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ENGLEWOOD, NJ - June 07, 2013 : Civil rights political artist Faith Ringgold, 82, in her studio at her home in Englewood, NJ on June 07, 2013. Faith Ringgold was one of the leaders of the Black Arts Movement of the 1960's, gaining worldwide prominence for her quilts. "American People, Black Light: Faith Ringgold's Paintings of the 1960's" is a retrospective of race, reconciliation, activism and feminism, from one of the most tumultuous periods in American history.
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A few minutes after the beginning of 4th period, a brand new student walked in, class schedule in hand. She was tall, pleasant-looking enough, and morbidly obese. Within a few seconds of her entrance through the classroom door - she was still standing in front of it - the murmur of male voices began: "Whoooah" "Daaaaamn" "Hee Hee Hee Hee" "No Waaaaay" "Beeeep Beeep Beeep". That last sound effect is supposed to be a large vehicle backing up. I was livid. My jaw clenched, and I had to fight the urge to dress down the class right then and there. However, I thought that to do that would just embarrass the new student even more. Instead, I ushered her into the side computer lab that is attached to my classroom through a door; as much to give me a chance to cool down as it was to have the opportunity to talk to the new student about class procedures and expectations. To make matters worse, she told me she was home-schooled, so I really felt like she was being tossed into a snakepit.
I assigned her a seat, and we went on with the day's lesson. At the end of the period, after the students had packed up, cleaned up, and straightened up, I waited until about ten seconds before the bell was to ring and then I told the class I had some information about one of their assignments that I forgot to mention. I told the new girl that since she wasn't here for that assignment, she could go ahead and head out to her next class. After she left, I told the entire class to sit back down in their chairs. I can't remember exactly what I said to them, verbatim, but I will try:
Ladies and Gentlemen - and I stress the gentlemen part, because I only heard male voices - I have to tell you that I am ashamed, embarrassed, and shocked at what happened when that new student walked through the door. What in God's name were you idiots thinking? "Daaaamn!" "Whooooah!" I take it you were trying to let everyone know that she is OVERWEIGHT? That was stupid, stupid, stupid! And I am so ashamed that you would treat anyone that way, let alone a brand new student who hadn't been in the classroom more than five frickin' seconds! I hate to break this to you all, but none of you are frickin' perfect either! Now get out of my classroom - go!The students got up, and for the first time I can remember, a entire class of students departed from my room without saying a word. They were in total silence. Maybe it was shock at my uncharacteristic outburst, or embarrassment at being a part of the misbehavior or for laughing at it. After having a few hours to reflect back, I am sure that I could have controlled my temper more and used some more mature words to express my displeasure (at least I didn't drop any full-blown cuss bombs even though I wanted to) - however, I hope that the severity of my rebuke will establish an understanding among those students that further mocking of this girl will not be tolerated.
During my lunch, I sent out the following email to the administration and the other teachers who are on this new student's schedule:
Hi All,So fellow teachers/readers, how did I do? What would you have done if that had happened in your classroom? Was I out of line? Did I overreact? Could I or should I have done something differently? Any input - positive or negative - is appreciated.
I got a new student today at the beginning of 4th period named ******* ******. She is noticeably overweight, and that caused an issue in my class of which I wanted to make you all aware.
The second she walked in the door, some of the boys in the classroom began uttering things under their breath: "Whoaaa" "Daaaaaamn"
I was mortified, I'm sure ******* heard it, and I was embarrassed for the class and for the school. To make matters worse, ******* told me she is a homeschooled student, so she is basically being thrown to the wolves here.
I ushered ******* into the side computer lab to brief her on my class procedures and ask her some get-to-know-you questions, and also to give myself a chance to cool off before I said something to the class I could regret.
At the end of the period, I came up with a ruse about having to speak to the class about a previous assignment and I dismissed *******, while keeping the rest of the class there.
In my ensuing speech, I kept my language PG, but I definitely was barely keeping my temper under control. I was talking to the class as a whole, but I was directing my comments at the students (all boys as far as I can tell) who found it necessary to mock ******* like they did. Like I said, I didn't curse, but the class knew I was extremely angry and upset because I rarely if ever get that emotional when talking to my students. The students then filed out of the classroom without saying a word.
Based on what I witnessed in my class today, I wanted to make you aware of possible problems that ******* might face on this campus in dealing with other students who have apparently never been taught to keep their rude thoughts to themselves.
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LA Noire Gag Reel is Uncannily Funny
Rockstar's and Team Bondi's LA Noire was an achievement in performance capture, but what didn't make the game is almost as good as what did.
In a development video posted by Depth Analysis, the company behind the motion capture tech used in LA Noire, we get to see the bloopers and goofed takes actors from the game gave during their mocap sessions. To make things even more interesting, these performances are placed into the actual game scenario where they were supposed to happen, giving the illusion that these were "live takes" left on the cutting room floor.
It's scary how great the tech in this game is, and how perfectly it captures sneezing and goofball faces as well as the more serious performances. All of the performances were done just by individual actors, so Depth Analysis clearly went to a lot of effort to make it look like all of these takes were done with everyone else in the scene in attendance.
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What an incredible honour it was to be invited along with my other fellow Alexander Bander's and amazingly talented high profile South African illustrators to create a one-off print for the .M Contemporary group exhibition, "The Path Less Deconstructed" in Sydney, Australia, running from the 14th December 2013 to 1st February 2014.
It is just incredible to think that a piece I created here in Cape Town, South Africa is not even on the same continent but elsewhere in the world!
Following is the piece I created, some detail shots as well as an artist's statement on what the piece is about - I hope you like!
For the topic of " The Path Less Deconstructed", I looked to that which inspires me most in my work and my analytical albeit playful nature, namely the city at night. I am fascinated by the architecture that can be found in my city: a contrasting mix of sleek modern and 18th century decorative buildings juxtaposed alongside each other, especially the patterns of windows, façade details and building shapes that become starker after dusk. At night in the city, there is an unspoken air of excitement – the feeling that the evening could take you on an adventure anywhere, never quite knowing what you may discover along the way. I see the city as a playground with the carousel as its whimsical heartbeat, the symbol of childhood dreams that never quite leave you; a place to be explored and re-explored, a place of great excitement, of intersecting lives and unlimited possibility. It is at night in the city that I feel most alive and most at home.
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IA Column
The Name Is Not the Terrain
Andrew Dillon is dean and professor at the School of Information, The University of Texas at Austin.
Apparently I struck a nerve in my last column when I pointed out how little overlap there seems to be between the DL and IA communities. That little observation alone produced more email in my inbox than any recent full column. The general response seems to be that we need to work harder at encouraging free exchange among professional societies and that, in particular, I might take the lead in attracting IAs to the annual ACM DL conference. It is a sad day when the best hope we have for dissolving disciplinary barriers is my power of persuasion, but I have agreed to try just don't blame me if the results are hard to measure.
