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A few days later,
Jimmie showed up with his lovely bride, Lanna, the former secretary
and unofficial poster girl for Jimmie's bogus company,
Exocybernautics. He seemed
happy enough, or so he said, loudly and repeatedly. She was
excited to be back from Vegas (yeah, Vegas) so that she could go
house hunting with Jimmie's money.
The Woodlands was
trendy, or maybe Champions Forest. Sugarland is nice, though.
And there's always River Oaks Ś though it was too old, stuffy
and sedate for her tastes (such as they were). Maybe they could
have a place built for them in the gentrified Heights. Their
little love nest, she cooed.
Then there was the
matter of Jimmie's clothes. He was too smart, she insisted, to
have any sense about what to wear, but she'd take care of that.
She had already made a start on a whole new look for him. It was
different, alright, and obviously expensive. And, uh, he would
certainly be noticed. No kidding. But he endured it stoically.
Someone once asked an
aging Groucho Marx where he had found his attractive young lady
companion. He said, "I just opened my wallet and there she
At least Jimmie wasn't
entirely stupid. He made her sign a pre-nuptial agreement.
Lanna wasn't stupid,
either. It was worthless.
After making the
rounds at their stunned little announcement party for the usual
gang at Mrs. J's, Jimmie was finally cornered by Sara. He knew
this moment was inevitable and had spent a lot of time wondering
if it hurt much to be vaporized, but Sara seemed calm enough.
I guess," she said. "You know what you're doing?"
"Oh, yeah,"
he smiled convincingly. "She's a wonderful woman,"
stressing the last word more than slightly.
"Seems a bit
"I can probably
afford it. It's not like I'm some kid who runs off to get
married and then winds up having to flip hamburgers for a
living. Anyway, she's really nice, once you get to know
"I don't plan to
get to know her as well as that."
"Sara," he
said gently, "Believe me, I meant what I said about still
being friends. You're the best friend I've ever had and I hope
you'll still be my friend when she's the ex-Mrs. Oldsen."
"That won't be
long," Sara mumbled, just loud enough for him to catch it
but low enough for him to politely ignore.
"Ah, c'mon, Sara.
I need someone in my life like her. She'sģ" he hesitated.
"The girl of your
dreams," she said sarcastically.
Jimmie shrugged.
"Well, why not? I've never been one to go out and try to
meet a lot of people or, you know, date, or anything like that.
It's a geek thing. Any girl I'm ever likely to meet would be
someone like her anyway. I know what she's after and, well, that
works for me. It's like a business deal. She manages my social
life or whatever, and I give her what she needs. I mean, when
you think about it, she's spent her whole life preparing and
training to be just what she is."
"Lucky you,"
said Sara.
"Yeah. Lucky
me." There was an awkward silence.
Finally, he looked at
her. Really looked at her. "Sara, I will always love you.
Always. No matter what happens. More than the way I could ever
love anyone else. This has nothing to do with the way I feel
about you or her or whatever kind of life I have that is apart
from you. I don't really know how you feel about me, but I don't
want what you seemed to expect from me to come between us,
either. As tempting as it was."
"Oh. That,"
she said. "I got over it."
Jimmie blinked at her
a couple of times. He didn't particularly look relieved.
she said. "I think you're making way too much of a big deal
over a little harmless fun. I didn't realize how hard it would
be on you." She giggled suddenly over how that must've
"Iģ I thought,
uhģ" Jimmie stammered, embarrassed.
"You were right,
Jimmie. I was acting stupid. I'm still a child in a lot of ways.
I think that I'm probably always gonna be, too, like Peter Pan
or something. Permanent arrested development. I suppose I'll get
used to it. And it's like anything else, I gotta be careful
about what I do around people. Sometimes I don't know my own
"Thenģ" He
looked wary, "We're OK? You're not upset or anything?"
"I was, a little.
It's something I had to learn. I feel real bad that maybe the
way you reacted made you do something you'll regret." She
glanced meaningfully at Lanna.
He followed her
glance. The two of them looking her way, ever so briefly, must
have activated a primitive kreening response in Lanna. She
started to disengage herself from Alex and Dinah.
regrets," he said. "I guess it was meant to be.
Probably why I hired her in the first place."
"Men!" said
Sara, mock-disgustedly.
"Then," said
Jimmie, "We can still do stuff together? Like in the
"What about your Ś
her Ś 'little love nest'?"
"I'm sure she'll
be happy there. I plan to stay at my office most of the time, as
usual. There's some other work Iģ"
"That horrible
place?" Lanna exclaimed, oozing over to them and draping
her bodacious self over Jimmie. "We can build you a nice
la-bore-atory in the dungeon, darling. I've always wanted
to have a dungeon. And you can experiment on ET, here, whenever
you want. I'll be your assistant. Do I have to wear a lab
Sara rolled her eyes.
"Not really. You can tag along, for all I care, but you'll
probably be bored with all the complicated technical
stuff," she said condescendingly.
honey," Lanna said ever-so-sweetly, "From what I saw,
you wern't doing anything I'd call 'technical' in your little
Jimmie looked slightly
shocked. "From what you sawģ?"
"The surveillance
camera over the door," Sara informed him. "Her PC was
networked to the one in your office. She's not as dumb as she
looks. The second you left the Fort, she wedged herself next to
the water cooler."
Now Jimmie looked
completely shocked.
"Why, you nasty
little thing," Lanna said, more amused than upset. "You were spying on us the whole time, weren't
"Funny you should
mention spyingģ" Sara began.
Lanna cut her off. "This creature of yours is dangerous.
There's just no telling what kind of weirdo mutant stuff she can
do. I just better not catch any X-rays from her."
"Don't worry,
Lanna," Sara said soothingly. "I'd never use X-rays on
you. They're way too dangerous to use around silicon. Makes it
explode, you know."
She looked
meaningfully at Lanna's prominent chest. Lanna covered herself
with her arms as best she could and kicked Jimmie hard in the
"Look at the
time, honey," she said to Jimmie. "We'd best be
going. I'm sure I can think of something better we oughtta be
doing, don't you?"
That pretty much
killed the party.
It was nearly six
weeks before Alex and Dinah finally got some kind of response
from the little surprise they'd had Sara drop off in front of
the Administration Building at NASA's Johnson Space Center, but
it wasn't by snail-mail Ś as they'd been expecting from carefully
tagging Alex's name and address to the Lunar Rover's frame and
labeling the video tape.
A nice-looking man,
accompanied by a well-dressed woman, knocked on the door of the
'B' unit one fine morning and introduced themselves as Special
Agents Fauxe Moulder and Deena Skelly, FBI.
Delighted and relieved
to finally be getting somewhere, Alex excitedly ushered them
into the living room. Dinah wasn't quite so thrilled, especially
when the two no-nonsense agents demanded to see Alex's ID.
They wanted to know if
Alex was responsible for someone breaking into a federal
facility and illegally dumping junk in a restricted area.
"Junk?" Alex
was flabbergasted.
Moulder read from his
notes, "A stripped-down dune buggy. No license. Inoperable.
Four flat tires. Dead battery. Couldn't even be towed. Cost
taxpayers $60 to have it hauled off."
"That wasn't a
dune buggy!" said Alex, exasperated. "You didn't
recognize it?"
"I'm just going
by the report filed by the security officer on the scene,
officer?" moaned Alex. "Oh, jeez. Some damned
rent-a-cop doesn't know his ass from a Lunar Rover."
His partner said,
"Then it is your responsibility. Your name and
address were found on the vehicle, but we had to make sure the
prank wasn't meant by the perpetrator to falsely implicate your
complicity. Do you deny your involvement?"
"No, no,"
said Alex. "But it wasn't a prank. I was trying to get you
guys' attention."
"Yes, sir,"
said Moulder. "You certainly have it."
He pulled some
official-looking papers from his coat pocket. "I hereby
serve you with this summons to appear at the Federal Building
downtown at 9:00 am Tuesday so we can continue our investigation
and determine if additional charges should be filed. If you fail
to appear, a warrant will be issued for your arrest."
"I'm his
attorney," Dinah said, reaching for the papers. "I'll
take that."
"And you areģ?" Skelly asked her.
Dinah pulled out a
card and handed it to her.
"Then these
papers are for you," she said, handing Dinah another set.
Dinah read them quickly.
"Yes, ma'am. Your
letters about some kind of 'extraterrestrial' artifact.
Normally, we don't pay much attention to, ah, this kind of
thing, but when we matched you to your accomplice's prank, that
was the basis for determining there were sufficient grounds to
investigate the nature of your apparent conspiracy."
Alex started to laugh,
but Dinah caught his eye and shook her head slightly. He
mouthed, "Sara?" She shook her head again, then turned
to the agents before Alex could think of anything else stupid.
"We'll be
"Thank you ma'am,
sir. Have a nice day." As they got in their car, Alex could
hear Skelly laugh as Moulder circled his finger around his head
and made UFO noises.
