websites We Like:
We like the fun feeling of the cartoon and the interactive nature of this website. The Mulch Picker page is a great idea. we like how the visitor can choose from various scenes, and also different colors, however, when the light-colored mulches are displayed, the cutout doesn't look good.
A Mulch Calculator We Like:
We like this mulch calculator because multiple calculations can be made and the price automatically updates. Options are available for rectangular & round beds, but the layout is aweful. This can be laid out much better to be more intuitive, either breaking the process into Step 1, 2, 3, for example. The total price, total yards or bags needed should always be visible, and much larger.
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Integrated configuration environment platform gains major update
Invensys Operations Management, a global provider of technology systems, software solutions, and consulting services to manufacturing and infrastructure industries, has released its ArchestrA System Platform 2012 and ArchestrA Workflow 2012 software offerings. The company says these two provide the core integration and collaboration platform inside of the company's InFusion Enterprise Control System and, when used in combination, offer a broad range of automation and information functionality that allows users to empower their people, processes and systems for real-time business optimization.
Invensys characterizes ArchestrA System Platform 2012 as a single, scalable, and open platform for the entire spectrum of automation and information applications, addressing the business and functional needs of industrial automation, operations, and information personnel. Its plant-model based, integrated configuration environment provides a logical representation of the physical processes being controlled and supervised, enabling rapid configuration and deployment of component object-based industrial applications. When deployed, the company says its software improves performance; strengthens security; simplifies installation; increases operator and engineering productivity and efficiency; and supports new high-availability disaster recovery implementations using Windows Server Hyper-V virtualization from Microsoft. In addition, System Platform 2012 software supports all the latest remote desktop services that are part of Windows Server 2008 R2.
Relying on the company's industry-standards-based ArchestrA architecture, the System Platform 2012 software also provides tighter integration with the company's Workflow and Wonderware InTouch human machine interface software, as well as its extensive portfolio of automation and software applications. Together the improved offerings enable customers to unite their existing automation and IT systems and applications with systems and applications from Invensys, its ecosystem partners, and other third-party providers so they function as one, holistic enterprise control system.
The company's ArchestrA Workflow 2012 business process management software enables industrial users to model, execute, analyze, and improve work processes inside and outside of their facilities, driving higher levels of collaboration, productivity and innovation. It allows critical operational workflows to be created, deployed, tracked, and assessed to drive greater process consistency and accountability. The software is also part of the company's integrated development environment so system builders can easily add process workflows to their existing applications and extend these applications to other parts of their organizations, allowing consistent execution of standard practices, helping improve production consistency and driving compliance with regulatory requirements.
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The CREATE.FILE command can now set the descriptive comment text in the VOC item.
The DELETING option to the GET.LIST command causes the list to be deleted from the $SAVEDLISTS file after loading into memory.
The PHANTOM command now supports the concept of process groups in which child phantom processes can be set to automatically logout if their parent process terminates. The GROUP qualifier to the user number in the LOGOUT command will extend the action to terminate all phantom processes started by the process being logged out.
The PHANTOM command can now specify an alternative location for the log file created by the child process.
The KEEP option to the SAVE.LIST command leaves the active memory based list in place after saving the disk copy.
The ALL option to the SET.TRIGGER command enables all trigger modes.
The QMBasic INPUT and INPUT@ statements now have an optional fill expression for improved compatibility with other systems.
A QMBasic PHANTOM statement has been added to allow a program to start a phantom process without the small overhead of an EXECUTE.
The SADD(), SCMP(), SDIV(), SMUL() and SSUB() QMBasic functions have been added to perform arithmetic operations on integer numeric strings of any length.
Two new keys have been added to the QMBasic SYSTEM() function. Key 1057 returns the user number of the parent of a phantom process, if it is still running. Key 1058 returns a field mark delimited list of child phantom process user numbers.
A new QMClient dynamic link library, qmclivb.dll (32 and 64 bit), is now provided for Visual Basic .Net applications. Use of this DLL also requires the corresponding qmclilib.dll to be installed. Support for Visual Basic versions 5 and 6 in QMClient (qmclient.dll) has been withdrawn though the old DLL should continue to operate.
QMClient now supports the QMEnterPackage() and QMExitPackage() functions for control of licensed packages.
The QM security system (ADMIN.USER command) now has an option to deny access to the interactive command prompt for specific user names.
An F-type VOC entry can include a mode flag N in field 6 to cause the file always to be opened in non-transactional mode.
The new LIST.TERM.TYPES command displays a list of terminal types for which terminfo definitions are available.
The PTERM command has been extended to add a QUERY mode that can be used to determine the character sequences sent by specific keys. This is of value when constructing terminfo definitions.
Support for Unix domain sockets on Unix and Linux systems has been added.
The name of the QMClient library for programs written using Microsoft C has changed to qmclilib.lib. The older qmcllbms.lib will continue to be included in the release for a while but developers are recommended to modify build procedures to use the new name. Users of Borland C should see KnowledgeBase article 113.
QM now supports the S conversion code for Soundex.
When in edit values mode, the ED editor now shows the field and value positions as part of the line number. This can be suppressed by including NO.EV.POSITION in the $ED.OPTIONS VOC record.
The SED editor now has a NO.CASE.EXPLORE option in the &SED.OPTIONS& record to sequence items in an explore buffer using a case insensitive sort.
Inline prompts can now use quoted prompt strings to allow for restricted characters.
The query processor FROM option now supports the NONE keyword to ignore an active default select list.
The NO.PAGE option can be applied to all query processor commands so that, for example, the list of unfound records from a select operation can have pagination suppressed.
This release fixes a bug that causes some right aligned sorts in the query processor to sequence the data incorrectly.
There is one minor change of functionality:
The QMBasic SSELECT, SSELECTN and SSELECTV statements have been extended to take an optional NO.CASE qualifier.
The QM Quick Reference Guide has not been updated at this release.
This release includes improved security control in the Virtual File System (VFS). This is incompatible with previous releases and will require minor changes to any application that uses the VFS. See KnowledgeBase article 00107 on the openqm.com website for full details.
The internal sorting system used by QM has been exposed for general user use. An application can create one or more sort sessions, each with up to 32 nested keys, load data and then extract the sorted results.
A simple debugger has been added to the Proc processor.
The CT command has been amended to suppress display of the object code embedded in compiled dictionary items when using the default display format.
