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Photojournalist and Seattle Scenester Charles Peterson Had An All-Access Pass To the Greatest Moments In Grunge
Photojournalist and Seattle Scenester Charles Peterson Had An All-Access Pass To the Greatest Moments In Grunge
Photography: Charles Peterson
Text: William Van Meter
The music scene in the early '90s was a blur of gold MC Hammer pants vertically dancing back and forth across the MTV nation. But a dirty, scuzzed-out version of punk and metal was brewing in the Pacific Northwest, and soon the entire world was snorting the smell of teen spirit and lollapalosin' it. Grunge swept the country, and photographer Charles Peterson was there to shoot it. Touch Me I'm Sick (powerHouse) is a collection of Peterson's work from the era. Like other lens crafters—Mick Rock, with his iconic '70s glam-rock shots, and Neil Zlozower with his '80s metal excess—Peterson's work took on a more important role than simply documenting the times. His photos embodied the music. Not just a music photojournalist but a Seattle scene fixture, Peterson was there when Nirvana and Pearl Jam were playing empty bars and when they were playing stadiums in Japan. We talked to Peterson from his home about all things grunge.
How did you get into music?
CHARLES PETERSON The first record I remember owning when I was really young was by the Beach Boys—one of those double-album television compilations. In junior high school I listened to Rush and Judas Priest and hard rock. One time at the record store at the mall, I ran across the first Clash album. I thought it looked really different and interesting. I was 15 or 16 at the time, and I went home and played it and was like, "Holy shit!" I immediately sold all of my heavy metal records to the kid down the street and bought punk records from that point on. I grew up in Bothell, Washington, which is about a half-hour drive north of Seattle. I was the one and only Bothell punk kid. We're talking 1980 or '82, pre-MTV. I was pretty much the outsider, but at the same time I was staff photographer for the high school annual and newspaper and was very involved.
When did you first start taking photographs?
CP When I was 12. I had an uncle who had a darkroom in my grandmother's laundry room. It smelled like a combination of Tide and developer. I was endlessly fascinated with watching prints come up in the tray. I never really thought about doing anything else.
Did you always want to be a music photographer?
CP No, in college I was thinking more of being a fine art photographer. But really, I had no idea what that meant or how you made money doing it. So, to photograph my friends' bands just seemed like something to do—natural and utilitarian because I knew how to take photographs and make prints and they needed decent photos for their record covers, publicity, and whatnot. My mother was constantly harping on me to do something else, like shoot catalog fashion. I had an instinct to hang in there, and once Nirvana broke she was sending me clippings in the mail. There have been some lean times, and well, actually, there still are.
Did you ever think this local music was going to be so significant?
CP Honestly, no. I think we all had an inkling that as Nirvana progressed they would probably be the most significant, but nothing to happen on the level that it did.
It must have seemed that being in Seattle, success wasn't really an option. I mean, Heart came from there, but that's about it.
CP Seattle wasn't even on the map, period—not in music, art, or commerce.
At that time wasn't Seattle quite economically depressed?
CP It is actually more depressed now. It's kind of funny, but it's true. We have the highest unemployment rate in the country. Seattle at the moment—god, you drive around and there are for rent and for sale signs everywhere. Seattle is very provincial and insular. It's made up of pioneers and lumbermen, essentially.
What is the music scene out there like now?
CP There's not much that inspires me, but I'm going to be 40 six months from now and I don't get out as often as I used to! But I still listen to rock and roll and all kinds of music. Lately in Seattle the few things I find interesting are the hip-hop nights and break-dancers.
I was going to ask you if you are a rock purist.
CP Oh, no, not at all. I have always been open to a lot of things. Back in the grunge days I was always the one playing Public Enemy and Run-DMC. It was like, "Yeah, you're going to party at my house? You're going to shake your ass to some hip-hop."
Do you think there has been a significant rock movement since the grunge explosion?
CP I think the way the industry is now set up has a lot to do with creating the current explosions out of nowhere. All of a sudden the record labels had to sit up and take notice, and now they are taking too much notice and not letting things bubble up from the underground organically. That and MTV and the Internet are making things happen too fast to be as special and localized as grunge was.
With the Internet making fads so universal, you can't tell what kind of music someone is listening to by looking at them; they all have on hooded sweatshirts.
CP They can all have dyed orange hair now and parents don't blink an eye.
That is because of grunge and the mainstreaming of the underground. All of the soccer jocks in high school have bleached hair now.
CP Where do you go next? There are little movements, like the electroclash thing. Drum and bass never took off here like it did in England, and it's not really happening over there anymore, either.
What do you think signaled the end of that era?
CP I mean, it sounds somewhat cliché, but really, Kurt's death.
It's not a cliché because it's true!
CP It is true! It was like, holy shit, this has just gotten way out of control.
That event was the "Where were you when Kennedy died?" for our generation. I remember I was in Panama City Beach, Florida, for spring break, sniffing VCR head cleaner. Were you good friends with him? You took the first publicity shots of them, even before Dave Grohl joined.
CP Yeah, I did their first publicity pictures. Really, Nirvana were the outsiders. They were from a much smaller, more depressed town than even Seattle! Aberdeen. And they're kinda more trailer trash, in a sense, than we thought of ourselves.
It's like in hip-hop, a battle of who is more street—grunge is who is more lumberjack.
CP Yeah. And you know me and Mark and Kim Thaill from Soundgarden were all college graduates. I don't know ultimately what that all meant, but Nirvana were kind of the outsiders. I would see Courtney out more than I would see Kurt, and she would be like, "Oh, Charles, Kurt likes you. He loves you. You should go be his friend." But you know, it's really tough to be friends with someone who is disappearing into the bathroom every half hour and the TV is constantly on and they're nodding off and all of that. I mean, it's no secret, the guy had a massive drug problem.
What was Kurt Cobain like when you first met him?
CP He was very shy and very accommodating and a very, very nice guy. He liked what I did and I certainly liked what he did. The first time I said to Jonathan Poneman at Subpop, "Are you sure you want to sign these guys?" They were awful. It was just bad noise. And Kurt in interviews has said that this first show in Seattle was one of the worst they ever did. Hindsight is everything—I thought they were so bad that I didn't even bother to take pictures that night.
When people speak of grunge there is this sense of exasperation, unlike punk, which totally went mainstream, too. There is a sense of disgust. Some really good music is overshadowed by visions of flannel and long underwear worn as outerwear.
CP It definitely got overshadowed by the hype, and grunge became sort of an expletive or a dirty word. When we were going through title ideas for the book, one of my ideas was just to reclaim that word and call the book "Grunge." But I'm glad everyone shot me down on it!


