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CURT Group, a subsidiary of Lippert Components, Inc., is a leading sales, marketing, engineering and distribution company of towing products and truck accessories for all types of vehicles, from passenger cars to commercial trucks. The CURT Group family of brands includes CURT, ARIES, LUVERNE, RETRAC and UWS.
We are a team of more than 1,000 associates world-wide, with manufacturing plants in Wisconsin, South Dakota and Florida, and 11 regional warehouses across the United States and Canada.
We stand for EXCELLENCE in our products and our associates. We aspire to be the industry LEADER by recognizing that the customer is KING and our associates are our greatest ASSET.
CURT offers a complete line of towing products and is a leading manufacturer of USA-made custom-fit trailer hitches. We offer the broadest selection of custom-fit receiver hitches for nearly every vehicle on the road today. We also offer gooseneck, 5th wheel and weight distribution hitches, as well as electrical components, ball mounts, trailer balls, cargo carriers, bike racks and other towing accessories. For everything from passenger cars and vans to full-size pickups and SUVs, CURT is 'The First Name in Towing Products.'
ARIES is a fast-paced marketer and innovator of truck, Jeep, SUV and CUV accessories. From automotive enthusiasts to professional builders, our products are built for the champions of individualism, innovation and attitude. We offer the perfect combination of unique style and durable construction, specializing in custom-fit grille guards, bull bars, side bars and running boards, as well as Jeep Wrangler accessories. ARIES products are made vehicle-specific for a custom fit, and they are available for a wide variety of makes and models sold in North America.
LUVERNE has been manufacturing quality automotive accessories in the United States since 1963. Our brand is nationally known and respected. We offer a broad base of quality, functional aftermarket accessories for pickup trucks, commercial vans and SUVs. We specialize in American-made grille guards, running boards and side steps, and our products are primarily made from high-quality stainless steel, aluminum and mild steel.


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It's like "Wrong Turn" in reverse.
The crew finally throws down on Rob Zombie's Halloween. Let the deluge of hate mail begin!
This week's episode starts with a discussion of the merits of the Aussie cannibal flick "Dying Breed," and ends with a debate about which one of us is most American.
This week we take a trip to the "Frontier(s)", and wish we'd stayed "Inside" instead.

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I am glad to be back painting nudes and today was the first day that our local session started up again after about 2 months. That's a long time for me to not being doing any nudes! Here are 3 from the same 45 minute pose.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
Biba style portrait of Lila- watercolor portrait by Gretchen Kelly
|12"x16" watercolor - SOLD to a collector in CO.
It seems that every year at this time I start doing portraits. I take a break from doing nudes, I start doing landscapes and then I feel like getting back to the human body. I started day dreaming about stylized portraiture. I am having a renewed interest in retro looks circa early 1970's which are stylized versions of the 1920's flapper looks. There's something so romantic and beautiful and dreamy about this "Biba" style with the dark eyeshadow and thin eyebrows and pale skin.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
One Minute Pose XCII.1-7 watercolor sketches by Gretchen Kely
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Louisa Morris
- Coordinator - Alumni Relations and Events, All KSA Section
203 Knowlton Hall
Louisa Morris coordinates outreach to school alumni and donors, and manages all school-wide events. She is a member of the school's Advancement Team and works closely with the Executive Committee and Director of Development in support of school fundraising and stewardship initiatives. Louisa is also the school's liaison to the Knowlton School Alumni Society and The Ohio State University Alumni Association. As a member of the staff Communications and Outreach Team, Louisa is responsible for developing alumni and donor content for the school website, social media outlets and both digital and print publications.


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Gender neutral housing (GNH) was introduced to Ohio University in the fall of 2011. Since its debut, the specialized housing has been cut in half.
GNH was developed to provide a living space where two students regardless of sex, sexual orientation, gender or gender expression can live in the same room.
Initially GNH could accommodate 50 students. In the fall, the size was cut in half, allegedly due to the large size of the incoming freshman class and lack of full capacity of gender neutral students. Located on South Green, aka "Dirty South," in Smith House, GNH now occupies only half of the third floor.
Smith House is located in one of the farthest south buildings on South Green. The location is relatively secluded from campus academic buildings.
Delfin Bautista, director of the LGBT Center, sees the issue of such an isolated location. "To put a group of people who are marginalized in society in a marginalized space is sort of a double whammy," Delfin said.
Amanda Hobson is residential coordinator of Smith House. She said the building's mod-style arrangement was the most appropriate fit for the students.
"The area in which GNH is housed was chosen based on student input and the types of spaces students wanted to live in," she said.
As renovations spread to South Green, the question arises: Where will GNH move? As of right now the question remains as no determinations have been made regarding GNH and its place on the Master Housing Plan.
"GNH will continue, as both the institution and the department have committed to this endeavor, but the final plans for its locations have not been made," Hobson said.
The pending location of GNH with renovations in motion may rely on numbers. In years past, demand for GNH has been low.
Bautista indicates that numbers have been the biggest problem for GNH. The lack of numbers may stem from lack of advertisement.
"It wasn't really widely advertised. It definitely took some seeking out," said LGBT member, junior Kallen Justice. "I had to dig, and I think that's a big problem. You can't sign up for something that you don't know about."
Kallen lived in GNH her sophomore year. "It was really pleasant. It was really nice to be surrounded by people who understood gender is more than just a binary," she said.
Kallen expressed that there was a stronger sense of community in GNH in comparison to coed dorms. "We weren't necessarily the same people, but we all had that same understanding."
Senior LGBT member Jesper Beckholt noted their experience in GNH as friendly, harassment free and safe. "It was really, really positive," Beckholt said.
"I would hope it's something the university readily puts forward, especially for freshman," Beckholt said.
Bautista hopes the university sees the value in the specialized housing. "It's benefited many different groups, although the intention was to support trans and gender-variant folk, some of the impact has been outside of that community."
Ohio University is one of only 55 universities nationwide to offer gender neutral housing.
"I think it's an indication that the university is practicing what it preaches," Bautista said. "The university in its mission statement and its values talks a lot about community and supporting diversity and inclusivity – well here is a physical manifestation of that commitment."


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The Victoria Symphony's 10th Annual New Music Festival Puts New Spin on Favorites From Many Genres
Victoria, BC – April 13, 2016
VS Orchestra Members Terence Tam, Victoria Lindsay, and Tzenka Dianova take the stage under the baton of Maestra Tania Miller in the finale concert of the Victoria Symphony's 2016 New Music Festival on April 23.
Designed to showcase the ever-changing nature of orchestral music, the 10th annual New Music Festival presents a riveting selection of powerful and innovative works exploring the ways in which music reflects themes of current social media and communication. The New Music Festival, programmed by Victoria Symphony Composer-in-Residence Jared Miller, features work from both emerging and established Canadian and International composers performed by beloved local arts groups and the musicians of the Victoria Symphony.
The festival opens with a unique performance by UVic's Sonic Lab Ensemble on April 15, followed by a recital featuring internationally renowned harpsichordist Colin Tilney in "Then and Now", a fascinating exploration of the continuing evolutions of harpsichord repertoire on April 20. A performance of "New Guitars" at the Open Space Gallery on April 22 presents another opportunity for community engagement in a unique venue.
To conclude the festival, the Victoria Symphony will present an innovative and colorful concert at the Alix Goolden performance Hall on April 23. Featuring composers including Eugene Astapov, Christopher Mayo, Brett Dean, Nicole Lizée, and Alfred Schnittke, the concert delves into the art of inspiration, creation, and music making as witnessed through the lens of social media. Including throwbacks to Bach's famous concertos and the musical The Sound of Music, this interweaving of past and present provides a unique and intimate look at social "media" in all its forms.
Friday, April 15, 8pm – University of Victoria Sonic Lab
Phillip T. Young Recital Hall
Ajtony Csaba, conductor
Wednesday, April 20, 8pm – Then and Now: Colin Tilney in Recital
Oak Bay United Church
Friday, April 22, 8pm – New Guitars
Open Space
Saturday, April 23, 8pm – Victoria Symphony
Alix Goolden Performance Hall
Tania Miller, conductor Terence Tam & Victoria Lindsay, violin Tzenka Dianova, piano & harpsichord
Concerts $20 each
Festival Pass $25 each
UVic Sonic Lab by donation


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CENTRAL FLORIDA CRITTER OF THE DAY: Variegated Fritillary Butterfly (Euptoieta claudia)
Had to chase this infrequent visitor to catch even a blurred photo as it sought nectar from the Bidens alba flowers. I'm hoping that I find some offspring on my Passiflora incarnata which is about 10 feet away.
Larval host: Herbaceous plants and Vinesincluding Purple Passionflower (Passiflora incarnata) and violets (Viola spp.) source: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/uw057
Learn: http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Euptoieta-claudia
Shown on Florida Native Plant: Spanish needles (Bidens alba)
Better photos from past years:
laying eggs on passiflora incarnata in 2012


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It will change everything. I don't know how it got to this. But now we are at a point where we have to make what feels like an impossible choice. It feels so hard because it will change the course of our lives entirely. It's terrifying.
A week ago our Canadian visas were approved. Our flights are booked for a month from now. One month to move our entire lives to Canada. We don't have the money this time. There's no going back. But if we can't find decent income, a house, an au pair, all the stuff that goes along with settling, we fail. Who knows where we'll end up. The kids get dragged around the world. It's not good, not what we'd hoped for. Even if we do find enough income, we won't save money. Which means we can't buy a house. Which means continued instability. And even if we did eventually save the down payment, we're getting to that age where a 25 year mortgage really isn't viable. We'd be working far beyond normal retirement age. We've left everything so late.
I actually have regrets. I really can't believe I do but it's true. It's so counterproductive to have regrets too. I need a fresh start, drop all that past and just begin afresh now.
So then we stay. We build up more savings until we have a decent ten percent deposit in 12 months. We find a place in Melbourne. We buy it. We move. We settle. We make it our own, as close to anything we could get in Canada. We stay forever and have a happy, comfortable life, casting aside our discomfort at hot summers and mediocre seasonal traditions because we're comfortable. We don't have to worry much about money. We cruise along and forget all about how much better it might have been as Canadians.
Is this it? If we stay will we never achieve anything else? A Melbourne future used to be my dream for many years. And then I lost it, for the sake of a new and illogical yet idealistic dream. Can we return to the happiness we felt at the prospect of moving to Melbourne five years ago? We need to decide now, tomorrow is the final deadline. I have no answers and neither does Mr Chewbacca. This is so very hard.


