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I am creating a blog (and eventual innovation franchise) that allows me to give voice to my insights and observations around brand innovation and trends in order to realize my dream of becoming the "Rachel Ray of branding" (E.g. create a media franchise that presents innovation strategy, trends, and commercial ideas a refreshing, high energy, accessible way).
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I like the idea of "twist" because it represents many things that embody my approach to innovation.
I believe in lateral thinking- taking disparate ideas from totally different places (e.g. pop culture, science, fashion, music etc.) and combining them to come up with a fresh perspective.
I believe that if you stay on predictable paths you will always get predictable solutions.
I am a high energy person/presenter so I think of citrus/vitamin b and a shot of adrenaline that most companies need.
I would like to pursue citrus colors (orange, tangerine, lemon, lime) and metaphors/shapes - but not obvious fruit- to express this idea. I don't want it to look like I am starting a juice company!
I also like the optimism and upbeat nature of citrus- who can resist a delicious glass of OJ?
I like to also bring an intuitive and "feminine" approach to branding so I would like something clean, feminine (without being precious/girly) and fresh.
Logo will be used on: website, blog page, business cards, presentations etc.
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I don't pay my licence fee for fascists and their followers to come onto political shows on one of the UKs great institutions and spout their hate-filled racist drivel.
Let's recap some of the BNP's policies (words in italics are my own comments).
· The forced deportation of 2,000,000 people (or 1 in 30) from the UK. Let's not forget these will be British passport holders or working here with valid visas. These people will be stripped of their assets including homes and cars on the basis of skin colour.
· Millions of other Brits "of foreign descent" will be "encouraged" to return to their "country of origin." Exactly what form this "encouragement" will take, I can only shudder to think.
I could keep going with a whole list of thing that these evil fuckers want to do, but I won't because this post will get too long and I think you get the point already.
And yet, we have so many people who think that the BNP should be given a voice. I had to walk out of the ICU coffee room on Friday because I was so mad with one of the consultants who thought it was right that the BNP should be on Question Time. Fellow bloggers such as The Jobbing Doctor think it's OK for people to say stuff like "Islam is wicked," and "There's no such thing as a Black Englishman" on national television. People who defend the BNP's right to hate speech seem to have no regard for the targets of the BNP's vitriol. They have no regard for their fellow citizens, instead they prefer to stand behind the right of the racists even though the very things the racists are saying would deny rights to some of their fellow countrymen based on skin colour.
Why do people in the country find it so hard to say "No."?
This whole episode is deeply shaming on us as a nation and a lot of people need to take a good look at themselves and be honest about what their values really are.
Fuck the BNP.
Thinking about this is getting me angry again, so I'm going to leave you with the words of a Mr Richard Reynish whose letter was published in The Guardian on Friday.
"As Britain debates the BNP's appearance on Question Time, it would be a good idea to learn from developments elsewhere, before it's too late. Here in Denmark, where I have lived for 30 years, we have witnessed the systemic hijacking of a progressive and tolerant culture by the far right dressed in "respectable" sheep's clothing. In 10 years, Denmark has been transformed into a country where racism is in the mainstream.
Free speech has protected hate speech, and opponents of censorship have consistently defended the rights of unscrupulous populists and incendiarists. When the media take this line, a very wicked circle is started: the inflammatory accusations of racists become self-fulfilling prophecies, as minorities are increasingly marginalised and excluded. Mainstream political parties, attempting to win back voters from the far right, make an endless series of concessions, attempting in vain to demonstrate understanding of the concerns of voters tempted by simple xenophobic policies. But the far right will always have a more extreme policy, and a new provocative proposal, which keeps them permanently centre stage in the media.
The "debate" about immigration – in reality a platform for populist racism – dominates politics, poisons serious dialogue an guarantees one thing: racist dominance of the media and the political agenda. "
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2011-12 Indoor: Anchored the 4x400 relay team to a school-record time of 3:48.54 and a third-place finish at the America East Championships... Placed tenth in the 400m dash at the conference meet in Boston... Set a season-best in the event by running a 57.38 in the prelims of the America East competition which ranks as the fifth-fastest in UMBC history.
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When the economy gets tough, vacationing Americans apparently tighten the belts and head for the great outdoors.
That's one take on new figures showing that campgrounds and RV park revenues this year largely kept pace with 2008, according to the Wisconin State Journal and Capital Times.
The National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (ARVC) reports that many of the largest campgrounds had increased visitors.
For example, Kampgrounds of America Inc. (KOA), the nation's largest campground chain with 430 locations in the U.S. and Canada, had 1.1% more visitors in 2008 while revenues were up 5.6%.
And Leisure Systems Inc. — which franchises roughly 70 Jellystone Park resorts, including one in Wisconsin Dells — is reporting an overall 5% jump in revenues, although occupancies fell slightly.
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One headline calls them "Girls Gone Wild". Really? Whitman and Fiorina? Picture that. But that's what all the buzz is about , when the two top Republican female candidates for California governor and U.S. Senate downed shots of tequila at the Hispanic 100 lifetime Achievement Award Gala as the crowd cheered them on. . MSNBC reported that Carly Fiorina spoke first at the Newport Beach event, saying, "Mucho gracias. This evening has spoiled me forever ,from now on, I want to follow Paul Rodriguez (the emcee), and I think every speech should begin with a shot of Tequila." Then she let out a yell, "It was great!"
So why is this getting so much attention? Well for one, it makes for a salacious headline. But here's something to think about too. Would anyone have given it a second thought if these were men downing shots, remarks Ronnee Schreiber, a San Diego State University professor who's written about Republican female candidates. And it also depends on the situation, she says, would it have been rude to have turned the drink down? Candidates for decades, Schreiber adds, "have gone to various community based activities, eaten all sorts of food specific to the community, so it wouldn't be unusual to for example down a shot of tequila."
But beyond that there's also the "relatability" factor. "Both Fiorina and Whitman, throughout their campaigns, have struggled to square their brands of California-style moderate conservatism with the hard-line anti-immigrant rhetoric emanating from the national Republican party," according to Gawker.com.
Fiorina and Whitman "definitely need to woo the Latino vote, that tends to vote democratic," says Schreiber. "And they need to get to the 'decline to state' and independent voters--the swing vote."
But it appears both candidates have made no progress with Latino voters, as far as Pedro Rios of San Diego can tell. Rios is an immigration rights advocate with American Friends Service Committee, a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. "There's the issue of Whitman and the undocumented worker and the commercial in Spanish from Fiorina who takes a hard line on immigration, " adds Rios.
