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Directed by Brooklyn natives Myles Kane and Josh Koury, "Journey to Planet X" is a documentary about two unconventional filmmakers, Troy Bernier and Eric Swain, and their journey to create an epic movie. Seeing the parallels between their subjects' experiences and their own, co-directors Kane and Koury, who co-founded the Brooklyn Underground Film Festival, knew they had to capture the filmmaking process and their incredible journey.
Eric Swain and Troy Bernier are scientists by day and amateur filmmakers by night. Over the years, these two friends have churned out many of their own amateur, sci-fi-inspired movies. "Journey to Planet X" follows the filming of "Planet X," the duo's most ambitious endeavor to date, and sheds light on their unique brand of "movie magic."
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Meet Stan Janik and Tracy Hollifield � two dads who made the decision to leave the job market to stay at home with the kids. For one, it was an abrupt change. For the other, it was a gradual transformation to �Mr. Mom.� But each have adapted to their new roles, as have their wives, who now play the role of primary bread-winner. See page 3D to read their stories on stay-at-home fatherhood.
Meet Stan Janik and Tracy Hollifield � two dads who made the decision to leave the job market to stay at home with the kids. For one, it was an abrupt change. For the other, it was a gradual transformation to �Mr. Mom.� But each have adapted to their new roles, as have their wives, who now play the role of primary bread-winner. See page 3D to read their stories on stay-at-home fatherhood.
Learning the at-home parenting ropes
Tracy Hollifield decided he�d be the one to stay home with his daughter after he lost his job at a TV news station when it made cuts.
Hollifield had been working in TV news for about 10 years as a videographer and had been thinking of finding something else.
When he lost his job, he decided to take some money out of his 401(k), buy a camera and some software and start Track One Productions out of his Belmont home. The company provides web videos for businesses.
For the first few years, it was easy to find work, so he and his wife both juggled work with taking care of their daughter, Taylor. His wife, Janice, worked part time as a nurse at the Levine Children�s Hospital in Charlotte.
When his wife started working full time about two years ago, Hollifield started doing more of the stay-at-home role.
�I picked up jobs when I could, and slowly it�s like, �Hey, I�m Mr. Mom,�� Hollifield said.
They now have two daughters and a son. Taylor is 10. Reagan is 7. Spencer is 4.
During the school year, Taylor and Spencer are at school, leaving Hollifield to watch after Spencer while trying to squeeze in some work. It�s not too hard when it�s just Spencer since he can become absorbed in play.
�When (my daughters) are here, it�s a little harder,� Hollifield said. �It�s rare that five minutes go by and there�s not a fight.�
He knew that being a stay-at-home parent wasn�t just sitting in front of the TV folding clothes.
�You don�t stop. There are days when I didn�t get any work done because it�s T-ball, swimming lessons and, when school is in, I take them and pick them up, either fixing something to eat or it�s time to go somewhere,� Hollifield said. �I didn�t realize how busy it was until I had to do it.�
Hollifield said he�s also become quite the cook in the last few years, dealing with three picky eaters.
He�s had a couple opportunities to go back to work, but Hollifield said it�s not worth it. He�s invested time and money into Track One Productions, and the family would have to pay for day care for Spencer.
Hollifield�s son is starting to get interested in the same things Hollifield liked when he was little � after two years of playing Barbies and tea parties.
During the days when he�s out shooting video, he�ll come home and realize he misses his kids.
�If I worked a normal job, that�s how it would be,� Hollifield said. �I couldn�t do that.�
His advice for new dads choosing to be the caregiver?
�Stick to a schedule � Especially during the school year. We get up at this time. We have to be out the door at this time. And that�s the biggest thing. You�ve just got to set them on a schedule and stick to it,� Hollifield said. �And I�ve had to learn to be a little bit more patient. They�re going to fight. You�ve got to learn to not let it get to you.�
Taking on an unexpected role
Stan Janik�s decision to become a stay-at-home dad couldn�t have come at a better time.
Janik had just accepted a promotion at a division of AIG and his wife, Amy, was a registered nurse with a dialysis company when their first child was born.
The couple planned for Amy to stay at home. At the time, they lived in southern New Jersey.
When it came time for Amy to turn in her notice, her boss came to her with a boost in salary to tempt her because she was too valuable to the company.
The two discussed it and decided they might trade places.
�Obviously I had some anxiety about it because we had planned for her to stay home,� Janik said.
Janik went to his boss in August 2008 and told him he was going to resign to become a stay-at-home dad. The company couldn�t match the pay raise his wife received, so Janik turned in his notice.
Two weeks later, AIG had a meltdown and the whole division Janik was working with was liquidated.
�I got real religious after that,� Janik said. �We looked at each other after that. We would have had a newborn baby and we both would have been out of a job.�
The two decided to move to Gaston County to be closer to Amy�s family. They live in Cramer Woods and she runs a national dialysis call center for nurses.
�So, since Alayna�s been born, I�ve been a stay-at-home dad,� Janik said.
Alayna is 5 and their son, Zach, is 3.
At first, Janik said it was awkward being the only guy at the playground.
�The hardest thing � it wasn�t anything to do with the kids. It was the feeling of being inferior. You would go to places and everybody would ask you, �So, Stan, what do you do for a living?�� Janik said.
He learned how to do household chores quickly. He became a good cook in the last five years.
Still, losing the status was hard. Janik worked as a commercial property underwriter and took pride in being able to say he did underwriting in 30 states. It wasn�t easy at first to explain that he traded a corporate job to stay home.
�They�re like, �What happened to you,� Janik said. �It was probably more myself (being insecure). �Stan, where in life did you fail and become a stay-at-home dad?��
Janik doesn�t think that way anymore. He sees this as a benefit. He�s 40, and worked for AIG for 12 years, so he knows the corporate work. Now he knows what it�s like to be the one caring for the kids, too.
�The best part is just being around. I got to see their first steps. Seeing their first time in a pool. First words. First time walking,� Janik said. �It�s so neat. I�m not sure if I�m going to be the one crying when (Alayna) goes to kindergarten next year.�
When Alayna was an infant, no one gave him funny looks when he took her into the restroom to change a diaper. When she got a little older, Janik said he found himself talking aloud: �OK, Daddy�s going to take you into the men�s room.�
He�s not sure if he did that to make himself feel more comfortable or to put others at ease.
His advice for new dads who might be trading work for childcare?
�Don�t be so hard on yourself,� Janik said. �If you have problems accepting your role � don�t. Nobody�s worrying about it. Just like new moms, you�ll figure it out.


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The Cerberus Frigate returned from England, with answers to the dispatches sent home after the Action of the 17th June, reports that England is determined to go through with this Affair for which reinforcements are to be here soon.The Cerberus was the same royal warship that had brought Gens. William Howe, John Burgoyne, and Henry Clinton to Boston in May, and now it brought word of yet more troops. At the same time, people expected the American army to attack the town or the British lines. It appeared that both sides were still determined to break the stalemate by force.