The Lunar Rover
was in a pretty sorry state. The years exposed to the extreme
environment had taken a toll, adding heat/cold stress to the
pounding it had taken from the LEM's ascent blast and a steady
shower of solar radiation.
Sara had tried
to be very careful, but she had become a little impatient with
her slow, slow descent through the atmosphere above Houston.
And, like the cement truck, it had never been designed to accommodate
such unusual stresses. A year in Jimmie's warehouse with boxes
stacked on it hadn't helped, either.
By the time
Sara had made her delivery Ś in a rainstorm Ś tattered Mylar
hung forlornly from a warped and woebegone frame. The seat webs
had disintegrated and the makeshift fender the astronauts had
improvised from a map and
duct tape didn't help the overall picture. The wire mesh tires
were designed for one-sixth of Earth's gravity and were
completely flattened.
Still, the junk
dealer recognized what it was supposed to be, figuring it for a
cast-off from a Space Center Houston attraction. He sold it for
some decent money to Uncle Billy's Traveling Show and Carnival
Uncle Billy fixed it
up, substituting some nearly bald 'Stones for the tires and
fastening some silver spray-painted lawn chairs to the chassis.
For years, kids of all ages around the country had their
pictures taken on the 'Genuine Lunar Exploration
Buggy!' for only $4.00. When one of those kids grew up, she
went to the moon herself and discovered that the Lunar Rover
was missing from the historic Apollo landing site.
It was
eventually abandoned somewhere in Kansas.
It wasn't easy to
get an appointment to see Dan Silvers, the Director of NASA, not
even for the two excited FBI Special Agents. Especially for
these particular agents, considering their reputations. Strange
phenomonon that defied rational explanation was the stuff of
their regular beat. They always wound up with the assignments
nobody else would waste any time on Ś the nutcases, the
fruitcakes, the 'why' files. For years, they had been the butt
of Bureau jokes about Little Green Men and Things That Go Bump
In the Night.
But this time they
were unusually persistent. They'd stumbled across something that
they would only discuss with the Director himself. He avoided
them as long as possible, but finally gave them a half-hour
between budget meetings when their uncharacteristically agitated
boss called him personally.
They didn't come
alone. With them was a vaguely familiar man (whom he might have
recognized Ś if Alex had been wearing a tuxedo and holding a
bass guitar Ś from various functions and galas in the Houston
area the Director was expected to attend), a tall, raven-haired
woman with a powerful physique and an expression of grim
determination that would scare the makeup off a professional
wrestler, and a charming little blond girl in jeans and a tee-shirt flashing an infectiously joyous smile.
The agents' report was
terse and brief. They'd been conducting a routine investigation
concerning a break-in at JSC and had summoned the man and woman
whom they introduced as Mr. Luther and Ms. Prinze Ś to the
Federal Building downtown. They had brought the
young lady, named Sara, with them. Evidently, their visit had
occasioned the
mysterious panic and near-riot the
Director remembered hearing about recently. Details had not been
reported in the Chronicle.
Moulder and Skelly
turned the floor over to Mr. Luther.
Alex got right to it.
"A little over three years ago, I discovered an artifact
that was undoubtedly created by a technologically advanced
extraterrestrial civilization. There were no accompanying
documents, instructions or clues or any kind of return address,
and the location and motivations of the senders are a complete
mystery to this day. It seems only natural to me and my
colleagues that such a discovery should come to the attention of
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration."
"I see,"
said Silvers, looking at the two FBI agents with undisguised
annoyance. "An artifact."
said Alex.
"Made by aliens
from outer space."
The Director looked at
his watch. "And how were you able to determine this?"
"Well," Alex
replied, "It's pretty obvious, actually. Didn't take too
long to convince them," he nodded at the agents.
"Oh, I'm
sure," said the Director.
Alex turned to the
girl and told her, "It's show time."
Sara did her free-fall
routine, floating around the office like she was on an orbiting
space shuttle. She lightly pushed off from the walls and
ceiling, twisting and tumbling like a veteran astronaut. Even
her hair looked like it was in zero gravity.
The Director kept his
cool, but he was obviously impressed. He got up and approached
Sara as she floated upside down near the window, looking above
and below her to see if he could figure out where the wires
were. He reached out tenatively to touch her shoulder and she
drifted away at the slight pressure.
Alex intercepted her
and spun her around like a top. She eventually stopped spinning
when she bumped into the desk. He told her, "That oughtta
do it. Thanks." She sat in her chair, back to normal.
The Director just
stared at Sara for a while. Finally, he said, "That was
quite a demonstration. I must admit I have no idea how you did
that. With your alien artifact, I presume. What is it, an
anti-gravity belt?"
exactly," said Alex.
"Well, you must
have it with you."
The Director was still
watching Sara closely, as if she might float away. He prompted,
"You are going to show it to me, aren't you?"
"You're looking
at her," Alex said. He timed it like a veteran stand-up comedian before
adding, "Sara is the alien artifact."
The Director didn't
get his gig because he was a dummy. "You're saying she's an
artificial life form of some kind?"
"Close enough.
Does a lot more than float around the room, too."
Sara told him how much
change he had in his pocket. He checked and she was right. Then
she asked him to flip one of his coins in the air Ś but not
try to catch it. He did, there was a flash of light and sparks,
and when the quarter came to a still-smoking stop on his
desktop, there was a neat little hole through it. She took it
and the rest of his change and casually squeezed the coins into
a little ball of hot metal.
She asked him to take
his scientific calculator out of his top right desk drawer
(mentioning, incidentally, that the batteries were a little low) and told him to
enter any kind of problem he wanted or even just hit a bunch of
keys and functions at random as fast as he could. Though she
couldn't see the keys, she started rattling off the results
before his finger could hit the equals button.
Alex explained,
"As far as we can tell, she is basically one hell of an
advanced computer in a strong, bulletproof, flying case. There's
so much more, but I see we're nearly out of time."
Nothing doing. Silvers
was fascinated. He told his secretary to cancel everything. He
also told her, "Find out who the senior doctor is that's on
duty right now, and get him on the phone as quickly as possible.
And send that security guard in the lobby up here right
He sent Sara with the
guard, Dinah and Skelly to the Medical Building, and told Dr.
Belloes to drop whatever he was doing and give the girl he was
sending over a complete physical examination immediately and
report back to him as soon as possible, without waiting for the
lab reports.
Belloes told him,
"But I'm a psychiatrist, my dear fellow. I'll see if Dr.
Smith is available. He's much more suitableģ"
"You're an MD,
doctor, and I'm sure you'll do a fine job. Just do it yourself.
I don't want anybody else to know about this, understand?"
"I am scheduled
to start a session with Captain Neilson in a few minutes."
"I don't care who
it is."
"Captain Anthony
Neilson. Surely you remember. The one who landed on the desert
island. Hasn't been the same since. There's something quite
peculiar about Captain Nielson, and I'm very close to getting to
the bottom of it. You may find this hard to believe, but Iģ"
"Doctor, I know
all about your obsession with Captain Neilson. And the
bottle he found. Tell him to put a cork in it and wait. She
should be there any second and I want you to start immediately.
I mean it."
protested the doctor, "I don't understandģ"
"Exactly. Just do
it. I want you to check out every square inch of her, look for
any identifying marks, let me know if there's anything Ś anything
Ś unusual about her. As soon as you're done, send her
back and call me."
The doctor wasn't
happy, but he'd do it. Silvers forgot about him immediately as
Alex recounted the whole tale of how Sara thawed out on his
carpet, how she had 'grown up' so quickly, about kreening and
the seemingly endless list of impossible things she could do.
It didn't seem long at
all before Dr. Belloes called back.
"There is
absolutely nothing wrong with her. I've never examined a
healthier specimen. Not a single mark or blemish on her."
There was a slight pause. "Which," the doctor went on,
"is unusual itself, now that I think of it. Not a single
imperfection. Hmmģ Oh Ś and one other thing. I couldn't get a
blood sample. As you know, I'm a psychiatrist, so I'm not
particularly good with a needle. You said to not wait for the
lab reports or tell anyone else, so Iģ"
"As far as you
could tell, she's a normal human being, right?"
"Well, I would
assume she's human. Wait a minute," he paused. "Her
name wouldn't be 'Jeannie', would it?"
"Thank you,
doctor. I'll get back to you. And not a word of this to anyone,
under any circumstances. Not one." He hung up. The little
party was ushered in by the Security Officer a few minutes later.
Alex more or less
concluded his presentation by stressing how little information
about her creators Sara was able to give them. The Director
leaned back in his chair for a long while, alternately studying
Sara and staring at the ceiling.