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By: Gary Bates, Director, University of Tennessee Beef and Forage Center
The bermudagrass stem maggot (Atherigona reversura) is becoming a troublesome insect in bermudagrass pastures and hayfields across Tennessee. This insect was first noticed in Georgia in 2010, although it is native to south Asia. The damage from this insect occurs at the last node of the stem, where the leaf emerges. The larva or maggot (immature stage of the fly) burrows into the shoot and feeds. This causes the leaves above the feeding area to die. The discoloration of the upper leaves cause the field to look like there has been a light frost. If left uncontrolled, up to 80 percent of the tillers in the field can be affected, resulting in significant yield reduction.
Insect life cycle – The fly lays an egg on the bermudagrass leaf and the larva emerges approximately 2-3 days later. The larva bores into the upper portion of the tiller, feeding on the sap from the stem. Chlorosis (leaf yellowing) will be seen 1-3 days later. The mature larva will exit the stem and pupate in the soil for 7-10 days, after which the fly will emerge. Work done by Will Hudson and Dennis Hancock at the University of Georgia has shown the flies can live for approximately 18-20 days. There may be multiple overlapping generations of Bermudagrass stem maggot during the season.
It is currently believed that this insect overwinters in the Gulf States and migrates into our area during the summer. Infestations of the bermudagrass stem maggot typically get progressively worse as the season progresses.
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Degrees: BS University of the Pacific; DDS Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry
Favorite Aspect of Teaching at Pacific: Working with the faculty, staff and students to make the school the global leader in dental education.
"The humanistic paradigm of Pacific Dugoni means that we treat every student, every faculty and every patient as a valuable individual."
Dr. William Sands '71 never planned to come back to Pacific Dugoni and be a dental educator, yet after years in private practice and travelling the world, he found himself back where it all started. If there's one thing he loves in life, it's a good challenge.
Following graduation, William started a successful private practice in Livermore, California. It was there that he met a patient who worked as a missionary in Africa. Always wanting to do more to help others, William offered to take some vacation time and lend his assistance. So he traveled to Nigeria and spent a month working in a small dental clinic in the bush. That experience proved to be life changing.
"I'd been in private practice for 16 years and loved it. But while I was there, I determined that the people in Africa needed me more than the people in Livermore," recalls William. "I sold my practice within days and moved out there."
For the next three years, William set up small clinics and worked in 20 different villages in Nigeria, West Africa. Twenty different villages also meant 20 different tribes with 20 different languages. But William ably rose to the occasion, even managing to set up health care systems in two of the villages. Feeling that he had made the most of his time in Africa, he moved back to the States. For the next 16 years, he worked outside of dentistry, although continuing to maintain his license.
"I helped with many humanitarian projects in dozens of countries, setting up teams of 30-50 people from the United States to go and help the poorest of the poor," said William. "I typically worked in villages and places in the world that most people wouldn't go."
After years of traveling constantly for his humanitarian efforts, William decided to retire. But when he phoned his good buddy Dr. Peter Hansen, who at the time was chairman of the department of removable prosthodontics at Pacific Dugoni, he was offered a job. Having been out of dentistry in the United States for an extended period of time, he was hesitant to accept the offer. However, Dr. Hansen's persistence convinced him. He started working in the clinic three days a week before joining the eight Group Practice Leaders and eventually serving as vice chairperson for the clinical practice strand.
William sees the Helix Curriculum as a unique opportunity to successfully put in place a clinical model that will allow the students that graduate to be the best in the world. Of the five strands of the Curriculum, he believes that the clinical strand is the final building block. He finds the students to be very bright, with a great desire to learn which makes his job very enjoyable.
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Drug wars: Fluvanna students in crossfire?
This much the police, school administrators, and parents agree upon: No drugs were found in the April 23 lockdown of Fluvanna high and middle schools.
But stories of how the search with drug-sniffing dogs was carried out vary wildly. No students were searched and none were sniffed by dogs, say Fluvanna Sheriff Rylant Washington and Fluvanna school Superintendent Tom Smith.
That's not what one outraged parent heard from at least two students. They say their fellow students were sniffed by dogs and then searched, forced to remove jackets and outerwear and roll down the tops of their pants for inspection.
"I can tell you that's not true," says Sheriff Washington. "There were no students searched at all. Basically this was more of a building search of classrooms and lockers."
About 15 officers and six dogs from surrounding jurisdictions locked down Fluvanna High for about two hours, and followed up with an hour-plus search of Fluvanna Middle School.
"I can understand this at an inner city school that has gang violence and weapons," says a parent, who declines to be identified for fear of backlash against her son who attends the high school. "But the little county of Fluvanna does not have this problem to call in Gestapo force... The whole thing is chilling to me, the school having this much power over kids. They deserve to go to school without being terrorized."
This parent says her son arrived late on April 23 and was not allowed into the school. He told her the cops "looked really mean," and "he expressed concern about the dogs," she says.
"They looked like they could take you apart," the student told his mom.
The student, a junior, told the Hook, "I had two friends get searched. One had to flip his pants button over and take off his shoes. They took backpacks and desecrated them– tore [my friend's] up and threw it back to him. They weren't nice at all."
"My son doesn't make things up," says the concerned parent. She says an honor roll student told her the same story of kids being taken to a separate room and having to flip down the tops of their pants.
"I can tell you that did not take place," says Sheriff Washington, who was not present during the school searches.
"Whenever you do something like this, you're going to hear all sorts of rumors," he adds.
Albemarle County searches its middle and high schools with dogs at least once during the school year, using one of two methods. If the weather is nice, a fire drill may be called and all students go outside while dogs search the classrooms and halls, says Sgt. Duane Karr, who's in charge of school resource officers for the Albemarle police. In the other scenario, the school is locked down, and students remain in the classrooms while dogs sniff halls and lockers.
"I don't put students and dogs together," says Karr. He says that so far this year, the dog sniffing in Albemarle schools has turned up one book bag that at one time may have had an illegal substance in it, some discarded contraband, and one student who, when the dogs appeared, came forward and was arrested.
Karr says the sweeps of Albemarle schools take about 15 minutes, longer if something is found.
Fluvanna Superintendent Smith says principals requested the search last fall, and this was the first time it had been done in a couple of years. Smith wasn't aware of the search before it happened, but he went to the high school during the search and says it was done in an orderly and safe manner. "No child was searched," he declares. "I was told there were no body searches."
The search was done class by class. Students were escorted out of the classroom and asked to leave their book bags, Smith says.
He admits that Fluvanna doesn't really have a big drug problem, but has had a few incidents. "Part of the overall substance prevention program is to send a message this can happen. Don't do it," he says.
School administrators can conduct student searches based on a reasonable suspicion of drug use, a lower standard than the "probable cause" police must use.
Because of that latitude to search lockers, backpacks, and purses, ACLU executive director Kent Willis decries the school-wide searches.
"We find this to be a highly objectionable process and a circumvention of the Fourth Amendment," says Willis. "This is the worst kind of example to set for students, teaching them about the Fourth Amendment and using Gestapo tactics to lock down schools. It's a process of intimidation rather than learning, and parents should object."
In fact, the mother who objected to the search was shocked that more parents didn't share her outrage. "Some parents think it's okay to come into the school with guns and attack dogs," she laments.
"It scared everybody," says her son. After the search, he saw the usually boisterous middle school students on the bus. "They were all quiet," he says.
Fourth Amendment concerns aside, both Sheriff Washington and Superintendent Smith were pleased that the two schools came up clean, and Smith says most of the parents he spoke with were supportive of the search.
"We're not trying to step on anybody's rights," says Washington. "We're trying to provide a safe environment."