And as for the tequila shots? "It almost becomes a caricature of how they have been responding to the Latino community", says Rios. To the extent that the headlines are spinning the "tequila shots" Rios says they (Whitman and Fiorina) "are not taking the Latino community seriously. They are not in touch with Latinos. (If they expect) to relate by taking tequila shots then it's a perversion of how they relate to the Latino community. And there is no serious attempt at understanding the Latino community. "


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The cartoon men created by the King-Kong team are a symbol and icon of mirror polished design based on the use of "affective codes", so much so that they are one of its most oft-cited examples. The "standing men" have appeared on objects from the farthest corners of Alessi tradition, like trays and baskets, and then they multiplied, invaded and conquered other groups of objects - and not just in the kitchen and at the table.
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Also… I want to invite young people into genealogy. If the only 'cool' things in family history is lace dollies and pottery, you are not going to invite a lot of young people (while they are young) into the tent. So… for all of you young folks (and young at heart), photograph the brand names (and band names) of your ancestors, including those 'ancient' people known as your parents. (In case you missed it, I also shared a concert program that I photographed.)
In a class that I taught at a family history conference last month, I have shared the importance of having a model. Come to think of it, I also wrote a post about having a model when photographing clothing. Some folks didn't believe me. So, I'm going to share the 'no model', point and shoot route. I've since learned to take better photos. But the T-Shirt is long gone. After viewing the model posts, you'll know why I wish I had put the shirt on to photograph rather than done the hanger method.
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I'm putting this here because no matter how confidently the people invested in a particular worldview regard it as "the true one," even 20 years later their own descendants are embarassed by it. Worldview, paradigm, weltanschauung, call it what you will -- it's a mental template that purports to represent "reality" and against which anything new or challenging is checked for (probable) "veracity." (And statements contravening it being a convenient trigger of outrage from true believers in the current picture -- both as to what it includes and, most importantly, what it excludes).
It can be helpful for people inclined to be didactic about what "science" is/isn't or can/cannot be to simply watch from the sidelines as the brain police Bosheviks attempt to impose their own belief system on people (and information) that expose it as fraudulent. With that in mind,
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When word came that Detroit's Max Scherzer and the Angels' Garrett Richards were going to square off in the first game of a four-game series Thursday, it figured it could be a quick, low-scoring game.
Scherzer is a two-time all-star — this season and in 2013 — and Richards probably should have been an all-star this season.
It didn't quite work out that way. Neither pitcher was hit hard, but both gave up three-run innings — Scherzer in the fifth and Richards in the sixth. Richards was done after six innings, but Scherzer stayed through seven and helped his team to a 6-4 victory over the Angels in front of 40,146 at Angel Stadium.
The Angels (60-41) fell three games behind Oakland in the AL West and are 3-4 since resuming play after the all-star break. The AL Central-leading Tigers (57-42) have a lead of seven games over Kansas City, which passed Cleveland and beat the Indians in 14 innings.
Richards and the Angels led 3-1 after the Angels scored three times off Scherzer in the fifth on an RBI infield single by C.J. Cron and two-run single by Kole Calhoun.
But the three runs Richards allowed in the sixth — on an RBI double by former Angel Torii Hunter and a two-run double by Nick Castellanos — were enough to have Scioscia start the seventh with Jason Grilli, who gave up an RBI double to Ian Kinsler for a 5-3 lead. An RBI single by Austin Jackson off Fernando Salas in the eighth made it 6-3.
The Angels got a run in the bottom of the eighth on a sacrifice fly by Josh Hamilton off Joba Chamberlain but got no closer.
Richards (11-3) pitched six innings and allowed four earned runs on seven hits. He struck out five, walked two and took the loss.
Scherzer (12-3) picked up the victory. He pitched seven innings and gave up three earned runs on six hits. He struck out 11 and walked one. He struck out Mike Trout, Hamilton, David Freese, Cron and Hank Conger twice apiece.
Joe Nathan struck out the side in the ninth to earn his 21st save.
The key was the Tigers' sixth, when they got four consecutive hits off Richards that resulted in three runs to start the inning.
Miguel Caberera and Victor Martinez had singles before Hunter and Castellanos hit their doubles.
"Well, I think some things might have caught up to him," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said of Richards. "His command was a little bit off early, although his velocity was good and his movement was terrific. His slider was there, but he just got some pitches in some zones where those guys caught up to it.
"Going through the heart of the order, and Cabrera and Martinez set the table for Torii; Torii hit a slider that was up for a double. Then it was a fastball up to Castellanos that he hit, splitting the gap. I think he just missed some spots."
The Angels have struggled offensively since the all-star break. They entered play averaging just three runs in the six games with a .222 batting average and a .153 average with runners in scoring position. Scioscia was asked if he was OK with the approach his hitters have been taking. He responded in kind.
"Well, I mean, you're talking what, six games? This is what, game seven?" he said. "We had seven-game stretches in the first half where maybe we weren't clicking on all cylinders. I thought we did a better job tonight. I thought we hit the ball hard, I thought we executed better and moved runners when we had to, hit with guys in scoring position."
Detroit got on the board first in the third inning. Eugenio Suarez was walked to lead off the inning and Rajai Davis singled him to second. Richards struck out Austin Jackson for the first out. But with Ian Kinsler at the plate, Richards uncorked a wild pitch and the runners advanced to second and third.
Kinsler brought Suarez around to score when he grounded out to second base.
The Angels, trailing 1-0, got to Scherzer for three runs in the bottom of the fifth. Howie Kendrick led off with a double to left-center and Freese singled him to third. Cron, recalled from Triple-A Salt Lake on Wednesday, came through with an infield single to deep short that scored Kendrick to tie the game 1-1.
Conger sacrificed the runners to second and third, and Calhoun hit a broken-bat single to right that brought both around to score for a 3-1 lead.
The lead was short-lived, however, as Detroit came up with three runs of its own in the top of the sixth on an RBI double by Hunter and a two-run double by Castellanos to re-take the lead 4-3.
The defensive play on the game came early. With one out in the first inning, Kinsler hit a blooper to right field. It appeared destined to fall in, but a hard-running Calhoun made a spectacular catch that could make anybody's top 10 plays of the week or year.


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Jeff seemed like he didn't enjoy this season. Like Gabon.
