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" Art is the sustenance that feeds the soul through the winds of change."
Life and art are all about change. Sometimes you go with the flow. Sometimes the flow knocks you in the head and threatens to draw you under. Other times you drift along with the breeze. Whatever way it comes, you can be sure life will change one way or another. And when it does, art changes with it.
This has been a year of big change for me. Some sweet, some bittersweet, some downright sad. And with it, my art has changed too. It would seem that a year of turbulence would reflect the same in the art. That is not what happened for me. As life went up and down, my art became more about peaceful beauty, nature and growing things. The more stress and darkness happened, the more lightness and harmony showed up in my work.
This time last year was rocking along nicely with a new home, notification of a soon to be published article, a group of artists coming together to form a new nonprofit, and finding a wonderful little church of artists. It seemed that life was sweet. Then the painful hit. Both of my parents passed away within a week of eachother. Along with their passing came the inevitable dirty family laundry. Life is so much simpler when I can ignore family drama. Ignoring was not an option this year.
As the roller coaster of change steamed along so did art. Art is the sustenance that feeds the soul through the winds of change. So it was with me. My art became about the places I found emotional release. The garden was one. My dear friend, Charleen Herrick, gave me the seeds for a butterfly/hummingbird/songbird garden. In the garden, I found peace and so did my art.

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Making the Band 2's Da Band disbands.
The hip-hop group whose formation was chronicled over three seasons of Making the Band 2 has been disbanded. Da Band is no more. It's album Too Hot for TV sold well, but P. Diddy decided the group was over. During the show's final episode, he kicked out Dylan, and later vowed to keep working with Ness and Babs. P. Diddy tells the AP that his "goal with Da Band was to make sure the world saw realistically how serious hip-hop was. So at times it was kind of embarrassing to me the way they were portraying themselves, not taking it as serious as most artists take this art form." The season finale, which aired last night and showed the end of the group, reairs Saturday at 4 p.m. ET and Sunday at 10:30 a.m.. Making the Band the series is now zero for two after O-Town also broke up.


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Age (at audition) | 23 |
Sex | Male |
Act | Singer |
Seasons | 2, 3 |
Position Reached | Vegas Round, Quarterfinalist |
Michael Strelo-Smith was a singer act from Season 2 and Season 3 of America's Got Talent. He was eliminated in the Vegas Round in Season 2, and the Quarterfinals in Season 3.
With numerous musical theatre performances to his credit, some of his favorite roles include: Jack (Into the Woods); Audrey II (Little Shop of Horrors); Charlie Brown (Snoopy!!!); Dickon (Secret Garden); Billy (Carousel in Concert); and was a featured soloist in productions of Closer Than Ever, The World Goes 'Round, and A Grand Night For Singing.
The San Francisco Bay Area native is also well at home on the operatic stage Mr. Strelo-Smith has been seen as Pooh Bah (The Mikado); Horace Tabor (The Ballad of Baby Doe); Falke in (Die Fledermaus); and Harlekin (Ariadne auf Naxos). He garnered high critical praise for his interpretation of Sharpless in Madama Butterfly with West Bay Opera and Bay Shore Lyric Opera and most recently with Livermore Valley Opera.
As a national finalist in the 2003 Classical Productions Voice Competition, Mr. Strelo-Smith was heard in Carnegie Hall - Weill Recital Hall. In 2000 Mr. Strelo-Smith received a study grant from the Licia Albanese - Puccini Foundation and was invited to appear in the annual winners concert in New York's Alice Tully Hall. He is also a past 1st place winner of the Berkeley Piano Club Voice Competition and a semi-finalist in the Loren L. Zachary Society for the Performing Arts.
As Vocal/Musical Director he oversaw productions of Little Shop of Horrors; Nunsense; Annie; The Sound of Music; Das Barbecu; Camelot; 42nd Street; Do I Hear A Waltz? and Gifts of the Magi. He also continues to work, successfully, with children's theatre programs providing master classes, private voice lessons and repertoire coaching for middle and high school aged performers.
For three years he was a Music and Drama Specialist for an elementary school in Foster City, California. He developed a musical theatre program, presenting three productions a year. His program brought 120 kids to the stage each year. He has made educational outreach a major focus in his professional life.
Currently, Mr. Strelo-Smith resides in Las Vegas, Nevada where he teaches both classroom and private music. 1
Season 2 AuditionEdit
Michael Strelo-Smith's audition in Episode 202 consisted of singing "This is the Moment." Piers Morgan and Sharon Osbourne buzzed the act. Although Piers voted "No", Sharon and David Hasselhoff both voted "Yes", sending Michael to the Vegas Round.
Season 2 Vegas RoundEdit
Michael Strelo-Smith was sorted into the "Music" category during the Vegas Round. His performance in Episode 205 consisted of singing "You Raise Me Up." Michael proceeded to the shortlist, but was not sent through to the Semifinals, eliminating him from the competition in Episode 206.
Season 3 AuditionEdit
Michael Strelo-Smith's audition was never televised. It is unknown whether or not he was buzzed, but Piers Morgan and at least one other judge voted "Yes", sending Michael to the Vegas Round.