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If bookies in Las Vegas, who set the odds on just about any and everything, had set odds on which Tea Party leader would be the first out of the gate with the most intemperate, uncontrolled and toxic take on the Boston Marathon bombing, Judson Phillips' Tea Party Nation would certainly have been better than even money.
In an email to members -- and in an article posted on the Tea Party Nation website -- Phillips blamed President Obama for the Boston Marathon bombing maintaining that it occurred because "we have a government that is not committed to protecting America" since it isn't willing to "destroy radical Islam."
People for the American Way's Right Wing Watch reported that "Phillips said that 'Radical Islam and perhaps even non-radical Islam' is a danger to western civilization, arguing that Muslims believe that 'non-Islamic nations may be conquered or otherwise taken over.'"
The Franklin, Tennessee-based Tea Party Nation, which was organized by Phillips, a Nashville attorney, and his wife Sherry, describes itself as a "user-driven group of like-minded people who desire our God given Individual Freedoms which were written out by the Founding Fathers. We believe in Limited Government, Free Speech, the 2nd Amendment, our Military, Secure Borders and our Country!"
According to Tea Party Nationalism: A Critical Examination of the Size, Scope, and Focus of the Tea Party Movement, a report by the Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights, in 2010, Tea Party Nation was the "third largest national Tea Party network, with 31,402 online members" with "the largest concentration of members … in [the] group's home state" and "sizable membership clusters in the Northeast, in Texas, Florida, Illinois, California, and Nevada."
In his short tenure atop TPN, Phillips has been down the shameful and contemptible road many times. In a February email to members according to Right Wing Watch, Phillips called the National Jewish Democratic Council "a Nazi group that, like other liberals, is 'in love with totalitarian regimes' such as Hitler's Germany.
In January, a few days before President Obama's inauguration, Phillips warned supporters that "Barack Obama wants to destroy America," maintaining that Obama is "disarming America" because he "believes America is the focus of evil in the modern world."
And after the Sandy Hook massacre, Phillips called teachers' unions a "focus of evil" since they've turned schools into a "target rich environments for some lunatic or terrorist," and he urged the government to ban unions and "break up the public school system."
Unfortunately the sad truth is we will be hit again. It will happen sooner or later. It will probably be sooner than later.
There are two reasons why we will be hit again. First, we have a determined enemy who hates us. Second, we have a government that is not committed to protecting America.
It is a pretty safe bet right now that this attack was carried out by an Islamist. It was a well-coordinated attack. In its publication, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula called for just this kind of attack.
While the government and media have fallen all over themselves to downplay this fact, there is a twenty-year-old Saudi student being detained as a "person of interest." Person of interest in a nice police term that is used for someone who is not under arrest and therefore does not have to be read his Miranda rights and who hopefully will not lawyer up.
Barack Obama could not force himself to use the word "terrorism" in his speech last night and the FBI right now won't call this a terrorist incident.
….The reason we will be hit again is because our government is not committed to destroying our enemy. Radical Islam is our enemy.
Some in the far end of the Liberty Movement will start screaming about war mongering "Neo-cons." Nothing could be further from the truth.
….We need to first recognize our enemy and then come up with a strategy to destroy them. This is an ideological war. While sometimes that will mean guns and bombs, neither will destroy an ideology.
The values of the west, most of them good, some of them not so good are what will destroy radical Islam. In the west, we fall all over ourselves not to insult Islam.
We can go down the list of things Islam has done to the west. During the height of the Cold War, the Soviets came up with something called the Brezhnev doctrine. It said, "What's ours is ours. What is yours is negotiable." Radical Islam and perhaps even non-radical Islam holds to the same belief.
They believe that once a nation becomes Islamic it cannot have Islam removed from it. However, non-Islamic nations may be conquered or otherwise taken over.
Reagan knew that America had to stand up to the Communist threat. Bill Clinton wanted to ignore the Islamist threat. George W. Bush just wanted to hold the hand of the Saudi king and Barack Obama just wants to bow to him. As we mourn the victims of Boston, we need to make a solemn vow that we will not allow this to happen again.
The only way we make sure this never happens again is to identify our enemy and then craft a strategy to totally defeat that enemy.
In a BuzzFlash story posted January 11, 2011, the headline posed this question: "Is Judson Phillips, Founder of Tea Party Nation, In Danger of Becoming the Fred Phelps of the Movement?" At the time I was responding to an off-the-wall email Phillips sent to supporters after the attempted assassination of Arizona Democratic Representative Gabrielle Giffords, and the murder of six people and the wounding of a number of others.
In the email, Phillips claimed that Loughner was "a leftist lunatic" and that Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik was a "leftist sheriff" who "was one of the first to start in on the liberal attack," that aimed to "silence "the Tea Party movement by blaming us for this."
I concluded that while Phillips was a controversial figure, often uttering statements that were false, vile and vicious, he had "not morphed into Fred Phelps," the crazed virulently anti-gay cult leader of the Topeka, Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church, as "the differences between them remain profound."
These days, the daylight between the Phelps and Phillips is getting slimmer all the time.
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Tuesday, November 06, 2012
Sports News
Lynx fall to Lake Land 72-67 in home opener
By Justin Tierney
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[November 06, 2012]
In a home opener, usually, the
advantage belongs to the home team.
The Lynx -- who return just one player from last season's roster
-- squandered a 30-23 halftime advantage to drop their overall
record to 1-1 on the season.
Lincoln College coach Pat Lepper felt that his young team was a
bit "shellshocked" by the atmosphere at the Lincoln Center in their
first game.
"We've got to learn how to stay in the moment and not let the
emotions get the best of us," said Lepper. "We had a great crowd,
great support and a lot of energy in the gym. But, at times, we
would score a bucket and not get into our press. Our guys lost their
minds a little bit.
"Offensively, we just weren't crisp. Our guys were a little
shellshocked by the environment. But that's what happens when you
have 13 freshmen. I think that'll get better and that'll help us in
the future. Tonight, our guys didn't respond how I thought they
would. "
"We just weren't really in sync," said freshman guard Aaron
Simpson, who finished with 10 points. "It was the first home game.
The atmosphere was a little crazy and we weren't really used to it.
But mostly, we have to improve on defense and not foul as much as we
did tonight. On offense, we need to spread the floor and make sure
we're crisp with our passes."
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One place where the first-game jitters appeared to be evident was
the free-throw line, where the Lynx turned in a troublesome
10-for-25 performance.
"Absolutely," said Lepper when asked if his team's struggles at
the free-throw line were a key factor in the loss. "To go 10-for-25
for 40 percent from the line, but we fought back and only lost by
five. A few more free throws would have helped."
The Lakers were able to keep the Lynx out of rhythm on offense by
using a variety of defenses. Each time the Lynx would solve one
defense, Lake Land would switch to another.
The result was a game that was more of a chess match than a track
meet, which negated Lincoln College's speed and ability to score in
"We're trying to play up-tempo," said Lepper. "When a team can
slow us down like that, it can hurt us at times."
The Lynx were led by JoVaughn Gaines, who finished with 12
points. Andrew Jordan added 10 points, 11 rebounds and three blocked
shots, while Courtney Jones and Sam James also scored eight points
each for Lincoln College.
[By JUSTIN TIERNEY]
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Genre: - Action / Drama / Sc-Fi / Thriller
Source: - R5
Format: - XviD
Group: - DEViSE
Rating: - 8.6/10 @ 39,683 votes
Name: - District 9
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Plot: - In 1982, an alien ship stops directly above Johannesburg, South Africa. Reports suggest the ship became stranded after a command module separated from the ship and dropped to Earth, nowhere to be found. After cutting their way inside, a team discovers a large group of malnourished and leaderless arthropod-like aliens. The creatures are taken from the ship and housed in a government camp inside Johannesburg called District 9, which eventually turns into a slum. In the first decade of the 21st century, Multinational United (MNU), a private military contractor, is placed in charge of policing and relocating the 1.8 million aliens to District 10, a new camp 240 kilometers northwest of Johannesburg.
Wikus van de Merwe (Sharlto Copley) is an MNU field operative assigned to manage the relocation operation, which begins with the serving of eviction notices on August 9, 2010. As the eviction unfolds, three nearby aliens -two adults and a child- distill a liquid from a piece of alien technology into a small canister. During the raid, Wikus finds the device and accidentally sprays some of the liquid on his face. Wikus confiscates the device and attempts to evict its owner, an alien named Christopher Johnson by the MNU, but he questions the legality of the eviction and demands his rights. That night, Wikus, having already recieved an arm injury during the evictions, falls ill and is taken to a local hospital, where they find his wounded left arm has become an alien appendage. He is then taken into custody by MNU personnel who intend to vivisect him in an attempt to replicate his ability to operate alien weapons, initially only operable by aliens, but Wikus' new strength allows him to overpower his captors and escape.
Now a fugitive, Wikus takes refuge in District 9 and returns to Christopher Johnson's hut. Christopher reveals that the canister Wikus confiscated contains fuel for the lost command module hidden under his hut, which would allow him to activate the mothership and leave the planet. Christopher agrees to help reverse Wikus' genetic transformation if he, in turn, retrieves the fuel canister. Wikus agrees and goes on to steal some alien weaponry from a local Nigerian gang led by paralyzed warlord Obesandjo, who wants to eat Wikus' mutated arm, believing it will give him the power to operate the weapons himself.
Wikus and Christopher break into the MNU offices and retrieve the canister. They then fight their way back to District 9, but Christopher, having just learned that MNU is performing medical experiments on his race, informs Wikus that he has decided to return to his homeworld to seek help for his people before he can cure Wikus, which would take three years. Frustrated, Wikus knocks Christopher unconscious and powers up the command module with the help of Christopher's son. MNU soldiers shoot down the spacecraft before it could fly to the mothership.
MNU forces take Wikus and Christopher prisoner but Obesandjo's gang ambushes them on the way out. The Nigerian gang captures Wikus and prepares to sever his mutated arm for Obesandjo. From the command module, Christopher's son activates the mothership and a mechanized battlesuit that kills Obesandjo and his men. Wikus then gets into the suit and rescues Christopher from the MNU mercenaries so he could get to the command module. Promising Wikus that he will return in three years to reverse his transformation, Christopher summons a tractor beam and docks with the mothership. Heavily wounded and in a much more advanced state of his mutation, Wikus crawls out of the robot when Venter, the sole survivor of the MNU squad, confronts him. However, aliens in the camp dismember and eat Venter before he is able to kill Wikus.
Johannesburg residents suddenly celebrate the mothership's departure, with a series of interviews and news broadcasts providing various opinions on the events. The aliens are successfully moved to District 10, said to have a population of 2.5 million and growing. MNU's illegal experiments on aliens are revealed; some people theorize about Wikus' fate, others hypothesize that the aliens might return for the refugees, or even to declare war on humanity. Wikus' wife reveals that having found a small metal flower on her doorstep, she has hope that her husband is still alive. Later, in a scrapyard, an alien, wearing bandages on his arm, is seen crafting a similar flower out of metal.