The INHERITS clause of the QMBasic CLASS statement has been extended to allow the object variable name to be set explicitly.


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PUMA Peace "Peace Starts With Me"
(props to Curated)
PUMA will present the works of 7 international filmmakers who created original works as open content to be shown at the World Peace Festival 2011. Curated by PUMA.Creative Chief Curator, Mark Coetzee, and produced by Shooting People, the films run at 30 to 90 seconds a piece, and include 35mm live action, experimental animation and fine art. All films are based on the idea that "peace starts with me".
PUMA.Peace commissioned these films under an agreement with the artists that they can openly be downloaded and shown, without any fees, in an effort to serve as ongoing tools for peace available for everyone. The filmmakers range from world-renowned award-winning artists, to recent graduates; all were selected for the quality and scope of their work and their sensitivity in interpreting this year's theme.


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The U.S. Department of Agriculture detailed plans to distribute $290 million to struggling dairy farmers.
The measure that provides $290 million for direct support to dairy farmers will result in a payment of about $8,000 to the typical Vermont farmer. Another $60 million was set aside nationwide to purchase cheese for food banks and nutrition programs.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that it has begun processing payments under the Dairy Economic Loss Assistance Payment program. Farmers can expect to begin receiving payments over the next few weeks.
U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) said, "Secretary Tom Vilsack has listened to our struggling dairy farmers, and I know the Farm Service Agency has been working tirelessly to quickly get these funds into farmers' hands. In many farming households times will be hard as we celebrate this holiday season, and the new year brings with it many unanswered questions. But this infusion will help stabilize operations hard hit by declining prices, bringing hope and some relief to dairy farmers."
U.S. Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) said, "This is good news for Vermont's hardworking dairy farmers, who continue to struggle in the face of the ongoing price crisis. This emergency funding will not solve the long-term challenges the dairy industry faces, but it is critical in the short-term to help keep our family farms in business," he added.
Although final payment amounts will not be known until total eligible milk production is calculated, a Vermont dairy farmer with a 125-cow herd producing 20,000 pounds per cow per year, could receive an estimated $8,000 in emergency federal support.
The average price farmers received for their milk fell this year to as low as $11.30 per hundredweight, down from $19.30 in July 2008. Prices have recently rebounded to $15 per hundredweight. It costs farmers at least $18 per hundredweight to produce milk. As prices plunged, family dairy farms in Vermont and around the country went out of business.
Farmers that participated in another fiscal year 2009 USDA dairy program, such as the Milk Income Loss Contract or MILC program, will not have to sign up for benefits since USDA already has their milk production records on file. The expected payment rate is approximately $0.32 per hundredweight.
USDA estimated that 95 percent of eligible producers will receive benefits automatically and will not need to apply.


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By Pat Coleman
|Matt Piloto got the call early on for Mount Union
in the semifinal win against Bethel and eventually got his feet
under him in the 34-14 win.
Photo by Dan Poel for d3photography.com
SALEM, Va. -- Two days out from the Stagg Bowl in 2009, there may have been doubt in fans' minds who would start at quarterback for Mount Union, but this year, the decision is even more up in the air. And it's up in the air for both teams heading into Saturday's Stagg Bowl XXXVIII.
Neal Seaman, the starter for the No. 2-ranked Purple Raiders
(14-0) all season, injured himself attempting to make a tackle on
an interception return early in last Saturday's semifinal win
against Bethel. He did not return. Matt Piloto took over at
quarterback, going 17-for-32 passing for 335 yards and four
touchdowns in a 34-14 win.
"Neal is trying to do what he can at practice, but he's limited, so if I had to guess right now, I think Matt Piloto will start the game," said Kehres. "But we still have two days to see how Neal responds and if I feel he can do the thing that he needs to do then he'll certainly start, because he's been our starter all year. But if not, we'll go with Matt Piloto."
The quarterback saga at No. 1 UW-Whitewater (14-0) has been going on a little longer, ever since before Lee Brekke took the field to open the playoffs against Franklin in the first round nearly four weeks ago. No. 1 quarterback Matt Blanchard has warmed up every week and has been described as being available, but has yet to take a snap in the postseason.
So when asked who would start on Saturday, coach Lance Leipold joked in response, "What did he (Kehres) say?"
"Right now we're going to look at today's practice," he continued. "Matt Blanchard has by far done the most that he has done in the four weeks. He's making all the throws and doing everything he has to. I know he's ready and wanting to get an opportunity. I feel very confident that he's going to see the field this week."
"Both of them are great players," said UW-Whitewater defensive lineman Wesley Hicks. "Both of them do their job. The second quarterback is just a little bigger, harder to take down. The first seven have to get on their horses and try to get him."
"Doesn't matter to me one bit," said Warhawks left guard Matt Weber. "It's not going to change one way how I block, not how hard I'm going to play the game, anything like that."


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Kerry Washington, Queen Gladiator of ABC's hit drama "Scandal," joined us for a video chat Wednesday evening in which she talked about playing the impeccably dressed, don't-mess-with-me crisis management fixer Olivia Pope on the highly buzzed series.
The 36-year-old actress reflected on her initial thoughts on the show's premise, the many inflictions she worked through to achieve the perfect "Dad?" in the gasp-worthy Season 2 finale, her thoughts on the Thursday drama's chance in the Emmy race (unfortunately the answer did not involve "If you want me, earn me!") -- and whether she'd give politics a shot.
In trying to capture the phenomenon surrounding the show, particularly on social media, Times TV critic Mary McNamara noted that Gladiators (how the show's legion of fans refer to themselves) "reject the DVR experience to watch 'Scandal' in real time, creating an enormous digital version of college friends arranging their schedules around a beloved daytime drama."
Which partly explains why those friends are having such a hard time enduring the summer months devoid of new episodes.
For those looking for a "Scandal" fix to carry them over until the new season starts this fall, Washington suggested getting acquainted with previous projects from the show's key players.
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Placecards for the Thanksgiving Table
Thanksgiving is one of the few occasions where we'll actually break out placecards. There will be over 30 people at our Thanksgiving meal (although we're not hosting this year, thank goodness!) and it's fun to find our place and see how the family has been arranged at tables this year. Here are a few handmade placecards that are particularly well-suited to this holiday.
• 1 Pumpkin Place Cards, $37.50 for 25. We've seen Timeless Paper around a lot lately, and deservedly so. Their delicate creations are beautiful, and you can also add on custom handwriting for your cards. (Our handwriting isn't nearly that pretty!)
