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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Nonprofit organization ACES North America was presented with a new marketing campaign recently thanks to some consulting from a Penn State Smeal College of Business student group. Students Consulting for Nonprofit Organizations (SCNO), a group that provides free consulting to local nonprofit organizations, also worked with the Children's Aid Society and the Child Protection and Safety Collaboration.
Final project proposals were presented on April 24 in the Business Building Atrium.
Finance major Edward Yu said his interest in a consulting career led him to get involved with SCNO in 2011. For spring 2013, he was the team lead on the project for ACES North America, a nonprofit organization that provides funds and resources for development projects in the Dominican Republic, concentrating in the areas of health and education.
"(SCNO) really gives people with great ideas a chance to work closely with others so we are always learning from each other. At the end of the day, we are all about teamwork."
"We worked on a plan for ACES to improve their overall brand image," said Yu. "We also developed a guideline for how to better market to the Penn State community."
As the result of research and a branding survey distributed to Penn State students, Yu's team created a marketing campaign that included targeted channels to increase awareness of the organization, a website redesign mockup that would be more attractive to students and a plan for promoting philanthropic opportunities to existing clubs and organizations on campus.
The team also detailed the process for creating an ACES student organization at Penn State and a possible timeline for expansion into other universities in the area.
"I'm very fortunate to work with a group of talented future consultants," said Yu. "I think that's what makes this club so great. It really gives people with great ideas a chance to work closely with others so we are always learning from each other. At the end of the day, we are all about teamwork."
SCNO is a national organization; the Penn State chapter was created about two years ago by a group of students passionate about consulting and offering services to nonprofit organizations.
The group's primary mission is to use their varied skillsets to improve the strategies and operations of local nonprofits. Its secondary mission is to give students a valuable hands-on work experience in consulting by working on real engagements in a team setting.
In past semesters, the group has worked with nonprofits such as Big Brothers Big Sisters, Community Help Center, Interfaith Human Services and Strawberry Fields. Starting in fall 2013, the semester-long projects will be extended to a full year in order to give students more time to develop in-depth recommendations for their clients.
To learn more about SCNO, including how to get involved, visit www.psuscno.org.


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Hello patient So September readers! I am so happy to be able to share a pattern premiere today after what seems like ages since I have. Introducing, Kaleidoscope, a pattern set dedicated to some of my very favorite little creatures, butterflies.
If you didn't know this about me then I'll tell you now - I love butterflies. To this day, in my middle age, I will still gasp and exclaim, "look! a butterfly!" when one floats by. They simply never fail to amaze.
It's true that when some people think of embroidery and butterflies they think of 1970's bell bottoms with bright yellow and orange psychedelic butterflies stitched on the back pockets. It's my hope that I can add a slightly more modern feel to these guys. If you want to embroider them on your jeans though, I say "go for it!"
There are four of these beauties in the set. There might be a fifth little freebie included too - or there might not, I really cannot say *wink*. When I made my examples I used a natural linen fabric because I wanted a neutral background and well, I love natural linen. A strong outline was important to me with these designs so I began each one with that. Next I used a variety of filling stitches - mostly basics like satin stitch and chain stitches but also a few new ones- to add some bright colors.
These don't have a 'field guide' look to them but hopefully they provide another option for someone wanted to stitch up something like this for a DIY project or gift. There are lots of butterfly embroidery patterns out there and I think that is why I hesitated for several months with this set. I usually try to steer away from subject matter that I see a lot of in the crafting community and instead provide something that is more unique. If approached the right way, however, I thought that I might be able to give these guys a look that stood out a bit from the crowd and I am hoping I did just that.
And speaking of the impressive quantity of butterfly embroidery patterns available...
If you are familiar with the Stitches del Sol pattern set you will recall another butterfly pattern I designed for that set so I am not in completely foreign territory here. They have all been fun and challenging but I promise I will move onto something else after this - I swear!
Before I close out I have to share how I titled this set. It wasn't easy - sometimes that is just about the hardest part of the process! So, I was spending a lot of time with a thesaurus and not having much luck. It was not until I did some more scientific reading into butterflies that I learned that a group of butterflies can be called a "swarm" a "rabble" or..... a "kaleidoscope". That pretty much sealed the deal for me and 'Kaleidoscope' officially emerged!

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Wednesday, December 12, 2012
In Celebration of Black History Month, Common Will Speak At Towson University
The Campus Activities Board (CAB), Center for Student Diversity (CSD), The National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), and the Black Student Union (BSU) are proud to present the speaker for Black History Month. This year's speaker will feature hip hop artist, actor, motivational speaker, and founder of Common Ground Foundation, Common.
The Black History Month speaker event will be held on Wednesday, February 27th in the West Village Ballrooms. Doors open at 6 pm to Towson students, 6:30 PM to the public and the show starts at 7:00 PM. Students will be able to obtain only one student ticket from Monday, February 4th to Friday, February 15th. Students may obtain one non-student or guest ticket from Monday, February 18th to Friday, February 22nd. The general public tickets will be available from Monday, February 25 to Friday, February 27th. All tickets will be free and available at the University Union Ticket Office. Limited tickets will be available.
Common started rapping in 1991 and he made his big-screen debut in 2006. Common has made hits like "Go!", "Testify", "The People, and "The Light", and many more. He has also starred in movies like "Wanted", "Just Wright", and "Smokin' Aces". He has spoken at prestigious institutions as California University of Pennsylvania, University of Memphis, Wright State University, University of Rochester, and KIPP Charter Schools.
CAB (Campus Activities Board) is the programming branch of SGA and provides the students of Towson with fun and one-of-a-kind campus-wide events like Tigerfest. CAB is the number one source for campus entertainment and is the primary programming unit for concerts, comedians, speakers, open mic nights and more. To learn more about events or how to get involved, visit facebook.com/towsoncab or towson.edu/cab.
Media Contact: Nick Jones Director of CAB 410-704-2070 firstname.lastname@example.com


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NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Yale gymnastics team fell to defending Ivy Classic champion Penn this afternoon at a home meet, 191.225-188.35. The spread of less than three points was a significant improvement over last year's dual meet against Penn, in which the Bulldogs were bested by more than six points.
Yale started out with strong performances on both the vault and the uneven bars, and the team remained less than five tenths behind Penn on every event except for beam. However, the Bulldogs were forced to count several falls on beam.
"I think there were some outstanding performances today, but I also think that we made a lot of mistakes that we're going to have to work on and to correct before next weekend," said head coach Barbara Tonry.
Junior Tara Feld had a particularly strong day, winning vault and floor with a score of 9.75 on each event. Feld also competed beam for the Bulldogs, scoring a 9.275.