"I don't know
what to say," he finally told them. "First Contact
with another intelligent species has been the subject of intense
speculation for as long as mankind has known that there are
other planets out there. I've always wondered what it would be
like to be running this agency when SETI turned up something, or
maybe Hubble, or some kind of mothership showed up in orbit some
He looked at Moulder
and Skelly. "I guess you were right all along about the
truth being 'out there', only now it's in here. And she doesn't
know what the truth really is. How ironic."
He turned back to
Alex. "And you're convinced she doesn't know anything about
her origins?"
"We've had a
pretty darned good computer expert trying to sorta hack into her
'operating system', with her cooperation. I've tried a few
experiments myself, but with limited resources. She's perfectly
willing to let NASA take a crack at her."
Dinah spoke up,
"With certain limitations for her protection. I've prepared
a contract protecting her rights as a sentient being. She is not
to be considered to be property and will not be deprived of her
freedom. We're not in any way representing that she
is a found object that is subject to seizure by any government
understand," said Silvers. "If everything you say is
true, it doesn't look like she has anything to worry about in
that regard."
"I can personally
testify to that," said Moulder. "We've kept the
details out of the news so far, but when we attempted to
incarcerate Mr. Luther over a little misunderstanding arising
during our interview, she disarmed everybody on the third floor
of the Federal
Skelly added,
"And immobilized every male law enforcement officer present
by yanking their pants down around their ankles, which she
secured with their own handcuffs, daisy-chaining everybody
together in the process."
"Under the
circumstances," Moulder said, "We negotiated a
settlement that involved dropping all charges resulting from the
incident. With Ś as far as we're concerned Ś no hard
feelings." He smiled at Sara, who smiled back.
Skully added,
"The officers involved are understandably reluctant to
relate the details of the situation to anyone. Not many of them
even understand what happened or why, since it only took her a
few seconds."
"I can
imagine," said Silvers, biting his lip to keep from
laughing at his mental picture of dozens of serious cops hooked
together like so many fish, trying to untangle their trousers
from their own handcuffs. It was difficult to imagine the
geometry of it all. "I will personally see to it that the
Agency treats her with the utmost respect."
He continued, "As
to what it is that NASA can do about this little alien invasion,
I don't really know. We're a pretty tightly bugeted agency right
now. There are no approprations targeted for the actual study of
extraterrestrial life, no staffing, no department, no
organization. It might be a year or more before we could get
something through Congress. And even then, it would probably
just be an authorization to conduct a study to make recommendations."
"You've got to be
kidding!" said Alex. "What about your 'five year mission to
explore strange new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has
gone before'?"
"I think you've
got us mixed up with someone else," Silvers said. "Our
mission is to assemble engineering, technology and personnel
resources to accomplish goals and objectives mandated by certain
acts of Congress. All projects must be specifically
funded. I wouldn't even know how to describe what we could hope
to do with Sara."
Alex just looked at
the Director for a while, then said, "I guess I need to put
this in a little better perspective. Sara can fly fast enough to
shred any normal clothing, so her makers thoughtfully provided
her with an emsemble that's as indestructable as she is. One
that at least tells us that 'they' have a sense of humor."
He opened his
briefcase and pulled out Sara's neatly folded uniform, the
bright symbol clearly visible on top. "She was wearing this
when she thawed out. It kinda sums everything up about
Silvers looked at it
like it was an insult. "Oh, I can just imagine showing this
to Senator Gramm."
"It might not be
so bad if she was in it," Alex replied. "I had to show
you that so you'll understand this."
He reached into his
briefcase and pulled out three small bottles filled with what
looked like dirt. He set the first one down on the desk in front
of the Director and said, "The Moon." The second one
he identified as, "Mars," and the third one as,
"Don't open that
one," said Sara. "It really stinks."
Silvers looked as if
he had been poleaxed. After a while, he even looked as if he
might cry. He carefully picked up each bottle to peer at the
precious contents they contained, then put them back on
his desk and leaned way back in his chair.
He told them,
"Billions of dollars. All that talent, the sacrifices,
careers and lost lives. Getting a little bit of soil from the
Moon was the great accomplishment of our nation Ś of our whole
planet Ś in the Twentieth Century. The things we learned along
the way, the changes in our lives, the drama and poetry of doing
the nearly impossibleģ"
He went on, sadly,
"Getting someone to Mars for another few specks of dust
would have been the next major milestone for our whole species.
I guess now we may never know what we might have learned from
what it takes to make that trip. The dreams of whole generations
of humans lie shattered at your feet, young lady. Do you realize
Sara said, "It
doesn't have to be that way. I can help."
"That's precisely
the problem. Your help invalidates the whole process. It's not so
much getting to Mars that's so important, or even what we learn
there. It's how we get there, how determined we are to overcome
incredible obstacles and commit the utmost that we can to
fulfilling our own destinies that's important to us as a species
in search of our own limits Ś and hoping there are none."
The others were
"So, OK,"
Silvers eventually said, sounding more positive. "The new
future starts today. I'll get a group of people together to
study what we can and see what we can learn. I don't think I'll
have too much difficulty getting a few people to take a
sabbatical to study an alien that seems to break every law of
physics we thought we knew. The problem will be getting them to
keep their mouths shut so we don't get overrun by a screaming
horde of scientists eager to get their instruments on her."
"Sounds like a
plan to me," said Alex. "When do you want to
"How about
tomorrow afternoon?" he replied. "I'll have some of my
people get started so we can at least figure out who we need to
have on the team."
Sara said, "I'll
be there!"
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A South Yorkshire woman who stole a vacuum cleaner and mobile phone from two victims she knew has been jailed for 34 weeks and fined £680.
Jodie Johnson, aged 25, of Acacia Avenue, Maltby, Rotherham, admitted two counts of theft from a dwelling when she appeared before magistrates in the town.
The court heard that on Friday, April 10, Johnson visited the home of a friend's mother – a 79-year-old woman, who was in bed at the time.
Johnson, along with a male accomplice, knocked on the door and entered the pensioner's home.
Magistrates were told that a short time later the two crooks were seen leaving the property with a £300 vacuum cleaner.
On Wednesday, April 15 , Johnson visited a friend to ask for help unblocking her mobile phone.
Her friend agreed to try to help and Johnson stayed at his house for a couple of hours as he attempted to fix the phone.
But when the man said that he was unable to successfully unblock the mobile, Johnson picked up her friend's £100 phone and ran out of the property.
Officers arrested Johnson on Manor Road in Maltby the following day and charged her with the two theft offences.
She pleaded guilty to both counts at Rotherham Magistrates' Court on Friday, April 17.
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There shall be a Seal of the State which shall be kept by the secretary of state, and used by him officially under the direction of the governor. The Seal of the State shall be a star of five points, encircled by olive and live oak branches, and the words, "The State of Texas."
Texas Constitution of 1876, article IV, section 19.
In days when communications were transcribed by hand and tediously undertaken, seals served to authenticate official government documents. In this day of computers and instant communications, seals still serve the same purpose.
Since revolutionary times, Texas has chosen the Lone Star as its symbol. Despite the fact that Texans were at war with the federal government sitting in Mexico City, the Texas Provisional Government took the time to adopt an emblem of "a single star of five points, either of gold or silver" as the "peculiar emblem" of the Republic on March 12, 1836, only ten days after declaring independence! Nine months later this "peculiar emblem" provided the bases for the first Texas seal, which in two years would finally take on the form that we recognize today. This simple and graceful design now appears on official documents, identifies state aircraft, and adorns both the original and new portions of our capitol building.
It came to former Secretary of State John Hannah, Jr.'s attention in 1991 that although the secretary of state is the official keeper of the state seal, there was no uniform representation of what this seal actually looked like. He therefore appointed a committee that after much research agreed upon a uniform design for the state seal, state arms, and reverse of the state seal. The designs which were adopted appear [below].
The Committee hopes that you find this exploration of a small part of Texas history as interesting as we did.
The State Seal Advisory Committee
Austin, Texas, April 1994.
What is a Seal?
Definition and Uses
The basic definition of the word "seal" consists of three parts: (1) any block or piece of hard material, such as stone, brass, or steel, engraved with a device, figure, or symbol, in such a manner that it can, with the application of pressure, impart an impression in relief on a substance such as wax, moistened clay, or paper; (2) an impression so made; and (3) the substance bearing the impression. In other words, a seal is any one or all of three things: (1) the engraved die used to make the impression; (2) the impression made from it; and (3) the wax, clay, paper, or other material on which the impression has been made.
A seal serves to identify, like a signature, an individual or organization and to authenticate written material from that individual or organization. Historically a seal established the authenticity of a document, just as a signature does today. Currently when both a seal and a signature appear together on a document, the seal authenticates or verifies the signature.
The seal of a nation or state is used today for authenticating documents of high importance or high ceremony issued in the name of the sovereign or the chief executive authority, such as the president or governor. Until the nineteenth century, many nations used pendant or hanging seals, but today almost all seals are stamped on a wafer or are of the en placard type, attached to the face of the document rather than suspended from it.
