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Waverley Building, Nottingham Trent University, Waverley Street
Friday 23 February
6.00 pm to 10.30 pm
Staff and students from the School of Art & Design at Nottingham Trent University (NTU) light up the exterior of the Waverley building to commemorate the centenary of the Armistice that ended the First World War in 1918. If you're travelling into th city on the tram from Phoenix Park or Hucknall, look out for the projctions as the Waverley building transitions from war, to peace, to remembrance.
Visions of the Cut
British Waterways Building, Castle Warf
Friday 23 February
6.00 pm to 9.30 pm
Projected onto the British Waterways building at Castle Wharf, the installation evokes a journey along the canal. Visions of the Cut is a contribution to the wider Enchanted Water event supported by Arts Council England and delivered in collaboration with Nottingham City Council, Canal & River Trust, Canalside Heritage Centre, Carrington Street Area Townscape Heritage, and Nottingham Narrowboat Adventure.
Enchanted Water will include artists' light installations, film, poetry, storytelling and family activities.
High Wood, Untouched 1916/2018
The Bandstand, Nottingham Castle, Lenton Road
Friday 23 February from 6.00 pm to 9.00 pm
High Wood near Bazentin le Petit in France remains an untouched location where many soldiers were laid to rest during the Battle of the Somme.
It is believed that at least 8,000 German and British soldiers died as results of the battles fought in this woodland.To this day many of the remains of the German and British servicemen still lie there. Due to this, one can only walk around the wood.
By projecting images of High Wood onto the bandstand at Nottingham Castle the images merge to create a canopy, an uncanny atmosphere – familiar yet slightly strange.
Visitors can only walk around the bandstand during the projection which echoes the limitation of access of the 'real place'.
High Wood, Untouched 1916/2018, follows on from a research project by photographer Katja Hock, lecturer in Fine Art at Nottingham Trent University (NTU). To read more about her research entitled Stille-Fragmente, please visit her website.
The Sense of Sight
Newton Building, Goldsmith Street
Late Opening Friday 23 February as part of Light Night 6.00 pm to 9.00 pm
Saturday 24 February 2018 10.00 am to 3.00 pm
Monday 26 February to Thursday 1 March 10.00 am to 5.00 pm
An exhibition of lighting designed and manufactured by Product Design students and alumni from the School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment at Nottingham Trent University (NTU), showcasing cutting-edge design with a variety of incredible lighting products including table lamps, contemporary penant shades, and innovative installations.
Lace Unarchived
Bonington Gallery, Bonington Building, Dryden Street
Late Opening Friday 23 February as part of Light Night: 6.00 pm to 9.00 pm
Late Opening Wednesday 14 March: 5.00 pm to 7.00 pm
Otherwise from Friday 23 February to Thursday 29 March 10.00 am to 5.00 pm
Lace Unarchived brings together a diverse group of designers and artists from across the UK who have each interpreted Nottingham lace in a unique and contemporary way.

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PC-9800 series
PC-9801RX with the Intel 80286
|Personal computer
|Release date
|October 1982(PC-9801) November 1992 (PC-9821)
|Introductory price
|Operating system
|CP/M-86, MS-DOS, OS/2, Windows
|8086 @ 5 MHz and higher
|128 kilobytes and higher
|PC-8800 Series
The PC-9800 series (Japanese: PC-9800シリーズ Hepburn: Pī Sī Kyūsen Happyaku Shirīzu), commonly shortened to PC-98, is a lineup of Japanese 16-bit and 32-bit personal computers manufactured by NEC from 1982 through 2000. The platform established NEC's dominance in the Japanese personal computer market, and by 1999, more than 18 million PC-98 units had been sold.[2]
The first model, the PC-9801, was launched on October 1982,[3] and employed an 8086 CPU. It ran at a clock speed of 5 MHz, with two µPD7220 display controllers (one for text, the other for video graphics), and shipped with 128 KB of RAM, expandable to 640 KB. Its 8-color display had a maximum resolution of 640×400 pixels. Its successor, the PC-9801E, which appeared in 1983, employed an 8086-2 CPU, which could selectively run at a speed of either 5 or 8 MHz. The NEC PC-9801VM used NEC V30 CPU.
When the PC-9801 was launched in 1982, it was initially priced at 298,000 yen (about US$1,200 in 1982 dollars).
While NEC did not market these specific machines in the West, it did sell the NEC APC III, which has similar hardware as early PC-98 models.[4]
In the 1980s and early 1990s, NEC dominated the Japan domestic PC market with more than 60% of the PCs sold as PC-9801 or PC-8801. In 1990, IBM Japan introduced the DOS/V operating system which enabled displaying Japanese text on standard IBM PC/AT VGA adapters. After that, the decline of the PC-98 began. The PC-9801's last successor was the Celeron-based PC-9821Ra43 (with a clock frequency of 433 MHz, using a 440FX chipset-based motherboard design from 1998), which appeared in 2000.
NEC kept much of its hardware and platform proprietary or under license, so while it had a virtual monopoly in the Japanese market, later IBM PC clones with DOS/V and Windows from companies such as Hitachi and Panasonic that did not require such license fees (like Epson's 98 clones) flooded the market and displaced NEC.[citation needed]
The PC-98 is different from the IBM PC in many ways; for instance, it uses its own 16-bit C-Bus (Cバス) instead of the ISA bus; BIOS, I/O port addressing, memory management, and graphics output are also different. However, localized MS-DOS or Windows will still run on PC-9801s.
Expansion bus[edit]
All PC-98 desktop models use a 100-pin expansion slot. It has the 16 data and 24 address lines. The bus frequency is fixed at 5, 8 or 10 MHz. PC-H98 and PC-9821A Series use a proprietary 32-bit Local Bus slot and existing 16-bit slot. The 16-bit expansion bus were also called C-Bus (Compatible Bus). The PC-9821Xf introduced in 1994 shipped with C-Bus slots and PCI slots on the motherboard, replacing Local Bus.
Many PC-9801 models could increase system memory by expansion boards, daughterboards, or proprietary SIMMs. They were limited to 14.6 MB, due to 24-bit address pins and reserve space. EMS memory boards for C-Bus were also available. The PC-9821Af introduced in 1993 shipped with standard 72-pin SIMMs, broke 14.6 MB barrier and supported memory up to 79.6 MB. Later desktop models shipped with standard SIMM or DIMM memory.
Early PC-9801 models supported 1232 KB 8-inch floppy drives and/or 640 KB 5¼-inch floppy drives. Each used different IRQ lines and I/O ports. Later models supported both interfaces. 5¼-inch and 3½-inch HD floppy disks used the same logical format and data rate with 1232 KB 8-inch floppy disks. They became a non-standard format while formats brought by IBM PC/AT and PS/2 became industrial standard.
The PC-98 supports up to four floppy drives. If the system is booted from a floppy drive, MS-DOS assigns letters to all of the floppy drives before considering hard drives; if booted from a hard drive, it will do the opposite. If the OS was installed on the hard drive, MS-DOS would assign the hard drive as drive "A:" and the floppy as drive "B:"; this would cause incompatibility among Windows PC applications, although it can be resolved with the SETUP command in Windows 95, turning on the "/AT" switch to assign the Windows system drive to the standard "C:" drive.
