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OneMedPlace Releases Update to Research Report on Amarantus Biosciences Focused on New Positive Ischemic Heart Disease Efficacy Data for MANF in Animals
SUNNYVALE, Calif. and NEW YORK, Nov. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Amarantus BioSciences, Inc. (OTCQB: AMBS), a biotechnology company developing new treatments and diagnostics for Parkinson's disease and Traumatic Brain Injury centered on its proprietary anti-apoptosis therapeutic protein MANF, today announced that OneMedPlace's Research Division has released an update to its previous research report on Amarantus Biosciences, highlighting recently announced positive ischemic heart disease (myocardial infarction, heart attack) efficacy data for MANF in animals. The updated research report focuses on the mechanisms of action by which MANF functions to protect heart cells under conditions that simulate ischemic heart disease in animals. The updated research report from OneMedPlace Research can be found online at http://www.onemedplace.com/reports/Amarantus_Research_Update_112012.pdf.
The report states: "The results showed that MANF has a robust ability to protect the heart; during episodes of ischemia-reperfusion injury, hearts treated with MANF had 40% less total area of cell death as compared control hearts that did not receive treatment. These data serve as strong evidence that positions MANF as a potential breakthrough therapeutic treatment for ischemic heart conditions. This study adds to an accumulating body of research that all corroborate the therapeutic effects of MANF. Since its original discovery in 2003, MANF has been the subject of over 20 independent studies that identify its ability to treat disease states. MANF has been shown to stop disease progression in animal models of Parkinson's disease, protect the heart in instances of chemically induced toxicity, and in this work, protect against ischemia-reperfusion heart injury. Taken together these studies delineate the vast potential of MANF as a therapeutic, providing Amarantus with the requisite empirical evidence needed to propel this drug candidate into advanced developmental stages and clinical trials."
Ischemia-reperfusion injury within the context of acute ischemic heart disease (myocardial infarction) is one of the major causes of long-term disability following cardiovascular events. Treatments for ischemia reperfusion emain a key unmet medical needs in treating cardiovascular events, as there are currently no approved therapies that address this critical biological pathway that is responsible for significant side effects. The market opportunity for a drug that significantly reduces infarct zone size following cardiovascular events exceeds $1 billion annually.
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About Amarantus BioSciences, Inc.
Amarantus BioSciences, Inc. is a development-stage biotechnology company founded in January 2008. The Company has a focus on developing certain biologics surrounding the intellectual property and proprietary technologies it owns to treat and/or diagnose Parkinson's disease, Traumatic Brain Injury and other human diseases. The Company owns the intellectual property rights to a therapeutic protein known as Mesencephalic-Astrocyte-derived Neurotrophic Factor ("MANF") and is developing MANF-based products as treatments for brain disorders. The Company also is a Founding Member of the Coalition for Concussion Treatment (#C4CT), a movement initiated in collaboration with Brewer Sports International seeking to raise awareness of new treatments in development for concussions and nervous-system disorders. For further information please visit www.Amarantus.com.
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A while back when I spent what was to be the first of many hilarious weekends with blogger, deerstalker and rifle aficionado, The Bambi Basher. Amongst other things he considered it essential that I receive a lesson in vintage rifles 101 he showed me around his .275 Rigby-Mauser rifle and mentioned one of it's most famous proponents, the Scottish adventurer and hunter Walter Dalrymple Maitland 'Karamojo' Bell and his numerous african hunts with the 7mm rifle. I'm not an experienced reader of the safari memoir genre, but as usual I was drawn along by The Bambi Basher's enthusiasm, and soon wanted to know more about the story of 'Karamojo Bell' and his adventures on the slopes of Kilimanjaro a hundred or so years ago. I put his long out of print book 'The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter' on the list and the back burner as other things took precedence. When I was lucky enough to receive a copy of as a birthday present I was intrigued to see how I'd find him and the times he lived in.
Bell is from a different time, when ivory was a common(ish) luxury material and he made a fortune out of the 1,100+ elephants he shot. In one (exceptional) day he tracked and shot nine elephants. He estimated that he had just earned £877 from the ivory the days work brought him. Not a bad wage today - this was in the 1920's!
And so we became friends I was not going through the blood-brotherhood business, with it's eating of bits of toasted meat smeared with each others blood, sawing in two living dogs or nonsense of that kind. I took his hand and wrung it hard, and had it explained to him that amongst us that was an extraordinarily potent way of doing it. That seemed to satisfy the old boy, for the act of shaking hands was as strange to him as the act of eating each others blood is to us.
When an opportunity to defend the underdog (and serve his own interests) presents itself he delights in disrupting the activities of slavers.
A chance to assert ourselves occurred on the first day of our arrival among the Lakkas, for no sooner had the camp been fixed up than our merry band had a Lakka youth caught and bound and heavily guarded . On enquiring into this affair it transpired that this youth had been taken in a previous raid, but had escaped and returned to his country. We had this lad straight away before us, asked him if he wished to go back to Buba Gida, and, on his saying this was the last thing he desired, at once liberated him. He did not wait to see what else might happen; he bolted. Of course the kings people were furious with us. We, on our part were thoroughly disgusted with Buba Gida for having designed to carry on his dirty work under the cloak of respectability afforded by two Englishmen on a shooting trip...
In short Bell was not as I expected to find him: he wasn't as racist, or apart from the odd incident as keen to enforce his morality on others, most of the time he was the only white dude for miles (not that would have meant anything to the Belgians), he understood that his reputation would be travelling a lot faster than he was, and was even quicker with his wits than he was with his Mauser.
He had of course heard all about our refusing to allow any 'recruiting' of slaves to be carried out and I daresay was furious with us. He remained polite but cold, and we noticed a great falling off in the presents of food, ect., which were demanded by custom. Among other things we were distinctly annoyed to find that we were classed by the king as third-class white men. To Buba Gida there were three classes of european. In the first class were French governors, French administrators and French military officers. For these people sweet Champaign was forthcoming in quantities to suit the individual importance of the visitor. Class two comprised minor French officials, important American or English travellers scientific expeditions, surveys, ect. ; these got whiskey, while ginger beer was reseved for elephant hunters, clerks, or small commercial people. We were Ginger Beerites.