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Gao Xiao Wu's series of works titled "Our Generation" is a representation of Gao's late adolescence. This sculpture, "Thank You", is one of Gao's showcases a young man on his knees, clad in office wear with his hands spread out and a wide smile across his face. Gao uses this sculpture to demonstrate how he is grateful for the professional success he has received in life. The unusual number of fingers on his hands exemplify the depth and sincerity of his gratitude while his bent-knee posture proclaims humility and respect for those responsible for his success. Once again, Gao makes use of exaggerated poses and features to convey his message in a light-hearted and comical manner.
Gao Xiao Wu was born in Sanming, Fujian province, in 1976 and currently lives and works in Beijing. He enrolled in the sculpture department of Xiamen Art Academy before continuing his studies at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing and graduating in 2004. Basing his work on the lives of ordinary people in the city, as well as an exploration of his own identity, Gao Xiao Wu's work has been shown in solo and prestigious group exhibitions and is included in high-profile art collections worldwide including the White Rabbit Collection, Australia; DBS Group, Singapore; Park Hyatt, Shanghai and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
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Out of Essence - Gao Xiaowu's Pictorial Life
"Man's true essence is never changed by time and space; otherwise it is not essence. However, in different times or spaces, people always show characteristics of different ages or regions. Therefore, any surface phenomenon is temporary and blurry. I feel lucky to live here in the present. When I explore man's true essence, I see all kinds of lives at the moment. Mixed feelings well up in my heart. From my personal perspective, I seek the intrinsic connection of the meaning of life through different time and space, while pondering about the value of life. I am lucky because I can capture what I have seen, heard, thought and felt, by demonstrating my existence through art." - Gao Xiaowu
Gao Xiaowu was born in 1976 in Sanming, Fujian Province and graduated in 1999 from the Department of Sculpture at the Xiamen Academy of Arts and Crafts in Fujian. He then lived in the Xiamen Special Economic Zone for eight and a half years. Unlike other artists, he experienced early exposure to the rapid social transformation, impacts of economic development, disparity between the rich and the poor, and struggles amongst ordinary people. Such changes in the environment and the arduous struggle of life stimulated his observation of the surroundings. Hence, his inspiration for artistic creation is conveyed through inner emotion, pressure and rigidity.
Relocating to Beijing from Fujian was a turning point in Gao Xiaowu's artistic life. In 2004, he graduated from the Department of Sculpture at the Central Academy of Fine Arts and gradually developed a unique style. Back in his hometown, Gao was engaged in the creation of public sculptures and other multimedia sculptures, which helped him develop his skills and technique. He became famous in Beijing for his Standard Times series, which illustrated that he saw life through rose-colored spectacles. Unlike all the other artists who came to Beijing from other places and struggled to survive, Gao was set apart due to his kindness in helping others, humility and self-awareness. There is a tenacious power and ambitious force within his heart that gives him the support in facing the difficulties that surround him. His distinctive sense of humor is not only revealed in the expression on his face, but also throughout his artwork.
His masterpiece, Standard Times, depicts the greeting posture of ingratiation of white-collar employees who are smiling at each other, smiling from ear to ear. It is a sketch created for the people around him. Standard Times is what he considers the "Computer Age" nowadays. Man has experienced the standardized production process of the Industrial Revolution and has now entered a digital age of the microelectronics revolution. Man's thinking has also been formatted. The more developed and modernized a society is, the more restriction it will face due to "standardization": from the standardization of products in the Industrial Revolution to the standardization of human behaviour in the microelectronics revolution. The idea of standardization is spread universally. Even the seemingly noble class of white-collar workers cannot escape the standardization of human behavior. They must also demonstrate standard service behaviour with a servile or obsequious bow and smile. Gao believes that the root cause is the overwhelming restriction present about 'acceptable' behaviour that triggers the pressure in human beings today.
His figurative statues illustrate the standard posture and smile, which constitutes his standardized pictorial symbols and facial expressions. It is his pictorial language that affects the hearts of the common people during rapid economic development in China.
The City Dreams series attempts to break through the constraints of standardized behavior, in which the body of a pipsqueak expands into a big balloon with a pair of small wings and expressing the standardized smile that is distinctive in Gao's art. He dreams that he can fly high in the sky like an angel. However, in reality, his clumsy body is unwieldy and his little swings can't support his weight. This represents the helplessness of those living in the metropolitan area, who never give up their dreams even if they conflict with reality. Gao writes: "Everyone is born naive and romantic. There is nothing more beautiful in the world than this. Men created civilizations and cities. Meanwhile, we are distancing ourselves from our most beautiful human nature. The dream I had in my childhood when I was in the countryside, was of the city. Then the dream I had dreamt while I was in the city, was of the countryside. I am busy and tired that I live in the real world."
From Standard Times to City Dreams to Our Generation, these series of artworks are not only based on the lives of ordinary people living in the city, but also serve as an exploration of his own identity. Although he was born in the 1970s, his artistic creations resemble those who were born in the 1980s. He does not try to express ambitious aspirations that concern the country nor complains about the current situation. Instead, he is more concerned about the happiness and grief in his own everyday life. He is posturing for his own aesthetic view. Our Generation reflects those who were born in the 1980s who were portrayed as being naïve. It plays with symbolic gestures in a way that makes them feel cool and it goes beyond gender and race. In Gao's words: "We are the blog-generation. By speaking several languages, taking various postures, displaying different types of identities and in assorted manners, we are able to develop numerous talents, play international jokes, dream of countless cities, and use the universal slangs "OK! Hello! Bye-bye! Thank you! No!"
Our Generation seems to show Gao's late adolescence. He is liberated from the constrained mood of self-mockery, and simply interprets the desire for communication when boys are in the throes of their first love. It is humorous, relaxing and uncritical. In his 2007 series Fell Asleep, he disclosed the reason why his creation changed: Gao Xiaowu fell in love! He couldn't help laughing out happily, and eventually he married his heroine in the Fell Asleep series. The sleeping position is a metaphor for being able to go beyond the real world, to a pure state without disturbance from worldly pursuits. The Fell Asleep series is a betrothal gift for his dear wife Liu Xiaoying.
Gao's aesthetics fall into the generation of comics and cartoons. He is one of the representative sculptors in the new trend of Animamix Aethetics that the author has been working on. His creations avoid political symbols or totems. Gao and other artists from the 1980s generation have spontaneously returned to the nature of artistic creation, pursuing their own aesthetic style and expressing interest in content and medium. The international aesthetics they exhibit are different from the generation of Political Pop, which emphasizes Chinese styles through political motifs. Most artists of the new generation, including Gao Xiaowu, are narcissistic. Influenced by their environment, they change their creations frequently and invent pictorial symbols for themselves and not for the nation or politics. Gao goes beyond his own pictorial symbols from the early Gao-type smile generated by the exaggerated and ordinary people to the most recently released sleeping couple. Aside from creating the essence of the figures, he also records his love story openly by creating sculptures.
