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Now that it's almost Christmas, I finally have some time to blog about our cross-country road trip back in September. (Life happens.) For those of you who haven't seen our photos yet, picture this — Will, me and our cat riding in the snug cab of a 16-foot Penske truck housing all our belongings (including Will's Harley), pulling a trailer with our car on it. This is how we made the move cross-country during a warm September. Why? Because, how could we not take the opportunity to explore America the Beautiful? Our move was the perfect excuse.
We followed Interstate 70 for most of our journey from Los Angeles to Virginia. It took us 11 days, but only because we stopped for three or so days to visit Will's family.
The weather was perfect, the cat behaved wonderfully (despite spending long hours in her carrier every day and being shuttled from one hotel room to another), and it was fascinating to see the landscape change from desert to endless prairies to verdant. If you've never driven cross-country, here are some of the highlights from our trip for you to consider checking out someday. Keep in mind, we were limited (by the truck and traveling with our cat) to quick stops at viewpoints and short jaunts. Even so, it was amazing, fun, liberating and humbling to take in some of these sights, especially after spending 10 years in the big City of Angels.
Zion National Park
Zion National Park in Utah is one of those places I would revisit in a heartbeat. One of five national parks in the state, it features the incredible red rocks Utah is known for. If we'd had more time, I would've loved to hike The Narrows, where you literally get your feet wet and hike in the Virgin River along a narrow gorge surrounded by walls 1,000 feet tall. It's a popular hike, but also a risky one due to the potential of flash flooding. Just a few days after we visited the park, seven hikers died in flash floods in Keyhole Canyon.
We drove through the park, following Zion-Mount Carmel Highway and passing through the coolest tunnel ever. It's so narrow and pitch dark, you need to buy a permit to drive through it. There are many other things to do at Zion, other hikes (to the Emerald Pools, for instance), bicycling, canyoneering, and climbing. From a purely aesthetic point of view, I really enjoyed the combination of rock and greenery here.
Arches National Park
Arches National Park is located in Utah on the Colorado River, near the border with Colorado. It's named after the 2,000-plus natural stone arches found there (the world's largest concentration of them), along with hundreds of giant rock formations and balancing rocks. The smallest catalogued arch measures three feet from base to base, while the largest, Landscape Arch, has a 306-foot opening. Native Americans first explored the area looking for minerals (wealth), food, and stone for tools and weapons. What's amazing is that the park's geological features are ever evolving, as erosion and weathering rock create new landscapes.
Again, we only had time to drive through the park and pull over at various viewpoints, including Courthouse Towers, the petrified sand dunes, Balanced Rock, Double Arch, and the Parade of Elephants. It is a surreal environment, nothing but huge rocks jutting out of the desert floor for miles and miles. Unfortunately, we were unable to see the North and South Windows up-close. The parking area was about a half-mile walk from the Windows, and we didn't want to leave the cat alone in the warm truck that long. So, we definitely have an excuse to go back! I've always wanted to walk up to those grand arches.
Colorado rivers and mountain views
Colorado has several national forests bordering the I-70. I'm not sure which ones we were driving by at any given moment, but the scenery was beautiful, very mountainous and green. The Colorado River and then the Eagle River also run parallel to the interstate, almost all of the way to Denver. At one point, we spotted kayakers navigating the waters. The sunset over the hills was exquisite.
Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge
If you're ever in Denver and looking for something non-touristy to do, the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge is your place to go. I don't even know how we discovered this place. I was probably googling things to do in Denver and stumbled upon this on TripAdvisor. So, what is it? Incredibly enough, it's a 15,000-acre wildlife refuge located just northeast of Denver where you can see bison, prairie dogs, mule deer, white-tailed deer, coyotes, bald eagles, and more — all for free. (In fact, it's a sanctuary for more than 330 species of animals.) It is a true conservation success story, being converted from farmland to a World War II chemical weapons manufacturing facility to a wildlife sanctuary.
They have a simple "trails and wildlife drive auto tour," which lets you stay in your car and drive (slowly – 30mph max) past the various habitats. We went on a clear, sunny day, and managed to see a herd of bison — from a distance — lots of prairie dogs, and a couple of eagles (or hawks, not sure). There are also floating boardwalks from which you can do some bird watching along the marshes, and they have a visitor center that's educational and fun for kids.
The bison herd. Can you see it?
And the prairie dogs. They were everywhere.
World's Largest Easel
Oh yes, we did. There isn't much to see along I-70 when crossing through very-flat Kansas, so, hey, why not check out a giant easel? This was a quick stop. Will didn't even get out of the car. The 80-foot easel in Goodland, Kansas, features a reproduction of Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" painting. Not much else to see.
Monument Rocks
Although we'd never heard of Monument Rocks in Kansas before, it turned out to be our favorite stop of the entire road trip. You'll see why in a second. Often referred to as the Chalk Pyramids, it is a designated National Natural Landmark by the National Park Service, which "recognizes and encourages the conservation of sites that contain outstanding biological and geological resources." These sites are selected for "their outstanding condition, illustrative value, rarity, diversity, and value to science and education." I would've never thought something like this existed in Kansas, in literally the middle of nowhere (about a half hour off the I-70). It's an amazing hidden treasure.
Story goes that the Chalk Pyramids formed some 80 million years ago when the region was covered by an ocean. A thick ooze at the ocean floor trapped the remains of various sea animals, and was eventually covered by sediments and pressed into chalk. The chalk formations were sculpted for thousands of years by the Smoky Hill River. As you can imagine, the rocks are rich in fossils and now serve as habitat for small wildlife.
We drove out to Monument Rocks just before sunset, over the dirt roads and past the cornfields, no other vehicles in sight. (We even ran over a tarantula, and, in the process, discovered there are tarantulas in Kansas. Who knew?) We explored the rocks with nothing but the sounds of cows mooing in the distance. Experiencing the sunset there was something magical.
Gateway Arch
Getting anywhere near the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, was a challenge, as the riverfront area was under construction. So, Will dropped me off in the middle of downtown and drove around while I walked a few blocks to get a somewhat decent photo. It's a shame. I would've loved to walk up inside the arch, but it just wasn't feasible with our entourage and with the construction zone. Either way, glad I got to see it.
World's Largest Wind Chime, World's Largest Rocking Chair, and World's Largest Golf Tee
Ladies and gentlemen, Casey, Illinois, is the capital of the "world's largest" random things. They've coined themselves "a small town with a big heart" and even have a "big things in a small town" workshop where they build their claims to fame. The wind chime stands at more than 55 feet and has a small restaurant and shop next door. Right across the street is the rocking chair, 56.5 feet tall (apparently, several U.S. states claim to have the world's largest rocking chair). A couple of miles away on a golf course, naturally, you'll find the largest golf tee, measuring more than 30 feet tall.
So if that's your thing, tracking down Guinness World Record holders, make sure to swing by Casey, Illinois.
Here's the workshop. I spy giant shoes…what are they building next?
We took a break from our travels and sightseeing to spend some quality time with family in Indiana for several days. Here's a quick glimpse if you've never been.
Just a few states later — Ohio, West Virginia, and Maryland — we made it to our new home in Virginia. It was refreshing to see so many rivers and such green hills. I've always loved that about the East Coast.
We've been so lucky to get to travel and sightsee as much as we have. But, sometimes it's easy to forget that the United States has many majestic wonders of its own. Maybe someday we can finally rent an RV and drive all over the country. For now, we're looking forward to new adventures here on the East Coast. Stay tuned!
Want to see more photos of our cross-country road trip? Visit my Flickr gallery here.