The PC-98 used several different interfaces of hard drives. Early models used Shugart Associates System Interface (SASI), and later models used SCSI or IDE drives.
A standard PC-98 has two µPD7220 display controllers (a master and a slave) with 12 KB main memory and 256 KB of video RAM respectively. The master display controller handles font ROM, displaying JIS X 0201 (7x13 pixels) and JIS X 0208 (15x16 pixels) characters. Each character had a variety of display options, including bits for secret, blinking, reverse, underline and three intensity bits (grayscale or RGB). The other display controller is set to slave mode and connected to 256 KB of planar video memory, allowing it to display 640 x 400 pixel graphics with 16 colors out of a palette of 4096. The video RAM is divided into pages (2 pages x 4 planes x 32 KB in 640x400 16 colour mode), and the programmer can control which page is written to and which page is output.
The first generation of PC-9801s, E, F, and M models, only had an internal buzzer. PC-9801U2 and later models could change the sound frequency by controlling the programmable interval timer, like the PC speaker. The PC-8801mkIISR home computer, introduced in 1985, had a Yamaha YM2203 sound chip, a Atari joystick port, and BASIC sound commands. The optional PC-9801-26 sound card was based around these features, although in some PC-9801 models it is integrated with the motherboard. It became the most common sound card for playing in-game music on the PC-98.[5]
It was superseded by the PC-9801-73 (1991) and PC-9801-86 (1993) sound card, which employed the YM2608 and added support for 16-bit stereo sampling. Due to lack of DMA support and poor sound drivers, however, it often had issues in Windows, creating popping and clicking sounds.[6] The PC-9801-118 sound card and later PC-9821 models uses the Crystal Semiconductor's WSS audio codec to resolve this, but the newer sound chip was not compatible with the older conventional sound cards.[7]
Roland released the MPU-401 MIDI interface card for PC-98 computers.
The first PC-9801 model had the same keyboard layout with PC-8801's except the conversion key XFER was added. Later models had some minor changes; NFER, 15 function keys, LED status indicators replacing SHIFT toggle keys.[8]
The bus mouse and interface card kit was introduced for PC-98 in 1983. The PC-9801F3 and later models had a mouse interface. Although the PS/2 port became popular among IBM PC clones in 1990s, the bus mouse had been used until the end of PC-98.
Seiko Epson manufactured PC-9801 clones, as well as compatible peripherals.[9]
The PC-98 was primarily used for business in Japan from 1980s to mid-1990s. As of September 1992, out of 16,000 PC-98s in use, 60% were primarily for corporate business software, 10% for operating systems and development tools, 10% for educational software, with the rest being a mix of graphic design, networking, word processing, and games.[10] The Nikkei Personal Computing journal published in 1993 reported that most home users purchased PCs for completing their office work at home. The publisher sent a questionnaire to 2000 readers, and out of 1227 readers who answered, 82% of users were using it for word processing, 72% for spreadsheets, 47% used it as a database, and 43% for games.[11]
One of the PC-98's killer applications, Ichitaro; a Japanese word processor, was released in 1985.[12] It was ported to other machines in 1987. A Japanese version of Lotus 1-2-3 was also ported to PC-98 first in 1986.[13] Ichitaro (all versions) shipped 1 million copies by 1991,[14] and Lotus 1-2-3 a half-million copies.[15]
Software for the PC-98 generally ran from program and data disks (Disk 0 & 1 or A & B). For example, Ichitaro's system disk contained a runtime version of MS-DOS, main programs, an input method editor (ATOK), and its dictionary data file. It used the entire space of a 1.2 MB floppy disk.[12] In 1980s, most machines only had two floppy drives because HDDs were an expensive additional feature for PCs.
The PC-9801 had thousands of game titles designed for it, many of which made creative use of the system's limitations (it was originally designed as a business machine) to great commercial success. Despite having hardware specifications far inferior to the FM Towns and X68000, the massive install base and steady flow of game titles (in particular "dōjin" style dating sims and RPGs, as well as early games of Policenauts, YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World, Koutetsu no Kishi, Mayonaka no Tantei Nightwalker, MechWarrior, Rusty, Hiōden: Mamono-tachi tono Chikai, Shūjin e no Pert-em-Hru, Corpse Party, Slayers, J.B. Harold Murder Club, and Touhou Project kept it as the favored platform for PC game developers in Japan until the rise of the DOS/V clones.
Partial list of PC-98 models sold in the Japanese market (no 1992-2000 models, no notebook models, etc.).
|8086 5 MHz
|RAM 128 KB, 6 slot C-bus
|640×400 8 colors, 2 externals floppy drive 8" (optional)
|8086-2 5/8 MHz
|2 externals floppy drive 8" (optional)
|8086-2 5/8 MHz
|F1 and F2 with 128KB of RAM,
F3 256 KB of RAM and hard-disk 10 Mb
|Internal floppy drive, 5" 2DD (640KB/720KB)
|8086-2 5/8 MHz[16]
|M1: 2 internal floppy drive, 5" 2HD (1MB/1.2MB); M2: 1 internal floppy and HD 20Mb
|NEC V30 8 MHz
|double 5" floppy-disk 2DD
resolution 640×400 with 8 colors (16 colors optional) chosen from among the 4096 available
|NEC V30 10 MHz
|double 5" floppy-disk 2HD/2DD
resolution 640×400 with 8 colors (16 colors optional) chosen from among the 4096 available
|80286 8-10 MHz
|RAM 1 MByte
|resolution 640×400 with 16 colors chosen from among 4096
|NEC V30 8 MHz
|2 floppy-disk 3.5" 2DD
|NEC V30 10/8 MHz
|2 floppy-disk 3.5" 2HD/2DD
|80286 10 MHz
|2 floppy-disk 3.5" 2HD/2DD
|80386DX 16-20 MHz
|2 floppy-disk 5" 2HD/2DD
|80386SX 16 MHz
|2 floppy-disk 5" 2HD/2DD
|80286 12 MHz
|2 floppy-disk 5" 2HD/2DD
|80386SX 16 MHz
|ES2 no HD, ES5 HD 40MB
|2 floppy-disk 3.5" 2HD/2DD
|80286 12 MHz
|2 floppy-disk 3.5" 2HD/2DD
|80386DX/20 MHz
|/U means 3.5" floppy
No /U means 5" floppy
|80386SX/16 MHz
|/U means 3.5" floppy
No /U means 5" floppy
|80286 12 MHz
|/U means 3.5" floppy
No /U means 5" floppy
|80486SX/16 MHz
|F means "File slot", memory proprietary expansion slot
|80386DX/16 MHz
|80386SX/16 MHz
|Intel 80386SX
|RAM 4 MByte, drive CD-ROM
|hard disk 40 MByte,
resolution 640×480 with 256 colors and SCSI interface, Windows 3.0 pre-installed
|80486SX 25 MHz
|Windows 3.1 pre-installed
|80486SX 25 MHz (Ce2)/33 MHz (Cs2)
|80486SX 33 MHz
|MS-DOS 5.2/Windows 3.1 pre-installed
|Pentium 60 MHz
|built-in TV tuner, MS-DOS 5.0/Windows 3.1 pre-installed
|Pentium 75 MHz
|CD-ROM 4x drive
|hard disk 850 MByte, built-in TV tuner, MS-DOS 6.2/Windows 3.1 pre-installed
|PC-9821Cx3 (98Multi Canbe)
|Pentium 100 MHz
|include Yamaha DB60XG Daughterboard
|Windows 95 pre-installed
|PC-9821 Valuestar V Series V166-V233
|Pentium MMX 166-233 MHz
|8x-20x CD-ROM, 2x CD-R, or DVD-ROM drive, 32 MB of RAM, Matrox Mystique 3D accelerator, Harddisk 3-6 GB, 2x USB ports
|Windows 95 OSR2.1 pre-installed
|PC-9821 Cereb (C166-C233)
|Pentium MMX 166-233 MHz
|28 inch (in C200 Model) or optional 32 inch BS Hi-Vision TV Monitor, Harddisk 3-4GB, VideoLogic Apocalypse 3D 3D accelerator (in C166 Model), DVD and MPEG-2 Decoder (in C200/V and C233/V Model), built-in TV tuner, 13x CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive (read CD-ROM at 6x in C200/V Model and 8x in C233/V Model), 32 MB of RAM, 2x USB ports (in C233 Model)
|Windows 95 OSR2.1 pre-installed
|Celeron 433 MHz
|24x CD-ROM drive, 32 MB of RAM, Harddisk 8GB,
|Last computer of series
Timeline of PC-9801 models
See also[edit]
- ^ "PC-9800シリーズ受注終了のお知らせ" [PC-9800 Series Discontinuation Notification] (in Japanese). NEC. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
- ^ "Computing Japan". Computing Japan. LINC Japan. 54-59: 18. 1999. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
...its venerable PC 9800 series, which has sold more than 18 million units over the years, and is the reason why NEC has been the number one PC vendor in Japan for as long as anyone can remember.
