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The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center presents the exhibition "Excavations: The Prints of Julie Mehretu," April 13 - June 17, 2012.
POUGHKEEPSIE, NY—The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College will present the solo exhibition Excavations: The Prints of Julie Mehretu, as well as a selection of six of Mehretu's paintings and drawings from the collection of alumna Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn '89 and her husband Nicolas Rohatyn, on view from April 13 to June 17, 2012. Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn will deliver a lecture during the exhibition opening events on April 13.
Julie Mehretu is one of the most prominent artists working today. This retrospective exhibition, organized by Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis (MN), showcases Mehretu's engagement with printmaking, which stands at the heart of her art. It is the first retrospective exhibition of her prints. The viewer will see the evolution of her personal language of lines and marks in 20 prints made since 2000 with publishers in the United States and Europe.
Best known for large-scale abstract paintings, Mehretu has experimented with prints since graduate school at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) where she was enrolled in the painting and printmaking program in the mid-1990s. Today, printmaking is a vital part of her creative process. She has completed collaborative projects at professional printmaking studios across America, among them Highpoint Editions in Minneapolis, Crown Point Press in San Francisco, and Derriere L'Etoile Studios and Burnet Editions in New York City.
Siri Engberg, curator at Walker Art Center in Minneapolis and guest curator of the exhibition, noted in her essay for the show's catalogue: "The printshop has become a space for examining her body of work and excavating it to create new layers of visual and conceptual meaning."
Mehretu's exploration of printmaking began with etching, a hands-on process that goes back to decorating armor, and that saw its greatest exponent in Rembrandt in 17th-century Holland.
The thoughtful approach that etching demanded changed Mehretu's way of working and proved a breakthrough for her. When making etchings for the first time at RISD, she noted recently that with this process "you were working slower," that "you worked with a needle and a smaller scale." It was a far more deliberative process than drawing and painting. After making these early etchings, she said that she then changed course with her other work and "approached drawing like etching." From then on until today, this more deliberate way of working has governed the development of her dynamic abstract language.
Etching at RISD provided another breakthrough moment during a RISD winter session in etching in Mexico, when she made her first aerial drawing. Aerial space is a profoundly essential element in all of Mehretu's work. Bird's-eye views of charged atmospheric spaces define the prints on view, along with layers of sweeping lines and marks. The effect suggests bursts of energy and activity seen from high in the air, almost like a passenger watching from the window of a jet.
Mehretu is interested in the emotional effects of these allegorical collisions of networks, lines, and marks on the viewer. In those small, distinctive marks she senses the individual's role or story within the larger community. This is an important notion for her, for her dense aerial layers signify the multiple systems we all experience every day—home, community, society, nature, weather, and the world at large, and our place within all of this order and chaos.
While etching is the most frequent process seen in the works in the exhibition, other techniques are represented, including aquatint, drypoint, engraving, pochoir, lithography, and screenprinting. The accompanying catalogue features documentation and color plates of the prints and an introductory essay by Siri Engberg.
An adjacent display will present selected paintings and drawings by Mehretu, generously loaned from the collection of Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn (Vassar class of 1989) and Nicolas Rohatyn.
Born in 1970 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Julie Mehretu (pronounced MoRETu) divides her time between New York and Berlin. She came to the United States at the age of seven, growing up in East Lansing, Michigan, and attended Kalamazoo College sixty miles away, graduating with a B.A. in 1992. She received her M.F.A. from Rhode Island School of Design in 1997. In 2005 she won a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, and in 2007 she was awarded an American Academy in Berlin Fellowship. Since graduate school her work has appeared nationally and internationally in one-person and group exhibitions. She is represented in numerous collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, and Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. In 2010 she completed a major painting commission for Goldman Sachs Bank in Lower Manhattan.
About the Highpoint Center for Printmaking
Established in 2001, Highpoint Center for Printmaking is a non-profit art center dedicated to advancing the appreciation and understanding of the printmaking arts. Highpoint offers educational programs for children and adults, a studio cooperative, professional publishing opportunities, and a street-level gallery featuring contemporary prints. No other printmaking center in the Upper Midwest provides such a wide range of public access and programs.
Excavations: The Prints of Julie Mehretu originated at the Highpoint Center for Printmaking (Minneapolis, MN) and was guest-curated by Siri Engberg, from the Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, MN). The exhibition has also been on view at Cornell University's Johnson Museum of Art (Ithaca, NY) and Wesleyan's Davison Art Center (Middletown, CT).
Opening lecture and reception
Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn '89
Taylor Hall, Room 203
Art Center Atrium
Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn is a gallerist, art advisor, independent curator, collector, and tastemaker. She served as a judge during season one of Bravo TV's "Work of Art." Greenberg Rohatyn studied art history at Vassar College, and continued her graduate studies at New York University's Institute of Fine Arts. She worked for the Brooklyn Museum as the assistant curator of contemporary art and for the Royal Academy in London as the curatorial assistant to Norman Rosenthal. In the early 1990s, Greenberg Rohatyn became director of Jeffrey Deitch, Inc, while producing a number of innovative satellite projects and performances that would later become her signature. In 1996, Peter Halley Drawings 1991-1995, an exhibition she organized, was presented at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center. She founded Salon 94 in 2002, an experimental project space in New York City for emerging and mid-career contemporary artists, such as Marilyn Minter, Lorna Simpson, Betty Woodman, and Takeshi Murata. She has continued to expand her vision and opened satellite galleries: Salon 94 Freemans on the Lower East Side and Salon 94 Bowery. Greenberg Rohatyn resides in New York City's Upper East Side with her husband, Nicolas.
About the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center
The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center was founded in 1864 as the Vassar College Art Gallery. The current 36,400-square-foot facility, designed by Cesar Pelli and named in honor of the new building's primary donor, opened in 1993. The Art Center's collections chart the history of art from antiquity to the present and comprise over 18,000 works, including paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs, and glass and ceramic wares. Notable holdings include the Warburg Collection of Old Master prints, an important group of Hudson River School paintings given by Matthew Vassar at the college's inception, and a wide range of works by major European and American 20th- century painters. Vassar was the first U.S. college founded with a permanent art collection and gallery, and at any given time, the Permanent Collection Galleries of the Art Center feature approximately 350 works from Vassar's extensive collections.
Admission to the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center is free. The Art Center is open to the public Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, 10:00am–5:00pm; Thursday, 10:00am–9:00pm; and Sunday, 1:00–5:00pm. Located at the entrance to the historic Vassar College campus, the Art Center can be reached within minutes from other Mid-Hudson cultural attractions, such as Dia:Beacon, the Franklin Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt national historic sites and homes, and the Vanderbilt mansion. The Art Center is wheelchair accessible. For additional information, the public may call (845) 437-5632 or visit fllac.vassar.edu.
Directions to the Vassar campus are available at www.vassar.edu/directions.
Vassar College is a highly selective, coeducational, independent, residential liberal arts college founded in 1861.
Posted by Office of Communications Thursday, February 2, 2012
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Since joining the Foundation in 2008, Quintero has focused extensively on: state & local government spending, taxes, debt, public pension reform, annexation, and local regulations. His work has been featured in The New York Times, Forbes, The Huffington Post, Fox News and Breitbart. He is currently a bi-weekly contributor to the Austin American-Statesman.
Prior to joining the Foundation, Quintero was a Graduate Research Assistant at Texas State University, where he worked to educate high school students on financial aid and scholarship opportunities.
Quintero received a bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.P.A. with an emphasis in public finance from Texas State University. He currently serves on Texas State University's M.P.A. Program Advisory Council.
He and his wife, Tricia, have four children and reside in Central Texas.