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Thursday evening, June 27, BuzzFlash at Truthout update to the chilling San Diego (SD) city attorney prosecution of Jeff Olson, an SD Judge placed an unprecedented gag order on a misdemeanor trial -- in particular muzzling Olson. But it also apparently included witnesses, the jury and others.As reported in a
Judge Howard Shore also chastised the Mayor of San Diego, Bob Filner. Filner apparently in the judge's eyes had the temerity to call the trial of Olson a waste of time and taxpayer money. According to the San Diego Reader, Filner sent out a memorandum on June 20 that read in part:
This young man is being persecuted for thirteen counts of vandalism stemming from an expression of political protest that involved washable children's chalk on a City sidewalk. It is alleged that he has no previous criminal record. If these assertions are correct, I believe this is a misuse and waste of taxpayer money. It could also be characterized as an abuse of power that infringes on First Amendment particularly when it is arbitrarily applied to some, but not all, similar speech.
Judge Shore, in essence, warned the mayor of San Diego, who happens to be a Democrat in a traditionally conservative city, to keep his comments to himself, and would likely have issued a gag order on the mayor if Judge Shore were able.
Let's remember that this is a case in which the SD city attorney's office (elected separately from the mayor, with an ambitious chief, Jan Goldsmith, who allegedgly takes campaign money from big banks) only chose to prosecute months and months after the alleged "crime": Olson scrawling anti-big bank messages in front of three SD Bank of America branches. He did this, according to Olson, with a specifically chosen water soluble chalk (as in easily removed with water or by rain) called "Creatology."
A vendor describes "Creatology" chalk this way:
Kids love to play with sidewalk chalk! Decorate sidewalks, driveways and more! Perfect for hopscotch and other fun sidewalk games. Choose from three varieties-glitter, marbled and polka-dotted.
That was Olson's "weapon" of free speech against Bank of America. Olson claims that one of the BOA officials told him it cost $6000 to clean up his chalk messages. If that's the case, the BOA is as bad at managing sidewalk chalk drawing clean-up as it is the nation's money. It should have just used a hose to water down the sidewalks (which are public), not clean them off with $20 dollar bills.
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Some may dismiss this entire case as a farce unworthy of serious mention. But the SD city attorney's office acquiesence, months after Olson scribbled his chalk protests, to prosecute him at the request of a top local BOA security official is testament to the power of the oligarchy.
After all, no Bank of America top officials were prosecuted for any number of questionable legal activities leading to this nation's taxpayers bailing out the banks too big to fail.
And, as we noted yesterday, why is the city attorney's office of San Diego publicly prosecuting Olson? If the bank has a grievance with Olson, let them pursue it as they well. We would love to see the depositions in such a case.
But, of course the BOA won't file a suit against Olson, because then they might have to -- depending on how the case evolved -- prove that Olson's opinions were wrong, which would mean exposing themselves to accounting for their banking practices.
That's a can of worms they certainly don't want to open, which is why the SD city attorney is doing the dirty work for the BOA. And the case is obviously being tried by a crusty old guard Republican judge who just believes banks deserve respect, and those who don't show due deference are subject to prosecution.
SD Channel 6 posted a web article in which Olson is quoted as saying two things:
Olson says he believes the trial is about much more than his chalk messages. He accuses City Attorney Jan Goldsmith of receiving campaign money from the big banks.
"Jan Goldsmith has received campaign contributions from Bank Americorp and Merrill Lynch. I think this is mostly about Goldsmith for Mayor 2016," he said.
And, Olson also identified the crux of the injustice being done here:
"My chalk drawings are clearly free speech and protected by the first amendment," he told reporters outside the downtown court.
These comments were made, of course, before Judge Shore put a gag order on Olson.
Having prohibited Olson's defense lawyers from raising the issue of First Amendment rights, free speech, and other constitutional issues, justice now has duct tape over its mouth.
But the Bank of America is open for business and apparently "owns" the public sidewalks.
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Neverending IGF Nominees
February 13th, 2011
Above: Fat Tony performing in front of NEND, one of the NeverEnding Baby Castles winners
Apologies for the late, late nature of this post all, but we just got our greedy little hands on some awesome images of the Neverending Show at Baby Castles held last October in Manhattan. For those of you who aren't aware, Baby Castles is one of the few places in the world you'll get the chance to play with indie-games in an arcade style environment replete with live performances, custom art (including arcade cabinets) and absurd amounts of alcohol.
From Left to Right: Pilot Crash Course, Clock, Astro Odyssey, and Auto-Cannibalism caught in the wild!
Also of note, a German television program was covering the opening of the EGP show. Most of the show is in English with German subtitles, but it's really worth a watch to see the games in action, and hear two girls pontificating on the game Auto-Cannbalism. Do give it a watch HERE.
One last bit of congratulations should also go out to EGP participants: Mr. Troshinsky for his crazy video mash-up, Loop Raccord, and to Jake Elliott for A House in California. Both games are entrants in the IGF this year and are nominees for the Nuovo Award. EGPers will remember Mr. Troshinsky for games like UFO on Tape, A Game for Two, and Shoot 'em Art and Mr. Elliott for Beuhla and the Hundred Birds, and I Can Hold My Breath Forever.


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Former Orlando police officer acquitted in son's murder speaks out
Tim Davis Sr. says verdict didn't surprise him, judgment from others did
APOPKA, Fla. – The former Orlando police officer who was found not guilty last week of shooting and killing his 21-year-old son spoke out on Tuesday, saying he wasn't surprised by the verdict but surprised at people passing judgement on him.
Timothy Davis Sr. was acquitted of second-degree murder in the shooting death of 21-year-old Timothy Davis Jr. during an argument over custody of Davis Jr.'s son on October 1, 2011.
A jury found him not guilty last week, causing an outcry on social media saying he "got away with it."
"I love people. And for me to say I don't care. I would be lying," Davis Sr. told Local 6 when asked if he cared about the public opinion of him.
When Local 6 asked what Davis Sr. would say to the people who see him as a killer, he responded, "Well I'll just say I'll pray for you. That's what I'll say to them."
Davis Sr. testified that his son physically attacked him, leaving him bruised and barely able to walk.
"At the end of the day, what's important, most important, my son knows what happened," he said. "My God knows what happened, and I know what happened."D
Davis said that he will carry the loss of his son forever and the judgement from his critics.
"And you just hope that they are not faced with the same or similar situation," he said. "Because that old saying that until you walk 100 miles in a mans shoes keep your mouth closed."
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Bob Cassidy's Classic Effect "Chronologue" updated into a book of quotes. In other words it's not a card revelation anymore!
The Effect: A date is freely selected (it really can be ANY date at all!) and the spectator opens the book to that date.
You bring out a post card with your favorite quote printed on it and it matches the one that's on the freely selected date.
Important things to remember:
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text: Shell Posted August 8, 2011 I just noticed that the Woodford Reserve Master Cask Rye has recently been released. The State of MI price list posted the price (in early August) at $44.97 (+6% sales tax) - for a 375 ml bottle (as the minimum retail price in MI). It strikes me as a pretty high price.Has anyone had the opportunity to sample this new Rye? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Category: asians with red hair
London Photographer Showcases The Beauty of Black and Mixed Race Redheads
Michelle Marshall is a London-based photographer who is capturing redheaded black and mixed race individuals.
People almost instantaneously think of redheads as being white, however, there are thousands of redheaded black and mixed race individuals who have naturally red tresses.
It is estimated that between one and two percent of the global population is redheaded. Although red coloured hair is most commonly found in Scotland and Ireland, 35% of people within the UK population carry the recessive gene which is responsible for this particular hair colour.
When speaking to the Huffington Post, Michelle said:
"I am currently interested in documenting the incidents of the MC1R gene variant responsible for red hair and freckles, particularly amongst black and mixed raced individuals of all ages," Marshall wrote in an email to The Huffington Post.
"I want to stir the perception that most of us have of a 'ginger' as a white caucasian individual, potentially of Celtic descent … As we struggle with issues of immigration, discrimination and racial prejudice, Mother Nature, meanwhile, follows its own course, embracing society's plurality and, in the process, shaking up our perceptions about origins, ethnicity and identity."
Take a look at Michelle's wonderful photos over on her website http://www.michelle-marshall.com/personal/mc1r