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FURSCA Student Rolls the Dice on Research
Jacob Engel, '13, is serious about play—as it relates to casino gaming, that is. Engel spent the summer studying odds and payouts as a participant in Albion's Foundation for Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity (FURSCA). A mathematics and computer science major, Engel is studying the statistics that underlie gaming through developing (and possibly marketing) unique casino games of his own.
At the suggestion of his FURSCA adviser, mathematics professor Mark Bollman, Engel started with Spider Craps, his own variation of the classic casino game played with eight-sided dice. Engel spent a couple weeks writing a computer program that created some 70,000 dice rolls. With this data, Engel adjusted the winning and losing combinations to give Spider Craps a house edge between 2 and 4 percent, in line with other casino games.


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The goal is to get humans to Mars by the mid-2030s, but what are the stepping stones that will get us there? Returning to the Moon gets a lot of publicity, but the better test might be a near-Earth asteroid.
Space.com columnist Leonard David has an intriguing feature on Lockheed Martin's research into sending astronauts to a near-Earth asteroid by the mid-2020s. Nicknamed the "Plymouth Rock" mission, landing on an asteroid wouldn't only be a great dress rehearsal for the long trip to Mars; it could also allow us to set up planetary defenses against asteroid impacts. (Armageddon is turning into a documentary so slowly, no one's even noticing.)
He quotes Lockheed Martin's Josh Hopkins, who explains just how close we are to sending humans to asteroids:
"We expected asteroid missions to be thoroughly difficult and further in the future. What we discovered is that they are within reach of the technologies that we're ready to field today. We could do an asteroid mission within a decade. I think we're a lot more likely to succeed if we get started and fly sooner rather than later."
Check out his article at Space.com for more.


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A National Historic Landmark, devoted to the life and work of one of America's earliest and most prolific female photographers, the Alice Austen House is proud to present education programs that enhance your curricula and stimulate your students.
K-12 School
At the Museum
Through Alice's Eyes 3rd grade and above
Tour Alice Austen's Victorian Gothic Cottage, Clear Comfort, and learn about this remarkable woman, her family, and old Staten Island through her photographs. Each child will be able to stand where Alice once stood and capture what she once photographed with our digital cameras as they find the location of Alice's photograph taken at Clear Comfort. The group will then compare and contrast and discuss what has changed and what has remained the same.Students will pair up and explore the temporary photography exhibition on view by choosing one of the photographs from the exhibition. Each child will take home their own photograph.
The Young Alice Austen and her Family
K-2nd grade Students will learn basic photography skills just like Alice did when she was a young girl. Groups of students will receive one object such as a tennis racket or large pocket watch which helps tell the story of Alice Austen and her family. Each student will take a photograph with our digital cameras of their group using this object and learn about its significance in the life of Alice or her family. We will tour Alice's Victorian Gothic cottage which she called "Clear Comfort" and learn about her grandparents, uncles, aunt and mother through Alice's photographs.Classes will also enjoy the wondrous views of the New York Narrows.
Celebrate Woman's History with Alice Austen
Alice Austen dared to defy conventions during an age when society limited a woman's choice to marriage and motherhood. She was fifty four years old by the time woman had won the right to vote in New York in 1920. Learn about woman's history through the life and photographs of Alice Austen. Students will explore our new temporary exhibition of Alice Austen photographs, Street Types: Turn of the Century Portraiture. Each student will take a photograph with our digital cameras!
In Your School
Alice Austen, Photographer
Grades 2 - 12
A 75-minute photography workshop with digital cameras supplied by our experienced teaching artist.
Alice Austen had a strong and determined eye: She knew what she wanted to capture and more often than not she achieved her goal. By analyzing Alice's images students learn about her techniques. Working in groups, each student takes a photograph with a digital camera paying attention to angles, props, and composition. Excellent hands-on activity and art experience.
Alice Austen and Me, Portrait photography
Grades 3 - 12
Two 75-minute photography workshops with digital cameras supplied by our experienced teaching artist.
Students analyze Alice's photographs and self-portraits to uncover the life and work of the woman who took them. Alice lived by her own rules and dared to defy conventions during an age when society limited women's choices to marriage and motherhood. Each student takes a portrait photograph of a partner and by using props and angles captures something of the subject's personality. Students write about themselves using a worksheet provided by our educator. Excellent hands-on activity and art experience.
History through the Photographer's Lens
Grade 2-Alice Austen street photography (workers)
Grade 3-Alice Austen travel photographs
Grades 4- Alice Austen immigration and quarantine photographs
Grade 5-Alice Austen photographs highlighting woman's rights
A 60 minute workshop using Alice's photographs with an experienced educator
This is a wonderful introduction to Alice Austen in your classroom. Students will learn about early photography by seeing an antique glass plate and a pinhole camera. They will learn about Alice, her life and history by looking at her photographs. After the introduction, each group will receive a different photograph to write about with our worksheets and then present their photograph to the class. Topics vary depending on curriculum and include immigration, the rural roots of Staten Island, and woman's rights. After this workshop, students will look forward to visiting Alice's home, Clear Comfort
Our education programs are made possible by generous grants and support from:
The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
New York Community Trust
The Richmond County Savings Foundation
The Staten Island Foundation
Lily Auchincloss Foundation