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Jalopnik Film Festival
NAME OF FESTIVAL: Jalopnik Film Festival
WHERE: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Jalopnik Film Festival was presented by Jalopnik, a news and opinion website about cars, the automotive industry, racing, transportation, airplanes, technology, motorcycles and much more.
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The Jalopnik Film Festival is going on a road trip for 2015, motoring west to Los Angeles for its 3rd Annual edition, set to run the weekend of Friday, September 25th through Saturday, September 26th, complete with Mazda as its new presenting sponsor. The 2015 Jalopnik Film Festival will kick off on Friday at the Santa Monica Airport's Barker Hangar with a gala screening of Adam Carolla's new documentary Winning: The Racing Life of Paul […]
Jalopnik Film Festival Opens November 5 in NYC
The second annual Jalopnik Film Festival opens Wednesday, November 5th with a party at the Classic Car Club Manhattan. On November 6th, there will be a party in Williamsburg, Brooklyn at Nitehawk Cinema that will include premieres, cars, music, eating, and drinking. Films screened will include IGNITION, presented with Volvo Cars, in addition to the Official Selection and jury selections.
Jalopnik Announces Second Annual Film Festival; Encourages Filmmakers to Submit Their Original Works
Jalopnik announced that it will hold the second annual Jalopnik Film Festival this November. One of the core brands in The Gawker Media Group, Jalopnik is one of the largest car enthusiast publications in the world with over eight million global uniques, covering everything from the latest automotive news to developments in aviation and military technology. This year's film festival also rolls around at the same time as Jalopnik's tenth anniversary.
The Jalopnik Film Festival, with Volvo as its premiere sponsor, will be bigger and better this year, as it is giving filmmakers the opportunity to submit their own films. This allows auto enthusiasts to not only partake in watching films at the festival but also to become a part of it themselves, which is vital to the preservation of car culture and car history.

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Tule Author Q&A: Gerri Russell Talks Scot & Shop
February 21, 2019 · Posted by @jennysilver
Gerri Russell took a moment to discuss her new release Seven Nights with a Scot.
This is probably too obvious, how does your approach to a historical romance differ
from your approach to contemporary?
Writing for me is all about the story and character. Once those two things are in place, all
other aspects of a book kind of fill in around them no matter the time period. A spunky
chef trying to carve out a place for herself in Seattle's restaurant scene wouldn't really
hold up in 12 th century Scotland, whereas a warrior woman determined to fend off
invaders with her sword in New York City in 2019 would probably be arrested or shot.
That said, I personally find writing contemporaries to be a lot harder than writing
historicals! Modern society is so much more sophisticated and complicated. Even modern
romantic relationships are more complex. Women in medieval times had a lot less control
over their destiny, but as the manipulator of my characters love lives, I can make certain
they have all the power they need to achieve their happily ever after.
What is your connection to Scotland?
I married a Scottish Highlander and very happily became part of the Russell clan even
though I have a wee bit of Scottish blood in my own family line. But it didn't matter how
much of a true Scot I was, as long as I can remember I've been fascinated by Scottish
history. I preferred reading biographies about Boudicca, Flora MacDonald, or Mary
Queen of Scots to anything else and spent many long hours with my nose in books about
the myths and legends of the British Isles.
When I started writing fiction, I realized I had to focus my research efforts a little more
so that I could be as accurate as possible with the details in my books and chose to
concentrate on the time period between the 12 th and 17 th century. There's a lot of history
in those 500 years! I will never run out of story ideas.
Since this story has an "on-road adventure" aspect, did you have to study historic geography?
Yes, research is vital to authenticity in historical fiction, but it's something I love to do!
The hard part of researching is to know the fine line between too much detail and just
enough in a story.
Not all research comes from books or old documents. To really get the details right for
the All the King's Men series, I went to Scotland and visited the areas my characters
traveled through in Seven Nights with a Scot. I was able to see for myself Scotland's
coastlines, islands, and inland lochs, as well as the fault lines, mountains, hills, bogs, and
marshes.
After seeing the geography in person, I then worked backwards…using historical maps
and archeological references to figure out the lay of the land as it was in the 16 th century.
The most difficult aspect of writing about historical geography is trying to figure out
where the trees were! All the peat bogs (and the Vikings) left Scotland rather treeless at
times, so sometimes you just have to use the information available and take your best
logical guess.
What inspired you to give Vivian paranormal precognition?
Each book in the All the King's Men series focuses on a different aspect of the Berwick
Witch Trials. In Seven Nights with a Scot, I focused on two aspects of everyday life that
were accepted as normal before the "Burning Times"—wise woman healing and second
sight. For generations prior to the 16 th century, healing knowledge was passed down from
one generation of women to another. Often, these same healers were also blessed with
"second sight," probably because they were more in sync with nature and the
supernatural. But in the 16th century, almost overnight, anyone possessing these skills was suddenly viewed with both suspicious and fear. I wanted my heroine, Vivian, to
experience the terror many of these women felt as their gifts suddenly became a
curse—one that could end in a fiery death upon the stake.
Like so many other authors during this time of year, I am reading entries in the first round
of judging for the RITA Awards—the highest award of distinction in romance fiction. It's
so exciting to read outside of my typical reading habits, and to find new-to-me authors
who I will go on to love in the years ahead. Before I started reading my RITA entries, I
had started The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (love it!), as well as Kiss Me Like
You Mean It, by Dr. David Clarke (for insight into relationship building between
characters), and Witches: James I and the English Witch-Hunts by Tracy Borman (more
fun Scottish research).
Gerri Russell is the award-winning author of historical and contemporary novels including the Brotherhood of the Scottish Templars series and Flirting with Felicity. A two-time recipient of the Romance Writers of America's Golden Heart Award and winner of the American Title II competition sponsored by RT Book Reviews magazine, she is best known for her adventurous and emotionally intense novels set in the thirteenth- and fourteenth-century Scottish Highlands. Before Gerri followed her passion for writing romance novels, she worked as a broadcast journalist, a newspaper reporter, a magazine columnist, a technical writer and editor, and an instructional designer. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and four mischievous black cats.
Categorized: Author Feature, Muse
Tagged: Gerri Russell
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I enjoyed the interview and look forward to reading the book.
Sounds fascinating.
Eileen AW says:
I enjoyed reading your interview and look forward to reading your book.