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Oldies but goldies kept out of our schools
Posted by Dave Bath on 2011-07-28
Crap happens. It has always happened. It always will. So why aren't our education systems giving to people some of the best means of dealing with that crap? Tools that never age, are easily available, cheap, and nobody has ever really criticized in the last couple of millenia?
Even fixing up the biased Christianity in our schools, replacing it merely with comparative religion and ethics classes: good, but not good enough. We need to provide kids with the tools for consolation and strength, the classical personal philosophies of the likes of Marcus Aurelius.
It's deprivation, deprivation bordering on abuse.
Over the last couple of years, contact with a few of old uni friends has been re-established – and a couple of them have been having a hard time. Intelligent folk, decent, crap from the fates, from spouses, from family courts … and there is one bit of advice that seems to have done the most good – and started doing good almost straight away:
Seriously, check out wikipedia on "Meditations" and Marcus Aurelius, the Roman Emperor who wrote it, check out his wikiquotes, and remember this guy had the weight of the known world on his shoulders, and despite later (unprovable) diagnoses as suffering from depression, ruled pretty damn well, and his notes on how to view the world and the crap happening allowed him to rule well. Have a browse, and if some of it rings true, get yourself the Penguin translation and open it at random – each paragraph stands on it's own, so even if depression is hitting your cognition as you say, it's in easy to digest bite-sized pieces. Then come back to me if you want more of the Stoics and the Epicureans.
Well, usually within a day I'm getting emails that are "Wow! Never knew this stuff – I mean, I've seen him as, you know, the good emperor in 'Gladiator', but …"
… and then will come a few quotes that have struck them, in their situations, as particularly apt and helpful – in a way the bible isn't. And every few days, for some time, the emails will contain the next quote that has made a difference.
Marcus doesn't just say "turn the other cheek", he reminds himself how to differentiate between the person and the act, look at the extenuating circumstances such as ignorance making the next act not revenge but teaching, how important it is to focus on your own acts allowing self-respect and that nature has fitted you to endure the crap that comes.
- Say to yourself in the early morning: I shall meet today inquisitive, ungrateful, violent, treacherous, envious, uncharitable men. All these things have come upon them through ignorance of real good and ill.
- What's bad for the hive can't be good for the bee.
- We humans are made for each other, so either teach them or put up with them.
- Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.
- Whatever the world may say or do, be like an emerald, and keep your color true.
- Men seek retreats for themselves, houses in the country, sea-shores, and mountains; and thou too art wont to desire such things very much. But this is altogether a mark of the most common sort of men, for it is in thy power whenever thou shalt choose to retire into thyself. For nowhere either with more quiet or more freedom from trouble does a man retire than into his own soul.
- If thou art pained by any external thing, it is not this that disturbs thee, but thy own judgment about it. And it is in thy power to wipe out this judgment now.
I'll get regular emails that include "Oh today I found this quote… and it's really good for me now".
For centuries, Marcus Aurelius was considered an excellent book for the bedside table (in Victorian times, just next to the bible) to pick up at random, read a thought or two, and think about before lights out. It was considered an excellent "consolation" for sensitive souls beset by troubles, which makes sense as it was written mostly by someone who'd love to have been a librarian, harming no-one, helping everyone, but was forced to go and fight the Germans who were giving lots of grief to the northern empire. (A peaceful man forced to kill is tortured.)
And yet, while we have Christian proselytes in primary schools brainwashing young children with the least useful and least applicable aspects of Christianity, while our governments are pushing chaplains into schools where social workers and people with psych majors are needed, where the Commonwealth Ombudsman says there is no way to actually define when the bastards are proselytizing contrary to regulations, we give nothing to the intelligent kids, especially the "sciency" types, that they won't reject because they are too smart, won't reject because it has too little depth, won't be able to use because it's too removed from actual emotions.
The "crap that happens" is timeless, the tools to deal with it, with enough sophistication to avoid being simplistic, have been available since the high points of Greek and Roman civilization, the easiest entry point is Marcus Aurelius, who was not an academic, but, like so many people, a professional facing existential problems, a tough job, and pressures from all sides.
And if a kid, or adult, exhausts Marcus Aurelius, they can be pointed to Epicurus ("The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity."), and Epictetus ("First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do."), hell, let them work their way through all the Stoics.
Why would this be wrong? Where would be the harm? What is stopping this from happening? Why do we deprive the best and brightest of our kids of the best and brightest consolations in western civilization?
This deprivation is almost as abusive as refusing to teach kids to read and write.
- It should be noted that Epictetus is attributed as inspiration by Albert Ellis, the developer of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy, which is quite effective, proven even able, with appropriate work by the individual, to help schizophrenics manage the way they react to their hallucinations – something drugs cannot do, except perhaps in large enough doses to knock out thinking entirely.
- Gibbon's marvellous "Decline and Fall" (to my tastes, perhaps the most gorgeous prose with depth, detail and insight in the English language), describing the reigns of Antoninus (through most of which, Marcus Aurelius was pretty-much a partner rather than merely, from the death of Hadrian, the nominated successor:
Antoninus diffused order and tranquility over the greatest part of the earth. His reign is marked by the rare advantage of furnishing very few materials for history; which is, indeed, little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.
But (Marcus Aurelius') life was the noblest commentary on the precepts of Zeno. He was severe to himself, indulgent to the imperfection of others, just and beneficent to all mankind.
The vast extent of the Roman empire was governed by absolute power, under the guidance of virtue and wisdom. The armies were restrained by the firm but gentle hand of four successive emperors, whose characters and authority commanded involuntary respect. The forms of the civil administration were carefully preserved by Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, and the Antonines, who delighted in the image of liberty, and were pleased with considering themselves as the accountable ministers of the laws. Such princes deserved the honour of restoring the republic, had the Romans of their days been capable of enjoying a rational freedom.
The mildness of Marcus, which the rigid discipline of the Stoics was unable to eradicate, formed, at the same time, the most amiable, and the only defective, part of his character. His excellent understanding was often deceived by the unsuspecting goodness of his heart. Artful men, who study the passions of princes and conceal their own, approached his person in the disguise of philosophic sanctity, and acquired riches and honours by affecting to despise them.
If one's only defect is to treat people too mildly, to have an unsuspecting goodness of heart, it is surely no vice: indeed, were all the world to have such a defect, it would be no defect at all, but the strongest foundation of that happiest world.
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Guitar Grade 8 exams consist of three pieces, scales and arpeggios, sight-reading, and aural tests. Total marks in all individual Practical exams are 150. You need 100 marks to achieve Pass, 120 marks to pass with Merit and 130 marks to pass with Distinction.
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5 hits:
1 and 2. Condi Rice and Susana Martinez. Watching these two orators back to back, one would never associate a gender gap or a difficulty with African American or Hispanic voters with their party of choice. Somehow the Republicans' talking points sounded so much better and more credible from the mouths of dynamic women of color than they did from the earlier dreary cavalcade of white male VP hopefuls and former presidential candidates from the Midwest. Rice was huge. She hit a five-run homer on a night of scratch singles and grounders to short. Martinez, less polished but prosecutor-tough, spoke from the border and from the heart, and the party sure needs both.
3. The tribute to 41 and 43. It was a great moment, maybe even beyond the new hard-edged party's realization. It was a chance to remind the country of the great successes the Bushes represent. It was a chance to stress family, and a chance to honor what came before – a quintessentially Republican thing to do.
4. A kid named Ryan. Clearly used to being the smartest guy in the room, the vice-presidential candidate displayed an irritating trait of nodding with self-satisfaction during breaks for applause. But the applause was real, earned with smart, snarky, zinging lines and extended by his clean-cut conviction and passion. The generational choice is smart and the choice of intellect is smarter (think Quayle); whether or not the message ultimately wins the day, Romney desperately needed the youth, brightness and energy. Prediction: Ryan will give Joe Biden a very long evening when they debate.
5. A sense of purpose and possibility. The Republicans came into this convention on their heels, with the Democrats' tax-return attack resonating and Akin reviving "war on women" and making Senate numbers look out of reach, and even the weather conspiring against them. After just two days, they've got their groove back in rip-roaring, win-one-for-the-Gipper style.
5 misses:
1 through 4: The aforementioned dreary cavalcade of Midwestern white males:
Thune, Portman, Pawlenty, Huckabee. Thune, stoic, Nordic, earnest and carrying no new ideas. Portman and Pawlenty, who did a great job of showing why Romney rejected them as running mates. Predictable, hackneyed applause lines given like traveling salesmen telling jokes in a bar. Huckabee, the chief Akin defender, sounding bitter and snappish and … did I say bitter?
5. You did build this, okay, we get it. It was smart to seize on a real gaffe that doesn't get a lot better when you look at the context as the Democrats are begging voters to do now. But give it a rest. Seldom has one line been worn so threadbare in a mere 48 hours.