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Belt-Tightening in the Liquor Store
Weekly insight into the world of drinks with Paul Clarke from the Cocktail Chronicles and Imbibe magazine.
"When you're trying to buy a bottle for less than what you used to spend on coffee every day, there are some things you need to be prepared to live without."
Oh, those heady, innocent days of early 2008. Sure, the economy was losing parts as it wheezed down the road and the real estate market was looking pretty sour, but how bad could it really get, right?
Around last year's tax day I put up a post called Cheap(er) Drinks: Tips for Enjoyable Drinking Without Going Broke. Well, compared to now, April '08 was downright rosy, and in this post-Madoff era, "drink cheap" has become the imbiber's new mantra.
The most recent round of the Mixology Monday drink-blog event focused on Hard Drinks for Hard Times, a theme made all the more significant by the revelation that at least two of the participants, including the event host, had extra time to blog, thanks to the prevalence of the pink slip.
And in the February issue of Esquire, drinks writer David Wondrich skips over my overly optimistic folderol from last April--when I suggested decamping from a $50 bottle to a mere $30 bottle--and heads straight for the economy shelf in the liquor store.
Considering the frightfulness of the economic news nowadays, it's time to get serious about decent, affordable drinks. As Wondrich points out, when you're trying to buy a bottle for less than what you used to spend on coffee every day, there are some things you need to be prepared to live without--a 100 percent agave tequila, for example, or a decent single-malt scotch. But while recession spending means you may not be able to spring for that bottle of Bowmore or Booker's you've always enjoyed, there are still some very good spirits that, for one reason or another, dwell in reasonably priced territory.
Bourbons are a good example--while super-premiums have received the most exposure in recent years, whiskies such as Evan Williams, Jim Beam Black Label and Elijah Craig are sturdy workhorses in the bourbon category that are perfectly fine sipping and mixing whiskies, but all can be found for around $20 or less (depending on where you live).
Rye Whiskey
Expand your search to rye whiskey, and you can lay in a bottle of the remarkable Rittenhouse 100-proof whiskey for even less: $15 in many markets.
Shift over to rum and you're in similar luck; rum has long been one of the best categories in the liquor store for getting more bang for your buck, and good mixing and so-so sipping rums can be picked up for around $20 or less: Wondrich recommends Brugal Anejo, which is a fine choice; I'm partial to Mount Gay Eclipse, which makes a very enjoyable rum and soda, as well as Bacardi 8, a rich, vanilla-toned aged rum that has a quality that outstrips its price.
Gin can be tricky--no cheap booze sucks quite as badly as cheap gin--but as Wondrich notes, Gordon's ain't too shabby, and you can usually find it for around $12; it may not be your best bet in a martini, but in a gin and tonic or something else that introduces citrus into the equation? Go for it.
Mixing a decent drink with cheap spirits can not only make your entertainment dollar go further, but can provide that little comfort-food moment that helps take the edge off of one more stressful day. Those are a few suggestions; what are yours? What spirits do you find work well, or at least reasonably well, that you can pick up for a very reasonable price?
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Christmas catch-up;)
whew! all Christmas orders were completed and shipped on time, but boy did i pull some late nighters to make it happen;) a huge thanks to my wonderful hubby who makes all the blocks and rings for the blessing rings, and watches our precious kiddos in his "off-time", so that i can get my orders done! i love and appreciate you, babe {muah}!
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family name board...
r-so fun to work with you and glad to know you are enjoying it;) don't you just love this color combo? deep red with gold lettering.
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blocks for braiden...
totally forgot to photograph the pink monogrammed frame that went with this order...we'll blame it on the Christmas craziness;)
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wallis christmas order;)
rawl christmas order;)
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Despite the threat of snow the Essex Base Ball Organization went ahead with their Irish Movie Night at the Baseball Tavern in Boston. The night was a success for us with a good crowd and great food. We would like to thank the Baseball Tavern for allowing us the opportunity to hold the event there and for providing us with great food. We would also like to thank our friends from Mudville for coming to support us.
We are working on having another movie night in Manchester, NH and maybe another at the Baseball Tavern so keep an eye out.


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Tes One's latest RUN "Stand Our Ground" is currently featured on the Huffington Post alongside 7 other artist's prints in homage to Trayvon Martin.
Click below to read the full post or go here.
Like millions of others, when Tes One first heard of the Trayvon Martin tragedy, he was appalled at every circumstance. The questions of how this could happen / why did this happen, continue to swirl when no answers have been given at all.
As a resident of Florida, Tes One felt inspired and compelled to create an image that symbolizes the struggle and visually interprets the message so many Americans feel about the Trayvon Martin tragedy.
All proceeds from the release of "Stand Our Ground" will be donated to the Justice for Trayvon Charity and their advocacy efforts.
Here for his first RUN is graffiti artists and graphic designer Tes One. We recently had a chance to talk with Tes One about his latest RUN "Stand Our Ground." Read on for the 1xRUN Thru Interview with Tes One and check out "Stand Our Ground" at 1xRUN.com. 100% of the proceeds will go to Justice For Trayvon Martin.
1xRUN: Do you want to give me a little background on yourself?
Tes One: I'm an artist out of Tampa, Florida, and I've been creating art as my living for quite a while now. Working in paintings and graphic design. I started as a graffiti artist in the early 90s, then my art evolved into something else. I'm never really sure how to explain it. It's a mix of my background in graffiti art and my graphic design aesthetic. I do art for myself and occasionally for clients, and I really enjoy it. This is my first print release with 1xRUN and I'm happy to be working with you guys.
1xRUN: Same here, we're really excited as well. Do you want to touch on maybe some of your earlier influences from when you first got started and also what some of your current influences are?
Tes One: I have a wide range of influences from my life and the things I've been into. When I started out as a graffiti artist, I remember really working hard at it and to have the respect of my peers, to be known as a graffiti artist. Where I'm from in Tampa there wasn't much in the way of graffiti; that was something that you would only find in other cities. When I was younger it was something that completely captivated me, I loved the medium and I loved being a part of it. It wasn't until years later that I realized graffiti doesn't summarize everything that I am creatively. It was a strange discovery period for me – to come to terms with the fact that I wanted to do things creatively other then graffiti.
I started exploring painting and graphic design. Working in minimalism and finding inspiration is artists such as Saul Bass and Milton Glaser. Developing an appreciation for simple and effective design / composition, and applyingthat to the work I create.
1xRUN: Do you want to talk about what were your initial thoughts when the Trayvon Martin story broke?
Tes One: Sure, I think just like everyone, wherever you were when you heard the story it was one of those things that kinda hits you in the chest. How this tragic, terrible story could be anybody's son or daughter, anybody in America could unfortunately fall under these circumstances because this law is so poorly written and exploited. It's not protecting people, it's doing the exact opposite. The law has created a loophole for aggressors to get away with murder. That's what I tried to point out in "Stand Our Ground". It was something that I really felt compelled to do what I could, to help spread the awareness of what this law is and how it affects all of us.
1xRUN: So about how long did this take? Did you see the news story and get started immediately? How did the execution take place?
Tes One: As ambitious as I may be to create something and get involved in various issues, I try to allow inspiration to find me rather then force something. In the case of the Trayvon Martin tragedy, I was instantlyinspired. From the initial concept to the finished work, the piece was completed in a day. 1xRUN is playing a huge part in broadcasting the work with others and assisting the Martin Family in their pursuit for justice.
To donate to Trayvon Green's family click here
To see "Stand Our Ground" on 1xRUN click here
More about Tes One – TesOne.com or on Facebook & Twitter @TesOne
All proceeds from "Stand Our Ground" will benefit Justice Trayvon Martin Charity.


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WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - China's largest maker of auto parts won a politically sensitive auction for A123 Systems Inc AONEQ.PK, a bankrupt maker of batteries for electric cars that was funded partly with U.S. government money, the investment banker for A123 said on Saturday.
Timothy Pohl of Lazard Freres said Wanxiang Group Corp's bid of about $260 million topped a joint bid from Johnson Controls Inc (JCI.N) of Milwaukee and NEC Corp (6701.T) of Japan for the maker of lithium-ion batteries.
Siemens AG (SIEGn.DE) of Germany had also qualified to bid, according to two people familiar with the auction, who asked not to be identified. The auction began on Thursday.
One U.S. politician was quick to warn about A123 and its sensitive, U.S. taxpayer-financed technology falling into the hands of a Chinese company.
"Given the thin line between Wanxiang and the Chinese government, I am concerned about the government of China having access to sensitive technologies being used by our military forces," said a statement from Congressman Bill Huizenga, a Republican from Michigan where A123 has plants.
The sale did not include parts of A123's business that works with the U.S. Defense Department, a source close to the deal said. That portion of the company went to another bidder, which the source did not identify.
The sale must be approved by Delaware Bankruptcy Court judge Kevin Carey at a hearing scheduled for Tuesday.
Opposition to the deal will likely focus on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, which would need to approve the sale to Wanxiang.
U.S. politicians and retired military leaders have already pressed the government panel to reject Wanxiang.
Separately, the U.S. government has also said it must give its consent before its $249 million grant to A123 can be transferred to a new owner. The battery maker can still draw $120 million under various government grants, according to court records.
It was unclear if the grant would be transferred to Wanxiang.
A123, whose customers include Fisker Automotive, General Motors Co (GM.N), BMW (BMWG.DE) and the U.S. military, received the U.S. government grant as part of a program to promote clean energy.
Wanxiang has had its eyes on A123 for a while. The Chinese company struck a $465 million investment deal meant to save A123 from bankruptcy earlier this year. That agreement fell apart after A123 failed to meet certain criteria, according to court documents.
The Chinese company is no stranger to investing in the United States.
Wanxiang generates about $1 billion in revenue in the United States by supplying parts to GM and Ford Motor Co (F.N) and has bought or invested in more than 20 U.S. companies, many of them in bankruptcy, said a congressional report.
Those past investments could help Wanxiang get approval to buy A123, but the deal will be closely scrutinized because it involves advanced technology, said Andrew Szamosszegi, who wrote the report for the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
A123 filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in October.
The money from the auction will go toward paying off A123's creditors. The company listed liabilities of $376 million when it filed for bankruptcy.
Editing by Peter Cooney and Jackie Frank