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Last month, I showed you how to go from having an idea for a script to determining that script's requirements and writing the pseudocode. This month, I show you how to transform the pseudocode into a script and how to test this script.
You'll be creating the script ShareCapture.bat, which periodically captures share settings. Its output creates another script, RecreateShare.bat, which rebuilds shares if they disappear. Listing 1, page 2, contains a step-by-step explanation of what is occurring in ShareCapture.bat. You can download ShareCapture.bat from the Code Library on the Win32 Scripting Journal Web site at http://www.win32scripting.com. The downloadable version doesn't include the step-by-step explanation because this information would interfere with the script's execution. The Code Library also includes an example of RecreateShare.bat.
Transforming Pseudocode Tasks 1 and 2
After you write the pseudocode, you need to transform it into Windows NT shell scripting code. First, you need to write the code that captures the share information (i.e., pseudocode task 1). To accomplish pseudocode task 1, you use the basic Rmtshare command
Rmtshare \\work1
Next, you need to filter that command's output to remove the lines you don't want (i.e., pseudocode task 2). You must eliminate several lines, so let's begin by removing the lines that contain the administrative shares and the line that says the command completed successfully. To remove these lines, you use the Findstr command with two switches:
| Findstr /l /v "IPC$ ADMIN$ successfully."
In this command, the pipe (|) symbol passes the output of the preceding command (i.e., Rmtshare) to the Findstr command. Findstr then looks for strings in the output that match the strings inside the quotes. You can tell Findstr to search for more than one string; in this case, you're telling Findstr to search for three strings: "IPC$," "ADMIN$," and "successfully." The /l switch tells Findstr to look for these strings as literal text. If you remove the /l switch, some values you want to filter out will remain because the dollar sign is a special character that specifies the end of the line to Findstr. IPC$ and ADMIN$ aren't the last word on the line, so they're not a match unless you use the /l switch to tell Findstr to ignore the special character status and search for a literal match. The /v switch makes Findstr inverse the output—that is, Findstr locates and outputs the lines that don't match the search criteria. Without this switch, Findstr locates and outputs the lines that match the search criteria.
Now that you've filtered out the administrative-share and miscellaneous lines, you need to filter out the default-share lines. You again pipe Rmtshare's output to Findstr with the command
| Findstr /b /i /v /c:"\[A-Z\]\[$\]"
This time, you use several new switches (/b, /i, /c:) because you don't always know what drive letters exist on a given server. The /b switch tells Findstr that the strings it's searching for must be at the beginning of the line. The /i switch makes the search case insensitive. The /c: switch tells Findstr which strings to search for. In this case, Findstr is to search for any member of the set, or class, of characters A through Z (\[A-Z\]) that is followed by a dollar sign (\[$\]). In other words, Findstr is to search for A$, B$, C$, and so on.
The /c: switch allows spaces in the search string. Although this feature doesn't apply to this example, you'll likely find it useful for other scripts you write. For example, if you want to find the string "Fred likes Susan", you need to use the /c: switch. Otherwise, Findstr will locate all the lines that contain "Fred", "likes", or "Susan".
When you put all the Rmtshare and Findstr components together, you obtain the filtered Rmtshare command
Rmtshare \\work1 | Findstr /l /v "IPC$ ADMIN$ successfully." | Findstr /b /i /v /c:"\[A-Z\]\[$\]"'
Figure 1 contains this command's output. (I've numbered the lines in the figures for clarity. These numbers don't appear in the actual results.) As you can see, only lines 5 through 11 contain the information you need. Thus, you still need to filter out the remaining lines. You can use the For command to not only filter out these lines but also capture the share names from lines 5 through 11 and place them into environment variables, or simply variables.
A variable is a scripting feature that lets you store data. You can think of a variable as a data storage container that can hold different data at different times. You use this container to transport data from one part of a script to another.
You use the Set command to assign a value to a variable. For example, to set the value Work1 to the variable named Servername (variable names are case insensitive), you type
Set Servername=work1
To retrieve and use a variable's value, you need to enclose the variable in percent signs (%). For example, to retrieve and display the Work1 value from the Servername variable, you type
Echo %Servername%
The For command has several syntaxes that let you perform different operations. In this case, you want to use the syntax
For /f \[options\] %%var In ('CommandA') Do CommandB
which lets you break apart, or parse, the output of CommandA into pieces, capture only the pieces that meet the criteria you specify in the options, and then perform CommandB for each captured piece.
Step 3 in Listing 1 (which begins on the third line) uses this syntax. To better understand how this For command works, let's dissect each segment. The first segment
For /f "tokens=1 skip=4" %%i In
provides the parsing details. The /f switch specifies that you want to parse the output of the filtered Rmtshare command into pieces, or tokens. By default, the For command uses a space or tab as the delimiter (i.e., the character that marks the beginning or end of a token).
As Figure 1 shows, the lines of output contain a range of token counts. For example, line 5 contains four tokens, whereas line 9 contains seven tokens. (Remember that I added the numbers at the beginning of the lines for clarity. The numbers don't appear in the actual output, so you don't include them in the token count.) In this case, because you're interested only in the share name (i.e., token 1), it doesn't matter if the number of tokens per line isn't consistent.
The code "tokens=1 skip=4" specifies that you want to discard, or skip, the first four lines of output and, starting with line 5, keep token 1. The lack of a delims= option specifies that you want to keep the default delimiter.
The code %%i captures token 1 in an iterator variable. This special type of variable serves as a temporary container for data that you've captured in a For command. Iterator variables exist only within the particular For command you're using them in. Typically, the first iterator variable is named %%i; subsequent iterator variables proceed through the alphabet from that point (e.g., %%j, %%k). Unlike environment variables, iterator variable names are case sensitive. When you use an iterator variable in a script, you use a double percent sign (e.g., %%i). When you use an iterator variable in a command prompt, you use one percent sign (e.g., %i).
The second segment
('Rmtshare \\%Servername% ^| Findstr /l /v "IPC$ ADMIN$ successfully." ^| Findstr /b /i /v /c:"\[A-Z\]\[$\]"')
provides the output that the For command parses. This code is the filtered Rmtshare command with three minor adjustments:
- Previously, you specified, or hard-coded, the server name Work1 in the filtered Rmtshare command. As a result, if you were to use the script for any other server, you would need to change the server name in this command. Constantly changing hard-coded names in scripts can get tedious. Fortunately, you can avoid this situation by using variables instead of hard-coded names in commands. Thus, instead of specifying Rmtshare\\work1, you put Rmtshare \\%Servername%. To let the scripting engine know which server you want, you use the Set command to assign the server's name to the Servername variable.
- The NT shell scripting language has several reserved shell characters (i.e., characters that have a special meaning in the NT system). If you use these characters outside a string (i.e., outside double quotes), you need to flag, or escape, the reserved character by preceding it with the carat symbol (^). Because the pipe symbols in the filtered Rmtshare command are reserved shell characters, you need to precede each one with a carat symbol.
- To tell the For command where the command that provides the output to parse (i.e., the output command) starts and stops, you need to enclose the output command in parentheses and single quote marks. Thus, you need to add the parentheses and single quote marks to the filtered Rmtshare command.
The final segment
Do (Set Share=%%i) & (Call :SECONDTRY)
tells the For command to carry out two commands for each token it captures. The ampersand (&) between the two commands tells the For command to perform the commands in the order given. First, the For command assigns the share name in %%i to the variable called Share. Then, the For command sends the scripting engine to another part of the script labeled :SECONDTRY.
Within an NT shell script, the scripting engine typically starts at the top of a script and systematically works its way down each line of code. However, you can change this flow with the Call and Goto commands. The Call command tells the scripting engine to go from the current location (point A) to another part of the script (point B), perform the tasks that the code at point B specifies, and then return to point A. In contrast, the Goto command tells the scripting engine to go from point A to point B and then perform point B's tasks—the scripting engine doesn't return to point A when it's finished with those tasks.
To specify where point B is, you use a label, which is a string prefaced by a colon (e.g., :SECONDTRY). You place this label in two spots: after the Call or Goto command and before the code at point B.
Transforming Pseudocode Tasks 3 and 4
Now that you've run the initial Rmtshare command and filtered its output to capture the share names, you need to obtain the share's remarks and absolute paths (pseudocode task 3) and output all the share information to RecreateShare.bat (pseudocode task 4). The :SECONDTRY procedure in steps 7 through 10 in Listing 1 performs these remaining tasks.
As step 8 shows, the :SECONDTRY procedure begins with a For command that iterates through the output of a second Rmtshare command that captures then filters the details of a specific share. In this Rmtshare command, the segment
Rmtshare \\%Servername%\%Share%
is the same command that you used in the planning stage to capture the WorkingDir share's absolute path, except this time you're using %Servername% and %Share% instead of the server name and share name.
Rmtshare returns the specified share's details, which will look like the output in Figure 2. You use the Findstr command to search this output for the line that contains the literal string "Remark" and the For command to parse that line. The code "tokens=1,*" %%i tells the For command to assign token 1 to %%i and to assign all the remaining tokens in that line (which is what the asterisk specifies) to %%j. (Rmtshare can capture up to 34 characters, including spaces.) As a result, %%i contains the word Remark and %%j contains the description (e.g., working dir share). Because you want to capture only the description, you use the Set command to assign %%j to %Remark% but don't do anything with %%i.
In some cases, the share details might include the word Remark but not a description. Thus, you need to test whether %Remark% is empty with the If command, which conditionally executes code. Like the For command, the If command has several syntax versions. You need to use the version that tests for equality. This version has the syntax
If str1
str2 CommandA
where str1 and str2 are the strings you're testing for equality, which the double equal signs () specifies. CommandA is the code that the If command executes if str1 and str2 are equal. (This NT shell scripting command is equivalent to VBScript's If...Then...Else statement.)
In step 9 in Listing 1, the If command
If "%Remark%"==""
tests to see whether the string that %Remark% contains is equal to an empty string, which the empty set of double quotes ("") specifies. If the strings are equal (i.e., %Remark% is empty), the For command in step 9 executes. If the strings aren't equal (i.e., %Remark% isn't empty), the For command in step 10 executes. Here's what happens in each case.
%Remark% is empty. Similar to the For command in step 8, the For command in step 9 executes Rmtshare to obtain and then filter the share details. However, this time the For command keeps the line containing the string "Path" and assigns token 2 in that line to %%i. As Figure 2 shows, token 2 contains the share's absolute path (c:\Collaboration\TeamA\WorkingDir).
The For command then executes the Echo and Goto commands. You use Echo to generate, or echo, output to either a console window or to a file you specify with the redirection symbol (>>). In this case, you're echoing the text Rmtshare \\, the value in %Servername% followed by a backslash, the value in %Share% followed by an equals sign, the value in %%i, and the text /unlimited switch to RecreateShare.bat. So, for example, the completed line of code in RecreateShare.bat for the C-Drive share is
Rmtshare \\work1\C-Drive=C:\ /unlimited
The inclusion of Rmtshare's /unlimited switch means the rebuilt C-Drive share will have an unlimited number of users.
After echoing the output to RecreateShare.bat, the For command executes the Goto command. This command sends the flow to the procedure labeled :LAST.
%Remark% isn't empty. The For command in step 10 is the same as the one in step 9, except for the addition of the code /remark:"%Remark: =%". This code causes Echo to include the text /remark: followed by the %Remark% variable's value enclosed in double quotes. (Rmtshare requires that you surround any remarks containing spaces with double quotes.) Thus, for example, the completed line of code in RecreateShare.bat for the Sales share is
Rmtshare \\work1\Sales=C:\Sales /unlimited /remark:"Sales and Marketing Team Folder"
The addition of the colon, two spaces, and equals sign in the "%Remark: =%" code tells Echo to remove any pairs of extra spaces between the text /remark: and the quoted value. If you have more than one extra space, RecreateShare.bat might encounter an error when trying to execute that line of code.
After the For command in step 10 executes, the script proceeds to the :LAST procedure. This procedure uses the code Goto :EOF to take the flow back to where you called the :SECONDTRY procedure in step 3. (:EOF is a preset NT shell label for End Of File.) The For command in step 8 then selects the next share and the process repeats until there are no more shares left to loop through.
Running the Scripts
ShareCapture.bat doesn't support share names or paths that include spaces. In addition, because I wanted to keep this script simple, ShareCapture.bat doesn't deal with share permissions. (If you want to capture share permissions, you can add additional loops with the For command.)
To test ShareCapture.bat and RecreateShare.bat, follow these steps:
- Create several shares on your test server, if you haven't done so already. Include remarks for some of the shares. If you want to keep track of the share names, paths, and remarks you enter, you can create a spreadsheet containing this information.
- In ShareCapture.bat, modify the path and filename of RecreateShare .bat, if necessary.
- At the command prompt, run ShareCapture.bat by typing
ShareCapture.bat Servername
where Servername is the name of the server on which you're running the script.
- Review the output in RecreateShare.bat to make sure the results match the information you entered in the spreadsheet.
- Delete all the shares you created.
- At the command prompt, run RecreateShare.bat by typing
- Verify that RecreateShare.bat correctly rebuilt all the shares.
If both scripts execute successfully during the test, you can run them in production mode. You now have an easy way to rebuild any shares that disappear from your file servers.