Obverse and Reverse of the Seal
Some seals, such as the seals of the United States and the State of Texas, have both a front and a back. The front side of the seal is known as the obverse and is the only side used for impressing the seal on documents. The back side of the seal is known as the reverse.
Historically the reverse of a seal was used for impression on the back side of a wax pendant seal, but today the reverse of a seal is used only for decorative purposes. Neither the United States nor the State of Texas has ever cut a die for the reverse of their seals.
Coat of Arms
A coat of arms of a nation or state is usually the design or device of the obverse of its seal. It is an official emblem, mark of identification, and symbol of the authority of the government of a nation or state. A nation or state's coat of arms is oftentimes referred to as the national or state arms.
Designing the Texas National and State Seals
Spanish and Mexican Influences
Texas was originally part of New Spain, in the province of Nueva Felipinas (New Philippines), and later part of Mexico, first in the Internal Eastern State (Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, and Texas), and second in the State of Coahuila and Texas. The Spanish royal seal was replaced by the Mexican seal, which consists of an eagle holding a serpent and standing on a cactus, encircled by wreaths of oak and olive. The seal of Coahuila and Texas was similar to the Mexican seal:
Governor Henry Smith's Private Seal
Governor Henry Smith, the head of the Provisional Government of Texas established in November 1835, used his private seal on December 28, 1835, to seal an official document appointing John Forbes, Sam Houston, and John Cameron as commissioners to negotiate with various Indian tribes: "I Henry Smith Governor as aforesaid have hereunto set my hand and affixed my private seal, no seal of office being yet provided." Some historians speculate that the private seal Smith used was actually a button which had an eight-petaled daisy design, but this cannot be confirmed by examining the original document in the custody of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
The 1836 "Peculiar Emblem"
On March 12, 1836, ten days after Texas declared independence from Mexico, the General Convention of the Texas Provisional Government adopted a resolution offered by George C. Childress, providing for "a single star of five points, either of gold or silver" as the "peculiar emblem" of the Republic. There is no known record that this emblem was ever used as an actual seal.
The 1836 National Seal
The 1836 Texas Constitution provided, "There shall be a seal of the republic, which shall be kept by the president, and used by him officially; it shall be called the great seal of the republic of Texas." A design for the national seal was not specified, however, so the constitution stated that the "president shall make use of his private seal until a seal of the republic shall be provided."
The First Congress remedied this situation in 1836 when it passed a bill providing that "for the future the national seal of this republic shall consist of a single star, with the letters 'Republic of Texas,' circular on said seal, which seal shall also be circular." President ad interim David G. Burnet proposed this design, and President Sam Houston, who replaced Burnet as president in October 1836, approved the design on December 10, 1836.
The 1839 National Arms and Seal
After initial hopes for the quick annexation of Texas into the United States grew dim, the Third Congress modified the seal and created a national arms in 1839:
No one knows who first suggested the addition of the olive and live oak branches to the seal, but the Mexican national seal, which also contains wreaths of olive and oak, was the likely source. Senator William H. Wharton introduced a bill in the Texas Senate on December 28, 1838, to modify both the Texas seal and flag. The bill was referred to a committee chaired by Senator Oliver Jones, and President Mirabeau B. Lamar on January 25, 1839, approved a substitute bill offered by Jones. Jones' substitute bill contained the same design for the seal and flag originally proposed in Wharton's bill. Peter Krag executed an official rendition of the seal as well as the national flag. President Lamar approved Krag's art, which is attached to the act and currently in the custody of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Senator Oliver Jones' Committee Report
The committee chaired by Senator Oliver Jones issued a report on January 4, 1839, concerning the national flag and seal, but it was never printed in the senate journal. The report is set out below exactly as it appears in the handwritten original that is in the custody of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission:
Senator Jones mistakenly wrote that the proposed flag would display the national arms. That flag, as proposed and later adopted, featured only a single star rather than the proposed national arms, and it still flies today over Texas as the famous Lone Star Flag.
The 1845 State Seal
When Texas joined the Union in 1845 the new state constitution retained the seal, changing only the word "Republic" to "State." The 1845 constitution declared, "There shall be a seal of the State, which shall be kept by the Governor and used by him officially. The said seal shall be a star of five points, encircled by an olive and live oak branches, and the words 'the State of Texas.'" The 1861, 1866, and 1869 constitutions have similar language, and the current constitution of 1876 only adds that the seal shall be kept "by the secretary of state, and used by him officially under the supervision of the governor."
The 1956 Martinez Art
On November 19, 1946, the Pentagon's National Guard Bureau advised all states that the United States Air Force wanted state national guard aircraft to have identifying insignia on the fuselage. The Texas Adjutant General's Department decided to use the state seal as the identifying insignia. The department's chief engineer, Colonel Maybin H. Wilson, researched the design of the seal with the assistance of Werner W. Dornberger, an architectural engineering professor at The University of Texas; Bertha Brandt, assistant archivist of the state library; and Dorman Winfrey, archivist of The University of Texas. In 1956, Octavio A. Martinez, an architectural engineering student at The University of Texas, prepared an eighteen and three-fourth inch watercolor of the seal. This design was faithful to the constitutional description and omitted erroneous details that had crept into the seal over the years, such as the addition of stars and diamonds in the bottom of the seal's outer ring and the use of post oak leaves instead of live oak leaves. Unfortunately, the original Martinez watercolor has been lost.
The 1960 Schlattner Art
In 1960, the adjutant general, Major General K.L. Berry, and the executive director of the Texas Heritage Foundation, A. Garland Adair, commissioned Henry W. Schlattner, an architectural engineering student at The University of Texas, to paint six watercolors of the Martinez state seal. These watercolors were presented to Governor Price Daniel, the Battleship Texas, the Texas Memorial Museum, the Texas Senate, the Texas House of Representatives, and Travis B. Bryan, Sr., a descendant of Moses Austin. The Texas Legislature held a joint session on April 5, 1961, to receive the framed seals. Of these six watercolors, only the copy presented to the Texas Memorial Museum is known to exist
The 1992 Official Design
By 1991, almost twenty different versions of the state seal were in use on state letterhead and publications. In response to the concerns of several state agencies about this lack of uniformity, Secretary of State John Hannah, Jr., appointed the Texas State Seal Advisory Committee to formulate recommendations on the design of the state seal. The members of this committee were Charles A. Spain, Jr., chair, Court of Appeals for the Third District of Texas; Donna D. Darling, cochair, Texas Water Development Board; Michael Green, Texas State Library and Archives Commission; Randy Jennings, Texas Rehabilitation Commission; Guy Joyner, Office of the Secretary of State; Shari Massingill, Texas Department of Health; Colonel John C. L. Scribner, Adjutant General's Department; Kimberly T. Sutton, Office of the Secretary of State; Ron Tyler, Texas State Historical Association; Juan Vega, Texas Water Development Board; and Douglas Young, State Preservation Board.
The committee researched the history of the state seal and recommended that the Texas Memorial Museum's 1960 watercolor by Henry W. Schlattner be used as a model. In addition, the committee developed standard black and white art of the state seal and state arms (the star and the live oak and olive branches) for use by all state offices, departments, and agencies. Juan Vega of the Texas Water Development Board designed the art. The secretary of state adopted the art in June 1992 as the official designs of the state seal and arms.
Reverse of the State Seal
The 1961 Reverse
The Daughters of the Republic of Texas proposed a design for the reverse of the state seal that was adopted by the Fifty-Seventh Legislature, Second Called Session. Governor Price Daniel approved this concurrent resolution on August 26, 1961. Sarah R. Farnsworth designed the art for the seal's reverse. This design was unusual because the legislature adopted the art itself as the reverse of the state seal, as opposed to the usual practice of adopting a description, or blazon, which is later rendered by an artist. The legislature's concurrent resolution adopting the seal's reverse also contained a description of the art. Unfortunately, the description in the concurrent resolution disagreed in some respects with the art, and the art itself suffered from minor inaccuracies.
The 1991 Modification to the Reverse
The Seventy-Second Legislature modified the description of the reverse of the state seal as follows:
Governor Ann W. Richards approved this concurrent resolution on June 14, 1991.
This modification was made to correct minor inaccuracies in the 1961 description and to adopt a description of the design, rather than specific art. The legislature's action was taken to allow the State Preservation Board to obtain revised art for the seal's reverse that was suitable for use in the underground extension of the state capitol. Alfred Znamierowski painted the art under the supervision of Whitney Smith, executive director of the Flag Research Center, and it was revised and completed by Douglas Young of the State Preservation Board. On the recommendation of the Texas State Seal Advisory Committee, Secretary of State John Hannah, Jr., adopted this art as the official design for the reverse of the state seal in June 1992 for use by all state offices, departments, and agencies.