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How Much Should My English Bulldog Weigh?
The average weight of an English bulldog, also known just as a bulldog, is from 22.7 to 24.9 Kilogram, with females weighing less than males. The average weight is based on the average height of a bulldog.
However, individual bulldogs may be taller or shorter than the average height of 12 to 16 inches high at the top of the shoulder.
Look From Above and Below
Although bulldogs are very stocky, they should have a slight waist or indentation between their bellies and their hind legs. The bottom line of their bellies should never hang below their knees. Overweight bulldogs are more prone to health problems and need to go to the vet.
Bottom Line
Bulldogs with ribs showing are far too thin and need to go to the vet. Bulldogs that are too fat tend to have breathing and coordination problems. They also need to go to the vet. Bulldogs have large appetites and will eat even when they are not hungry, which makes them more at risk of becoming overweight.

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The entertainment events are happening in Pakistan and practically identical countries that are encountering the dangers of aggressors and you will be given the right weapons to manage them. The redirection missions are hard and you should expect a couple of troubles coming up on you.
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The Glorious Resolve Journey to Peace was made and dispersed by "Rockville Games" félag og það er í boði að vera sótt og spilað á Android og IOS stigum.
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The controls for flying out a chopper are fairly confounded and not that straightforward if you ask me. The course pad is arranged on the base left corner and after that once more, you can see the fire get along the camera customization.
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Að allar umsagnir og efni hafa verið prófuð og eftir það alvöru leikur vettvangur, Hér er helsta staða fyrir The Glorious Resolve Cheats, hakk, Guide og ábendingar.


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by Rakks | November 26th, 2013
Designer Lou Simmons has a keen eye for interesting objects-his Twitter and Flickr accounts are overflowing with impressive object portraits. He is always on the lookout for high-quality, innovative design and last week, Simmons Tweeted pictures of Rakks shelving installations and we followed up with him about his passion for design and his take on Rakks systems.
Tell us about yourself, Lou.
LS: I moved to Boston 2 years ago from my home state of Texas to be with a smart and beautiful California girl. I'm a designer/builder at Guarnotta Design and Build (formerly unKilo) and I work on a variety of projects and am passionate about residential architecture and design. I'm studying for my exams for licensure and am set to be a licensed architect by next year, assuming all goes well.
You have quite the Twitter presence. Do you Tweet shelving systems often?
LS: (laughs) I love taking photos of objects and exploring different forms. I have nearly 3,000 photos on my Flickr account. I displayed some flowers and a record player on my Rakks installation in my apartment and decided to take some photos.
From an architecture and design standpoint, what makes Rakks stand out as Tweet-worthy?
LS: I first saw Rakks when I was in Dallas. The architecture firm Corgan Associates had used it on a project and I appreciated the infinite adjustability and flexibility. The sleek systems easily adapt, fitting nicely into any space. I also appreciate the local aspect too, as Rakks is based out of Needham, MA.
Have you used Rakks in any professional applications?
LS: Yeah, actually. Guarnotta has used Rakks in several projects, the most recent being in a condo renovation on Beacon St. We used Rakks standards that recessed nicely into the wall. It is currently under construction but I will Tweet those photos at you as soon as it's finished.
Please do!
Follow Lou on Twitter @plsiii and see Guarnotta's great work at http://guarnottadesign.com/


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We all at some stage in life ask these questions about Weight loss to ourselves, others and and search on the internet. How to lose weight ? How Weight loss works ?. And different people have different motivations some want to lose few extra pounds, some belly fat, some love handles, for some getting fit before an event like wedding and some getting started for body building and getting ripped.
Whatever the reason behind it, we all struggle to find the answers and follow a weight loss routine for a few weeks or even months. And, in some cases people keep on working out for longer periods, do lots of cardio and after a year look the same.
The question is why is the Weight loss not happening ?
How come that happen that a person worked so hard and got no result and on stopping the exercise its even worst and the person quickly gain weight and even more weight than before they started working out.
Well the answer to that is Nutrition. Yes, you heard it right – These people with no results have no other problem but their nutrition.
Their nutrition is not up to the mark it should be
for example – if you are 70 kg (154.3 pounds), 5 foot 8 inches tall, like me
on average your body will require 1700 calories for its resting metabolism (BMR – Basal metabolic rate).
Now, if you are consuming about 2500 calories a day and have some physical activity like walking, taking stair, standing job etc you will be able to maintain your weight. And, if you go up you gain weight.
So, How to lose 1 KG every week ?
Prerequisite: know your weight, height and using that calculate your BMR
1 g of Carbohydrates = 4 Calories
1 g of Protein = 4 Calories
1 g of Fat = 9 Calories
Know, here is where people make the biggest mistake, people tend to consume majority of their calories from carbohydrate (carbs) and fat, where as your diet must have a healthy amount of fat, carbs & protein (at-least 1 gram protein per kg of body weight for normal people) whereas for people looking to build muscle along side weight-loss its recommended to have 2g of protein per kg of body weight, so if your body weight is 70 kg and your goal is gain muscle you must be consuming at-least 140-150 grams of protein every single day (coming from all sort of food sources like – meat, legumes (pulses), grains, milk, cottage cheese (paneer) along with some supplementation like Whey protein powder which is safe and you can easily get upto 20-30 grams of protein from it and stay sound &healthy).
Lets, get back to weight/fat loss again —
Facts, you need to know –
1 pound = 3500 Calories
1 KG = 2.2 pounds
So, if you want to lose 1 KG a week
3500 * 2.2 = 7700 Calories
Yes, 7700 calories
That's, what you need to cut and i.e about 1000-1100 calories a day, and don't miss understand this and not eat all day. You need to eat a lot in this phrase to keep your metabolism healthy and fast. All you need to take care of is your overall daily calorie intake.
How you do it ?
Eat foods rich in fiber like lattice, broccoli etc their thousands (remember vegetables in general – and yes don't over eat them lookup their nutrition value on the internet and eat accordingly)
Consume most of your calories from protein (55%-70%), healthy fats (10%-12%) and the remaining from slow digesting carbs (like oats), eat about 4 – 6 times a day, small meals don't exceed your protein intake per meal and keep it b/w 25 – 35 g, else your body will just waste it as it can only digest certain amount of protein per meal / in a period of time.
Ways to cut calories —
Training (Weight training and cardio)
Nutrition (our daily food intake)
Which one gives better results – Nutrition always wins
Its very hard to lose weight with Training alone, example if you burn 500 calories in a workout and get super hungry and eat 1000 calories after the workout.That simply means all the work you put in the gym is washed away just like the sand castle on the beach and every time you will built it it will be washed away and at last you will give up.
The right way to loosing weight is to keep track of your nutrition and take your calories from healthy, un-processed foods.
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Thanks to the services we acquired from Turkcell Global Bilgi we increased our short term receivables which were already due in 2013 by 20%. The fact that Turkcell Global Bilgi is a leading company with industry experience in the banking industry and a solution partner that creates a difference with its management staff was influential in our decision to work together.
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I love keeping busy and doing fun things and this Calendar is dedicated to it. I enjoy doing Race reports and reviews on products and events. If you have an event you would like me to feature, don't hesitate to get in touch.
Here you will find all the events that are available in Johannesburg and Pretoria. If you know about an event you can let me know and I can add it.
These events manly consist of Running Races and trail running events. Hover over the event to get more information on it.
Lets Have Some Fun!
Recurring Events:
Here are a few Races and events that happen regularly. Please see more information below:
Park run is a free run that takes place every Saturday in different locations over South-Africa; it is also a global company.