Standout freshman Joyce Li placed second in the all-around with a 37.725 despite a fall on beam. Li finished behind Penn freshman Amber Woo, who won the all-around competition with a 38.025. Li also placed fourth on bars with a 9.675 behind bars specialist and junior Lindsay Andsager, who placed third on the event with a 9.7. Additionally, Li tied for third on the floor exercise with junior Stephanie Goldstein. Both gymnasts scored a 9.6 on the event. Goldstein was Yale's top performer on the balance beam with a score of 9.425.
Freshman Morgan Traina, who took second in the all-around at last week's quad meet at Springfield, competed all four events and scored a 36.675. Traina hit on bars and floor for scores of 9.475 and 9.375, respectively. Freshman Brianna Chrisman also contributed for the Bulldogs on vault and bars. Chrisman's front handspring front with a half twist on the vault was good enough for sixth place and scored a 9.525.
Senior captain Mia Yabut contributed a 9.275 on the uneven bars. Sophomore Ashley O'Connor made her season debut with a 9.125 on the vault and performed an exhibition routine on beam. Fellow sophomore Nicole Tay hit her bar routine for a score of 9.575 and placed sixth on the event. Nicole also contributed on bars and beam, and her twin sister, junior Tabitha Tay, performed on beam and floor.
"I thought that they did a really good job on bars, and Tara did an excellent job on floor. They all did a little bit better on vaulting. Beam is another story. We need lots of work on that so we don't have to count any falls, ever," said Tonry.
The Bulldogs return to competition Saturday February 4 at 7:00 p.m. at the New Hampshire Invitational, where the Bulldogs will also face Ivy rival Brown.
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Sweeping reforms will make it easier than ever for law enforcement to intercept communications if amendments to the Telecommunications (Interceptions) Act are agreed upon by a Senate standing committee.
The federal government is pushing a bill to force all telecommunications providers to facilitate lawful data interception across fixed and mobile telephone systems, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), Instant Messaging (IM) and chat room discussions.
The standing committee is meeting today to discuss the proposed changes to Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2008 (TIA).
The amendments build on previous reforms by the then Howard government which required Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to implement wiretapping provisions in VoIP services.
Private organisations will be handed "quasi-police" powers under separate government plans announced on Monday.
Attorney-General Robert McClelland said business owners will be handed powers to intercept employee e-mails without notice in a bid to prevent cyber-terrorism.
Consumer advocacy groups are outraged by the reforms and have questioned the motives of the government, labelling the move as a blatant invasion of privacy.
NSW Council of Civil Liberties president, Cameron Murphy, said the changes are unnecessary and will inadvertently subject hundreds of people to privacy violations.
"These laws will massively increase the number of interception points available for techniques such as wiretapping," Murphy said.
"Everything from online chatting, to Skype (VoIP) and mobile phone calls will be open to interception."
He believes the changes are being driven by law enforcement which is effectively offloading its work on the private industry.
The reforms also violate the privacy of other parties involved in a monitored communication channel, according to the Council, the Australian Privacy Foundation (APF) and the Electronic Frontiers Association (EFA).
The organisations told Computerworld that NSW law, which allows businesses to intercept employee e-mails with consent, is a breach of the TIA and the Privacy Act. The problem arises from ambiguity in the law which does not stipulate rules for dealing with third party information, and what constitutes consent.


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"Those Old Memories" will include stories, photographs, genealogy, scrapbooking, recipes, and interesting history of my family. Some family surnames: Troyer, Gardner, Moore, Hopkins, Allen, Amsberry, McPherson, Wyatt, Godfrey, Lee, Henley, Cutbirth, Tudor, Gustafsson, Larson, Hellgren, Farley, Harshbarger, Harvey, McComsey, Johnston, Hyndman, and Buchanan.
Monday, June 8, 2009
Success and a great beginning to finding our Swedish ancestors! My recent trip to Salt Lake City and the Family History Library proved to be a wonderful learning experience and I am so thrilled to have found quite a lot of information on my husband's Great Grandfather and some of his ancestors, dating back to the early 1800's.
In part 1 of FINDING MY SWEDISH GENEALOGY, USING MAPS TO LAY A FOUNDATION and Part 2: STRATEGIC STUDY PLANS AND FINDING THE RECORDS, I put forth a plan that I hoped would help to lead me through the research process to find important records. I must say that diligent use of maps and study of the handwriting really did pay off for me. While the old Swedish script is not terribly difficult to learn, had I not studied it well beforehand, I am sure the task would have been much more difficult and may have taken days longer. Having a working knowledge of the handwriting and vocabulary made the records and names begin to "pop" out before me as I started to go through microfilm of old records. Nearly all the film numbers that I thought I may have needed were looked up ahead of time and I had planned which records to tackle first. In my case I choose birth records since I was relatively sure of the parish of birth. We did have the birth date of our GGrandfather, Fred Larson and sparse clues as to where he was born: possibly Floby, Sweden. Birth records are not always the best place to start with Swedish research, but for me it worked since I had some starting information. I had studied maps a lot before I left for the Family History Library and was prepared to branch out the research area in necessary.
The first hour was spent setting up my work area and learning to use the microfilm readers which I had very limited knowledge of before my trip to Salt Lake City. Hour two and I was deep into reading documents and wondering already if my eyes could last all day long. I began looking for Great Grandfather Frederick Larson's birth records and in so doing, just lucked onto his brother Johan's records as the first one I found. What a thrill to find the first record of fact after preparing for nearly a year! Luckily the name of the parish was correct as passed down in the family. From this record I learned the real name of our GGreat Grandmother, Klara Hansdotter. We had for many years known her as Clara Edlund. That name was never for sure but was the only one the family had heard or known for her. The picture of Gustaf Larson and his wife which I had shown previously now finally had the right names. Klara Hansdotter and Gustaf Larsson had finally become "real" to us. We had our first concrete proof as to who they really were. From this birth document for Johan Gustafsson I learned the age of his mother, Klara. She was 25 years old when Johan was born in 1864. That made her birth about 1839. Johan was born in Lugarp, Floby, Skarasborg, Sweden. Our first clue to the actual place our family may have originated from. Johan's birth record also gave the names of persons who were in attendance at his birth, presumably Godparents and/or other relatives. I was then able to narrow down to the Lugarp area of Floby for more records.
The second record I found was the birth of GGrandfather, Fredrick Albert Gustafsson (Larson). He adopted the name Larson upon coming to America. Fredrick's first name did not contain a second "e" which had been used by family in his name and he was born in 1867, in Lugarp, Floby. Klara was also his mother and she was 28 at the time Fredrick was born. Godparents were listed in attendance to Fred's birth.