Season 3 Vegas RoundEdit
Michael Strelo-Smith was one of the Music Acts in the Vegas Round. He was sorted into the "Opera Singers" category. His performance in Episode 308 consisted of singing "Somewhere (There's a Place for Us)." Michael's audition was strong enough for the judges to include him in the Top 60 shortlist and to later send him to the Top 40 Quarterfinals in Episode 309.
Season 3 QuarterfinalsEdit
Michael Strelo-Smith's Part 3 Quarterfinals performance in Episode 312 consisted of singing "I Am What I Am". Piers Morgan and Sharon Osbourne buzzed the act. Michael finished in either fifth or sixth place in America's Vote. In the Judges' Choice, Piers Morgan, Sharon Osbourne and David Hasselhoff all did not vote for him, eliminating Michael from the competition in Episode 313 instead of SickStep.


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Next Generation Networks NGN
Over the last years, developments in telecommunication technologies, bringing possibilities for rich context communications with multimedia content, has satisfied most of users' demands about always on, rich-content communication ways with high degree of versatility (conferencing, application interactivity). On commercial level, all these new features have been integrated within the 3G UMTS, a technology which only recently has started being gradually adopted. 3GPP, the standardization body working on UMTS technology definition has so far not only described services categories, but defined consistently ways for delivering them with appropriate Quality of Service (QoS).
Despite the emergence of new fixed and wireless communication technologies, like the WiFi, WiMAX and xDSL, with high bandwidth rates and seamless conformity to the IP, the capability of the new UMTS technology to delivery its services in a "measurable" way and with user-defined QoS has been identified as the main reason for the success of the new multimedia applications on the market. Wishing to further exploit users arisen awareness about new multimedia communication services and expand possibilities for new profits in the new fixed and wireless network domains, the industry of communications has set a new target, that of creating "ubiquity" in service delivery along with "seamlessness" in keeping steady the "user experience" in terms of service tariffing and QoS satisfaction. Answers to these problems has come to give the Next Generation Networks (NGN) technology, a new initiative created collectively by ITU, ETSI and 3GPP that aims at delivering all these new communication features on a "network agnostic" or otherwise called "heterogeneous networks" communication environment, where the only discriminating factors for service provisioning will be the user himself, his selected service types and the desired QoS. In this respect, the NGN technology shall not only provide a single solution for various network types integration, but must answer globally, on behalf of all communication technologies it embraces (fixed, mobile, wireless), the problems expressed earlier about providing service "ubiquity" and "seamlessness", dealing with issues such as, zero service disruption for moving, roaming, handover users and QoS guarantee among different technology networks with diverse QoS capabilities. Over the past few years, evolution of the NGN concept along these lines has led to the definition of the first version of a "network agnostic" communication technology, the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS). IMS has become today the main focal point of research efforts and is considered today as the enabler of the future 4G, converged communication technology.
the Next Generation Network (NGN) is defined as a packet-based
network, able to provide telecommunication services over a multitude of broadband, QoS-enabled transport technologies and in which service-related functions are independent from underlying transport-related technologies. Main driver of this concept is the requirement for enabling unfettered access for users to networks and to enable competition of service providers, which must offer their services with generalized mobility, allowing consistent and ubiquitous provision to users.
The final aim of NGN is to render service providers of any type, including those providing Internet services, voice and multimedia content providers to deliver their services to end users in a network and terminal agnostic way, using any device connected to any access network. In other words, service providers have now the chance of becoming decoupled from the network infrastructure, which is now conceived as a "homogenized" heterogeneous platform and thus make use of access and core transport network infrastructure in a liberated way with the only aim to deliver their services to end users with the desirable QoS. Combining all these principles, Next generation networks have finally identified as network collection
emerging the following common characteristics (Figure 1):
· convergence of various data communication types over the IP, i.e. data,
multimedia, voice,video,
· fixed, wireless and mobile network convergence,
· access to a common set of services that can be provided over multiple access
network types (ADSL, UTRAN, WiFi, WiMAX, etc) with features like user
handover and roaming.
· IP-based core transport networks,
· possibility for using any terminal type (PC, PDA, mobile telephone, set-top
boxes, etc),
· seamless terminal, user and personal mobility,
· user-driven service creation environments,
· common set of services, admission policies, authentication type, always possible network accessibility regardless of the user connection type to the network.
(Introduction to four Layers of NGN)
Architecture of NGN
− NGN adopts the hierarchical architecture
− Divided into four layers
§ Edge Access Layer
§ Core Switch Layer
§ Network Control Layer
§ Service Management Layer.
− Based on standard protocols and packet switching network.
NGN Edge Access Layer (First layer )
Bottom most layer of the NGN solution and consists of
− Multiservices Access Network(MSAN)
- POTS telephones
- xDSL
- PABX's
− Universal Media Gateway (UMG)
§ Trunk media gateway
§ Mobile network gateway etc.