I was further reminded of this when I gave a keynote talk recently at a conference for technical communicators in which I outlined how IA might be relevant to their lives. This was an easy sell. Like many IAs (Big IAs, that is), the members of the Society for Technical Communication (www.stc.org) are a fairly diverse bunch and mention of the importance of the organization, structure and usability of digital design spaces was certain to resonate with them. Perhaps more interestingly, I learned from this talk that many of STC's members enter the technical communication field in order to apply their skills as writers, educators, designers, artists, etc., exploiting their education in the liberal arts or the social sciences, just like so many IAs I know. The conference program also had as many papers on usability or interface design as one might expect to find at an ASIS&T conference, suggesting similar backgrounds, similar concerns, just slightly different areas of application. And like many people in the IA and ASIS&T communities, members of STC expressed concern for their professional futures in these rapidly changing technological times.
There is more than superficial interest here. STC publishes a regular newsletter which in 2001 produced a special issue dedicated to the original ideas of Richard Saul Wurman on information architecture and invited commentaries from a list of respondents (myself included), most of whom had no affiliation whatsoever with STC (see the results at: www.stcsig.org/id/whatis6.html). I like to think that we in ASIS&T are equally open to outsiders and the IA Summit is a case in point I took the initiative and invited the STC group to participate and am delighted that several attendees promised to do so, but as IA seeks to develop, are we doing all we can? There is little hope that we can ever form a professional society or conference that will attract all interested parties to one location, but I confess to being mighty impressed by what I heard at STC, and I know that some of these people need to be involved in shaping the future of IA, if we can only find the best way to do this.
Imagine if all the professional groups with an interest in designing better information spaces for human and social use could put their voices together. Would the result be to push a better agenda for design, a sharing of the best ideas and models, or a Tower of Babel? I cannot answer that one definitively (though I can offer odds on the results!), but I am increasingly convinced that the marking of professional boundaries within which we will include IA and outside of which we will place the myriad related disciplines results too often in a narrowing of perspective that may serve a small group of protectionists but does little to advance our knowledge.
I do not believe there is anything sinister at work here, despite the impression some posters on SIGIA-L have of recent moves in this field, such as the emergence of AifIA (www.aifia.org). I think it is more the case that we cluster and affiliate as professionals and develop networks that are extensible with effort but not replaceable without significant costs. The obvious costs are financial, but there is more at stake. Professional societies sponsor or produce publication venues and outlets that form our identity as professionals. The forces are powerful in producing a set of standards and expectations for work and career advancement and it takes a brave person, academic or practitioner, to move in and out of these societies without making a commitment to one or other.
Of course the big problem for us is that there are just so many damn information-related professional societies. ASIST, ACM and STC have been mentioned but we have a host of related library groups (ALA, SLA, MLA, etc.), the business school-type information groups such as AIS, and the various HCI type groups outside of ACM, such as UPA and HFES. All of these groups contain professionals for whom the design of information could be claimed as a central concern. And I have not even started on the graphic design community, which has similar interests, e.g., AIGA. It is clearly impossible for any one person to be a member of all the groups with whom she might share interests and the result is the continual splintering of effort that otherwise might really advance our overlapping concerns.
After the STC talk I had conversations on this topic with others who suggested a federation of appropriate information societies might be a good move forward. I agree it would help but it would take more than goodwill to make this occur, and right now I do not see a lot of enthusiasm for this on the IA lists. Of course, such federation requires belief in the Big IA perspective of a field that addresses more than navigation structures for websites. Furthermore, despite the continued rhetoric of development, information architecture's place in academia is somewhat difficult to locate (see a fairly complete listing at www.asis.org/Board/educationprograms.html), but that is another issue for another column. In the meantime, if federation has appeal for you, or if you just feel that the boundaries between societies is unhelpful, raise your voice and come to Austin in February 2004 for the 5th IA Summit. It's been four years since the first one and we really need to remember that the name of the field does not give it ownership of the ideas. Perhaps IA can take the lead in showing this to be true.
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Linda Alexander favors an underdog.
The 56-year-old Maryland author's intent is to give a fair shake to those who haven't been a staple of the public eye.
Hence, the late Jack Kelly, who died in 1992, served her well as the protagonist of her latest book.
"If you mentioned Jack Kelly, people would say, 'Who is he?'" Alexander said about the actor who played Bart, Bret Maverick's brother, on the TV series "Maverick," which aired between 1957 and 1962. "If you said, 'Maverick,' they would say, 'Oh yeah, James Garner.' But one was no more a star than the other."
It is that lack of visibility that Alexander sought to tackle in her 350-plus-page biography, "A Maverick Life: The Jack Kelly Story." The book will take center stage Saturday at the Huntington Beach Central Library.
Organized by the Friends of the Huntington Beach Library, comprised of nearly 750 volunteers who raised approximately $200,000 for the library last year, the luncheon and fundraiser will start at 11:30 a.m., while the buffet-style meal will be served at noon. Admission is $20, and the event will feature a speech and signings by Alexander, book sales by Mysterious Galaxy bookstore, and an opportunity to meet Kelly's widow, Jo, along with his first wife, May Wynn (a.k.a Donna Lee Hickey), and longtime girlfriend Peggy Cantwell.
"Most of us are very interested in reading, and that's why we've been involved with the library for probably 30 years," said Program Chairwoman Dorothy Boesch. "It's just fascinating for us to hear from authors about how they got involved with writing."
Alexander approached Boesch last year because it was in Huntington Beach that Kelly and his wife laid down roots — an ideal place to celebrate him.
For the writer, the library event is a much-awaited opportunity to put faces to the names of people who helped her get to know Kelly as someone who "lived life his own way." This, she said, is the most rewarding aspect of the entire process.
It was through interacting with his friends and colleagues that she gleaned further insight into Kelly's experience as a guest star and voice-over artist. The book also discusses Kelly's time as a councilman and mayor of Surf City from 1983 to 1986.
"There are biographies out there that list celebrities' resumes, and I personally think that you can find that information in a book, on the Internet, anywhere," said Alexander, whose previous books include biographies of actors Robert Taylor and Allan Lane. "What you can't find that easily is who was at the heart of who that person really was. If I can provide a personal portrayal, I've done my job."
It was Alexander's forthright yet sensitive personality that put Jo Kelly and her daughter, Nicole, at ease when the author reached out with her story idea in 2009.
The couple came face-to-face for the first time on July 4, 1969, Alexander learned, and were married six weeks later after Kelly proposed in the back seat of a limousine.
"He was the love of my life," said Jo, 73, a resident of Huntington Beach. "He had a personality — a tremendous stature — and when he entered a room, everyone noticed."
These are the kind of intimate details that fill this book, which hit bookstores in 2011 — a reflection of two-and-a-half years of in-depth conversations and exhaustive research, during which the writer also battled lymphoma. Now, fans often reach out to her describing a "lump in the throat" when faced by pictures and anecdotes that help them piece together the reality of Kelly's life.
Having read and enjoyed the book, Jo is at peace with the knowledge that it does justice to Kelly.
"It's the truth," Jo said. "I'm OK with it."