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Arson Attack On Office Of Judge In Captured Spetsnaz Soldiers' Case
Photo: Irina Romaliyskaya
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Police chief Vyacheslav Abroskin wrote on his Facebook page that the dead woman was born in 1945 and had been in her vegetable garden on Kuybyshev Street when the mortars struck.
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Both Russian and Ukrainian Drones Downed Near Avdeyevka
As we reported earlier, there were reports last night that two drones were shot down near Avdeyevka by Ukrainian troops.
Today the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) released a video of what they came is a Russian Orlan-10 UAV:
Comparison with video and photos of an Orlan-10 suggests the identification is correct:
This is not the first such drone to be shot down in Ukraine, with at least three downed in 2014 alone.
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Meanwhile Russian-backed fighters announced that they too had downed a drone, this time apparently Ukrainian.
Russia's LifeNews first ran a report on the downing yesterday, in which separatist military spokesman Eduard Basurin claimed that the UAV had been used to correct artillery fire on Russian-backed fighters near Yasinovataya, southeast of Avdeyevka:
The drone in the video does indeed resemble the A1-S Fury UAV Ukraine unveiled in 2015:
A similar video report, released today by another Russian channel, 5-TV, shows Basurin producing a business card for Ukraine's nationalist Pravyi Sektor group, which he claims was found inside the drone:
If the card really was placed inside the drone, it would have been a joke on the part of the Ukrainian troops operating it. During the first year of the conflict, "discoveries" of the then-leader of Pravyi Sektor, Dmytro Yarosh, were a routine occurrence on Russian state television. As a result, photoshopped images of Yarosh's business card in ludicrously incriminating situations became a popular Internet meme amongst Ukrainians.
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A calling card allegedly left at the scene of a shoot-out in Slovyansk on April 20 by the leader of a Ukrainian ultranationalist group has become an Internet sensation. RFE/RL correspondent Farangis Najibullah gives a rundown of some of the mocking tweets that accuse Dmytro Yarosh of having a hand in everything from the moon landing to this week's sinking of a South Korean ferry.
1 Ukrainian Soldier Killed, 12 Wounded With 70 Attacks Yesterday
Kiev reports 70 attacks by Russian-backed fighters yesterday, with twelve Ukrainian soldiers wounded and another killed.
Some of the worst fighting was seen in the Avdeyevka area, north of separatist-held Donetsk.
Ukrainian military intelligence reported that Russian-backed fighters had tried to dislodge Ukrainian forces from an industrial park on the southeastern outskirts of the town with intense fire from mortars and grenade launchers.
The battle for the industrial park, into which Ukrainian soldiers moved at the end of February, has seen the most intense combat of the year.
As the Ukrainian military has demonstrated with UAV imagery, Russian 2S5 Giatsint-S 152 mm howitzers have been deployed within range and have been shelling the area:
According to a LiveJournal post by Aleksandr Khodakovsky, commander of the Russian-backed Vostok Battalion, around 90 of his fighters have been wounded and 13 killed in the fighting in the area between the industrial park and the highway junction with separatist-held Yasinovataya from March 16 until April 7.
Last night Ukrainian volunteer Kseniya Bykova claimed that two drones had been shot down by Ukrainian troops near Avdeyevka.
Maxim Tucker, correspondent for The Times, reported yesterday on the fighting around Avdeyevka and problems relating to the monitoring of the 'ceasefire' by the OSCE:
But even then, the OSCE has reported dramatic shelling in this area when their patrols were present:
There was also heavy fighting to the west of Donetsk, near Marinka:
Moving clockwise around Donetsk from Marinka, the Ukrainian military ATO Press Center also reported attacks yesterday near Nevelskoye, Peski, Opytnoye, Kamenka and Verkhnetoretskoye.
In the Gorlovka area, the military reports attacks near Artyomovo, Svetlodarsk and Zaytsevo, where military intelligence chief Vadim Skibitskiy claimed that 10 houses have been destroyed by artillery shelling over the last week.
In the south of the Donetsk region, military press officer Aleksandr Kindsfater reports mortar attacks on positions in Pavlopol, near Mariupol, and Novotroitskoye, on the highway south from Donetsk.
At the same time, the pro-separatist Donetsk News Agency reported, citing a source among the Russian-backed fighters in Donetsk, that Ukrainian forces had fired 40 mortar shells at the separatist-held town of Dokuchaevsk, just northeast of Novotroitskoye.
2S1 Gvozdika 122 mm self-propelled artillery was also used, Kindsfater claimed, in attacks near Pavlopol and Shirokino, on the coast.
Ukrainian troops, he said, returned fire six times.
In the Lugansk region, the ATO Press Center reported grenade launcher attacks on Ukrainian troops near Tryokhizbenka, and small arms fire near Stanitsa Luganskaya.
This morning, the fighting continues.
According to military spokesman Viktor Shubets, Russian-backed fighters had mounted nine attacks before 8 am today, most of them near Avdeyevka, including one usage of 82 mm mortars.
There has been an arson attack in the early hours of this morning on the Kiev office of the judge presiding over the trial of two captured Russian spetsnaz soldiers.
Hromadske journalist Irina Romaliyskaya has been reporting from the Holosiivskyi district court in Kiev, where Judge Mykola Dadyk's office was torched.
According to the deputy head of the court staff, Igor Goncharov, no one was hurt and all documents related to the case were safely stored elsewhere, in the registrar's office.
Anatoly Matios, Ukraine's chief military prosecutor, told Romaliyskaya that at 2:45 this morning, a group five people threw Molotov cocktails at the office window, getting one through the window on their third attempt.
The incident follows the abduction and murder of lawyer Yuriy Grabovskiy, who was defending one of the two Russians, Aleksandr Aleksandrov, and violent threats against the family of one of the key witnesses in the case.
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Both Aleksandrov and his fellow captive, Yevgeny Yerofeyev, were captured by Ukrainian troops near the Lugansk city of Schastye on May 16, 2015.
For the first few months of their captivity, both men, who are Russian citizens, told their Ukrainian captors and journalists, including Maria Tsvetkova of Reuters and Novaya Gazeta's Pavel Kanygin, that they were serving members of a spetsnaz unit of the Russian Military Intelligence Directorate or GRU.
The Ukrainian military have also presented a VSS Vintorez rifle, only used by Russian special forces, which was allegedly seized when the men were captured.
Later last year, the men changed their story, with Yerofeyev claiming that he had made his previous statements under threat.
The Russian government has formally disavowed both Yerofeyev and Aleksandrov, claiming that they had resigned from their military unit before their capture.
Aleksandrov and Yerofeyev arrived at the court house this morning under armed escort. Hearings are due today and on Monday. With orders reportedly received for the trial to be conducted as quickly as possible, Romaliyskaya expects the verdict within a week or two.
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This is the storefront for a beta version of SAP's app store for its software-as-a-service ERP offering Business ByDesign.
The SAP Store will provide a marketplace where apps and other add-ons can be purchased to enhance the functionality of Business ByDesign services.
SAP describes the store as a place where users of Business ByDesign can find new "applications, mash-ups, new forms, reports and add-ons" for the service.
In the beta store, the different add-ons are grouped by industry, internal business area and solution type.
Add-ons that are popular with other Business ByDesign users or have been sponsored to appear on the front page are also shown.
The store also allows users to search by keyword for a specific type of add-on.
The SAP Store is expected to launch in mid-2011.
Business ByDesign users will be able to access the SAP store from the SAP Business ByDesign user interface, from the SAP Business ByDesign Business Center or through a web browser.
In the beta store, the user is able to refine search results using filters such as vendor and price.
Clicking on an add-on takes the user through to a page outlining that add-on's features.
The beta version of the store has about 50 apps available. Apps for the store are being built by SAP and partner companies using the software development kit for Business ByDesign, which was rolled out in February.
Each add-on has its own page in the store where users can view a detailed description of the product, the price, screenshots and user reviews, along with technical and support information.
Clicking on screenshots allows the user to see the add-on in action - in this case showing a new pipeline report for a sales team designed using Business ByDesign.
Users can check that an add-on will work with their existing Business ByDesign service by clicking the Compatibility Check button.
The checkout allows the number of users of an add-on to be entered and gives the total cost of the purchase.
Both the user and the vendor that produced the add-on will receive emails confirming the purchase.
Money from the sale of each add-on will be shared between the vendor and SAP.
The service control centre, seen here, allows Business ByDesign users to see the status of different add-ons they have purchased from the store and to post support requests.
SAP says the idea of the store is that users can find the add-on they require, install it and be using it with their Business ByDesign Service within minutes.