From the essence of art, we can distinguish "the love of life" from Gao Xiaowu's artworks. Having such talent in expression, enables him to make better art.
Victoria Lu
Interpreting Gao Xiaowu's Sculptural Art
Gao Xiaowu leaves me with the impression that he is perpetually smiling. He has been embraced very often by his fellow people, based on the Chinese notion that "one's face tells one's heart." His sculptural works are stylish and humorous in an exaggerated manner, with warm smiling faces classically embedded in his work.
Comedy is unveiled through white-collar workers standing in Beijing's Jianwai SoHo, bowing with a wide smile in his series "The Standard Times." Gao Xiaowu enters the spotlight with his expression and contemporary creativity, which has been widely accepted and recognized by the art circle.
The work "The Standard Times" is a physical representation of the worldwide infiltration of standardized services with the onset of globalization. These services are costly and evoke mixed feelings from an audience who view his works; although the people depicted through the sculptures are laughing, there is an inherent sense of helplessness.
"City Dream" depicts chubby, smiling angels which are liked by many viewers. The image of a round body invoke images of inflating desires, such as how commercial advertisements float through the air, while consumers indulge in helpless and uncontrolled desires for the material. The gigantic bodies which are heavy in weight express an eagerness to fly with their tiny wings, creating a clash between the material and spirit, ideals and reality; in an attempt to showcase the subversive paranoia by his ironic and humorous expressions. It gives a flavor of cynicism.
If we are to say that the works "Post Standard Times" and "City Dreams" are signifiers of Gao Xiaowu's "inward emotions," these actually stemmed from his earlier creations in school, which then evolved into contemplations on society. His later works "Our Generation" and "Fell Asleep" signify his transition in expression into a "mood of youth" with contemplation of a generation of future fashion, cartoons and animation. The style of cartoons and animation aim to inspire and revive the imagination of the audience by throwing away the spiritual remains of contemporary art left in history and targeting the future. The conceptual metaphor and cartoon images embedded in Gao's work have a strong message and are full of characters one can find in this era of time. Details of time emerge from his work's surfaces, defining historical waste with ironic and joyful humor in an era full of a sense of collectivism.
In "Our Generation," the artist uses the body language of youths rather than an exaggerated expression to highlight the dilemma of contemporary languages, brought up by one's own cultural roots and globalization under the governance of western discourse power. He intends to evoke a rethinking of the role of education his generation has received. In "Fell Asleep", the richly colored images were depicted with a tinge of paranoia, showcasing the detailing of different situations of people from a great variety of social classes, i.e., the image of one's head surrounded by lots of meaningless saliva out of his or her mouth, constructing colourful clouds in a floating and dreamy way. Is it creative? Or addressing the future? Or an avoidance of the present situation? The work "Fell Asleep" is a new mirror to depict childlike China.
Gao Xiaowu was born in Datian, Fujian Province of China. Honesty and purity are two characteristics often found, due to his cultural and geographical background. The characteristics of nature and honesty are popular in his hometown, and noise and restlessness in an urban life is portrayed in contrast. Gao Xiaowu has tried always to retain a balance between the two. One can tell from the title "Our Generation" that Gao Xiaowu possesses a sense of self-identification which is different from those artists born in the 1960s or '70s. The artists born in those periods of time often felt unsure about their own identity, and one can find a sense of "angry youth" in them. The artist instead focuses on the aesthetic needs and feelings of the new-generation artists born in the 1980s; his work reveals this rational thinking. Thus, the unique style the artist has developed through his work is mild but not classical, showy but not cheesy. As contemporary art is renowned for its radical and critical nature, the fun shown through Gao's work has allowed our viewers to experience art by "swimming in the games of art" in a contemporary sense.
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Monday, July 26, 2010
The Eyes Have It
To achieve the perfect mega watt glam look, I recommend using false eyelashes, and no, not your mom's 80's style pageant ones. You can find many a natural faux lash fix that will be the perfect fit for you. Not only that, the effect is temporary and you can decide on the look without having to make a large financial investment (like eyelash extensions or lash growth product).
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- haircutting in high heels said...
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- July 26, 2010 at 9:48 AM
- Mrs. Wedding Crasher said...
I am a HUGE fan of false eyelashes. I model and would never ever do a photo shoot without them (ok I did once). So on my big day for the photographs I would not think of not wearing them. In fact, I am on a bridal quest to find the Christian Dior eyelashes that I wore the night I got engaged :)
- July 26, 2010 at 12:14 PM
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False lashes mean that hey show up really well in photos, when normally they hardly do at all. They add real ooomph to all but the most boho of looks...
- July 26, 2010 at 12:38 PM
I don't know what to do for my wedding. I already have big eyes and long, dark lashes. I can't possibly put on eyeliner or mascara. I look like I am getting ready for halloween. This has always been a problem for me when it comes to formal events. I never thought my make-up matched the event. I looked like 'me in a dress'. I want to look like 'FANCY me in a dress'! :D I have had my make up professionally done and it looked alright, but it was not worth the price of the Dior make up artist. I look silly in lipstick because I have thin lips and a wide jaw. Lipstick draws attention to my wide chin that I hate.
I figure I will throw on my shimmery eyeshadow and smile a lot.
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And now for something completely different. Jesse Eisenberg has been cast to play villain Lex Luthor in Zack Snyder's upcoming Superman-Batman movie. In the coming books, Luthor is a brilliant billionaire corporate overlord who really, really hates Superman, as he feels he diminishes the value of human achievement. He isn't classically stammering or neurotic, though, and to be fair, we haven't seen him around girls much. As an old girlfriend once told him, "You're going to go through life thinking that girls don't like you because you're a nerd. And I want you to know, from the bottom of my heart, that that won't be true. It'll be because you're a sociopathic supervillain."
Also, Jeremy Irons will be replacing Michael Caine in the role of Batman's butler and British friend, Alfred. Both are joining a cast that already includes Henry Cavill (Superman), Ben Affleck (Batman), Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman), Amy Adams (Lois Lane), Laurence Fishburne (Perry White), and Diane Lane (Martha Kent). Wait, Superman's adopted mom is played by Diane Lane and he dates Lois Lane and we thought he had daddy issues.


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Faculty, staff and administrators from St. Bonaventure joined colleagues from 22 other Franciscan institutions for the AFCU (Association of Franciscan Colleges and Universities) 2014 Symposium at Neumann University June 3-5.
The theme of this bi-annual symposium was Catholic Education in the Franciscan Tradition: Formation, Integration and Assessment, addressing the interests of administrators, faculty, student life staff, coaches, athletic directors, and students. Neumann highlighted its Institute for Sport, Spirituality and Character Development as part of the program.