My next microfilm examination was some "household rolls" for Lugarp. I found the family listed and to my surprise there was a daughter, Anna Louisa, born in 1869. She was a sister to both Johan and Fredrick and we never knew of her before! Fred had mentioned two other brothers but never a sister. That record gave me the birth dates of both Gustaf and Klara and where they were born. GGreat Grandfather Gustaf was born 1834 in Lugarp, Floby, Skarasborg, Sweden and Klara was born 1839 in Loftahammar, Kalmar, Sweden. Each type of record gave more bits and pieces of information.
I had started with only a date of birth and approximate place for Fred Gustafsson(Larson), Three hours into my search had revealed birth information for Fred, his brother Johan, sister Anna, and also birth dates and places for the GG Grandparents, Gustaf and Klara.
My next film provided the birth records in 1834 of Gustaf Larsson. It confirmed that he was born Oct 22, 1834 in Lugarp, Floby, Skarasborg, Sweden. His father is listed as Lars Andersson and his mother as Cajsar Bengtsdotter. We were now back to about 1810 with the addition of the GGGGrandparent's names. Godparents(attendants) were listed for the birth of Gustaf which may eventually prove to be another generation.
Record searches that day provided several more great documents. I now had the marriage Bann's and Marriage records for Gustaf Larsson and Klara Hansdotter who married in July 1864. Found among the hundreds of names was the marriage of Johan Gustafsson to Maria Christina Anderdotter (Anderson). Johan had become a Swedish soldier and been given the last name of Hellgren. Our family had known of Johan's name change to Hellgren. It was common practice to rename individuals upon entry into the military to a name that reflected their traits or personality. Hence Johan Gustafsson became Johan Hellgren. Johan and Christina were married in 1886 and soon thereafter emmigrated to America. Johan again changed his name and became John Hellgren. Several other records surfaced that day which defined the Gustafsson family as having lived in the Lugarp, Floby area for some years. I did not get time to begin looking for any death records or to explore for records of other family members, all that will be for another trip or done later on the Swedish genealogy site Genline.
Maria Christina Andersdotter(Anderson), wife to Johan Gustafsson( Hellgren)was a sister to "Minnie" Andersdotter(Anderson) who married our Fredrick Larson. Fred emmigrated from Sweden to America in 1888 and "Minnie" followed later that year. They were married in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois in 1891. To this date both "Minnie" and her sister, Maria Christina have eluded me as to their actual place of birth and origins. More searching for another time.
In total while at the Family History Library, I spent 1 1/2 days working on my Swedish ancestry. I did spend several more days on other record searches. My next step in the quest for more family records is a subscription to the Swedish records site GENLINE. I hope the summer researching will bring many more ancestors to light, especially the Anderson sisters and more of their family history.
I firmly believe that my mapping studies and taking the time to learn Script, patronymic naming and some old language really did help in aiding the retrieval of records on my first visit to the FHL. I am now again into map study of the area of Loftahammar, Kalmar, Sweden. This area will be one of my first stops on Genline for records of our GGGrandmother, Klara Hansdotter.
In conclusion: I am thrilled with the information I got at the Family History Library on my first visit.
1. Correct names and spellings for several ancestors.
2. Names, birthplaces, actual records and dates for at least 3 generations of the family.
3. Marriage dates and records for 2 ancestral couples.
4. Several household records of daily living for our family.
5. Acquired names of Godparents who will likely prove to be even more ancestors to add to our ''tree".
If you have foreign immigrants in your family, don't hesitate to tackle overseas researching. It may take a little extra study time to learn about the country, language, and record availability but it should be fun and the payoff can be great. I am relatively new at genealogy research and that is proof that anybody can and should tackle looking for their ancestors, wherever in the world that they may have come from!
Posted by Cheri Hopkins aka You Go Genealogy Girl #2 at 11:58 AM
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text: RUSH: Trump's trip to visit the ChiComs specifically has been a grand-slam home run that you're not gonna hear about. Trump knocked this whole trip to the ChiComs out of the park, and the rest of it as well, but specifically the time and attention that he gave to the ChiComs here, he just hit the ball out of the park precisely because he knows how to negotiate with them. He knows what is important to them. He had his granddaughter, 6 years old, that sang and recited poetry in Mandarin, and the Drive-Bys thought, "What a cheap show. What an absolutely cheap show. That's beyond the presidential pale. How transparent can that be, having his 6-year-old learn Chinese just for this trip? That is child abuse," is sort of what they were saying. It turns out that that was a fundamental and key element to the success of the meetings with the ChiComs. BREAK TRANSCRIPT RUSH: While I'm on the subject of the president and the ChiComs, this morning on Air Force One on the way back to the United States after the Asian trip, Trump went back and talked to the reporters in the back of the plane. A reporter said, "Why are those relationships with China and others so important, and is there a risk of getting too close to President Xi Jinping?" THE PRESIDENT: The relationship is always important. It doesn't mean it's necessarily close. It's really a relationship based on respect. To me, a relationship based on respect is much more important than anything else, including friendship, because this is really something. They have to respect our country, and they have not respected our country for a long period of time. RUSH: Now, this is really key, folks. That may sound like a -- not quite a throwaway answer, but he's really, really on to something here. The difference between respect and friendship. Now, the left, their attitude about world affairs, global security and so forth is that the United States poses the greatest problem. (interruption) No, no, no, no. They really do. They pose the greatest problem because we're the superpower. We have the biggest arsenal. We have more nukes anybody else. We're the only nation on earth that's ever used nukes. And they are inherently predisposed to the idea the United States is the problem in the world. Particularly when a Republican is in the White House -- Reagan, George W. Bush, now Trump. So the left thinks that the best way to ameliorate this danger posed to the world by the United States is to become friends with all of our enemies, to become friends with all of the world leaders, even if we had to give them free health care. Trump is saying, "Friendship shmenship! That's not what's on the docket here." I'll explain in a minute. BREAK TRANSCRIPT RUSH: How many of you remember during the presidential campaign, particularly Trump's rallies in his campaign when he would constantly appear to be criticizing the ChiComs? He called 'em essentially... Well, he didn't call 'em cheaters, but... Well, maybe so. He talked about what they were doing to us, how they were unfair in trade, how their currency manipulation was very harmful and damaging. And then he lashed out at American political leaders for being stupid idiots for doing the deals they had done with the ChiComs. Now, I had a lot of people during those instances say, "I wish he's shut up about that. We don't want make them mad! You don't talk about them that way." I said, "No, no, no, no. You're missing the point. Talk like that does not make the ChiComs mad; it makes them smile." When Trump runs around and basically says, "The ChiComs are running rings around American leaders and that's enabling them to really manipulate things