- ^ John Szczepaniak. "Retro Japanese Computers: Gaming's Final Frontier". Hardcore Gaming 101. p. 2. Retrieved 2011-03-16. Reprinted from "Retro Japanese Computers: Gaming's Final Frontier", Retro Gamer (67), 2009
- ^ "Old-Computers.com". Archived from the original on April 23, 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
- ^ "PC-9801めくるめく音源ボードの世界" [The world of sound boards for PC-9801]. 蘇るPC-9801伝説 永久保存版 第2弾 [Coming back the legend of PC-9801 Volume 2] (in Japanese). Ascii. 2007. ISBN 978-4-7561-4883-4.
- ^ 靖間, 誠. "PC-9801-118 / NEC". Retrieved 2018-05-24.
- ^ "質問 : PC-9801-118を使ってMS-DOS上でFM音源を鳴らしたい。" [Question: I want to play sound with FM synthesizer on MS-DOS using PC-9801-118.]. NEC PC Information Center ROBO (in Japanese). NEC. Archived from the original on 1997-06-10. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
- ^ yagura (2002-10-18). "PC-98 キーボード". nkmm the Metal. Retrieved 2018-01-08.
- ^ "EPSON PC`s DATABASE TOP PAGE" (in Japanese). Retrieved June 10, 2016.
- ^ "ソフトウェアにおける優位性はどこまで続くか". Oh! PC (in Japanese). Softbank. 12 (8): 155. 1993-09-15. ISSN 0910-7606.
- ^ "パソコンユーザー実態調査". 日経パソコン (in Japanese). Nikkei BP: 132–137. 1993-06-21. ISSN 0287-9506.
- ^ a b "「一太郎」が知っているPC-9801シリーズの軌跡" [The history of PC-9801 series traced by Ichitaro]. 蘇るPC-9801伝説 永久保存版 第1弾 [Coming back the legend of PC-9801 Volume 1] (in Japanese). Ascii. 2004. pp. 87–92. ISBN 4-7561-4419-5.
- ^ Edward Warner (1986-09-08). "Lotus Perseveres to Unveil Japanese Version of 1-2-3". InfoWorld. p. 9. Retrieved 2016-05-02.
- ^ "ロータス、「1-2-3」強化版を発売。". Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun. 1991-07-06. p. 5.
- ^ "Photo of motherboard of PC-9801M".
Further reading[edit]
- Joel West and Jason Dedrick, "Innovation and Control in Standards Architectures: The Rise and Fall of Japan's PC-98", Information Systems Research, Vol. 11, No. 2, June 2000, pp. 197–216
- Ascii Techwrite (1993). 改訂版 PC-9800シリーズ テクニカルデータブック HARDWARE編 [PC-9800 Series Technical Databook (Hardware, Revised Ed.)]. Ascii. ISBN 4756104568.
- Ascii Techwrite (1992). PC-9800シリーズ テクニカルデータブック BIOS編 [PC-9800 Series Technical Databook (BIOS)]. Ascii. ISBN 475610441X.
- Myers, Steven; Smith, Greg (March 1995). "DOS/V: The Soft(ware) Solution to Hard(ware) Problems". Computing Japan Magazine. Archived from the original on 2017-01-15. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
- Boyd, John (April 1997). "From Chaos to Competition - Japan's PC industry in transformation". Computing Japan Magazine. Archived from the original on 2017-01-16. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to NEC PC-98.
- Intro to NEC PC-9800 World
- PC 9801, the first model of the series
- Info about NEC PC-9801M with uPD8086D-2
- "PC博物館" [PC Museum] (in Japanese). Retrieved June 7, 2016.
- "With98 : PC-98データバンク" [With98 : PC-98 Data Bank] (in Japanese). (unofficial). Retrieved June 7, 2016.
- "モデルナンバー (本体) - PC-9800 - NEC - レトロPC - Retro Computer People" [Model number (computers) - PC-9800 - NEC - Retro PC - Retro Computer People] (in Japanese). Retrieved June 10, 2016.
- "なおちま屋 = 昔のカタログ保存館" [Naochima-ya - Old catalogue museum] (in Japanese). Retrieved June 10, 2016.
- Neko Project II, a PC-98 emulator for Windows and Mac OS X
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In most cases, any information on a computer can be recovered fully intact, even with serious hardware or software malfunctions that seem to completely destroy the machine. The data in a typical computer system is normally stored on one or more hard drives, and this magnetic information is available after a crash, if the right tools and techniques are applied in a timely fashion.
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There are many ways to recover data. One way to recover files that are lost or deleted is simply looking in the recycle bin and restoring them back to where they belong. For step by step instructions on this, see Microsoft's advice on emptying the recycle bin.
Another popular method goes one step further, and requires removing the cover, removing the hard drive and hooking it up to a second computer, usually right where the CD ROM drive is located. You then boot up the second computer and read the data from the hard drive in order to copy it to a new location, such as the second computer's hard drive, or a USB Flash Drive, or to a CDR or FTP location. Some tips on copying files.
Advanced data recovery takes all these steps, but also applies specialty data recovery software (such as OnTrack Easy Recovery Pro, at www.ontrackdatarecovery.com) to the situation. This software can search the hard drive for files that have been deleted, partitions that have been removed, or raw file fragments which it can sometimes reassemble into whole files again. It even has the ability to recover files from a formatted drive or a corrupted partition which won't boot or display files, or show up in the My Computer window. Many professional computer repair shops are capable of this level of recovery.
The success rate of this approach is related to how soon it is attempted after a failure; the longer you wait and the more attempts you make to try to recover the data yourself the less likely this approach is to recover your files. This is why it is important to bring a drive to the experts as soon as a crash occurs. Tools such as defrag and scandisk, while useful in their own way, severely hamper the data recovery efforts of this and the next approach.