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The Central Connecticut volleyball team is now 2-0 in Northeast Conference play after a 3-1 victory over Fairleigh Dickinson on Sunday afternoon. CCSU dropped the opening set, but rebounded by winning the next three sets. The Blue Devils (7-8, 2-0 NEC) were led by senior Blaike King who recorded 13 kills in the match.
Senior Jamie Rademacher, senior Emily Cochran and sophomore Rachel Dunlap all finished with 10 kills to join King in double digits. Dunlap and Rademacher anchored the Blue Devils' net defense, which recorded 13.5 blocks in the match.
The Blue Devils won their sets 25-11, 25-20 and 25-13, after falling by just two points in the first set (25-23).
The Blue Devils used long scoring runs to open large leads in the second and fourth sets. CCSU opened the second with an 11-1 run and started the fourth set with a 9-1 advantage.
Freshman Makenna Lommori recorded a match-high 44 assists. Lommori also had seven kills in the match. Senior Jennifer Waddill also finished with seven kills and contributed to six blocks.
Ten Blue Devils recorded a dig in the match led by Cochran. Cochran posted 16, followed by sophomore Brittany Schumacher with 14 and King who recorded 10.
The Blue Devils will return to action on Saturday, September 29, against Robert Morris. The following day the Blue Devils will host Saint Francis (PA). Both matches are scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. and are the first home NEC contests of the season for CCSU.


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This is fantastic. It was barely one month ago when the American Library Association announced that For Colored Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Still Not Enough won the ALA Stonewall Book Award-Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award. The critically acclaimed anthology was released in August and edited by New York Times bestselling author/television commentator Keith Boykin.
For Colored Boys has been nominated as a finalist of the 25th Annual Lambda Literary Awards. The Lambda Literary Awards were announced today by the Lambda Literary Foundation in Los Angeles.
Other nominees in the LGBT Anthology category include: Here Come the Brides!: Reflections on Lesbian Love and Marriage, No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics and Why Are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots? Flaming Challenges to Masculinity, Objectification, and the Desire to Conform.
This year's nominees faced fierce competition. The Lambda Literary Foundation "set a new record in 2013 for both the number of LGBT books submitted for Lammy consideration, 687, and the number of publishers participating, 332," said LLF's Tony Valenzuela.
For Colored Boys collects the writings of more than three dozen Black LGBT writers—read the full list and bios—media personalities, activists, scholars and other thought leaders. The book was launched in the wake of numerous "young Black men literally committing suicide in the silence of their own communities" such as Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover, Jaheem Herrera, Raymond Chase, Joseph Jefferson and others reported on Rod 2.0, Boykin announced in 2011.
The reception to the book continues to be "fantastic", editor Keith Boykin told Rod 2.0 this afternoon.
"I continue to be inspired by the words and stories of the 40+ contributors in the book," said Boykin, the MSNBC/CNBC contributor and former aide to President Bill Clinton. "This award nomination reaffirms my faith that our stories do have meaning and deserve to be told. I hope more people—and especially more young people—will pick up the book, read some of these amazing stories, and realize they are not alone."
The young authors included in For Colored Boys have said that it was important for them to speak out. "I've been open about my life for nearly a decade and each day is an opportunity to come out," 26-year-old White House Special Assistant Jamal Brown told EBONY last August in my review and preview of the ground-breaking anthology. The Dartmouth grad was named to the OUT 100 in 2008. "Hopefully I can inspire someone who is being shamed by their peers and doesn't have the space to live their life truly free."
"Hopefully Black gay youth can see themselves in my story or any other story in this book," 24-year-old David Bridgeforth told EBONY. Bridgeforth is the editor and publisher of DBQ Magazine."It's important for them to know that they are celebrated, loved and valued."
For Colored Boys includes 44 contributions from 42 authors. "The contributors' ages range from 23 to 63. We have at least 5 writers in their 20s," added Boykin.
Many of the names should be familiar to R20 readers. For Colored Boys includes contributions from myself, Darian Aaron, Phill Branch, Jamal Brown, Topher Campbell, Wade Davis, Kenyon Farrow, L. Michael Gipson, Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano, James Earl Hardy, G. Winston James, Jonathan Kidd, DeMarco Majors, David Malebranche, Alphonso Morgan, B. Scott, Will Sheridan, Rob Smith, José David Sierra aka Jessica Wild, Ron Simmons, Charles Stephens, André St Clair, Kevin E. Tayor, Craig Washington, Tim'm West, Nathan H. Williams, Emanuel Xavier, Victor Yates and others. In addition to Keith Boykin, the editors include La Marr Jurelle Bruce, Clay Cane, Mark Corece and Frank Leon Roberts.
Catching up with other FCB contributors: Wade Davis is interviewed at SALON and appeared on NPR's "Talk of the Nation" ... Dr. David J. Malebranche now practices at the University of Pennsylvania ... James Earl Hardy is adapting bestselling novel B-Boy Blues into a March 16 stage production directed by Stanley Bennett Clay that will co-star DeMarco Majors ... Tim'm West is profiled at the Chicago Reader and TheBody.com.
The Lambda Literary Awards will be presented on June 3 in New York City. The American Library Association Awards will be presented later that month in Chicago. So proud to be a contributor to this game-changing anthology. Bravo and congratulations to everyone involved!
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AMD supports OpenCL Bullet; Are Havok and PhysX in trouble?
According to Bright Side of News, AMD is dedicated to support open physics standards, with Pixelux and Bullet taking the prime spots. Bullet Physics Library is an open source physics library that is now getting translated into OpenCL, thanks to the effort of companies such as AMD.