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I have had the idea to work on a book for my sister who took her own life.
It has been a few years since it happened and I have amassed most of her diaries and plenty of photos. Quite a few of both have been scanned in to a computer for me to use on this project.
What pushed the idea to the front of my mind recently was publishing my own poetry and realising that the challenge will be in doing justice to my sister rather than getting the work published.
I have started in the only way I could think how. I have set in motion the requesting of a copy of the inquest in to her death. I think that this may give me a grounding into the events surrounding how and why she died. i was unable to attend the inquest when it happened for a number of reasons.
Once I have that document I will go further in detail into the the last few months of her life as best I can through her friends and our family. Once I am prepared the real work will begin.
I just hope that what I come up with as a final document is a lasting memorial fitting enough for the sister and friend I never truly got to know.


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Introducing creepy …
or "The birdy told me where you've been" .
Creepy – A geolocation information aggregator
Well, privacy concerns with regards to information shared across social networking platforms is not something new. At the same time it doesn't get old also. I will spare you the links session, google can fetch all the papers , articles you ll ever need. Location awareness is rolled out not only in platforms created for that reason ( foursquare, gowalla ) but also in facebook ( call me places ), twitter ( location feature(?)) . Moreover as was shown here , almost a year ago, by Johannes B. Ullrich (@johullrich) users tend to ( even unknowingly ) share their location via EXIF tags in the pictures they share with everyone on image hosting services. Then came PleaseRobMe and iCanStalkYou which really helped to made the point clear.
What :
Creepy is a geolocation aggregator. It searches for a users geolocation information that he/she has shared publicly in the social networking platforms that he/she uses. In the version released , twitter, flickr, foursquare (through twitter ) and a list of image hosting services are supported. You feed creepy with the twitter username and/or flickr id of the user and it retrieves all the locations the user has shared. Locations are determined by
- Location information on twitter
- foursquare checkins
- exif tags from pictures uploaded to a number of image hosting services and posted to twitter
- geolocation information from photos posted on Flickr
Locations are presented as a list and are also shown in an embedded map ( courtesy of the awesome osmgpsmap widget) . For each location, the context is also presented ( i.e. the text that the user tweeted ) . Features include automatic caching of discovered information ( retrieved tweets, determined locations ) in order to minimize API calls to twitter and flickr, and a (not so nice) GUI in pygtk.
Why :
Well , I have had the idea since I first read the article by Dr . Ullrich. Then came icanstalkyou and pleaserobme , but it was not exactly what i was thinking about.
Ok, the goal is double. First , to raise awareness . By making the process of retrieving and analyzing all the shared location-specific information that users share , easy and automated , I hope to make clear how easy it is for someone to stalk you, rob you, find out where you ve been and why e.t.c. It's not worth to rewrite how one can defend himself and control the information he is sharing so I ll provide a link to the instructions posted on icanstalkyou about disabling geotagging in smartphones and see here about how to enable/disable the location feature in twitter.
The second goal is to create a tool to add in your social engineering toolbox. The ethics are a bit blurry , so I just want to state that I do not endorse stalking or any other form of use of creepy for malicious purposes . What the app does is to aggregate information already publicly shared . If you find that useful, you' re welcome to use it 🙂
Screenshots :
Here are some screenshots of creepy in use
Where :
You can find creepy on github . I can count on the fact that there are many bugs lurking around, so use the tool , find them, and I'll promise I'll fix them soon enough . Enjoy !
January 15, 2012 at 1:34 am
Creepy looks really cool. I wonder if I can use it to visualize some survey results we've collected based on location data from an opt-in panel of users. Is there a way to load just plain lat/lon/time triplets into the system from a custom data store?
March 30, 2011 at 10:36 pm
March 29, 2012 at 8:10 am