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Nestor Inc, which provides automated traffic enforcement systems and services, got a green light on Tuesday from investors as the stock soared 1,900%. Shares rode the surge of enthusiasm to a close of 4 pennies, up from 0.2 penny on Friday.
But it\'s unlikely the enthusiasm from investors on Tuesday stemmed from strong convictions about the traffic-enforcement systems sector.
The more probable scenario is that people trying to make a quick buck incorrectly took Nestor for the company Nest Labs, which was acquired by Google Inc. for $3.2 billion in cash late Monday.
Palo Alto, Calif.-based Nest Labs was founded by former Apple employees and makes home products, such as an energy-efficient thermostat.
In recent trade, shares of Nestor were down 25% to 3 cents.
In October, shares of Tweeter Home Entertainment Group Inc. surged as investors mistook the company for Twitter Inc. , which had just released its IPO plans at the time and selected the ticker \"TWTR.\" Tweeter\'s ticker in October was \"TWTRQ,\" but it subsequently switched its ticker to \"THEGQ.\"
Unfortunately, this might not be the first time that investors have confused Nestor Inc. with Nest Labs. The stock spiked to a high of 11 cents on Oct. 18, with the Twittersphere highlighting a possible mix-up with companies. The October jump in Nestor is visible here:
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This article is about a group or individual that may no longer be active in solar cooking. It is retained here for archival purposes.
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Alison Curtis directs the Solar Health and Education Project (SHEP), which promote solar cooking in Kenya and Zambia, using and teaching use of TetraPak carton cone cookers. She also is a volunteer United Nations Representative for Solar Cookers International in Geneva, Switzerland.
Recent news and developments
- December 2012: The Solar Health and Education Project (SHEP) has created a project at a community-based nursery school in Livingstone for unschooled mothers, whose only source of income has been illegally making charcoal. During the course of the program, they learned how to make and use the CooKit solar cooker as an income generating activity, and formed themselves into a registered group called Solar Ventures (SV). They have been holding SHEP-funded workshops at clinics, schools, agricultural shows, where they won 1st place for the most interesting booth in 2011, and government-sponsored functions on energy and conservation. They were invited to Lusaka to run a three-day workshop for a UK based NGO. Their life is certainly different now since their introduction to solar cooking.
- November 2010: Alison Curtis recently visited Livingstone and witnessed an awareness-raising skit performed by the solar team. "The skit was about a woman who solar cooked and had many visitors," Curtis says. "A curious neighbor who wanted to taste the food; a charcoal producer who asked why the woman was not buying charcoal any more; a forestry official who was happy that all the trees were not being chopped and that there were more birds coming to the forest; an electric company meter reader who tried to say that the CooKit must be electric and that the meter was incorrect; and a group of orphans and grannies complaining that they need medicines for coughs and skin burns [caused by traditional cooking fires]." Curtis continues, "The woman with the CooKit told each of the visitors all about solar cookers and she let them taste the food. Then all the visitors bought homemade CooKits from the woman!"
- August 2010: The Solar Health and Education Project (SHEP) began in 2007 to fund solar cooking workshops in rural areas of Zambia, and also with the urban poor in the Livingstone area. The main goal of the workshops was to introduce solar cooking methods to the community in a sustainable fashion. Most at the workshop have little education, but are completely sold on harvesting the sun for their daily needs of cooking fuel. The team, with direction from Alison Curtis, developed a system to appoint a local leader at the workshop to follow-up with a group of participants to help and encourage using the new cookers. Now, three years later, the solar team has ten excellent leaders who take turns spreading the solar news by setting up at shows, events, museum gatherings, school playgrounds, clinics and so on. These unschooled women leaders have learned to fill in a simple form, which SHEP developed with their input, so they have the knowledge to complete a request for funds themselves. The headmaster at the nursery school reads these requests and grants the money from SHEP to hold the demonstration or workshop. The women do the shopping, keep receipts, hold the event and then fill in a very basic report. They are paid for their workshop day @ $2.00 per event. The women are quite resourceful, as they have learned to make Cookits from cartons and reflective Crisp wrappers found in the trash.
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text: Korean Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Where to shop in Busan? Speak Korean Now! Korean Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Where to shop in Busan? Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> FAQ View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message ChopstixJoined: 22 Feb 2004Location: Nowon Seoul Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2004 9:50 pm Post subject: Where to shop in Busan? My girlfriend and I are going to Busan for the holidays and I am wondering where the good shopping areas are? Good clubs? Any helpful info is welcome! Back to top sadsacJoined: 22 Dec 2003Location: Gwangwang Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2004 8:29 pm Post subject: Check out www.pusanweb.com, lots of good info there. Back to top jsr6fJoined: 05 Jul 2004Location: Seoul Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2004 5:33 pm Post subject: busan tourist spots one of the most lovely places is "Yonggungsa" temple, past haeundae-- last time i went it was ugly on account of a lot of metal scaffolding set up to hold lanterns for buddha's b-day (but that probably made it pretty at night). It's a seaside temple, and there is a bus that goes there, but its past haeundae beach, off the beaten path. Beomosa is the biggest temple in busan and there's a good hike there, but the temple itself isnt terribly different from others i've seen in korea. Haeundae is the resort part of town and is more picturesque than Nampo-dong (old downtown harbor district), but both have good restaurants. Nampo is close to Daedaepo beach and Tongdosa peninsula, both are gorgeous spots. If you like sushi, you can't miss Gwangan- gwangalli beach has a ton of 'hwet jips' -- my advice is haggle for fish on the downstairs market of a big house (like millennium hwet jip) then bring the dead fish/squiggly octopi upstairs in a bag for a restauranteur to prepare for you. Delicious! Back to top napoleon8Joined: 18 May 2003 Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 1:14 am Post subject: Dongdaemun-style shopping in Busan? In Seoul the Dongdaemun shopping mecca has several places that sell Western-imported goods such as over-the-counter medicine, shampoo, deoderant, and food. Everything has English labels, just as if you were shopping in an English-speaking country. I was wondering if Busan has any place like this. If you know of such a place, please let me know! Back to top Freezer BurnJoined: 11 Apr 2005Location: Busan Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 2:34 am Post subject: Nothing really like dongdamun, but you can try Nanpo-dong its a large markety-type place that sells a lot of things, there is a 'black market' shop around but its crap. Other shopping areas are Seomyeon (the centre of the city) both subway lines cross through there...huge Lotte dept store. Other than that you just have to try your luck at places, clothes for guys in Busan SUCK!!!! not sure what they are like for girls. Western clubs: a few in Kyungsan-do called Vinyl and Foxy, just do a search on here for exact details, also a Irish bar in Gaya. Back to top shebaJoined: 16 May 2005Location: Here there and everywhere! Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 3:07 am Post subject: There is a small international section at the markets in Nampo-dong but its not THAT great.... Seomyeon is aparently "The Place" to shop in Busan, but we didnt get there on our travels... Back to top VanIslanderJoined: 18 Aug 2003Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo! Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 1:30 pm Post subject: Gukje market is a fun shopping area of outdoor displays and crowded narrow streets near Nampodong. At first glance it looks like nothing special. But wander the side streets throughout the large area and you'll find all sorts of things. It's like night and day compared to nampodong, in term of prices, style and layout. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> FAQ All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Forums:----------------FAQJob-related Discussion ForumGeneral Discussion ForumOff-Topic ForumTravel ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumBuy/Sell/Trade Forum You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group TEFL International Supports Dave's ESL Cafe


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I've been dishonest with you all for far, far too long. I can't lie any longer.