TELL THE TRUTHYou knew Tyrone was in trouble when the tribe said they wanted to kill the chicken and Tyrone said, So we going with that? But when he then followed it up with I think we should keep it, you knew he would get votes. But when he said just be conscious of your neighbor and then took the biggest piece of chicken, you knew he was done.
THATS NOT WHAT I MEANT TO SAYIt was the single biggest mistake of the game so far
a simple slip of the tongue. I was questioning Sash on why he was the one who had possession of the idol if indeed it was an idol for the entire alliance.While defending himself, Sash uttered a phrase he would love to have back If there comes a time when I lose trust in them. Ooops. He meant to say When they lose trust in me. A Freudian slip?
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Chervil Soup is a dish that is traditionally preferred by men more than women in Germany, reports Ulrike from Kuchenlatein. However, even though she is a woman, Ulrike likes her version of Chervil Potato Soup.
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.
Over at A Veggie Venture, new herb blogger but old friend Alanna has discovered cabbage sprouts, a vegetable that is new to her (and me too). Alanna reports that they look a bit like loose cabbage leaves, but taste more like collards or kale, and she would definitely cook them again.
California, U.S.A.
For nutrition, and to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, Spicehut from Sugar, Spice, and Everything Nice is thinking about cabbage. She produces delicious looking Cabbage Vadis, an authentic Maharashtrian dish, which consists of fried squares of spiced and "cabbaged" gram flour.
Davis, California, U.S.A.
Fresh Thyme and Garlic Soup was on the menu at the home of Sher from What Did You Eat. She reports that the soup was very easy to make, and it looked wonderful when she served it garnished with a toasted piece of french bread floating on top.
South of France Near the Spanish Border
From Garlic Breath, Riana is back and having fun experimenting with the Ugli fruit, which she reports is actually pronounced Hoo-glee. This Jamaican fruit is a hybrid cross between a grapefruit and a tangerine, and Riana reports it tastes like an orange with a hint of grapefruit.
Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy
Istanbul, Turkey
A visit to Izmir in the western part of Turkey was in order for Isil from Veggie Way. While they were there Soner's mother prepared some great food, including Isil's featured dish of Fava Beans with Artichokes in Olive Oil.
Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Another new herb blogger is Laurie from Slowly She Turned, who was working in her yard and had fun gathering dandelion greens. After doing some research on how to cook them, she ended up creating Cream of Dandelion Soup from the leaves, and also experimented a bit with the buds, something I'm sure I've never tasted!
San Francisco Bay Area/Wine Country, U.S.A.
B'gina from Stalking the Waiter sends a photo of some interesting looking mustard cress, another plant that was completely new to me, and she tells some good ways to use it too. B'gina is most definitely getting into a gardening frame of mind, and also reports on an impressive assortment of seeds she will be ordering.
Arizona, U.S.A.
The drought has finally ended in Arizona, and Fran of Flavors is showing us a lovely photo of some baby bok choi. She used her bok choi to make Bok Choi Colcannon, a perfect combination of flavors for a new twist on St. Patrick's Day.
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
Ed from Is It EDible loves his orchids, and this time he is sharing a fabulous photo of the coconut orchid, or Maxillaria. Ed has nurtured this plant for months and months to get it to bloom, and now his whole dining room smells delightfully of coconut.
Melbourne, Australia
Down in Melbourne, another guy named Ed has a very naughty dog!! Check out Tomato to see Ed Charles' dog Tsuki eating the basil plants. Sigh, I wish I had some basil plants!
New Jersey, U.S.A.
At Sweetnicks, Cate has been very good about using up food she has on hand, and she tried a recipe for Creamy Fettucine with Asparagus, Goat Cheese and Fresh dill. She also reports on a field trip to an amazing sounding place called International Food Warehouse.
Toronto, Canada
Ruth is nearly through testing recipes for her bookbook at Once Upon a Feast, and she reports a little dieting is on order once the recipes are tested. (One of the hazards of being a great cook, Ruth.) To prepare her tastebuds, she is trying a new version of Leek, Mushroom, and Spinach Soup, which sounds wonderful.
Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.A.
A delightful sounding White Bean Dip with Wonton Chips was the appetizer for lucky dinner guests at the home of Marianne, The Unemployed Cook. She reports on how she seasoned the dip the herbs she had, which included lemon balm, mint, thyme, and rosemary.
Sandy Hook, Connecticut, U.S.A.
Sarah of Cucina Bella is writing about one of my favorite herbs this week, curly parsley. She gives a nice description of how this is different from flat leaf parsley, and uses it to make Pinwheel Bake, an interesting sounding pasta dish.
Farmgirl's Farm, Missouri, U.S.A.
Next we have a new blog, but not a new blogger, since Farmgirl has created In My Kitchen Garden, a blog where she is going to keep track of her gardening adventures. This week she writes about a greenhouse within a greenhouse which she rigged up to protect her 150 tomato and pepper seedlings from the changing Missouri weather.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
At Blog From Our Kitchen in Canada, EJM is writing about tartare sauce with fresh dill, which she likes to create a little differently each time she makes it. There's also some good information here about growing dill, and ideas for what to do with your fresh dill when you get some.


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On June 20th 2017, 380 attendees from each region came together at the annual Power of Three Conference in Barcelona to discuss the most important global trends impacting the industrial real estate market today and in the future.
The three megatrends explored at the conference included: Globalization, Demographics, and Technology. These trends certainly aren't new, however, they are more relevant than ever with respect to industrial real estate. Over the coming months CBRE Global Industrial & Logistics Research will explore these three megatrends and shed light on what it means for owners, developers, and occupiers of industrial real estate.


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Malloy presents Red Cross award to Llodra
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy attended the American Red Cross Heroes Breakfast in Trumbull on Friday and presented the organization's Community Resilience Award to Newtown First Selectman Pat Llodra.
Llodra accepted the award on behalf of the Newtown community, including its citizens, government, first responders, volunteers and other organizations.
The breakfast took place at the Trumbull Marriott hotel, 180 Hawley Lane.
Malloy, joined by state librarian Kendall Wiggin and state Department of Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor, later kicked off the 2014 Governor's Summer Reading Challenge at the state library in Hartford.
The challenge is an annual program co-sponsored by the state Department of Education and the state library to encourage reading among school students across Connecticut. The program recognizes the schools with the highest participation rates and the highest number of books read per student.
Malloy also honored the winners of the 2013 Summer Reading Challenge, which included the following local schools: Whisconier Middle School in Brookfield, and in Ridgefield, St. Mary School and Veterans Park and Scotland elementary schools.