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About Theatre for a New Audience
Founded in 1979, Theatre for a New Audience (TFANA) is an award-winning off-Broadway LORT C theatre whose mission is to develop and vitalize the performance and study of Shakespeare and classic drama alongside other new work. TFANA is dedicated to building a culturally diverse and equitable environment and strongly encourages applications from underrepresented populations. Positions will remain open until a diverse and qualified pool of candidates is identified.
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We are guided in our work by five core values: a reverence for language, a spirit of adventure, a commitment to diversity, a dedication to learning, and a spirit of service. These values inform what we do with artists, how we interact with audiences, and how we manage our organization. Language is at the heart of all we do. We focus on the language and ideas of writers. We believe that hearing great language powerfully expressed improves our listening skills, opens our eyes, and deepens our perception and understanding of the world around us. We infuse our work with adventure—provocative ideas, visual boldness, and a sense that we are on a lifelong journey with Shakespeare and classic drama. We are committed to diversity—diverse approaches to dramatic material, diversity on our staff, in our casting and audiences, and multifaceted relationships with uniquely different communities. Learning is a fundamental principle of the Theatre, and we value learning as a process that takes place over time—a process that depends on our ability to promote curiosity, reflection, study, research and dialogue in all our work. We are dedicated to service. Inspired by our civic role, we seek to create broad public access and to bond the diverse New York community through the language, pleasure and ideas of classical drama. To advance our mission and values, Theatre for a New Audience:
produces Shakespeare alongside other plays of classic stature and major contemporary plays, creating a dialogue over centuries between Shakespeare and other authors about our contemporary world;
builds long-term associations with artists and offers programs for their growth and ongoing development;
promotes the humanities by presenting dynamic discussions with leading artists and scholars in a variety of fields in conjunction with the plays we present;
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KEY LARGO, Fla.–Six expert surveyors from REEF completed final fish biodiversity surveys as part of a 9-day mission by NOAA's National Marine Sanctuaries Program (NMSP) to the world's only undersea laboratory, the Aquarius Reef Base.
REEF, the Reef Environmental Education Foundation, is a non-profit organization that trains scuba divers and snorkelers to conduct marine life surveys that help scientists make informed resource management decisions. REEF volunteers have assisted with monitoring projects at National Marine Sanctuaries, National Parks, state research sites and international marine areas.
The Aquarius 2007 mission, "If Reefs Could Talk," runs until September 25 and seeks to better understand coral reefs through collaborative research. Data collected by REEF volunteers contributes to research started in 2001 on fish biodiversity and abundance at sites near Aquarius.
"REEF volunteers have been invaluable to this mission," said Dr. Steve Gittings, national science coordinator for the NMSP. "It would be impossible for us to put enough biologists in the water to generate an equivalent amount of data. REEF is the most effective group to do this that I know."
The South Florida reef tract is the only coral reef in the continental U.S. and the third largest barrier reef in the world. Scientists hope that information from the Aquarius 2007 mission about reef species interaction, water quality and the effects of climate change will lead to a better understanding of coral reefs world wide and increased public awareness of coral reef issues.
"I enjoy doing fish surveys and helping out with projects like Aquarius," said REEF volunteer Lillian Kenney. "It's a way to have fun, do something important and give back to science."
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Good new for Comets despite losing to Baltimores
There was good news on Sunday for the Missouri Comets despite losing to the Blast.
By Thad Bell@TheBackpost Feb 11, 2014, 2:36am CST
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Comets huddle to figure a way to break down the Blast
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When a team loses by the score of 18-4, there is usually not a lot of sincere good news. In the Missouri Comets case on Sunday there really was good news despite the one-sided score line. With a quarter of the season remaining, the Comets clinched a playoff spot when the Rochester Lancers lost earlier in the evening.
The bad news, Baltimore's league best defense nearly shut down the Comets scoring. Missouri took a good number of shots (24) but Blast defenders blocked a third of them before they could get to the goal line and William Vanzela turned away all but two that did get through.
Baltimore Blast Head Coach Danny Kelly was clearly pleased with his team's performance. "It was a tremendous effort to hold a team like Missouri with the caliber of players they have on the team to four points. It's a tremendous accomplishment for our team, it just goes to show their commitment to winning the defensive battles, blocking shots and doing what they needed to do."
While the Blast coach was happy, the Missouri Comets Head Coach Vlatko Andonovski was understandably not very happy. "First I want to congratulate Baltimore for the great game they played. From games like this we just try to learn. We'll go back in the video room and watch everything and try to get the best out of it. One thing that we know about games like this is if we played Pennsylvania and played like this the score is going to be different. If you play Baltimore or Milwaukee and make mistakes like this you are going to get punished. Now we need to go eliminate those mistakes. Now that we know we are in the playoff we know we are going to face one of those two teams. Hopefully we step up and do a better job next time."
"Every time we lose a game we are unhappy," Andonovski continued. "Losing the way we lost makes it even worse. Are we worried? No. We know we can compete. It was too many mistakes against a team like this and we have to get back on track as soon as possible."
Comets' Captain and league leading scorer Vahid Assadpour had to sit out the game with a muscle strain but could be ready for the next match or more likely the one after that.


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For instructions to schedule your HESI A2 exam, please contact Erin McGuire, Health Sciences Administrative Coordinator, by email at emcguire@lakemichigancollege.edu, or by phone at 269-927-8768.
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Please see the non-credit Health Sciences registration form to register for your CNA class.
Once you register and pay, you will receive an e-mail from the Health Sciences Office. This email will provide directions on how to purchase a background check and drug screen package through Castle Branch, a third party company that is used for all Health Sciences programs. All CNA students are required to pass a criminal background check and drug screen. Failure to pass these tests will forfeit your seat in the CNA class. The cost for the background check and drug screen package is $110.00.
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If you must re-complete a multi-shot vaccination like MMR, or Hep B, you must start the series before the first day of class and complete each series by your doctor's orders. You MUST have a vaccination or current proof of immunity through a titer test for Varicella, no disease history will be accepted as proof of immunity. TDap must be renewed every 10 years. This documentation will then be uploaded to its respective location in Castle Branch.
THIS MUST BE COMPLETED BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF CLASS. Failure to complete these requirements will result in the inability to attend CNA class.
Students will be required to complete a Code of Conduct, an Information Release, and (if applicable) a waiver form for any illnesses, allergies, or medical conditions students wish to document. These must be uploaded to Castle Branch by the first day of class.
Students who have completed the above requirements are ready to start the CNA class. On time, daily attendance is required for successful completion of the class. Books, scrub top, name badge, supplies, lab time, clinical time, and classroom time are included in the fee for the class. Calendars will be distributed on the first day of class.
After successfully completing the 6-week classroom and 1-week clinical of the CNA class you are ready to sit for the State Licensure exam. While Lake Michigan College is an approved Prometric testing facility, all testing is scheduled directly through Prometric. The approximate cost for testing is $125.00, which includes the one-time registration fee. If you have any questions regarding the application or testing process please contact Prometric directly at www.prometric.com/nurseaide/mi or 1-800-752-4724. Additional information can be obtained from your instructor.
Evaluation of Critical Thinking Ability – this is intended to provide critical thinking ability in situations encountered in healthcare settings.
For instructions to schedule your HESI A2 assessment, please contact Erin McGuire, Health Sciences Administrative Coordinator, by email at emcguire@lakemichigancollege.edu, or by phone at 269-927-8768.
Assessments are taken at a Lake Michigan College Testing Center location. The CNA HESI A2 assessment must be completed prior to the posted registration deadline of a course to be considered eligible to enroll. Early testing and class enrollment is encouraged.
This HESI A2 assessment has different minimum score requirements than the one used for the Nursing (RN) Program. Please see the Nursing Program webpage or your Academic Advisor for more information on the specific guidelines for the Nursing program.