St. Bonaventure was well represented with colleagues across disciplines along with Sr. Margaret Carney, O.S.F., president of the university, and Br. Gary Maciag, O.F.M., director of operations for the Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure and executive director of the AFCU.
Br. F. Edward Coughlin, vice president for the Franciscan Mission, opened the June 3 sessions with the keynote address "Toward a Philosophy of Formative-Education in the Spirit of St. Bonaventure." This was followed by a morning session with Br. Ed and Sr. Suzanne Kush, C.S.S.F., director of SBU's Franciscan Center for Social Concern, presenting with Sr. Kathleen Moffatt, O.S.F., "Strategies for the Education and Formation of the Next Generation in the Wisdom of the Franciscan Tradition."
In the afternoon, as part of one of the main themes on Sport and Spirituality, Dr. Paula Scraba, O.S.F., from School of Education, gave the luncheon keynote address "Sport as an important tool in the advancement of your institution's Catholic and Franciscan identity." Participants had the opportunity to network with athletic directors and coaches from AFCU institutions as well as from Philadelphia-area Catholic colleges. This session concluded with a short video on the impact of Neumann University's Institute for Sport, Spirituality and Character Development.
Likewise, from St. Bonaventure's School of Business, Joe Coate presented "Business Education, Catholic Social Teaching, and the Early Franciscans." Colleagues John Stevens and Kathy Primo presented "Lessons Learned from Linking Franciscan Values & Social Responsibility to a Business Course involving Planning, Organizing, Leading and Controlling." They were supported by their colleague Dr. Terry Moran.
On June 4, Scraba presented "Heartbeat of the Campus: Ministers in Residence Mentoring Student Leaders through Presence, Dialogue and Witness." In the afternoon sessions, Julia
nne Wallace of University Ministries presented "Introducing Spirit and Life: A Franciscan Guide for Spiritual Reflection."
This symposium was also a time to renew old relationships with colleagues, Bob Til, an SBU alumnus and member of the Neumann University business program, introduced Br. Ed with a picture of Br. Ed in the 1970s as a young friar in the residence halls. Christy Malone-Fleagle, former SBU lacrosse coach who is now assistant athletic director at Neumann, introduced Scraba, chaplain for the SBU women's lacrosse team.
The next AFCU Symposium will be held June 7-9, 2016, at Marian University, Indianapolis, Ind. For more about the AFCU and its symposium, visit www.franciscancollegesuniversities.org.
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Williams College, in cooperation with the Clark, offers a two-year course of study leading to the degree of master of arts in the history of art. The program provides a thorough professional preparation for academic and museum careers and equips graduates of the program to pursue further study and research.
Housed on the Clark campus, the graduate program is exceptional in drawing upon the rich art history resources—the professional staffs, libraries, and art collections—of two institutions. Each semester, a distinguished outside scholar serves as Robert Sterling Clark Visiting Professor, offering a graduate seminar and an undergraduate lecture course. Through the work/study program, each student has the opportunity for work in a curatorial department, as a teaching or research assistant, or in the Williamstown Art Conservation Center. The curriculum includes a three-week international study tour during the first year. Selected students participate in Clark Fellows' seminar lunches. All students receive intensive training in writing and oral presentation skills, culminating in a symposium at the end of the second year.
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Patricia Thurmond-Jones opened her front door Saturday morning and saw more than a dozen teenage boys beating her son and grandson, bringing back memories of her daughter's violent death four years ago, she said Tuesday.
"I already lost one daughter to senseless murder," said Thurmond-Jones, her voice shaking with anger and fear as she sat on her living room couch, the walls covered with her six children's portraits, diplomas and academic awards. "I know the pain, and I was begging those boys, 'Don't kill my kids. Please don't kill them.'"
A Chicago Public Schools spokeswoman said Fenger's varsity football coach, Cassius Chambers, and an assistant coach, identified as Roscoe Pitts, have been suspended with pay while school officials investigate the incident. Chambers also works as a teacher's assistant at the school while Pitts is a security guard there. The school website also identifies Pitts as head baseball coach. Neither coach could be reached for comment Tuesday.
Fenger drew international attention after the beating death of an honor roll student, 16-year-old Derrion Albert, was captured on video during a melee near the school in 2009. Five assailants went to prison — four for lengthy sentences — for that attack.
Thurmond-Jones said she heard a loud commotion outside her South Side house at about 11 a.m. Saturday. When she went to investigate, she said she first saw blood streaming from her son's face, his ripped shirt hanging from his body.
She said about 20 to 30 teens were beating her son, Darion Jones, 16, a junior who takes special education classes at Fenger, and her 15-year-old grandson. She also said two men, one of whom identified himself as a Fenger football coach, were outside her house during the attack.
"It was horrendous to see this many kids out there," she said. "I just couldn't believe it."
Jones lost a tooth in the beating and had another one knocked loose, his mother said. He also lost a prosthetic contact lens that covers his right eye, which he lost after he had cataracts as a young child, she said.
"A lot of people could have been seriously hurt or killed," Thurmond-Jones said. "It only takes one blow."
Thurmond-Jones said her son and her grandson, who attends a different high school, were mowing the lawn at her home in the 11800 block of South Wentworth Avenue when they were attacked.
The fight centered on her son's alleged theft of sandals from a football player, Thurmond-Jones said, but he denied it.
Suffering from chronic asthma and a herniated disc in her back and breathing with the help of an oxygen tank, Thurmond-Jones said she is struggling to deal with the aftermath of her son's beating, especially in the wake of her daughter's murder in 2007.
Tanisha Thurmond, 27, a popular math teacher at Julian High School, was found strangled in her West Pullman apartment in February 2007. Her boyfriend, Allen Blanch, was charged with killing Thurmond after she told him she wanted to end their relationship, prosecutors have said. Blanch is still awaiting trial in Cook County Jail.
"I can't sleep," Thurmond-Jones said as she tried to hold back tears. "I can't do nothing. I'm scared to go (outside)…. I'm just in fear right now."
Thurmond-Jones said her son is afraid to go back to Fenger and that she hasn't decided what to do when he's ready to begin classes again.
No charges have been filed, but Chicago police said they were investigating.
Tribune reporters Jeremy Gorner and Erin Meyer contributed.
Patricia Thurmond-Jones opened her front door Saturday morning and saw more than a dozen teenage boys beating her son and grandson, bringing back memories of her daughter's violent death four years ago, she said Tuesday.


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LONDON, England (CNN) -- A British executive who says he was sacked because of his beliefs about climate change is defending his right to make a claim for unfair dismissal against his former employers.
Tim Nicholson claims he was sacked for his views on climate change.
Tim Nicholson, 42, was employed by UK property company, Grainger as head of sustainability from 2006 to 2008. He says that his views on climate change and the environment are so strong that they led to clashes with senior staff at the company.
At a pre-hearing review in March 2009, employment judge David Sneath granted Nicholson permission to make his claim for unfair dismissal under the UK's Employment Equality (Religion and Belief) Regulations which came into force in 2003.