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Juliemoses88 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
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Woman Kind is a company dedicated to designing and creating bras that feel delicious against your skin - no pinching, poking or chafing - and feel good to purchase because we support sustainable manufacturing, use eco-friendly packaging, and donate proceeds to support and empower womankind.
We envision a company that employs women and men in the US and around the globe with fair wages and healthy work places so they can support themselves, their families and their communities.
Woman Kind will use a percentage of our profits to fund organizations that aid and protect women who are abused, organizations that empower women, and organizations that support alternative and holistic breast cancer prevention and healing.
To see our current website for a little more info please go to: http://www.womankindlingerie.com BUT please do NOT base design on this site - it is a temporary TEMPLATED site from weebly, put up to use to get the project going and get survey responses.
I am looking for a design that is simple, feminine (not to much pink please, but some is OK), and clever. Icons are great too. Other than that, what do I know about designing logos - I leave the brilliance and experience up to you!
Women 25 - 64 who are eco-concious, environmentally-minded, socially responsible, and crave comfort. Likely shop for quality and comfort, and are willing to pay for it. HHI $65K and above.
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LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England left its monetary policy settings unchanged on Thursday while it awaits clearer signals on the state of Britain's economy and more news on the progress of a key scheme to boost lending.
After a two-day meeting, the BoE's nine-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) said its main interest rate would stay at a record-low 0.5 percent and it would not buy any government bonds on top of the 375 billion pounds purchased so far.
None of the 64 economists polled by Reuters had expected any policy change.
"Most committee members are in data-watching mode, happy to see whether the global economy continues to strengthen and to wait for more information on the effectiveness of the Funding for Lending Scheme," said David Tinsley, economist at BNP Paribas.
"Should the MPC come back to more QE (quantitative easing), which is not our central case under the current policy regime, then they would most likely do so in March or April," he added.
While December surveys of purchasing managers pointed to a 0.2 percent dip in British economic output in the fourth quarter, the latest official data has been more ambiguous.
Construction output grew on the month in October, non-seasonally adjusted figures showed, increasing the chances that the sector - the main drag on the economy last year - boosted gross domestic product in the final quarter.
Meanwhile, the dominant services sector grew 0.1 percent on the month, a better result than many economists had expected.
However, industrial production unexpectedly fell in October after factory output posted its biggest drop since June.
And data on Wednesday showed Britain's goods trade deficit did not narrow as much as expected, raising the risk that the economy as a whole slowed in the last quarter.
Worries about Britain's stubborn inflation are also likely to have dissuaded policymakers from taking further action this month. Inflation unexpectedly stayed at 2.7 percent in November - its highest rate since May and well above the central bank's target of 2 percent.
Early signs that the BoE's Funding for Lending Scheme is helping lending, easing a problem the central bank blames for holding back the economy, has given the MPC another reason not to announce more stimulus as yet.
A BoE survey found banks planned to increase credit supply in early 2013 after a record rise in loan availability late last year, which was helped by the FLS.
The central bank said the programme, which provides cheap funding to banks to encourage lending, is unlikely to materially affect lending volumes until early to mid-2013.
Economists are roughly split on whether the BoE will restart its asset purchases in future, although no restart is expected before February at the earliest, when the BoE publishes its next quarterly economic update.
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The importance of these silver tiki is taking a traditional Māori design and not producing them in traditional materials of bone, pounamu or wood, but instead creating them in the precious international medium of sterling silver. The idea is to take these Māori-inspired designs to a new audience. Each tiki is individually cast, then each is reworked with carving detail, patina, polishing and pāua inlays. Each silver design is an edition of 10.
Te Arawa, Ngāti Awa, Whanau a Apanui, Ngāi Tahu
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Lewis Gardiner is regarded as one of the most innovative and respected Māori jade artists of his generation. In 1994, he graduated in Māori Craft and Design at the Waiariki Institute of Technology in Rotorua. During his final year he was introduced to the valuable medium of pounamu (jade) and was immediately attracted to its artistic possibilities. Māori had always valued pounamu for both its hardness and for its translucent beauty. Lewis was no different — as he says, "Our tupuna (ancestors) have given us, the Māori people, the resource and knowledge base to provide a reference for us and our children for years to come."
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Augustana College, located in Rock Island, Illinois, is a private liberal arts college. Please review the following information closely as you consider and plan for transferring to Augustana College.
How does the AA or AS degree transfer to Augustana College?
Augustana requires 11 courses to satisfy their Learning Perspectives requirement. When you transfer an Associate in Arts (AA) degree in an approved program from Clinton, Muscatine or Scott Community College, you are considered to have completed all LP requirements. To qualify for this benefit, you must obtain an associate of arts degree and achieve a minimum of 33 credits of transferable course work (grade of C or better).
Other Augustana course requirements include Foreign Language, Christian Traditions, Physical Education, the Investigative Lab, Quantitative, Global Diversity and Multicultural Diversity. Through careful course selection while earning your associates degree, many of these requirements can also be fulfilled with EICC's courses.
The Associate in Science (AS) degree is a course-by-course articulation, meaning that the Augustana Registrar will review each course you transfer to determine whether it aligns with an Augustana course and fulfills a course requirement.
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Summer Pasture is a feature-length documentary that chronicles one summer with a young nomad family living in the high grasslands of eastern Tibet. Locho, his wife Yama, and their infant daughter survive in the mountains by herding yak, much as their ancestors have for generations. In recent years, however, nomadic life has become increasingly difficult and now many nomads are settling in town. Soon, Locho and Yama will face the same predicament, when they must choose whether to raise their daughter in the pasture or send her school -- a decision that will have deep implications for their future as nomads.
A film by Lynn True, Nelson Walker & Tsering Perlo.
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The DPx Gear Hostile Environment Field Tool (HEFT) is designed and built for big-knife work. Whether that means skinning a moose, building a shelter, or carrying it on your next overseas adventure, the full-tang HEFT 6" is a tried-and-tested workhorse. The knife was designed by Robert Young Pelton and Tommaso Rumiciand handmade by LionSTEEL in Northern Italy.The 5.75" (145mm) blade is made of Sleipner tool steel with a 60 Rockwell hardness. Sleipner steel is a chromium-vanadium-molybdenum alloy (7% Cr, 0.5% V, 2.5% Mo) much like D2 steel and characterized by its edge retention, ease of sharpening, and resistance to wear and chipping. The Sleipner steel also has excellent "tooth" for repetitive, fine cutting.