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Who is Tobias George Smollett? What did Tobias George Smollett write? Information on Tobias George Smollett biography, life story and works.
Tobias George Smollett; (1721-1771), Scottish poet and novelist, whose outstanding satirical novels, Roderick Random, Peregrine Pickle, and Humphry Clinker, rank him among the leading fiction writers in English literature.
Early Years.
Smollett was born in Dalquhurn, Dumbartonshire, Scotland, in March 1721, into a distinguished family, whose seat was at Bonhill, near Dumbarton, in the picturesque valley of the Leven River. His grandfather, Sir James Smollett, represented Dumbarton in the old Scots parliament and helped frame the act of union with England in 1707. Sir James' youngest son, Archibald, married Barbara Cunningham. They had three children. The youngest, Tobias George, was christened on March 19, 1721. Two years later, Archibald Smollett died, leaving his wife and children dependent upon their grandfather, Sir James.
After attending school at Dumbarton, Smollett entered the University of Glasgow, where he undertook the study of medicine. At the same time, he was apprenticed to John Gordon, a Glasgow physician and apothecary. In 1739, following three years of study, Smollett set out for London without a degree. Earlier that year he had written a play, The Regicide, based on the murder of James I of Scotland. In London he submitted the play to George Lyttelton, the famous patron of letters, who may have passed it on to David Garrick. However, the play was not suitable for staging and was never produced.
Shortly thereafter, Smollett entered the British Navy as a surgeon's mate. He participated in Adm. Edward Vernon's expedition against Cartagena (now in Colombia) and against Spanish sea power in the West Indies. During a stay in Jamaica, Smollett fell in love with Anne Lassells (or Nancy Lascelles), the beautiful daughter and heiress of an English plantation owner. They were married in 1742 or 1743.
Back in London by 1744, Smollett began to practice surgery. From time to time he wrote odes and satires. His Tears of Scotland, composed in 1746, was occasioned by the cruelties practiced by the English against the Scots at the Battle of Culloden. The poem awakened wide popular sympathy for "helpless Caledonia."
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Middle Years.
In 1748, Smollett suddenly became a literary sensation with the publication of his first novel, The Adventures of Roderick Random, a tale of adventure on land and sea. The story followed in general outline the career of Smollett himself after he left Dumbarton. Even with only half its considerable literary merits, the novel would have been read for its colorful personalities and its fierce exposé of the dreadful conditions existing in the British Navy. By the next year, Roderick Random was popular enough to float an edition of Smollett's old play, The Regicide.
In 1749, Smollett published a translation of Alain Lesage's novel Gil Bias, originally published in French between 1715 and 1735. During a trip to France in 1750, Smollett worked on his next novel, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle (1751). Although brilliant and lively, the novel all too clearly revealed Smollett's hatred and distrust of his rivals in arts and letters. Peregrine Pickle contained such brutal attacks on Lyttelton, Garrick, the poet Mark Akenside, and the novelist Henry Fielding that critical opinion compelled Smollett to eliminate the attacks from the second edition.
In 1750, Smollett had finally obtained a medical degree from the University of Aberdeen, and, following his return to England from France, he tried to establish himself as a doctor at Bath. Failing to gain patients, he returned to London and took an Elizabethan mansion in Chelsea.
During the next 10 years, Smollett produced an enormous amount of work. A novel, The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom (1753), was followed by a translation of Cervantes' Don Quixote (1755). In 1756 he published A Compendium of Voyages in seven volumes. In the next year, his play The Reprisal, or the Tars of Old England was produced at the Drury Lane Theatre by Garrick. Within a period of 14 months, Smollett wrote a complete History of England (1757-1758) in five volumes. Bevised, enlarged, and issued in sixpenny parts, Smollett's work threatened for a time to drive David Hume's History of England from the market.
Smollett was also active as a journalist and editor. He assumed the editorship of the monthly Critical Review on its founding in 1756. One of the many slashing articles he wrote for this magazine was directed against Adm. Charles Knowles and led to a short imprisonment for defamation of character. Smollett also edited The British Magazine, in which his novel The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves (1762) first appeared in serial form. This manner of publication was an innovation. Smollett's career as an editor ended with the short-lived Briton (1762), an organ of the Tory party.
Last Years.
Under the pressure of work and of grief at the death of his only daughter, Smollett's health broke down. He and his wife left England, and from 1763 to 1765 they lived on the Continent, mainly in southern France and Italy. On his return he published Travels Through France and Italy (1766), which displays much common sense, notwithstanding Laurence Sterne's ridicule of it in his A Sentimental Journey. The Travels out of the way, Smollett visited Edinburgh, where his mother was still living, and then went to Glasgow and the romantic scenes of his childhood.
After a brief sojourn in Bath at Christmas in 1766, Smollett was back in London writing The History and Adventures of an Atom (1769), a savage satire on English politics after 1754. Completely broken in health after this effort, he hastened to Italy, where he settled in a villa near Leghorn. There he wrote his last and greatest novel, The Expedition of Humphry Clinker (1771). This comic masterpiece was based on his recent tour of England and Scotland and probably planned during his stay at Bath. Although he saw it in print, he did not live to enjoy its great reception. Smollett died near Leghorn on Sept. 17, 1771, and was buried in the English cemetery there.
Critical Evaluation.
Smollett was a man of rugged honesty. His irritable temperament, about which so much has been written, showed itself in his books rather than in his relations with friends. Visitors at Chelsea were surprised at his "polished and agreeable manners and the great urbanity of his conversation." His cynicism had the saving grace of humor. When he began his History of England he was a Whig, but further along in the writing he turned Tory, as the Whig ministers, on close examination, proved to be "a set of sordid knaves." On the whole, however, his histories, compendiums, and translations had no lasting value.
At first glance, Smollett seems to have added nothing to the art of fiction. Instead of learning from Richardson and Fielding, he went back, as he himself said, to the loose narrative of Lesage, which permitted innumerable digressions and episodes. He even went so far as to incorporate, for a fee, the lewd memoirs of the notorious Viscountess Vane into Peregrine Pickle. Also, some critics have complained that Smollett's work is too closely derived from his personal experiences to be regarded as the highest art.
All this may be granted. But there is another side. In his early years, Smollett cultivated verse satire. Had he been born a generation or two earlier, he would have been of the company of Pope and Dryden. Instead, practicing the art of fiction, he was a founder of the satirical novel. His work has immense scope, for it includes men, manners, art, and politics at home and abroad. In Count Fathom may be discovered the beginnings of the Gothic romance afterward practiced by Horace Walpole and Ann Radcliffe. And Humphry Clinker, according to William Thackeray, "the most laughable story that has ever been written since the goodly art of novel writing began," brought into fiction the spirit of fun, later associated with Charles Dickens.