• 2 Autumn Leaves Thanksgiving placecards, $5.95 for 4 at Soft Day Studios. Layered paper! How pretty.
• 3 Vintage-looking Customized Placecards, $5 for 6 at Pink Cherry Mama. Lovely distressed look.
• 4 Thanksgiving pumpkin placecards , $5.25 for 4 at Soft Day Studios. Sweet and multi-dimensional.
• 5 Golden Egg Placecard Holders with Custom Stamped Cards, $58 for 6 at Paloma's Nest. We like the little egg holders; they double as photo holders the rest of the year.
• 6 Autumn Leaves Mix Place Cards, $12 for 12 at Timeless Paper. Couldn't help another pick from Timeless Paper. We love how these perch on the glasses.
• 7 Butterfly Place Card Napkin Rings, $500 for 100. …and another. Hefty price here, but we imagine they're available in smaller quantities for less? The button detail is great.
• 8 Snowflakes Placecards , $10 for 10 at Pink Lily Press. We like the alternate, non-orange color scheme here.
• 9 Holiday Letterpress Placecards, $4 for 8 at chatham & caron. Love the minimalist aesthetic on these. Great for a modern table.
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US, Romania agree on air base rights
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and Romania have reached an agreement to allow American troops and cargo to use the Black Sea air base of Mihail Kogalniceanu as a transport hub as they move in and out of Afghanistan.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel finalized the agreement in a meeting with Romania's Defense Minister Mircea Dusa on Friday. The Romania base is critical because beginning next June the U.S. will no longer be able to use the Manas Transit Center in Kyrgyzstan. Lawmakers there voted to end the agreement. That complicated matters for the U.S. as it brings thousands of troops out of Afghanistan over the next year.
Romania has also agreed to host an Aegis radar as part of the broader European missile defense system meant to protect against possible Iranian missile attacks.


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|Despite not playing a conference game this week, Cortland State might have the most to gain in terms of NJAC tiebreaker status.
While the other three conferences covered in Around the East clinched playoff berths and/or conference titles, one is still outstanding, and that's also a good word to describe what Week 11 will mean in terms of play for the top three teams in the New Jersey Athletic Conference.
All three are ranked in the Top 25 D3football.com poll (Rowan at 20, Cortland at 22 and Montclair at 23).
Cortland, which routed William Paterson on Saturday 38-7, has finished its conference season at 8-1, with only a 20-17 loss at Rowan as a blemish on the slate.
So what Rowan and Montclair need to do to match them is easy to understand -- like Herm Edwards, the old Jets coach said, "You play to win the game" -- the Profs and Red Hawks need to win their final games of the year (Rowan at TCNJ, Montclair at William Paterson) to get to 8-1 in the NJAC.
Now, if they do it, all three teams would be 8-1 in conference, all with losses to one of the others (Rowan lost to Montclair, 26-7, in Week 2, and Montclair lost to Cortland 10-9 in Week 9.
So how to figure it out, you ask?
This is the not-so-easy part.
I initially wrote in last week's Around the East that if all three teams ended up 8-1, Cortland would win out. Surprisingly, I was wrong (yes, I say that as sarcastically as humanly possible) and thanks to my good friend and Cortland Sports Information Director Fran Elia, he keyed me into the NJAC tiebreaker.
Which, frankly, reads like Greek in some parts.
If I have this right (and I'm sure someone will alert me if it isn't, since my readers rule) if only two teams end up tied at 8-1, it is based on head-to-head competition. So, for example, if Rowan loses, Cortland would be the Pool A qualifier, but both them and Montclair would share the conference title.
If all three end up 8-1, the criteria is somewhat different. The first is head-to-head, which doesn't help since they all lost to each other. The next is "results versus the next highest ranked conference team until the tie is broken."
I'm not sure if this means wins and losses, but that wouldn't count either since they all beat the rest of the teams in the NJAC anyway.
So we get down to the numbers of OOWP, opponents' opponents' winning percentage in all of Division III. D3football.com has the numbers for that on the website, and the NCAA has some information on that as well. That will be the point where things may be settled, since Cortland still has to face Ithaca.
There's also OOWP in-region, the Rose Bowl rule and a coin toss at the end. Hopefully it doesn't get to that, but no matter what happens, fans of the three teams will definitely be doing some scoreboard watching on Saturday.
Would all three teams get in at 9-1 to the NCAA playoffs? If I was a betting man (which I'm not, because I lose too often to say so) I would say yes, but the real question of that will be if Cortland can take down its Route 13 rival Ithaca at the Cortaca Jug game at home on Saturday.
In the Empire 8, Alfred clinched the automatic qualifier Pool A bid after a 31-16 win over Ithaca at Merrill Field. The Saxons needed St. John Fisher to lose to clinch the conference title outright, and Springfield obliges, taking down the Cardinals 55-49 in a crazy Saturday shutout.
Alfred has used a good mix of youth and veterans toward their first Empire 8 title in conference history, and on Saturday, it was the youth who stepped up against the Bombers.
Freshman tailback Austin Dwyer rushed for 273 yards and a touchdown on 29 carries as the Bomber defense couldn't find an answer for him.
Dwyer has been a force all season, as he reached 1,000 yards with his performance, and his 117 yards a game leads all Empire 8 rushers.
For St. John Fisher, they had no answer for the Springfield rushing attack, as the Pride ran the ball from the triple option 88 times for 429 yards on the day.
Sophomore quarterback Austin Bateman did the blunt of the damage, rushing 37 times for 237 yards and three touchdowns in the 55-49 win.
Cardinals quarterback Tim Bailey did set a bunch of single-season school records in the contest, including completions (212), TD passes (32) and yards (2,889). Receiver Ryan Schmidt had 10 catches for 146 yards, giving him 80 for the season, a school record, and making him only the second receiver in St. John Fisher history to have more than 1,000 yards.
St. John Fisher has an outside shot at the NCAA playoffs and an at-large Pool C bid, but it will come down to Week 11 and other teams around the country. They have two losses on the year, so it's feasible the Cardinals could be the 33rd team -- last one out. But there are a dozen one-loss teams currently that would almost all be considered ahead of St. John Fisher, and only six at-large bids.