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Soris advanced carefully along the corridor's walls, certain that he would bump into Fulgerus in no time. The views presented earlier by the surveillance cameras had shown him where the intruder was heading to. Any moment and he was about to encounter Bardan's son, whom he didn't know yet. For now, Fulgerus was just another enemy, whose movements gave away a higher level of skills compared to the soldiers he'd fought before.
Soris had his hand on the gun, prepared to shoot in case someone would show up out of a corner. On the corridors, he sometimes had to make his way between stoned guardians or servants. They were all statues. Our palace is unusually decorated today, he thought.
The bracelet buzzed. He was receiving a call. "What is it, Dual?" he asked in a whisper, eyes still vigilant.
"Selunia's been caught!" Dual answered in a panic.
"What?!" The prince stopped in place.
"I mean she's surrounded. She's no escape!"
Soris' eyebrows drew a sharp crease on his forehead. "And you're doing nothing?"
"What can I do?" he sobbed. "They're many. I don't have her powers. I can't fight those giants."
"Shoot them! You don't have to fight them directly. What on earth? Have you lost your mind completely? Can't you think anymore? Go! Go right now! It's an order. And report back!" The conversation was hung up abruptly.
Soris cursed between his teeth, tightening his grip on the gun's handle. What if it was indeed as serious as Dual presented? What if Selunia was truly held captive? Losing her in such a moment was equal to losing the fight.
Soris had one last corridor to pass, one that was swerving to the left. After the corner, a passage of about twenty steps followed, and at its end, a heavy door of old oak was waiting for him. It led to the underground, the place where the prisoners were held captive.
At a stone's throw, before the prince would reach the corner, his black bracelet rang. Dual let him know about Selunia's victory. Soris smiled relieved then lifted an eyebrow. An idea had struck him. He closed the conversation and continued to talk loud, "Good. I'll be right there!"
He started running towards the dungeons, ignoring the fact that his steps were echoing clearly on the stone pavement. After the corner, he continued his run for a little then stopped. The last footstep dissipated in the corridor's cold air. The prince returned stealthily along the wall, his gun pointed at the corner. In this cat-chasing-mouse game, I feel like I'm not the chaser anymore…
As he passed by a door which was of no importance, he pressed its handle and pushed it wide open, a loud creak following. The prince waited, his brown eyes squinting at the silent corner. After a whole minute, he showed up: the masked man who'd jumped over the fence, Fulgerus himself.
Soris pulled the trigger.
Fulgerus lifted his arms, his vambraces shielding him from the storm of laser-bullets. A few of them got through and left some painful cuts. But, instead of taking shelter behind the corner, Bardan's son lunged to the prince. He kicked the boy's gun away then grabbed him by an arm and pulled him close. A real fist fight began between the two experienced warriors.
"So that string must be hit for the spell to be broken?" Soris asked then looked at his watch. "It's been almost half an hour! We must hurry. Selunia, you go outside and distract it. Dual and I are going to shoot from the inside." He prepared his new laser-gun. "If it's hit from multiple directions, I'm sure it won't escape."
Selunia went out immediately. Soris started searching for Dual in the anteroom. He found him lying on the ground passed out, his back leaned against a wall.
"Dual, come on, stop pretending," he said, kicking the guard's foot. "You made me feel so worried when you didn't take my call. Get up!" The prince gave him another gentle kick. "That animal was killed. Now it's time to get rid of the spell. If we just lie there doing nothing, we might have to fight a hundred of those wolves."
These words worked like magic. Dual sprang on his feet. "Sure! Let's shoot that snake!" Meeting the prince's long stare, he mumbled an excuse, "Gosh, there was something strange in the air; it made me fall asleep."
Soris shook his head then went to open a window, beckoning to Dual to do the same, on the opposite side of the anteroom. With a clear view to the skies, both of them prepared their guns and peered to target Vittria's string of beads.
Selunia found it first, so she shot at it several times, failing to hit it. The boys then started their own attack. It didn't take long for their plan to show its efficiency.
Taken by surprise, the string received several laser-bullets, lost its balance, then a little shinning sphere weakened it completely. The energy stored by Selunia inside that globe had covered it completely, weakening its influence over the place.
After this, the three Aridens watched with much interest to see if their action would break the spell. The string started spinning at a great speed, its details melting into a simple circle. A strange wind started blowing, opposed to the direction the string was spinning. The rustle of the leaves murmured a pleasant sound, proving that the spell was broken.
Selunia looked around, feeling the magical breeze brushing through some wisps of hair left untied. "We defeated it!" she rejoiced.
When the snake of crystal had fallen on the pavement, Dual shouted out loud, "You did it, girl! Hooray!"
She turned around to face her comrades, first noticing the prince's smile and then Dual's powerful applause. Soris was a little distracted by the new light on his bracelet. It had been blinking for a whole minute already. It showed that someone was trying to destroy the protection added at the gate of the old castle. Breaking the spell wasn't enough. We have to get them out before they can encounter the inspectors.


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Here's the quilt I made because I wanted to play with my Bloc Loc HST ruler. I love this ruler! (Also, I love chain piecing and HSTs.)
The whole top is made from fabric from a kit for Emily Cier's Chi quilt. I bought it mainly because I wanted the book of patterns, and then I also thought it was cute that some of the shapes looked like shaved ice cones. But when I opened the kit and read the instructions that said to interface the five charm packs of white squares, I knew that wasn't happening!
Inspired by Susan Kephart's random vector quilt, I did a low-tech version by first laying out all of my HST units so that blocks with the same colors weren't too close together. Then I numbered the four orientations that HST units can take (1-4) and used random.org on my phone to choose the unit layouts as I sewed rows together.
I'm all out of order, but trimming the HST units was so fun (I know, I'm a dork!) with the bloc loc ruler. Being able to quickly set the diagonal ridgey bit against the HST seam makes trimming go by much faster!
The quilt ended up pretty big — it used 12 charm packs, so about 79″ x 90″. I gave it to my father-in-law, and I was so happy when he said he liked it because it reminded him of the quilts his grandma used to make! 🙂


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I was happy to meet many colleagues, as well as old and new friends at the national Head Start Conference this past April in San Antonio and at the NAEYC Professional Development Institute last week in Long Beach! I presented workshops about a very important topic... Mental Illness in Young Children.
If you missed it, I will be presenting at the Early Educators Leadership Conference, presented by the Council for Professional Recognition (the CDA Council) (October 08-11) in Atlanta.
I look forward to meeting with you!
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This Baby Elephant Toy will make a great addition to your animal toy collection. It is well made and should hold up well to both indoor and outdoor play. This Baby Elephant toy makes a great gift – give it for birthdays, Christmas presents, or presents for other special occasions.
Baby Elephant toy specs:
Manufacturer: Safari Ltd. 238529
Measures: 3.5" L x 2" H (9 x 5 cm)
Recommended Ages: 3+
Interesting facts about African elephant babies:
Orphaned baby elephants in Kenya in Nairobi National Park have their very own Elephant Nursery to take care and raise them.
Baby elephants actually have to learn from adult elephants how to drink water using their noses.


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PhilPapers is an international, interactive academic database of journal articles for professionals and students in philosophy. It is maintained as a combined project of the Centre for Consciousness at the Australian National University (ANU), Canberra and the Institute of Philosophy in the School of Advanced Study at the University of London. PhilPapers receives financial support from other organizations, including a substantial grant in early 2009 from the Joint Information Systems Committee in the United Kingdom. The archive is praised for its comprehensiveness and organization, and for its regular updates. In addition to archiving papers, the editors engage in surveying academic philosophers. (Description from Wikipedia)
From July 2014 PhilPapers requires that research and teaching institutions offering a BA or higher degree in philosophy subscribe to PhilPapers in order to have the right of access to its index. Previously the site had been completely free to access and was built on contributions from volunteers – who may not now be able to access their own work (although the site remains open to individual users).
In 5 years PhilPapers was built by the work of 1000s of volunteers. They are being rewarded by being hit for sub fees http://t.co/69QksSF5Cu
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The financial case for the change can be found here. The move away from openness here can alternatively be read as a move towards sustainability (and institutional libraries will be able to interact more effectively with the data), but without open licensing of intellectual property there is nothing to stop this content being made subscription only in the long run.


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Seiko Men's SNK805 Seiko 5 Automatic Green Canvas Strap Casual Watch
SNK805K2 Dial Color: Green Features: -Watch.-Style: Casual.-Gender: Men's.-Case: Stainless steel.-Markers: White Arabic numerals and luminous dot hour markers.-Strap: Weave fabric.-Hands: White and luminous hour and minute hands, white and red second hand.-Clasp type: Buckle.-Calendar: Date and day display at 3:00.-Crystal: Hardlex.-Water resistant: 30 meters.-Case diameter: 37 mm. Specifications: -Movement: Malaysia automatic, Caliber 7S26B, 21 jewels. Dimensions: -Case thickness: 12 mm. Collection: -Seiko 5 collection.
The Seiko Men's Automatic Green Dial Green Strap Watch is ready to accompany you on your next outdoor adventure or casual evening on the town. It features a stylish and durable green fabric strap that closes with a traditional buckle. The watch's green dial matches its strap and boasts easy-to-read Arabic hour and minute markers. The dial also features silver-toned hands and a date window at the three o'clock position. Hidden behind this watch's dial is precise 21-jewel automatic movement keeps this watch functioning without a battery: It is powered automatically with the movement of your arm. Other features include a stainless steel case, a mineral crystal window, and water-resistance to 99 feet (30 meters).
This is an automatic mechanical watch. Automatic watches do not operate on batteries; instead, they are powered automatically by the movement of the wearer's arm. If the main spring in your automatic watch is not wound sufficiently, timekeeping may become less accurate. In order to maintain accuracy, wear the watch for 8 hours or more per day, or manually wind the main spring by turning the crown. When not in use, automatic watches may be kept charged with an automatic watch winder – a watch storage unit which may be purchased separately.
Product Features
- Tough and masculine, Seiko's military-inspired timepiece features a green dial nestled in a brushed stainless steel case and anchored by a green cloth weave strap.
- Automatic movement with analog display
- Protective mineral crystal dial window
- Features include precise 21 jewel automatic movement, brushed stainless steel case, day and date function, white hands and Arabic numerals, luminous, white and red sweeping second hand, exhibition case back
- Water resistant to 99 feet (30 M): withstands rain and splashes of water, but not showering or submersion