Because the knife is tool steel, and not stainless steel, it is easier to sharpen but may rust if not properly cared for. Rust only affects the appearance of the knife and not the performance. Like all DPx Gear knives, we ask that you use a whetstone or diamond sharpener to dress the edge, and NEVER use a motorized grinder.
The back of the blade is 0.2" (5mm) thick and features three sizes of wire strippers that serve as jimping. There's a lanyard hole and lashing points, and an integrated striker and pry bar on the pommel.
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Co-designed by Robert Young Pelton and Tommaso Rumici
Integrated striker pommel, pry bar, lanyard hole and lashing point
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Blade Length: 6.00"
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University of Alabama Promises to Let Some Black Girls Into Sororities
Now that student paper the Crimson White has revealed University of Alabama sororities to be anti-black hovels of puffy paint and pastel Polo shirts, and the school is facing a barrage of terrible publicity, administrators have finally decided that it's time to act on this racism.
Time reports that university administrators have announced a deal within the school's sorority system that would allow houses to offer bids to women who were not admitted during normal recruitment, which had previously been against the rules. This will presumably allow the sororities to retroactively accept the two black women noted as being unfairly rejected in the Crimson White's article. The new rules also expanded the size limit of sororities to 360 members, offering more people a chance to win acceptance to a house.
This is nice, of course—and good for those two black girls who will probably get in—but if you're asking how this helps defeat racism in any material way, you're not alone. If the underlying problem is that these sororities are being manipulated by racist alumnae who promise to pull financial support if black girls are admitted, or who vote to block black girls entirely, as the Crimson White's story alleged, who cares how big a sorority's enrollment can be?
The Associated Press interviewed some Alabama professors who called the new sorority deal "token," noting that numerous other racial and political problems exist at the school:
Language and classics teacher Sierra R. Turner, a black woman, said opening up the recruitment process was "rather token" since it wasn't accompanied by any way to measure progress.
"It's not good enough," she said.
Other teachers questioned why action wasn't being taken to integrate men's organizations, and some called for an investigation of a Greek-controlled organization called "The Machine" that influences campus politics.
Solving incidents of racism on a small scale is like chasing a bug under a rock: You end up lifting the rock only to find a heaving, disgusting pile of more worms.
Faculty Senate President Steve Miller organized a march for professors and students today (pictured above) in order to call for more substantive change. "We're going to be there awhile," he told the AP.
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Don Baker remembers the theme of the first meetings - simple, decent, affordable housing. He remembers the first houses. Baker's recollections remind him of how much Habitat for Humanity Greater Peoria has grown over the past 20 years and how much volunteers have learned.
Don Baker remembers the theme of the first meetings - simple, decent, affordable housing. He remembers the first houses.
This was long before television shows like Extreme Home Makeover borrowed the concept.
Of the seven people at those early meetings, three are still involved, Archie Simmons, Don Kagels and Baker. They started volunteering in 1989, rehabilitating older homes that had been donated. By 1992, someone gave them a lot.
"I believe it was down on Butler," Baker recalled, "and we built our first house."
You never forget your first house, he says.
Baker, 75, and friends didn't have fancy equipment, like an excavator. They dug a ditch to the water line by hand, they laid foundation blocks themselves.
"That's all done by a contractor now," Baker said. "We hire a company that comes in. We don't use blocks anymore either. We have a cement contractor come in and pour the basement floor."
Baker's recollections remind him of how much Habitat for Humanity Greater Peoria has grown over the past 20 years, how much volunteers have learned. When early volunteers realized new homeowners would have lawnmowers, they decided new houses would also need storage sheds. Three or four years ago, they started building homes with attached garages.
"I can drive around and point out almost every house I worked on," Baker said. "I used to remember all of the homeowners' names. Now we've done so many, you lose track after awhile. But that first new house is a learning experience . . . It was for Norma Hughes, down on Butler."
Down on Butler Street, Norma Hughes has been in her home 17 years. For the most part, the children have grown up and moved out. Her mother moved in about five years ago. She still works for a state agency, and she's also taking classes part-time at Midstate College.
Hughes got new sidewalks this summer. She replaced the original kitchen cabinets a few years ago, pulled up the carpeting in the living and dining rooms and installed wood laminate flooring. She also built a fence around the backyard, outdoor home to her miniature Doberman pinscher and her mother's Pomeranian.
"I'm still working on it," she said, "trying to get it better."
Hughes is one of the stable forces in a south Peoria neighborhood laced with high rental and vacancy rates. She almost ended up somewhere else.
"The girl that was supposed to get this house turned it down, but area didn't matter to me," she said. "I'm just happy to have a house."
Her children haven't forgotten the sweat equity hours they put in during the construction.
"I remember we had to do a lot of sanding and patching, there was dust everywhere," says her daughter, Anisha Hughes, 37, who recently bought a home. "My mom worked really hard, I'm glad we had a part in building it. The only thing is, we're all grown now, we have children and Mom's house gets a little tight when we all get together."
"Mom" disagrees. From the basement to the first floor to the picnic tables in the backyard, there's still plenty of room for family gatherings - especially the one Hughes looks forward to in three years when she pays off the mortgage.
In the meantime, her mortgage payments have helped Habitat for Humanity build about 70 more houses in Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford and Marshall counties.
"We say it's recycling," said Greg Woith, director of the Peoria affiliate.
Most people are familiar with the spirit, if not the details, that govern Habitat for Humanity, the non-profit, faith-based housing ministry.
Prospective homeowners either have no credit or poor credit. To qualify for Habitat, they can't qualify for a bank loan.
In return for home ownership classes and sweat equity, or volunteering 350 hours on Habitat projects, including their home, they qualify for a 20-year, interest-free mortgage of no more than 30 percent of their monthly income.
Still, about 90 percent of applicants don't qualify, Woith says. For those who do, Habitat becomes the mortgage holder. "They pay us the principal, property taxes and home insurance directly," Woith said.
Today's typical, three-bedroom Habitat house costs about $78,000. The houses built last year appraised at about $100,000. The same houses, bought with an 8 percent loan, could cost homebuyers an additional $78,000 in interest payments on the life of the loan.
"In effect, they're avoiding a cost that could be more than the value of the home," Woith said.
Habitat homebuyers cannot sell the homes within the first six years. "That's to protect the volunteers," Woith said.
Though mortgage payments are recycled back into the program, they do not total enough to keep the program running and keep housing costs low. "We've got a lot of mortgages where people are paying $150 a month in principal. In some cases, their taxes are higher than their mortgage payments," Woith said.