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For the second time in 14 years, the original Tom Lee obelisk memorial has been toppled by straight-line winds.
The city should take the hint and send the monument declaring Lee a "very worthy Negro" to a museum as a relic from a past era of patronizing racial distinctions that have no place in modern society – either as aspiration or fact.
When the 1950s-era monument fell during "Hurricane Elvis" in 2003, there were calls from Lee's descendants to erect a more appropriate monument.
That happened in 2006 with David Alan Clark's monument depicting Lee's May 1925 rescue of 32 people whose boat had capsized on the Mississippi River south of Memphis. Still, though, the obelisk was repaired and restored.
The people Lee saved that day on the river were civil engineers and their families who were in Memphis for a convention. Lee was about as anonymous a hero as anyone could imagine. He was a laborer running people from one point along the river to another on a makeshift boat called "Zev" when he saw the Norman capsize on his way back to Memphis.
Calmly and without a word, Lee, who could not swim, pulled people from the river current and with several on board ferried them to dry land. Just a few days later, he was in the Rose Garden at the White House shaking hands with President Calvin Coolidge.
Some but not all of the desire to honor Lee was framed by the racial segregation of the time and white thoughts about what an appropriate black role model was. Lee got a job with the city as a sanitation worker. The Engineers Club bought him and his wife a house in Klondike and paid the taxes on it for the rest of his life. And two years after his death from cancer in 1952 – still at the dawn of the civil rights movement – Astor Park was renamed in Lee's honor and the obelisk was erected.
The newer depiction tells Lee's story in a more compelling, visual way, circled by a ring of lights – one for each of the lives Lee saved.
Removing an obelisk Lee's descendants do not consider worthy of his memory seems a very small step given the bold action New Orleans recently took with its removal of Confederate monuments. This is a way to begin reclaiming Memphis' history for what it really is, not for how leaders of a different era thought it should define racial roles and political fairytales.
After that, it is but a short distance physically and politically to letting go of another monument to an outdated notion: the 1962 statue of Confederate States president Jefferson Davis in Memphis Park – formerly Confederate Park, which billed itself as "a memorial to the old South."
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In 1980, Shercliff was elected a fellow of the Royal Society and almost simultaneously to the Hopkinson and ICI Professorship of Applied Thermodynamics at Cambridge, following the retirement of his former supervisor Sir William Hawthorne. Shercliff was then chosen to succeed Mair as Head of Department on his retirement in 1983. Tragically, he was struck by cancer in 1982. Despite this severe illness, he assumed responsibility as Head of Department in October 1983, but died shortly afterwards in December of the same year. The Arthur Shercliff memorial trust was established to provide travel scholarships for engineering students at Cambridge and Warwick universities.
One of his sons, Hugh, attended Arthur's lectures in the Engineering Tripos, and went on to graduate with first class honours in 1984. He himself is now a lecturer in the Department.


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Goof Gas Attack is the semi-finale story arc from the semi-finale season of Rocky and Bullwinkle (originally titled The Bullwinkle Show). It was broadcast on NBC during the 1962-63 television season.
After inventing Goof Gas in their country, Boris tries it out on Rocky and Bullwinkle. Rocky turns stupid and goofy but Bullwinkle is not affected. (It's stated that goof gas works on the brain, and Bullwinkle, not having one, is immune.) After seeing how easy it is to beat Washington (based on a newspaper that read "Boston Takes Washington Seven to Two"), Boris and Natasha plan a goof gas attack on Washington to take it over. They took a few days to get there by cab and went to the visitor section of US Congress and they then discovered the US was run by politicians arguing and debating the issues and giving speeches. What the politicians say makes no logical sense and seems to be goofy and so Natasha turns to Boris and asks "Boris is what he said, you think he already have some goof gas?" and Boris says "Natasha what he said, that is goof gas!" Later, Badenov and Fatale decide to use the same gas on a military missile-firing base. It works, and the Missiles are launched towards an unknown location. Rocky, Bullwinkle and Wrong-way Peachfuzz arrive and send them towards Pottsylvania. Boris is later interrogated by Fearless Leader about their latest attack, and Pottsylvania is struck while Fearless Leader is still interrogating him.
- Goof Gas Attack
- The Brain Drainers or Malice in Wonderland
- The Dunderheads or Feeling Zero
- Three to Go or Crash on Delivery
- McKeesport on the Prod or The Pennsylvania Poker
- Hare-Brained Boris or The Dumb Bunny
- Gee orginal Untitled Episode (Boris zapped the Narrator with Goof Gas before he could tell the name of the next episode)
- 5-4-3-2-1 or The Quick Launch Counter
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In the early 1990s, this episode was released as the main feature of the video "Vincent Van Moose".


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Digital Storytelling, otherwise known as DS106 is the online home for digital storytelling classes at several universities. The official classes are taken by official students for official credits. This does not stop the gatekeepers from acting on the well-known fact that divirsity in a creative environment is always good by opening up the assignments for anyone to do. The hashtags in their motto: #ds106 is #4life are tweetable, tumblable, bloggable.
Online means online
The daily challenges, sometimes writing but also video, audio and photographic challenges are posted at 10:00 am EST at the ds106 website. You register, do the exercises, and post'em. Then you go a'commentin. Keep up via twitter. It all looks like wonderful fun and I'm trying it. After all, I have to keep myself busy until ModPo begins again.


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No sooner than Eve had taken her place next to Claire, Donna appeared with three coffees. "Ladies, your scones will be here soon." And then to Eve, "It is good to see again, Eve. These ladies have been here every night looking for you. Oh, and I like the new hair." She smiled and left them alone.
Eve looked at her company and said, "She is a strange one, isn't she?" Then she looked around the room, taking in the many people engrossed in conversation, noticing the apparent lack of anxiety. "Why are you all so calm? With the war escalating each hour, how can you all be acting as if everything is fine?"
Rachel looked at her in shock, "War? Eve, what are you talking about?"
She continued on as if she hadn't heard the question, "Rachel, you're a reporter. At a time like this, I should think you would be living at your studio. And speaking of that, what network are you using as your platform? Believe me, the channel clicker has been active these past few days and never once have I seen you broadcasting." She put her head down to secretly rub a new tear. "Constitution Day is on Friday and it's unclear to me that there will be any celebrating. Each day, the ghetto militia is being slaughtered for us all to see on TV. Why aren't you telling our side of this?" She looked at Claire, and then back across the table. "You call yourself women who defy the ways, and yet, what are you doing to stop this?"
Donna showed up with their order. After serving them, she placed a jar of strawberry jam in the middle of the table. "I made this myself. The best you will ever taste. I suggest you try it on these hot scones."
Eve stood, her nostrils flaring. "Scones? Jam? What is all this? I need to get out of here!" She turned toward the back of the room, but felt a gentle hand on her arm.
Donna smiled at her, a warm, delicious motherly air with her gesture. "Eve, you may use the front door tonight if you like. You have earned it, Dear."
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The robbery at the store at 1150A Arnold Drive happened around 7:30 p.m. Monday when two men entered the store, police said. According to police, the two threatened the store's employee with threats they had a gun and forced him into a back area of the store.