St. Lawrence got blasted by Rochester 34-14, but managed to "sneak" into a Pool A automatic bid as Hobart lost on a field goal by Peter Nilson with no time left against RPI. The Saints are 4-1 in the Liberty League, but 4-5 overall. According to D3football.com records, no team has made it into the playoffs with a losing record overall, but SLU couldn't be the first to do it if it loses to WPI next week.
This is the fourth playoff appearance for the Saints, as they made it in 1976, 1978 and 1982 previously. Coach Mark Raymond has done a terrific job in his first year as coach in Canton.
In the MAC, Delaware Valley clinched the title outright with a 42-17 victory on Senior Day over Albright.
Matt Cook was held to 84 yards rushing, but he went over 1,000 for the third consecutive season, a DVC record. With the win, DVC clinched a share of the title, then took it outright after Wilkes, in second place in the MAC, lost 41-21 to Widener.
For the Aggies, it's the third straight MAC title and fifth in the past seven years. It's the second straight NCAA berth and the win was their 16th in a row in the Middle Athletic Conference.
All-American linebacker Kyle Gesswein had 11 tackles, three sacks and a forced fumble as he wreaked havoc on the Lions' offense.
The week that was
For 59 minutes and 38 seconds, TCNJ and Kean played to a scoreless tie, with some movement between the 20-yard lines, but no one able to punch it home. Then TCNJ scored with 22 seconds left to beat the Cougars for their fifth win of the season.
Kean's Jerelle Peay had 11 tackles and 3.5 for loss in the defeat as the defenses ruled the roost.
Union got 232 rushing yards from Chris Coney, but the Merchant Marine Academy got 201 yards and three touchdowns from John Leon Gosselin in a 28-21 win over the Dutchmen. Coney's 232 was his 18th career game of more than 100 yards, and leaves him just 101 short of 4,000 for his career -- a total only surpassed in Union history by Tom Arcidiacono.
The Dutchmen have five straight losses, the first time it's had that many in a row since 1974.
Although there were no playoff implications involved, the game between Buffalo State and Morrisville State had a ton of offense and a ton of achievements.
For Buffalo State, quarterback Ryan Lehotsky only completed 11 passes, but they went for 405 yards and four touchdowns, an average of nearly 40 yards a completion.
The beneficiary was wide receiver Rob Smith, who had seven catches for 247 yards and three touchdowns, one of the highest receiving totals of the year nationally and the highest in the NJAC since 2008.
The Bengals had eight plays of 42 yards or more on the day.
Lebanon Valley's Ben Guiles broke the school record for yards in a season after his 110-yard, two-touchdown day in a 28-14 win over Lycoming. Guiles has 1,143 yards on the year. His performance was enough to lead LVC, overcoming a 9-catch, 149-yard performance by senior Ryan Wagaman.
Hartwick's Anthony Casimano had a career day rushing for the Hawks against Utica on Saturday. Casimano rushed for 232 yards and two touchdowns on 30 carries as the Pioneer defense had no answer for the Hartwick rush attack.
Hartwick won 24-21 for their first Empire 8 win of the season. Utica remained winless in conference play.
King's got its first win of the season, beating FDU-Florham 45-14. Senior quarterback Corey Lavin tied the school record for touchdown passes in a career at King's with 31, matching the record set in 2001 by Tom Pierantozzi. Lavin threw for 305 yards and three touchdowns on the day, giving Jeff Knarr his first win as coach.


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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Jabil Circuit Inc. is promoting its chief operating officer, Mark Mondello, to CEO, and its current chief executive is set to become chairman.
CEO Timothy Main, who has led the electric parts maker for 12 years, will step down in March as Mondello takes over. Jabil's board says it anticipates that Main will be named chairman at the company's annual shareholder meeting in January.
Mondello, who has worked at the St. Petersburg, Fla., company for 20 years, also will stand for election to the board.
The board's current chairman, William Morean, is retiring and will not stand for re-election to the board.


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A Two-Year-Old with Prosthetics Takes His First Steps and Says, "I Got This!" [VIDEO]
A YouTube video of a two-year-old learning to walk is inspiring a lot of people. His name is Kayden, and because of a birth defect, he had to have his right foot and left leg AMPUTATED back in January.
So the video shows him taking his first steps wearing prosthetics and using a walker. And while a woman is trying to help him, he keeps saying, "I GOT THIS!"
He starts saying it at the one-minute mark:


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Indy, Mapleton-Fall Creek - 2013by Josh Tatum '03 • October 14, 2013 Share:
Wabash alumni and friends gathered once more to improve the Mapleton-Fall Creek neighborhood of Indianapolis with the Mapleton-Fall Creek Development Corporation (www.mfcdc.org). Volunteers helped transform an empty lot into an exciting Brewer's Garden. They filled raised beds with clean soil, edged around new garden beds, installed part of a platform, and, of course, planted hops, some of which will grow up and over posts and cables to form a living shade. The Brewer's Garden will be used as a place to gather for workshops and other events in addition to raising ingredients for beer and root beer: hops, barley, sassafras, pumpkins, etc. The project finished just as a downpour began, but the rain held off long enough to make great progress.
This is the sixth time Wabash volunteers have supported Mapleton-Fall Creek Development Corporation with a project on WABASH Day. This year's participants included Dustin Deneal '04, James Jared '07, Danny King '02, Scott Jones '81, Cody Stipes '11, John Henry '10, Nate Schrader '10, Keenan Blanchford '98, and Jayden, Keenan's Little Brother. Josh Tatum '03 organized the project with Kelli Mirgeaux of the Development Corporation, which has partnered on the garden with Big Car, a public-arts organization (learn more at www.bigcar.org). Photos of the project are on Big Car's Flickr stream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigcar/with/10103913555/.


text: These traditional Japanese-style keyboards are a class apart from the grey or white boringness of the average keyboard. As well as looking different, and neat these devices are even handmade for that extra "creative" touch. The gold one's damn attractive and would look cool on many a desk: but not the green "kara kusa" one... that just looks like a typing nightmare. That attractiveness costs, mind you, as they're available for $154.90. Except the gold "Zip-Ang" one, which is a whopping $214.21. [Akihabaranews]


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On Sunday night in Los Angeles, two competing entertainments occupied downtown concert spaces to offer musical variety. At the Nokia Theatre at L.A. Live before a few thousand people and a few million TV viewers, the American Music Awards beamed high-tech pop to the masses, wide-open digital glitz packaged for those invested in the ephemeral.