My first work outfit of my first 9 to 5 job (5/31)! I'm currently doing Neuroscience vestibular research in my lab, and if I must sit and do literature searches for this long every day, I must sit pretty. Rompers are all the rage still, since the onesies deemed fashionable really hit the streets with fervor. The downside is having to strip every time you use the restroom. Not to mention their super short length are inappropriate for most workplaces, including mine. Easy fix: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle philosophy - applied to my closet. I threw on a cardigan to hide the spaghetti straps and tucked the romper shorts portion into skinny jeans. I suggest that you wear high waisted bottoms if you tuck a romper into your pants, because there's unsightly poofing in the back, especially when sitting down. Taking off the cardigan makes for a cooler look, both in style and temperature. It's like wearing a jumpsuit with more structured pant legs.
It was 92 degrees and ridiculously humid, stubborn me kept all this on at work and while moving when I got home. My housemate helped me snap a few photos at around 9 PM. He's 6'2" + so my legs probably look shorter than usual haha. He still did a great job, considering it was pretty dim out. I can't believe the Midwest is still this light outside at this hour - it seems that San Diego gets much darker much faster. I was wearing different shoes during the day though and forgot to put them back on again - corn blue pointed toe flats with pearl ankle decorations. The background is the end of my street at my new townhouse. Sweltering summer can't be more sweet (but it could be less sweaty).
By the way, check out my friend Alice's blog post on how to shop smart so you can get more goodies you want for less. She has a great fashion sense too!
Pretty outfit! I couldn't tell that was a romper! Cute though, love the ruffles!
congrats angie on your job! that must be exciting. cute ruffle blouse.
Love the title of this post! LOL.
Anyway, I love the tank! I'm looking for a coral one right now, but not luck.
I like your new apt lol since i practically lived there with jerry.
i like the ruffles in your blouse! so pretty!


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Q: Executing Server-Side Methods by Clicking on a DIV I'm working on an ASP.Net project, with C#.
Usually, when I need to put Buttons that will execute some methods, I will use the ASP Controller (Button) inside a runat="server" form.
But I feel that this really limits the capabilities of my website, because when I used to work with JSP, I used jquery to reach a servlet to execute some codes and return a responseText.
I did not check yet how this is done in ASP.Net, but my question concerns controllers and the famous runat="server".
When I add a runat="server" to any HTML Element, I'm supposed to be able to manipulate this HTML element in C# (Server-Side), and this actually works, I can change the ID, set the InnerText or InnerHtml, but the thing that I can't get, is why can't I execute a method by clicking on this element?
The "onclick" attribute is for JavaScript I think, and OnServerClick doesn't seem to work as well. Is it something wrong with my codes? or this doesn't work at all?

A: You will have to handle the click in the div using the Jquery  and call
server-side methods through JQuery

A: You can execute a method from jquery click in server, using __doPostBack javascript function, see this threat for more details How to use __doPostBack()

A: There are several way to execute server side methods by clicking on a div or anything on your page. The first is mentioned __dopostback, second is handling the click in javascript or with jQuery and calling a function in a handler or a page method in a webservice or a page method in your page behind code.
Here is the handler version:
 $("#btn1").click(function() {
    $.ajax({
            url: '/Handler1.ashx?param1=someparam',
            success: function(msg, status, xhr) {
                //doSomething, manipulate your html
            },
            error: function() {
             //doSomething
            }
        });
 });

I think the second version is better, because you can make a partial postback without any updatepanel, asyncronously. The drawback is, the server side code is separated from your page behind code.
Handler:
public class Handler1: IHttpHandler
{
   public void ProcessRequest(HttpContext context)
   {
      context.Response.ContentType = "application/json";
      var param1= context.Request.QueryString["param1"];
      //param1 value will be "someparam"

      // do something cool like filling a datatable serialize it with newtonsoft jsonconvert

      var dt= new DataTable();
      // fill it
      context.Response.Write(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(dt));
   }
}

If everything is cool, you get the response in the ajax call in the success section, and the parameter called "msg" will be your serialized JSON datatable.

A: Add this code in your jquery on div onclick and pass DIv id whcih call click
__doPostBack('__Page', DivID);

On page load add this code
if (IsPostBack)
            {
    //you will get id of div which called function
    string eventargs = Request["__EVENTARGUMENT"];

                    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(eventargs))
                    {
                       //call your function
                    }
}

A: Make the div runat="server" and id="divName"
in page_Load event in cs:
if (IsPostBack)
{
if (Request["__EVENTARGUMENT"] != null && Request["__EVENTARGUMENT"] == "divClick")
{
    //code to run in click event of divName
}
}

divName.Attributes.Add("ondivClick", ClientScript.GetPostBackEventReference(divName, "divClick"));

Hope it helps :)

A: if you are referring to divs with runat="server" attributes, they don't have onserverclick events, that's why it doesn't work

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Tristram Abberley was an English poet of the 1930s whose reputation was sealed when he died fighting for the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War. Nearly fifty years later his sister Beatrix is murdered during what appears to be a robbery at her home, but robbery - it transpires - is only part of the motive that underlies her death. Beatrix is the victim of a dark conspiracy, one that her loved ones are powerless to defeat.
But nothing is quite as it seems in a Robert Goddard novel. In a narrative that moves between Cheltenham and New York, Paris and rural Wales, Tunbridge Wells and wartime Spain, the conspirators themselves are caught up in a chain of dramatic events that are the consequence of meddling in the dark secrets of the legendary poet.
Robert Goddard was born in Hampshire and read History at Cambridge. His first novel, Past Caring, was an instant bestseller. Since then his books have captivated readers worldwide with their edge-of-the-seat pace and their labyrinthine plotting. His first Harry Barnett novel, Into the Blue, was winner of the first WHSmith Thumping Good Read Award and was dramatized for TV, starring John Thaw.