One of the suspects then forced the employee to hand over his shirt when an undisclosed number of customers entered. That suspect greeted the customers and tended to them until they left the store, police said.
When the customers, left, the two men grabbed $45,000 in merchandise and $179 in cash out of the register before running from the store, police said.
Still pictures of the two from surveillance video greeted visitors to the Martinez Police Department's Facebook page.
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A grade one-winning sprinter, by Distorted Humor out of grade one winner and multiple grade one producer Hookedonthefeelin, Jimmy Creed is a leading freshman sire of 2017.
Jimmy Creed's graded-winning and grade one-placed Spectator is out of a mare by Henny Hughes, from the Hennessy branch of Storm Cat. He also has a stakes winner out of a mare by Theatrical, from the Nureyev branch of Northern Dancer. Distorted Humor has also done well with mares descending from Nureyev's three-quarters brother Sadler's Wells, particularly through El Prado. We can also note success with Northern Dancer through Deputy Minister and his sons Silver Deputy, Touch Gold, Dehere and Awesome Again. Mares by Northern Dancer grandson Dixie Union will create an intriguing inbreeding pattern, and he is already broodmare sire of a graded stakes winner by a son of Distorted Humor.
The strain of Seattle Slew that has been a remarkably prolific one when crossed under Distorted Humor, and Jimmy Creed already has stakes horses out of mares by Bernardini and Stephen Got Even, both from the A.P. Indy branch.
The cross of Distorted Humor and his sons with mares descending from Turn-to through Roberto has been an excellent one, including dual classic-winning champion I'll Have Another out of a mare by Arch (by Kris S.), as well as graded stakes winners out of mares by Red Ransom and Dynaformer, and a stakes winner out of a mare by Lear Fan. From the Halo branch of Turn-To there are stakes winners by Distorted Humor out of mares by More Than Ready and his sire, Southern Halo.
From the In Reality line, Distorted Humor has a grade one winner out of a mare by a son of Valid Appeal (sire of Successful Appeal, Valid Wager and Valid Expectations), as well as a stakes winner from a mare by Relaunch, and a graded winner from a mare by that horse's son, Cee's Tizzy (sire of Tiznow). Distorted Humor has also done extremely well when crossed over mares descending from Damascus through Personal Flag and his sire, Private Account.
Although Distorted Humor is a grandson of Mr. Prospector, he and his sons have enjoyed a measure of success when crossed back over Mr. Prospector line mares, especially via Unbridled and Unbridled's Song (whose son Songandaprayer is broodmare sire of a Jimmy Creed stakes horse), but also through Gulch/Thunder Gulch, Street Cry and Woodman.
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The Center for Irish Partnership at UMass Lowell fosters collaborations and partnerships with educational institutions in Ireland and Northern Ireland across an interdisciplinary spectrum. These international partnerships embrace faculty exchange and joint research ventures and to work with Irish partners to create a dynamic model for Cross-Atlantic collaboration.
In partnership with Queens University Belfast, the Center oversaw three archaeological digs, two in Lowell at the St. Patrick's site and one in Ireland at the homestead of Hugh Cummiskey. Photos from the 2012 Dig are pictured on the left.
The Center and its Directors, Dr. Frank Talty, Dr. Stephen McCarthy, Professor Ann Marie Hurley and Victoria Denoon, in partnership with the Irish Cultural Committee, also played an integral role in bringing former Irish President Mary McAleese to Lowell to speak to the community, as well as bestowed upon her an honorary doctoral degree from the University.
Recently, UML presented a three-day conference to the Greater Lowell community and beyond. The Irish in Massachusetts: Historical Significance, Lasting Legacy , presented in partnership by UMass Lowell and Queen's University Belfast, was an interdisciplinary look at the understudied nature of the Irish Diaspora in New England, with specific focus on the Irish and their contributions to Massachusetts.
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GENEVA – The Geneva Academic Foundation is planning its 2018 Grand Gala event to take place Oct. 20 at the Dunham Woods Riding Club in Wayne, the organization announced in a news release.
The Grand Gala is the organization's premier fundraising event, with a goal this year of raising $25,000 through silent and live auctions, wine pull and sponsor support, the release stated.
Live music and cocktails will begin at 6 p.m., followed by dinner and dancing.
Tickets are $125 per person and can be bought online at www.gafgala.eventbrite.com.
The Geneva Academic Foundation was created in 1987 as a not-for-profit organization with the mission to provide funds for the academic extras for teachers in Geneva School District 304 that tax dollars could not cover.
Currently, the goal is to provide supplemental programs, equipment, and learning experiences to ensure that Geneva students continue to succeed in the current technologically complex and culturally diverse society.
The foundation awarded $1.6 million in teacher grants in 30 years, with all money coming from fundraising activities, the release stated.
The foundation's most recent grant awards and student scholarships totaled over $30,000.
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What is the Time of the End?
Jesus Christ's disciples admired the enormous and intricate design of the temple buildings in Jerusalem. Some of the foundation stones of the temple complex were massive, weighing many tons. Other stones were carved of beautiful white marble. The sunlight sparkled on the polished stones and intricate gold ornamentation of the temple.
The disciples wanted to know if their Teacher was as impressed as they were. Matthew 24:1-2 describes the setting: "Then Jesus went out and departed from the temple, and His disciples came to Him to show Him the buildings of the temple. And Jesus said to them, 'Do you not see all these things? Assuredly, I say to you, not one stone shall be left here upon another, that shall not be thrown down.' "
Jesus' dogmatic statement (referring prophetically to the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70) must have astonished His disciples. They were greatly troubled by His statement that the beautiful temple buildings would be destroyed. Later Christ's disciples came to Him privately, their minds still fixed on His shocking comments. "Tell us," they asked, "when will these things be? And what will be the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?" (verse 3).
Searching for understanding
Some 2,000 years later, Christians are still asking what events will signal the end of the age and the return of Christ. He answered this important question. The problem most people face with His answer has to do with interpretation. We want our answers clean and neat, like a precise solution to a math problem.
Instead, the meaning of Christ's answer involves an understanding of the periodic repetition of trends and devastating events that have transpired over the last 2,000 years, as well as a perception of the increased intensity and magnitude of similar occurrences as we near the end.
But we should remember that Jesus made it plain that no one could know the exact time of His return: ". . . Of that day and hour now one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only" (verse 36). Only the Father knows the precise time of His Son's return. Yet we can perceive important prophetic principles.
Jesus gave His disciples signs that require a broad perspective of understanding. Some prophetic trends would recur over time but intensify before Christ's second coming. Other conditions will be unique to that one point in history. Some of the crucial prophecies that will usher in Christ's return are not fully apparent; many of the correlating signs we find in Jesus' Olivet Prophecy and the writings of other biblical prophets are still unfolding.
We will discuss these biblical signs, the keys that unlock future events in the light of Bible prophecy. But first let's examine how the Bible uses the term time of the end.
What exactly is the time of the end? When will it come? Are we living in the end time? Is there a way to know?
The subject of the time of the end spans the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. It is one of the major themes of Scripture.
It is important to understand what the end time is. Misunderstanding it can cause great confusion, uncertainty and anguish. But a good biblical grasp of the subject can bring comfort and confidence. So let's go to the Bible to see what it reveals about the end time.