You can visit their Main website and locate a park run close to you, wherever you are in the world. It is completely free and you get issued with your very own barcode – so after every run they scan you and keep track of your runs!
It's a free Get together for Runners – also a fun experience to make new running friends in your area.
Trail adventure is a company that organize's events and runs throughout South-Africa, Visit their website to see all their upcoming event – or keep an eye out for JBRobinBlog Calendar for Upcoming events.They do all types of adventurous events, from trail running to canoeing. Go have a look!


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A significant majority of Canadian universities – 82% – now place internationalisation among their top five strategic priorities, says a new survey of Canada's degree-granting institutions. This represents a 5% increase over a previous survey in 2006, and leads a broad set of findings that all clearly point to an increasing emphasis on international programmes and services among the country's higher education institutions.
When asked to identify their main reasons for prioritising internationalisation, 53% of Canadian universities say that "preparing internationally knowledgeable and interculturally competent graduates" is their top motivation. The other most-cited reasons are "building strategic alliances and partnerships with key institutions abroad, promoting an internationalised campus, increasing the university's global profile, and generating revenue."
The survey was carried out by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) in May 2014 and generated an 80% response rate among the 97 universities and degree-granting colleges within the AUCC membership. AUCC released its detailed findings in December 2014.
"Not since our last survey in 2006 has there been such a comprehensive view of AUCC member institutions' engagement with the world beyond our borders," said Paul Davidson, AUCC's president and CEO. "The responding institutions together represent more than 85% of all Canadian university students and perform roughly 92% of the university research funded by federal research granting agencies."
The big picture
As the following chart reflects, boosting student mobility – both inbound and outbound – remains the top priority of Canadian institutions. A full 45% of respondents indicated that undergraduate recruitment was their top priority, and a further 7% noted graduate recruitment as their top international goal. While "expanding outbound mobility" was noted as the top priority by only 4% of respondents, a notable 74% of responding institutions also cited it as a top-five priority.
Internationalisation priorities of Canadian higher education institutions, 2014. Source: AUCC
Building international partnerships, whether for joint programmes, collaborative research, or otherwise, is the second broad priority focus of many Canadian institutions. The preceding chart shows a number of different categories of collaborative initiative that, in combination, make up the top priority for 37% of survey respondents.
In terms of international markets, China is far and away the primary focus of Canadian institutions. The world's leading education market was cited by 88% of responding institutions as a priority in their internationalisation efforts. Brazil, due in part to the prominent Science Without Borders programme, appeared as the second most-cited priority market at 65%.
Countries identified by Canadian institutions as priorities for internationalisation, 2014. Source: AUCC
Following those two clear leading targets were two further groupings of international markets: a "medium frequency" group cited by 40-59% of respondents (and including such markets as the US, India, France, Mexico, and Germany) and a "medium-low frequency" grouping reported by 20-39% of Canadian institutions (and including targets such as Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Turkey, the UK, and Nigeria).
Notable changes (or not) since 2006
The AUCC report also makes some interesting observations with respect to international partnerships and outbound mobility, particularly in relation to the 2006 survey.
A majority of Canadian universities (57%) report having expanded international partnerships, in terms of both quality and quantity, over the past three years. Another 13% indicate that they "substantially expanded" their partnership portfolio over this period.
Canadian universities' changing approaches to international partnerships over the past three years. Source: AUCC
The report adds:
"Fully 81% of responding universities offer some kind of international programme with international partners. Of those, 63% offer dual or double degree programmes and 45% offer joint degree programmes; 78% of institutions now offer at least one of those types, a striking increase over [the] 48% that did so in 2006."
Picking up on the growing importance of transnational education (TNE) in other major host countries, AUCC finds that 15% of Canadian universities enroll degree students in programmes delivered offshore at the campuses of international partners. A further 9% deliver programmes at their own international branch campuses and another 6% are now working to develop such programmes offshore.
Barriers to study abroad
But if the volume of TNE programming and international partnerships has leapt ahead for Canadian universities, the number of Canadian students studying abroad most certainly hasn't. AUCC finds that only 3.1% of the country's undergraduate students (about 25,000) had an international experience in 2012/13 and only 2.6% earned academic credit for their experience abroad. This is virtually unchanged from 2006 when the last AUCC survey found that 2.2% of Canadian undergraduates studied abroad for credit.
And this is in spite of another 2014 finding: that 97% of Canadian universities offer international experiences to their students and, of those, nearly all enable students to do some academic coursework abroad.
International experiences offered by Canadian universities in 2012/13. Source: AUCC
Many Canadian universities (54%) cite a lack of funding support for study abroad as the main barrier preventing students from going overseas. Nearly half (49%) noted inflexible (or too demanding) curricula at home as another significant barrier, and 39% gave "students' lack of interest or recognition of benefits" as the most important reason.
There is an apparent mismatch between Canadian institutions' stated motivation for internationalisation (preparing internationally competent graduates) and the lack of growth in outbound mobility, particularly given that many of the barriers noted above can be influenced by the universities themselves.
Also of note in this respect, AUCC finds that few institutions have established specific goals with respect to outbound mobility.
Only 23% of responding universities reported having set targets for the number of students they would send abroad, and most often those targets relate to undergraduate rather than graduate students.
"This survey shows that Canada's universities have broadened and deepened their international activities and are leading the way for Canada to engage the world's most dynamic economies like China, India and Brazil," adds Mr Davidson. "However, the global knowledge economy requires employees with the kinds of skills and competencies gained through global study experiences. Unless Canada takes action now to ensure its students have more opportunities to live and learn in another country as part of their university education, Canada risks losing its competitive position in the world."


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It's amazing how fast the grass grows in the spring, and this time of year it seems like all we can do to keep up with stuff growing. The orchard was still practically asleep when last I was up there 2 weeks ago, and today the grass was thigh-high.
Dave bought a used 5′ rear-deck mower to replace the 4′ unit we've been using for the last 30 years, so I hooked it up and gave it a try. It's too big for the 25hp Kubota, but works well on the 50hp. That tractor (mostly its bucket) is a bit big for convenient maneuvering in among the trees, but it has power steering and a crazy tight turning radius, so it actually worked out OK. At lunch I read in the manual how to remove the front-end loader, so next time I'll give it a shot – should make a huge difference.
The mower leaves a lot of grass still in the rows, so I went at them with a two-handled Stihl brushcutter. I started out with a four-blade grass-cutting disk, but it wasn't very aggressive, so I switched over to a string trimmer head – burned through a lot of string but it did the job. It was around 80 and super humid, so I was drenched by the time I was done, but the orchard looks great and the trees will appreciate the lack of competition. It's amazing how different the orchard feels when it's freshly mowed. Emily has been doing a great job killing tent caterpillars, and someone in Five Islands has bees, so despite our lack of a hive we should get some pollination.
It's been quite dry so I hooked up the siphon from the pond and filled buckets to water the trees we planted in the spring; Emily hauled pails and watered trees while I finished the string trimming. The tide was pretty high by late afternoon so I jumped in the cove to cool off – the water is definitely not frolicking-temperature yet, but it wasn't too bad.
Late in the day Aunt Weez arrived from Hopkins, so we caught up for a bit before I hit the road for home. She has written a book called Mother Time with a cool concept – it's basically linked stories of thirty generations of women, starting in the present and going backwards in time, daughter to mother to grandmother. I'm going to download it on my phone. .