But volunteers, both workers and sponsors, help Habitat stick to its affordable-housing mission. Woith says Habitat offers an equally enticing deal.
"We will not build unless we have the money in hand. Sponsors provide the money up front to build the house. In exchange, the sponsors get to provide the volunteers."
A full sponsor provides between $30,000 and $35,000 for upfront costs. First United Methodist Church, for example, has sponsored 20 homes and built up a strong core of volunteers. Churches, businesses and other organizations can also sign on as half-sponsors.
The economic slowdown has been no kinder to Habitat than to other non-profit organizations. Finding sponsorships has become almost as much of a challenge as finding qualified applicants for homes. Habitat has begun soliciting for day sponsorships, $2,500, to pay for one day of building.
"That's worked OK this year," Woith said, "but like everyone else, we've had to knock on a lot more doors and get a lot more creative to raise money."
One bright spot is that profits from ReStore, Habitat's housing supply resale shop, have begun to pay a significant portion of the organization's month-to-month expenses since it opened in 2005.
The Greater Peoria affiliate has grown from an all-volunteer agency to include 12 full- and part-time employees. They've overseen home construction throughout the Tri-County and Marshall County, including what's best described as a Habitat for Humanity subdivision not far from Sterling Avenue in Peoria. The organization has also helped thousands of volunteers, as well as new homeowners, learn the basics of hammering a nail.
"The positive thing about Habitat is it makes middle-class people aware of affordable housing," said Jane Genzel, a former director.
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Robert Louis Stevenson would have loved the strange case of David Myers' Comme Ça. During the day, when Dr. Jekyll inhabits the restaurant, it is a convivial brasserie with quality French standards, adjusted to the Los Angeles diet, with few discernible sacrifices aside from the Restoration Hardware aesthetic. Plentiful sunlight enlivens the main dining room's dark colors and creates a leisurely atmosphere. The usual crowd of failed Queer Eye auditioners and ladies all gussied up with collagen and faux sophistication is more amusing than grating.
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I ordered the moules frites as a main. The mussels and frites were satisfying if less than masterful. The broth revealed David Myers' sophistication, or perhaps my idiosyncrasies. The kitchen spiked the light, creamy broth with a dose of pastis, specifically Pernod, which provided a welcome nuance. Pernod seems to be the only pastis seen stateside, and it is drunk less as an aperitif than used as a cooking additive, and then with such infrequency that it must be listed defensively, like an adequate warning of anise flavor to unwitting diners under a product liability standard. (For what it is worth, its manufacturer, Pernod Ricard SA, claims that Pernod is not a pastis because it is does not contain natural licorice extracts like Ricard. Pernod has a milder or at least less strident flavor, which may account for its greater prevalence in recipes relative to other anis-based spirits.) For example, on the menu's description of the dish, "Pernod" appears even before "pomme frites," when the only question concerning the broth that warrants an answer in print is whether the broth is based in cream, butter, or some other substance. We finished with a delectable tarte tatin from Comme Ça's sibling and neighbor, Boule Bakery.
Mr. Hyde stalks the restaurant during dinner service when Comme Ça transmogrifies into an echo chamber-cum-nightclub. The half-hearted welcome at the front desk is as gracious as the greeting from the burly doormen at Bardot's shrine to meretricious phoniness. The sound system broadcasts the pulsating noise euphemized as "techno music," which irritates regardless of the decibel level. (There must be some middle ground between hearing "La Vie en Rose" on an endless loop and ripping off the soundtrack from O-Bar.) Worse, the restaurant succumbs to the great plague afflicting restaurants popular among Los Angeles Caucasians wherein management's attention to the food is subordinated to its attention to the scene.
The kitchen demonstrated a perplexing lack of confidence in its brandade de morue gratinée, the timeless purée of salt cod, olive oil and milk. Served in a casserole, the brandade itself was delicious. The cod's creaminess and salinity were in perfect equipoise, and the zesty, gratin crust was well executed. So why would David Myers, in his infinite wisdom, choose to smother the brandade in a superfluous, scarlet purée of piquillo peppers that seeped its way into the cod, imperiling its consistency? I was forced to use our bread to scrape the piquillo purée off the cod and then conceal the detritus from my vision in the breadbasket's cloth folds. However, once I finished off the brandade, my own disgusting indiscipline forced me to scarf down the bread, replete with that cloying piquillo gunk.
The Primipara, then still gravid, wanted the aforementioned salmon tartare, which was the impetus for our quick return for dinner. But after dark, the salmon was insipid, its natural richness muted. Marisa's incisions into the potato galette required the use of a steak knife, as the regular knife simply wouldn't cut it. To exacerbate matters, Marisa's "crispy" skate grenobloise was a wholesale disappointment. Sautéed for well beyond the filet's level of resistance, the skate, like Burger King's old Whaler sandwich, was ugly, brown and desiccated. At the very least, the kitchen displayed consistency, as the dish was just as bad as when I ordered it several months ago.
My loup de mer, literally the wolf of the sea, or as I later learned, the farm, is a Mediterranean sea bass prized by restaurateurs for the stability of its pricing and the yield of its usable meat. Italian restaurants refer to the same fish as "branzino." Roasted with lemon and tarragon and served alone, the fish was as dry as the Mojave and was so compact that it could have been the victim of an unattended sandwich press. In fact, the only moisture on the table was from the non-Gallic side of mostly pureed white corn, prepared simply in butter.
We eschewed the desserts in favor of Comme Ça's most serious endeavor, the cheese course. David Myers dedicates an entire station to its cheese counter and gives it a prominent location—opposite the bar and behind the front desk. Comme Ça may be the only restaurant in Los Angeles that employs a full-time fromagier, effectively a cheese sommelier. After we informed our actor that we wanted the cheese course, the fromagier took over service. She introduced herself and surveyed our tastes. We advised her of our obsession with Epoisses, the runny and deeply pungent proof of continued French culinary preeminence, and entrusted her with the rest.