The meaning of "the time of the end"
One of the most succinct explanations of the time of the end is in the book of Daniel. In chapter 12 God reveals to Daniel a summary of major events to take place at the end time.
God tells Daniel: "At that time Michael shall stand up, the great prince who stands watch over the sons of your people; and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation, even to that time. And at that time your people shall be delivered, every one who is found written in the book. And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, some to shame and everlasting contempt . . . But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase" (Daniel 12:1-4, emphasis added throughout).
Here the end time is described as "a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation." It is also a time of increased travel and communication and an explosion of knowledge, as seen from the description that "many shall run to and fro and knowledge shall increase."
Several centuries after Daniel's time, Jesus' disciples asked Him about the end time. His response echoed Daniel's words: "For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be" (Matthew 24:21).
Later God revealed to Daniel more information about the end. "And one said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, 'How long shall the fulfillment of these wonders be?' Then I heard the man clothed in linen [say] . . . that it shall be for a time, times, and half a time; and when the power of the holy people has been completely shattered, all these things shall be finished. Although I heard, I did not understand. Then I said, 'My lord, what shall be the end of these things?' And he said, 'Go your way, Daniel, for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end" (Daniel 12:6-9).
This scripture indicates that the term time of the end refers primarily to a period of unparalleled world trouble lasting 3 1/2 years (in biblical language, "a time [a year], times [two years] and half a time [half a year]") and will conclude with the establishment of God's Kingdom on earth. This booklet focuses essentially on prophecies directly or indirectly related to the 3 1/2-year period at the close of "this present evil age" (Galatians 1:4).
A word of caution
Although Scripture reveals certain conditions will deteriorate as the end of the age draws near, we should not confuse the conditions we now see around us with the specific final period prophesied in the Bible. Global conditions could degenerate over a considerable amount of time before they lead to the concluding events of the last days. The final days of this era will be marked by specific prophetic events.
Christ cautioned His disciples to be careful if they thought they were witnessing the signs of the end of the age. He said, "Take heed that you not be deceived. For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am He,' and, 'The time has drawn near.' Therefore do not go after them. But when you hear of wars and commotions, do not be terrified, for these things must come to pass first, but the end will not come immediately" (Luke 21:8-9).
Consequently, He warned, many would come in His name, claiming to represent Him. Some would interpret such developments and conditions as certain signs of the end time. But they would be wrong and lead many people astray. Thus the mere presence of charismatic religious leaders, wars or global disasters is not enough to determine the arrival of the end time.
Specific events to unfold
To avoid confusing general world troubles with actual end-time events, the Bible describes specific events and conditions that will occur in the final days.
One unmistakable end-time event will be the coming domination of Jerusalem by gentiles (non-Israelites). Jesus Christ prophesied that "Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled" (Luke 21:24).
In Revelation 11:1-2 an angel reveals to the apostle John how long gentiles will control the city: "And they will tread the holy city underfoot for forty-two months"—the equivalent of 3 1/2 years.
It will also be a time of intense persecution of God's people. Jesus warned of many troubling trends that He called "the beginning of sorrows" (Matthew 24:8). Then, He said, "they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name's sake. And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. But he who endures to the end shall be saved" (verses 9-13).
In the book of Revelation, John sees a vision in which some of God's people, depicted as a woman, are sheltered from Satan's persecution and "nourished for a time and times and half a time"—for 3 1/2 years (Revelation 12:14). Furious at being unable to attack these people, Satan will "make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ" (verse 17).
Thus we see in three prophecies that the focus of end-time predictions is primarily on a specific 3 1/2 year period of worldwide distress so terrifying and threatening that God will never allow such to occur again. Such prophecies help us understand the conditions and events that will mark the beginning of this crucial period.
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Make sure that all your media is in order. It can become really chaotic if you are constantly uploading images directly to your library. Start off with a good folder structure and stick to it. In time, when you wish to go back and find something, it will be easy to do.
Make sure your site has the most recent version of WordPress. Updates generally include security fixes that you will want to have. Malware is often able to infiltrate WordPress sites that do not have the latest updates. Install all updates WordPress offers in order to ensure the best security.
Use the scheduler tool to schedule the publishing of your blog posts. It is possible to have posts published at specified times, no matter where you happen to be. Visit the "Edit" screen, and find the box for "Publish." Underneath, there should be something that says Publish Immediately. Schedule your posts with military time and the dates. Just click on OK. Check the Schedule For screen and choose Schedule.
Do not waste your time on reviewing comments before they are posted. Akismet is great for this. Allow comments to post without having to have approval in order to simplify things. Failing that, you won't really save any time.
Approving comments manually is an outdated practice. Akismet is a helpful plugin that you can use. You'll be emailed once there's a comment, but you should uncheck manual approval so that the authors get to post comments without delay. You aren't saving much time this way.
Is it hard for you to post on a schedule? Create a blurb that is posted at a specific time and date of your selection. As you open up the posting area, you'll notice the option to select a future posting time. This means you should get started on everything ahead of schedule.
Is it challenging to meet self-imposed deadlines for your posts? The option to write ahead of schedule is available. This blurb can then be posted at a specific time and date. You have the choice when creating your post for publication time. This will reduce your stress of getting the content out on time.
Make sure to pick a WordPress host that allows you to click a button in order to install it. This can spare you the hassle of creating a database of your own. Pushing just one button will allow you to get both your domain and database set up.
If you are searching for a WordPress host, select one that has a user-friendly control panel with a one-click install of WordPress. You can spare yourself a database creation in doing so. With the click of a button, it is possible for the host to set up the blog domain along with the database.
Your WordPress site should have comments enabled. This lets you connect with your readers more. Don't worry about spammers, there are plugins that allow you to screen comments before allowing them to be seen on your site.
Be sure to let people comment about your blog posts. You can learn more about people visiting your site, and it will give users a community feeling. You can make it so that the only comments that show up are ones you approve, in case you're worried about spam.
Plugins that aren't free can be useful, too. Think about the value of your time, and compare the plugin's cost to it. It may be worth the price if it is going to free up a lot of time for you.
Use the "Read More" button for lengthy posts. Visitors aren't going to want to dive into lengthy text right off the bat. Let visitors read more by clicking if they choose. Failing to do so could make your blog look uninviting and cluttered.
If you would like to do work on your website without making live changes, copy your blog to another folder and work on it there. Once you know how a plugin will affect your website, you can decide whether or not to make it permanent.
Keep in mind that you need not to everything for your blog on your own. You could hire someone to help you make your website or blog.
It's not necessary for you to do all your site work alone. If you have anyone available to you, either as a volunteer or as a hire, who can help and save valuable time, they are worth asking to join you.
Hold your post that are not ready in unpublished mode. It is still possible for you to make revisions to it; your visitors will just not be able to see it yet. Only publish your work when you are completely satisfied with it.
Prior to thinking about what you want your WordPress site to look like, take the time to find help resources. For instance, look to WordPress forums, blogs and groups online as a means to get the advice you need. These sites will help answer any questions you have concerning themes or plugins.
When you use the Export function in WordPress, don't forget to also backup all images and other files associated with your site. One way to do this is by using FTP or the server's control panel to copy your folders and their contents.
Now that you've read this, you should know how to use WordPress better. Apply what you have learned today. You will be able to bring more traffic to your site. It will definitely be more user-friendly. Be sure to bookmark this page to refer to it in the future. Once you have put this information to work, you will see how much your site improves.