in their favor," they smile. They like being acknowledged as winners. They like being acknowledged at smart and brilliant and people that prevail. Now, the American way of looking at negotiations with foreign powers who might be said to be enemies is you try to come up with a deal. What's the typical deal? The typical deal is where both sides give something up, or both sides are traditionally unhappy with it but they get a compromise, and that's said to be a good deal. That's not how the ChiComs do it. The ChiComs do not give up anything in exchange for some sort of agreement. That's not their mentality. The ChiCom mentality -- no matter what they do -- is win, win, win, which happens to also be Trump's. The ChiComs, whatever it is -- whatever foreign international deal, treaty, arrangement, negotiation, whatever it is -- if they don't benefit from it (and to hell with whatever else happens to anybody else) they're not gonna do it. The ChiComs do not think like westerners do in the sense that, "Well, you give a little here and you get back something here and you end up with a deal where none of us get all that we want. "But we each get some or enough that we're happy." That's not how they go about it. They don't give up anything. There's no reason for 'em to. They don't think that way. That's not in their vocabulary. That's not in their mind-set whatsoever. So in negotiating with them, you have to understand that about them. You still have to have arrangements, deals, what have you. And that's why Trump talked about respect in this sound bite being far more important than friendship. To the left, friendship with our enemies, "That's so important! "If we can make them like us, they won't provoke Trump into nuking them. If we can make them like us, we'll be safer." All of this namby-pamby stuff. But that's not how you deal with the ChiComs. If it doesn't benefit 'em, whatever you're trying to get done, they won't do it. Let's look at North Korea. North Korea is the third party here. What does Trump want? Trump wants North Korea silenced, shut down, stopped, what have you, without having to fire a shot. Trump thinks that the ChiComs can do it. But they're not gonna do it just because you ask them to. They're not gonna do it if you try to leverage them into doing it. They're not gonna... Whether the Norks are their allies or not, the ChiComs are not gonna do anybody a favor to make the world safer or anything else. They're not just gonna do a favor. There's got to be something in it for 'em before they'll do anything like that. And so you have to come up with something that benefits the ChiComs that also accomplishes something that you want. You have to come up with something that once it's done and over with, the Chinese can run around say they won or they got a great benefit or what have you. So what was the benefit? The benefit that Trump established with the ChiComs was acknowledged and favorable trade outcomes. Remember, Trump began negotiating with the ChiComs during the campaign. He laid down the law. He told the ChiComs that they're cheaters. He told the ChiComs they've been running roughshod over the United States and those days are gonna end. When Trump's in the White House, the ChiComs aren't gonna get away with this because the days of stupid Americans are gonna be over -- and he focused on trade. Remember, everybody was saying, "Why so much focus on trade? What's the big deal? NAFTA here every day, trade?" 'Cause that's where Trump was gonna go to get what he needed out of the ChiComs. So after two years of publicly threatening the ChiComs with tariffs and all kinds of frozen trade opportunities, the North Korean situation presented an option, and it was used. Trump was able to propose normalizing trade arrangements that were beneficial to the ChiComs, not as beneficial as they had been. It was a far different Trump from what was on the campaign. He appeared to be giving up significant ground when he hadn't at all. He'd been asking for much more than he was ever gonna ask for during the campaign. In exchange for this new Trump, this reasonable Trump that was proposing normalized trade relationships and agreements, Trump secured an agreement from the ChiComs to deal with the North Koreans a little bit more strictly or beneficially to the world and America than they had been predisposed to. I don't know what the final result of all they was, but I know what the objective was. The objective was for Trump to lean on Xi Jinping to essentially eliminate the North Korean threat. But they're not gonna do that just because you ask 'em. They certainly not gonna do it if you demand it. They're certainly not gonna do it to make the world safe or anything. They don't care about that. All they care about is when it's all over being able to say they won or that whatever happened, they benefited from -- and if friendship is your objective, you're never gonna pull things like that off. But respect is a whole different thing, and that is what Trump was saying in that bite with the media on the trip to Air Force One back to the United States. One little semi-related story. You heard about the three UCLA basketball players that were also in China? They're being held in jail for shoplifting? All during the weekend, the stories about this were dire, that Trump -- the American State Department -- was not phone succeed in getting these guys out of prison or out of jail or what have you. The ChiComs wanted to drop the hammer. You don't do this. You don't come over and shoplift from them. They jail Chinese citizens who do it. Well, after the conversation that Trump had with Xi Jinping, this guy who has amassed Mao-style power now... He's the most powerful ChiCom leader since Mao Tse-tung -- or, I'm sorry, Mao Zedong. (They change the guy's name pronunciation frequently.) Everything Trump had his personal conversation with Xi Jinping, these basketball players are going to be returned to the U.S. after having been detained by the ChiComs for shoplifting. "Three UCLA basketball players arrested in China for allegedly shoplifting while their team was in the country for a tournament last week have been released and were flying back home today." Trump did it. Now, you might say, "Trump didn't do it. The ChiComs made a big show out of holding 'em, but they were always gonna let 'em go." Really? You know that? I'm just telling you, this trip that Trump has finished and is now on the way home from was a killer economic and foreign policy trip. You're not gonna hear about it. The Drive-Bys may themselves not even know. I mean, they had some reporters on the trip, but this stuff isn't gonna be reported as it actually happened. The last thing that can happen is Trump be given credit for anything. About all you're gonna know about this trip is that Trump shook hands with Putin and that Putin looked like he owned Trump and that Putin looked like Trump was just a little puppy dog almost embarrassed to be in Putin's presence, 'cause Trump knows that Putin is so much smarter and so much tougher. That's about all you're gonna hear about what happened on the trip. But don't doubt me: It was a great success. BREAK TRANSCRIPT RUSH: We're gonna start in Los Angeles with Eddie. I'm glad you called, sir. Welcome. It's great to have you with us. CALLER: Maha Rushie, you are the godhead. RUSH: Thank you, I appreciate that. CALLER: Rush, I want to say I used to license movies to China, Japan, Korea, and then I negotiated for a Japanese company, and you are, you know, right on the money, that the Chinese are master negotiators. They always say "yes" even when they say "no." They're always smiling, shaking their head, you feel very comfortable dealing with them. And they give very, very little in the negotiation, and you're happy to get a deal from them and then you realize, "Huh? What happened?" RUSH: Well, what you have to realize any time you're gonna deal with them is that whatever the end is, it has to be something they can say to everybody else and themselves that they won it, that they won the negotiation. If there is mutual benefit in the deal, the mutual benefit has to greatly benefit them far greater than the other participants in the deal. The point