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A patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a hole in the heart that doesn't close naturally, as it should, after a baby is born. The hole is located in the wall that separates the heart's top two chambers, or atria.
Heart PFOs are quite common; about one in four people have them but may not know it. A medical provider may later detect the hole during a test or treatment for another health issue.
Hearing that you or your child has a hole in the heart may sound worrisome. The good news is that most people who have PFOs never have any symptoms and don't need to do anything about it. If you do need treatment, we can often perform a minimally invasive repair.
Our heart specialists are among the most experienced health providers in the region. When we work with you on PFO diagnosis and treatment, we offer:
PFOs rarely create symptoms, which is why people usually never know they have one. In rare cases, babies who have PFOs develop a bluish color when they cry or strain during a bowel movement. However, these babies tend to have other, detectable heart defects as well.
We don't know exactly why people develop PFOs. The condition may have genetic ties, meaning that it runs in families. People who regularly have migraines with auras also seem to have PFOs more frequently.
We don't usually look for a PFO unless you have severe migraines, a stroke or transient ischemic attacks (TIAs), which are small strokes. Researchers are now looking at connections between people who have PFOs and later develop strokes for unknown reasons. There may be some connection between the two conditions.
We can often diagnose a heart PFO with a heart ultrasound, or echocardiogram. The ultrasound creates images of your heart's structures. If you have a hole in your heart, your doctor is likely to see it during this test.
Learn more about heart ultrasounds (echocardiograms) at Aurora.
In most cases, we don't need to close the PFO or provide any other medical treatment. However, there may be times when your doctor will recommend intervention:


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A series of articles of interest to tax-exempt organizations published in July 1996 as the Exempt Organizations Continuing Professional Education Technical Instruction Program for FY 1997 . This material was designed specifically for training purposes only. Under no circumstances should the contents be used or cited as authority for setting or sustaining a technical position.
Update on State Institutions
Publicity and Disclosure of Form 990
Tax-Exempt Health Care Organizations
Detecting Fraud in Charity Gaming
Excise Tax and Occupational Tax on Wagering
IRC 7602 Examination of Books and Witnesses
Updates on Disclosure and Substantiation Rules
Education, Propaganda, and the Methodology Test
Public Charity Status on the Razor's Edge
Virtual Mergers: Hospital Joint Operating Agreement Affiliations
Charitable Remainder Trusts
Tax-Exempt Advance Refunding Bonds - Some Basics
Section 457 Deferred Compensation Plans
Insurance: The Rule of '86
UBIT: Current Developments
Lobbying Issues
Transferee Liability
Jeopardy and Termination Assessments
Representative Payee Organizations
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Red Stain Removal
Red stain removal from your carpet can be frustrating without a little training. So let's take a few minutes to turn you into an expert.
Step #1: Determine if the red stain is from a synthetic dye or from an organic dye. This is very simple to do because synthetic dyes are shiny and bright like stains from gatorade or fruit punch. If the stain is dark and dull then it is most likely an organic stain such as blood or wine.
Step #2: Apply a small amount of Red Relief as seen on the video over the red stain.
Step #3: Soak a plain white cotton towel with cold water and place over red stain
Step #4: Set iron to hottest setting and place on stain over wet towel. Leave iron over towel for 30 seconds to 1 minute.
Step #5: Lift iron and remove towel to check red color removal. If color is lighter but still visible, then cover with towel and place iron back over stain.
Step #6: You may continue applying heat for up to 5 minutes on nylon carpets. Other carpet fibers including polyester and olefin have lower melting points and require more caution as you may accidentally melt the face yarns.
Red Spot Removal
Removing red spots is a little different because carpet spots are caused by actual solid particles stuck to your carpet. Close your eyes and feel the spot with your finger tips. If you can feel any foreign objects on your carpet then clean the are with a quality carpet spot remover. I recommend using Avenge™ carpet spot remover.
Red Wine Stain Removal
Removing red wine stains from carpet is the easiest thing to do. Simply spray any wine stain with a product called Stain Zone™ and watch it disappear. Be sure to always test any stain removal product in a hidden area to ensure it will not affect the natural color or your carpet.
Kool Aid Stain Removal
Red Kool Aid Stains are all caused by synthetic dyes. Simply follow the same steps used to remove red stains.
List of Products Used in This Video
- Clothes Iron
- White cotton towel
- Water
- Red Relief ™ Red Stain Remover
If you need additional help with red stain removal from your carpet, feel free to give us a call at Las Cruces Carpet Cleaning. We'd love to help you with your carpet too.


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To be honest I, myself wouldn't have the shortest of lashes, but I always feel I need to add a bit of colour to them. (if that even makes sense!)
This mascara is perfect to make your eyelashes stand out from your face and brightens up your eyes. It has a spoon-shaped brush which makes it easier for your eyelashes to curve and doesn't leave them clumpy! I have only used it for a week but it is slowly becoming my new all time favourite.
If anyone is looking for a new go to mascara this is one I would most certainly recommend.
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- 3 cups whole milk
- 1 cup chopped lemongrass (from about 2 stalks)
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 3/4 cup (packed) fresh basil leaves
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
Recipe Preparation
Heat milk, lemongrass, and cream in a large saucepan over medium heat until mixture almost comes to a boil. Remove from heat and let steep for 20 minutes.
Fill a medium bowl with ice water. Blanch basil leaves in a small pot of boiling water until just wilted, about 10 seconds; immediately transfer to ice water; let cool. Squeeze basil to release excess water.
Strain cream mixture through a fine-mesh sieve into a blender. Add basil, sugar, corn syrup, and salt to blender. Purée on high speed until well blended, about 1 minute. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a medium bowl. Cover and chill until cold, about 4 hours. DO AHEAD: Base for sherbet can be made 1 day ahead. Keep chilled.
Process sherbet in ice cream maker according to manufacturer's instructions. Transfer to an airtight container, cover, and freeze. DO AHEAD: Sherbet can be made 1 week ahead. Keep frozen.
Scoop into bowls or glasses and serve.


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New Delhiñ Uttar Pradesh's political landscape has always been one full or surprise twists and turns. But the strangest twist may be yet to come. According to well -onnected sources, discussions are already underway for a post-election alliance between Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi party or SP, and the ruling BJP or Bharatiya Janata Party. This election is likely to result in a hung legislature where no party has an absolute majority. The SP has been greatly weakened by the ongoing tussle between Mulayam Singh and his son Akhilesh. Akhilesh is widely viewed as being secretly sympathetic to the BJP, and has notably been soft in dealing with BJP rioters and lynch mobs in Dadri and other places. The BJP is also calculating that a temporary alliance with the SP will lead to lot of Yadava voters joining the BJP eventually leading to the SP becoming weakened. The BJP has already tested his maneuver successfully in Maharashtra where its partner the Shiv Sena has been reduced to a mere skeleton of its former aggressive self.
Once a post-election alliance is announced between the BJP and SP, it is likely that the BJP will want the home portfolio, apparently to deal with the restive Muslims and Jats effectively. It is no secret that the Jat agitation in western UP and Haryana has had the support of China and its surrogate agencies and there has even been whispers of a demand for a separate Jat nation, Jatstan with Mr Malik as Prime Minister. All this has made the BJP jittery enough to go for a post poll allliance with the Samajwadi Party, which it regards as the lesser of two evils, the other evil being the BSP. Rahul Gandhi's Congress party is a non-player in Uttar Pradesh. The Congress Party is currently nothing more than an ancient historial artifact in UP, and is expected to win less than 5 seats statewide. Given this truth, Akhilesh Yadav won't hesitate even for a moment to kick Rahul to the footpath and embrace the Sangh Parivar. Already RSS shakas have received orders from Nagpur to help Akhilesh Yadav. The RSS has assessed Akhilesh as a young, inexperienced and weak leader who will not be able to stand up to their cadre, unlike the aging ex-wrestler Mulayam who was secular, tough and astute.
Once there is an alliance between the SP and BJP in Uttar Pradesh after the assembly election, they will together decimate all other political organizations in Uttar Pradesh. Modi's support will bring much needed central funds to Akhilesh. Even though he considers it as the 'deal with the devil', he also understands the benefits of the alliance. Besides this move will bring total immunity against any income tax investigations against the family. The BJP has been using the Income Tax department as a sword against political opponents all over the country, the latest victim being the leader of the AIADMK in Tamil Nadu.
There are reports of secret meetings between the Nagpur representatives and SP's top leaders, and it is expected that the grand BJP-SP alliance will be announced the day after the #UPElection results are out.
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Full-Time Status | Full-Time-Off Campus Registration | Ph.D. Thesis (Topic and Language) | Preparation of Thesis | Time Limit for Completion of Thesis | General Leave and Maternity Leave | Unsatisfactory Performance | Good Standing for Ph.D. Students | Library Carrels
Full-Time Status
Full-time graduate students are defined according to government regulations as follows:
They must be pursuing their studies as a full-time occupation and identify themselves as full-time graduate students.
They must be designated by the University as full-time students.
They must be geographically available and visit the campus regularly.
They must be considered to be full-time students by their supervisors.
If an academic program requires an absence from the University, students must apply through their graduate unit for permission to be off-campus.
Full-Time-Off-Campus Registration
According to government and SGS regulations, off-campus registration may be granted by the Department if the student is still under supervision and is absent from the University for academic reasons (in order to visit libraries, do field work, or attend a graduate course at another institution).
Ph.D. Thesis (Topic and Language)
During the first year in the Ph.D. program candidates will choose a thesis topic in consultation with their thesis supervisor, subject to the approval of the Department. A form to be completed and signed by the candidate and his/her supervisor may be obtained from the Graduate Co-ordinator during the winter and must be submitted by March 1st.
To assist students in selecting a topic, information on the members of the graduate faculty and a list of the theses currently being written will be distributed.
Permission may be granted to write the thesis in Italian (subject to final approval by the School of Graduate Studies) to candidates who first pass a supervised essay-type English examination to demonstrate proficiency in writing correct and idiomatic English prose. The examination is administered by the Department of Italian Studies.
N.B. Theses written in Italian must be accompanied by a supplementary Abstract in English of about 5,000 words. The Ph.D. oral exam (thesis defence) must be conducted entirely in English.
Preparation of Thesis
The following remarks are based on departmental regulations established some years ago on current departmental practice and on recommendations concerning thesis supervision made by the School of Graduate Studies.
Each thesis committee, consisting of three members, is appointed by the Thesis Director of the committee. Agreement of all parties involved is required. The Graduate School recommends that there be regular consultations (every month, for example) between the candidate and the supervisor. Candidates will need to keep informed of their supervisor's office hours and research leaves. A form regarding thesis progress must be completed each year when the candidate meets with the committee. The supervisor, whose duties include giving editorial direction and making corrections (but not proofreading), should circulate each section of the thesis which has been prepared to the other members of the committee but only when the supervisor has approved it. Supervisors are expected to return chapters within a few weeks of receiving them. The committee members should communicate their comments to the candidate through the supervisor. Candidates have the right to present themselves for the final oral examination in spite of objections arising from the members of the thesis committee. The committee for the final oral examination will usually include an external examiner, another member of the Department, an extra-departmental member, and the Chair appointed by SGS. In writing the thesis the candidate should follow the Modern Language Association Style sheet and SGS regulations. If the thesis is being written in Italian, some variations may be allowed. The supervisor should be consulted. Students from this Department will be responsible for paying the fee for the microfilm processing of their thesis abstract.
Time Limit for Completion of Thesis
The Graduate School has changed its policy concerning extensions for the completion of the thesis. There is reluctance to grant even a first extension unless a good portion of the thesis has been written, submitted, and approved. The Graduate School prefers to let the student's program lapse. This means the student may not enrol further but, after an interval, may apply to be reinstated once only as a candidate for the purpose of presenting a thesis and defending it at a final oral examination. Usually fees for one post-program year only, or for part of one year, must be paid.
General Leave and Maternity Leave
Consult the Calendar and the Graduate Co-ordinator for the regulations concerning maternity leave and general leave for exceptional health or personal reason, which may be from one to three terms.
Unsatisfactory Performance
See the calendar entry on unsatisfactory performance, which can lead to termination of the candidacy.
Good Standing for Ph.D. Students
Ph.D. students who hold University of Toronto fellowships, a teaching assistantship and/or other scholarships must maintain a "good-standing status". A good-standing status implies that students respect all deadlines for courses, Ph.D. exam language requirements, and thesis preparation. Financial assistance will be terminated if no adequate justification (eg. medical reasons) is provided for delays in completing work by specified deadlines.
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The Psychology Department continues its Brown Bag series with Margaret Reardon discussing "Predicting the Null: Am I Setting Myself up for Failure?" on Wednesday, October 17, 2012, from 12:20 to 1:10 p.m. in Uhler Hall, Room 111.
Statistical wisdom holds that the null hypothesis should not be predicted and academia has been resistant to publishing null findings. This presentation explores the utility of this traditional viewpoint within the context of a juror decision making study. Research has just begun examining how jurors evaluate fingerprint evidence (e.g., Reardon, Danielsen & Meissner, 2005) and suggests that jurors are responsive to some aspects of the fingerprint expert's testimony (e.g., quality of the print) but not to other aspects (e.g., expert's declaration of a match). The current study furthers this work by testing whether jurors are sensitive to aspects of the fingerprint examination procedure that could bias the results including whether the examiner had prior knowledge of the case, and the affiliation of the examiner. The results of this study confirm the predicted null effect, suggesting that jurors are insensitive to aspects of the fingerprint analysis procedure that can bias the process. The validity of these results will be discussed within the context of predicting null effects.