At least for the cheese, Comme Ça's perfectionism and sensibilities yield wonderful results. The fromagier brought out five cheeses, each from a different region, and astutely paired four of them with balancing flavors. The cheeses were served in order of ascending astringency and at the appropriate temperature which brought out each cheese's essential qualities. Indeed, the plate was so intriguing that I finally managed to block out all the cacophony. For the record, we had the Norman brillat-savarin, a triple-cream brie with a flavorful rind, brought out by dried mission figs; the Abbaye de Belloc, a sheep's milk cheese from the Pyrenees with marcona almonds; the Pico, a goat from the Ardeche and Drome regions in the Alps, accompanied by sun-dried tomato (the most harmonious of the pairings); the Burgundian Epoisses, wisely served unadorned; and at last a raw Roquefort, the famous blue made from Lacaune ewes' milk in the caves of the mountainous Aveyron region, served with sweet honeycomb.
After the cheese course, the dining room's unsettling acoustics returned. The waiter by now had switched tacks on the loup de mer, blandly describing the beleaguered farmed fish to incoming patrons with unintentional aptness, as "a Mediterranean whitefish."
Comme Ça
8479 Melrose Ave.,
West Hollywood
(323) 782-1178
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The £25,000 Ferrari. What could go wrong?
Don't pretend you've never done it. You're browsing the online classifieds, marvelling at the do-everything secondhand metal you can have for under £30,000 (2012 BMW 335i with delivery miles, anyone?) when somehow, inexplicably, you've clicked on the Ferrari tab, and discovered you could have a classic Italian thoroughbred (© every car mag, ad infinitum) for the same price as a new Golf GTI.
Well, sort of classic. The only drivable sub-£30k Ferrari you'll find is the 348, the firm's entry-level offering from 1989 to 1995. Successor to the 328, forebear to the 355, 360, 430 and 458. But still, a real Ferrari: mid-engined, rear drive, daft strakes down the side, Cavallino whatsit on the nose, red paint on at least most of the panels if you're lucky. A gentle skim will uncover a dozen or so 348s for sale in the UK for between £25,000 and £30,000, most showing under 50,000 miles and looking, if not in prime nick exactly, rather less than utterly shagged. Too good to be true?
But of course. It is fair to say the 348 is not recognised as the pinnacle of Maranello's output. Even Ferrari boss Luca di Montezemolo - who took the company helm a couple of years after the release of the 348 - considered it a dog. "With the exception of its good looks, I was utterly disappointed. This was clearly the worst product Ferrari had developed for some time," was the big man's verdict.
It's not only Luca with a low opinion of the 348, which regularly tops polls of Ferrari's worst cars of all time. Delve into ownership forums, and you'll find talk of a wandering front end at high speed, catastrophic engine failure, gearboxes that require a shot-putter's arm to find second and seals of wanton leakiness.
So, the £25,000 Ferrari: good idea, bad idea or truly, truly terrible idea? TopGear enlisted the help of John McGurk, boss of McGurk's supercar dealership and an expert on all things old and Maranello, to dish out some sane, sensible advice. Here are his five messages…
Drive a spanking-new hot hatch off the forecourt, and it'll instantly shed a few thousand pounds in value. A 348, provided you buy a good 'un and keep it in decent nick, should go the other way. Why? Because Ferraris are appreciating like Notting Hill flats right now, with only the 348 yet to take off. "I don't think for one minute that a 348 will lose any value. Historically, if you wanted a sensibly priced Ferrari, you'd be looking at a 308 or a 328, but those cars are now above £40,000," says McGurk. "Or, if you wanted a modern car, you'd go for a 355 or a 360. But they're pushing above £50,000 now. There's only one thing that can happen with 348s. If you bought it for 30 grand now, I think next summer you'd be looking at £35,000, maybe 37…"
The current generation of Ferraris - at least the 458 and California - are cars you could realistically use every day. Not so the 348, which boasts a brutal ride, heavy steering and bicep-forming gearshift. In other words, a car for summer weekends only. And even then, it's hardly a searing, spine-tingling supercar.
"They're not particularly quick, they don't sound that great," is McGurk's honest assessment. "It's not a great driving experience. It's not a particularly wonderful car."
Ouch. In its prime, the 300bhp 348 managed the 0-62mph sprint in a little over five seconds. In a 25-year-old, less-than-pristine example, you'd be lucky to dip below seven. That's diesel-hatch pace. But hey, at least you'll look like Tom Selleck in Magnum PI as you do so. Um, except he drove a 308…
OK, so any sub-£30k Ferrari should be viewed with some suspicion, but if you've found a low-mileage example way below the market rate, give it a wide berth. If it looks too good to be true, it's probably too good to be true.
"When you buy a car of that age, you become a detective," says McGurk. "Does it look right? These cars are all about honesty. Does the service history stack up? If it's been serviced by Bob down the road, you don't want to know. You want to know it's been looked after by a proper garage. Verify the history, make sure you can look right back through the ownership from new. Buy the one with all the receipts. Mileage isn't everything…"
The fear with buying anything old and (especially) Italian is that it'll grenade its engine the first time you take it out, instantly rendering your £25k investment worthless. But McGurk says that, if you buy sensibly, don't drive it to death and stay on top of the routine maintenance, then that's an unlikely scenario. Beyond the big jobs - cambelt, brakes, clutch - running costs shouldn't be too crippling either.
"If you're going to do 4,000 miles a year in it, if you budget a grand in a worst case scenario, that covers you for something that needs fixing. The chances of it going mechanically very wrong are slim. If you've bought it from the right people."
If you do end up taking the plunge, the most important thing, says McGurk, is not to mothball your frayed Ferrari in the hope of safeguarding your dubious investment.
"There's no point just sticking it in the garage. Whatever you do, don't sit there and stare at it. Where the hell's the fun in that? If you're going to buy one, drive it and enjoy it. Get some memories. If it's something you've been dreaming about all your life, don't stick it under a cover. If cars sit still and don't get used, that's when things go wrong. Go out and have fun…"
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Dr. Benjamin Ola. Akande dean of the George Herbert Walker School of Business & Technology at Webster University, received the 2012 Pillar in the Community award from the Clayton Chamber of Commerce during a luncheon in his honor.
"In honoring Dr. Akande, The Clayton Chamber of Commerce had the opportunity to say thank you for all the contributions he has made to the St. Louis community," said Ellen Gale, executive director of the Clayton Chamber of Commerce. "Dean Akande is a unique and special individual who inspires greatness in others. He is a leader, a collaborator and a true Pillar of the Community. We were thrilled to be able to recognize his accomplishments and commitment to serving others."