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Gabbie Carter Fucks to Review Dick-Proof Makeup Products2
Gabbie Carter is a gem. This adorable too-cute-for-porn teen has giant bouncing naturals, and a bigger appetite for cock. She's reviewing make-up products for all her loyal fans – can this dark pink lip stay on through dinner, drinks… Dick? Or will it end up smeared over Alex Legend's shaft as Gabbie drools and slurps it down her throat? When you fuck like Gabbie, there's no such thing as "dick proof" make-up.


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Mendez Confirmed as Federal Highway Administrator
Topics: Victor Mendez
Federal Highway Administration
13 July 2009
Contact: Cathy St. Denis
Monday, July 13, 2009
Tel.: (202) 366-0660
Former Arizona DOT Director to Lead Nation's Highways
WASHINGTON - Former Arizona state transportation official Victor Mendez has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).
"Victor's lengthy record of delivering major infrastructure projects on time and his enthusiasm for innovative solutions to complex transportation problems make him an excellent addition to the team," said Jeff Paniati, FHWA's Executive Director, who had been serving as Acting Administrator since January 20. "His leadership and experience are exactly what the nation's highways need right now."
Mendez, the former director of Arizona's Department of Transportation, will begin on July 20th and will deal with critical and timely issues in his role as the nation's top federal highway official, including implementing the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, the largest new investment in the nation's infrastructure in years, and the reauthorization of the surface transportation law, which will guide federal investment in the nation's network of roads and bridges for years to come.
Under his leadership at ADOT, Mendez oversaw the construction of the Regional Freeway System in the Phoenix area that was built six years ahead of schedule. He delivered statewide construction programs on time, including major infrastructure improvements throughout the state. In addition, he worked to improve the agency's customer service within motor vehicle and highway division offices.
Mendez started at ADOT in 1985, beginning as a transportation engineer. He worked his way up the agency, becoming Deputy Director in 1999 and, later, Acting Director in 2001. He also served as president of the American Association of State and Highway Transportation Officials in 2007.
"He is an ideal combination of leader, manager and engineer," Paniati said. "America could not ask for a more experienced person to lead this important agency, and we are looking forward to working with him."
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Grand Canyon for Children Info night
- News archive
- Friday 22nd February, 2013
- By Jen
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I started fly fishing when I was 20 on a small, trout-stocked lake in Southwestern Pennsylvania. To be quite frank, I had absolutely no idea what I was doing. Over the next few years, if I caught a fish, it was definitely a pure stroke of luck. However, I loved it as I have always enjoyed a variety of outdoor pursuits. It wasn't my "passion" though. At least not yet.
In 2007, I was offered a job at the Fly Fishing Show. It's a large consumer trade show that travels the country promoting fly fishing. I definitely didn't earn that job because of my casting skills, but my socializing skills proved to be a good fit.
A couple years later I started to travel with the shows to various venues. In Somerset, NJ, I observed my first live casting demonstration. I won't name drop, but I was mesmerized by the demonstration presented by a tall, handsome man with a heavy German accent. He had a rod and reel that was far more bad ass than the little trout set up I had. I was even more intrigued by the fact that he was using two hands, which eliminated his need for an overhead cast. "Whatever that guy is doing I want to do," I said to myself.
Fast-forward to 2011. I married that tall, handsome German in a small wedding in Atlantic Highlands, NJ Atlantic Highlands was special to us, as we would occasionally meet between our hectic schedules while we dated internationally. I started fishing for stripers off Sandy Hook Beach, and from then on, I was officially a two-handed gal. Our adventures would take us to Norway and Canada, fishing for Atlantic salmon. I learned quickly this type of fishing was not for the weak-hearted. Swinging flies and Spey fishing was now, not just a passion, but a full-blown obsession.
I had no intentions of ever going back to overhead casting.
We took a trip to the Florida Keys in 2012. I had no idea what to expect other than there would be no two-handed rods. Oh, and the small detail that we would be fishing in the middle of the night. OK, middle of the night I could handle, but how on earth would I be able to survive overhead casting in the dark? I was mortified, excited, and feared for anyone on the boat with me.
We ventured out into the silent darkness. Everything about that night was magnificent. The star-filled heavens, the air so humid and calm; I never wanted this night to end. The anticipation was like nothing I had ever experienced. I was so thankful that I was only required to make one cast and allow my fly to swing in the current, similar to my days on the river chasing Atlantics. The peaceful quietude was shattered when a giant, prehistoric creature completely derailed me. That was the moment my tarpon obsession began.
The next few years we would venture to Florida as much as our schedules would allow. In 2016, we laid down permanent roots in Stuart, FL to raise our daughter and explore the amazing variety of species saltwater has to offer. The St. Lucie estuary is located at the end of our street and boasts the most diverse saltwater fishery in the entire US. On any given day, one has the opportunity to catch a snook, bonefish, redfish, sea trout, or juvenile tarpon. Calm days (and German motion sickness gum) allow for mahi-mahi, spanish mackerel, and false albacore offshore.
In other words, I have found my paradise and I never want to leave.
In the early 1900s, a dam was built for flood control purposes around Lake Okeechobee. Over the years it has been reconstructed with levees and overflow channels into the Caloosahatchee and Saint Lucie Estuaries. When Mother Nature provides wet seasons, and the lake rises, the flood gates are opened and billions of gallons of fresh water are released into those saltwater estuaries. The changes in salinity, combined with decades of agricultural runoff, create toxic algae blooms. Sea grass is dying, spawning grounds are disrupted, and the communities living on both coasts are affected by the risk of health-related issues. Curious about what could be done, I attended a meeting in Stuart, FL, addressing these environmental concerns and was immediately drawn to the grassroots organization, Bullsugar. This non-profit organization was founded on the belief that science has provided a fix to this problem, but the politics needs to follow.
Since that meeting, I've traveled all over the US to bring much-needed awareness to the fly fishing community. The support received has been overwhelmingly positive, and it makes me proud to be part of such a conservation-minded industry.


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Fernando Benadon (b. 1972) is a composer and scholar who thrives on the exploration and integration of diverse paths. A native of Buenos Aires, he studied jazz at the Berklee College of Music and composition at the University of California, Berkeley, earning a Ph.D. in 2004. He is the winner of the Fromm commission at Tanglewood, the Aaron Copland Award from the Copland House, the League of Composers/ISCM Competition, and UC-Berkeley's Ladd Prize, which supports a two-year residency in Paris. He has also received fellowships from Fondation Royaumont, Tanglewood, the Aspen Advanced Master Class, and the Wellesley Composers Conference. His soundtrack for the feature film Arimpara premiered at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival and was screened at many major festivals around the world. As a scholar, he recently completed an article on jazz rhythm which was published in the journal Ethnomusicology. He is assistant professor of music at American University in Washington DC.
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Malwarebytes Vs. Ad-Awareby Allen Bethea
Just as drugstores have a bewildering number of remedies for the cold or flu, there are many different programs you can choose from to fight virus and spyware infestations on your computer. Malwarebytes and Ad-Aware are two utilities that can detect and rid your computer of malicious software. Although both can help protect your computer, they use different technical approaches and feature sets to accomplish their goals.
Product History
Malwarebytes began in 2004 as an attempt by company founder Marcin Kleczynski to remove malware from his personal computer and those he worked on as a computer technician. In 2006, Kleczynski sold his program as the anti-malware utility Rogue Remover. A redesigned and improved version was released in January 2008 as Malwarebytes. Ad-Aware was launched in 1999 by German software company Lavasoft. Ad-Aware was one of the earliest attempts to rid PCs of spyware infesting PCs through the Internet Explorer Web browser.