− Signaling Gateway (SG)
− Multiservices Access Network (MSAN)
§ The end terminals attached are
- POTS telephones
- xDSL modems for high speed internet services
- PABX's connected to MSAN network on PRI/R2
− Universal Media Gateway (UMG)
§ Supports both narrowband and packet switching functions with multiple access interfaces.
§ The packet switching provides IP interface to implement service traffic process and conversion between IP/TDM networks, which implements efficiently the inter-working between different networks.
§ Performs the functions of
- large-scale Trunk Media Gateway (TMG)
- Mobile network gateway etc.
− Signaling Gateway
§ Independent signaling gateway to fulfill the inter-working between PSTN network and NGN
§ Provides built-in STP function.
NGN Core Switching Layer (Second Layer)
− Above Access layer lies the IP core metro layer and IP Core Network layer.
− UMGs , AMGs or AGs etc. from multiple sites will be terminating and converging to their respective IP Metro Core Network Layer
− IP Metro Core Network Layer connected to its respective point of convergence with IP Core Network layer to interconnect various Class 5 /Class 4 and other NGN elements
NGN Network Control Layer (Third Layer)
− The control layer is the main switching layer of the network where all the Class 5/ Class 4 Soft switches lies
− It provide switching and signaling facility between different elements of the network like MSAN's , UMGs , SHLR , IN etc.
− Soft switch
§ Soft switch is deployed in the control layer of NGN.
§ Offers an integrated solution for both fixed and mobile network
§ Soft switch ensures the 6H features of the equipment
- High availability
- High reliability
- High real-time
- High scalability
- High load balance
- High compliance to open system.
§ Huawei Soft switch Softx3000 supports upto 2 million subscribers (at maximum ) , with the processing capability up to16M BHCA.
§ Soft switch
§ It acts as a generic Call Controller in the packet-switched network, supports the interworking between PSTN, H.323, SIP, and MGCP domains.
§ Soft Switch normally provides H.248 and MGCP based bearer control.
§ Interworks with other NGN components through the open network adopting distributed standard protocols.
NGN Service Management Layer (Fourth Layer)
− It is the top most layer
− This layer is responsible for all service elements and different elements of the network like SHLR, IN Platform etc.
− The NMS also lies at this layer and provide complete
§ Management
§ Configuration
§ Monitoring of the network.
− iManager (integrated Network Management System) - NMS
§ It uses standard protocol to manage all devices in NGN
§ Supports end-to-end service management
§ Provides detailed device operation information.
§ Service configuration (IAD dispatching and trunk configuration ) is performed
§ Supports network fault relativity analysis through alarms.
§ Used to get real-time network performance information.
− Multimedia Resources Server (MRS)
§ MRS provides medium resource to packet network.
− Smart Home Location Register (SHLR)
§ The SHLR is used in the public switched telephone network (PSTN) and NGN.
§ The SHLR provides the following functions:
− Managing the subscriber data.
− In SHLR, it can translate the Logical number into the Physical number to implement the NP service.
§ In the NGN, the SHLR communicates with the Softswitch through the extended MAP protocol
NGN technology internals
Multimedia over Internet protocol services are available over the Internet today. These services aretypically offered by deploying a server that manages the session establishment between two end-points. The media flows are routed directly between the end user terminals with protocols like RTP/RTCP, RSVP and IGMP used for routing and synchronizing the media streams.
In NGN networks, real-time conversational (e.g. video-telephony/conferencing) and non-conversational (e.g. video-on demand, instant messaging) multimedia services will play a prominent role in their success on the market. Therefore it is important that the security, customer experience and QoS perceived by paying users is much greater than that of free Internet services.
To satisfy those requirements NGN funding members have devised two main mechanisms, one for providing control over the user sessions and a second one for enforcing the QoS settings of the user across the end-to-end communication path.
The first mechanism (Figure 2) has been realized using the SIP protocol, through which the user can be identified, authenticated and charged by the network on the basis of a single user identity (IMS Personal Identity-IMPI). Using the SIP protocol, the user may communicate to the network information about the user he wishes to connect (called party), the service-of-choice as well as the quality settings.
On the other side, the NGN network exploits the information of the calling party in order to implement a) registration/ authentication of the user on the network, b) find the path to the called party and c) enforce the QoS settings across the established path. Particularly for the latter procedure, the NGN network foresees a set of mechanisms dedicated to translating the user-requested QoS settings to values compatible with the capabilities of the various network technologies being involved in the establishment of the end-to-end path.


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Get an overview of this hotelMotel in Yreka with free breakfast and outdoor pool
Located in the heart of Yreka, this motel is within a 10-minute walk of Siskiyou County Museum and Yreka City Hall. Siskiyou County Fairgrounds and Yreka Park are also within 1 mi (2 km).
Property Features
An outdoor pool, a seasonal outdoor pool, and a 24-hour front desk are available at this motel. Free continental breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include express check-in and express check-out.
Room Amenities
All 36 rooms provide conveniences like refrigerators and microwaves, plus free WiFi and TVs with cable channels. Private yards, coffee makers, and free local calls are among the other amenities available to guests.