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How Michael Jackson saved Bela Farkas
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Hungarian magazine "Story" published a surprising article about Bela Farkas, the young man from Hungary, whose life Michael Jackson saved 20 years ago. The story was prompted by a happy occasion: Bela recently became a father.
The young man on the picture is Bela, the same little boy whom Michael and his then wife Lisa Marie met in a children's hospital in Budapest in 1994 (. He never gave an interview before – this was his first conversation with journalists in 20 years.
Bela was born with a serious anomaly: an undeveloped hepatic lobe, a life-threatening condition that required a liver transplant. Such surgeries were not performed in Hungary at the time and were very expensive abroad. Bela's parents abandoned him at birth, so he had no hope to get the money.
When Michael visited the hospital, he asked doctors why the boy was so thin and yellow in the face and was explained Bela's condition. Michael immediately said that he would pay for the surgery. It was a rare occasion when Jackson's charitable act received publicity and media coverage.
Michael and Lisa Marie with Bela Farkas in 1994
Michael himself recounted Bela's story in documentary "Michael Jackson: The Private Home Movies" eight years later:
What Michael didn't mention in the film was that he not only found a donor for the boy and paid for the surgery, but also continued paying for Bela's treatment for the next ten years. "I don't even like to think about it," says Bela. "The treatment cost $15 thousand a year. Michael spent over 50 million forints on me – just because he happened to meet me in the hospital."
Shortly after his surgery Bela was adopted, so he grew up with loving parents eventually. This TV spot about Bela was made about a year after his surgery:
When Michael returned to Hungary in 1996 with his History our, he met with Bela again. The boy then said to him: "You are like my dad. Thanks to you, I was born for the second time." Michael laughed and answered: "Then you are my son."
Michael's second meeting with Bela in 1996
They stayed in touch until Michael's death. Michael sent Bela cards, birthday and Christmas gifts, and Bela answered with drawings and photos. When Michael passed away, Bela cried as if he had lost his dad.
Bela is 24 now, and in February 2014 he became a father of a healthy newborn girl. He says the doctors predicted he would not live past his 18th birthday, and here he is at 24 still doing well. He will always be very grateful to Michael. "If I could," admits Bela, "I would ask him, 'Of all children in that hospital, why did you choose me?'"
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It's Time to Shut Down HealthCare.Gov
The new administration should issue two new rules for the 2018 enrollment season:
It should let online brokers complete enrollments for people who qualify for subsidies. No need to redirect these applicants to HealthCare.gov.
It should stop imposing user fees to prop up its unnecessary website and finance ad campaigns.
These two changes would set loose an army of insurance carriers, traditional brokers and private online exchanges, all competing to enroll people in subsidized coverage.
Humana Says It Plans to Pull out of Obamacare Exchanges in 2018
While Republicans continue to grapple with plans to repeal and replace Obamacare and stabilize health insurance rates, Humana is the first major insurer to say it is dropping out of the individual market for 2018.
"Based on our initial analysis of data associated with the company's health-care exchange membership following the 2017 open enrollment period, we continue to see further signs of an unbalanced risk pool," said Humana CEO Bruce Broussard, on a conference call with analysts Tuesday. "Therefore, the company has decided that it cannot continue to offer this coverage for 2018."
In the wake of the news, President Donald Trump tweeted that the insurer's decision was another example of the failure of the Affordable Care Act, and he reiterated his plan to "repeal, replace & save healthcare for ALL Americans."
The ObamaCare Merger Deathblow
The conceit that the five major commercial health insurers will consolidate to three seems to be dissolving, as four of those insurers called off a pair of mega-mergers on Tuesday. After 18 months of courtship among the Big Five starting in 2015, the outgoing Obama Justice Department's antitrust division sued to block the $34 billion Aetna- Humana tie-up as well as Anthem's $48 billion acquisition of Cigna. Federal judges blocked both transactions earlier this year. Anthem had planned to appeal but on Tuesday Cigna pulled the plug after Aetna and Humana did the same.
Obamacare Exchanges Were in Big Trouble Before Trump
Healthcare.gov enrollment came in well below what was anticipated last month. After running very slightly ahead of last year's numbers in December, January brought the news that about 400,000 fewer people had enrolled on the federal exchanges than did so in 2016. Those are scary numbers, not so much for the absolute size of the decline—it's roughly 4%—but because any backwards movement is very bad news for the exchanges. Trump was only president for a few days' worth of open enrollment. Could he really have somehow caused 400,000 people to forgo health insurance?
Humana Announces 69 Percent Drop in Obamacare Customers
A major insurer on Wednesday reported a huge drop in the number of Obamacare customers it has.
Humana reported in its latest fourth quarter 2016 earnings Wednesday that total enrollment in the individual market, which includes Obamacare's exchanges, declined by 69 percent in January 2017 compared to the month before.
The company said on Dec. 31 it had about 450,800 in the individual market, which includes Obamacare's marketplaces. However, in January 2017 membership dropped by 69 percent to 204,000.
Trump Administration Eyes New Obamacare Rule
The Trump administration intends to publish a new regulation soon aimed at stabilizing Obamacare's marketplaces, just as insurers are weighing whether to participate next year.
The administration hasn't released the text for the regulations or said whether it could be finalized before insurers face the first deadlines this spring for submitting plans for 2018.
The Office of Management and Budget released a notice on a pending rule received Feb. 1 aimed at stabilizing Obamacare markets.
The rule was received the same day that insurers told Congress that they need to know soon whether cost-sharing reduction payments will be reimbursed in 2018.
Insurers Shrink from Exchanges as Lawmakers Mull Changes
The Affordable Care Act's insurance exchanges have become too risky for major health insurers, and that's creating further doubt about coverage options consumers might have next year.
Anthem CEO Joseph Swedish said Wednesday his company is waiting to see whether the government makes some short-term fixes to the shaky exchanges before it decides how much it will participate next year. The Blue Cross-Blue Shield carrier is the nation's second largest insurer and sells coverage on exchanges in 14 states.
Initial Health Care Relief Measures Put Patients First and Help Stabilize Markets
Everywhere you turn, health markets are nearing collapse. It's an unfortunate and catastrophic reality of too much federal intervention in our health care. From soaring deductibles and skyrocketing premiums to fleeing insurers, it's no wonder patients are paying more out of pocket each year under the so-called "Affordable Care Act."
Today, the Energy and Commerce Committee's Health Subcommittee will examine four legislative solutions to help deliver relief. Together, the bills will play an important role in being among the first bricks placed in the rebuilding of our health care system. Collectively, they will give patients relief from the law's soaring costs, tighten enrollment gaps, and protect taxpayers.
The 2017 Health Insurance Exchanges: Major Decrease in Competition and Choice
One of the stated aims of the Affordable Care Act was to increase competition among health insurance companies. That goal has not been realized, and by several different measures the ACA's exchanges offer less competition and choice in 2017 than ever before. Now in the fourth year of operation, the exchanges continue to be far less competitive than the individual health insurance market was before the ACA's implementation. Moreover, insurer participation in the law's government-run exchanges has declined over the past two years and is now at the lowest level yet. This lack of insurer participation leaves exchange customers in 70 percent of U.S. counties with no insurer choice, or a choice between merely two insurers.
ObamaCare Subsidy Costs Will Jump 30% Next Year
Cost overruns are endemic to government health programs, and ObamaCare is turning out to be no different. Not only are its Medicaid expansion costs exploding, skyrocketing premiums are now pushing insurance subsidy costs through the roof.
A new study from the Center for Health and Economy finds that because of the double-digit premium increases across the country, federal spending on ObamaCare's insurance subsidies will shoot up by nearly $10 billion next year
That's because the amount of the subsidy is directly tied to the cost of insurance in any given market. The Obama administration treats this as a cardinal virtue of ObamaCare, because the subsidies largely shield eligible enrollees from premium rate shocks. In fact, the administration has argued that higher premiums are a good thing, because they make more people eligible for those subsidies.
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Creston man car-jacked near Yahk, suspect caught in Cranbrook
Man suspected of car-jacking in Creston area apprehended after car chase comes to an end.
Members of the Independent Investigations Office from Surrey arrived in Cranbrook Wednesday to check out the scene where a suspected car-jacker was apprehended and taken to hospital after being shot by an RCMP officer.
Lorne Eckersley, Creston Valley Advance
Creston's Alan Armstrong was making a routine run to Cranbrook on Tuesday evening when his trip turned into a nightmare that later ended with a shooting in Cranbrook.
"I was hauling parts on Highway 3 through Goatfell (west of Yahk) when I saw a guy waving me down on the road. He said he had run out of gas and had no money and needed a ride," Armstrong said on Tuesday morning.
It was snowing and Armstrong was on a timeline, so he told the man and his girlfriend to get in quickly.
"Then I said to him, 'If you were going to Cranbrook, why was your car faced in the other direction by the road?' I guess I shouldn't have said anything. He grabbed my head and smashed it against the door."
"Pull over (mother…), or I'll blow your (expletive) skull open!' he screamed. He was screaming and shaking. I got my truck pulled over and he pushed a gun against my head.
"The carjacker pepper-sprayed Armstrong, then pushed him out the truck before tearing off in the 2006 Toyota Forerunner.
Armstrong said he was vomiting, he could barely see and mucous was pouring through his nose as he staggered around and tried to get his bearings.
"I'd had enough wits about me to grab my cell phone as I was being pushed from the truck so I managed to dial 911. But of course there is no cell coverage out there."
He saw a residence nearby with a light in the window and made his way to the front door, where pounded on the door, screaming and crying for help.
But his ordeal wasn't quite over. A male resident opened the door, armed with a rifle, fearing that he himself was about to be a victim.
"It was dark and they weren't about to let me into the house until they knew what was going on, so he brought his car around so the headlights could shine on me," Armstrong said. "Then they saw what a mess I was and brought me into their house."
He used the residents' landline to call 911 and was informed that Cranbrook and Creston RCMP and a police dog were already responding.
An ambulance arrived to transport Armstrong to Creston Valley Hospital, but it had to make a few stops along the way as the smell of pepper spray was overwhelming the paramedics, Armstrong said.
He was released from hospital early Wednesday morning. While initial media reports said the carjacker was pulled over in Yahk, he was actually stopped in Cranbrook, Creston RCMP Staff Sergeant Bob Gollan said on Wednesday.
Sally MacDonald, Cranbrook Daily Townsman
At around 10:30 p.m., an RCMP officer tried to stop a vehicle that was suspected to have been carjacked near Creston earlier in the day.
A car chase ensued, ending when the suspect reached a dead end at the top of Victoria Avenue, beside the College of the Rockies Gold Creek campus.
Nearby residents reported hearing gun shots, seeing a lone police car then hearing shouting.
According to RCMP, during the incident an officer fired his service pistol, hitting the male suspect. The suspect was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. A female suspect who was a passenger in the vehicle is also in police custody. The police officer was not hurt.
The scene has been secured pending an investigation by the newly formed Independent Investigations Office of B.C.
Six personnel from the IIO were sent from Surrey to Cranbrook on Wednesday morning, arriving around 11 a.m. and taking control of the scene.
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Q: dhclient error "Bind socket to interface: No such device" I experienced a strange error. If I tried to connect to the internet via WiFi, everything went well except the DHCP transaction. dhclient prints this error message Bind socket to interface: No such device
Switched to static IP (set in the client e.g. Wicd) and killed the dhclient process => Connection is established without issues. There are no further errors beside said dhclient error.