Nicholson's solicitor, Shah Qureshi told CNN: "We feel that there are strong arguments as to why Tim's views would amount to a philosophical belief. If they do, it would mean that people with those views about climate change and how it will affect the world, they will be protected under the UK's discrimination laws."
But his former bosses disagreed with the decision and are challenging it on the basis that Nicholson's beliefs about climate change are not philosophical but scientific, and are therefore not covered by the legislation.
The UK's Press Association reported that at an Employment Appeal Tribunal which convened in London Wednesday, Grainger's lawyer John Bowers said: "A philosophical belief must be one based on a philosophy of life, not a scientific belief, not a political belief or opinion, not a lifestyle choice, not an environmental belief and not an assertion of disputed facts."
Representing Nicholson, Dinah Rose told the tribunal that only philosophies which cover important areas of life should be protected by law, and environmentalism is one of these. Do you think environmental views constitute philosophical beliefs or are they scientific? Have your say in the Sound Off box below
"The philosophical belief in this case is that mankind is heading towards catastrophic climate change and that as a result we are under a duty to do all that we can to live our lives so as to mitigate or avoid that catastrophe for future generations. We say that involves a classic philosophical and ethical position," Rose said, according to PA.
She added: "You cannot give less protection to beliefs founded on science that to beliefs founded on faith."
Nicholson claims that Grainger's chief executive Rupert Dickinson showed "contempt" for his concerns and on one occasion flew a member of staff from London to Ireland to deliver his BlackBerry handheld device.
Efforts by Nicholson to set up a carbon management system at the company were thwarted when the human resources and accounting departments refused him access to the necessary data, PA reported.
Nicholson -- who was made redundant by Grainger plc last year -- told the previous hearing in March that his views on climate change affect how he lives his life.
He said that he did not travel by plane anymore and had adopted a more eco-friendly lifestyle which included buying local produce, cutting his meat consumption and making his house more carbon efficient.
"I believe we must urgently cut carbon emissions to avoid catastrophic climate change," PA reported.
The hearing ended yesterday and a judgment is expected to be handed down in a few weeks.


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LOS ANGELES – Quan Quoc Nguyen walked into the embrace of his family and supporters Wednesday night. It had been nine months since he had seen them.
The newly released pro-democracy activist from Garden Grove was detained in Vietnam last April, when he was arrested upon arrival at Ho Chi Minh City's airport and accused of terrorism.
"For people who step into danger, their primary concern is the well-being of their family," he said in Vietnamese to reporters who awaited him at the Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX. "I knew while I was in prison that everyone was supportive of my wife and kids. And for that, I am very grateful."
During his jail stay, the 60-year-old Nguyen was kept in a small cell with another inmate, who he said was there to keep watch on him. He talked to other dissidents and plans to relay a message from one of them at an upcoming news conference.
But he had little communication with the outside world. He had a half-hour meeting with the U.S. Consulate once a month. But that felt more like 15 minutes because of the need for a translator. There was no communication with his family.
His wife, Huong Mai Ngo, sent him books. He never got them.
He wrote her a poem. She never got it.
Nguyen said his wife and family were always on his mind. He ate the food his jailers gave him "because of my wife." He exercised daily, he said, "because of my wife."
Nguyen's release came after U.S. diplomatic pressure, said Diem Do, chairman of the Vietnam Reform Party, also known as the Viet Tan pro-democracy group. Nguyen is an activist with the group and was in Vietnam to conduct "nonviolent training," Do said.
At first, authorities accused him of terrorism. Later, the charges changed and he still faced trial in January – a trial that was unexpectedly postponed. Vietnam's Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Nguyen had "confessed to his crime" and asked for leniency to be reunited with his family. His wife said there was no such confession.
Nguyen's release caught his family by surprise.
Khoa Nguyen, his older son, got the news when he woke up Wednesday morning. There were some 10 messages on his cellphone.
"Our dad is coming home," his text messages read.
"It was the best wake-up I've ever had," said the UC Davis student, who got in a car with a cousin and friends and drove down to Southern California from the Sacramento area to greet his father with a bouquet of flowers and a big hug at the airport.
For some nine months, the 20-year-old worried about his father's health. Were they feeding him properly? How was he faring? And he was concerned about his mother – "because she loved him so much and she was so worried."
As a little boy, he said he couldn't understand why his father would go away for long periods. But then he grew up and understood his father's passion for his native home, Vietnam. And he grew to admire and respect him.
"His most defining character is his dedication and his fearlessness," he said. "Before he left, he told me he's not afraid of the Vietnamese government and he's not afraid to die for his country. He loves the Vietnamese people."
A mathematician, Nguyen used to be a high school teacher in his native land. Then he earned a doctorate in the U.S. and in the past 20 years has been active with the pro-Democracy movement in Vietnam, his family said. About two years ago, he moved to Garden Grove from the Sacramento area.
This wasn't the first time Nguyen walked into the embrace of his family and supporters after imprisonment. In 2007, Quan was detained for some six months.
On Wednesday night, surrounded by supporters, flowers, banners and balloons, Nguyen spoke about how dissidents in Vietnam are imprisoned unjustly. Asked if he would return, he said: "I don't know. I'm ready."
His wife said earlier that "if the Vietnamese government can't stop him, neither can I." But she hopes he doesn't consider it any time soon.
With his brother, Tri, 19, at his side, Khoa Nguyen seemed to speak for both of them when asked the same question: "I can't really stop him. But I hope not."
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Angie's going back to Bosnia.
Bosnia-Herzegovina's culture minister returned a filming permit to Angelina Jolie, having rescinded it last week over rumors Jolie's directorial debut portrayed a rapist-victim romance, The Associated Press reported.
Gavrilo Grahovac, who pulled the plug Wednesday after a prominent women rape victims' group protested the film, made the reversal after being given a copy of the Jolie's script, her Bosnian producer, Edin Sarkic, told the AP.
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Sarkic said Jolie will return to Bosnia to shoot in November.
Jolie's unnamed film reportedly takes place during the 1992-95 Bosnian War and focuses on a romance between a Serbian man and a Bosnian woman.
"The story is very complex but is primarily a love story," Zana Marjanovich, a 27-year-old Bosnian woman cast for the film's lead role, told Reuters last month.
After being denied the right to shoot in Bosnia, Jolie said last week that she hoped the project wouldn't be imperiled by "pressure based on wrong information."


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Verizon, AT&T's number-one competitor on mobile, is being touted as the company Microsoft will partner with to deliver a touch-screen phone running Windows.
Microsoft is reportedly talking to Verizon about delivering a touch-screen device early next year. If true, then the phone is likely to be running Windows Mobile 6.5 that's due in the second-half of this year.
If the report is correct, then it looks like Microsoft's long-running Pink project is turning into a Microsoft-branded handset running Windows Mobile, accompanied by Windows services. Those services will be transposed and evolve from services for Microsoft's Zune player.