The Seventy-Third Legislature enacted the description of the reverse of the state seal, as well as the description of the state arms, as article 6139f of the Revised Statutes. The reverse of the state seal now appears in color on the floor of an underground rotunda in the capitol extension.
Is It a Great Seal or Not?
Before 1993, the state seal was referred to in some laws as the "Great Seal of Texas." There was disagreement about whether this was correct because the constitution uses the terms "seal of the State" and "State seal," and because the Texas Supreme Court in 1846 defined the term "great seal" to mean the seal of a nation, as opposed to a state seal.
In 1993, the Seventy-Third Legislature amended those laws that used the term "Great Seal of Texas" and substituted the term "state seal." It seems likely, however, that Texans will continue to regard their seal as a great seal regardless of its name.
Uses of the State Seal, Arms, and Reverse
The state seal is required by law to be affixed to numerous documents, such as commissions for elected and appointed state and local officials; patents for land from the state; executive acts of the governor in criminal cases such as remissions of fines, reprieves, commutations of punishment, extraditions, and pardons; state bonds; and all official documents issued from the office of the secretary of state. By law the state seal also appears on gold and silver state coins; the Texas Distinguished Service Medal, which is awarded to citizens who have achieved conspicuous success while rendering outstanding service to the state; and all state aircraft except those used for law-enforcement purposes.
The secretary of state's office currently has six mechanical presses and dies used to affix the state seal as required by law. Two additional presses and dies also exist that are no longer functional. The age and design of all these presses and dies varies, but each is recognized as the state seal for legal purposes. The state arms and reverse of the state seal are used exclusively as symbols of the state and do not have any independent legal significance.
Private use of the state seal, including the state arms and reverse of the state seal, is regulated by law. The state seal may be used for commercial purposes only if a license is obtained from the secretary of state and royalties are paid to the state. Persons seeking more information on private use of the state seal should contact the office of the secretary of state. Additionally, it is a criminal offense for a person other than a political officeholder knowingly to use a representation of the state seal in political advertising.


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Chair's note – Those who control our education system, control our future. In America today there is a purposeful and largely successful mission to confuse us on the difference in a liberal arts education and teaching our children to be liberals. Most educators are fully dedicated to the latter. Hillsdale College is a notable exception. These folks understand that a liberal arts education stands on teaching people to think; learn from history; discern truth from fabrication; and strive to contribute to the betterment of their fellow man. What follows is the pledge that the Hillsdale freshman class recites in a ceremony affirming their commitment to embrace their coming years with the passion of truth-seekers wishing to lay a good hand on the world. I thought you would enjoy knowing about this exception to the "teaching our children to be liberal' approach in most education settings. It's an ironic testimony to the fact that an authentic liberal arts education is an echo of conservative reason.
Hillsdale College Freshman Pledge
"We, the students of Hillsdale College, commit ourselves to diligent study and patient reflection. Having come to learn, we are proud to do so with integrity and will conduct ourselves with exemplary honor. As sacrifices past and present make possible our education, we too become stewards of this College for the generations yet to come. We pledge ourselves to the pursuit of truth, the love of the good, and the cultivation of beauty, for the sake of our minds and hearts and for an ennobled society. By so doing, we embrace the high calling of liberal education."


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Automation in Soils Testing Facility USAE Waterways Experiment Stationby Jessie C. Oldham, US Army Engineer Waterways, Experiment Station, Vicksburg, United States,
Document Type: Proceeding Paper
Part of: Geotechnical Engineering Congress—1991
Automation is a powerful tool that when used intelligently can increase production, minimize cost, and improve production in any testing laboratory. The Soils Testing Facility (STF) at the US Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station (WES) has continually improved it's testing systems through automation. This paper discusses how WES has configured and implemented it's automated systems.
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International practice K2LD Architects create an award-winning hotel retreat off the coast of Malaysia.
November 20th, 2008
International architecture company K2LD have struck success with their first hotel project – the G Hotel development in Malaysia.
The hotel is situated just off the coast of the Malaysian mainland on Penang Island. It combines elements of a boutique hotel and an island retreat – the end result being a hotel that is luxurious, yet also relaxed and refreshing.
As the first hotel commission for the company it was a welcome bonus when it was awarded the Malaysia Property Award 2008. The award is from French-based design network FIABCI, and recognises excellence in real estate developments.
"G Hotel winning this award represents an affirmation of our firm's design philosophy and team collaboration," K2LD Director Ko Shiou Hee says.
The project took K2LD over two years – overseeing everything from the original plans, down to the custom furnishings and finishing touches.
"This was a painstaking debut, but seeing what the hotel is right now is rewarding enough. Looking back, it was worth the many design risks we took," Hee says.
The company hopes that the development will cast a new light on Penang Island, bringing it out from the shadow of mainland Malaysia.
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Every year my kids tell me that my Halloween decorations are too cute and that I need to make the house look scarier. To make them happy I decided I would take one room and make it extra spooky. I love the way it turned out!
I picked the guest bath downstairs, because lets face it, we all feel a little extra vulnerable in the bathroom. In total I spent about 10$ at the dollar store and 3$ for some prints at Costco.
I tried to go with an Edgar Allen Poe theme with the book and the ravens, but I also created these silhouettes to hang in some cheap frames that are actually set on top of pages from Tell-Tale Heart.
Just right click on each picture and save to your computer. I printed off my silhouettes at Costco and they turned out great!
My favorite part is the raven's quote...
My kids were pretty pleased with how it turned out. When the lights are off and the little mini strobe light behind the skull flashes they use the bathrooms upstairs :)


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10 fall things
fall is pretty much here. it was 50º today – almost glove weather for me. here's a list of things i want to accomplish this fall.
1. root river trail biking. i think it's set for the third weekend in october.
2. fix my mailbox. it's wobbly and needs cement in its base.
3. take fall pics. i used to go to st john's and take pics. i have to find a new place! whitewater??
4. plant garlic. no brainer.
5. plant tulip and peony bulbs. gotta remember to do that!
6. clean out my dumb garage. it's just a mess in there.
7. write something meaningful in my blog. not a list.
8. get a sub-11-minute mile done??? this is really iffy.
9. drink more pumpkin drinks. mmm.
10. make more apple desserts. can't go wrong there.
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Nico Rosberg comfortably wins in Brazil as Hamilton spinsNico Rosberg comfortably won the race in Brazil starting from the pole position. He was helped by a error from Lewis Hamilton before the second pit stop.
Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton started on soft tyres which quickly became worn out on the newly laid racetrack. They had to strop soon for tyre change. Nico being the driver leading the race had the first option to stop and he stopped first on lap 7 followed by Hamilton in lap 8. During the second round of pit stops, Hamilton had the best chance to overtake.
Nico Rosberg came to the pits in lap 27 and Hamilton took the advantage of clean air to run fast. Unfortunately he spun 180 degree and rejoined the track. He lost lot of time and since then it was difficult to catch up and overtake. All Hamilton could do was finish second.
Before this race, Lewis Hamilton had a lead of 24 points. Now that lead has been reduced to 17. To win the championship, Lewis Hamilton has to finish atleast 2nd in the season ending Abu Dhabi race where the points awarded is double that of other races.
Felipe Massa finished a distant 3rd in his home race. He had a botched pit stop. His teammate Valtteri Bottas too had problems with pitstops and finished in 10th.
Jenson Button of McLaren who is bound to lose his drive with McLaren next year, drove a good race and finished in P4. His teammate Kevin Magnussen who will be driving alongside Fernando Alonso for McLaren next year finished in 9th.
Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull came in 5th. The Ferrari duo of Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen had a fight for the 6th position and finally Alonso could overtake Kimi with 3 laps to go as Kimi had old tyres. Alonso and Kim finished 6th and 7th.
Nico Hulkenberg of Force India was 8th.
Results of Brazilian F1 Grand Prix 2014
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2. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
3. Felipe Massa Williams
4. Jenson Button McLaren
5. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull
6. Fernando Alonso Ferrari
7. Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari
8. Nico Hulkenberg Force India
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11. Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso
12. Pastor Maldonado Lotus
13. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso
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There's a phrase called Jiak Kan Tang, meaning to eat potatoes. It's used in slight mockery of those who were born Asian but are more westernised in thought and behaviour. That is to say, preferring potatoes over rice.
Potato is also a great meme for the awkward girl, potating away in potatoland, awkwardly poting about while embodying both the essence and physicality of the potato.
I'm both.
I believe it is this Potato Identity that has often left me in a perpetual state of singledom. Not just single and ready to mingle. Or even just single and happy. I'm just, potato. Even when I'm in a relationship, I'm just preparing myself to be launched from a potato missile into singlehood.
Bitter and mouth-curling when raw with emotions, crumbly and mushy when heated. God I'm such a potato.
True, a potato can be delicious, but it's tiring just being seen as delicious when embellished with someone else's favourite garnish or sauce. Then again, I wouldn't have me raw, or cooked and plain.