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Hotel Amenities
Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. This Yreka motel also offers an outdoor pool, express check-in, and express check-out. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
- Express check-out
- Free breakfast
- Free WiFi
- Outdoor seasonal pool
- Express check-in
- Total number of rooms - 36
- 24-hour front desk
- Number of floors - 1
- Free self parking
- Outdoor pool
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Bathtub or shower
- Air conditioning
- Television
- Refrigerator
- Daily housekeeping
- Free local calls
- Yard
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Microwave
- Access via exterior corridors
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Cable TV service
- Free WiFi
- Premium TV channels
- Phone
- Coffee/tea maker
- Hair dryer
- Partially open bathroom
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Where to Eat
A complimentary continental breakfast is served each morning between 7 AM and 9:30 AM.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the motel include an outdoor pool.
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at 3 AM
Check-in time starts at 1 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Children 12 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available.
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 5 per pet, per night
- Dogs and cats only
- 2 per room
- Specific rooms only
- Pet-friendly rooms can be requested by contacting the property at the number on the booking confirmation
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
No cribs (infant beds) available
Optional extras
- Pet fee: USD 5 per pet, per night
- Rollaway beds are available for an additional fee
Hotel Name
- Relax Inn Yreka
- Relax Yreka
We should mention
Children 12 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. This property allows pets in specific rooms only (surcharges apply and can be found in the Fees section). Guests can request one of these rooms by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Set meals are served in guestrooms only (no menus or public dining).


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Although Marilyn Monroe certainly lived her life in the spotlight, there were still some private moments she was able to keep out of the public eye. But now, Milton H. Greene, a fashion and celebrity photographer and friend of the Hollywood icon, is giving a peek into Monroe's daily life with new intimate footage that includes scenes from her third wedding reception (shown above starting around the 2:27 mark).
Married at 16 for the first time (and divorced four years later), Monroe went on to tie the knot with Joe DiMaggio in 1954 (the couple divorced in 1955). But one year after that it was playwright Arthur Miller in the role of groom. In Greene's video, courtesy of Vanity Fair, the starlet — relaxed and out of the spotlight — kisses her new husband and greets guests at the wedding. Other scenes show her dancing romantically with her beau, rehearsing movie scenes and posing on a bed during a photo shoot.
Greene, who also photographed well-known stars like Elizabeth Taylor and Audrey Hepburn, is best known for his shots of Monroe. After meeting at a photo shoot, the two struck up what would become a lifelong friendship. The film, which will be shown on loop at the Morrison Hotel Gallery at the Sunset Marquis Hotel in West Hollywood, accompanies other behind-the-scenes images of Monroe, captured by Greene.
"They spent a lot of time together and she often ran to Milton and his family for an escape from the pressures of Hollywood," Timothy White, the co-owner of the gallery, told Vanity Fair. "With that trust came the access and opportunity for Milton to be with her and to photograph her freely. He became a trusted confidant who always had his still and movie camera with him as he documented her life."
The exhibit, titled "Some Like It Hot," runs July 16 through July 24.
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The resurrection of their nemesis
Anthony Akinola*
Being the folk hero that he is, there was wild jubilation in some parts of the country following the return of President Muhammadu Buhari from his "medical vacation" in the United Kingdom, not least because of the uncertainties surrounding his health. Had he been dead, as rumour mongers had said, there might equally have been wild anger directed at the "affiliates" of those perceived to be overjoyed by such a death. We have a history of uncontrollable anger and recriminations following the deaths of notables: Adegoke Adelabu in 1958; Ahmadu Bello and Tafawa Ballewa in 1966; and Moshood Abiola in 1998. There is hardly any doubt that ours is still one delicate society where the unguarded utterances of some could pose grave danger to the lives of innocent individuals.
In all honesty, the Muhammadu Buhari administration has not been the failure his detractors would want to make of it. Buhari does not deserve a death wish! There might have been hunger in the land but this has been the result of many decades of careless planning. An over-dependence on oil means our economic fortunes will continue to fluctuate as oil prices fluctuate on the world markets. There can be no quick fix to the economy, diversification is the answer. We must return to the farms and start tending again the oil palm and cocoa trees, as well as growing our own foods.
The Buhari administration has done reasonably well in curtailing the nuisance of the Boko Haram sect, scoring a high pass mark in the area of national security. However, the menace of Boko Haram still continues on a daily basis, suggesting there is still more to be done before we can assume or conclude that peace has returned completely to the North East.
It would also seem that the Niger Delta region has known relative peace in recent weeks. Hostilities would appear to have ceased in the region. Something President Buhari must now acknowledge and appreciate is that dialogue and persuasion are the essential and most potent tools in achieving peace and understanding in a divided society. The use of force comes in as a last resort. Professor Yemi Osibanjo, as Acting President, did very well in lessening the tension in our polity and has been rightly praised by a grateful boss for doing a very good job.