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Perhaps no stage of American public education is as freighted with tradition and collective memory as high school. Which is not exactly why David Dugger is tinkering with it, but it's one reason.
"Our big failing as a public school system is not believing that high school kids are capable of higher-level academic work. In other countries, students are doing much higher-level work in high school," said Dugger, director of the Early College Alliance at Eastern Michigan University, an effort to rethink the last years of public education in Michigan, at least for some students.
Early college students typically attend high school for five years rather than four, although some finish sooner. At the end of that time, they hold a high school diploma and either an associate's degree, advanced technical certification in a job field, or 60 credits of transferrable college credit for a four-year school. All this is achieved as public education, meaning students pay nothing extra and the school's costs are covered by the state's per-pupil foundation allowance.
That includes the college credit hours, which is one reason most early college programs are affiliated with community colleges, which are generally less expensive than four-year schools. EMU is pricing its credit hours at a discounted rate for the Early College Alliance, which encompasses the six districts in the Washtenaw Intermediate School District that send students to the program.
The early college movement began about a decade ago, with help from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, as a way to shepherd at-risk students through high school and post-secondary education in a close, supportive environment, and many programs are aimed at those learners. Some version of this hybrid exists in 30 states and the District of Columbia, under a variety of state policy guidelines. As they spread, more are attracting top high-school students who want the extra challenge of more advanced classes, structured in such a way that they finish with substantial, debt-free college credit hours.
"Let the fast runners run," is how William Miller puts it. The executive director of the Michigan Association of Intermediate School Administrators is a big booster of early college, in large part because it fits so many types of students who aren't being well-served by existing programs.
"The traditional way for kids to do accelerated or advanced placement programs is, they take a class, take a test, and (depending on how they perform on it), get credit," said Miller, who calls the last year of high school "wasted time" for many students. "Dual enrollment makes more sense. It accelerates the process and dual-purposes the money."
Gov. Rick Snyder touted early college enrollment in his special message on education in 2011. State Superintendent Mike Flanagan also has argued for early college efforts as part of a rewrite of the state's school aid funding system.
And Flanagan's predecessor as state superintendent, Tom Watkins, is even more blunt in his call for change:
"I have called senior year, for those students ready to move forward, state-subsidized dating.
"We should stop tying anchors to kids, holding them back simply to protect the K-12 educational status quo. We need educators to embrace change and be educational transformers and pioneers."
Students in Washtenaw's Early College Alliance have taken their credit hours to schools like Stanford and MIT, but most, about 70 percent, stay at EMU, Dugger said. That makes the tuition discount a good investment for the university, which is always looking to improve its graduation rate and reduce the amount of remediation they must provide for entering students, he said.
Oxford Community Schools, in Oakland Country, is experimenting with early college as well, and is kicking off its first year this fall. Superintendent William Skilling said the district's program is affiliated with Lawrence Tech, Kettering University, Rochester College and Macomb and Oakland community colleges. It will rely in part on virtual, i.e. online, learning.
"What's unique about what we have is that we also have an early high school program. We have kids starting in sixth grade doing high school-level courses," he said. Final enrollment is still being counted, but he believes the district will have at least 50 students enrolled.
Skilling said a typical Oxford early-college student might be one with the academic acumen for higher-level classes, but who still yearns for parts of the traditional high-school experience. They might take college-level engineering classes, but still play in the high-school band or orchestra.
Dugger assures his students that despite attending classes on the EMU campus, they're still enrolled at their home high schools, and are hence eligible for all after-school extracurricular activities like sports and the arts.
The result is a powerful combination. Dugger speaks of "the power of the site," i.e., how the experience of attending high school on a college campus inspires students to mature and be more serious about their schoolwork. But the ability to still partake of the cultural institutions of high school -- proms, football, clubs -- keeps them rooted in that world, as well.
"You ask what sort of student this is for," Dugger said. "The only answer I have is, it's for students who are looking for something different."
Staff Writer Nancy Nall Derringer has been a writer, editor and teacher in Metro Detroit for seven years, and was a co-founder and editor of GrossePointeToday.com, an early experiment in hyperlocal journalism. Before that, she worked for 20 years in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where she won numerous state and national awards for her work as a columnist for The News-Sentinel.


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Seattle Sounders 1, Columbus Crew 2 | MLS Match Recap
SEATTLE — Justin Meram scored at the death in second half stoppage time to give the Columbus Crew a come-from-behind 2-1 win over a 10-man Seattle Sounders team on Saturday and continue their best start in franchise history.
Meram's 94th minute strike came amidst some confusion as the Crew took a short corner with time running out. Federico Higuain found Meram unmarked at the top of the penalty area and he bured his shot from about 18 yards inside the far post. The Sounders, who played the final 30 minutes down a man, had cleared a ball off the line moments earlier and seemed poised to salvage a point.
The loss is the Sounders' second straight at home and snapped a 51-match unbeaten run when they score the first goal.
Seattle opened the scoring in the 23rd minute with Kenny Cooper's first goal in rave green. After Lamar Neagle intercepted a pass in the Sounders' defensive end, he pushed it forward to Obafemi Martins who made a leaping flick that put Cooper into space behind the defense. Cooper was then off to the races with Neagle trailing to create a 2-on-1. Cooper chose to take it himself and rifled his shot inside the far post.
It was the only shot Crew goalkeeper Steve Clark was unable to stop in a first half that saw him make several impressive saves.
Although the Crew opened the match maintaining much of the possession, the Sounders were repeatedly able to get out on counter-attacks and create chances with high pressure.
Neagle, in particular, could have had a hat trick in the opening 45 minutes if not for Clark's efforts. Clark made a diving stop of a Neagle header at the near post in the 19th minute. A minute later, Neagle got behind the defense on a breakaway, but his shot from about 20 yards out was pushed over the crossbar. Neagle had another good look in the 39th minute, this time lining up a shot from about 10 yards out but Clark again made a diving stop.
Clark's efforts were nearly rewarded late in the half when the Crew got a wonderful chance against the run of play. Hector Jimenez started the sequence with an overhead pass to Higuain, who eluded Sounders defender Djimi Traore and chipped goalkeeper Stefan Frei from about 10 yards out. But Higuain's shot struck the crossbar and Bernardo Anor's header attempt off the rebound went wide of an open net.
The match took a dramatic turn in the 57th minute. First, the Sounders had a golden opportunity to expand their lead when Martins ran down a ball at the end line and put in a cross that wasn't quite cleared. Alonso was able to hit a diving header in the scramble, but it was right at Clark.
Just a minute later, Crew forward Dominic Oduro was able to get behind the Sounders defense and draw a penalty from Traore, who was also shown a red card for his foul on the speedy striker. Higuain blasted the subsequent penalty into the back of the net to level the score. It was Higuain's third goal in as many matches.
At that point, it was Frei's turn to come up big for his team. After seeing his 224-minute shutout streak ended, Frei made several key stops to keep the Sounders in the match. But he was caught flat-footed on the deciding strike.
The Crew improved to 3-0-0 for the first time in franchise history, and will host Toronto FC next Saturday, while the Sounders fell to 2-2-0 and will face their Cascadia rivals, the Portland Timbers, on the road next Saturday.
MLSsoccer.com Men of the Match
|What We Saw
|Federico Higuain
|Continued his outstanding start to the 2014 season with a goal and assist. Bolstered his early MVP campaign on the night
|Justin Meram
|How can an 89th minute substitute make an impression? Score the winner on the final kick, with a terrific strike
|Osvaldo Alonso
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No Strings Attached: 3.5 stars
From the trailer, this movie appears to be just another romantic comedy, with a meaningless plot and lots of gorgeous people. But the lack of a date for winter formal led me to this adorable movie! Ashton Kutcher plays the predictable cutie, who seems like an airhead but really has a heart of gold, and Natalie Portman portrays his emotionally guarded childhood friend who can't help falling for him. The first part of the movie is a fun distraction from reality, with the couple 'using each other for sex' and nothing more. But as you can guess, that doesn't work out and it blossoms into a perfect love story. Highlight was the amazing homes they live in and the cars they drive; I guarantee you you'll be jealous. -R.


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José Ingenieros, El Hombre Mediocre, and Social Integration in Turn-of-the-20th-Century Argentina
Mariano Ben Plotkin
The life of Italian-Argentine scientist and intellectual José Ingenieros (1877–1925) has been considered a clear example of the potential for upward social mobility based on talent that existed in Buenos Aires at the turn of the 20th century. Born Giuseppe Ingegnieros in Palermo, Sicily, from a working-class family, Ingenieros was able to become both one of the most internationally renowned Latin American intellectuals and scientists—his scientific and philosophical works were translated into several languages—and also a socialite of high visibility befriending some of the most prominent members of the Argentine social elite. His trajectory seems to be an example of unparalleled success. Nevertheless, a close look at recently unearthed sources, particularly his private correspondence, not only shows a different picture of Ingenieros's life and works, but also forces us to reconsider accepted knowledge about the possibilities offered to immigrants by turn-of-the-century Argentine society. His trajectory constitutes an excellent case study for the analysis of both the potentials and the limits of social mobility in Argentina at the time, as well as the relationship between intellectuals and power during the transition from the oligarchic republic established in 1862, after the unification of the country, to the really democratic republic based on universal (male) suffrage introduced in 1912. An analysis of the context of production of his most popular work, El hombre mediocre, provides an opportunity to contrast his public image with the social insecurities he expressed to his relatives and friends.


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WordPress has issued its annual report for my blog – yay!
It's a fun feature that lets me see what was popular and put things in perspective.
The most popular stories this year were:
- Bonus photos: Lottery tickets ornaments
- Should we watch?: Kevin Ware and Youtube
- Yummy Yogurt coming to Lewisburg!
- A fake legend in Williamsport – starring Nick Cage? Um, OK.
- Touring Boston
Not what I would have thought – but nice to know.
Here's a little bit more and a link to the full report – enjoy! 🙂
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The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 8,900 times in 2013. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 3 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.