In accepting the award, Dr. Akande, a Nigerian born U.S. citizen, called the honor a testament to the power of building bridges between people and communities. Akande grew up in Africa and came to the United States in the 1980s to attend college. Now since moving to St. Louis and joining Webster University 13 years ago, he leads one of the nation's largest international schools of business which serves more than 13,000 students across the U.S., Europe and Asia. His drive for excellence in higher education and dedication in helping businesses as Webster University's Chief of the Office of Corporate Partnerships has enabled him to forge educational partnerships with companies throughout the St. Louis Regional Business Council Outside academia, Dr. Akande is a director of Ralcorp Corporation, a Board of Trustee member for both the Missouri Baptist Medical Center and the Jefferson National Parks Association, and the Vice-Chair of Beyond Housing, a nationally recognized provider of housing and support services for low income families in our area.
"Dean Akande has a remarkable ability to bring together people from business, academia and the community to make a difference in the St. Louis region," said Kathy Mazzarella, president/CEO of Graybar. "He has a deep understanding of both the challenges and opportunities within our area, and he is gifted at connecting people who can drive positive change."
"Receiving this award reminds me that my community now, and hopefully yours, knows no boundaries," said Akande. "There can be no fence that keeps us from raising our hands to help those in need. My work has taken me around the world from Albania to Osaka, Japan. And my greatest fulfillments have come from reaching out to serve others."
In receiving today's 2012 Pillar in the Community award, Akande joins an impressive list of past honorees including Washington University Chancellor Mark Wrighton, Commerce Bank's David Kemper, the late Sandy McDonnell and Missouri Botanical's former director Peter Raven, The award also comes just a week after St. Louis Magazine placed Akande on The Power List: The 100 people who are shaping St. Louis.


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WORCESTER — A Shrewsbury man was high on drugs when he crashed his car into pillars and a police officer in the Webster Square Plaza this morning, according to police.
Ryan Hehir, 20, of 1 Rice Ave., Shrewsbury, has been charged with driving under the influence of drugs and driving under the influence of drugs causing injury with negligence, a police spokesman confirmed.
Police said they found evidence of drug use in the car. Mr. Hehir will be arraigned in Central District Court Thursday.
Meanwhile, the city police sergeant struck by the out-of-control car in Webster Square Plaza this morning has been released from the hospital after being treated for a lower leg injury.
Mr. Hehir has been released from a local hospital and is now in police lockup. He has also been charged with other motor vehicle infractions.
Police Sgt. John J. Fallavollita suffered a leg injury when he was struck by the car. Anthony Rodriguez, a passer-by who had just dropped off his girlfriend at a plaza store, suffered injuries to his feet when they were run over by the car.
Deputy Police Chief Edward J. McGinn Jr. gave the following account:
About 9:30 a.m., Sgt. Fallavollita was on a traffic and security detail at the plaza when he received word that a car had struck a concrete pillar on the sidewalk in front of Radio Shack. Minutes earlier, the motorist, later identified as Mr. Hehir, lost consciousness and the vehicle slammed into the building. Mr. Rodriguez came to the driver's aid and noticed that the vehicle was still in gear. As Mr. Rodriguez leaned into the car to help, the motorist came to, suddenly pressing on the gas pedal. The car was in reverse. Mr. Rodriguez was thrown aside as the rear-facing vehicle began to make a U-turn. It was at this point that Sgt. Fallavollita was struck. The vehicle eventually headed back toward the plaza, slamming into Payless ShoeSource. Mr. Hehir then fell from the vehicle.
Police initially thought Sgt. Fallavollita had a broken leg.
A witness, Rick McCarthy of Leicester, was getting groceries and driving right behind the car when he noticed the car started drifting left toward the sidewalk area.
"He corrected the car. When he corrected, he sort of accelerated and went right into the pillar," Mr. McCarthy said. "Someone ran up the sidewalk to try to help him."
Mr. McCarthy then saw the car heading backward.
"It swung around in kind of an arc and hit the police officer who tried to help," Mr. McCarthy said. "The driver fell out of the car and ended up pinned under the car."
Firetrucks, ambulances and police cruisers filled the plaza after the crash.
Deputy Fire Chief Geoffrey Gardell said firefighters arrived to find the officer on the ground and the driver unconscious. Firefighters performed life-saving efforts on the driver, who regained consciousness.
Joseph Raad, manager of Payless, said he was called by an employee who was inside the store when the car hit the storefront.
"She said, 'Joe, something happened you have to come here quick,' " Mr. Raad said. "There's no way I am going to be able to open the store."
Payless was still closed Wednesday afternoon. City inspectors were called to the accident scene to review the structural damage to the pillars and storefront.
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Anangono lifts Fire into 2-2 draw with Union
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. (AP) Juan Luis Anangono headed in the tying goal from a difficult angle in the 86th minute to lift the Chicago Fire into their fourth straight draw, a 2-2 tie with the Philadelphia Union on Saturday.
Anangono ran down the right endline and headed Mike Magee's 42-yard free kick past Philadelphia goalkeeper Zac MacMath.
The Fire are winless in five matches (0-1-4), while Philadelphia (1-1-3) collected its second tie in a row.
Chicago was awarded a penalty kick just before the 5 minutes of stoppage time elapsed, but MacMath stopped Magee, the 2013 league MVP, on the original kick and a close-in rebound to preserve the deadlock.
Philadelphia scored twice in a seven-minute span to erase Chicago's early lead.
Midfielder Maurice Edu connected from 6 yards out in the 32nd minute after Bakary Soumare froze, believing the Union had been called for a hand ball after Vincent Nogueira's shot was blocked by the Fire's Jhon Hurtado.
Edu stepped up and beat goaltender Sean Johnson from the edge of the 6-yard box for his first goal in MLS play. The 27-year-old Californian had played in Europe the last four seasons.
The Union took the lead on Leo Fernandes' 30-yard free kick in the 39th minute. His shot from the right side of the field cleared a crowd of players and bounced in front of Johnson, who misplayed the shot, handing Fernandes his second goal of the season.
The Fire opened the scoring on Magee's first goal of the season in the 16th minute. Quincy Amarikwa stole the ball from Philadelphia defender Amobi Okugo, ran to the left corner and fed Magee, who was open 4 yards out.


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Donna believes Shell is one of the few companies who truly follow through on programmes aimed at developing women into leadership roles, increasing the level of female participation. "This shows Shell's commitment to having a diverse workforce. I resonate with this idea because a diverse workforce means you'll have diverse perspectives put on the table, coupled with an inclusive environment that encourages people at all levels to speak up. This can only strengthen a team. Shell does well with promoting this culture, making the company much more dynamic, innovative and forward-thinking."


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