The same dialogue and persuasion can also be extended to the pro-Biafra activists. The disintegration of Nigeria cannot be in the best interests of the Igbo,. as separatist elements among them would want to assume it is. More than any other ethnic group in the Nigerian federation, the Igbo have contributed greatly to the demographic integration of society. The Igbo population is second in size to the indigenous population of every other region outside the South East. This demographic reality of the Nigerian state makes the "clamour" for Biafra an ill-considered adventure. However, President Buhari must continue to emphasise what unites us in Nigeria, as well as fighting the negative impacts of what divides us. He is President of all, regardless of the pattern of voting in the 2015 elections.
The Buhari Administration, so far, deserves commendation in its efforts to reduce corruption in our society. The fight against corruption could not have been the easiest of fights, being a fight against a very tiny but powerful minority. Many had assumed that Muhammadu Buhari would be dumping the thieves of our patrimony in prison as he did during his authoritarian regime of December 1983 to August 1985. The truth of the matter is that we are now in a democracy of some sort, and Buhari does share power with those who might not buy into his enthusiasm about the fight against corruption. He would need to persuade these corruption- enthusiasts that it is in our collective and long term interest that Nigeria is corruption –free. He would also need to garner the support and goodwill of ordinary Nigerians by the honesty and fairness of his approach.
Didn't it make world headline news that a Nigerian had stashed away 9.8 million dollars in an uncompleted building? With corruption so widespread among the privileged elite, one didn't need to wonder why some had wished Buhari dead. However, his "resurrection" and a future transformation of our anti-corruption agencies into powerful and viable institutions, could mean that the pests destroying our economy would be successfully fumigated!


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Alongside capacity building, CSIRO used a modelling approach to understand the currently available water resources, and explore potential investments in water management with a view to improving agricultural production to underpin improved livelihoods in the Basin. Whilst agriculture makes a vital contribution to the Indian economy, contributing close to 16 % of GDP, more than half of the population depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. Irrigated agriculture is a large and growing contributor to the Indian agricultural economy and improving irrigation water delivery is a critical need. The CSIRO project used a river system model of the Brahmani Basin to address issues of improved management of water resources for agriculture, industry, energy, critical human needs and the environment. The project assessed the benefits of investments in current infrastructure in the Basin and in the development of new infrastructure as well as the potential impacts of climate change.
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Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. O2 Gymnasium, Territoria Building in Las Condes, Santiago de Chile by Cazú Zegers + AIRA ArquitectosAugust 1st, 2013 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Cazú Zegers + AIRA Arquitectos The point of departure that moulds the original project concept is the building's name: "Territoria" territory, which indicates that the architecture appropriates the geography of Chile. The territory of Chile with its contrasts and frictions is the horizontal between the physical and the metaphysical, where the impact of the action of the elements causes friction a territory that defines the limit between the physical and metaphysical.
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I hear that when you give a million dollars for the field field to be named in memory of a life long donor, you should be pacified with 9" x 12" plaque and hung on some obscure wall. Until the foundation thinks it can sell that wall space... or Denny Washington has another bout of insecurity and demands it be taken down.
Enrollment numbers prove that parents aren't willing to trust the University of Montana with their youths nor their monies.
If a million dollars can't buy you a few gallons of paint and recognition for 50 years of support and numerous other large dollar donations, a $100,000 certainly won't buy an education.
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Maybe a refund is in order to Cliff Edwards who thought enough of his friend to anonymously give a million dollars so that John would be remembered... the check's cashed, the foundation has forgot.
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Montana Elena for Liberty & Open Government Could it be that now Missoula and the UM have become more "diversified", an Easter event may be disturbing to people of another cultural flavor?
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I have the same question Montana Elena has.
I'll add one more: So what ever happened with the investigation of the "fake letter", the subject of this Indy article ?
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Second-half goals from Franco Di Santo and Arouna Kone saw Wigan beat Southampton 2-0 in their first home game back in the top-flight.
Adam Lallana almost broke the deadlock in the first half but his curling effort was pushed onto the bar by Wigan keeper Ali Al Habsi.
The Latics made the Saints pay when Di Santo blasted the ball into the roof of the net six minutes after the restart.
Jos Hooiveld headed against the crossbar before Kone robbed Jose Fonte of the ball near the halfway line and ran into the box before slotting home past Kelvin Davis to make sure of the points.
Southampton came into their first home Premier League match in seven years buoyed by last weekend's impressive performance at champions Manchester City, who had to come from behind to win 3-2.
Rickie Lambert and Steven Davis came off the bench in that game to score both Southampton's goals and were rewarded with starting berths for the Saints' first league meeting with Wigan, who brought in summer signing Kone in place of Victor Moses after his move to Chelsea - the team that defeated the visitors on the opening day.
Nigel Adkins' side got off to the better start and controlled possession during the opening exchanges, with Lallana seeing a shot blocked in the box after neat team interplay.
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The Saints captain was getting a lot of space in midfield and would have made Wigan pay had Al Habsi not managed to tip his rasping 25-yard drive onto the crossbar.
The home side's strong start continued as the half progressed, with Gary Caldwell having to react quickly to stop Lallana latching onto a superb through ball from right-back Nathaniel Clyne.