A Microsoft spokesperson would not comment on the Verizon deal, but told The Reg Microsoft's strategy is to "work closely with many mobile operators and device makers around the world because customers want different experiences on a variety phones."
Microsoft and Verizon signed a deal on mobile search in January. It's understood to be a $1bn deal that would see Microsoft's Live Search become the default search service for the wireless carrier's cell phones. Google was understood to be in the running.
Microsoft's been kicking the Pink ball around for some time and many have conjectured that Microsoft must be building something to challenge Apple's iPhone on the AT&T network and Google's Android on the T-Mobile network.
An initial phone, though, is likely to be more like a toe hold in the touch-screen mobile market. Microsoft, itself, has already admitted Windows 6.5 will fall short of what the company should be delivering in order to face up to the capabilities of the iPhone and Android.
The successor to Windows Mobile 7.0 is not expected until the second-half of 2010. ®
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Photographer's Note
Good Morning Everyone,
Christmas Eve ... this is the most exciting day of the year for most children so, it is with great pleasure that I share one of the secrets of Santa's journey!
Please click on Reindeer Tracks ... ! to see the tracks much bigger and clearer.
Here Santa stopped for a short rest whilst he rearranged the presents on his sleigh and enjoyed the view towards snow covered Pendle Hill.
You can clearly see where the reindeer galloped to lift Santa's sleigh back into the air!
You can share this with all your children or grandchildren and anyone who maybe a non-believer!
I wish you all a very fun filled Christmas, Bev :-)
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Hello Beverley,
What a beautiful snow landscape for Christmas Eve! So cool that you managed to capture the many reindeer tracks in the snow. This was a lovely, bright, sunny, and most of all white Christmas Day, which you captured perfectly. Merry Christmas to you too.
ikeharel (102161) 2017-12-24 1:58
A note with the holiday spirit, nicely written, Beverley, and the picture from last year snowy Christmas shown a clear day beautifully in white. Cheers.
Enjoy the holiday weekend,
snunney (130967) 2017-12-24 2:01
Hello Bev,
A lovely wintry composition, perfect for a Christmas card. Nicely illuminated with agreeable colours and very good sharpness. Christmas greetings to you and your family.
lousat (125153) 2017-12-24 2:03
HI Bev,magnificent idea for this Christmas postcard,a very natural scenery like a jump in the past with the tracks on the snow. Beautiful atmopshere and quality! I wish you all the best me too and thanks,Luciano
besnard (59196) 2017-12-24 2:30
Bonjour Beverley
Une belle carte postale de saison.
Joyeux Noel ainsi qu'à tes proches.
alvaraalto (40236) 2017-12-24 2:37
Hello Bev
A white Christmas is always the wish of many (me included), but in the Netherlands, it happens seldom. We had a lot of snow for two days two weeks ago, but that will possibly be the only snow this winter.
Your splendid picture is indeed the right arrangement for Santa Claus and its reindeer sledge.
Just a pity you were too late to take a picture of him.
Merry Christmas, Groet Rob
Nicou (193790) 2017-12-24 2:39
quelle iamge ce petit arbre dans la neige quelle compo et cpatage sueprbe et ces traces dans la neige des animaux qui se promènent en fond cette montagne sueprbe ensemble
Belle fêtes de Noël et amitié
Fis2 (148576) 2017-12-24 2:55
Witaj Bev!
Very nice wintere wiew, I miss snow :(
Good POV and colors.
Nice light and sharpness.
Merry Christmas for you and your family!
cornejo (61504) 2017-12-24 3:10
Hello Bev, very good photograph of this beautiful and interesting composition, very well captured in this beautiful image, with good sharpness, light, color and quality. Very good and interesting work perfectly done, my congratulations my friend. Thanks for sharing this beautiful work.
Good afternoon and happy start of the week.
Best wishes from the south of Spain.
Merry Christmas for you and your family.
ChrisJ (156123) 2017-12-24 3:47
Hello Beverley
Good textural details in the fresh snow with all the paw prints. The dark tree on the horizon provides a great focal point and adds graphism. Superb sharpness & a Merry Xmas & safe new year ahead. Tfs!
jhm (196657) 2017-12-24 4:22
Hello Bev,
In Belgium, certainly in Flemish part is Santa not the real friend of the children.
But get , gladly a nice gift under the Christmas tree.
Christmas 2016 a white Christmas, today a very green Christmas day with almost +10°Celsius.
We get nice perspective and depth
Also a nice panorama and lovely nature picture.
Very well done, TFS.
Have a nice Christmas,
lvik (421) 2017-12-24 4:43
Hello classic winter photo when I saw the photo so I remembered the joke: That cloud in the sky is like my girl ...
Sergiom (117241) 2017-12-24 6:19
Bonjour Bev,
Cette photo me fait sourire car c'est plein de traces semblables autour de la maison ce matin. Ce qui me fait penser qu'il faudra que je sorte pelleter car mes petits enfants viennent réveillonner. Superbe lumière.
Merry Christmas
Cricri (176) 2017-12-24 7:14
Hi Berverley
Beau paysage sous la neige, des traces d'animaux dans ce grand espace, c'est joli
Joyeux Noel
Hello dear Beverley and have a nice
time and a happy Christmas day
wonderful cature like a Christmas postcard
I like the idea for the secrets
of Santas Journey
excellent Christmas landscape
and wellseen
carlo62 (81157) 2017-12-24 14:46
Ciao Bev
non so se la storia sia andata veramente in quel modo, però la foto che ci mostri ci fornisce un'ottima prova per crederlo.
Buon Natale
kasianowak (14710) 2017-12-24 14:56
Hi Bev
I, of course, believe in Santa, even when his reindeers' tracks look a bit like rabbits'... ;-)
Seriously though, lovely winter landscape. I envy you the snow, even in a photo taken a year ago (my Christmas last year, just as this year, was grey).
Wishing you a Very Merry Christmas!
emka (145587) 2017-12-25 0:18
Hello Bev, Haha, good view of these Rudolf tracks :). Charming winter picture with the sparkling snow. What about white Christmas this year? We had yesterday warm day with 10 grad!
Merry Christmas to you and your family
Lidka (527) 2017-12-25 2:39
Dear Beverley!
Fantastic Winter in England.
A lot of snow.
Superb weather.
Nice sky, fine lightness and colours.
Good contrast and sharpness.
Superb delicate black frame.
Well done!
mkamionka (56114) 2017-12-28 12:18
Hi Bev,
I have nervously checked the date the photo was taken... I do remember you showing previously some beautiful photos of landscapes decorated with snow. But I didn't think this is possible in two years in a row. Although forecast for tomorrow is... snow...
Lovely place, the highlight is of course the well exposed surface of the snow layer.
Beautiful winter scenery!
macondo (20449) 2017-12-31 2:19
Hi Bev.