Malware Detection Methods
Malwarebytes attempts to detect and remove malicious worms, trojans, rootkits, rogues, dialers and spyware that affect PCs. Rather than depend upon virus signatures typically used by other anti-virus software, Malwarebytes finds and eliminates threats by looking for unique patterns and behaviors known to be exhibited by malware. Although Ad-Aware began as an anti-spyware only utility, it's now packaged and marketed as an anti-virus tool as well. Rather than scanning for behavior, Ad-Aware works by looking for virus definitions or signatures -- segments of code within in files on your PC or running in system RAM that are identical to parts found in known viruses or spyware.
Malwarebytes Features
The free version of Malwarebytes can scan you computer's hard drives and system RAM on demand or on a set schedule. You can use Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Free to examine files you download or retrieve from CDs, DVDs or thumb drives. The free version also includes a special "chameleon" technology that enables the program to be installed on infected systems. Malwarebytes Pro, the paid version, applies the same intelligent, experience-based computer routines or heuristics as the free version to keep malware from installing and infecting your computer in the first place, but it adds real-time protection and website protection. Automatic updates are only on the paid version.
Ad-Aware Free Antivirus Plus Features
Like Malwarebytes, Ad-Aware Free Antivirus Plus can search for malware running in system RAM and located on storage devices on demand. In addition, Ad-Aware Free interacts with your browser to spot websites and Web pages known to harbor malware. Ad-Aware Free can also let suspected viruses run in an isolated, virtual machine-like sandbox where their activities can be safely observed without actually affecting your system. Ad-Aware Free comes with some thoughtful extra features, such as a game mode, which avoids bogging down the system and enables you to play games or watch movies without being disturbed by alerts; automatic updates and real-time protection. Paid versions of Ad-Aware, including Ad-Aware Personal Security and Ad-Aware Pro Security, add online banking and shopping protection, scam alerts, enhanced firewall protection and real-time email scanning.
System Requirements
Malwarebytes requires at least a Pentium processor running at 800 MHz, with 250MB RAM, 20MB hard drive space and a video card and display capable of 800-by-600 resolution. Malwarebytes runs on 32-bit Windows XP SP2, as well as 32-bit and 64-bit Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8. The minimum system requirements to run Ad-Aware are a Pentium processor running at 733 MHz or faster, 512MB RAM and 300MB hard disk space. Ad-Aware will install and run on 32-bit Windows XP SP2, 32- and 64-bit Vista and 32- and 64-bit Windows 7.
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The Everbilt 3 in. Corner Braces (4-Pack) are ideal for reinforcing inside of right-angle corner joints. Countersunk design allows screws to sit flush with material. Easy to install.
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This Big Value pack of white sparkle tulle circles from Victoria Lynn™ are perfect if you need tulle for favors.
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The Side Hinged Ribchester is a woodgrain GRP (Glass Reinforced Plastic) door with a vertical ribbed design. The lead door can be positioned on either side for convenient access.
Woodgrain GRP
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The Ribchester is finished in a choice of 7 woodgrain colours:
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Colour and appearance may differ from items shown on this website.
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Side Hinged Doors
Unless specified otherwise at the time of order doors will be made as follows-
First opening door to be on right as viewed from outside.
Certain sizes will require the use of infill panels- see table. Some example images can be found in GALLERY.
Side hinged doors opening out only will have draught seal to sides and top internally.
Clear opening of steel frame will be 40mm less in width and 20mm less in height than Frame Opening Size. (Please note the depth of door panel may also reduce clear opening if the opening travel of door leaf is restricted.)
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At Kids Kingdom Sports Center, home of Euro Stars Gymnastics, we believe that gymnastics is a versatile sport that can be a fun activity for all. For that reason, we do not carry the belief that a child is too old, too tall, or too anything to give gymnastics a try.
Progressive Instruction
We offer classes for toddlers to teens! As children progress, they are evaluated and students can move up to different classes based on their progression.
See our course offerings. In general, students are offered courses on their age, and from there we offer a variety of developmental programs based on their current level, but students can change courses based on their progress or need.
Students who wish to become competitive gymnasts often take two classes each week to help progress more rapidly toward our pre-team program.
Students who wish to learn routines, but not compete can opt to stay in our in-house team. Those on our in-house team are able to learn routines in alignment with USAG, but can be modified based on their individual skill level. Girls on the in-house team are eligible to change to our competitive route based on their progress and desire.
Enrollment in our in-house team is by invitation only.
Wondering if you're ready? Ask for an evaluation at your next class. Generally, girls who have completed Shining Stars for after a full year of Little Stars, Future Stars or Bright Stars or above are eligible for in-house.
First Class at Euro Stars? Here are the recommended intro classes for most kids.
- Age 1-3 Parent and Tot
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Students may be invited to invite only classes or programs. If your family's desire is for competitive gymnastics, please let us know so we can ensure that the coaches are aware and so we can recommend additional class placement.


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I wanted to isolate a recombinant protein from e.coli of 40 KDa size. After purification I obtained two very close bands in both SDS-PAGE and native page. Both bands react positively to western blot. Also at 37 degrees the protein was produced in inclusion bodies with the two close bands.
In all cases the top band is thicker than the bottom one.
Since they are very close together, I am confused if they are isomers or truncated proteins.
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I've supported it in the past and I continue to support it. It's a very popular sport, most states have legitimized it, and we're left out in the cold in New York. It occurs here now underground, and underground fights aren't safe. We need to make it safer, like we try to do for boxing and other sports. If it stays underground, a lot more people would be hurt. We ought to regulate it, we ought to legitimize it, and we ought to get tax revenue from it.
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Few week ago, I get tinymce module work on my new site. When I create new content and want to add the picture. Tinymce allow me only add url for an image. Anyway I found another module called IMCE. It work together with tinymce and allow me to upload image from my computer.
After installation, I can't see browse button when click add image??? my environments is (Drupal5.7+TinyMCE5.x-1.9+TinyMCE3.0+IMCE5.x-1.0). Many post tell me to add
<?php print $closure;?>to page.tpl.php file, that not work for me. mine already have it.
Today I found the patch from here. It work well for my case. To apply patch[I do this on my local box then upload tinymce.module and imce_set_tinymce.js to host]
pnix@pnix-a7n:drupal$ ls
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patching file imce/imce_set_tinymce.js
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This neon installation by Maurizio Nannucci is part of the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. You can check out the picture below to see how it looks like on display today. Nannucci is an artist who works a lot with neon, but this piece is particularly striking to me because it's self referring. It's a reflection on art by an artist, and more specifically on contemporary art by a contemporary artist. Now for the backstory, I've been getting more and more interested in contemporary art thanks to my current job, and I find it interesting how simple it can be while at the same time conveying some important depth. All art has indeed been contemporary, but not all art has been called contemporary. Should we have a new designation for what is understood today as contemporary art or is that the job of future generations to classify it and figure it out? A lot of artistic currents in the past were self named and it's not all a categorization imposed by art historians. So yeah, after all, a piece of art is something that should trigger some sort of thinking; and this is working quite well here.
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Untitled-Tara Donovan
This monumental sculpture by Tara Donovan is composed of hundreds of Styrofoam cups glued on an aluminium structure. It is attached to the ceiling in one of the galleries of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. This sculpture is interactive as it can be perceived differently according to the space it is in and the changing light. It is very reminiscent of natural processes, as the artist says that her art "tries to mimic the ways of nature"; but at the same time it is made of a non natural material, which provokes an interesting dialogue.