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Padres Manager Bud Black and three of his coaches got in a taxi shortly after 8 a.m. Monday, slightly earlier than usual and with a little more anticipation too.
"It's the one day of the year we can be excited," said Padres first base coach Dave Roberts, who joined Black in the cab from midtown Manhattan to Queens. "Every other day, it's routine."
Yes, the thing about Opening Day is that when it is over, there are 161 games yet to play.
Unlike any other sport, those involved in Major League Baseball have to pace themselves, mentally and physically. They've already been through seven weeks of spring training, and ahead of them is six months for which they must stay healthy and focused.
But Opening Day is a singular day of rebirth.
"You go to bed the night before excited and you wake up excited," Padres center fielder Cameron Maybin said. " … The offseason is short, the season is long, but this is the day everyone looks forward to."
So swollen is the prominence of Opening Day, it can trigger a loss of perspective.
The Padres, for instance, didn't pitch or hit very well and were mauled, 11-2, by the New York Mets on Monday. Plenty of people will see in the lack of execution and the result a sign of things to come.
It may well prove to be, but the fact is that 99.3827 percent of the season remains.
There will be time – plenty of it – to talk about the Padres' tussle with Time Warner, their thin starting pitching, their lineup's relative absence of power and the payroll disparity that once again almost certainly portends the team being irrelevant well before fall.
Monday was not the day for that.
Peter Seidler, a soft spoken man more comfortable with the background than the forefront, was practically ebullient on his first Opening Day as an owner.
"I woke up this morning with a serious case of Opening Day optimism," said the eldest member and de factor spokesman of the O'Malley family portion of the Padres' still-fledgling ownership group.
The group has taken over a team whose fan base is restless bordering on apathetic. The team fell short of consummating some deals during the spring and knows it will eventually have to add some parts to be truly competitive. The owners assure us they have a plan in the works to keep Chase Headley.
"We have a lot of enthusiasm and intent to do things the right way," Seidler said. "Big picture, I'm thinking about all that and concerned about that and excited about that. But today, all that stuff is pushed out of my head, and I'm just optimistic."
Even as the NFL has essentially overtaken baseball as America's Pastime, there remains nothing in American sports like baseball's Opening Day.
The red, white and blue bunting. The celebrity performers of the national anthem.
Over the weekend, Black was talking about how great Opening Day is.
"It's a special day for America," he said.
A little much? Hey, Presidents of the United States don't boot ceremonial kickoffs before the first game of an NFL season.
Before Monday's game, the Citi Field public address announcer introduced not just the players and coaches but both teams' entire staff
Among the things we hear just once a year, on this glorious happening:
As heard all around the clubhouse: "Happy Opening Day."
And on the P.A.: "… the video coordinator Mike Tompkins."
Monday was Mark Kotsay's 16th Opening Day.
"You still get butterflies," the reserve outfielder said. "If you don't get butterflies for opening day, you probably shouldn't be wearing a uniform."
Mostly, it's a time of renewal.
Marty, the Citi Field usher, volunteered before the game how certain he was that the Mets were going to contend this season.
Asked if he said the same thing last year, before the Mets had their fourth straight non-winning season, he said, "Of course. It's Opening Day."
If you're a member or fan of the Mets, a team not expected to be any better than the Padres, you get to bask for 48 hours in the hope provided by Jonathon Niese's 6 1/3 strong innings in his first Opening Day start and by Collin Cowgill's first career grand slam.
And afterward, if you're the Padres, you cling to the fact there are so many games to play.
Padres General Manager Josh Byrnes and A.J. Hinch, the Padres Assistant G.M., rode an elevator to the ground floor of Citi Field with their daughters, who made the Big Apple trip.
"There's always tomorrow," one of Hinch's daughters said.
The Padres are actually off Tuesday, but point is, as her dad quickly told her, that's some good perspective.


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- Basketball and Volleyball will be held in Everest Gym in the Recreation Center
- Indoor Soccer and Dodgeball will be held in McKinley Gym in the Recreation Center
- Outdoor Soccer, Softball and Flag Football will be held on the Beaujolais Practice Fields according to the seasons
Free Agent Meetings are available to all participants. Meetings are held in the Lotus Wellness Meeting Room, upstairs in the Recreation Center. Refer to the IMS Schedule to see when the next Free Agent Meeting is!
Check out the Intramurals sign-up page.
- Only current enrolled students, faculty, staff, and registered alumni of Sonoma State University may play. Please adhere to these eligibility requirements. No one may participate in an Intramural contest without first signing a roster's assumptions of risk and medical statement. It is the duty of the team captain to see that all members of the team have met these eligibility requirements. Any violations of eligibility will result in the forfeiture of games in which an ineligible player participated. If you suspect an illegal player, a protest may be filed in the Glacier Bay Office.
- No player may compete on two teams in the same sport. Coed, Men's, and Women's will be considered different sports. A player breaking this rule will be declared ineligible for the remainder of the season in that sport and the team shall forfeit any contests in which the player participated.
- No intercollegiate athlete, INCLUDING red shirt and sport club athletes, will be eligible to compete in an intramural league in their sport or related sport on an intramural basis during their season. Out of season, only one intercollegiate or one club player is allowed per intramural team roster in their sport or related sport for sports with six or less players on the field. No more than a combination of two of these players is allowed per team roster in sports with seven or more players on the field. A person is considered an intercollegiate athlete in that sport for two full years following their last season of play. Current and former intercollegiate varsity athletes must compete at the "A League" level of Intramural sports. Rare exceptions may be granted but must be requested ahead of time before the player plays.
- Current professional and international professional athletes are ineligible to participate. Former professional athletes may participate in the academic year following their last employment as a professional. All must register their status with the IM office and must play at the "A" level.
- Eligibility checks may occur prior to all games, so players are asked to possess a current SSU ID card with the current Campus Recreation sticker on it.
What should I do as Captain?
As a courtesy to our employees and the other teams, please email us or call the office if you know in advance.
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Forfeit Policy
- Game time is forfeit time. A team that is not ready to play at the posted time will be charged a forfeit. Once a forfeit has been called it shall not be reversed.
- A team that is not represented at the managers meeting will be assessed a forfeit for the regular season.
- A team that forfeits during their first week of play may be dropped from the league without refund if there is a waiting list team. A waiting list team that replaces a team in such case will not be assessed the first week forfeit.
- A team may be assessed a forfeit due to unsportsmanlike conduct.
- A team assessed two forfeits prior to play-offs will be ineligible for play-offs.
- If you forfeit a game it will be a loss in your record and will not be rescheduled.
Team captains will be notified through a phone call and email if the Beaujolais Practice Fields will be closed due to rain or other problems. If Campus Facilities closes the field due to weather conditions or repair maintenance, we, the Intramural Sports Staff, cannot and do not have control over their decisions.
Most teams play about 4-5 games in league. This includes forfeits that will not be rescheduled. Also if weather issues and closures interfere with games, we will do the best to accommodate and reschedule those games.
Yes. The team roster that all players must sign before playing is an Assumption of Risk form. However, we suggest that you and your teammates carry their own health insurance to play Intramural Sports.
Campus Recreation does not carry insurance for its participants. We recommend to all captains that you advise your players to carry some form of health insurance while participating in Intramural Sports or any physical activity. Associated Students have health insurance policies available at student rates. Pamphlets available upon request.
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Playoff Policy
Only teams with a .500 record or better will advance to single elimination play-offs. Teams are asked to be flexible with their availability for play-offs. Teams must have a 3.0 or better to advance to the playoffs.
Sportsmanship Policy
- All participants are expected to be good sports whether win or lose.
- All participants must respect and obey all IMS staff.
- All participants must respect other opponents.
- Loud swearing, abusive language, physically intimidating actions, obnoxious behavior, or any other type of general unsportsmanlike conduct will all be grounds for immediate ejection from the game. The guilty party must meet with IMS coordinators and full time before resuming play in the season again.
- Should there be an issue with sportsmanship, IMS supervisors are to report such behavior to the coordinators and full time staff.
- The following will be our Sportsmanship ranking system:
- Five points= Excellent Conduct and Sportsmanship - Team members cooperate fully with the officials and opposing team members. The captain calmly converses with officials about rule interpretation and calls. The captain also has full control of his/her teammates.
- Four points= Good Conduct and Sportsmanship - Team members verbally complain about some decisions made by the officials and/or show minor dissent but overall, the captain has control over his/her teammates. Teams that receive one yellow card or one technical will automatically receive no higher than 4 points for that game.
- Three points= Average Conduct and Sportsmanship - Team displays verbal dissent towards officials and/or the opposing team. Captain exhibits minor control over his/her teammates. Teams that receive 2 yellow cards or 2 technicals will automatically receive no higher than 3 points for that game.
- Two points= Poor Conduct and Sportsmanship - Teams constantly comment to the officials and/or opposing team from the playing area and/or sidelines. The team captain exhibits little or no control over teammates or himself/herself. Teams receiving three unsportsmanlike conduct penalties shall receive no higher than 2 points for that game.
- One point= Unacceptable Conduct and Sportsmanship - Team is completely uncooperative. Captain has no control over teammates and/or himself/herself. Any team causing a game to be forfeited by unsportsmanlike behavior, or receives four unsportsmanlike conduct penalties shall receive 1 point for that game. The captain of any team receiving a 1 point must make an appointment with an Intramural Administrative Staff Member before further play will be permitted. A team that has a player ejected from a contest will receive no higher than 1 point. That player must meet with the Intramural Coordinators before resuming play with their team in Intramural Sports. Should your team need to forfeit a game, your sportsmanship rating will automatically be dropped to 1 point.
Standings are based first on the team's record in league, then their averaged sportsmanship score, and then head to head.
Pros League is more competitive and most of these members played in high school or club and have had many years participating in a specific sport.
Joes League is focused more on having fun and enjoying the spirit of the game. This league is concentrated on recreational fun with a smaller amount of competitiveness.