A dozen blocks north at Walt Disney Concert Hall in a stately space with strict rules against smartphone usage, Beck Hansen's "Song Reader" celebration offered similar star power in a more enclosed setting, one that honored both the permanence of printed matter and the open-sourced bliss of on-the-fly musical interpretation. It was an utterly strange and singular night of story and song.
As in: The show opened with Jack Black, wearing an oversized T-shirt printed with a huge image of a Rottweiler's head, pulling his pants down. Pulp singer Jarvis Cocker did a wildly, joyously crooked dance to "Why Did You Make Me Care?" that ripped through any concert hall pretense. The night ended with the sold-out crowd answering Beck's query of "Do we?" with a hearty affirmation, "We do!"
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We certainly did. An evening devoted to work from Beck's recent set of songs written as sheet music and published in a stunning volume by McSweeney's, the event brought to Disney Hall's stage artists and actors including John C. Reilly, Oscar-winning actor Anne Hathaway in duet with singer-actor Jenny Lewis, composer-arrangers Jon Brion and Van Dyke Parks, TV star turned singer-rapper Childish Gambino (a.k.a. Donald Glover), Colombian singer and songwriter Juanes, comedian Tig Notaro and others.
Part concert, part love letter to music, part variety show, the night was more intimate, ramshackle and funnier than the AMAs. There were pregnant pauses between sets, a few false starts, a funny short film about kids and music and any number of joyously informal crowd participation moments (spontaneous bird calls, rounds of applause for roadies merely exchanging microphones). The result: a loose but expertly delivered and received night of art.
Sunday's concert was another big step in Beck's long, fascinating evolution from quirky beatbox folk singer to one of the city's most accomplished artistic advocates. Guided by the Los Angeles Philharmonic under the direction of David Campbell (Beck's father), Beck and friends offered both grandly arranged renditions of songs and simpler takes that revealed the nooks.
Singer Merry Clayton, best known from the recent documentary "20 Feet From Stardom," set an early standard, delivering a string- and brass-guided version of "Eyes That Say 'I Love You.' " The song is a softly rendered work about love and regret, and Clayton turned the freshly composed tune into something that suggested timeless standard.
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So rich was the rendition of "The Wolf Is on the Hill" by the trio of Reilly, Becky Stark and Tom Brosseau that it felt like an unopened love letter found between the pages of an old book. Singing in three-part harmony, the trio delivered a simply arranged version of an ominous song about doom and death: "Those days of grave concern have turned themselves to silence/While the winter fires burn what was left of kindness."
Childish Gambino, whose forthcoming, and much delayed, album will finally see release in early December, delivered "Please Leave a Light on When You Go" with simmering falsetto tension. It turns out he's devoting equal time to music and acting with good reason.
Hathaway teamed with Lewis for a lovely, ethereal version "Last Night You Were a Dream." The song was made grander by Campbell's sweeping arrangement, one that employed the orchestra to full effect.
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At times, though, Campbell's arrangements neutralized the songs, the heft of the orchestra diminished by relatively beige tones. Seldom did they feel as inventive as the songs they were supporting. They prevailed, though, during Cocker's evening-best performance. As Campbell directed the symphony, Cocker acted out the lyrics with oversized drama, pointing and gesticulating while doing one of his trademark cockeyed dance steps.
Between set readings offered myriad contexts. Filmmaker Allison Anders and her daughter Tiffany recounted their experiences using music as a portal into narrative storytelling. Comedian Notaro told a funny anecdote about embarrassing a cool classmate in grade school with the chorale intro to the Rolling Stones' "You Can't Always Get What You Want." Music supervisor Randall Poster read a recount of arranger-composer Jack Nitzsche's work on "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." Black did a ridiculous -- and pantless -- rendition of "We All Wear Cloaks."
The artist at the center, Beck, hit peaks through some of his first-ever public performances of his "Song Reader" works. The best, the patriotic Woody Guthrie-suggestive "America, Here's My Boy," illustrated the ways in which the composer has internalized the country's musical foundations.
He closed the night with the set's biggest affirmation, one whose message joyously flips pessimism on its head. Listing all the reasons why we should give up, the ways in which shutting down and closing shop seem like the only solution, he and the roster of performers wondered about futility.
"Do we ever want to take the low road? Do we ever just want to say we're through? Do we want to lock the door and throw away the key?" The questions piled, and they repeated: "Do we?"
And with great energy and voice, the whole of Disney Hall resolved to quit with a big-throated "We do!"
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Overberg : Hermanus
Hermanus is situated at South Africa's south coast, near the Garden Route.
Hermanus, a picturesque seaside town situated in the Overberg area and on Walker Bay, is a popular holiday village close to Cape Town. Two words come to mind: holiday & Southern Right whale watching.
The town, embraced by majestic mountaintops, is most famous for being the home of the Southern Right Whale. Every year these gentle creatures of the sea migrate along the coast of South Africa with Walker Bay as one of their destinations, to calve and nurture their young.
From the harbour of Hermanus, boat trips depart on a regular basis to see these majestic whales from up-close. One can also stay ashore as Hermanus is the best land based whale watching destination in South Africa, and possibly the world, especially during the Hermanus Whale Festival.
Apart from whale watching, the area of Hermanus boasts some excellent holiday accommodation such as the Misty Waves. Also, plenty of possibilities to spend the day in an active way: hiking, fishing, boating, horse back riding, and more.
Get in
Follow the N2 eastwards from Cape Town or westwards when coming from George and leave it near Caledon.
Get around
Go on a boat tour to see whales from very close. You might also see some from the coast and there is a whale watcher, who's only job is to spot whales that come along.
Get out


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Wednesday, January 04, 2012
Europe: Applying for a Schengen visa in the Philippines
Visiting Europe is a dream for many. Thanks to the Schengen Agreement, you can visit most of Europe with a single visa called the Schengen visa.
There are twenty-six countries in the Schengen Area namely Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Although not part of the Schengen Area, you can also visit four microstates namely Andorra, Monaco, San Marino and the Vatican City that maintain open or semi-open borders with Schengen countries.
Update (02/12/2012): A Schengen visa will allow you to transit Romania within a period of five (5) days. From January 31, 2012, Bulgaria now allows visa-free entry to holders of Schengen visas with stays of up to three (3) months. Croatia temporarily allows holders of two or multiple entry Schengen visas to enter from January 1 to December 31, 2012.