Took me a week to catch up with this one. Lovely picture, very well exposed to avoid blown highlights. Good bit of foreground interest, with the wall and the reindeer tracks, and a great long view to the far hill. My, you had a lot of snow, and Santa would have loved that. Hope your Xmas was very pleasant, and now a happy new year to you.
Photo Information
- Copyright: Beverley Robinson (Royaldevon) (68385)
- Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2016-12-25
- Categories: Humorous, Nature
- Camera: Nikon D200, NIKKOR AF-S 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G ED DX
- Exposure: f/1.2, 1/21 seconds
- Photo Version: Original Version
- Theme(s): More views around Trawden [view contributor(s)]
- Date Submitted: 2017-12-24 1:41


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Hello everyone....
Hope all are in good health after stuffing your tummy with food, food and more food. And I bet, those who are working, will find it hard to get back to work after the long holiday (bet many of you applied for a whole week leave right?)
Well this Eid, I had quite a bad experience actually. On the third and forth day of Eid, I was flat. Down with food poisoning! That wasn't my first experience of food poisoning, but I must say, this one was the worst! I was all drained out! I even had a jab...huhuhu... all thanks to the shirmp. I am pretty sure, that is the culprit because even mom, my sis and my brother-in-law wasn't feeling good after eating the shrimp from that restaurant. Mr Hubby, Fatin and Syahmi didn't eat shrimp, and they are all fine. So yes... it's the shrimp!
Actually we planned to stay in Malacca till Tuesday but then, had to prolong it till Thursday. On Saturday, we had a lovely experience (I guess that's to balance the horrible experience I had earlier on). It wasn't planned but it just happened. We had a 'Convoi Raya' with our Malawi Circle of Friends. We started from Kg Dato' Baginda - Sg Ramal - Putra Heights - Shah Alam - Bandar Enstek - Bandar Seri Putra. From there we split with them and went to one of our Sri Lanka Circle of Friends, now residing at Bandar Bukit Mahkota. Didn't spend much time there as we had to rush home. Another family from Sri Lanka Circle of Friends were coming to visit us. Gosh, it was very tiring but definately something worth treasuring......
Oki doki, let me just post another cookie recipe that I had tried before Eid. It was lovely and as always, the recipe was suggested to me by my trusted friend, none other than Mak Lang The Great . Thanks Mak Lang for the melt in the mouth pineapple tart.... yummmmm......
For the recipe.....
Ingredients A :
250 g butter
2 egg yolks
3 tablespoons ghee
3 tablespoons castor sugar
Ingredients B :
350 g flour
Pineapple jam
Method :
1. Cream ingredients A until just combined.
2. Add in flour until a soft dough is formed.
3. Press the dough through a pineapple tart mould.
4. Place the filling in middle and roll. Arrange on a baking tray lined with parchment paper.
5. Brush with some egg yolk, mixed with a drop of yellow food coloring.
6. Bake in a preheated oven till golden brown.
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Saab and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (TCS) have signed a Letter of Intent to create an aviation technology design and development center in India. Together the two companies intend to establish a common development center that both parties can benefit from. The collaboration is seen as the start of a long relationship and increases both companies' opportunities to do business within the aviation and defense sectors.
India is a key market for Saab, as one of the world's fastest growing defense markets and the business opportunities in the country span the entire Saab product range. In addition to aviation and aviation technology it also includes electronic warfare, command and control, civil security, etc.
The Aeronautical Design and Development Center, ADDC, will be aimed at the global aviation market. Within Saab, Combitech will be responsible for establishing the center, which will create design and development opportunities in India for both civil and military applications. Saab will transfer technology and expertise within aviation technology. The markets for aero structures, aero systems, avionics and aftermarket support are of special interest to the work in the center.
"This co-operation is not limited to any specific product but is aimed towards building a joint capability to leverage collective strengths across the globe," said Saab CEO Åke Svensson. S. Ramadorai, CEO and MD of TCS, added, "This partnership has a strong blend of Saab's technology solutions and TCS global engineering model to address the growing opportunities in the aerospace and defense sector."


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Artist Mike Sekowski takes the idea of fan fiction and drags it somewhere even Garry's Mod would struggle to keep up with.
A glorious image, to be sure, but just how much use would Mario be in a real fight? I'm imagining scenarios involving head-stomping and mushroom-swallowing are somewhat limited on the modern battlefield.
Then again, as Kokujin points out, "Seeing as how Mario can fly and shoot fireballs while riding a dinosaur, I think the better question is why everyone else is there."
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The best winter hike starts with the right gear, and the Tubbs Wilderness women's snowshoe is your jumping off point. Our 180™ Pro binding combined with our Fit-Step™ frame and ActiveLift™ heel make the perfect blend of modern tech, comfort, and ease of use for all-day adventure seekers. Don't stop hiking when the snow falls – get inspired by winter Wilderness on this Tubbs classic.
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Women's Wilderness
The Tubbs Women's Wilderness Snowshoe is a versatile staple in our Day Hiking collection with a perfect blend of modern tech, comfort, and ease of use.
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*Optimal Load refers to the total weight of the user plus anything they are carrying, such as a pack, equipment, etc. Recommended loads are based on light, dry snow conditions. Powder snow may require a larger snowshoe.
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|Welcome Screen + Main Menu
For this final review, I tested Fuduntu using a live USB made with MultiSystem. Follow the jump to see what it's like and how it will be remembered.
After the boot menu, I was greeted by a few lines of text that had me temporarily worried that the system had frozen while booting. Thankfully that gave way to the login screen; the system automatically logged me into the desktop after about 10 seconds. The desktop is essentially identical to before save for a different wallpaper, so I won't go into that too much. I will say that the Cairo Dock is a little slow and sluggish; also, I'm not a fan of its inconsistent appearance when a window is maximized and I move the cursor near the bottom each of the screen. Otherwise, though, it was not unstable and it generally worked fine; anyway, the rest of the desktop looked and worked great as usual.
|Chromium + LibreOffice Writer
Google Docs has once again been replaced by LibreOffice; granted, I did download the "full" version as opposed to the "light" version of the live ISO file, but anyway, I guess the developers realized that users wanted a more full-fledged productivity suite. Also, I'm wondering if the Google Docs Linux applications even work anymore now that Google Docs has become Google Drive, which has no official Linux client.
Speaking of Google Drive and similar software, Dropbox is also included. Most of the other included software is also standard for Fuduntu, though there does seem to be an abundance of GNOME games stuffed in too. Nautilus is still the default browser with the Elementary mods, which is great.
I was able to install Skype and Google Talk by downloading the RPM files from the respective websites and clicking on them to install. This time, both of those installations worked fine without any issues, and both of those programs worked well in recognizing my laptop's webcam and mic, which is great.
|Nautilus Elementary + PackageKit + Desktop Cube
I was able to use the GUI package manager PackageKit to install Redshift, its GTK+ panel applet, and the Linux Mint Menu. I was able to use the first two of those just fine. While the last one installed, I was not able to add it to the panel, because errors would pop up; I'm guessing that the Linux Mint Menu for GNOME 2 really isn't supported anymore.