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Split pea soup is ONE of my many favorite comfort foods starting today. Yes, you read that correctly. Today. I've only had split pea soup once in my lifetime before today, and I was in my early adolescent years when I tried it. We were taking a family trip to the Bay Area to see some friends and family for dinner, and decided to stop at Pea Soup Andersen's for, well, a bathroom break. But what was supposed to be a bathroom break turned into an early lunch. We had always heard rave reviews of this place, and decided to see what all the hype was about for ourselves. For those who are unfamiliar with Pea Soup Andersen's, it's a California classic famed for its all-you-can-eat split pea soup, with a few restaurants found up and down California.
Well, we came, we saw, we conquered. And me no likey-likey at that time. I didn't understand split pea soup. It looked like a big glop of green goo in my bowl. The texture, the color, and the flavors were unappealing. I had half a bowl, and did not pursue any further all-you-can-eat bowls. I mean, that's what all the hype was about? Blech. So as a finicky teenager eater, I opted for some "real food" – pancakes – while my parents were eating bowl after bowl of soup. And to drive home my point of how "gross" I thought split pea soup was at that time, my brother also had the same experience as I and opted for pancakes, too.
One of our New Year's resolution for this year was to make more soups. I was going down a list of soups to make today, and none seemed to appeal to my partner. Actually, she'd interject "split pea soup" after each soup suggestion I made. I made a yucky face at my partner's suggestion, and was not excited. But I agreed, with some hesitation, which she doesn't know (at least up until now). So I decided to give split pea soup another chance today. And I'm sure glad I did! OH EM GEE, I can't believe what I missed all these years! I can't wait to make this again.
I'm realizing I should listen to my partner more often… this seems to be a common theme this week 🙂
The recipe below is my own take on split pea soup. I searched through many different split pea soup recipes, but just wasn't excited about any one in particular. I decided to use a few ideas here and there from several recipes, and added my own twists to make this fantabulous soup.
Split Pea Soup with Canadian Bacon and Miniature Open-Faced Grilled Cheese "Sandwiches"
5 cloves garlic, minced
4 large leeks, cleaned and dark green sections removed, chopped into small pieces
2 celery stalks, chopped
2 large carrots, chopped
1 large yukon potato, diced
1 pound (one 16 ounce bag) of dried green split peas, rinsed
2 bay leaves
2 quarts (8 cups) of low-sodium chicken broth
Extra virgin olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste
1/2 teaspoon liquid smoke (optional)
6 slices of canadian bacon
Heat a large pot or a dutch oven over medium-high heat, and heat the olive oil. When the oil is hot, add garlic, leeks, carrots, celery, and bay leaf. Cook until vegetables have softened, about 5 to 7 minutes.
Add potatoes, split peas and chicken broth.
Bring soup to a boil, then reduce heat to low and simmer, covered, for about two hours, until soup is thick. Remove the bay leaves at this time. With a hand-held immersion blender, pulse until you achieve a smoother texture. If the soup is too thick for your liking, thin out the soup with more broth (if you have extra on hand) or water. Season with salt and pepper. Ladle into soup bowls and enjoy!
Optional toppings:
1) Crispy, crumbled bacon, pancetta, canadian bacon, or Spam
Heat a nonstick skillet lightly coated with cooking spray over medium heat. Pan-fry your choice of pork on both sides until lightly browned. Remove from skillet, and when cool to handle, dicepork into small pieces. Mix into the soup, or topped on the soup.
2) Miniature grilled cheese "sandwiches"
4 slices ciabatta bread, cut into bite-size squares
1 tablespoon melted butter
Smoked Gouda cheese, cut into thin slices
Brush butter on bread. Spread bread on a cookie sheet and place cheese on about half of the pieces. Broil bread until cheese is melted. Then, sandwich pieces together and broil until golden brown.


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PreMPJE Computer Adaptive Test (CAT) - Georgia Practice Test (Demo)
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You must answer each question to calculate your score correct.
The CAT score ranges between 0 - 100.
You will be asked SEVEN questions in this test.
There are NO dummy questions in this test.
These questions are extracted from the premium package to give you an idea how state specific practice tests are designed.
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The MiniGen Signal Generator is a small board capable of generating sine, square, or triangle waves at up to 3MHz, and approximately 1Vp-p. Although the MiniGen was designed as a shield for the Arduino Pro Mini, it also can operate as a stand-alone board.
The MiniGen offers two output sources: a 2-pin 0.1"-spaced header and a U.FL connector. The output is at a DC offset of Vcc/2, however neither the offset nor the amplitude can be varied. By default, the MiniGen ships configured with a 3.3V regulator enabled and should only be used with 3.3V signals (or 3.3V Pro Minis if you are using this as a shield). A solder jumper on the back can be placed to bypass the regulator so you can use this on a 5V Pro Mini or other 5V system just make sure you then provide a regulated 5V supply or you will damage the MiniGen!
This board does not come with headers. Here are some options that you can solder onto the board:
The SPI should be at or close to the supply voltage for the chip (3.3V by default). If you elect to write your own SPI control for this, the clock idles low (CPOL = 0) and data are latched on the rising edge (CPHA = 1). This corresponds to SPI Mode 1.


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Via the Twitter of Daryl Morey—God bless him, he has a sense of humor about the whole thing—comes this scorecard from his season of fantasy football. Daryl Morey is the GM of two teams: the Houston Rockets (a basketball franchise) and the Morey Eels (a fantasy football franchise). One of the jobs, he's supposedly very good at, the other one, he pretty much sucks. But he seems to employ approximately the same methods (to somewhat similar ends) in both.
Morey was super active, with 45 moves—the next closest were two people that made 33, and no one else made half as many moves as Morey did—and scored a lot of points, but got unlucky in the differential, apparently playing a lot of hot teams that outscored hm week-to-week.
Meaning that the similarity between his fantasy GM style and real-life GM maneuvers and results were actually pretty striking. Morey is sometimes accused of overthinking the Rockets roster, and this summer turned that roster over completely, retaining only Chandler Parsons and making by far the most moves of any NBA GM. Last year, the Rockets also racked up a positive point differential, but just missed out on the playoffs. (The year before, the outcomes was even less felicitous—the Rockets came in ninth in the Western Conference then, too, but with a +2.2 ppg differential, better than multiple teams that finished ahead of them.)
Basically, we're talking about a guy who makes a lot of moves, builds solid teams that should have good recordings according to point differential, and gets unlucky. This should make it easier to statistically project the rest of his career. In the meantime, somebody hire his wife. She goes with her gut, and that's the type of leadership NBA teams need.
h/t Mitch G.