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The City of Lights, of Love, of Fashion… whatever you call it, the French capital of Paris is a city famous worldwide. So what has happened here, and what should you do when visiting?
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Holyrood Palace & Abbey
Holyrood Palace was once the home of the Scottish monarchy, so its walls are rich with stories from over the years. Plus, the Abbey is from the 12th century! So what has all happened there?
Rosslyn Chapel
Rosslyn Chapel is a small building from the outside, but don't let appearances fool you – inside you will find extraordinary carvings, telling fascinating stories, and the church has a long, rich, complex history to uncover. So, what are you waiting for?
St Giles' Cathedral
The Royal Mile is the heart of Edinburgh, and St Giles' Cathedral is one of the most impressive looking buildings on the entire street. It's stood there for centuries and been an integral part of the city and its community. So what's the big deal with it then?


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Activities & Programs
21st Century Community Learning Centers Program
This program supports the creation of community learning centers that provide academic enrichment opportunities during non-school hours for children, particularly students who attend high-poverty and low-performing schools. The program helps students meet state and local student standards in core academic subjects, such as reading and math; offers students a broad array of enrichment activities that can complement their regular academic programs; and offers literacy and other educational services to the families of participating children.
Dropout Prevention
The Office of Dropout Prevention provides technical assistance, strategies and resources to assist students, schools, parents and community organizations throughout the state of Florida. Our efforts ensure students have access to innovative programs which improve the quality of education options available to enhance students' opportunities for access, advancement and achievement.
Family Engagement
The Bureau of Family & Community Outreach (BFCO) provides resources, recognition and technical assistance to families in an effort to increase family engagement that promotes their children's success in education. BFCO has the role of fostering wider and more substantive family and community involvement by identifying and sharing information with schools and districts about the many different ways to get involved in your child's education.
Mentoring/Student Assistance & School and Instructional Enhancement Grants
Funds are appropriated by the legislature to the Florida Department of Education each year for Mentoring/Student Assistance Initiative grants and School and Instructional Enhancement grants. The purpose is to improve student performance for low-performing, at-risk students by providing additional learning opportunities; increasing personal responsibility and community involvement; discouraging drug and alcohol and weapon use, and other delinquency involvement; reducing dropout rates; and improving academic achievement.
Volunteer & Community Involvement
Volunteer & Community Involvement programs develop community resources in response to the differing needs of classrooms. By accessing the many diverse resources found in communities, these programs enrich and enhance school curriculum. A wide array of community partners enables these programs to maximize their impact. Volunteers may tutor, mentor, assist in the classroom, help with fundraising and participate in developing school plans, as well as many other opportunities. Recognition awards promote community involvement, highlight outstanding volunteer practices and showcase exemplary projects which are then shared statewide.


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I'm not really sure where the days go, but before I know it it has been 2 or 3 weeks since I blogged last. Here are a few projects from the weekend...
This first card was made using an example from the Stampin' Success demonstrator publication that I get monthly from Stampin'Up. I used the bleaching technique. Kind of a bad picture, but you get the idea, I hope. Bleaching was fun, but I HATE the stuff!
Ingredients: Old olive, chocolate chip, ruby red, so saffron paper. Doodle this stamp set , oval punches and designer label punch, old olive grosgrain ribbon 1/4", mat pack. words on the oval punch says "I'm so sorry" and it is from a hostess set a few catalogs back.
I am in a card club here in town and this month we are exchanging 6 x 6 recipe cards with our favorite dessert. I created this layout and will be putting a caramel popcorn recipe on it. The stamp is a current hostess set Comfort Food. The red and mustard papers are current colors, but the DSP and Wasabi are retired.And here is a card I created using the new sale a bration paper and stamps. I love them. I promise you want to get yours. Just click the link to the right and start shopping. SAB ends in a few short weeks. I just love the Big Shot Top Note die as well. Fun little pocket card.