I was able to experience basic Compiz desktop effects like the desktop cube just fine on Fuduntu. Also, the system used about 270 MB of RAM at idle; that is fairly standard for a GNOME 2 desktop, but is quite lightweight compared to most DEs these days.
That is where my time with Fuduntu 2013.2 ended. If this distribution were to continue, given that this was the best experience I have had with this distribution thus far, I would heartily recommend it to newbies. Now that the distribution is only going to last for less than 6 months, though, there doesn't appear to be much point in doing that except for putting the sentiment out there. Fuduntu has been on a wild adventuresome ride over the last couple of years, and I wish the developers the best of luck in finding a path and a purpose for a reborn Fuduntu.


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August 30, 2013
The expansion of externship opportunities from Guatemala to Costa Rica, Uruguay and Chile highlights the fifth year of the innovative McGeorge Inter-American Summer Program.
McGeorge founded the program in 2009 and partnered with the University of Denver, Sturm College of Law in 2011 to offer the innovative Inter-American Summer Program, which is distinctive among U.S. law schools because of the emphasis on a true bilingual and cross-cultural learning experience. In 2013, Gonzaga University School of Law, in Spokane, Wash., became an affiliate of the program.
Study-abroad programs offered by most U.S. law schools, including those that take place in Latin America, only teach courses in English. By contrast, the Inter-American Program in Guatemala takes a bilingual and inter-cultural approach to legal education, offering substantive law classes about Latin America taught in Spanish as well as bilingual externship placements in four countries.
"I am committed to improving my students' cross-cultural sensibilities by engaging them in meaningful learning opportunities that are bilingual and by exposing them to real issues affecting the Americas and Latinos in the U.S.," said Raquel Aldana, professor of law and director of the McGeorge Inter-American Program.
This program is part of a broader effort at McGeorge to prepare students to address the needs of clients from Latin America, a growing demographic in the U.S. The Fourth Annual Citizenship Fair, to be held on Saturday, Nov. 16, is another effort where law students help hundreds of would-be citizens.
The classroom component had 21 students from five different ABA law schools, as well as six students from Latin America — including three public defenders from Guatemala and a prosecutor from Chile. Aldana coordinated the course on Comparative Law Perspectives taught in Spanish by three renown Guatemalan lawyers and co-taught with Luis Mollogón a course on Legal Spanish for U.S. Lawyers. Professor Emily Garcia Uhrig taught the course Comparative Criminal Procedure in the Americas in English while Prof. José R. Juárez from Denver taught a course in Spanish on Commercial Law for Foreign Investors. The flexible curriculum permitted students with basic to advanced levels of Spanish to design a program that fit their educational goals.
Mollogón, who has worked closely with McGeorge in developing all aspects of the summer program, has created wonderful opportunities for students with important Latin American legal institutions through his talents and connections. The program seeks to grow into other nations of Latin America in the near future.
Eight students completed externships in Guatemala, Costa Rica, Uruguay and Chile. Whitney Clark, a first-year student at McGeorge, finished a very impressive comparative study on the treatment of persons with mental illnesses in the criminal justice systems of various countries for the Chilean Public Defenders office.
Other law students completed externships at the Central American Institute on Social Sciences and Development (INCEDES), the Supreme Court of Costa Rica, a top law firm in Uruguay and the Attorney General's Office of Chile.
"I feel very proud of each of the students who finished an externship placement during the program for doing very solid work in Spanish," said Aldana.


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Continued from Tuesday, here's the second half of the recent batch of new plants.
I got one of these a couple summers ago from Lowe's, which turned out to have mealybugs, so it didn't last long here. Didn't expect to see another specimen this soon -- it's possible that I've only seen this species for sale twice in my life -- but since I have, we're going to try it a second time. This photo doesn't show the coolness of the leaf pattern very well, alas, but you can kind of see it if you open the photo up full-size.
I'm not especially a fan of this plant, but it was cheap, and I felt like I sort of owed Hemigraphis another shot; like with the Haworthia, the first attempt ended quickly. In that case, the problem wasn't bugs: I didn't have a bright enough spot, so it lost color but limped along anyway, then one week I forgot to water it in a timely fashion and whoops! it's dead. So it gets one more chance to impress me. But only one.
I thought this was another retry -- I had an offset of K. gastonis-bonnieri a while ago that never managed to take, and I thought that's what I was getting here, but I think what I actually got was K. marmorata.
I'm not thrilled about this, and I'm especially not thrilled that I didn't figure out which Kalanchoe it was until I'd already uploaded the photo, 'cause now the file name is wrong, but oh well. Too late now.
Kalanchoes and I have a mixed history, tending towards bad: I have a hard time getting them enough light (tomentosa, bracteata), and the ones I can get enough light on, I tend to overwater (luciae, orgyalis). More recent attempts (millotii, prolifera) have been better, though.
Sometimes, in the excitement of buying plants, I pick up something I don't need or want, just because it happens to catch my eye at the right moment. This may be one of those plants, but that's okay: at least it's something I like. And I could use it to propagate from, if nothing else.
Did you know that the Quad Cities has a Botanical Center? I didn't. We visited last Friday, and I took a million photos, which will take some time to get sorted out, but there will probably be a post sooner or later about this.
They also sell a few plants, which is where I saw this. I'm a little unsure about the ID: the tag said Pilea peperomioides, but someone had written "Pepperomia" [sic] on the pot in black Sharpie, and Peperomia 'Jayde' is awfully similar-looking. I'm fairly confident that this is the Pilea, though: Peperomia 'Jayde's leaves come to a point at the tip, and are concave at the petiole, neither of which apply to this plant.
I was excited to see it; ever since Ivynettle mentioned it in the comments for this post last August, I'd been trying to keep an eye out, but I wasn't expecting to find one.
Both of the Syngoniums were varieties I'd seen and wanted before, but I've only been able to find them in four-inch (10 cm) pots for $8. Even for a pretty Syngonium, that's too much.
I don't know the name of either variety; they weren't tagged. The first one I've seen before, called 'Gold'-something, but I no longer remember. The second one might be 'Confetti,' though I think I've seen multiple cultivars with pink spots like that.
Last, a NOID. I suspect it's a Tradescantia, but Callisia or Cyanotis hasn't been ruled out. It strongly resembles Tradescantia pallida, but it has elements of several things: the leaf shape and fuzziness is like Tradescantia sillamontana, the undersides of the leaves are purple even in lower light like T. spathacea, and when it's gotten enough light to be properly colored-up, it resembles a short, stubby T. pallida, though the color isn't quite as deep.
Reha's was unable to tell me anything more than, they don't believe it's the same species as T. pallida, and it needs very bright light in order to color up properly.