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Alasdair Barnett-Endocuff a Colonoscopy Device
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Interview with Alasdair Barnett : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Alasdair Barnett : The main source of inspiration came through the practical difficulties in a conventional colonoscopy, including the colonoscope slipping back, the forces required to push can be quite high causing patient discomfort, the tip can move during procedure and is difficult to stabilise and current scopes can miss legions that hide behind colon folds and there is no way to view behind folds. These factors created the design challenge that DesignEdge needed to meet on a technical and aesthetic level, effectively these medical problems were the basis to the inspiration and an eventual solution. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Alasdair Barnett : The main focus was to design and develop an innovative disposable device that slips onto the end of conventional colonoscopes to improve mucosal vision and enhance tip control. With sixty million procedures worldwide this innovative product will revolutionise detection rates within cancer screening. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Alasdair Barnett : We are currently exploring various markets and future product derivatives. We will contunue to find simple and effective solutions to everyday problems in medical endoscopy. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Alasdair Barnett : Approximately 2 years. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Alasdair Barnett : The work was commissioned. After the preliminary testing phase we focused on a design that utilised flexible hairs to grip the side of the colon wall. The collapsible hairs fall flush with the EndoCuff maximising user comfort whilst the device is inserted. The tip hairs fold in to be as small as possible during insertion and while the colonoscope is forced forward. When the scope is extracted the hairs then open out enabling the surgeon to view the colon wall behind the folds whilst the scope is being slowly extracted. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Alasdair Barnett : Arc Medical Design manufacture and market EndoCuff. .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. Alasdair Barnett : DesignEdge specialises in the design of simple and effective medical devices for high volume manufacture. DesignEdge offers a complete design and engineering service to both local and national companies, taking designs through from initial sketches all the way to manufacture. .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. Alasdair Barnett : Early research explored the natural world including animal skins and fish scales for forward friction traction. Hydroscopic and nano-coatings were explored to improving colonscope movement. .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Alasdair Barnett : Patients that require a colonoscopy procedure. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. Alasdair Barnett : EndoCuff is a unique and innovative device. .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. Alasdair Barnett : We need a name to reflective the twin values of medical endoscopy and a device to fit the end of a colonoscope. .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. Alasdair Barnett : SolidWorks 3D CAD Software, SolidWorks Simulations .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. Alasdair Barnett : EndoCuff features soft flexible projections which gently support the tip of the colonoscope in the centre of the colonic lumen during extubation so providing greater stability and reducing sudden slip back and juddering. This also reduces looping and patient discomfort and pain. The projections evert large folds and flatten small folds so that significantly more mucosa can be visualised with ease. Experienced colonoscopists can use the flexible arms to manipulate folds, polyps and debris to gain a better view without losing vision. .Frank Scott: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?. Alasdair Barnett : Arc Medical Design, founded in 2007, the company has built a team of key medical opinion leaders as well as experts in medical design, manufacture, finance, regulation and marketing. It takes ideas through the complex processes of development, manufacture and regulatory hurdles to a marketing and distribution network that covers the World. Boddingtons Plastics a specialist in developing technical medical mouldings for volume manufacture. .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. Alasdair Barnett : EndoCuff's unique industrial design uses advanced polymer technology to provide a rigid support structure combined with flexible projections which gently open the colon wall. Each soft projection moves independently, rotating on a hinge at its base providing an improved position for a panoramic view. During forward motion the hairs fall flush with the body of the Endocuff so forward motion is not hindered. The design language reflects a compact, high quality, technically detailed device suitable for the medical environment. .Frank Scott: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?. Alasdair Barnett : Materials were fundamental to the success of the project and explored super stretchy silicon materials, friction levels of rubber and hard soft material balance. Supplier research and selection was key to the project success as was meeting medical ethics and regulations. Early practical test were conducted using pig colons using a custom designed test jig to simulate the human colon. .Frank Scott: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?. Alasdair Barnett : The challenge was to create a simple, flexible retrofit cap to improve the colonoscopy procedure in terms of visibility, detection, speed (it is currently a 25-30 minute procedure) and patient comfort. The product also had to be able to attach to a number of colonoscope sizes and be mass produced. .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. Alasdair Barnett : We are keen to promote the EndoCuff device and bring it to the attention of design leaders. .Frank Scott: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?. Alasdair Barnett : The technical challenges and regulatory requirements of the design and development of new products for medical endoscopy. .
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October-Breast Cancer Awareness Month
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. If you think about it, we all know someone who has had cancer. I have had cancer twice. My mother has had breast cancer. My father had intestinal cancer and has lymphoma now. Mary Ellen Warman who worked with us when we were Cumulus died as a result of breast cancer. Cancer sucks! I hate cancer! Hate is a terrible word, and we shouldn't really use it, but I can tell you that I hate cancer!
Every day during the month of October I'm going to try and post something to do with cancer. We who live in the greater Bangor area don't live in a cancer cluster. It's worse than that. It's a cancer epidemic.
When Martina McBride's song "I'm Going to Love You Through This" was published on September 6, 2011 I remember not being able to watch it without tearing up. It hits home, but it's so especially poignant as we begin the month. Please watch it, and I hope that if you know of someone with cancer, that you'll love them through it, or if you have cancer, that you have someone that will love you through it.


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The Artspace provides numerous opportunities for KCAI students to experience working in a gallery setting. Students also have the opportunity to exhibit their work in shows at the Artspace, including the annual Bachelor of Fine Arts show.
The Block internship was initiated in 2004 through financial contributions from the H&R Block Foundation. This compensated internship provides the intern with the opportunity to gain critical professional experience and job skills that augment the rigorous academic education received at the Kansas City Art Institute.
It also supplies staff support that enables the Artspace to more fully realize its mission as a unique contemporary art institution focused on both visual art and visual art education. Block interns work closely with the Artspace staff to provide mentorship to work-study assistants and academic interns. They are involved in all aspects of the Artspace's programming including exhibitions, educational and outreach programs and collection management. The experience they gain from this internship prepares them for promising futures.
The Artspace offers academic internships for outstanding KCAI students. Academic interns are required to assist with various projects under the supervision of the senior Artspace staff. Areas of focus for academic interns include management assistance with the permanent collection, research assistance for main gallery exhibitions and advanced administrative support including maintenance of the Artspace resource collection, exhibition archives and permanent collection files. The internship culminates with an independent curatorial project.
Interns are expected to have a strong background in art history, preferably pursuing a double major in studio art and art history at KCAI, and should have prior experience working with art objects and/or collections. Academic internships are organized by Career Services at KCAI. All applicants must apply and be interviewed by senior Artspace staff. For more information, contact Career Services.
The Artspace emphasizes visual art education and professional development for emerging artists and arts professionals. As a teaching museum, the Artspace offers a range of educational opportunities that allow students to gain critical insight into careers in the field of gallery work and provide practical, hands-on experience in a gallery setting.
In addition to internships, the Artspace also offers opportunities for KCAI students to work as gallery assistants through the work-study program at KCAI. Gallery assistants are responsible for monitoring the gallery, working at the reception desk, answering questions, conducting gallery tours, assisting with gallery preparation and art installation and assisting with office administration. Often gallery assistants remain on the staff for the duration of their academic career at KCAI. Working as a gallery assistant also can lead to an academic internship during the student's senior year, as well as extended work opportunities or a professional internship at the Artspace after graduation.
Students interested in applying to the work-study program can make an appointment with the office of financial aid. Applicants must submit a resume, a letter of interest and three references to the Artspace staff.
Every year the Artspace organizes and hosts the B.F.A. exhibition for students graduating from the Kansas City Art Institute. Featuring work from all departments at KCAI –– animation, art history, ceramics, creative writing, digital filmmaking, fiber, graphic design, illustration, painting, photography, printmaking and sculpture –– the exhibition includes work by 90 to 120 graduating seniors and is the only show in which all the galleries space in the Artspace are utilized for the exhibition.
The annual B.F.A. exhibitions are among the most popular and widely attended exhibitions organized by the Artspace. They are highly anticipated by the KCAI community and the general public, appealing to the business, corporate and arts communities alike. Dozens of public tours for area high schools, community colleges and groups from outside of the region frequently occur.
The Artspace also offers a range of professional practice programming for graduating seniors in conjunction with the exhibition and in collaboration with KCAI's Career Services, the Office of Student Life, the Exhibition and Outreach Committee and the academic departments at the college. Workshops and programs include an introductory forum highlighting past B.F.A. exhibitions and projects; a workshop providing basic information on preparing work for exhibition and advice on site-specific and complex installations; and the guest critic program, which provides an opportunity for seniors to be selected for additional critiques by distinguished arts professionals. The entire experience of the B.F.A. exhibition and related programming provides professional practice for these emerging artist and a unique opportunity to exhibit with their graduating class.
"2012 B.F.A. Exhibition" submissions are due March 1. Make your submission.
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What 5 questions do you feel are the right ones to ask in order to address your needs?
What is important to consider in your company or corporate context?
Let's get visual and create a little drawing, image or graphic with 5 signs and questions you feel are necessary to address. Make sure to go through the additional materials first, then upload your visual "roadmap" to your journal.