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Saturday, December 21, 2013
Looking ahead to next year's historical fiction reading challenge!
I'm really excited to participate in the 2014 Historical Fiction Reading Challenge, hosted by Historical Tapestry. I'm thinking I'll probably be somewhere between "medieval" and "ancient history" in my reading volume:
During the following 12 months you can choose one of the different reading levels:
20th century reader - 2 books
Victorian reader - 5 books
Renaissance Reader - 10 books
Medieval - 15 books
Ancient History - 25 books
Anyone else game?
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Sneak preview of Downton Abbey Season 4 at the Crest Theater
I'm supposed to be blogging in support of my virtual book tour for Woman of Ill Fame this week...but I can't help but pause and celebrate the new season of Downton Abbey. I was lucky enough to score tickets to the sneak preview showing on the big screen at the Crest Theater in downtown Sacramento tonight. I went with my great friend Diana, and we had a blast.
First, the theater. I have a fondness for old movie palaces! The Crest was built in 1913 as a 2,000-seat Vaudeville house. The theater's website does not mention the architect's name, but I'm betting on Timothy Phlueger, the designer of the Oakland Paramount--there were many design elements in common. It is a show-stopper of a building and I would've been happy just being there.
But there was also Downtown Abbey on offer.....
More on that in a second. I want to thank KVIE for arranging the free showing (yes, by God, it was free) and the Crest for hosting. It was just the most fun night I've had in a long time. There was a costume contest beforehand, and people had the most gorgeous Edwardian outfits on. I didn't mind the line in the women's restroom because there was so much eye candy with the lovely dresses.
The fellow who won the male contest was dressed as a WWI soldier and handily won the most claps/noise from the audience. I was also very impressed with the man in a top hat carrying a white life preserver: he was Patrick, the drowned heir from the Titanic. The woman who won was dressed as Mrs. Pattmore, and got many whoops. I have to admit, I was one of the whoopers. I love Mrs. Pattmore the best of all the characters on the show. I did, however, whoop harder for the woman dressed as Anna Bates, because I had waited outside to enter the theater just behind her and inveigled her to take a photo with me. I'm loyal. I also liked seeing a self-identified Pankhurst with her women's right to vote sash, a friend of Sybil's.
|"Anna" and I in the queue outside the theater
|Indeed I did leave all cares behind
KVIE showed some previews for upcoming shows which were really entertaining. And then....and then....Downton unfolded.
I have to hand it to Julian Fellowes yet again (I blogged my deep admiration here). In one hour--it was a sneak preview giving us the first half, not the entire enchilada--I was moved to tears several times, gave out great gasps, grinned in pure bliss. I even had to reach over and seize Diana at one point in sheer startlement ("You wicked, wicked half-breed," anyone?). He just is a talented storyteller, and I adore him. I adore Downton Abbey. I adore it all.
Thank you KVIE and the Crest! I can't wait until Jan. 5 when the new season commences on PBS.
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Monday, December 09, 2013
Virtual tour schedule
For the next two weeks, check out these reviews, interviews and giveaways each day at different book blogs. Thanks so much to Amy Bruno of Historical Fiction Virtual Book Tours for being my tour guide.
Virtual Book Tour Schedule
Monday, December 9
Giveaway at Passages to the Past
Tuesday, December 10
Guest Post & Giveaway at HF Connection
Wednesday, December 11
Review at Flashlight Commentary
Thursday, December 12
Interview & Giveaway at Flashlight Commentary
Friday, December 13
Review at Historical Fiction Obsession
Monday, December 16
Review at A Book Geek
Review at Unabridged Chick
Tuesday, December 17
Review at Book of Secrets
Interview & Giveaway at Unabridged Chick
Wednesday, December 18
Review & Giveaway at Peeking Between the Pages
Thursday, December 19
Review at A Bookish Libraria
Friday, December 20
Review at CelticLady's Reviews
Review at Confessions of an Avid Reader
Saturday, December 07, 2013
E-tour begins Monday!
I'm going on tour---virtually!--for two weeks, starting on Monday. The cause? The launch of Woman of Ill Fame in e-book form. Forget paper, spines, book glue, stitching...now prostitute Nora Simms gets to please the fellas in electronic form.
In celebration of the e-launch, we slightly adjusted the book jacket with a new quote...from...yes....yes....I can hardly believe it....Diana Gabaldon. If there is a kinder, more generous, more charming author than her, I'm in disbelief.
I met her at the Historical Novels Society conference this summer, where I read a brief passage from Woman of Ill Fame at the Sex Scenes Readings she hosts annually. She kindly agreed to read my book in the midst of trying to finish her own book, and in between shifting geographically, and in between sharing the constantly-updating news about her Outlander books becoming a Starz series...I frankly can't believe she extended such a favor to me. And then when the blurb came. Oh.My.Goddess! Thank you, Diana, and I owe you a million glasses of Glenfiddich when next we meet.
So on Monday, check with Passages of the Past, where Amy Bruno is hosting a giveaway of the ebook! (If you don't own an e-reader--I've asked for one for Xmas myself--you can always download the free previewer app and read away on whatever device you do have.)
If you prefer, click below to download immediately. Thanks!
Tuesday, December 03, 2013
Giving Tuesday--help JLK, a six-year-old fighting a brain tumor
|Wrote this on my hand to remind myself to hit the ATM and deposit my friend's check.
Then I cried every time I looked at it.
JLK, who lives in Gilroy, California, is on my mind constantly. She creeps from the back of my mind to the front, and I cry. Then other things enter in, and she subsides to the back again. But she's always there.
A few weeks ago, a friend of mine named Kate responded to my blog post asking people to buy JLK lunch after her chemo treatment. She mailed me a check to pass along to JLK's family.
This woman who sent the check, we went to graduate school together. I knew her for only two years...and that was nearly 20 years ago. We've had no "live" contact since. We are Facebook friends now, but she rarely posts, and that's the extent of our relationship. So what possessed her to send a donation for JLK?
Knowing she can help pure strangers.
(By the way, Kate is not the only one who responded to my blog post or Facebook posts and sent a donation. There were many others, and I thank them heartily.)
I wrote before about wondering whether my grief helps in any way. It's like the tree falling unseen in the woods thing--does it make a sound if no one hears it? Is there a tally-keeper in the sky who can connect up all the tears--mine from Gold Country, Kate's from wherever she lives, everyone in Gilroy and Morgan Hill and around the world now reading JLK's mom's blog--if there are enough disparate events of grief and prayer, can the talley-keeper collect them into a meaningful whole? A helpful whole? Maybe God gets presented a pie chart and that data influences how things go.
Well, whether it helps or not, I can't stop "donating" my grief. The idea of a six-year-old in radiation therapy for cancer is just wrong. As her mom told us all on her blog, she whispers to JLK's unconscious ear just as she leaves her for her treatment: shrink, tumor, shrink.
This is Giving Tuesday. Please give to JLK's family. What do they need it for?
Money for their astronomical medical bills
Money so Tony, the dad, can take time off work and spend it with his daughter and her siblings
Money for a trip to Disneyland, possibly the last chance she will have to go
If you are reading this after Giving Tuesday ends, consider that you could ask people to give a contribution in your name for your Christmas, Hannukah, or Kwanzaa gift. It's so easy. Paypal'ing a donation takes mere seconds if you already have a PayPal account, and mere minutes if you need to set one up. Or you could send me a check and I'll forward it on.
Thanks for considering it.
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Sunday, December 01, 2013
The Perfect Snowstorm, or, Why I'm Obsessed by the Donner Party
|Unidentified books in Emigrant Trail Museum exhibit
To me, clearly Tamsen Donner's books
I'm fascinated by the Donner Party. Believe it or not, my interest has very little to do with cannibalism. That's of course the attention-getting, morbid fact that initially grabs you by the throat, but after that subsides, what you're left with is a complex story whose narrative can be almost endlessly examined.
Sexism, racism, ageism, personal responsibility, survival tactics, starvation, greed, murder: all of these big topics fall under the Donner umbrella, as well as the more mundane (but no less worthy of scrutiny) topic of group dynamics and how people get along—or don't—during a multi-month road trip.
I was recently talking with historian Kristin Johnson about what fuels our interest in this long-ago community of emigrants. I told her I loved high adventure stories, like Shackleton and crew stuck on a ship in the frozen Weddell sea (well, until it was crushed by the ice and destroyed, whereupon they began living upon an ice floe), or the Everest teams beset by weather in 1996. Two words: Beck Weathers. The Donner Party faced incredible struggle, and roughly half of them survived.
But I realized later that that was only half my answer. When I thought about it more, I realized that a huge part of what appeals to me is the "perfect storm" (or in this case, perfect snowstorm) aspect. In Sebastian Junger's book The Perfect Storm, the titular concept is that many small mishaps combine to form a huge tragedy. If only one of those would have gone differently, either the disaster could have been averted, or at least significantly abated.
I've always loved that child's nursery rhyme about how a single nail (or lack thereof) brought a kingdom down.
For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
For want of a horse the rider was lost.
For want of a rider the message was lost.
For want of a message the battle was lost.
For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.
Tiny actions have amazing and significant consequences. In the case of the Donner Party, any number of small adjustments (or large) could've meant none of us had ever heard of the Donners. The same is true for the sinking of the Titanic, another story I've been fascinated by since I was a young girl and read Walter Lord's A Night to Remember.
Let's take a look at my rough list, off the top of my head, of the small events that gained potency in numbers, in a perfect storm scenario.
If only…
- The binoculars had been in the lookout as they were supposed to be
- Captain Smith paid better attention to the ice warnings instead of glancing at them and putting them in his uniform pocket
- The Marconi operator of a far closer ship than the Carpathia hadn't turned off his machine and gone to bed (he was not negligent in doing so, by the way, but it would have been nice for all involved if he'd pulled an all-nighter)
- (relatedly) The Titanic had struck the same iceberg during daylight hours
- The crew had performed their required boat drill on April 14 and were confident enough to fill the lifeboats to full capacity (there were still not enough seats, but the loss of life would have been diminished)
- There were enough lifeboats for all passengers (again, not negligent: the Titanic was abiding by the absurd shipping rules of its era—one nice effect of the sinking was that it forever changed these archaic rules and ensured each passenger would have a seat on a lifeboat should the ship sink)
- Some would add, if only J. Bruce Ismay wasn't aboard and therefore urging Captain Smith to dangerous speeds on the ship's maiden voyage
- If only they had kept full engine speed to successfully turn the ship, rather than killing the engines
- The iceberg had struck a different spot on the ship, so that each of the watertight compartments wasn't breached
On and on, a slew of factors which all went wrong, but if any one of them had gone right, we might have a far less dramatic tale to tell about the Titanic.
If only:
- They didn't take the Hastings Cut-off, which ironically added weeks to their time
- They didn't waste a week waiting for Hastings to come back and guide them through the Wasatch mountains
- They had located the hidden cut-through that would have gotten them through the Wasatch just fine
- Indians hadn't stolen and killed so many of their oxen and cattle (both slowing them and also deleting their food stores)
- Hastings had correctly given the time required to cross the Salt Desert, rather than halving it; they might've better provisioned themselves before the attempt and not lost so much livestock
- George Donner's wagon wheel hadn't broken
- George Donner's hand hadn't been significantly injured by trying to repair the wheel (infection set in and ruined him...wish I could slip him some penicillin)
- Snow had fallen just three or four days later; they were so close to crossing the mountains to safety
- The emigrants had somehow fastened their cows so they weren't lost when literally buried by snow
- They had backtracked and wintered in a more forgiving landscape
- Stanton had allowed the snowshoe company to continue forward instead of keeping a foolish promise to protect the mules over the emigrants (the mules died anyway, and so did Stanton...hindsight is so deliciously wretched, as well as 20/20)
Now, you'll notice I don't say:
- If only they hadn't stopped for the funeral of Sarah Keyes and other stops others have subsequently objected to. As Kristin Johnson points out, cattle need to rest.
- If only they hadn't gotten such a late start. They caught up to other westbound trains and made up for their late start. If they hadn't taken the Hastings Cut-off, they would have been fine.
The women in particular must have suffered helpless self-excoriation, for they truly did not get a vote. It's always said of Tamsen Donner that she was sulky or grumpy about the choice--made by men of the party--to take the cut-off. She must have chastened herself that she wasn't more persuasive, that she couldn't gain George Donner's ear the way she would've wanted to.
To me, one of the most poignant exhibits at the Emigrant Trail Museum near Donner Lake shows several school books. Almost without a doubt, they must have been Tamsen's, as she planned to set up a west coast school. (The plaquing at the museum does not specifically identify the objects in that case, although I'm sure somewhere in their records the books' provenance is logged .) She was one of those women who bristled at the constraints her century forced upon her gender. The decision-making of the wagon trains did not permit women's voices to be heard.
As she tended her husband, dying from a simple hand wound that traveled up his arm to kill him from an infection we'd swiftly derail with medication today, did she have to bite her tongue to not question him for the fatal choices he'd made--not only on his behalf, not only on grown women's behalf, but on the behalf of the dozens of small children that composed the Donner Party?
And that's what wrenches me most about the Donner Party story. There were kids involved. Newborn babies who died because their mother's milk dried up. Toddlers who starved to death. Young kids who tried valiantly and just couldn't make it.
There's a great morbid interest around the Donner Party, especially for those who read the harrowing accounts of body parts and organs left stranded around the camp. But those bodies weren't strewn because of a ghoulish lack of concern. It was because the residents of the camps were so close to death themselves. They were weak--it's hard to carry or drag bodies even when you are in full health. They needed to leave the bodies close by enough to cut tissue from them to eat. In Keseberg's cabin, it's said the bodies were left where they died. A horrible fact to contemplate, as the living continued their fragile existences mere inches away--but the cabin was so buried in snow (above its roof) that the unhappy inhabitants had had to carve snow steps up out of the snow. How on earth do you pull a corpse up those steps when you yourself have eaten nothing, or simply trace amounts of, say, buffalo hides, for days?
|Prisoners liberated from Mauthausen concentration camp, 1945
When I think the people at the camps, I picture people from another kind of camp. I think of the photographs of starved, gaunt Jews from the concentration camps. The hollow cheeks, the sudden architecture of the forehead, the eyes so stark and large...that's what I believe the Donner Party victims looked like too. In fact, it is said that when the snowshoe party wandered into a Native American village, the inhabitants there were terrified and thought the Donner Party people were ghosts.
I feel pity for the Donners and the other families stranded in the Sierra that terrible winter of 1846. They perhaps didn't make the most savvy decisions--but they were pioneers in every sense of the word, doing something very few had done before. And let's be honest: the snows of the Sierra are so much more heavy/deep than anything these midwesterners had ever seen before. They knew snow; they just didn't know snow. They thought they were doing fine.
And they would've been fine, if only one of the myriad things that went wrong had instead....gone right.
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Bring The Noise Lyrics
Artist: Public Enemy
Album: It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Bass! How low can you go?
Death row. What a brother knows.
Once again back is the incredible
the thyme animal
the incredible D Public Enemy Number One
"Five O" said "Freeze!" and I got numb
Can I tell 'em that I really never had a gun?
But it's the wax that the Terminator X spun
Now they got me in a cell 'cause my records they sell
'Cause a brother like me said "Well...
...Frarrakhan's a prophet and I think you ought to listen to
what he can say to you, what you ought to do."
Follow for now, power of the people, say,
"Make a miracle, D, pump the lyrical"
Black is back, all in, we're gonna win
Check it out, yeah y'all, here we go again
Chorus: Turn it up! Bring the noise!
Never badder than bad 'cause the brother is madder than mad
At the fact that's corrupt as a senator
Soul on roll, but you treat it like soap on a rope
'Cause the beats in the lines are so dope
Listen for lessons I'm saying inside music that the critics are blasting
me for
They'll never care for the brothers and sisters
now across the country has us up for the war
We got to demonstrate, come on now, they're gonna have to wait
Till we get it right
Radio stations I question their blackness
They call themselves black, but we'll see if they'll play this
Chorus: Turn it up! Bring the noise!
Get from in front of me, the crowd runs to me
My deejay is warm, he's X, I call him Norm, ya know
He can cut a record from side to side
So what, the ride, the glide should be much safer than a suicide
Soul control, beat is the father of your rock'n'roll
Music for whatcha, for whichin', you call a band, man
Makin' a music, abuse it, but you can't do it, ya know
You call 'em demos, but we ride limos, too
Whatcha gonna do? Rap is not afraid of you
Beat is for Sonny Bono, beat is for Yoko Ono
Run-DMC first said a deejay could be a band
Stand on its feet, get you out your seat
Beat is for Eric B. and LL, as well, hell
Wax is for Anthrax, still it can rock bells
Ever forever, universal, it will sell
Time for me to exit, Terminator X-it
From coast to coast, so you stop being like a comatose
"Stand, my man? The beat's the same with a boost toast
Rock with some pizzazz, it will last. Why you ask?
Roll with the rock stars, still never get accepted as
We got to plead the Fifth, we can investigate
Don't need to wait, get the record straight
Hey, posse's in effect, got the Flavor Terminator
X to sign checks, play to get paid
We got to check it out down on the avenue
A magazine or two is dissing me and dissing you
Yeah, I'm telling you...
p.e. are awesome and so is this song!
Ha Ha Yeah Boooooouuuuuy!!!!
P.E. for evah yo!
Hip Hop
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TravelogueOur journey from Mumbai to Kashmir
Duration: 4N/5D
Accommodation: Hotel
Experience Cherished: Houseboat and Gondola Ride
Come Back For: To meet our friend Mr. Ahmad, our cab driver
Being from Mumbai, I always wanted to witness the beauty of Kashmir and its mountainous landscape. I came across TravelTriangle through their online ad and after looking for Kashmir travel packages, I was impressed by their itinerary and quotes. I decided to book a package from them. The mountain view from Pahalgam is something me and my wife would never forget. We also thoroughly enjoyed our stay in a houseboat. We went to Gulmarg for Gondola ride and also enjoyed the Shikara ride at Srinagar which were amazing experiences. The last day we visited Sonamarg and the white sheet of snow there was eye-soothing.Read Full Story Here