Are you sitting down? You're probably sitting down. If you're not, you should sit down. Or lie down, with your legs slightly elevated. How and where you recline is entirely your call. I'm just saying, if you're standing when you read the shocking truth I am about to reveal to you, I will not be liable for whatever happens next.
It's about my hair. The color it is now? It's ... well. It's not real, per se. And by "per se," I mean "at all." It is not at all real.
My hair started to turn gray when I was in high school. I was not surprised, as the Bradley family has a long, illustrious history of premature graying. I didn't mind the gray hair all that much. It wasn't until my twenties that it occurred to me to color it away. Actually it didn't occur to me at all—it occurred to my hair stylist, who insisted I "do something" about all the gray. It was making me look "mousy," she declared.
I did not want to look mousy. Does anyone?
So I started coloring, and haven't stopped, and now it's been 15 years of my Adventures in Hair Color. I've gone from brown to reddish-brown to brownish-red, with a couple of horrifying forays into something approaching blonde. It never occurred to me, not once, to stop. The thing is, once you start coloring, you're stuck. Hair color that's growing out looks awful. Especially when the hair that's growing out has morphed from silver-flecked brown to brown-flecked silver.
Because my hair grows unusually quickly (about an inch a month) and because no matter what I do, my hair color fades quickly, I have about a two-week window during which I actually like the way the color looks. For the first week, my hair color is so dark that my face looks like I have an awful virus; then it looks pretty good; then my roots begin to show; then all of a sudden my hair has turned sort of reddish-orange and I have gray temples and I count the days until my next hair appointment.
This is madness. Expensive madness. Once I realized that hair color from a box didn't look anywhere near as decent as getting it professionally done, I've been spending upwards of $100 a month on hair color. That's more than I spend on my gym.
All of which is why I'm not doing it anymore. As of my last coloring appointment (July 25th), I'm done. I have no idea what it's going to look like. It could look horrific. It could make me look ten years older. I don't care. I want to see what's under there. I need to find out what I look like. And I need to be okay with it.
I asked Henry what he thought about me letting my hair go gray. "I don't know, Mom," he said. "You might look like…"
I waited for him to say it: An old lady.
"…a punk rocker," he finished.
That's a little optimistic, but I'll take it.


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Continental Surfaces is a wholesale manufacturer and installer of kitchen countertops. Products include granite, quartz (brands such as Silestone, Caesarstone, Zodiaq, Hanstone), solid surface (brands such as Corian, LG Himacs, EOS, Wilsonart Solid Surface), green/recycled countertops (brands such as ECO by Cosentino, Icestone, Terrazo). Products are offered on a regional basis in the Northeast US (Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York).
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Business owners of the business we are target are invovled in the construction industry so are predominantly male in the mid 30's to to late 40's.
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Design needs to incorporate some graphic element. For example, elements that we've considered include: globe, sphere, wave, leaf, block/cube, square, flame. These elements are just ideas we've played with so by no means do you need to limit your design to these. I've included rough sketches that incorporate some of these elements that were done around 6 months ago but never materialized into a final design.
Logo will be used primarly online and in print.
Most logo drafts were contemporary and modern, but I'm open to other interpretations.
Business themes that the logo should communicate include quality, service, dependability, solid brand presence, efficiency, trying something new, evolution.
Colors are wide open.
Great designs so far - thank you for the submission. I'd like to see a few other options before I make a final decision, so I've extended the contest and increated the price slightly.
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Paging Dr. House: There a new tick-transmitted spirochete in town, and this wily relative of the organism that causes Lyme disease is probably sickening more than 4,300 Americans a year with relapsing fevers and flu-like symptoms, according to a new report. The good news: A round of common antibiotics appears capable of vanquishing the newly discovered threat.
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That time has come. The New England Journal of Medicine on Thursday published two reports documenting its arrival on U.S. shores. One is a case study of a confused and unsteady elderly woman stricken by Borrelia miyamotoi; the other reports on a broad sampling of blood from patients in New England, where Lyme disease is widespread, and suggests that Borrelia miyamotoi infection "may be prevalent in areas where Lyme disease is endemic in the United States."


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The Rhode Island Employer Support for the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) will host the state's largest job fair for military personnel, veterans and their dependents on Friday, April 26.
According to Brian LaFauci, the program manager for Rhode Island ESGR, organizers are expecting a larger turnout for the free event due in part to the support of Providence Mayor Angel Tavares and Cranston Mayor Allan Fung.
The ESGR hosts an average of one job fair every six months with 60 to 70 employers present. LaFauci said there are typically 200 attendees, but he thinks there will be more at this event, which will be held at the Rhode Island Convention Center from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
"In terms of our reach, it is going to be quite larger because of the support of the two mayors," said LaFauci in a phone interview yesterday.
According to ESGR's press release, ESGR "host very successful Hiring Our Heroes (HOH) Job Fairs, but this event has a much wider scope, and greater potential for both employer companies and our military."
LaFauci explained that ESGR feels it is important to host job fairs of this nature because unemployment rates for military personnel and veterans are even lower than the average rate.
He also said the financial stability of dependents is seen as equally important because "taking away the financial concern piece for dependents provides a stronger support system at home for Guardsmen and Reservists."
While there is pre-registration, LaFauci said no individual would be turned away at the door. The registration just helps ESGR anticipate how many staff members will be needed for registration tables.
Employers present at the job fair will come from industries across the board and many employers will work to find potential employees positions tailored to their different skill sets.
Employers include prominent Rhode Island companies such as Alex and Ani, Amica, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Cardi's, Cranston Public Schools, G-Tech, Family Services of Rhode Island and Omni Hotels.
LaFauci explained that not only have many employers participated in past years, but many have also developed specific processes to recruit and hire those from military backgrounds. While certain positions may require specific certification, he said many companies hire military members, give them a job with salary and benefits, and then provide training for necessary certification along the way.
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The core of Resources is the Research Library, which contains many facts and citations from the Ardaverse. There are detailed articles on people, places, things and the events that tie them together. There is also a URL library linking to sites of interest to the JRRT fandom. There are research articles and critical essays written by our members, and a discussion forum on wide ranging topics.
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The Reference Library is designed to gather the facts about various subjects in one easily searchable area. It currently consists of Character Biographies, Events, Places, and Things. Each entry is referenced to a quote in Tolkien, so the member may refer to the original source. Members who are authors can link their stories to any of the Research Library entries.
Character Biographies
All the listed characters have simple fact sheets, containing very basic information such as date of birth and death when known, close relatives, and physical description.