is that the Chinese do not approach these things like westerners do. The don't start out with throwaways. Let's put it that way. A common negotiating technique in the United States, let's say you're in negotiations for a new employment contract where you work. And you want $25 million and access to a King Air, you know, prop jet airplane. But instead you go and ask for $50 million and a Boeing 727 or a Boeing 737 knowing full well you're not gonna get it, those are throwaways. You build in things that you really don't think you're gonna get and you don't really want, you can throw them away to look like you are negotiating, to look like you are giving something up. ChiComs don't do that. They just tell you what's gonna be, what is. You have to know them going in to deal with them this way. And they don't respond to your throwaways. They know full well -- look, it's cultural mind-set differences. The definition of a successful negotiation here is where both sides give something up and maybe neither side is really totally happy, but that's a great deal. Not to them. They're not happy giving anything up. Snerdley asks, "How do you get stuff out of 'em?" You have to be able, when it's all over, the negotiations, whatever you're doing with the Chinese, at the end of it, whatever happens, they have to be able to say the benefit to them is undeniable. So in the case of Trump, North Korea is the elephant in the room. Trump wants help from Xi Jinping on neutralizing what's-his-face, Kim Jong-un. But Xi Jinping's got no interest in doing that for the sake of humanity, for the betterment of the world. If getting rid of the North Koreans doesn't benefit the Chinese, to hell with it. He doesn't care about the instability of the world except as it might affect China. So that's the key. So you have to appeal to the Chinese on the basis that, "Look, I want to make a new trade deal with you." Now, remember, Trump started out on the campaign trail telling us he's gonna be tough. The ChiComs have been getting away with murder 'cause Americans are so stupid, but those days are over. The free ride of the Chinese is over. So they've been hearing that for two years. So they're expecting Trump to come in and strip everything away, take away all the benefits they have, all the advantages. He didn't do that. He gave 'em favorable trade deals but they have to help us with Kim Jong-un. So neutralizing Kim Jong-un then equals a benefit for the ChiComs. Look , it's far more complicated than this. I'm trying to tell you this in 20 seconds. Which I did, by the way.


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Weight Loss – Is Dieting Really Necessary For Women?
When speaking of weight loss, how many times have you heard someone say, "Women love dieting?" I'm sure if you think hard enough you will come up with one instance where you have heard that. Whether you are a male or female, you have certainly heard that said. You may even be the one who has said it.
Do you really believe that women love dieting? I do not know of any women alive who loves the stress of weight loss. Nor do I know of women who love looking in the mirror and not being satisfied with the way she looks. Now, ask yourself again, Do women love dieting? I bet the answer would not be yes, if it was before.
For women, weight loss and dieting is something that is done once we are happy with the condition that our bodies are in. Whether we are trying to lose 5-10 or 25-30, it is all the same. We diet when we want to lose weight. Especially, after child birth. Women became obsessed with losing the "baby weight." They will do just about any type of diet to lose the weight even if it is damaging to their bodies. The problem with this type of dieting is having to decide once the weight is gone, do you stick with the diet or move on.
That is a huge problem with fad diets and diet pills. Once the desired weight is lost, women tend to go back into their old eating habits and begin to put back on the weight. Weight loss problems then became a vicious cycle for women.
Could there be something wrong with the way women go about losing weight? Is dieting really necessary to lose weight? Is there a such diet that will help women lose weight without making them become someone else while on it. Will they still be the same person mentally through the diet and afterwards?
Why do women have to diet? Why can not eating healthy foods, staying away from high fructose corn syrup, getting adequate amounts of exercise and sleep be enough to lose weight and keep it off? Or, is doing those things considered a diet also? Why does the word "diet" have to be such a four letter word? It has become so offensive in ways.
I heard a woman just recently in a restaurant scold the man she was with because he asked her if she was dieting. I'm not sure what his thoughts behind the question were, but it was clear that she did not like the accusation of dieting.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that, "just eating right can be your diet." Think of it that way. The next time someone asks, "Are you dieting for weight loss?", You just nod and say, "No, I am just eating a healthy diet."


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Alex Loyer
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|UMass Boston, 2013
Alex Loyer is in his third season as the assistant men's tennis coach at UMass Boston. A former two-year member of the UMB men's tennis team, Loyer joined the coaching ranks in the summer of 2014.
While with the Beacons, Loyer was named a two-time Little East Conference First Team selection. He was also named Most Valuable Player at the 2013 Little East Conference tournament after leading UMB to their first tournament title in over 20 years.
When not working with the Beacons, Loyer serves as the Tennis Director at the Chelmsford Swim and Tennis Club. He has also worked at a variety of camps throughout New England and continues to teach private lessons. Alex is currently pursuing his Masters in Education at UMass Boston.


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Forests serve as habitats for two thirds of terrestrial animal and plant species, prevent soil erosion and water run-off, and play a major role in regulating our climate. But forested zones are shrinking. Worldwide it is estimated that a fifth of all forest coverage was lost between the 1960s and the 1990s.
Vanishing woodland
In Europe less than half of the continent's original forested areas remain, and deforestation is accelerating across the developing world. The major pressure on forests comes from human population growth. The growing numbers of mouths to feed means that almost 40% of the world's land surface has been converted to cropland and permanent pasture, supplanting forests and grasslands.
Even forests spared from clearing are subject to acid rain caused by industrial pollution, and climate change threatens to shift temperature zones across a continent faster than slow-growing trees can follow.
Storing carbon
Yet forests also work to moderate climate change: a single hectare of pine forest takes an annual 7.5 tonnes of carbon out of the air every year. Because they extract carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, replacing it with oxygen, forests serve as 'sinks' within the carbon cycle. It is only if they are burnt down or rot that this carbon gets released again.
Satellites are increasingly being used to assist national forest inventories so countries can fulfil their obligations to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, and gain 'carbon credits' for wooded areas. Optical or radar instruments can quantify forest biomass, leaf size, water content and overall health, and even differentiate individual species. And better-quantified forests can then be better factored into climate prediction models.
Russia is the nation with the largest forest area and its extent has been recorded using Earth Observation. Radar instruments on ERS as well as Japan's JERS-1 have been used to map 1.2 million sq km of forest across central Siberia, the largest project of its kind Forest authorities used the land cover maps to update obsolete inventories and monitor reforestation efforts.