Jay Rodriguez and Danny Fox had efforts blocked as Saints continued to press, before the latter required treatment after receiving an ankle knock as his attempt was thwarted.
Wigan looked rejuvenated when play resumed and Fonte had to react quickly to get his body in the way of an acrobatic Maynor Figueroa shot.
The game, though, soon became scrappy as the rain began to hammer down and, aside from a Di Santo cross-shot going wide, the half ended without incident.
Things began slowly after the restart but soon livened up as Athletic took a 51st minute lead.
Play had started at the other end as Al Habsi superbly saved a goalbound Lambert header, before Wigan broke the deadlock as Shaun Maloney played through Di Santo to lash into the top right-hand corner.
The strike had the visiting fans in raptures, although only Al Habsi prevented an immediate response from the hosts.
Great save
The Saints pressed forward and after the Oman international punched clear a corner, Fox teed himself up and sent a 25-yard volley that brought a great save from the Wigan keeper.
Apart from that, though, Southampton were looking devoid of ideas and losing possession with alarming regularity.
Long shots were providing Saints' best chances and Lambert would have levelled in the 64th minute had his fierce 25-yard shot not been met by another fine Al Habsi save.
Lallana miscued a shot from resulting corner, before Kone saw a close-range effort denied by Fonte and then substitute Jordi Gomez forced Davis into action minutes after replacing Di Santo.
Saints brought on James Ward-Prowse and Billy Sharp for the last 15 minutes as they pushed for an equaliser, which they came close to as Hooiveld saw a header loop onto the bar.
Kone almost netted at the other end after a neat one-two with Gomez, before Saints returned to the attack and Lallana saw a shot denied at the near post by Al Habsi.
Wigan ensured all three points would return to Lancashire in the 89th minute after Fonte was dispossessed by Kone near the halfway line, who then ran into the box before slotting past Davis while Southampton appealed in vain for a foul.
Southampton | Team Statistics | Wigan Athletic |
0 | Goals | 2 |
0 | 1st Half Goals | 0 |
6 | Shots on Target | 4 |
6 | Shots off Target | 4 |
4 | Blocked Shots | 5 |
10 | Corners | 3 |
11 | Fouls | 9 |
0 | Offsides | 2 |
0 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
0 | Red Cards | 0 |
84.5 | Passing Success | 85.9 |
13 | Tackles | 26 |
84.6 | Tackles Success | 92.3 |
49.2 | Possession | 50.8 |
52.2 | Territorial Advantage | 47.8 |
451 | Total Passes | 483 |
33 | Total Crosses | 15 |
135 | Lost Balls | 134 |
56 | Recoveries | 32 |
47.2 | 1st Half Poss. | 52.8 |
49.3 | 2nd Half Poss. | 50.7 |


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There is a photo, taken in 1983, in Andrew Neil's autobiography showing the new, 34-year-old editor addressing a resentful Sunday Times staff. "You can tell how delighted everyone was to see me," he says in the caption, with untypical self-mockery.
Twenty years to the month after he masterminded the trauma of Wapping, there are plenty who still resent Neil. But in many other respects he is transformed. Gone is the abrasive manner, replaced by a dazzling, cosmetically enhanced smile. Gone the weird hair texture that earned him the sobriquet Brillo, in favour of undulating russet locks. Bounding out of the studio from his BBC 2 show, The Daily Politics, he performs two TV interviews just in the course of crossing the office. He is also trailed by another journalist, profiling his day. To add to the image change, he has just taken delivery of a natty Mini Cooper convertible, dispensing with an oh-so-middle-aged Jaguar XJS. He seems a man at ease in his own skin.
Which is curious considering the vicissitudes of Press Holdings, the Barclay brothers publishing stable of which Neil is chief executive. Its major holding, The Scotsman, was sold before Christmas after struggling with eight editors in as many years. The Spectator is without an editor after Boris Johnson was urged to resign. The Business is losing millions. Yet Neil is smiling.
"Well, selling The Scotsman was very sad but also a bit of a relief because it's quite hard to see where we went with it. There are a mass of London papers with huge budgets and it's very hard to compete." Surely he is feeling a sense of failure? "Och no. The Barclays regard it as a triumph. They paid £85m and they got £160m in cash, plus we got to keep the building. And it's freed me up to do other things."
Such as perhaps, concentrate on The Business, which he has given just a year to break even. "We're doing everything we can to ensure it will survive; at one stage it was losing just over £12m a year, now it's losing just over £3m. But you cannot go on losing money indefinitely. I've said we have to hit our budget of losing no more than £2m this year, or that's it."
To lose one publication may be regarded as canny, to lose two might look like carelessness. With only The Spectator, art magazine Apollo and handbag.com, the women's website, left, does he worry that the Barclays might begin to question the meaning of his existence?
"Well I've already said: 'The Scotsman is a big chunk of my responsibility gone. I'm not sure you can justify the salary you pay me.' But they're very easy- going about this. They said: 'That's true at the moment but who knows what it may be like a year or two down the road?'