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on Monday, 12 December 2011.
Carolyn Goodman, the Mayor of Las Vegas:
"Your Art is incredible. You are extremely gifted."
Governor of Nevada Jim Gibbons after visiting my house-gallery:
"Alex, you are amazing Artist. You should teach people to paint in Oil."
emj777 on Michaeljackson.com:
"OMG I am in tears now I Love your paintings you make me speechless thankyou so much . Welcome to the famillyplese keep doing what you do . I Love them all God gave you a mission its time to shine . Love and hugs to you great Job wow!!!"
Oscar Goodman, Former Mayor of Las Vegas:
"Dear Alex: You are a genius and your work is unbelievable!"
Paula Francis, KLAS TV News Anchor Channel 8:
"You have so many wonderful paintings. I really like the way this new one is coming out; its beautiful even half-done" "You deserve all the accolades" After my meeting with our Mayor Carolyn Goodman exhibiting my Art , Paula Francis wrote: "I'm so happy for you! That's great. Wish it had been Channel 8 filming it, but maybe next time. You deserve this success. Wonderful! Soon you will need an agent!"
PLovely1pyt on Michaeljackson.com:
"Greetings Alex, You have a beautiful gift friend. I am so touched by your visions of our beloved MJ. Do you have a website so that I can see more?"
From Moonwalker4Life:
"HOLY CRAP your oil paintings are freakin unbelievable! I can't believe I MISSED it when they showed them on the news! You know what I can't believe even more? How your art has been featured on national TV and you only have like 3 friends! Well 4 counting me cuz I just added you as a buddy but you know? Still, LOVE your art, keep up the good work! MJ would be proud! ;D"
KTNV ABC Channel 13 ( Casey Smith and Liza Remillard –Anchors of Channel 13 Action News This Morning ):
"Some of his stuff is merely incredible and absolutely stunning. He is definitely a prodigy… He is incredible , such a beautiful work"
KLAS-TV Channel 8 News Now:
"He is good, very good…"
Lora Kalkman Special Assistant to the Mayor of Las Vegas Carolyn Goodman:
"… On behalf of Mayor Goodman, thank you for sharing your lovely work with all of us…. The Mayor wanted me to write to tell you she LOVES the painting and thank you very much. You are such a prolific artist! Hopefully we will have a chance to visit your studio some time."
Jan Hogan Reporter-Summerlin South Newspaper:
"Awesome! … I like your pencil drawings as much as your paintings. You really capture people, the moment. Your paintings just blow me away!... … I have been showing everyone your pictures. Your Art is simply amazing. OMG. "
Mark Tope Columbus Entertainment Magazine:
"I received your pictures of the paintings. I must say they are wonderful!!!!"
Andreas Hale reporter Vegas Seven Magazine:
"This is really amazing Alex!!"
Sean Whaley the Reporter Nevada News Bureau:
"Your work is impressive."
Devlin Daneshforouz Constituent Services Manager Office of Senator Harry Reid:
"The portrait attach ( America In My Eyes ) is truly amazing piece"
Matt Kozar Reporter News 12 Connecticut:
"Keep up the good work. Can't wait to see some of your latest work. … Your Art is coming along beautifully. Fantastic work"
Bonnie Lamrock the Founder of Michael Jackson-Upbeat:
"I love the recent painting! You truly are amazing. I am always stunned when I see it. You're very accurate and precise with your work. Your work is some of the best I've ever seen. ''… Alex, the painting is 1000 times sweeter in person! Wow!!!!!! I 'm in love with it. I'm going to put it on the wall but I must keep the plastic on it because I'm afraid of it getting ruined with dust. I will save this forever. It's absolutely beautiful. God Bless You my friend. "
Constituent Services:
"We truly enjoyed viewing your tribute to 9/11. It is a pleasure to know there are such a talented and passionate citizens in Nevada.( About the painting "United We Stand" )"
Jan Bennett the Teacher of Art:
"I had to open the picture of your painting again. I can't stop looking at how wonderful it is looking. Its absolutely wonderful. Keep up."
Jan Bennett about my "Love" Art Piece for Mayor's Office:
"Oh my God Alex. It brought tears to my eyes. It is absolutely amazing. I am sitting here crying, it's so beautiful. They will be ecstatic when they receive this from you. Did you meet with Carolyn Goodman yet to present her with her painting or is that December 20th? There are no words to say how beautiful this is."
Elizabeth Hershkovitz:
"…soon your patriotic painting will be in the White House!! I have so much confidence in you!"
Nicholas Vohnson Writer at Sonic Electric Magazine:
"…very impressed by your work"
Evan Savar the Singer:
"Checked out your work, it's great."
Mary Soarez Alvarez:
"If you drew those, you are very talented. Great work!( About the Painting "United We Stand" )"
Jim House:
"Alex Your paintings are great. My friend God Bless"
Sharavyn Pamplin Costumer:
"Alex, Out of all artist I like your style best"
Farah Pujuheshfar:
"We love you Alex. You are an amazing Artist. We feel very lucky to be able to enjoy and share your talent with others."
Marc Corinth:
"Wow… That is powerful stuff, Alex, but regardless of the interpretation… or my opinions… powerful. ( About the Painting "America Wake Up" )"
Ayereternal ( On Chuco Artist Network ):
"… to finish express oneself as fresh, delicate, balanced and enduring to say the least…"
forgotten. On Michael Jackson.com:
"Your artwork is very beautiful. I hope someday to buy some of your special paintings of Michael. You have amazing talent that God has given you..... please share it with the world. I wish you much luck and success and please continue to paint. God Bless You and thank you for sharing this information with us. Mr Krasky - I am shocked that more people haven't commented on your wonderful post. Your paintings just blow me away. I hope more people will click and view and google your name. Thank you for sharing. I will look for your Michael Jackson works in the future. Hugs and Love to you. "
Iulia. On Michael Jackson.com (Romania):
"Absolutely wonderful.You definitely have talent Michael Jackson and Cirque Du Soleil Show i am sure it's going to be AMAZING but i don't know if i will ever have the chance to attend the show Many hugs from me"
AnneUKOn. Michael Jackson.com (United Kingdom):
"Alex, your art is wonderful. You have captured the essence of Michael perfectly. He would have loved your work.Your art needs a much larger audience than us on here. Good luck for a future as an artist, you have a God sent talent. Love Anne"
melektrik. Michael Jackson.com (Canada):
"Wow you are a great artist! thank you for sharing! It's amazing you are very talented!"
Rosa (Comments on my Website):
"You have a wonderful talent. I love your Art. Love from Spain."
Louise (Costumer from Australia):
"Your Paintings look wonderful, you truly are an artist. Truly remarkable, your talent is amazing. Will proudly show off the one's you are doing for us. Also, in the new year there is a friend and a fan who will want 2 paintings possibly large one's. I will give her your email address in the new year Your a true artist and cant wait to show everyone!"
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Went down to London yesterday for a meeting and I used the opportunity to visit the scandinavian deli and grocery store there. Turned out to be pretty nice, with a decent selection of food. I stocked up on Swedish liquorice, Norwegian lompe, Danish red hotdog sausages and a Norwegian brown cheese.
In other words I am well set for another week of scaring Abigail with Scandinavian food :)


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Joel Lamere, WIlliam O'Brien, Jr.
Lecture to coincide with the following exhibit:
March 7th, 2014 - 6 pm
Art/Soc Atrium and Architecture Building
February 3-March 7, 2014
Opening Reception to follow lecture in Art/Soc Atrium
Starting February 17 Chamber will be open for interior visits from 9-9 M-F
Visit with a friend or during monitor hours to be posted here
Presented by Kibel Gallery with Architecture Program, Art Gallery, Department of Art, Honors College, Design | Cultures + Creativity
Joel Lamere
Principal / Assistant Professor
GLD Architecture / Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Joel Lamere has been teaching core courses in architectural geometry, design and representation at MIT since 2007. He received his MArch from Harvard GSD, and has previously taught design and research studios at Northeastern University. He has been active in architectural practice in the Boston area, and continues independent research in developable surfaces and the fabrication of complex geometries.
WIlliam O'Brien, Jr.
Principal / Assistant Professor
WOJR / Massachusetts Institute of Technology
William O'Brien Jr. is Assistant Professor of Architecture at the MIT School of Architecture and Planning, and is principal of an independent design practice in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His practice was recently awarded the 2011 Architectural League Prize for Young Architects and Designers. Last year his practice was a finalist for the MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program, and was recognized as an inaugural winner of the Design Biennial Boston Award.