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It's hard to believe that after five long years, The Originals has only a handful of episodes left before the series finale.
We've watched these characters grow from villains of The Vampire Diaries into unconventional heroes on The Originals, and we're not quite ready to say goodbye to them. Still, we had to ask the cast what they would miss most about making the show and one of the most common answers was you guys, the fans.
"This show wouldn't have existed without you guys," says Joseph Morgan. "You watched Vampire Diaries and you started putting all of these trailers online, making all these trailers for The Originals. I mean, you guys even named it... You took a couple of villains from that show and you decided you wanted a show about them, and I'm just so grateful we got to go on that journey with you, so thank you so much for that experience."
"We really worked hard to tell great stories for you," says showrunner Julie Plec, "And your passion and your enthusiasm and your total rage at me for saying the show was over means that it meant a lot to you, and I appreciate that."
The Originals Mega Buzz: Will Klaus and Caroline End Up Together?
Fans of The Vampire Diaries and The Originals have certainly been a vocal bunch over the years, and their messages of love have always found their way to the cast via social media. Maybe you got a coveted retweet or maybe you didn't, but Claire Holt wants you to know that those messages were all received and appreciated.
"Your love and your support and your kindness does not go unnoticed," Holt says. "We talk about it all the time, and I'll remember it for the rest of my life."
As we round the bend towards the final episodes of the series, take some time to send that love to your fellow Mikaelson fans because honestly... you're going to need it.
The Originals airs Wednesdays at 9/8c on The CW.
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Bad dialogue tanks Diesel's 'Riddick'
Fri., Sept. 6, 2013
"Somewhere along the way I lost a step," says Vin Diesel, aka that gravelly voiced, visually impaired, planet-hopping outlaw and badass they call Riddick. "I went and got sloppy."
He's talking about how he ended up on a desolate planet facing murderous canine creatures and giant deadly serpents. But he could just as easily be talking about the lethally inadequate screenplay he's up against. "Sloppy" is a kind word, actually, for the ridiculously clumsy dialogue in "Riddick," the third and latest installment of the sci-fi saga.
Of course, none of this will likely matter to the hardcore fans who've been waiting for this movie since the 2004 "Chronicles of Riddick," a successor to the 2000 "Pitch Black." Even though that megabudget film tanked at the box office, it fed the franchise's avid cult following, as have a pair of video games.
And fans will no doubt be especially happy that in "Riddick" – its title now streamlined, along with its budget – no compromises have been made for a wimpy PG-13 rating. No, it's an R this time, which allows for a few characters to meet a particularly gory end (don't run out for popcorn during the second half!), not to mention free-wheeling profanity and one gratuitous nude scene.
Not all is bleak. The bald and beefy Diesel, whose sturdy commercial appeal is proven again and again with the huge success of the "Fast & Furious" franchise, is always fun to watch. But his presence alone, comfortably durable as it is, can't make up for the total lack of other interesting characters in the screenplay by David Twohy, who also directs. Alas, that includes Katee Sackhoff as the lone female, a feisty bounty hunter named Dahl. The name sounds exactly like Doll, which is basically her role; she's pretty but has no interesting backstory or dialogue, save one profane comeback sure to draw hearty cheers.
If you didn't see "The Chronicles of Riddick" – or if you saw it and didn't quite follow the overwrought plot – you'll be OK here, because only brief references are made to Riddick's checkered past. A quick flashback reminds us that when we last saw him, he'd been crowned the Lord Marshal of those dark Necromongers. But hey, the grass is always greener in outer space, and what Riddick really wants is to return to his home world, Furya.
So he makes a deal with his enemy, Vaako (Karl Urban, appearing here for a few seconds). But that's where he's gotten sloppy. He's duped – dropped onto a desolate, dangerous place called, well, Not Furya. He's badly wounded, too. And then there are those vicious dogs, and those scary serpent creatures.
But this is Riddick, and somehow, he makes his way to an abandoned mercenary post and sends out an emergency signal. His plan is to escape on the ship of the bounty hunters sure to arrive any minute.
And arrive they do – two competing bands of them. One is led by the almost comically inept Santana (Jordi Mollà), who's intent on beheading Riddick and has brought a box along for that purpose. The bounty, you see, is doubled if Riddick is brought back dead.
But Boss Johns (a square-jawed Matt Nable) has other ideas. He's the head of the other band, and he has some important questions for Riddick – preferably to be answered while that shiny bald head remains in place.
Will Riddick, as always a one-man army, somehow survive? "I don't know how many times I've been crossed off the list and left for dead," he says at one point. "This ain't nothing new." Like the character, this franchise may yet rise again, but let's hope that next time, the filmmakers do bring something new.
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Artist: Perfume
Product Code: TKCA-73430/5
Release Date: 2009.03.25
Genre: Technopop
Highest Ranking: #1
Label: Tokuma Japan Communications
Format: CD, CD+DVD
Limited Edition: CD+DVD version
Just 3 months into 2009, Perfume has released their 1st single of 2009 called One-Room Disco. Fans have high expectations for this single as the word "Disco" should be an improvement of it's predecessor Chocolate Disco. It certainly didn't take long for Perfume to announce their new single in January after their New Years message showed signs of slowing down after a surge of popularity hit them in 2008.


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For those who can't find time to sit down and make a quilt! This is the book for time-challenged quilters. The instructions are written so that after choosing and cutting the fabric for any one of 16 quilts, each step takes about one hour to complete. Beginners will love the step-by-step directions. A bonus for quilters of all skill levels is Judy's fun and interesting way with borders. The projects are lap size or bigger and the tops take just 6 to 18 hours to complete! If you're only able to work on your quilt daily or monthly, Judy's organizing tips will let you pick up right where you left off with ease and get that quilt finished! There are even recipes that require very little time to prepare, but your family will think you've spent hours in the kitchen! Less time cooking, more time quilting! Out of Print
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- Weekend Quilts by Judy Laquidara — Review by Quilters Newsletter Magazine
- Complete patterns for 16 quilts, all based on easy cutting and piecing techniques and all lap sized or bigger, make this a great starter book for beginners. But any quilter who needs to make a quilt in a hurry without a lot of fuss would be glad to have these patterns on hand. According to Judy, the tops take between 6 and 18 hours to make, and she even provides a few recipes for quick, easy meals that will keep you out of the kitchen so you'll have more time to sew. - Quilters Newsletter Magazine, February/March 2011, page 52. (Posted on 6/16/12)
- "An outstanding guide for any quilter under the gun..." — Review by James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief
- "Weekend Quilts" is for quilters who have limited quilting time. It provides instructions divided into one-hour segments and tells how to cut fabrics, produce all sizes of quilts, and use time-saving techniques to price and make the quit. An outstanding guide for any quilter under the gun but still passionate about quilting! --James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief, The Midwest Book Review, California Bookwatch, August 2010, The Needlecraft Shelf. (Posted on 8/17/10)
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Very valuable is her list, Tips for Successful Quilting--One Hour at a Time, to organize ongoing projects in the most efficient manner possible. This way, they can be successfully picked up (and put down) repeatedly as time permits. The book focuses on what can be accomplished in hour increments, but as the author points out, "each of the quilts could easily be made in one weekend if changes to weekday routines are just not possible--hence the title."
All 16 of the quilts detailed in the book are made primarily of marbled or tone-on-tone fabrics, and they are beautifully coordinated and the designs are pleasingly bold and graphic.
As a surprise bonus, the author, who loves to cook, extends her time saving techniques to the kitchen (because she found she was spending the majority of her time there rather than in her quilting studio) and gives us some quick and tasty recipes for a number of dishes. She also refers us to her website, http:/www.limegreenkitchen.com for additional ones which can result in more quilting time.
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Neem Azadirachta indica
From the same genus as the mahogany tree, neem has been used in Indian culture for hundreds of years.
This massive tree tolerates high temperatures and low rainfall.
In India the tree is known as 'the bestower of health' with the roots, bark, leaves and seeds all being used in everyday healthy living routines.
We use the dried leaves and the oil pressed from the seed. The bitter tasting leaves are a mainstay of cleansing routines and the oil is used externally.
Watch this film to hear Sebastian Pole talk about Neems characteristics.