Forests and sustainable development
Forests represent an economic as well as an ecological resource, and satellite data enables woodland to be logged in a sustainable manner. In areas such as Sarawak in Indonesia, Earth observation has been used to provide data on the quality and quantity of forest resources and enables accurate advance estimates of production yields. Illegal forest clearing can potentially be highlighted and brought to the attention of the authorities.
Combating fires
Forests are always vulnerable to fire, and this risk may be further exacerbated by climate change. Europe had a summer of forest fires in 2003, losing more than 700 000 hectares. The European Commission estimates that every hectare of forest burnt by fire costs the economy between a thousand and 5000 Euros.
Satellites can provide speedy surveys of forest burn scars to help with damage assessment and assessing the likely risk of future blazes. As fires occur, radar instruments such as Envisat's Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR) can peer through the pall of smoke to show high-temperature 'hotspots' where the fire is centred.


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I'm considering several different schools, most of which are far away, so I was hoping to be able to meet with some alumni to get a feel for the schools. Anyone have any suggestions about the best way to get in contact with someone? I don't want to be bothersome by trying to find people through Facebook if they don't want to be contacted.
Btw, the schools I'm mostly considering are USC, UCLA, and Penn State.
Meeting College Students/Alumni
The school experience. School related queries, discussions, and stories that aren't specific to a subject.
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I wouldn't worry about bothering people over Facebook; lots of people are quite happy to talk about themselves, and the remainder aren't losing any sleep over an unsolicted request for information.
Re: Meeting College Students/Alumni
Many schools are happy to set up alumni interviews and keep in touch with alumni across the country and around the world for that purpose; contact the admissions offices of the schools you're interested in and they should be able to arrange one for you in your hometown.
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dg61 wrote:...contact the admissions offices of the schools you're interested in
Agreed. I worked as a tour guide and recruiter in college and we would call, facebook, email, etc. kids across the country, as well as host meet-ups in the summers in our hometowns. They'll have a hookup for you.
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Why should you hire a contractor?
Hiring a general contractor is a good idea for many remodeling projects. Home renovation contractors have a broad range of skills to manage, coordinate and complete a project. They should help make sure your project comes in on time and within your budget as they hire and supervise all the necessary subcontractors, including electricians and plumbers. They also handle procuring all the materials required for your job. Some homeowners look to save money by acting as their own contractor, but an experienced home renovation contractor is worth the cost. They should know local building codes, be able to pull all necessary permits, and work with inspectors to make sure the construction meets local codes. Also, because they get professional discounts, they can typically buy materials at a better price than you can; better prices on materials and labor save you money, and make up for at least a percentage of the cost of the contractor.
What is a general contractor?
When starting a home remodel or new construction project, you will probably hire a general contractor. A general contractor is a professional who is qualified to take a set of building plans and construct them as outlined. The general contractor may help perform the day-to-day building, or they may just hire workers and oversee all the work activities. In either case, the job of the general contractor is to see that your project gets built.
When you have a building project, ask for bids from various contractors. The bids tell you how much each will charge and what their scope of work will be. Once you have selected a bid, you sign a contract with that general contractor outlining the specifics of the project and the milestones during the project when they will receive payment installments. Once the contract is official, the general contractor will bring in their crew to begin construction. The contractor will manage the workers and subcontractors (anyone who doesn't work directly for their company but that they need to outsource, like a marble installation pro), order all the materials, obtain work permits, and confirm that all the workers and subcontractors are completing their projects as planned. They typically handle all the payments to the workers and subcontractors, and send you invoice. For all these reasons, it's also especially important to follow a few smart hiring practices when it comes to finding a general contractor. If you are organized and competent to oversee construction projects, and are able to make sure everything is being built properly and meeting code, it's possible you can be your own general contractor.
What do construction project managers do?
Construction project managers help in all stages of your construction project, starting from the very first step. Typically paid a percentage of a total project cost, they are part of the design and planning process and help ensure seamless communication between the design parties and the construction team. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, their scope of work includes preparing cost estimates, budgets and work timetables; interpreting and explaining contracts and technical information to other professionals; reporting work progress and budget to clients; collaborating with architects, engineers and other construction pros; selecting subcontractors and scheduling and coordinating their tasks; responding to work delays, emergencies and other problems; and ensuring compliance with legal requirements, building and safety codes, and other regulations.
The work of construction project managers may seem very similar to that of general contractors, but there are some critical differences. One difference is that, unlike most general contractors, project managers are not engaged in the actual construction — they are onsite overseeing the work of subcontractors. Another key difference is that project managers are hired during the design phase, while general contractors are hired after plans have been made. The project manager is generally paid a percentage of the total project cost, while the general contractor is more typically paid according to the bid they gave to build your project.
When should you hire a contractor?
A few home remodeling projects can be done by an ambitious DIY-minded homeowner or local handyman, but many are best completed by a professional home renovation contractor. You should hire a contractor when you're planning a large project that takes time, machinery or large tools, and several workers; a kitchen remodel, new bathroom or home addition will be most successful with a licensed, expert contractor at the helm. It's particularly important to have a professional contractor on board for construction, electrical, plumbing and HVAC projects that require inspections to meet local building codes. Of course, you can hire a contractor for smaller projects, too, if you prefer to let an expert handle things like addition or removal of a wall, small framing projects, or anything that requires a permit.
You should hire a contractor when you're ready to start a remodeling project and you have plans, a budget and a timeline for the work in hand, but before any remodeling work begins.
How much will it cost to remodel my house?
The cost to remodel a home is highly variable — size and scope of the project, quality of materials, and the number of subcontractors required to complete the job all affect the total cost. The average national cost of a home renovation project is $13,500. The national average per-square-foot cost of a remodel ranges from $25 to $100. Nationally, kitchen and bathroom remodels are the most popular types of projects, in part because they typically have the highest return on investment when the home is sold. The national average cost of a major kitchen remodel ranges from $25,000 to $62,000, while the average bathroom remodel tends to cost $6,000 to $18,000. In addition to materials and labor costs, many remodeling project costs include permit fees, which, average $900 or more, depending on your location.


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Georgia Legislative Documents
The Georgia Legislative Documents provide access to legislative resources. The database currently contains the Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia for the years 1799-1999, with a few gaps. In the future, additional documents will be added to include:
- Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Georgia
- Journal of the Senate of the State of Georgia
The Acts are the actual text of the laws and resolutions as they were voted upon by the General Assembly. The text as published in the Acts is different from the text published in the Georgia Code.
The Journals outline the passage of bills and resolutions through each chamber of the General Assembly. The House of Representatives Journals to be included in the database were published 1781-1995; the Senate Journals to be included were published 1789-1995.