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First up....gotta make those carmalize onions.
Carmalized Onion Recipe: Melt 1 t. of butter, 1 t. of olive oil, and an onion (sliced then) in a pan. Cook on med/high for 10 minutes. Sprinkle with salt. Add a dash of sugar. Cook for 30 minutes, stir occasionally, but not too much or it won't brown. Store in an airtight container for several days. One onion is enough for one recipe of the rolls.
Onion Roll Recipe
3 T. warm milk, 2 t. active dry yeast, 2 1/2 t. sugar, 2 eggs, 3 c. bread flour, 1/2 c. all purpose flour, 1 1/2 t. salt, 2 /2 t. butter (softened), carmalized onions
1. Combine 1 c. warm water, milk, yeast, and sugar. Let sit for 5 minutes until yeast is foaming.
2. Whisk flour, salt. Add softened butter and blend together with hands until crumbly. Add yeast mix with plastic spatula. Add one egg. Stir until dough forms, it will be very sticky.
3. Place on a floured surface and knead for about 5 minutes. Don't add too much flour or the dough will get tough.
4. Shape into a ball. Return to the bow, cover with plastic wrap and let it rise until doubled (about an hour).
7. Place a shallow bowl of water on the bottom rack of the oven. Heat over to 400 degrees. Place rolls on the top rack. Cook for 15 minutes total, turn the tray halfwaythrough the baking process. It's worth it. I promise!


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PLG necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 67 diseños de 19 diseñadores freelance.
We need comprehensive brand identities for two integrated organizations: a socially responsible business and a educational non-profit organization. We're looking for integrated design that will convey our brand across many needs: printed business material (logos, biz cards, post cards, promo pieces, stationery and press release templates and promotional portfolios to hold the promo pieces) and web properties for both organizations. We're starting basic, but are looking to scale, so if your design is selected, we'd expect to offer repeated business.
Portland Ontological and The Center for Consciousness and Integrity
Portland Ontological (PDXO) and The Center for Consciousness and Integrity (The Center) are integrated into a single, scalable, social entrepreneurial venture whose business objective is to socially engineer human culture by increasing the number of people living lives of deep conscious awareness of their connectedness to themselves, their fellow living creatures and their environment. We believe individuals who have transcended their egos and are living lives from deep conscious awareness can have a profound impact on humanity's future and the planet's future too. We believe this is critical if humanity is to fully take advantage of new opportunities future technologies will offer us.
Our first market offerings are speeches, workshops, seminars, published articles of our work and philosophy and special events that introduce people to and inspire them to connect with their deep conscious awareness leading to six behaviors we believe are critical to humanity's survival:
- A commitment to reduced material consumption
- A commitment to reduce the pursuit of physical and emotional egoic needs and desires
- Increased commitment to environmental stewardship and behavior changes that stem from it, reflecting an awareness that we and the environment are one
- Increased affinity and relatedness to the plight of one's fellow human beings through spiritual practice
- A choice to pursue a life free of suffering of all kinds for self and others
- Increased joy and passion for life resulting from reconnecting with one's conscious awarenessOnce they are inspired by our products, which will be marketed predominantly through PDXO subsidiaries, people can put their inspiration into action through programs and education provided by The Center. The programs and education provided by the Center are simply modernized versions of age-old tried and true methods of achieving self-awakening delivered in the modern context, and opportuntieis to participate in Community building experiments in partnership with participating municipalities.
To support the launch of our first products, our speeches, articles and events we need two logos, one for PDXO and one for one of its subsidiaries, Perry Gruber Limited. Perry Gruber Limited is the operational front through which PDXO offers its speeches, articles, events and seminars. So we need separate logos for PDXO, the "Parent" and Perry Gruber Limited "the subsidiary." Given that the two companies are related, there should be some "tie-in" to the two logos.
The logo for Perry Gruber Limited needs to express both the nature of our work and the nature of a professional lecturer, public speaker and writer. The logo for PDXO can either use the acronym or the actual spelled-out name of the company.
Please consider these points in your design:
The tagline for PDXO is "Build community, leave a legacy, create the future....Let's do it differently." If possible incorporate this into the PDXO logo, but don't get all wrapped up about including it. If it doesn't work, there will be other designs (such as our website) where it can be included.
An integration between the two logos should be apparent, without them appearing identical
If possible, the Perry Gruber Limited logo should include some kind of reference to PDXO such as: the tag line "A PDXO Company"
Our target market is Baby Boomers (people between the ages of 44-60) so both logos must communicate:
- Maturity, but not old age
- Social responsibility
- Trust and believability
- Simplicity
- Connectedness and community
- Elegance and a sense of the timeless
- We are not a New Age organization, so no galaxies, mandalas, buddhas, bamboo, unicorns or anything else conveying allegiance to the New Age or spiritual movement.
- Please no religious connotations, we are not a religious organization
- No cartoons, please
Descubre cómo funciona un concurso de diseño u obtén más información sobre nuestros servicios de diseño de logo.


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A discriminating reader I know advised me not to miss Anne Perry's William Monk Victorian murder mysteries. Good advice. Execution Dock was intricate, wildly descriptive and is set in a world it's easy to get lost in. Monk has been appointed Commander of the River Police and he is up against old ghosts and present evil that reaches far beyond the dodgy and treacherous waterfront.
The River Police close in on a pornographer and flesh peddler of young boys who operates a brothel of degradation and torture on a pleasure boat on the Thames. One of the boys held captive on the boat has been found badly burned by cigars with his throat cut. Monk snags the killer, Jericho Phillips, but Monk's testimony and his wife's about the horrors of Phillips' trade are picked apart in court and a vicious murderer goes free. As stunning and terrible to the Monks is the tactic of the defense attorney who gets the killer off by attacking the credibility of two of his closest friends—William and Hester Monk.
The sights and smells and dangers of the waterfront are vivid and evocative and the characters in this story are all colorful. There is some very clever work in the first part of the book to throw the reader off the trail and it is well done enough to be really effective. Monk is torn between loyalty to his former commander, who died saving Monk's life and whom he admired unreservedly, and the urgent necessity to disprove ugly allegations about the man that might be true.
Hester struggles with the day-to-day management of her clinic and the tragic lives of the prostitutes and impoverished Londoners who show up for medical care. She burns at her treatment on the witness stand by a man who once wanted to marry her. She determines to shield Monk from the pain of the revelations his sleuthing threatens to uncover by finding out who is linked to the sex slave business first. And she is meticulously protective of the 'mudlark', the young boy who survived by his wits gathering and selling flotsam from the mudflats of the river and who now lives with Hester and William.
Perry takes a fine scalpel to the motives and emotions of the main characters and the glimpse inside their heads is as fascinating as the efforts to catch the killer. Socially prominent people do completely out-of-character things—some admirable, some despicable, some irrationally risky. Wary denizens of the darkest alleys know more than they are willing to tell. Scuff, the Monks' young charge, becomes a pawn in the deadly game played out on the river. Scurrilous charges begin to make the rounds, attacking William's and Hester's reputations and endangering the existence of the rough and tumble River Police unit.
There's plenty of violence, plenty of fine writing and plenty of juicy plot. I'm adding Monk to my great all-time gumshoe list—but he makes it on there as much for the pleasure of reading about the indomitable Hester.
Execution Dock: A William Monk Novel (William Monk Novels) Anne Perry | Ballantine Books 2009


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Our evening set menu is the perfect way to enjoy your favourite Harvester dishes. Available every week, Sunday to Friday — for just £12.99, you can enjoy a fabulous 2-course dinner at Lincoln.
For just £2 extra, you can get a delicious third course and make your meal last that little bit longer.
As an extra special treat, if two of you book 3 courses we'll throw in a bottle of wine or Prosecco for £10 or a bottle of Oyster Bay Sparkling Cuvée Rose for £15 — both perfect accompaniments. Of course, soft drink options are also available.
That's food and fizz for less than £50!
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You must choose 3 courses to get a bottle of wine for £10 to share between 2 people. Soft drink alternative is available to share between two people, choose two soft drinks each for £10 from: A bottle of J20, bottle of Diet Coke or Coca Cola, bottle of Orangina or 300ml R Whites Cloudy Lemonade and Raspberry Lemonade. E.G. If 3 people all dine from the 3 course menu choose a bottle of wine for £10 to share or 4 soft drinks. If 4 people dine you can choose up to 2 bottles of wine for £20 or 8 soft drinks for £20. Associated drink offer not valid in Scottish sites. Over 18's only. Harvester reserve the right to withdraw this offer or promotion at any time.