For some characters the fact sheets are a starting point, in contrast to some of the minor characters where the fact sheets contain everything that is known. A number of fact sheets are associated with essays that are more detailed, and which may contain speculation supported by references.
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You can look up Timeline events alphabetically, by event type, by era and by date range. They are presented in chronological order, and are cross-referenced to other research library entries.
If you want to know exactly who did what, when, where and how, timeline events can probably provide the answer.
Places contains information on locations mentioned by Tolkien, whether in the text or on the maps he drew. Our goal is detailed information on the complete list of places, with accompanying references.
The Things section contains detailed information on various objects, from the physical such as ships or weapons, to songs, to constructs such as the White Council.
The URL Library
The URL Library is a collection of web page links, organized by general categories, covering both Tolkien's works and other topics of general interest to HASA members. Members are encouraged to submit interesting links.
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These are non-fiction works about a particular subject useful to fanfic writers or to anyone who wants to know more about a subject. Current articles and essays range from personality traits of horses to in-depth character studies to geopolitics. Any subject involving Tolkien's writing, fanfic, or life in Middle-earth or the West is fair game.
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HASA members write them. Many authors have done research in preparation for a story and then contribute their knowledge in the form of an article or Reference Library entry. There are several articles posted and HASA is always eager to expand the section. If you write a research article or a critical essay, please link it into Resources by going to the Articles & Essays pages.
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A-Z Index - This part of the site provides alphabetical lists of all the Research Library entries. Each kind of research item (People, Places, Things, Events) also has alphabetical listings.
Full text search - This takes a little more practice. This search can do complex Boolean free text search of the contents of all the research library entries.
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EE Grad Student Chien-Hung (Luke) Lu is the recipient of a best paper award at this year's Computational Optical Sensing and Imaging Meeting (COSI).
On June 2, 2014, the EE Department celebrated 23 graduate students completing the PhD program this past year.
Prof. Gerard Wysocki has been awarded the 2014 Peter Werle Early Career Scientist Award for his overall excellent track record of scientific innovation,
Prof. Paul Prucnal's research on the Photonic Neuron Project was featured as the cover article (including the cover artwork) on the June issue of the IEEE Photonics Society Newsletter.
A paper coauthored by Prof. Prateek Mittal received Best Paper Award at the 9th ACM Symposium on IASIACCS 2014.
Princeton University is one of nine recipients for DOE funding for solid-state lighting (SSL) project
Callie Woods and Abigail Ward, both members of the Class of 2014, were recipients of the SEAS Undergraduate Awards on June 2, 2014.
Arvind Ravikumar and John Chang *14, receive the 2014 Newport Graduate Award in Photonics.
The EE Class of 2014 was honored during the department Class Day celebration on June 2nd. During the celebration, the Electrical Engineering Department bestows department awards to six graduating seniors.
The Electrical Engineering Department awarded three graduate students with departmental awards.
Prof. Claire Gmachl honored with the President's Award for Distinguished Teaching.
Warren Rieutort-Louis, received Honorific Fellowship for 2014 - 2015 academic year.
Prof. David Wentzlaff has won funding from Project X.
This research has been highlighted in a New York Times article "Invasion of the Body Hackers"
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Janam Jhaveri has received the Maeder Graduate Fellowship in Energy and the Environment for the 2014 - 2015 academic year.
Prof. Sigurd Wagner honored for excellence in mentoring graduate students.
Prof. Stephen Chou will receive the IEEE Pioneer Award in Nanotechnology presented at IEEE NANO 2014 in Toronto, Canada in August.
Prof. Sergio Verdú has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS).
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As the financial crisis unfolds and the economy weakens, many states are having a hard time paying their expenses. In all, about 35 states have reported a budget gap for the 2009 fiscal year. Put together, it amounts to some $56.4 billion, according to estimates compiled by the research organization Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
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I wonder if Mark Thompson had anything to declare when he went through customs en route for his new job at the New York Times? Probably not.
And now he is ensconced as CEO at the NYT, I wonder if "Gnasher" Thompson has anything to declare over the Jimmy Savile scandal that has engulfed the BBC?
Probably not.
Even so, I can't help thinking that this is not the end of the story, for I find it hard to believe that Thompson knew nothing about those stories regarding Jimmy Savile, or was not at least aware of them. It now appears that I am not the only one who thinks this. Allegedly former BBC journalist, Keith Graves, finds it hard to believe, as he, or someone commenting under his name, posted on the Daily Mail:
Mark Thompson says that during his time at the BBC he "never heard any allegations" about Savile. During his years in the television newsroom, culminating in a period editing the flagship evening new, rumours about Savile being 'into little girls' were rife as were often crude comments about hims and his behaviour. It is inconceivable that those rumours, which were, I recall, often discussed in the BBC club bar by news staff, did not reach his ears.
- Keith Graves, Valencia, Spain, 28/10/2012 13:27
Even Mike Hollingsworth, the man who first employed Thompson as his assistant at the BBC, said in the Daily Telegraph, Thompson would have had to been "tone deaf" not to have heard rumors about Jimmy Savile.
"He must be mad denying that he'd heard anything about Saville. We had all heard the rumours. You would have to have been tone deaf not to have heard them…
"I know that Mark has a strong Catholic faith, but it wasn't as if this was something that people would whisper about when he came into a room – he is a man of the world. You just have to look at the programming he put out when he took over at Channel 4 to see that he wasn't in the least bit squeamish when it came to all kinds of discussions about sex."
This incredulity from former colleagues has only increased the growing disquiet over the "baggage" Thompson is perceived to be bringing to his new job at the New York Times, as one of the paper's editors, Margaret Sullivan wondered in a blog:
"How likely is it that [Thompson] knew nothing?....His integrity and decision-making are bound to affect The [New York] Times and its journalism – profoundly. It's worth considering now whether he is the right person for the job, given this turn of events."
The questions hinge on what Thompson knew about the Jimmy Savile scandal, when he was Director General at the BBC. It's an important issue, one that saw his replacement, George Entwisle (or "Incurious George") resign his position over not knowing about a Newsnight item that led to a gross libel against an innocent man. If Entwistle was considered guilty for not knowing about the serious allegations broadcast by his flagship news program, then where does that leave Thompson, who claims he knew little or virtually nothing about a planned Newsnight investigation into abuse allegations involving Jimmy Savile?
What little Thompson did know he dismissed in a letter to Conservative MP, Rob Wilson:
"What did happen is that, at a drinks reception late last year, a journalist mentioned to me the existence of the investigation and said words to the effect of "you must be worried about the Newsnight investigation?" This was the first I had heard of the investigation…Although I recall hearing at the time of his death that BBC Television might do something (a tribute) about Jimmy Savile in due course, again I had not been briefed about the programmes themselves. I assume they were commissioned and broadcast by BBC Vision, the BBC's television arm, in the usual way."