- Database Provider: Digital Library of Georgia
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Stories about Switzerland
The secrets of better winter photography
As a tourism photographer, I try to convey the joy of visiting the beautiful Swiss countryside. Choosing a background typical of the region is a major part of composition.
Horse racing – on a lake
By the end of the 20th century, winter sports were commonplace all over the world.
Arthur Conan Doyle's skiing prophecy
In 1904, writer Arthur Conan Doyle published a vivid account in Strand Magazine – now best known for publishing his Sherlock Holmes stories - of learning to ski.
The gamble that made St Moritz famous
The lake resort of St Moritz is the ultimate in chic. For this it can thank Johannes Badrutt, a hotelier, who struck a wager with four Englishmen staying with him during a summer spent climbing in the Bernina range.
Birthplace of winter tourism
Hello Switzerland, where a group of British tourists in 1864 started a fashion for winter tourism that continues to grow to this day. The birthplace of Alpine skiing was the spa village of St. Moritz, now a destination so exclusive that the town has even registered its own name as a trademark.


text: Former ACC champion and All-America Jeff Howser is in his 11th season as Duke's speed and conditioning coach. A graduate of Duke, Howser was a six-time ACC champion, and was named as one of the ACC's top 50 track athletes of all-time in 2003. He went on to earn a bronze medal at the World Championships in the 110-meter high hurdles and was an alternate on the U.S. Olympic Team. Howser ran on the international level for 14 years, was a four-time U.S. Olympic Trials qualifier and two-time U.S. Olympic Trials finalist. He served previously as the sprints and hurdles coach at the University of Florida, UCLA, N.C. State, Duke and the University of North Carolina, and was on the British national staff for Track and Field from 2004-2009. Howser also has coached a number of top-world ranked professional track athletes such as Anwar Moore (13.00-110m hurdles), Jason Smoots (6.51-60m, 10.01-100m), Bershawn Jackson (47.30-400m hurdles), Leonard Byrd (44.45-400m), Michelle Collins (50.00-400m , 22.18-200m indoor), Daniel Caines UK (44.98-400m), Crystal Cox (50.34-400m, 22.34-200m), Jordan Vaden (19.98-200m), Marion Jones (7.08-60m, 10.91-100m), and other athletes from Jamaica, Great Britain, Trinidad, Ghana, Bermuda, Finland, Barbados, and the Bahamas. He also has served as a consultant in training program design for several other top-ranked track athletes from various countries which include LaShawn Merritt, Tyson Gay and Veronica Campbell-Brown. Howser also assists Athens 2004 Head Olympic Coach George Williams in coaching the Nike GW Elite Track Club. His coaching resume includes seventeen Olympians, five Olympic Gold Medalists, four World Championship Gold Medalists, and one World Cup Gold Medalist. In addition, one of Howser's athletes ran the fastest high school electronic 40yd dash ever recorded (4.25 electronic at the Nike SPARQ Combine), which is also the second fastest time in history. He holds certifications from the National Strength and Conditioning Association, the USA Weightlifting Association, is the North Carolina director for the National Association of Speed and Explosion, and is a USA Track and Field Elite Athlete Coach. In addition to his duties as overall head strength coach for Women's Lacrosse, Field Hockey, Men's and Women's Cross Country and Men's and Women's Track and Field, Howser designs and implements the speed, agility and conditioning programs for Men's Lacrosse and Women's Soccer.


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Tens of thousands of mostly Eritrean refugees, living in eastern Sudan for more than 40 years, have taken the environmental rehabilitation of their camps into their own hands in partnership with hosting communities.
The World Conservation Union (IUCN), along with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and Sudanese Forest National Corporation (FNC), has been training refugees to protect their environment.
For decades, the refugees who inhabit the Shagareb camps in Kassala and Gedaref State have suffered from deforestation and water and sanitation problems. Women and children have to walk further and further afield to find firewood and water. Employment is difficult to secure and the refugees have traditionally been dependent on agencies such as UNHCR and the World Food Programme for their livelihoods.
But the refugees and residents of the neighbouring Sudanese villages would like to be more self-sufficient, a concept encouraged by UNHCR. IUCN and FNC have been helping them ensure that the environment continues to provide them with their necessary living requirements in a sustainable manner. They were encouraged to draw a vision for their communities, and come up with a plan on how to achieve this.
IUCN, UNHCR and FNC representatives, who visited the Shagareb camps recently to assess the impact, said the training had paid dividends in terms of reforestation, agro-forestry plots, energy efficient stoves and other income-generating activities.
For example, they have planted drought resistant acacia trees in areas where temperatures often reach over 40 degrees Celsius. These provide fodder for livestock and fuel wood among others. Sorghum, intercropped with wild grasses, helps ensure livestock feed even in times of crop failure.
Director General of Sudan's FNC Dr Ibrahim Abdelazim Mirghani said: "Much still needs to be done to restore the environment. Eastern Sudan has been hosting refugee camps since 1961 and forests are at the core of such environmental restoration activities. We need to improve the efforts of the refugees and hosting communities themselves. Sustainability is an issue."
The Sudanese government currently hosts more than 100,000 mostly Eritrean refugees in Eastern Sudan, which at its height numbered more than 1.1 million in the past 40 years. Some of the camps are now gradually being closed down. Until now, environmental protection has taken a back seat to the more pressing problems of shelter, food and medical care.
As a result, the environment has become severely degraded over the years. A three-year project funded by the Government of Norway – Sustainable Options for Livelihood Security in Eastern Sudan (SOLSES) – contains a component whereby communities, with the help of organizations such as IUCN, FNC and UNHCR, will take greater responsibility for restoring their environment and thus improving their livelihoods.
For more information:
Please contact Grace Chepkwony, Communications Officer, IUCN Eastern Africa Regional Office, Tel: +254 20 890 605; Fax: +254 20 890 615;
Email: grace.chepkwonyiucn.org


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A JMS host refers to a Message Queue broker. A default JMS host for the JMS service is provided, named default_JMS_host. This is the JMS host that the GlassFish Server uses for performing all Message Queue broker administrative operations, such as creating and deleting JMS destinations.
If you have created a multi-broker cluster in the Message Queue software, delete the default JMS host, then add the Message Queue cluster's brokers as JMS hosts. In this case, the default JMS host becomes the first JMS host in the AddressList. For more information about the AddressList, see JMS Connection Features. You can also explicitly set the default JMS host; see Configuring the JMS Service.
When the GlassFish Server uses a Message Queue cluster, it executes Message Queue specific commands on the default JMS host. For example, when a physical destination is created for a Message Queue cluster of three brokers, the command to create the physical destination is executed on the default JMS host, but the physical destination is used by all three brokers in the cluster.