Even when I do meet people who seem to like the potato that is me, all I can think about is: Why? Too many YouTube good channels have taught me that potatoes in their natural state or least worked on are the worst state of potating. They may insist they like a nice, steaming, clean baked potato, but all I see is the crumbly, dry rubble of my innards. Or perhaps they exclaim that they admire the intensity of my raw emotions, yet all I hear is that they enjoy the vulnerability, that they see me for the potential not yet achieved.
It's easiest to say I do best when discarded, forgotten and left alone. You see buds sprouting in abandoned potatoes after all. Yet I can't seem to realise that loving nurture, water and nutrients help me become a plant, not just the sprouting of some weak shoots that wilt in weeks.
As I long for the quiet, dark dirt to bury me in self-pity, self-hatred, and self-sabotage, I'm resigned to be dug up by sharp claws and snivelling snouts. When all you know are cuts and intrusive smothering, a gentle touch still feels like a shimmering bolt of lightning.
Oh my Potato self, oh Potato me. Won't you allow him to hold and grow you into a green, leafy plant? Why do you revert to staying rooted in your ways?


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Thursday, October 25, 2012
First Fire in Our New Home
I was over the moon with this changing weather. Autumn has always been my favourite time of year. I love the crispness in the air, the changing leaves, the rain, everything really- I love it all. The best thing about autumn in our new place is our fireplace!!! There's nothing like the heat from a fire. It beats all other heat. I love coming in from the wind and rain to a toasty warm home. Our last house was perpetually freezing, even in the summer. It seems to strange to me to be able to wear a t-shirt and shorts inside during the winter- a luxury I haven't had in a while. Bring it on winter! Our wonderful new home will keep us oh so warm <3
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**Now there are reports that during checkout some customers are seeing other peoples orders with credit card numbers and shipping info**
This is a screen shot of someones order (Canadian) when they checked out and got a screen showing someone else's credit card info and shipping info (US customer).
Size 4 & 6 sold out on international side within 2 minutes!
Haha! 6:30 am and the server overload has already begun.


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ChamberFest DBQ 2019 Events:
Tuesday, June 4 - ChamberFest Sponsor Reception
Wednesday, June 5 - ChamberFest Workshop
Thursday, June 6 - ChamberFest Concert and Reception, 7PM, Clarke University's Jansen Hall
Experience an intimate concert with world-class performers while supporting local community music programs. Don't miss the 10th year of ChamberFest Dubuque!
Northeast Iowa School of Music's ChamberFest Dubuque is the highlight of our concert season and one unlike anything else you can hear in Dubuque. Each year, 2018 Pulitzer Prize Finalist Michael Gilbertson hand-picks a small ensemble of fellow rising stars of the international music scene for a benefit concert for our school. Gilbertson is a Dubuque native who studied at the prestigious Juilliard and Yale Schools of Music and is now successful composer teaching at the San Fransico Conservatory of Music.
Joining Gilbertson this year are a group of fabulous performers who are making commitments right now. Information will be posted soon!
You can experience Gilbertson and friends in concert one night only at the ChamberFest Dubuque concert on Thursday, June 6 at Clarke University. After the concert, mix and mingle with the performers during a champagne and dessert reception. Each year features a unique set of performers that only come together during ChamberFest DBQ. The performers are world-class, but this concert is only available in Dubuque! Tickets go on sale in mid-April.
With your ticket purchase, in addition to hearing the artists in an intimate setting, you support music in our community. Proceeds from ChamberFest DBQ support Northeast Iowa School of Music's mission to provide quality, affordable music education and enrichment in the Tri-State Area. You provide music lessons and classes to students of all ages and economic backgrounds and give creative outlets to adult musicians in ensembles. You reach students in downtown Dubuque with free and low-cost programs and bring the community free concerts.
Michael Gilbertson got his start at Northeast Iowa School of Music and knows the impact of a music school in Dubuque. While he was still a Juilliard student, he first approached Northeast Iowa School of Music in 2009 about a benefit concert because he wanted to give back to our school. Now, he returns year after year to bring this amazing musical performance to our community and help the music school continue its mission, all because he deeply believes in the importance of our work.
As part of our mission of education, ChamberFest DBQ includes a student workshop on Wednesday, June 5, where local musicians can learn from our ChamberFest guest artists. The workshop is free and open to all! Children through adults are encouraged to participate.
An intimate performance by Michael Gilbertson and friends with a champagne reception to follow.
The workshop offers local musicians the rare opportunity to learn from our exceptional ChamberFest guest artists! Michael Gilbertson and friends will lead a combined session on the Jansen Hall stage where they perform the follow evening. Then partcipants will break into small groups for each instrument. This opportunity is free and open to all ages; register through Northeast Iowa School of Music.
Michael Gilbertson
|Michael Gilbertson is a composer whose works have been described as "elegant" and "particularly beautiful" by The New York Times, "vivid, tightly woven" and "delectably subtle" by the Baltimore Sun, and "genuinely moving" by the Washington Post. He studied composition at The Juilliard School and at Yale. Michael's orchestral works have been performed by the Minnesota Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Grand Rapids Symphony, the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, and the Albany Symphony. His choral pieces include works published by Boosey & Hawkes and G. Schirmer. His one-act opera, Breaking, was commissioned by the Washington National Opera and premiered at The Kennedy Center in 2013. His recent work Quartet was premiered at Carnegie Hall in February 2017. The piece earned him a nomination for the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in Music, for which he was a finalist.
David Fung
|Described as "stylish and articulate" in the New York Times and having "superstar qualities" by Le Libre, pianist David Fung is widely recognized for performances that are elegant and refined, yet intensely poetic and uncommonly expressive. Mr. Fung regularly appears with premier ensembles worldwide. David recently made his New York recital debut presented by Lincoln Center's Great Performers. In 2017-18, he has solo recital debuts at the Brussels Piano Festival and the Kennedy Center presented by Washington Performing Arts, and performances with Orpheus, the Albany Symphony, and others. Mr. Fung garnered international attention as a winner in two of the "top five" international piano competitions (the Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition in Brussels and the Arthur Rubinstein Piano International Masters Competition in Tel Aviv). The first piano graduate of the prestigious Colburn Conservatory in Los Angeles, Mr. Fung has also studied at the Hannover Hochschule für Musik and the Yale School of Music.
Hanah Stuart
|Hanah Stuart, hailed as a performing artist who "wields a violin with unmistakable panache" (Theater Mania), is a member of the San Diego Symphony Orchestra, the Grant Park Orchestra, and was previously Assistant Principal Second Violinist of the Utah Symphony. Ms. Stuart has served as Concertmaster of The Juilliard Orchestra, The Juilliard Chamber Orchestra and The YouTube Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Stuart's media appearances and recordings include features on Harmony Film's documentary The Road to Carnegie Hall, CBS's The Early Show, 2009 Kronberg Academy's Abschlusskonzert der Meisterschüler, and an internationally broadcast performance for Keshet Eilon's Gala Concert in Tel Aviv, Israel. She has also been featured on HBO's 2006 Academy Award nominated documentary, Rehearsing a Dream.
Bridget Pasker
|Cellist Bridget Pasker is a passionate chamber musician and performer. A Dubuque native, Bridget has performed in many countries of the world, including the US, Canada, Italy, and France. While in Italy, Bridget was very excited to receive a scholarship from the Cini Foundation to perform and record the works of Gino Gorini, a 20th century Venetian composer at the Teatro La Fenice. The recording can be found on Naxos or ordered at bridgetpasker.com. Bridget holds a Bachelors degree from The Juilliard School, as well as a Professional Studies diploma and Master's degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. While she was completing her studies at The Juilliard School, Bridget discovered a true passion for outreach and music education and was honored to be selected as a Gluck Community Service Fellow. She has a teaching studio at the Mid Peninsula Music Academy in Redwood City, CA.
Zach Mani
|Zach Manzi is the Co-Artistic Director of the chamber ensemble Conduit. Zach recently completed three seasons as a Clarinet Fellow at the New World Symphony (NWS) in Miami. He has performed summer seasons at the Colorado Music Festival, Lucerne Festival Academy, Aspen Music Festival, and Brevard Music Institute. A passionate educator, Zach regularly teaches clarinet master classes and lessons and received a Morse Teaching Artist Fellowship to teach music to third graders in an underserved New York City public school. He co-created and produced the informal educational webisode series NWS Offstage, in which NWS Fellows share tips about being healthy and productive musicians. He has also been invited to present about innovation in classical music at several national and international conferences, including a talk at TEDxCoconutGrove in Miami last year. Zach received his Bachelor of Music from The Juilliard School in 2015.