Applying for a Schengen visa can be difficult at times for Philippine passport holders for reasons quite known to us. Note that there are rules on which embassy you should apply with for your visa. I've been to Europe on three separate occasions and had to apply with the Spanish, Portuguese and French Embassies respectively. Note also that the minimum processing period for a short stay visa is ten (10) working days and can take longer depending on the circumstances. So it's best to apply at least one month before your intended date of departure. Visa processing fees are also non-refundable so make sure you prepare the necessary documents to avoid visa refusal.
Where to Apply
If you are going to visit only one Schengen state, the visa application must be made at the embassy or consulate of that particular member state. If your trip will include more than one country, the visa application must be made at the embassy or consulate of the member state whose territory constitutes the main destination of the trip in terms of purpose or the length of stay.
One example, I had to attend an ICOMOS meeting in Portugal in 2010. Unfortunately, we no longer have a Portuguese Embassy in the Philippines. So I tried applying at the Dutch Embassy since Amsterdam was going to be my port of entry. Unfortunately, I was told that because my main purpose to visit Europe was a meeting in Portugal, I had to apply with the Portuguese Embassy which is in Jakarta, Indonesia. I tried calling the embassy there but the phone was on answering machine. The e-mail address in the website was bouncing.
After all those wasted long-distance calls, and because I had just a little over two weeks left before the meeting, I had no choice but to fly to Jakarta to personally apply for a visa at the Portuguese Embassy there. When the Schengen country you will visit does not have an embassy or consulate that issues visas in the Philippines, you will have to allot at least four weeks since your passport may have to be mailed to an embassy abroad.
The following are the Schengen states with embassies and consulates in the Philippines that issue Schengen visas. Some embassies represent other Schengen countries in the Philippines with regard to visa issuance. You can click on the links to read visa application procedures specific to the embassy:
Austria (plus Lithuania)
4/F Prince Building, 117 Rada Street
Legaspi Village, Makati City
Tel. No. (02) 8179191/8174992; Fax. No. (02) 8134238
Belgium (plus Hungary, Luxembourg and Slovenia)
6/F Don Jacinto Building, De la Rosa cor. Salcedo Streets
Legaspi Village, Makati City
Tel. No. (02) 8451869/72; Fax No. (02) 8452076
Czech Republic
Rufino Pacific Tower
6784 Ayala Avenue, Makati City
Tel. No. (02) 8111155; Fax No. (02) 8111020
Finland (plus Estonia)
21/F Far East Bank Center
Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue, Makati City
Tel. No. (02) 8915011/15; Fax No. (02) 8914107
16/F Pacific Star Building
Makati Ave. cor. Sen Gil Puyat Ave. Makati City
Tel. No. (02) 8576900; Fax No. (02) 8576951
25/F Tower 2, RCBC Plaza,
6819 Ayala Avenue, Makati City
Tel. No. (02) 7023000 / Fax No. (02) 7023015
12/F Sage House, 110 Rufino Street
Legaspi Village, Makati City
Tel. No. (02) 8174444/8173417; Fax No. (02) 8120202
6/F Zeta Building, 191 Salcedo Street
Legaspi Village Makati City
Tel. No. (02) 8924531/34; Fax No. (02) 8171436
The Netherlands (plus Poland)
26/F Equitable Bank Tower
8751 Paseo de Roxas, Makati City
Tel. No. (02) 7866655; Fax No. (02) 7866644
Norway (plus Denmark and Iceland)
21/F Petron Mega Plaza Building
358 Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City
Tel. No. (02) 8863245/49; Fax No. (02) 8863244
5/F ACT Tower
135 Sen Gil Puyat Ave. Makati City
Tel. No. (02) 8183561/8183581/8185526; Fax No. (02) 8102885
Switzerland (plus Sweden)
24/F Equitable Bank Tower
8751 Paseo de Roxas, Makati City
Tel. No. (02) 7579001; Fax No. (02) 7573717
Scheduling a Visa Appointment
The appointment procedures vary per embassy. Again, you can click on the links which I've conveniently placed above to read visa application appointment and application procedures specific to each embassy. The links are self-explanatory. But if you have any questions, it's best to call the embassy for appointment procedures.
For the French Embassy, appointments may be set either (1) by phone at 8576924 between 2 to 4 p.m., Mon-Thur; or (2) via e-mail at email@example.com. I did mine via e-mail since the lines were quite busy during appointment hours. When e-mailing the embassy, provide the name of the applicant, e-mail address and/or contact number as well as the purpose of the trip. Remember that appointments made through e-mail must be confirmed either by an e-mail reply or by a phone call from the visa section. You will have to wait for this confirmation before you can proceed to the embassy.
Other embassies will require you to call service numbers with charges per minute or per call. You can find these charges in the embassy website. And make sure to have everything ready when you make the call so that you don't waste any time.
General Requirements
Check with the embassy you will be applying with for their specific requirements. But to give you an idea, when I applied with the French Embassy late last year, the following documents were required:
(1) Signed application form for Schengen visa with photo (35mm x 45mm, white background) plus 1 extra photo
(2) Valid passport (3 months validity from the end of approved duration stay) and photocopy of valid and former visas
(3) Cover letter explaining the purpose of your trip as well as dates and places to be visited
(4) Details about the trip:
(i) proof of accommodations (either hotel vouchers or if staying with a French resident: Attestation d'accueil plus copy of your host's national identity card if EU citizen or residence permit if citizen of a country other than the EU);
(ii) Round trip flight ticket booking (please do not purchase your ticket unless your visa is granted)
(iii) Complete itinerary with departure and return dates
(iv) For family visit, proof of relationship (birth certificate, marriage certificate)
(5) Proof of employment (if any):
(i) Certificate of employment with monthly salary and leave of absence approved by employer
(ii) If self-employed, official business registration for current and previous year
(iii) For priests, nuns and missionaries, certificate from the Apostolic Nunciature and guarantee letter from French and Filipino congregation.