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Sentencing Delayed....Again
Sentencing in the so-called 'Spyware Teacher' case has been delayed - for the third time.
40-year-old Julie Amero was to be sentenced in a Connecticut court today (April 26). The case will now be heard May 18.
This time around it was the Assistant State Attorney who prosecuted the case asking for a continuance. David J. Smith wrote, "The state has not completed a full examination of all the issues which may affect its position at the sentencing hearing".
Amero was convicted in January on four counts of risk of injury to a minor. Her seventh grade students were exposed to pornographic images on a classroom PC, which Amero claims, were generated by pop-ups and were out of her control.
A jury disagreed and Amero made headlines around the world with her conviction and impending sentence - up to 40 years behind bars.
Several computer experts have come to Ameros defense, claiming it was spyware that caused the porn sites to pop-up.
The question is: why all the delays?
There are several theories: one IT security expert speculates on his blog that another high-profile case in Connecticut right now would overshadow sentencing in the Amero case; others think all the delays can only mean one thing - she will be exonerated.
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"Architecture is inhabited sculpture." – Constantin Brâncuși
What are the forms, highlights, influences and doctrines that have shaped Romanian architecture in the 20th century? Architect Radu Pervolovici (Meta Cultural Foundation, Bucharest) and Dr. Shona McArthur Kallestrup (University of St Andrews) join London-based architect Adrian Petrenco for an overview of 100 years of architectural creativity, starting with 1918 - the year of Romanian unification - to the present day. The conversation is complemented by an exhibition of photography illustrating the stylistic diversity of Romania's built patrimony and the political, cultural and social contexts that have influenced it during a troubled century.
The event is organised with the support of the Romanian Architects' and Urbanists' Forum in the UK. Part of the London Festival of Architecture and of RCI London's programme celebrating the centenary of Romanian unification (1918-2018).
Dr Shona Kallestrup is Associate Lecturer in the School of Art History at the University of St Andrews and has also taught at the Universities of Aberdeen, Copenhagen and Edinburgh. She is a specialist in East European and Scandinavian art and architecture, with a particular interest in late 19th- and early 20th-century Romanian art and design. She has researched widely in archives and royal collections in Romania and published a range of related scholarly articles, as well as one of the leading books on the period, Art and Design in Romania 1866-1927. Local and international aspects of the search for national expression (2006).
With a BA in Urban Studies and an MA in Urban Planning at the `Ion Mincu` University in Bucharest, Radu Pervolovici carries out projects in various fields: cultural management, design and architecture, interior and landscape design, photo editing, photography and urbanism. While, in the three-dimensional visual sphere, his main preoccupations are centred on minimalism, in the field of cultural management his portfolio includes complex projects that involve the management of mixed multidisciplinary teams. Similar projects he has worked on include: `A century of Romanian sculpture` (2013-2014) and `A century of Romanian architecture` (2015).
Adrian Petrenco is a Romanian-born British architect with an impressive career built around his special interest in historic buildings, conservation, green design, painting and sculpture. In 1969, he attained his Diploma in Architecture from the `Ion Mincu` University in Bucharest and, three years later, he moved to London, where he worked as an architect in various conversion and refurbishment projects for some important historic buildings and also for the development of new edifices. During the past ten years, Adrian Petrenco has worked as a consultant for protected historic buildings in London and across the UK.


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