Evan Saddler
|Evan Saddler is a collaborative percussionist interested in synergy between artists from across disciplines. The first prize winner of the 2014 Kerope Zildjian Percussion Competition and the 2016 Black Swamp Percussion Competition, Evan enjoys performing in a variety of musical contexts ranging from mixed-chamber, orchestral, interdisciplinary artistic collaborations, post-rock, and as a multi-percussion soloist. Evan recently performed on three world-premieres of pieces for small ensemble during the Bang on a Can Festival at MASSMoCA in 2016. He has also performed with the Michigan Percussion Quartet at the Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival in Cape Town, South Africa. Additional performances have included engagements with AXIOM, the New Juilliard Ensemble, the Jackson Symphony Orchestra, and the Creede Repertory Theatre in Creede, Colorado.


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The Best Lip Colors to Try for Spring
While your strappy sandals and flirty dresses are still keeping your swimsuits company in the back of your closet, there's one seasonally-appropriate trend you can try out ASAP: fresh lip colors. With shimmering accents and poppy hues, these new tubes may help to transport you to a tropical mind-set while commuting in a downpour. We combed through the endless offerings to bring you our top ten, organized from nearly nude to deep violet.
RELATED: Your New Favorite Summer Look Will Be the Bronze Kitten Eye
Shimmery Champagne
Subtle enough to play off like a nude, but just glittery enough not to qualify as lip balm.
Juice Beauty ($22)
No Lipstick Lipstick
The barefaced look is still going strong, and this shade is meant to hydrate while enhancing your natural coloring. Hint: It looks a bit different on everyone.
Perricone MD ($30)
Dusty Rose
To pull off this on-trend pout, be sure that your lips are exfoliated and pre-moisturized (no to crease lines here, thank you). Also, make sure the shade is slightly darker than your natural skin tone to avoid washing you out.
Face Stockholm ($22)
Sheer Coral
Although this color looks crazy intimidating, it's actually sheer (phew). One swipe provides a healthy glow and a subtle peach sheen that offsets naturally pink lips.
Two-Tone Ombré
The Beyoncé trend heard around the world has become significantly easier to pull off thanks to this two-in-one tube. Use each color on its own or blend them together on your bottom lip to achieve a coveted ombré look.
Estée Lauder ($32)
Bright Fuchsia
"Pop" of pink doesn't even begin to cover it. This one-swipe wonder packs a serious punch.
Maybelline ($6)
Blood Orange
A striking shade may seem destined for summer nights, but you can pull it off a lot sooner with the help of a bold, matte formula (and a little bronzer).
Tarte ($17)
Cherry Red
With instant face-brightening power, the classic hue gets bonus points thanks to the fact that it's also all-natural.
Ilia ($29)
Red Wine
This crayon gets extra love for camouflaging the unsightly side effect of that third glass of Cabernet.
Bobbi Brown ($28)
Deep Violet
Turns out purple undertones—rather than blood red—are the differentiator between a moody pout and one that's stuck in the middle of winter.
Urban Decay ($17)


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Walton Park Playground is one of the longest established playgrounds in County Waterford. Located on the eastern side of the park. It is located on the eastern side of Walton Park with ample car and bike parking close by. It is ideal as a start or end point to phase 1 of the Waterford Greenway from Abbeyside to Clonea Strand . This playground is suitable for 2 to 12 year olds.
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Ways in Which You Can Generate Money from Home
You will realize that there are more online opportunities currently and that is why a majority of people are working in the comfort of their homes. However, it can be a daunting task for you to distinguish between these online businesses and know which are the ones offering legitimate deals. Before you make the final decision about starting an online business; it is essential that you gather more information so that you know what needs to be done. If you do not want to get caught up in any mess, then you need to operate an online business in a sector that you are passionate about. When you have more info about online opportunities, you will discover that there are different areas that you can engage in and still be profitable. For a successful online business, you will need to be connected to the internet and also have an active phone line where you can interact with your customers.
This website will assist you to know how you will need to run and manage your home-based business. It is important to note that you will need to have your website so that you can conduct your business well. There are various platforms that will assist you to market your items, and this means that you will not need to build your website. This is a nice thing because the website will market your items and there is also an audience that is waiting for you. With such websites, then you will not need to spend more money when it comes to marketing your goods and services. Look for those sites that have a huge market base.
Apart from looking at the user base of a sales platform, your other consideration should be the reputation of the platform. Other businesses can be of great help when you are looking for ways to make your online business successful. For example, if you are providing a training service, then some of the best businesses to link up with include hairdressers or mobile car businesses. Make sure that you always recommend your customers to those businesses that helped you in the first place so that the good working relationship is maintained.
As a way of marketing your business, you need to place more emphasis on offline marketing because this medium has the capacity to draw more customers for you. Offline marketing is a good way to keep generating more revenue for your business because this method captures both social proof and personal recommendation. Simple initiatives such as the placement of flyers and posters and also providing business cards at networking events is a nice ay to promote your new business.


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I'm back!
It's been an eventful month. A co-worker moved on to another job. My new boss started. Training happened (although minus a hurricane!). The Women's Center was redecorated. Classes started. I had my first weekend of on-call. My stress level has already gone through the roof.
I do have to say though, I have an amazing, amazing student staff this year. They are smart and creative, loyal and loving, intelligent and questioning. They've accepted our new Director with open arms and are excited to interview a new AC. They break into spontaneous dance parties in my office, have embraced Twitter like an old friend, and were part of an amazing opening that was probably the best I have ever been involved in. I'm so impressed with them and I can't wait to see what the year brings.
I'm looking forward to a quieter week….less back to back meetings and more time to return phone calls and emails, plan for the semester, and make progress on projects. And fitness classes start this week, so I have Zumba and Spin to look forward to in addition to 5K training. I went for my first run today in forever and it just felt good. I'm looking forward to getting back into a fitness routine and losing some weight.
So, in short, nothing too exciting to report, but I'm alive and will be back to regular posting soon enough!


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Michael Clark Proves That (20/10 Vision) Does Exist In The Basketball World
If you don't know Michael Clark then it's about time you get...
SAN ANTONIO – You know the NBA playoffs are here when players and coaches start looking for any excuse as to why their team is having a bad series. Usually that caterwaul of talk is coming from a squad that is getting an education that they didn't expect. It has happened in Memphis, New Jersey and it is happening in the series between the San Antonio Spurs and the Denver Nuggets. In the dozen years that I have covered this team, nothing really surprises me at the end of the game but the fact that I have heard more complaining and finger pointing by a bunch of professional athletes is a bit unnerving. What this readership should understand is that when you get to this stage of the season, there are two schools of thought. The first school philosophy is that of the 'old school' regimen. The second is of course the hip-hop school of doing things. When these two philosophical schools clash, undoubtedly there will be a 'bitch' session by somebody and nine times out of ten it is going the members of the latter school system not that of the former.
Look at the series of games we are witnessing as basketball fans and you can see my point in this editorial. Teams like Miami, Phoenix, San Antonio, Detroit and Indiana are doing what franchises who have veteran leadership do best; they take adversity head on and use it to fuel them to their next goal in the series. Most likely all of these teams have dealt with a little adversity during their series or are continuing to battle because of it. In the case of Miami, they are glad to be done with their series so that they can rest Shaquile O'Neal and prepare for a Washington/Chicago match up in eight days or so. For Phoenix it is the same thing. They have a few nicks and bruises but they can now prepare themselves ready for whomever they face. For Detroit it is all about trying close out their series against the Philadelphia 76ers and they have a fight on their hands. Indiana is looking to rebound from a blow out loss at home and right their ship quickly. For San Antonio, they are looking to put a dagger in the heart of a young team that cannot handle adversity well. These are all teams whose front office personnel and coaching staffs are seasoned veterans and on their roster they have veterans who are true leaders for their respective clubs.
When you look at the teams who are complaining, crying and what not, you can bring everything down to a common denominator; they are young teams. In San Antonio's case the Nuggets are a very young team with Marcus Camby being the senior member of that squad. Yet having just one senior citizen on that team isn't enough to quell the raw emotions that erupt from key players after losses. Kenyon Martin, a player who has been in the league at least five years now has always been a hothead and I can definitely remember him blowing up during the 2003 NBA Finals when he was a member of the New Jersey Nets. Tim Duncan was getting the best of him then and Duncan is doing that again, even with bad games. Then you look at Carmelo Anthony and what Bruce Bowen is doing to him and how frustrated Anthony is playing against Manu Ginobili. Both of these young stars are frustrated because they have no answers to the situation at hand.