This is obvious buck passing. Moreover, as it was Thompson who tightened up BBC procedure after the scandalous Brandgate affair - where two BBC presenters (Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross) were involved in a prank call that was deemed to be offensive and "a catastrophic breakdown of editorial and compliance control by the BBC" - it seems incredible that Thompson did not take any real interest in a planned BBC investigation into serious allegations of pedophilia involving a major BBC star.
More questions for 'NYT' CEO Mark Thompson, after the jump…


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Let's rock out this first podcast of the lusty month of May with our traditional Q&A format. I have a backlog of exceptionally interesting concerns from the sexually worrisome that have come to me as both email and voicemail.
Among today's correspondents are:
- Stan is trying to figure out who he is — gay, straight, whatever;
- Liz has a GF who is missing out on some hot monkey love;
- Michael is a meth addict, but he can't bring himself to tell his doctor;
- Linda wants to try nudism, but the hubby won't because he has a little willie;
- Matt wonders if he has "father hunger";
- John wants to stimulate his seminal vesicles;
- Arthur is 76 and wants to bump a 68 year old woman;
- Craig tuckers out too soon; he want to know what's up with that.
Check out The Lick-A-Dee-Split Connection. That's Dr Dick's toll free podcast voicemail HOTLINE. Don't worry people; no one will personally answer the phone. Your message goes directly to voicemail.
Got a question or a comment? Wanna rant or rave? Or maybe you'd just like to talk dirty for a minute or two. Why not get it off your chest! Give Dr Dick a call at (866) 422-5680.
Look for my podcasts on iTunes. You'll find me in the podcast section, obviously, or just search for Dr Dick Sex Advice. And don't forget to subscribe. I wouldn't want you to miss even one episode
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Brendon S needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 66 designs submitted by 13 freelance designers.
Sinclairs Fitness Equipment (no apostrophe) - domain name is sinclairsfitness.com.au
Sinclairs is a fitness equipment retailer in Tasmania Australia selling most fitness related equipment ranging from gym equipment such as treadmills and weight machines to gym wear and sporting apparel.
Gym experts who know what they want
Fitness novice looking to hire/buy equipment
Online store for a gym equipment retailer.
Front page will contain a Wordpress powered blog and components of an online store, we want to build our brand, generate leads and create direct sales through the website.
The site is an online store for a gym equipment retailer and should be designed in a way where a gym owner can easily get to the category they want, but a complete novice won't be left wondering "where do I go".
To solve this problem we want the site to consist of easy to navigate to categories, a search function and essentially what is another search function 'Recommend products based on my fitness level'.
A big feature of the site is the 'Recommend products based on my fitness level search function' to make the process of finding equipment easy for a novice, but the site should be designed well enough that an expert can navigate straight to what they're looking for.
This site will most likely require a 3-column design to accommodate the amount of content.
See http://www.tailored.com.au/clients/…layout.png for a mockup of where we want the following: (continued under requirements)
the left or right column will be categories from the store, and what we would like to see is ~10 or so products listed under a category heading e.g. "Treadmills", followed by the first 10 models. The opposite column will be used for the usual Wordpress links along with twitter, videos, flickr photo stream, etc.
The middle of the site will contain the afore mentioned 'Recommend products for me' search function, here we want to recommend a product that suits their current fitness level and their fitness goals.
After this box there should be a small 'standard' search box. Followed by the posts of a wordpress blog.
Header should contain somewhere for banner advertising.
For a mockup of what we have in mind see: http://www.tailored.com.au/clients/…layout.png - this is a rough guide, feel free to come up with your own ideas.
Pages for navigation:
- Home
- Shop
- Specials
- Contact
- About us
- Why Hire?
We will also require a cleverly designed product display page, this page will contain more photos and information about the selected product and should also present easy ways for people to ask questions about the item.
There will need to be a space for video testimonials.
See current product page example (not that we like it much) of what they have here: http://www.sinclairshealth.com.au/t…on-hrc.php
Logo can be found at http://www.tailored.com.au/clients/…_FINAL.psd


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International News
UNAIDS Official Visits Fiji
March 8, 2012
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UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe is visiting Fiji this week to assess national and regional progress against HIV/AIDS. Fiji is classified as a low-prevalence country for HIV: Just 366 cases were confirmed from 1989 to 2010. In 2011, Fiji became the first Pacific-region nation to repeal laws restricting travel by people with HIV/AIDS; it also passed the HIV/AIDS Decree to take a stand for the human rights of those infected, and to ensure that Fiji meets its Millennium Development Goals. "In order to address the MDG's HIV/AIDS goal, the Fijian government approved a new law that, among other things, safeguards the privacy and rights of persons infected or affected by HIV," said a statement from Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama. "The HIV/AIDS Decree is based on the UN International Guidelines on HIV/AIDS, and on the Declaration of Commitment to a human rights-based approach to dealing with the epidemic."
Xinhua News Agency
This article was provided by CDC National Prevention Information Network. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update.
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Shaundi (Saints Row: The Third) – Cosplay of the Day
Have you had your daily dose of purple-infused hotness yet? No? Then let's jump into the Cosplay of the Day and check out Saints Row: The Third's Shaundi.
For those who haven't played Saints Row: The Third, know this: it is absolutely bonkers and full of wacky characters. Now, Shaundi, a Saints vet, could be considered one of the more normal personalities in the crew. Sure, she can be kind of stubborn and act like a total pain sometimes, but you won't find a more loyal crew member.
Here is youronlydoll as the Saints Row: The Third version of Shaundi. She's eschewed the dreadlocks and bandanna from Saints Row 2 in exchange for a sleeker, sexier look. She's got every item of clothing from the outfit represented accurately, making her one formidable cosplayer. We'd love to roll with this homie.
Hop in your favorite human cannon-equipped car and head on over to her deviantART to see even more costumes. You can even check out her Saints Row 2 version of Shaundi.
Want your Cosplay to be seen? Send your info to firstname.lastname@example.com and we may feature you in our Cosplay of the Day!


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City Pulse's biennial readership survey shows that Lansing's only locally owned weekly newspaper continues to deliver an educated, affluent and active readership.
It's also a growing audience. The January 2014 survey of more than 475 respondents tells us that all age groups are well represented, from people with high disposable income to people in the prime of their careers.
They are well educated: 85% have college degrees, including 32% with graduate degrees.
They are affluent: 46% have household incomes of $60,000 a year or more, including 19% with incomes of more than $100,000.
And they are active. They go out to eat and for entertainment often.
Your ad not only reaches a great niche, it is an enlarging niche of Greater Lansing. Started 13 years ago, City Pulse has grown from 8,000 copies every two weeks to 20,000 copies every week. Busy places like Kroger, Walmart, the MAC, and virtually all the Biggby coffee shops are just a few of the over 500 locations where City Pulse is available with a new issue every Wednesday. Wouldn't you like to reach over 50,000 estimated readers who frequent such great establishments?
By the way, nearly half our respondents say they look at the ads. Get in front of a great and growing audience every Wednesday in City Pulse, Lansing's true advertising alternative.
For a complete listing of all City Pulse distribution points, click here.
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Oh wait, this is just more of the same, but fun nonetheless.