(6) Proof of income
(i) Income tax return from previous year, where applicable
(ii) Recent bank certification
(iii) Photocopy of the last three months statement of account of the same bank account
(7) Identity and marital status
(i) Photocopy of the first page of your valid passport and all relevant obtained visas
(ii) If married, photocopy of your mariage contract and birth certificate anthenticated by the NSO
(iii) If single, photocopy of your birth certificate authenticated by the NSO
(iv) For minors, notarized affidavit from one or both parents if they don't travel with the child
(8) An international insurance (medical expenses and repatriation) covering the entire period of the person's intended stay and valid for all Schengen states. Minimum coverage should be EUR30,000
Again, note that incomplete files may result to the refusal of the application. It's also best to prepare additional documents, particularly for proof of income, which may be requested for specific cases.
At the Embassy
On the day of your interview, make sure to be at the embassy at least thirty minutes before your scheduled appointment. You may not be allowed inside if you are late for your appointment. Also bring the exact amount for the visa fee. At the French Embassy, they require the exact amount in Philippine pesos and do not give change.
When I arrived at the French Embassy, I gave my name and appointment time to the guard who then checked it on their list. I was given a number and sat down in the waiting area for my number to be called. When your number is called, you proceed to the window for checking of documents and payment. You will then be asked to be seated again and wait for your name to be called.
When your name is called, you proceed to the designated window for your interview and submission of other documents. You will be asked about your trip, your purpose for going, your work and other pertinent questions which will help the consul decide whether you are qualified for a visa. First time travelers will have a difficult time since this raises alarm bells of the consul interviewing you. So you might want to get some passport stamps before applying for a Schengen visa. The rationale behind the questioning is for you to prove to the consul that you will return to the Philippines as stated in your submitted travel plans.
The consul may reject applicants as a result of the interview. If the consul is satisfied or will consider your application, they will collect your documents (except the passport) and proceed to record biometric data, particularly your fingerprints and a photograph that will appear on your visa (if granted). They will then issue you a slip which states the date and time that you will return. Remember that the French Embassy will not collect your passport. You will bring your passport with you on the scheduled date. Note also that this is not an assurance that your visa is granted.
When you return to the French Embassy on the scheduled date for claiming your visa, you will submit your slips and wait for your name to be called. Those called first are applicants whose visas have been refused. If it is refused, you will be asked to receive a letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stating why your visa was refused. Those whose visas are approved will have to wait a little longer as the staff affix the visa sticker to your passport. Again, this is the procedure of the French Embassy. Each embassy or consulate has different application procedures.
Honorary Consulates and Embassies Abroad
Unfortunately, honorary consulates are not authorized to issue Schengen visas. But they can point you towards the right direction. Here are the contact details of honorary consulates or Schengen states with embassies outside the Philippines:
2253 Aurora Boulevard (Tramo), Pasay City
Tel. No. (02) 8332551/52-55; Fax No. (02) 8332358
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Room 1242, Megaplaza Building,
ADB Avenue cor. Garnet Road
Ortigas Center, Pasig City
Tel. No. (02) 6877245/8937042; Fax No. (02) 6877245
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Jl. Indramayu nº 2A.
Jakarta Pusat 10310, Indonesia
Tel. No. (0062 21) 31908030, Consular (0062 21) 3156 728; Fax No. (0062 21) 3190 8031
2nd Floor GCH Building
Tres Borces Street Mabolo
Cebu City 6000 Philippines
Tel. No. (032) 2329445
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
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by Hugh Gilmore
Kindle Singles, that is. I've been having so much fun with them lately that I thought I'd recommend them to you. One of the marvelous capacities of the e-book format in general is its enormous flexibility. You can now buy individual stories whose lengths vary from about 10 "pages" (say on a typical typewritten sheet of about 300 words) to … well, I guess there aren't any length limits).
The term "single" is meant to be analogous to a single song, as opposed to buying an entire album. Amazon.com was the first company to begin publishing these shorter pieces in e-Book format for the Kindle, releasing their first "books" in January of 2011.
According to their initial press release, Kindle books "are twice the length of a New Yorker feature or as much as a few chapters of a book." Typically, then, they range from 5,000 to 30,000 words. They contain original work, not previously published (not even on a website), and they are self-contained.
Although Amazon has started to broaden the scope of its Singles, at first they were limited to "narrative nonfiction." That term means different things to different people, but at its essence is meant to refer to stories, even if they're nonfiction. And stories meant to do more than amuse or entertain. There's a strong educational or philosophical element to them. Early on Amazon described the Singles as "compelling ideas expressed at their natural length."
That's a nice, but cold, phrase. What we have here is the rescue of long-form journalism of the exciting kind where the author/narrator is part of the story, or concentrates on the human aspect of the development of a new idea, art form, invention, or whatever the subject is.
I've read about eight of them in the past two weeks and now find them to be like potato chips. Finish one, gotta have another. I read them in the gym, on the train, and while waiting somewhere. Even at home, when I can't stand the tension of wanting to know how a story ends.
A few examples will show you what the singles are like. The first single I tried was one released this past April by our neighbor, Buzz Bissinger: "After Friday Night Lights: When the Game Ended, Real Life Began. An Unlikely Love Story." Buzz's story relates his close, perplexing, frustrating, and inspiring friendship over the past 25 years, since "Friday Night Lights" swept the nation, with one of the young men who played for the Odessa, Texas, football team he chronicled.
The young man, James "Boobie" Miles, was an athlete of great promise until a football-related injury ended any future career he might have had as a professional athlete. Buzz neatly sums up a number of incidents that marked their friendship over the years and culminates the story with a trip back to Texas to see Boobie again and hang out for a few days.
The story is sad, wise, moving, touching and irritating (in the best sense). In print terms, the story is about 34 pages long. I read it in two gym cardio sessions.
That hooked me on Kindle Singles. I really enjoyed getting closure with just two reading sessions. Much better than my usual practice with gym books: not remembering much about the beginning when I get to the end a few weeks later. I browsed for more.
I saw a title that intrigued me: "The Story of a Photograph: Walker Evans, Ellie Mae Burroughs, and the Great Depression" by Jerry L. Thompson. The author was Evans' assistant, so he's in a particularly good position to tell this story.
Evans and James Agee produced the American classic, "Now Let Us Praise Famous Men" based on the photographs and interviews they conducted in the American South during the Great Depression. The Thompson book tells how they did it. It has both an epic sweep and gentle touch as it tells small, individualized stories about humble folks of great dignity. And the decades-later follow-ups with the subjects. I was genuinely moved by this book (about 49 "pages").