Take an inventory to the plugins in use on your site before you upgrade WordPress. If you have plugins that need to work all the time, you might have to wait to update WordPress. Installing the new upgrades too quickly may end up causing your existing plugins to become unusable.


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All things Fizzix & Astronomical that you wanted to know, but were afraid to ask. The good news is that you can stimulate a woman's clitoris through intercourse without having to use your fingers or your tongue. I can't claim that all the science fiction in Star Trek was good (some of it was plain bad), but some of it was very good and much of it was based on established science fiction concepts.
I have always been a fan of science fiction films of the 1950's and 1960's it's fun to look back and see how they envisioned our future. The joint National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases (EEID) Program funded the study.
Alyssa will be starting a physician assistant program in Fall of 2017 and is still deciding on which program to enter. The series begins October 6, and examines how these monumental ideas have led to the emerging interdisciplinary science of astrobiology. Since 1967, the Science as a Cultural Force course has addressed a variety of topics including the teaching of evolution vs. creationism, the development of nuclear weapons, and issues surrounding the tobacco wars.
Published in the February 1, 2017 issue of Science of the Total Environment, the study was coauthored by Jeffrey Weidenhamer (Trustees' Distinguished Professor of Chemistry), Meghann Fitzpatrick (Senior Biology major), Alison Biro (Toxicology '15), Peter Kobunski (Biochemistry '15), Michael Hudson (Associate Professor of Geology), Rebecca Corbin (Professor of Chemistry), and Perry Gottesfeld (OK International).
Successful female scientists should be invited to speak to classes, and girl-centered science clubs like the GEMS club should be created to give them the confidence, support, and resources they need to achieve success. Sequerome Science News brings your latest feeds from major scientific journals and publications.


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One of the best ways to grow any business is to build a team around you with strengths that allow you as the business owner to stay focused on the vision and growth of the company. Keeping team members motivated is key to them owning responsibility and driving growth. Performance appraisals or reviews can be one way to accomplish this if used strategically. Reviews are often met with apprehension by the person receiving it and inconvenience for the person giving the review because of the extra paperwork and the time it takes away from regular business. But, when you consider the importance of reviews to all concerned, it can help to create a more productive and positive work environment.
Let's take a look at the many benefits of performance appraisals.
Building Relationships
The ideal relationship between team members is cultivated daily and promotes collaboration and healthy interaction. When there is a good rapport between team members and those they report to, the performance appraisal conversation allows for more open, natural communication, which benefits all individual parties and the business.
Recognizing Strengths
It is always easier to start off a performance appraisal by recognizing a person's strengths and contributions. Regardless of the overall performance, there can always be something positive to say. This helps to put that person at ease and reinforces the value of their contribution to the business. Everyone has something they bring to the table. This part of the review can also be a time to chart measurable accomplishments since the previous evaluation, if applicable.
Identifying Needs
The natural next step is to discuss any areas where there may be lack of improvement. Identifying opportunities and strategies to increase performance growth can help to put this typically uncomfortable conversation in a positive light. There should be no surprises when it comes to employee reviews if expectations are consistently communicated clearly. This is part of that open communication within an organization.
Providing Motivation
Setting goals for the next benchmark period can help to provide motivation and encouragement. When a team member knows that they are supported and feels empowered, the chances for success increase. Providing personal or professional growth opportunities such as training seminars or mentoring can be just what someone may need to carry their progress to the next level. And, frankly, knowing that the company has a vested interest in your growth can go a long way.
As you can see, the importance of reviews for team members absolutely has a direct effect on having a successful business. When an organization cultivates open, constructive, and supportive communication, the work environment—and the business itself—has greater potential to thrive.


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WMV: Your Facebook indicates that you're from Cameron, Missouri. Where were you born?
Stacy: Yes, I grew up in a small community about an hour north of Kansas City, Missouri called Cameron. I'm grateful to have grown up in the Midwest but always dreamed of living in Hollywood and working with entertainment clients. I'm thankful that I'm able to live out my dreams in L.A.
WMV: Your online presence seems to focus on Orange County, California. In which city and State do currently reside?
Stacy: I live in Los Angeles, California, which is where my public relations business, Carder Brecht Communications, L.L.C., is based, but I write for CBS Orange County. You can see some of my articles at http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/tag/stacy-brecht.
WMV: Your Facebook indicates that you are married to Tom Brecht. What else, if anything, would you like to tell our readers about your parents, siblings, children, significant others, or any other friends or relatives?
Stacy: Yes, I'm married to a pretty cool guy named Tom. He's intelligent, kind, driven, hard-working, adventurous, fun, open- minded, loyal and giving - not to mention pretty handsome!
I'm really close to my family and am blessed to have been raised by a loving, giving, strong mother who always supported my dreams and passion for dance. She would drive two hours to and from work, and then drive me another couple hours to and from my competition dance practices several days a week. I still don't know how she did it all.
I'm proud of my father. He received a liver transplant a few years ago on Thanksgiving (talk about being thankful) and has transformed his living habits, is healthy, and has grown in his Christian faith significantly. He is living proof that miracles exist.
My ninety-two-year-old Grandma Marge is one of my favorite people in this world. She inspires me daily to live out her legacy. She is classy, smart, generous, thoughtful, sassy, inquisitive, determined, a faithful Christian woman, and a natural born fashionista!
WMV: You are apparently THE founder and owner of Carder Brecht Communications, Limited Liability Corporation. Who or what is Carder?
Stacy: Yes, I am the founder and owner of Carder Brecht Communications, L.L.C. Carder is my maiden name. I founded the company before Tom and I were married, and Carder Brecht Communications had a nice ring to it.
WMV: In our previous interview, you stated that "the Lord blessed you..." What exactly is your religion?
Stacy: I am a Christian and try to bless others with the gifts I'm given.
WMV: Do you still work as a writer for CBS News and the Examiner?
Stacy: Yes, in addition to owning and operating C.B.C., I write for CBS and Examiner.com. I enjoy writing positive, informative stories about art, culture, business, diversity, fashion, food and music.
WMV: You earned a Masters Degree in Business at Azusa Pacific University. Who or what is Azusa, and why is it Pacific?
Stacy: Azusa Pacific University is located in Azusa, California. I believe Pacific was incorporated into the name due to the university being located on the West Coast. [According to the Wikipedia article about Azusa, California, Jack Benny joked that "Azusa" was short for "A to Z in the U.S.A."; however, it is probably derived from a Tongva (Aztec) name, Asuksagna.]
WMV: Is there an Azusa Atlantic University?
Stacy: Ha,ha! Not to my knowledge...
WMV: Has Carder Brecht grown or shrunk in the past eighteen months?
WMV: Are you the webmistress for CarderBrecht.com?
Stacy: Yes, I'm responsible for keeping the C.B.C. website up-to-date and am excited to showcase the company's new logo and branding at www.carderbrecht.com. C.B.C. has a fresh look to match the advancement of the business.
WMV: How many people work for you at Carder Brecht?
Stacy: Currently, C.B.C. is owner-operated, but I am looking to expand the company during the next few years.
WMV: What music videos, live stage performances and musicals have you been in since summer of '12?