Name: David
Age: 26
Location: New Jersey
I once slipped and fell on a very hard surface and ever since I've had issues with my bladder and urination. Sometimes I get an added drip afterward and I know it's not an STD/STI I've been checked. What do you think it may be…I've asked and no one seems to know.
A drip after what? After you pee? After you cum? Both?
Have you ever tasted what drips out? A taste test will let you know if it's cum or piss. Either way, it won't harm you. If it's viscous, it's probably related to your ejaculate. If it's not a little gooey it's probably just urine. But then again, it could be an Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
Name: jen
Age: 25
Location: florida
i am a young and attractive female with a great personality and many friends, but when it comes to men… i just dont get it. i date many guys, but i can't seem to get a guy into a relationship. i wont have sex with a guy unless we're a "couple", but the men i date seem to be turned off by this fact and dont stay in the picture for long. In the past, i would have sex with guys i dated, but it would always end as soon as a relationship was mentioned. Any tips on how to get a guy to stick around without having to put out?
Basically men are pigs, darling. They want what they want, when they want it. Nowadays the men folk don't think it's necessary to commit to a relationship just to get laid. The marketplace, so to speak, is brimming over with less encumbered pussy.
I'm not suggesting that you change your behaviors or value system, but do you ever ask yourself why you use sex as a lure? Maybe you're good in bed, but not such great relationship material. Or it might be that you are simply fishing in the wrong hole. Try connecting with a good Christian boy or one of them fine Mormon missionaries that are always floating around in pairs. They're generally cute as the dickens in their white shits and black ties. And they probably have a similar outlook on the proper place for sex as you do . They may even do you one better by insisting that there be no nookie till you convert and get married in the temple.
Name: oscar
Age: 33
Location: dominican republic
i would like to what is the easies way to make a lesbain woman reach an orgasm
Give her a nice muff to dive into and then kindly step aside. She'll figure out the rest.
Those lesbians are so damn clever!
Name: Justin
Age: 18
Location: Edmonton
I've been interested recently in fingering my ass to stimulate my prostate. What are the best gloves to use for this?
Have you tried woolen mittens?
WTF, pup? What do you need gloves for? There's nothing in your hole that'll do you harm. If ya get a little caca on your fingers from all that rootin' around in there; don't worry. That's why god created soap and water. And I do recommend that butt play always be followed with a thorough soapy clean up.
Hey, and don't forget to trim your fingernails before you head in there.
Name: browniee
Age: 26
Location: canada
is it normal or good at all 2 have a dick 7.5 inch long n 6.5 inch around? is it abnormal? n will all women enjoy de size?
LOL! Yeah, I'd say it was good, one might even say very good. Is it abnormal? You betcha! In as much as it is considerably larger than average. Will all women enjoy de size? Probably not! Some women enjoy de smaller ones. Some women enjoy de bigger ones. Some women enjoy none of de above…I think these particular women are called lesbians.
Name: Michael
Age: 65
Location: Portland, OR
Was circumcised a year ago for medical reasons by urologist. Really nasty scar line; also turkey neck as skin was pulled up from scrotum. Would like a recirc, removal of frenulum and hopefully some relief of the turkey neck. Any reccomendations of somone who can do a functional and aesthetically pleasing job?
Is your dick so freakin' ugly that you'd be willing to risk going under the knife yet again? Even though the last guy botched the job? "…relief of the turkey neck…? Are you suggesting it hurts you? Oh wait, you're talking about cosmetic relief?
Tell me you misspoke when you said you want to have your frenulum removed. The frenulum is the connecting tissue at the underside of your dickhead. It is densely nerve-laden and a very erogenous part of the cock, dear. YIKES!
Name: David
Age: 27
Location: cali
if guys like touching other guys, does it make them curious or bi or gay? it happens alot.
Guys touching other guys? It might just mean they like to play sports.
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One Way To Add Horsepower To Your Car, Add A Horse!
Most pet owners are excited when Fido the dog plays fetch, rolls over or shakes. But one pet owner has taken things to new extremes with their pet, and maybe that's because their pet is a horse named Patches. No, you aren't seeing things, that is a horse in that car.
Owner Herbert Thompson first noticed that Patches always seemed to be tagging along while doing chores. He also noticed that Patches was more than interested in going along with Thompson when he left. So Thompson modified a Mercury Grand Marquis so Patches could do just that. Tag along with Thompson and his family, especially when it came time to get a burger. Known to put down five burgers in one sitting, Patches would then wash them down with apple juice.
But it didn't stop with an occasional trip to the local burger shop. Thompson also trained Patches to get a beer from the refrigerator, waterski, play drums, count, answer the telephone and feel right at home in the home!
Sadly though, the horse who didn't realize he was a horse, passed away at the age of 24 at his home on a Northern Florida ranch. Before Patches passed, he did sire a son, who Thompson named Chip. Chip is also being trained and is showing to be equally as unique as Patches. Maybe Thompson chose the name Chip in hopes that he would be a "chip off the ole' block".


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Community Celebrates Cancer Center Groundbreaking
Glenn A. Fosdick, president and CEO of The Nebraska Medical Center, personally thanked all government entities, as well as those donating from the private sector for their kindness and generosity.
Pamela Buffett (left) and Susie Buffett pose for a photo following the ceremony. Pamela made a donation to the NU Foundation in the name of her late husband, Fred Buffett, the first cousin of Warren Buffett. Fred died in 1997 of kidney cancer.
The sun was shining and the birds were singing the morning of May 7. It was a fitting backdrop for such a happy occasion. That morning, a groundbreaking ceremony was held outside the Durham Research Centers for the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center. Approximately 700 people attended the event with featured dignitaries, in addition to local, county and state elected officials.
On May 3, it was announced Pamela Buffett made a substantial donation to the NU Foundation in the name of her late husband, Fred Buffett, the first cousin of Warren Buffett. Fred died in 1997 from kidney cancer. Today, Pamela lives in Beverly Hills, Calif. with her husband Dusty Fleming.
In addition to naming the Fred & Pamela Cancer Center, it was also announced that in thanks to a donation from the C.L. Werner Foundation, the cancer care hospital tower will be named the C.L. Werner Cancer Hospital.
In addition to being the honorary chair of his foundation, Werner is also chairman emeritus of Werner Enterprises.
The research tower will be named the Suzanne and Walter Scott Cancer Research Tower, thanks to a generous gift from the Suzanne and Walter Scott Foundation. The Scotts are well-known Omaha philanthropists.
Gail Walling Yanney, MD and Mike Yanney were cochairs of the capital campaign for the cancer center.
They donated a great deal of time, effort and ideas to the project. As a result of their dedication, the name of the conference center will be the Gail and Mike Yanney Conference Center.
Approximately 700 people squeezed in and around the tent to take part in the Fred and Pamela Buffett groundbreaking ceremony.
UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, MD, served
as emcee for the groundbreaking event.
Following the ceremony, the actual groundbreaking event took place.
Among those taking part included (left to right) Pamela Buffett, Gov.