Hydrangeas and Swallow
I saw this woodblock print by Hokusai (from an ink and color on paper illustration) at the MFA during the Hokusai exhibition. This piece from 1833 struck me as my favorite among all the artworks that were displayed, so I decided to share it here. It's still part of the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, as was all the content of this exhibitions, but it is not currently on display.
Blue Green Yellow Orange Red
This painting by Ellsworth Kelly from 1966 consists of 4 panels of oil on canvas, and belongs to the collection of the Guggenheim museum (review coming soon), although I don't think it's currently on display because I don't remember seeing it when I was there.
Note that Kelly had a reasoning behind his painting of solid colors, which is a composition he started experimenting with in the 1950s. For him, they represent the extracted essence of the objects he was painting. Instead of making a figurative representation, he broke things down to the most basic shapes and colors. These paintings also have a sculptural dimension to them because they have no figurative elements and therefore the focus is on their relationship to each other and to the space they are in.
The MFA has a similar composition (pictured below) from 1968 which actually inspired me to post about this one. In fact, you can see that the sculptural dimension is much more obvious in the second painting because the colors are not only arranged by their order in the spectrum but also by panel size.
Papare Series
This photo set by Gonzalo Fuenmayor was realized in 2014. Chandeliers were hung to banana plantations, lit, and photographed at night. The concept behind these piece of art follows from earlier works by the artist, examining ideas of identities and colonial history. Here, these ideas are taken even further as Fuenmayor combines the banana plantations, which are associated to a violent history; and the chandeliers as a symbol of luxury and opulence to study how decoration can mask ugly circumstances.
Again, these photographs are a social and historical study of colonial Latin America. They are based on the idea of contrast and harmony, and how opposing concepts can interact and complete each other. You can look at the rest of the set over here or see Fuenmayor's exhibition at the MFA.
Thistle Window
This stained glass window comes from the James A. Patten house in Evanston, Illinois; which was designed in 1901 by architect George Maher. It was originally in the Great Room, next to the fireplace, and it forms part of a group of three identical windows. The one pictured is exhibited at the MFA Boston and the other two are in the Met Museum and the Huntington Library.
This example is the only one I have seen in real life and I really appreciated to see it exhibited on a real window. Way too often, stained glass in museums is exhibited on an opaque wall which really doesn't render the effects of light on the colors properly. That's also why I chose to use my own picture here rather than the one on any of the websites that have one of the windows; but if you want to see it more in details you can just look up "Thistle Window" on the MFA's website.
PS: I know this isn't conventionally an archaeological object but I'm posting it in the archaeology gallery by elimination. And also because I don't want to open an architecture gallery because it's not really my thing and it wouldn't be very rich.
Orchids and Hummingbird
This stunning oil on canvas by Martin Johnson Heade is on view at the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston). It was executed between 1875 and 1883, and is part of a series of paintings pairing hummingbirds and orchids or passion flowers. The hummingbird was one of Heade's preferred subjects, and they are almost part f his artistic signature. This style of realistic exotic landscapes allowed him to stand out among his contemporaries and are what make of Heade such a unique artist. I discovered him while visiting the MFA, but his works are distributed among several museums around the world, and I will definitely post some more as he is one of my favorite painters.
Ibis Figurine
I saw this cute Ibis figurine on display when I visited the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Don't let the picture fool you, it is actually only 3cm tall. This figurine is made of gold and two different tones of blue copper enamels. It dates back to the 4th century B.C.E (during the Ptolemaic period), and may come from Alexandria.
The Ibis was an important symbol in Ancient Egypt; as it was one of the forms that the god Thot took, and the hieroglyph that represented him. Thot was the god of learning, knowlege, culture, and the arts. There are many known depictions of ibises as well as some mummies all over Egypt, going as far back as the Middle Kingdom.
Lime Green Icicle Tower
This incredible sculpture is a blown glass and steel installation made in 2011 by American artist Dale Chihuly. It is currently exhibited in the Shapiro courtyard at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston (check out my review here). This piece is over 12m tall, you can compare it to the size of the people in the picture, and it looks like a huge pile of leaves. I think it looks great where it is exhibited, it's so eye-catching but without being imposing. Stay tuned for more work by Chihuly because I'm a great fan of his art and I find it incredibly impressive.
Blue, White, Green
This artwork is a series of 35 oil paintings on canvas by American artist Ralph Coburn, dating to 1950 (approximately). The pieces are actually meant to be placed in any order and there are no specific instructions as to how they should be exhibited. I like the current display at the MFA, and the symmetry and regularity it gives off. However, this work is interesting because it allows for this versatility and different readings even though it is essentially linear. A different disposition would generate a totally different reaction and I think this is mainly what makes a work of art powerful.


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Bitzer the sheepdog is looking, well, sheepish. Not only is Top Dog, his sniggering rival, flaunting the latest eHerder device, now Bitzer cant find his flock! Even if a madcap chase with Shaun uncovers their woolly friends amid a frenzy of cotton candy, fortune-tellers booths, acrobat tents, and clown cars, can they all make it back to the sheep-herding contest in timeand figure out how to wow the judges?


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Photography Classes in Encino NM
Interested in learning about photography in Encino NM? Whether you are a hobbyist, professional, or beginner, the best approach to improving your photography skills is through hands-on classes with knowledgeable instructors.
New Mexico features many recognized and accredited photography schools. Techniques taught in photography classes include lighting, exposure and composition, posing and unposing, portrait capture, and other photography fundamentals. Becoming an accomplished photographer can result in a lifelong hobby or a booming professional career.
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Writing globally accepted ethics policies is a challenging task for any business. Varying in culture, ethics, laws and employee expectations, no country conducts business in the exact same way. At United Parcel Service (UPS), the global presence of the company meant establishing international standards for all of the company's employees. The successful integration of the UPS code of conduct into global operations demonstrates how understanding cultural differences and employee needs helps management develop policies that are easily understood by all- regardless of the country the employee operates out of.
International Code of Conduct
In a press release on the company's website, former Chairman and CEO of UPS, Mike Eskew states:
"We care as much about how we get results as we do about getting the results. Getting results at the cost of violations of laws or through unscrupulous dealings do more than violate our standards – they challenge our ability to grow our business and undermine our reputation."
UPS offers employees the opportunity to suggest changes or "better wording" of sections in the company code of conduct. The code includes a form employees can fill out with the section number they wish to see changed, suggested wording to be used, comments/ reasoning for the change and the instructions regarding where to send the completed form. In 2009, UPS included a human rights statement in the company code of conduct. In the code of conduct they write, "as a global company, UPS recognizes that it plays a role in acknowledging basic human rights in accordance with our high standards for the treatment of our people."
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In the beginning, when UPS developed their first international code of business conduct, they had a lot of work to do. Their team held focus groups at a number of global offices to create a relatable and easy to understand code. Benchmarking was also used in order to compare the code with those developed by other companies known as international ethics leaders. In the Ethikos article, "United Parcel Service Translates and Transports an Ethics Code Overseas," written by Andrew W. Singer, he writes:
"The US code of conduct became the centerpiece of employee focus group sessions that were conducted around the world—16 in Europe, 10 in Asia, 4 in Canada, and 5 in the Americas. What did employees like about the code? What did they not like? In the course of these sessions, training gaps were revealed. An Irish employee, for example, asked, "What is the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act?" (Even though it is a U.S. statute, the FCPA applies to UPS's foreign employees.) Above all they found that employees wanted the code translated into their own language.