Stacy: Since 2012, I've been fortunate to receive several jobs as a dancer, choreographer and model. I am the choreographer and lead dancer for Billboard charting artist and L.A. Music Award Nominee Lakotah and have choreographed and danced with her in live stage performances and in her music videos, "Falling," and "I Feel Your Body."
I've also been working as a dancer and actress in the musical play, "Da' Hip-Hop Wizzard of Oz." One of the main roles I play is a - A Wizz Girl. I get to play a sassy, strong, diva - not too far of a stretch! I am also a Tornado Dancer, Student, and Dance Statue. I'm excited for shows coming up in 2014!
One of the music videos I danced in a few months ago is now on MTV. The song is by Nekiya and is called "Ain't Nobody."
In 2013, I danced in "GrooveCiti Hottest Dancers, Choreographers and Recording Artists" showcase as a soloist, in a duet and group production dance. I am now helping co-produce the event with founder and C.E.O. of GrooveCiti, Sayelah. We are working on producing an international tour this year.
In addition to performing hip-hop, jazz and burlesque, I also enjoy doing belly dance and Bollywood. I've been working with a couple dance companies during the past few years that have enabled me to perform belly dance and Bollywood during live shows.
Being a runway model at the RAWards fashion show at the Key Club in Hollywood for Mary Bii Fashion was also fun. Since I'm petite, I don't get several opportunities to walk the catwalk, so being in a fashion show on the Sunset Strip was pretty cool.
Additionally, I was a promotional model for Heidi Klum's scalp and hair beauty therapy brand, Clear, at the Grove in L.A., which was especially cool because Heidi was there with us to promote her brand.
I was also a model for Photo Enigmatic in Orange County, showcasing clothing merchandise and serving as a portfolio model and worked on a few photo shoots with Cornerstone Images as a portfolio model.
Stacy: Ha! No, not yet! However, it's still on my bucket list.
WMV: What places have you visited since the summer of '12?
Stacy: Fortunately, my husband and I have been able to travel to several places since the summer of 2012. Living in Los Angeles provides several opportunities to drive to desirable destinations. We recently visited Napa Valley, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Catalina Island, Big Sur, Cambria, San Diego, Sonoma, Big Bear, Laguna Beach, Petaluma, Malibu, and Las Vegas. We also visit our home States of Colorado and Missouri fairly often.
WMV: Have your French, Spanish and/or Italian linguistic abilities improved since '12?
Stacy: My husband and I are planning a trip to Italy, so we purchased Rosetta Stone for the Italian language to help us during our adventure. We still have a lot of learning to do, though!
WMV: According to your website, your client, Robert Thornhill, whom you mentioned in our previous interview, "is ranked #1 in Amazon's 'Cozy Mystery' and 'Humor' categories, and #8 in Amazon's 'Top 100.'" Has Diane Rogers released any novels in the past year?
Stacy: Yes, she recently released BEGINNINGS: Into the Unknown, the last novel in her seven-book White Oaks Series that takes place before, during, and after the Civil War. She's currently working on a new novel, set to be released in June, that also takes place during the Civil War.
WMV: Is D.L. Rogers a.k.a. Diane Rogers?
Stacy: She writes as D.L. Rogers, but her real name is Diane Rogers. Her one romance novel, The Journey, is written as Diane Rogers.
WMV: Did she choose her "pen name" "D.L. Rogers" to disguise her femininity, because she believes people discriminate against female authors?
Stacy: That is a fact. It was actually her step-father, an avid reader, who said he'd "never read a book written by a woman," that led her to use "D.L. Rogers" as her writing name. Diane wants her books to sell because of their content - not because she's a man or a woman, and sells to many men she meets face to face in her travels.
WMV: Your website also indicates that your client, John Bankston's "series 'Vampires of Orange County'" is "available on Kindle and Smashwords." What exactly are Smashwords?
Stacy: Smashwords is an online publishing platform for authors. I've been able to use the website to help increase my client's popularity and revenue. You can download new books on Smashwords.com to add to your reading collection.
WMV: The South has a reputation for producing some of the U.S.A.'s greatest warriors. Have you or any member of your family ever served in the military?
Stacy: My Uncle Carl is retired from the Navy as a Master Chief, and my Uncle Bill also served in the Navy. My Grandpa John was in the Army during World War II and received a Purple Heart.
WMV: We thank your uncles and your grandfather for their service in the U.S. Navy and Army, respectively.
Having been a cheerleader for a Major League team, you are apparently fond of sports, and you and your husband like to travel. Would you dare go to the Olympics in Sochi, Russia?
Stacy: I am adventurous by nature, so if I had the opportunity, I would definitely attend the Olympics in Sochi, Russia. It would be an honor to see world-class athletes showcase their gifts.
WMV: What upcoming projects would you like to tell the world about?
Stacy: I'm working as a manager specializing in the T.V. adaptation of the comedic mystery book series, "Lady Justice," by Robert Thornhill. We are looking for team members and investors to help get this top-selling book developed into a T.V. series.
Additionally, I'm co-producing an artistic showcase highlighting dancers, choreographers, recording artists and fashion designers called GrooveCiti. The show has been hosted the past few years with eight shows in Southern California, and the GrooveCiti production team has several professional entertainment credits including working with popular musical acts such as Missy Elliott, The Black-Eyed Peas, Jewel, Fergie, Redman, and Method Man. In 2014, our team is working to host GrooveCiti every few months, as well as produce an international tour.
WMV: How should potential employees and/or investors contact you?
Stacy: The best way to contact me is by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
WMV: What web links would you would like to share?
WMV: One subtitle on http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/tag/stacy-brecht reads "Best Date Night Shows For Valentine's Day In OC." How do you intend to celebrate Valentine's Day this year?
Stacy: I'm not sure. Lately, my husband and I enjoy creating gourmet dinners at home, and pairing wine with our meal. I used to dislike cooking, but during the past couple years, I've found it to be fun. So, we'll probably look for recipes we want to try, and have a nice evening together watching Netflix. Ha! As you can see, we're pretty wild!
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Last day of Feb today... wow already, march riding is here and as always the best time to ride of the season, the trails are in good shape, the nice warm weather during the day and longer daylight times might you can sleep in the morning and ride later in the day. Some years we are lucky and get to ride in April, April riding is the best.... it's like you are cheating lol I've often had the chance to ride on Easter weekend, after Sunday brunch jump on the sled and head out for the day o the trails. We once had a big snow storm in April, 4 feet of snow, we had plenty of snow for the trails.
I will post a more detailed report about march and April riding in the next few weeks.


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Fun news, we're moving back to PA.
To be exact we will be moving to Pittsburgh, Pa.
I obtained a job as a visual developer at Brunner, in downtown Pittsburgh.
Zoie & I are going to fly in with James mom on the 14th. Hang around the city for awhile, I start my job on the 19th & we get the keys to our new apartment on the 20th. James will be driving across country with his dad & should get in Memorial Day weekend.
Our Pod was delivered this past Monday & is leaving this Monday. We are going thru stuff & getting rid of things. Then we will start packing this weekend.
My last day in office for 180Fusion is tomorrow!! I'll still be contracting, which will be cool. It has been a great experience working at 180Fusion & I'm thankful they took me in right after college with no experience.
I'm just really excited to get back to PA, to see my family & friends. Also, for everyone to meet little Zoie.