"It's a gentlemen's agreement. I'm not handcuffed to them. There's only a very basic contract. David and Frederick have very much stepped back; they live in Monte Carlo most of the year and spend a couple of months a year on their island in the Channel Islands. I don't have to work for Aidan [Sir David Barclay's son] and he doesn't have to employ me, so as long as we both agree on that, I suppose it will continue."
What a contrast with life under Rupert Murdoch, which no one ever described as gentlemanly. When Neil's 11 Murdoch years came to a miserable end in America trying to make a news programme for Fox TV, he described the parting as "emerging from a black cloud".
"A senior executive who'd left 20 years before told me he still dreamt about Murdoch. I don't dream about him - nightmares maybe but not dreams - but I don't regret a minute. I know all Rupert's minuses and that's why he doesn't talk to me any more. But I also know all the pluses and Wapping and Sky TV in this country are the biggest."
On the move to Wapping, he has no regrets. "None, except for the stupidity of the union leaders. I wish it had never happened, but did it have to be done? Absolutely. Did it save our newspaper industry? Absolutely. Would I do it again? Absolutely."
Even as he says it, he gulps at the memory of the hate mail and death threats. He had two bodyguards with him at all times and a driver from the French SAS trained in anti-terror techniques.
"It was pretty harrowing. But what kept me going was that I was a true believer. I take credit for shaming Murdoch into doing it; he didn't want to and I shamed him with Eddy Shah. I said: 'This little printer is doing it and he's won'. I knew Murdoch was the only one who had the guts to do it. We knew if we lost, we were finished."
He recalls the sense of powerful justification which sustained him in that time, and adds: "I felt like that at the launch of Sky, when the whole of the establishment said it would fail. Any time you come forward with an idea and people start saying 'that will never work', I find myself saying, 'We'll prove it!' That feeling still gets me going."
Another thing that gets Neil going is the "intellectual vacuity" of the chattering classes, long one of his favourite subjects. His vision of an Old Britain, consisting of an Oxbridge ruling class versus a meritocratic New Britain, crystallised in his libel case against Sir Peregrine Worsthorne and has indirectly provoked some of his best journalism. It has been hard to sustain the idea of a toff conspiracy during a decade of Labour government, but the arrival of David Cameron is an important signal, he believes.
"New Britain's been in the driving seat for a while but it's now in retreat and Old Britain in a new guise is on the way back. We're in a country where social mobility is in freefall. If you're a bright kid from a poor background, you have less chance of a world-class education than you had 40 years ago. For the first time in living memory, both major party leaders are public schoolboys."
Education has always been an obsession and he is personally involved in the schooling of his 14 godchildren, deploring the state system. "Though I've got no children of my own, I've been through the traumas of it. A good friend with two of my godchildren moved to Wandsworth so the kids could go to decent state schools. But by the time they were 13, it was in meltdown and they had to take them out. I managed to get one into a boarding school in Scotland and another into a private school in London."
One glaring example of chattering class vacuity, which causes Neil to shake his head in amazement, is that while the London media has displayed a fascination with the fate of The Spectator, they could barely stifle a yawn at the future ownership of The Scotsman. "I call them the Myopic Metropolitan Chattering Classes. They're obsessed with this little magazine and who the editor is going to be, rather than this £200m Scotsman deal north of the border."
To some, this very comparison suggests Neil does not deserve charge of the illustrious Spectator. Stephen Glover, whose media column was dispensed with for a second time by Neil last month, protested: "It would be difficult to think of someone more at odds with everything it stands for."
At the mention of Glover, Neil's relaxed charm subsides. "Ah, Mr Glover. Once again he excels himself with the deep research that he's done. I started buying The Spectator when I was 14 in the middle of a Glasgow council estate. It was the only copy and I ordered it in. The Spectator has always stood for different things at different times. The implication that I'm going to recreate it in my image in the way that I did at The Sunday Times, well of course not. I'm not the editor and I wouldn't do that because you're only temporary holders of this and you have to respect the traditions." He has 12 names in the frame for editor and expects to reach a decision with Aidan Barclay by the beginning of February.
Rumours are rife of infighting at the magazine, but Neil says relations with Boris Johnson are so friendly they had dinner last week together. "It's like dining with a Hollywood star. A woman there almost had palpitations - she grabbed his hand. Even on the way out, people were coming over as I waited to get into my chauffeur-driven car and he was waiting for his bike to be delivered by the doorman."
By contrast, the most instant recognition Neil enjoys comes courtesy of Private Eye, which has had years of fun out of running a photograph of him in a baseball cap and vest with his arm round a dark-skinned woman. For a man with a powerful ego, how does it feel to be pilloried like that? "Oh I don't mind any more. I never generally read it but a friend said there was a picture of me with a caption about the dangers of Asian bird flu, and I fell about laughing. I've got to try and get that - that's a frame for the bathroom - I've got to call Hislop.
"I do think for all its nonsense and its inaccuracy, overall Private Eye has been beneficial. It's played as big a role as the PCC in helping to keep British journalism honest."