Focus group sessions revealed some problems with the company hotline, initially called the 'Conduct-line.' In Asia they discovered: 'It's not something we would do,' that is, report on another employee. 'That would be like taking someone's life.' There was also resistance in other places, like Germany, where totalitarian memories (e.g., neighbors encouraged to 'report' on neighbors) were still alive. The 'Conduct-line' name was a problem, the foreign employees suggested. If it were renamed the 'Help-line,' overseas employees might be more inclined to use it. The latter suggests guidance. 'Conduct-line,' by contrast, suggests 'snitching' on somebody."
Today, the UPS Code of Business Conduct is available in 12 languages to employees around the world. The UPS Help Line is available in significantly more languages to provide guidance to all employees 24/7. As mentioned above in the excerpt from the Ethikos article, UPS went beyond simply translating the US version of the code. The company's compliance department took the time to meet with employees from a variety of positions and countries within the company in order to create policies that, when translated, remained meaningful and related to local norms.
Code of Conduct Training
UPS outlines the training process managers and other employees are required to complete upon entering the company, as well as refresher courses for managers remaining with the company. As stated on the company's website, the training process includes:
– UPS managers must complete Business Conduct and Compliance training sessions upon becoming a member of the management team.
– A refresher course must be completed by all managers every two years.
– Within 90 days of hire or promotion, employees must also complete additional job related training sessions, including:
- Anti-Corruption
- Antitrust
- Insider Trading
- Information Use and Security Compliance
- Government Contracts
- Canada Employee Privacy
- Business Conduct and Compliance Program
- Records Management


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Last August, CU journalism school dean Paul Voakes insisted that reports about the impending death of the J-school were hysterical and premature. Not anymore. Yesterday, at the urging of CU prez Bruce Benson, regents voted for a shutdown by a 5-4 vote -- one closer than anticipated, but no less conclusive. This edict will be effective June 30 -- the same day Voakes's resignation, announced last November, becomes official.
CU officials insist that their implementation of what they're referring to as a "Journalism-plus" program -- nice spin, guys -- shouldn't be interpreted as a dismissal of the vocation's importance or relevance. However, students will no longer be able to get a journalism degree unless they double major.
This shift won't upset Westword alum Jared Jacang Maher, a former CU student who responded to the prospect of the journalism school going away by declaring, "Good riddance." But it upset plenty of other folks, including regents Joe Neguse, Monisha Merchant and Sue Sharkey, who issued an open letter explaining the reason they turned their thumbs down, and the Society of Professional Journalist's Colorado branch. Check out their arguments below.
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The regents this afternoon voted 5-4 to close the school, effective June 30.
We chose not to support the recommendation from President Benson, because we felt strongly that a formal "program discontinuance" or structural change was not required to meet the changing dynamics of the journalism profession.
According to the School's website, journalism instruction has existed on the Boulder campus for over 100 years, beginning in 1908. In 1962, decades before many of its countless future students were born, the Board of Regents authorized the creation of the School of Journalism.
For 49 years-nearly half a century-the School has provided a quality and first-rate education to generations of journalists across the State of Colorado and our great Nation. Simply put, it has stood the test of time, and though it may be ripe for improvement, closing the School itself for "strategic alignment" purposes was undoubtedly a drastic option.
Discontinuing an academic program of the School's stature is a serious matter. We laud the efforts of Chancellor DiStefano and the volunteers who served on the Journalism Task Force. The open meetings provided an opportunity for the public to express their diverse viewpoints on what they expect from the field of journalism. However, after careful deliberation, we concluded that while the School has room for improvement, it should not be closed.
Make no mistake, "discontinuance" means closure. The Board of Regents was not being asked to authorize a new school that would presumably "align" journalism education with other important disciplines. We were not being asked to create a new "School of Information, Communication, and Media Technology" as described by Provost Moore's ICT committee, nor were we being asked to effectuate the recommendation of the Journalism School's Advisory Board to consolidate the School's curriculum with ATLAS as a "College of News, Information, and Technology." Both proposals were good ones-and had they been before the Board of Regents, perhaps we'd have voted differently.
Unfortunately, they were not. We were instead asked to close the School. As a result of today's vote, the journalism program will no longer be a stand-alone school, but rather, will be housed in the Graduate School on an impermanent basis for an unknown period of time. Thus, the future of CU-Boulder's journalism education, beyond the President's promise that it will continue, is unclear. We commend Chancellor DiStefano, Provost Moore, and the advisory committee for their hard work and commitment to an open, transparent process. However, we simply could not support a road-map that does not tell us (or the students at CU) where we're all going.
Many cited other reasons to close the School of Journalism beyond so-called "strategic realignment." For example, we were told that journalism education should be more practical and involve more experienced professionals in the journalism world. Yet the School's website reveals more than 30 adjunct professors, including editors, reporters, and photographers at some of the Nation's leading publications. Likewise, some told us that journalism education needs to be more rigorous. Hence, the proposed Journalism Plus program will now require students to obtain a dual degree in another field. Whether the idea made sense or not, there is little doubt that few other degrees on the Boulder campus have such a requirement. And while requiring a dual degree and increasing the credit hour requirement were ideas worth pursuing, they were not reason enough to completely shut down the School of Journalism.
In short, we agreed that increasing the credit hour requirement would make the journalism education a more rigorous one. We agreed that requiring students to obtain a dual degree in another major would do the same.
What we did not understand, however, is why we needed to close the School of Journalism to do so.
And for that reason, we voted no.
CU Regent Joe Neguse (2nd Congressional District)
CU Regent Monisha Merchant (7th Congressional District)
CU Regent Sue Sharkey (4th Congressional District)
Society of Professional Journalists Colorado release:
The board of the Colorado Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists responded with disappointment in the University of Colorado Board of Regents' 5-4 vote today to close the university's School of Journalism and Mass Communications. The board previously urged the university to consider strengthening its journalism program, rather than discontinuing it.
"Our position has been that university officials need to ensure their commitment to teaching the basics of reporting, photography and storytelling," said SPJ Colorado President Cara DeGette. "Today we reiterate: The need has never been greater for a vibrant and vigilant press. As journalism programs evolve with new delivery methods and online and other technologies, it's critical that they continue to emphasize reporting skills and ethical standards. The principles of fairness and objectivity, and the journalist's role as a watchdog of government and industry, remain integral to a well-informed electorate and a thriving democracy."
The Society of Professional Journalists is the oldest organization in the nation designed to protect and support journalists and their roles advancing the First Amendment, serving as watchdogs over government and business, and championing justice.
The School of Journalism and Mass Communications at CU has roots dating back 101 years and has turned out some of the best and brightest journalists in the country. It is currently one of 113 in the nation that holds an accredited journalism program. That accreditation is in jeopardy with the current plan to make journalism only a minor, or to be coupled with another degree.
As stated on the School of Journalism's own website: "The importance of the media and their messages is growing at an unprecedented rate."
"Journalists often are the only watchdog at all levels of government to guarantee that the public's business is done in public," said Doug Bell, an SPJ Colorado board member. "Now more than ever we need journalism graduates who are well-schooled in open meetings and open records laws to ensure that citizens have continued access to the people who make decisions that affect their lives."
Noted board secretary Dennis Huspeni, a CU J-school graduate: "I'm saddened that future CU students will not have an opportunity to earn a journalism degree from this institution of higher learning. That degree on my resume has gotten me jobs at several Colorado newspapers and opened the door of opportunity to sustain a 21-year career as a working journalist."
The board urges citizens to let their voices be heard about the regents' decision. A link to their contact information is here: www.cu.edu/regents/RgntsPUB0101.html.
To urge the CU administration to encourage university programs to remain highly committed to teaching the basic tenets of reporting and storytelling, contact them here: www.colorado.edu/administration.