Among the others I've read: "Heaven and Mel" by Joe Eszterhas. The author is a famous screenplay writer known for what many consider to be trashy hits ("Basic Instinct," "Showgirls"). Throat cancer helps him reform and become a devout Catholic. Late in life he also discovers that his Hungarian father was an anti-Semite and Nazi collaborator.
To atone for his own and his father's sins, he decides to write a movie about the Maccabees. He hooks up with Mel Gibson, a fellow fervent Catholic, then at the peak of his infamy for wild temper tantrums and anti-Semitic rants. The book provides both a great "inside the real Hollywood" exposure and fascinating glimpses of Eszterhas and Gibson. Genuinely weird, in a fascinating way (150 "pages" a whole week's worth of gym reading).
Kindle Singles sell for about $2 to $3 each. Authors get 70 percent royalties. Doesn't seem like much until you realize that an author who has a following might sell a hundred-thousand books. Not many do, but still, the temptation to go with Amazon is strong.
Not all short Kindle pieces receive the Kindle Single designation. Amazon is recruiting mostly well-established authors for this series. They do allow anyone to pitch them, however. The pitch form is easily found on their website.
The Singles titles get their own categorization and much more marketing than regular Kindle stories. Recently Amazon has been allowing fiction to slip into the Kindle Singles category. I just read a neat new Nicky Hornby story as a Single.
Globally, after seeing that Amazon has sold about four million Kindle Singles, the rest of the publishing world is taking notice. This trend is especially notable in the world of university press books.
Concluding with a personal note: I've published two book-length and three Single-length books on Kindle this year. I've recently applied to Amazon to have my "Scenes from a Bookshop" (@ 65 pages) be accepted to Kindle Single Status. I'll let you know what happens.
We'd love to see you Nov. 15 at our quiet, hopefully inspiring evening dedicated to Loren Eiseley and his writings. This Chestnut Hill Book Festival Speakers Series event will take place at the Chestnut Hill Hotel's Bombay Room at 7 p.m. and last about an hour.


text: Great list! I've been designing for years now and I've gotta say all of these resonated – I especially like #8: "present your designs". I'm always shocked to see how a design can be read completely differently than what was intended… which isn't always the client's fault when you're using make-believe content, lorem, and proxy images. Something a little walk-through is all that's needed to push a client from "it's alright" to "its Perfect!". That coupled with #7 are surefire ways to improve your comp-batting average significantly. Thanks for the list :)


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Grenouille - blouse for grown-ups
Added Aug 27, 2013
by mixtlii
Montpellier, France
Hey, I'm back!
After seeing the gathered back of a blouse on a girl in the street the other day, I couldn't stop thinking of this project.
After a few days, I had this very clear idea of it, and I found this cute fabric…
And now I realize : this looks exactly like a christening baby dress !!!
So, it is a little bit awkward, I am not sure I am going to wear it a lot. I suppose it would look better if I had a smaller bust.
Oh and I discovered a fantastic tool : a biais tape maker ! It is cheap and it is very easy to use, biais tape finally became fun to make! I really recommand it!
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Sep 1, 2013, 10.47 PMby flowergirl22
really nice,,, little short for me,, but cute
Aug 29, 2013, 10.16 AMby The Tropical Sewist
It does look cute!
Aug 28, 2013, 01.22 AMby kisses
Cute top…I would wear this now
Aug 27, 2013, 08.56 PMby donnaroxy
Like Anthropologie to me. I always say that I wish I could make that " little girl top/dress into a misses. I love it. And it's got the sexy with the crop top. I can see this Long Sleeve, keep the short length without elastic in a pink fuzzy sweater fabric. Same color, different fabric for the Peter Pan Collar with pink pearl buttons on tiny cuffs. Just saying. I love it.
Aug 27, 2013, 07.39 PMby Mary Athey
I do like this, its so umique and is lovely on you, i've recently used my bias maker (i bought it months ago) i have to admit to. oving it. I got carried away making bindings though as it's great fun lol x
Aug 27, 2013, 07.29 PMby liliv-1
It's so unique!! Totally adorable!
Aug 27, 2013, 05.45 PMby Phronimos
Ha not awkward at all in my opinion! Looks great
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The Little League Softball World Series will return to Roxana, Sussex County in August.
There's some good news for softball fans and for the state of Delaware!
The 2014 Little League Big League and Senior Softball World Series are scheduled for August 3rd-9th, at the Lower Sussex Little League Complex in Roxana, Delaware. The tournaments are sponsored in part by grants from the Delaware Tourism Office and the Carl M. Freeman Foundation.
According to Roy Lamberton, Director of Media Relations for the 2014 Little League Softball World Series in Delaware, there's more good news, "The ESPN Family of Networks will broadcast both of Friday's Little League Softball World Series Semi-Finals and Saturday's Final games from Bruce Layton Field in Sussex County," said Lamberton, "This is a win-win for Little League softball and for ESPN, getting both World Series being played at the same time and same location at a very good facility."
Lamberton said having both World Series in Roxana last year had a positive economic impact of about $2-million for the State of Delaware.
"The Senior Softball Semi-Final games with the top team in each pool facing the #2 team in the opposite pool, are scheduled to be broadcast on Friday, August 8th with Game #21 telecast on ESPN 2 at 10:00 a.m. and Game 23 telecast on ESPN-U at 1:00 PM."
The Senior Softball Championship Game on Saturday, August 9th will be on ESPN at Noon featuring the winners of Friday's semi-finals.
Lamberton said the Big League World Series TV schedule for Friday August 8th will be as follows:
with Game 22 on ESPN-U at 4:00 PM and Game 23 carried by ESPN-U at 7:00 PM.
The Big League Softball Championship Game on Saturday, August 9th will be on ESPN 2 at 5 PM featuring the winners of Friday's semi-finals.
Lamberton said last year's telecasts of the Championship Games were among the highest rated Little League World Series games shown on the network.
The Central team from South Bend, Indiana defeated the Europe & Africa team from Lombardia LL, Milano , Italy in the Senior Softball final and in the Big League Final, the District 3 Host team from Sussex County prevailed over Latin America to win the first Big League World Series held at Roxana.
According to World Series Director Martin Donovan, "The increase in the number television of games this year demonstrates the interest that the two World Series in Sussex County has nationally."
Lamberton added that the Little League Senior Softball World Series has been played in Roxana since 2004 and first began play in 1976. "This is the 11th year in Delaware and the 38th year overall," he said. "The Big League Softball World Series moved to Sussex County last year," he said.


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