So what now? He has just signed a new contract with the BBC, he has launched WMR, a TV rights company, and is working with a soon-to-be-named international broadcaster. He works out and is "very happy".
For a man who sees himself as an outsider, this arrangement seems to suit him. "I'm like a railway station: I've got trains coming from all directions. I like the diversity. I'd never go back to front-line editing. If you've edited The Sunday Times, everything else is second division after that. I've only one caveat and that is if the proprietor of The New York Times called me. I'd do that."
'Observer' under fire
Such an open goal has not been seen since, er, Sir Menzies Campbell's performance at PMQs this week. The Guardian's Organ Grinder blog invited readers to say what they thought of The Observer's redesign in Berliner format. The Organ Grinder had never received so many posts, and compulsive Observer hacks have been poring over it with morbid curiosity. Around 80 per cent are critical, among them: "The liberal use of colour does look like Roger Alton gave a two-year-old child a box of crayons and instructed him to colour all the grey bits." "Full colour or not, The Observer remains some kind of vaguely liberal cross between Heat and the Argos catalogue."
"What has gotten into you all? Have you started sniffing glue? How can previously intelligent people stand by and watch a paper with such an excellent reputation be turned into a watered down, bland, disposable, navel-gazing load of toss." "The magazine is dull - really dull. Reading it is like finding yourself at a dinner of media darlings. It's like you're supposed to air-kiss the bloody magazine when you finish reading..." And these are some of the politer reactions. How many of the emails came from the Farringdon Road area is not known.
Dandy and discreet
First David Cameron, then "Ming" Campbell. Everyone seems to be jumping on the environmentalist bandwagon. The latest to enter the field is Rosie Boycott, former Daily Express and Independent editor, who has been spending a lot of time with her pigs on her organic farm in Somerset. Her latest ruse is launching an environmental magazine entitled Dandelion. "It is a sort of project I am working on but I don't think I want to tell you any more about it just yet," says Rosie.
Selfless scribe
Hats off to Joshua Rosenberg. At the Daily Telegraph staff meeting on this year's pay round, the assembled scribblers discussed the management's 3 per cent offer. The union had wanted lower-paid employees to be given an extra hike, but this had not been forthcoming from management. It was agreed that the offer be accepted. But Rosenberg proposed that the total extra money on offer be carved up by the union, meaning that the worse-off got larger rises than 3 per cent, but the better-paid, like Rosenberg, received considerably less.
Digging deep
James O'Brien puts his money where his mouth is. The LBC presenter was appalled at the lenient 12-year sentence handed out to Andrew Webster, who raped a 12-week-old baby. On Thursday morning, he interviewed Shy Keenan, founder of the Phoenix Survivors, an organisation that represents victims of abuse. Keenan said her organisation's phones had just been cut off because it couldn't afford the £800 phone bill, at which point O'Brien offered to pay it himself.
"I haven't told my wife yet," O'Brien said later. "But it was the least I could do."
Age and accuracy
The Sunday Telegraph's ubiquitous columnist Tim Walker said on Sky News that he didn't know why there was so much fuss about Charles Kennedy. "I am very nearly 40 and I have never seen a Lib Dem government - and if I live to be 80 I very much doubt that I ever will," he declared. Fair comment, but Debrett's Distinguished People of Today says Walker was born on 23 June 1963, so he is not "very nearly" 40 but some years past it. Walker was unabashed when called. "I have a certificate on my lavatory wall at home that says I am the Young Journalist of the Year, so I can't possibly be the age that you say I am," he says. He declines, however, to name the year that he won said award.


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A winning trifecta? Another mint julep. Gee, thanks Kentucky Derby. You sure know how to show two ol' carpetbaggers a swell time! In May 2006, Laura picked herself up a fantastically flowery hat, I ordered up a few jugs of top-shelf bourbon and we headed out—along with Mavent and good friends—to Louisville for the fastest two minutes in sports. Sure a horse race is at the heart of the spectacle, but the Derby on the whole is more an extravagant springtime sports party. We tasted bourbons at the Woodford distillery in the heart of Kentucky bluegrass, danced to live jazz at the Keeneland racetracks in Lexington and, of course, watched the ponies at Churchill Downs run for the roses.
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The $2 million Kentucky Derby (G1) saw a contentious field of 20 enter the gate. 6-1 second choice Barbaro, who came into the race undefeated, was more than up to the task. Under regular rider Edgar Prado, he stumbled at the start but once he got into gear the race was over. He stalked the fast pace of Keyed Entry and Sinister Minister for 7 furlongs, then took over at the 5/16 pole. He pulled away to a 4 length advantage at the 1/8 pole, and Prado simply let him gallop out the distance to save something for the Preakness. He completed the 1 1/4 mile classic in 2:01.36 over the fast trakc, 6 1/2 lengths clear of the late-running Bluegrass Cat. Sadly, Barbaro suffered a serious injury two weeks later in the Preakness Stakes and, having attracted worldwide attention and a legion of fans, was eventually euthanized. Below is a clip of the 132 Kentucky Derby.
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