Dave Heineman and Susie Buffett, daughter of Warren Buffett.
Cancer Center Brand Introduced
Many of you have visualized what the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer will look like as a result of the architectural drawings that have been published. Now, you can associate the cancer center with a new brand as well.
- The new logo features a pair of three-quarter circles to replicate the two Cs in the cancer center name. When viewed together, the right side forms a "B" representing the Buffett name. Linking them all together represents the interwoven collaboration of patient care, research and education.
- Each color has meaning. The darker red represents The Nebraska Medical Center, the lighter red represents UNMC. The two other colors were selected to signify the energy, personalization and international mission of the cancer center.
- The logo's position to the right of Fred and Pamela Buffett's name, like two gears in motion, represents the center's continuous commitment to lead the way in the future of cancer care.
- "The cancer center's brand will have national and international exposure – which inspired marketing and public relations staff at the hospital and UNMC to work closely together, said Tadd Pullin, senior vice president of Marketing and Strategy Development. The final result is a vibrant logo that reflects the diversity and union of people who will be attracted to the center from around the world – faculty, students, researchers, patients and families. The unexpected use of new colors, beyond the red palette used in The Nebraska Medical Center and UNMC logos, conveys hope, energy, life and diversity – and will create opportunities to infuse color into the new cancer center buildings. Another great strength of this brand is that it anticipates placement in mobile internet applications and social media and can easily adapt to new emerging communication platforms."


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CFP: [Collections] Narrating Cities - Special Issue of The Journal of Narrative Theory
CFP â€" Special Issue of The Journal of Narrative Theory: "Narrating Citiesâ€
The Journal of Narrative Theory seeks submissions for a forthcoming
special issue: "Narrating Citiesâ€.
Since 2007, for the first time in history, the majority of the world's
population has lived in cities.
Have narratives, and readings of them, prepared us for this?
Papers are welcome that try to say something new about how urban
environments past or present have produced, or have been re-produced in,
narratives. In diverse locations, and at various times, cities have
provided narratives with subjects, audiences, technologies of consumption
and distribution; in turn, narrative show cities themselves, accommodating
plurality or regulating otherness. Clearly, not all narratives, and not
all cities, do this in the same way.
Cities divide and discriminate, often all the more viciously precisely
because social and spatial divisions are hard to uphold when the past
accretes and geography compels interdependences. Do narratives counteract
or consolidate such divisions?
A city may reify the solid certainties of ideology and politics, where
material reality plumbs the depths and scrapes the sky. Yet with each
corner turned the city, its inhabitants, you, take on new forms, new
identities. How have narratives registered these realities and
disruptions? Given the rise of global cities, can they continue to do so?
Cities are exciting, terrifying, overwhelming, lonely places, home and
unhomely to millions: do the structures of narrative mitigate
estrangement, or does narrative dislocation amplify the uncanny?
Papers should concern these or related issues as reflected in the novel or
any of its antecedents, narrative theory, and/or interdisciplinary
critical theory, including cultural geography. Hence we invite
considerations of any genre or any period of literature, from the
pamphlets of early modern London to the contemporary postcolonial,
globalised novel, Anglophone or otherwise. We encourage submissions on
non-canonical texts and authors.
Information about the journal can be found at the following address:
Contributors should follow the MLA style (5th edition), with footnotes
kept at a minimum and incorporated into the text where possible.
Please send a copy of the submission by email attachment to the editor
Adam Hansen (adam.hansen_at_unn.ac.uk) by April 2009.
Or, if you prefer, send two copies of the submission as well as a stamped
addressed envelope to Adam Hansen at the address below:
126, Lipman Building
Division of Arts and Social Sciences
Northumbria University
Newcastle Upon Tyne
United Kingdom
Hard-copy submissions will not be returned unless a second stamped
envelope (self-addressed) is also enclosed. Overseas authors wishing to
submit disposable copies should indicate so in an accompanying letter.
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Lipofectamine LTX® Reagent is a proprietary, animal-origin free formulation for the transfection of DNA into eukaryotic cells with low cytotoxicity. This reference provides a recommended procedure to transfect plasmid DNA into HCT-116, human colon carcinoma cells (ATCC no. CCL-247) using Lipofectamine LTX® Reagent.
Important Guidelines for Transfection
Follow these important guidelines when transfecting HCT-116 cells using Lipofectamine LTX® Reagent:
- Maintain the same seeding conditions between experiments. Use low-passage cells; make sure cells are healthy and greater than 90% viable before transfection.
- Transfection can be performed both in the presence or absence of serum. Test serum-free media for compatibility with Lipofectamine LTX® Reagent.
- We recommend Opti-MEM® I Reduced Serum Medium (Cat. No. 31985-070) to dilute the DNA Lipofectamine LTX® Reagent before complexing.
- Visit www.lifetechnologies.com/transfection or contact Technical Service for other specialized transfection protocols (including cell-type specific advice on use of PLUS™ Reagent and antibiotics, and a protocol for vector-based RNAi).
- Lipofectamine® LTX Reagent performs well with vector-based RNAi experiments. For siRNA and Stealth™ RNAi transfections, we recommend Lipofectamine® RNAiMAX (Cat. No. 13778-075). Go to www.lifetechnologies.com/RNAi or contact Technical Service for more information.
Materials Needed
Have the following reagents on hand before beginning:
- HCT-116 cells maintained in Minimum Essential Medium (MEM) (Cat. No. 11090-081) medium supplemented with 4 mM L-Glutamine (Cat. No. 25030-081), 10% fetal bovine serum (Cat. No. 16000-044). Grow cells at 37o C with 5% CO2.
- Plasmid DNA of interest.
- Lipofectamine LTX® Reagent (store at +4o C until ready to use)
- Opti-MEM® I Reduced Serum Media
- Appropriate tissue culture plates and supplies
Use this procedure to transfect plasmid DNA into HCT-116 cells in a 24-well format (for other formats, see Scaling Up or Down Transfections, below). All amounts and volumes are given on a per well basis.
- The day before transfection, trypsinize and count the cells. Plate 1.25x105 cells per well in 0.5 ml of complete growth medium. Cell density should be 50-80% confluent on the day of transfection.
- (Optional) The day of transfection, remove growth medium from cells and replace with 0.5 ml of complete growth medium.
- For each well of cells to be transfected, dilute 0.5 μg of DNA in 100 μl of Opti-MEM® I Reduced Serum Media without serum.
- For each well of cells, add 1.25-2.25 μl of Lipofectamine LTX® Reagent into the above diluted Opti-MEM®:DNA solution, mix gently and incubate 30 minutes at room temperature to form DNA- Lipofectamine LTX® Reagent complexes.
- After 30 minute incubation, add 100 μl of the DNA- Lipofectamine LTX® Reagent complexes directly to each well containing cells and mix gently by rocking the plate back and forth.
- Complexes do not have to be removed following transfection. Incubate the cells at 37oC in a CO2 incubator for 18-24 hours post-transfection before assaying for transgene expression.
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