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The refinery catalyst market is witnessing rapid growth in recent years, driven by the demand for refinery fuels and emerging trends. Refinery catalysts are projected to be the lifeline for the petroleum refinery industry growth. Asia Pacific, Middle East and South America are the market leaders for refinery catalysts and have high demand potential.
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Some of the key players dominating the global refinery catalyst market are Chevron Lummus Global LLC, BASF Catalyst LLC, Exxon Mobil Corp., W.R. Grace & Co., Shell Global Solutions, Nippon Ketjen Co. Ltd., Omg U.K. Ltd., Haldor Topsoe, Catalytic Distillation Technologies, Albemarle Corp., Intercat, JGC, Kuwait Catalyst Co., Zeolyst and Sinopec Catalyst Co.
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Greetings from Ballet Austin's newest intern!
Hello all Ballet Austin blog followers! My name is Caitlin Conran, and I'm Ballet Austin's Marketing intern for the summer of 2011. All summer long I've had the amazing opportunity to work in Ballet Austin's marketing department working on this blog and our other social media sites, and taking any and all varieties of dance classes that Butler Community School has to offer. Last week I decided that it was about time I get out of the office and into the studio, so I set out to sample two BCS classes and report back on the blog!
Now, to start, let me be honest: I've never really been a dancer. I took some ballet classes before the age of 6, and I attended a few BCS classes prior to my internship, but I've never danced consistently, so I wouldn't consider myself an "experienced" dancer. I'm more of a yoga girl myself, so while I've been able to master the gracefulness of certain poses, I've never really been able to combine grace with aerobic activity, such as prancing across a stage or plieing without tripping over myself.
Inexperience aside, I decided to begin my BCS class-sampling with a Ballet Fit (Teen/Adult) evening course, taught by Elise Pekarek.
The class promised the gracefulness of ballet fused with a sweat-tastic series of aerobic exercises, and my goodness was it sweaty. In lieu of the recent burn ban in Austin, Elise deemed the theme of our class "Rain Dance," and rain it did – I can't remember the last time I sweat so much. But it was a fabulous, much-appreciated sweat. The class taught me all about plies, tondues, releves, and also managed to get me down on the floor doing close to fifty push-ups (how did you get me to do that, Elise?!). I worked every muscle in my legs, arms, and abdominals… which is essentially every muscle in my body (ouch!). Set to groovy, upbeat tunes, and an all-around great energy, this class was a perfect opportunity for me – the inexperienced dancer – to learn a few moves and also get an awesome aerobic workout! It was set at a perfect pace so that I was able to follow along and still keep my heart rate up. I'd recommend this class to anyone who loves fast-paced exercise, such as running, and is looking to mix up their routine!
For my next class I decided, under the persuasion of my sore muscles, to slow down the pace and check out an Elementary Ballet (Teen/Adult) class.
I dusted off my old ballet slippers and hit the dance floor in a tank top and yoga shorts. I was relieved to find that a leotard and tutu were not a necessity – however, basic knowledge of ballet vocabulary was. The Ballet Fit class had introduced me to the staple poses of ballet, so luckily I was able to recognize a lot of the movements and keep up with the rest of the class. Elementary Ballet at the BCS is one level above the Beginning Ballet course, offered to individuals with little to no experience dancing ballet. Both ballet courses offer a wonderful combination of on the bar and off the bar dance routines, all of which are set to the tune of live piano accompaniment! I absolutely loved the change of pace in the ballet class. I was able to get a good workout without working up too much of a sweat. Elementary Ballet really stretched, strengthened and toned my muscles with graceful, low-intensity movements that left me feeling empowered and inspired to try more!
And so concludes my BCS class-sampling, but not my love for BCS dance classes! As my internship here at Ballet Austin continues, so will my attendance of the wide range of classes the Butler Community School has to offer, along with, of course, my growing love of dance. So come on out to the BCS this summer and challenge your regular workout routine with me at any and all of these wonderful dance classes!


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New Game Stuff, what? Where have you been? I know, I know.
It's hard to find good help if you're a cultist nowadays. Or, at least, that's what Cultists & Cthulhus would have you believe. Brimming with the nerdy, cynically tinged humor shared by Munchkin and Chez Geek, Cultists & Cthulhus has players controlling rival cult leaders. Each player attempts to round up followers, enact rituals, and (with hope) summon their very own old one. Any two to eight Lovecraft fans will have a great time when they pick up a copy of Cultists & Cthulhus.
Eventually, every popular nerd series delves into time travel. It's just an unwritten rule. Well, My Little Pony ventures into that timey wimey realm with the newest expansion set for the MLP collectible card game, Marks in Time. Since the set is themed around time travel and alternate realities, players will find updated, younger, or irregular versions of classic cards and ponies in the set.
Wait, Agricola? That's been out forever. But there you would be wrong. For one, Agricola has been out of print for a good deal a time, so having any version back in print is a good thing. Second, this version of the game is an updated and revised edition. Agricola Revised now features wooden game pieces and a streamlined rulebook that allows the game to play quicker and easier for younger players. Fans of Settlers of Catan, San Juan, and Puerto Rico, if you've never played Agricola, now is the time.
Long awaited by all heroes in a half-shell, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Dicemasters set is finally out! This oversized base set includes enough materials for two or four players, depending on how you divide the resources. Featuring the artwork and character designs from various eras of TMNT, the game is playable by all ages. As the game features the same popular mechanics of Quarriors and the other Dicemasters editions, TMNT Dicemasters can be combined with any of the previous sets. So, if you want you can have Leonardo face off against Spider-Man and Harley Quinn!
Another in the line of beloved Star Wars The Card Game expansions, Galactic Ambitions is out this weekend. Featuring five new objective sets for both the Sith and Rebel factions, Galactic Ambitions is a major addition to the base game. Not only do the Sith and Rebel factions receive new objectives, but every other faction also gains one extra objective set. Among those new cards, there is not only another version of Darth Vader, but also Star Wars Rebels' Kanan Jarrus!
Finally, if you're a Magic player and haven't been living under a rock in the realm of Zendikar, you'll have been salivating for the release of Eternal Masters. Out this weekend, Eternal Masters is the follow-up to the two Modern Masters sets that raised such a fuss in the Magic world. Reprinting cards from the very beginning of Magic the Gathering, but in never-before-seen foil versions, this set is seriously desired by any die hard Magic player. Boxes are limited and the price point will rise swiftly as the set goes out of print, so grab what you can, while you can.