More from our Media archive: "Campus Press Documents, Part 2: The Voakes Report."


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This article was originally published at goodmenproject.com and tommyraskin.org.
We need to fix the game of manhood.
Our society's exclusive image of the 'real man' leaves us with a disgruntled majority of boys who view the coveted prizes of masculinity as out of reach. Although most boys are bound to feel painfully inferior at one point or another, our game is particularly skewed against certain boys, like those with physical, developmental, and mental disabilities.
Young disabled men often begin to feel distanced from manhood when the social emphasis on gender kicks in during adolescence. Boys are frequently taught that athleticism belongs to the able-bodied and that sexual attractiveness, portrayed in everything from clothing catalogues to violent, misogynistic pornography, too belongs to aggressive, physically dominant, able-bodied men. "Charm" also tends to follow able-bodied guys without psychological abnormalities, those whose looks, interests and proclivities are considered "normal."
And we double down on this arrangement, first, by blindly prizing assimilation, and then "integration," as the antidotes to disabled boys' hardships. Even when our boys don't like sports and suck at them, we urge them to go out for the baseball team. We tell them to change their cinematic, musical, and literary interests simply to fit in. When that doesn't work, educators try forcing friendships between able-bodied and disabled students, which ultimately doesn't work either.
That's only half of our failed approach though. Without offering our boys long-term opportunities to cultivate the interests and talents that can give them real self-confidence as young men, we simply send them off to counselors and therapists to be told that they "don't have to be like other boys." It's a valuable message but an incomplete one nonetheless.
For years, as both a student and co-teacher, I cringed at many disabled (and otherwise excluded) boys' affected efforts to fit in socially. Indignant about their inability to measure up to their ingrained conceptions of manhood, these boys would, for example, act like chauvinistic players. On one occasion, a camp friend of mine put on his 'man face' and broadcasted to a large group of guys that he likes to "use and lose" women, even though, in reality, he had never kissed a girl. Clearly, after numerous rejections, he was searing with resentment and, in a last-ditch effort to prove his manliness to himself and other boys, veiled his insecurity with ugly chauvinism.
Such affectations of masculinity were not always girl-oriented though. I remember one of my middle school students, a so-called "nerd" with a developmental disability, striking up a conversation about the NFL with some peers during recess. After five minutes, the other boys laughed him off when it became clear that this young man had no idea what he was discussing.
Alas, when other outcast boys pulled this kind of stunt, by acting up in class or pretending to love typical 'boy things,' they were usually called out for "trying too hard" or "being annoying." Sometimes, their parents—usually their fathers—would push them to participate in stereotypical "male" activities, like videogames and roughhousing. But no matter how persistently these boys tried to be "real" guys, they usually couldn't rid themselves of that fundamental differentness, that less-than-boyishness, that disabled-ness in the eyes of the boys who they were trying to impress.
Conscientious teachers would pick up on this social ostracism and, with the best of intentions, try to integrate ostracized students into groups of able-bodied, gleeful, popular kids. They would concoct project workgroups and assign class seats with the obvious purpose of bringing together students from different social circles. In grade school, they would encourage popular kids to hang out with unpopular kids during recess. Content with simply having done something, the teachers would then wash their hands of this unsettling business and declare: "Job well done!"
Sadly, they missed the mark entirely.
John Calmore's critical understanding of racially integrative housing reforms in recent decades provides the necessary framework for understanding ability-based integration in school: "the 'integration imperative' legitimates the emphasis on desegregation rather than on simple nonsegregation and free choice as to where to live," and, in this case, where and with whom to play and study. As a co-teacher, I wanted students of all abilities to be in the same classes, but I didn't think that kids of different social groups should be forced to sit near each other, work together or play together, especially when these integrative arrangements left disabled students feeling even more isolated than before.
When teachers entirely re-configured classes in this way, disabled students were often separated from the couple friends they had and were forced to work with peers who detested these teacher-imposed social structures as much as they did. Usually, the less popular students were less confident, and their dissatisfaction was only made worse when they were forced into intimate situations with other students who seemed unenthusiastic about working with them. As a result, students in different social circles constantly complained that yearlong workgroups took them away from their friends.
At the end of it all, many disabled boys were, and still are, directed to a counselor or teacher to talk through their social difficulties. Having that adult backup is certainly helpful, but it isn't enough for most boys. Right after putting them in social situations in which they are forced to worry about what others think of them, we, in a bizarre reversal of course, tell our boys with physical and psychological abnormalities that they actually shouldn't worry about what others think of them, that the kids who don't give them the time of day "aren't worth it anyway," and that if they simply maintain a positive attitude, everything will be OK.
Unfortunately, after all of the mixed messages, feel-good therapy sessions and naive integrative measures, many boys with disabilities aren't OK. In fact, a lot of them are hurting pretty badly. The physically disabled are often troubled by the fear of their physical limitations in an able-bodied society, children with learning disabilities are still "more likely to have negative perceptions of the self, their environment and the future," young men with intellectual disabilities are at an increased risk of depression, and children with severe disabilities are prone to display "irritability, anger or screaming, self-injurious and aggressive behavior."
Young men with disabilities neither are nor should be convinced that they can be happy without social lives and fulfilling hobbies. I have found that if there is anything in the flawed model of masculinity that we ought to keep—and are anyway forced to keep—it's the natural human longing for confidence, love, and enjoyable work (as Freud taught us). Guys don't need to play COD, hang out with the cool kids, look like movie stars, have vision, be neurotypical, or be able to walk in order to be "real men," but we all need passions, for passions give us the productive energies that make us attractive to ourselves and others.
Our emphasis, then, has to move away from the broken assimilation-integration paradigm. No boy has actually ever boosted his self-esteem by taking on false interests and false credentials in order to fit the "man" mold, and the top-down friendship model has rarely worked. If we are serious about giving disabled students equally gratifying social lives, then we should stop forcing them into uncomfortable situations and instead focus on giving them opportunities to self-actualize among those with similar interests.
Educators can spur this process by establishing in-school outlets for isolated children to pursue their goals. For example, when a teacher discovers that a shy, excluded student is a budding musician, the teacher should give him music-oriented assignments that can help cultivate his abilities. If no such opportunity exists in the classroom, the teacher should refer him to an extracurricular musical band. Ideally, the boy would eventually gain enough confidence to present his work to the class and discuss it with his peers openly and confidently. The social integration would thus come after the boy has achieved the self-esteem associated with meeting a personal goal.
Guardians should also resist the temptation to force their boys to participate in activities simply because the activities are typically male. Eventually, the dissonance between the boys' true interests and his parents' interests will surface, and the boys will only be further destabilized. Guardians, like teachers, should instead encourage boys to pursue their true passions.
As for the rest of us, let's remember that a man need not look or think a certain way to retain his masculinity, that if he finds purpose and esteem in a less-than-expected lifestyle for a guy in the 21st century, he nonetheless deserves our support and validation as an ever-elusive 'real man.'


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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Summer Hiatus
Welcome back, me! Summer hiatus is ending and The Angst Report is coming back bigger and better than ever. Much has happened in the past three months including the new Angst ridden show Pretty Little Liars, the summer seasons of Rescue Me and Friday Night Lights, True Blood bloodying up my Sunday nights and the recent return of Weeds. Expect some awesome posts coming up discussing all these shows as well as King of Angst Aaron Paul's well deserved Emmy win, and the return of my new favorite show Sons of Anarchy premiering on September 7th. Get ready! T.V. is coming back and so am I!
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