It is easy to say that teams that are young in nature have problems but what of their coaching staffs? Why would a coach like George Karl, someone who has been in playoff wars for years or a player like Mike Fratello, a virtual legend it seems, have hard times dealing with their young talents? Maybe it is because of the very fact that I just mentioned; they are young. In Karl's case I am rather disappointed that he would resort to blaming an opponent for why his team is not successful. Over this past weekend he all but blamed Manu Ginobili for the reason why his young star, Anthony, was having problems. He tried to blame Ginobili's teammate, Bruce Bowen, for playing dirty basketball. He even tried to blame the referees for their lack of calling the game 'clean' as a reason why his team did not win their first playoff game on their home court. Is Karl taking on the mental make up of his young team? It would seem so. It would seem that way because true basketball aficionados would tell you that the reason why the Denver Nuggets lost on Saturday was because they did not execute down the stretch. Ironically it was the very reason why they were able to win the first game of this series. The Spurs didn't execute and thusly the Nuggets were able to steal the first game. But to not place proper blame in the right context of this situation is something I did not expect Karl to do.
On the opposite end of that scale you have Fratello being fed up with a few of his players from the Memphis Grizzlies. One beat writer told me when the Spurs defeated them towards the end of the season that if the Grizzlies get swept out of the playoffs, they deserved every bit of it. I can understand that to some extent. The Grizzlies are very young and that is indeed a problem. They are very immature and that is saying a lot considering that one of their veteran ball players happens to be Bonzi Wells. However it is Wells and point guard Jason Williams that may have played heir last game as members of this team. Wells was told not to even show up at the arena for their last game of the season this past weekend and Williams decided to have essentially the same tantrum as a the five year old from Florida. Where one coach blames the opposing team for their problem, it is evident that Fratello and Grizzlies GM Jerry West are about to dismantle this team and make an example out of a couple of malcontents.
Gripe sessions aren't anything new in sports and during this time, you can expect teams to complain a little about a lack of calls here or there. What is truly ironic is that you have more coaches complaining than usual and that is definitely a rarity these days. Everyone knows that the playoffs are a little different and maybe a war of words is what it takes to fire up key players of a team but for what Karl and a few other coaches has done this past week or so goes far beyond anything Anthony, Wells or Williams could ever dream up. It is one thing for players to cry to the press but for a coach to do so just shows the lack of maturity that his team has in handling adversity and ultimately that leads to that team not making it past the very round they are currently in. And if that premise holds true, that means that the Nuggets will be done in short order.


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The Morning Call
The Market
The indices (DJIA 24739, S&P 2737) had another good day. Breadth continued to improve but volume was down. The most important thing was that the S&P confirmed its successful challenge of the four month long very short term downtrend and with a continuation of energy that I had anticipated. It also ended above its 100 day moving average (now resistance; if it remains there through the close on Monday, it will revert to support).
The Dow remained below its 100 day moving averages (now resistance). Both finished above their 200 day moving averages (now support). The DJIA closed in a short term trading range but in intermediate and long term uptrends. The S&P is in uptrends across all timeframes. Both still need to push through their 100 day moving average before we can focus on the former all-time highs as the next resistance level; but that process has already begun. Longer term, the assumption is that equity prices will continue to rise.
The VIX was down, ending below its 100 day moving average as well as its 200 day moving average for the second day (now support; but if it remains there through the close on Monday, it will revert to resistance). It also finished below the lower boundary of its short term trading range; if it remains there through the close on Monday, it will reset to a downtrend. Clearly, the VIX is trading in line with a surging Market.
The long Treasury was up, bouncing off the lower boundary to its long term uptrend for the third time. Multiple challenges are usually needed to break long term trends. So, I don't think that this unsuccessful attempt means that momentum is shifting to the upside. On the other hand, I don't mean to imply that a successful challenge will occur. TLT is still facing serious overhead resistance from its 100 and 200 day moving averages and the upper boundary of a short term downtrend.
The dollar declined, but remained close to the upper boundary of its newly reset intermediate term trading range and above its 100 and 200 day moving averages (now support).
GLD rallied ½ %, finishing above its 200 day moving average (now support) and in a newly reset short term trading range. In addition, it is approaching its 100 day moving average (now resistance).
Bottom line: the four and a half month long pennant formation has been voided to the upside. Historically, that suggests further momentum higher. Adding support to that notion, the S&P is now challenging its 100 day moving average; and it seems likely that this resistance level will also be surmounted. I am now looking at its former highs (~26656/2871) as the next stopping point.
The other indicators that I follow aren't breaking resistance (support) levels. TLT backed off the lower boundary of its long term uptrend, the dollar felled back from the upper boundary of its intermediate term trading range.
That continues to point to a narrative that includes an improving economy but with little inflationary pressure. Goldilocks.
Yesterday's economic data was upbeat: weekly jobless claims were better than expected. April CPI was lower than estimates; and overseas, the April Chinese inflation numbers were equally encouraging.
Certainly, the inflation stats are a positive especially when they are occurring among the dominant global economies. It is good news for consumers; it is good news for the Fed, in that it lessens the pressure to tighten; and it is good news for investors as it confirms the growth without inflation narrative that seems to have taken over Market psychology.
On a near term basis I don't really have a problem with that narrative except as a matter of degree, i.e. I don't believe that the economy is growing at the rate currently being assumed by investors. As you know, I am not nor have not been saying that the economy isn't growing. It is just not growing at the rate most want it to. I have spent the last year plus recording the almost continuous shortfall in the data versus what has been expected. If you look at Street expectations on a given date, the subsequent numbers have not met estimates. And this has happened time and time again.
Just as important, I don't see any reason why that will change based primarily on the notion that the national debt and current deficit are so onerous that the servicing costs will consume any funds that might otherwise be used to finance economic growth. At some point, either the dreamweavers are going to have to be right or get real. I just don't know when that happens.
The other problem is the impact that disposition of $4 trillion sitting on the Fed's balance will have on the Markets---notice I said Markets, not the economy. As you know, my operating monetary policy thesis for the last five years has been that as the Fed unwinds QE, it will unwind the mispricing and misallocation of assets that were primary results of QE (not economic growth).
An update on the NY Fed's inflation gauge (medium):
Bottom line: the economy is not progressing and will not progress at the rate the Street is currently forecasting. Inflation may be dormant; but there is a reason for that---no economic pressure. If the Fed continues to unwind QE at the current pace, it is going to cause heartburn first in the fixed income Market that will then spread to other asset classes. If it slows the unwind of QE, it will likely be because it wakes up to the fact that its Keynesian model doesn't work and the economy really isn't as strong as it thinks.
This an example of the kind of fuzzy, self-aggrandizing logic from a republican congressman that is typical of DC. In it, he touts the fiscal responsibility of the GOP, not mentioning the $1.2 trillion deficit spending bill that he and his colleagues recently enacted and lavishes praise on the same group of clowns for proposing the rescission of $15 billion in spending which in mathematical terms is a wart on a goat's ass in dealing with the debt and deficit problems.
Unicorns exist only when money is free (medium):
News on Stocks in Our Portfolios
C.H. Robinson Worldwide (NASDAQ:CHRW) declares $0.46/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous.
Kimberly-Clark (NYSE:KMB) $1.00/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous.
Nike (NYSE:NKE) declares $0.20/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous.
United Parcel Service (NYSE:UPS) declares $0.91/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous.
This Week's Data
April US import prices rose 0.3% versus estimates of +0.5%; export prices increased 0.6% versus forecasts of +0.3%. The strong dollar undoubtedly influenced these numbers.
US business cycle chart book (medium):
The US is not at full employment (medium):
What I am reading today
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The Webtrekk Q3 Loading Time plugin allows you to record your loading times and integrate the reported (millisecond-) values into your Webtrekk Q3 analyses.
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There's a lot of potential love out there. And a lot of new tech designed to find it. Here, six apps that will help you creatively meet someone based on more than just what meets the eye.
Hinge: This app sends you recommendations for dates based on friends of friends on Facebook. It lets you have a look at prospective dates, as well as their job and education. And it's practically everywhere--since it launched in 2014, it has expanded to 38 cities.
How About We: Instead of focusing on the person you're meeting, take the pressure off by focusing on the activity. That's the premise of this app, in which you post your favorite date ideas and then browse other people's dream dates, too. Who knows, you might end up with a jogging partner for life.
Coffee Meets Bagel: Every day at noon, you're sent a "bagel" (aka match), which is chosen for you based on friends, and friends of friends, on Facebook.The site was started by three sisters; we like the blog of fun date ideas, too.
Checkhimout: This one's all on your terms, ladies. You can browse men's profiles, then you can contact them on your own schedule, without having to wade through tons of emails, as so often happens when you newly join a site.
Align: This app matches potential mates based on your astrological sign. Every day, you're given a fresh "constellation" of potential matches to choose from. For now, it's only in L.A. (natch) but rolling out across the country.


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Research on an Australian case (not more than 10 years old since the decision by the
Court) involving breach of company director's/officer's duties.
Write a report outlining the following:
1. Case introduction.
2. Outline the duties/responsibilities (eg CA s. 181) breached and explain why
the duties were breached.
3. Discuss and critically ANALYSE the court/tribunal decision and the reason
for the decision in view of the Corporations Act.
4. Present the report in class or video recording.
Research on australian case involing breach of company directors
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