A: Nice coincidence, i just stumbled over this problem here tonight.
My "problem" are unique device names, my wifi dongle is renamed from wlan0 to wlx112233445566 (with the mac address).  This device name seems to be too long for dhclient.  (Now that's robust coding, is it?)
If i keep the kernel from renaming the wifi device (by udev rule), dhclient is happy with the device name wlan0 and this strange error disappears.


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June 17: Summertime weather here to stay
Friday's and Saturday's spectacular weather gave way to a return of the heat and humidity yesterday…get used to it, because it's going to be steamy all week. Temperatures will heat up to the low 90s this afternoon: Dew points will be back into the upper 60s, close to "unpleasant" territory on the Muggy Meter: The humidity will push the heat index into the mid to upper 90s: Just a slight chance of a pop-up storm in today's heat and humidity. The HRRR model's radar simulation from 9:00am through 9:00pm shows some radar freckles showing up in the heat of the day: I think even this model is a little too optimistic about our rain chances, but stash an umbrella in the back seat just in case.
We'll start off Tuesday with warm and muggy conditions again: We'll heat up to around 90° again, before a better chance of storms develops late in the day Tuesday: The North American Model's radar simulation holds off on the best chance of rain until after sunset Tuesday evening: I have a feeling we'll see some storms running in from the west before that, so be flexible with any outdoor plans Tuesday evening. The Storm Prediction Center has included much of central North Carolina in a "Marginal Risk" (level 1 of 5) of severe weather: That's a very borderline threat level, and it almost completely depends on when the storms develop — around or before sunset would yield a higher threat, with diminishing severe potential after sundown.
The unsettled weather pattern will continue Wednesday and Thursday — neither day will be a washout, and we'll have plenty of room between the scattered storms for temperatures to warm up to around 90°: A brief break from the rain chances and humidity on Friday, then the steamy weather is back for the first weekend of summer!
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House Democrats approved legislation Thursday to raise the federal minimum wage for the first time in a decade, to $15 an hour, but the bill has almost no chance in the Republican-controlled Senate.
Passage was assured after centrists won concessions for a slower phase-in, over six years instead of five. They also won assurances the pay hike could be halted midway if a study shows job losses or other adverse effects.
America: Love or Leave it sign at Virginia church draws attention
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APPOMATTOX, Va. (CNN) - A church sign in Virginia is drawing a lot of attention and stirring up a lot of controversy.
The message was placed in front of Friendship Baptist Church in Appomattox.
Fans descend on San Diego for the 50th Comic-Con
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Dust off your Captain Marvel cosplay, San Diego Comic-Con is here.
The four-and-a-half day convention kicked off Wednesday with the show room floor opening to thousands vying for exclusive merchandise, from art to toys. Later, Warner Bros. is hosting a ScareDiego event promising some hair-raising new footage from "It: Chapter Two."


Tides are a phenomenon in the ocean whereby water levels shift between low and high tides every 6 hours and will continue to repeat this cycle indefinitely as it is mainly the gravitational forces of the moon and sun which create this tidal phenomenon.
The movement of energy in masses of water from the tides can be converted into electrical power with the use of tidal turbines. Norwegian Tidal Solutions goal is to make this everlasting renewable energy economically attractive in a way that it can be harvested in a commercially large scale tidal power plant thereby contributing to Europe's vision for zero emissions by 2050.
The demand for sustainable and cost effective clean energy has increased dramatically over recent years and will continue for years to come. Emissions must be lowered in line with the worlds energy needs. We will contribute to shaping the future of energy and will be part of the future energy mix with our new groundbreaking tidal power technology: The CUBE.
Tidal power is our greatest renewable energy source as it is even more predictable than wind and solar power, and does not represent any visual or sound pollution. We believe therefore that tidal power will be an important energy source in the worlds future energy mix.


If name holds a value, such as the string "Jack Bauer", then the if check would not pass and we can carry on with the rest of our code. However, if the name was evaluated to be a "falsy", then we stop execution with our return statement and alert to the user that there was a problem. So, the flow goes: read value of name, it's an empty string, which means it's a "falsy", the presence of the ! means that we inverse the false to a true, and our code inside the if gets executed.
This is nothing too fancy, the presence of the extra ! simply means that it's another logical not operator and it flips the inversed boolean back to it's first value. Without the double logical not operator, the if would have still evaluated the expression to be true, because foo is a value, but it wouldn't be a real boolean.
A simple way to remember it is, "bang bang, you're boolean".


The majority of noise emitted from UAVs is generated by the propellers. This noise is a significant issue when operating around humans and animals, and restricts their use in commercial applications.
To solve this problem, the team at Dotterel develop award-winning, lightweight propeller shrouds comprising sound-absorbing acoustic materials and low noise propellers. These passive technologies reduce noise pollution as experienced from the ground.
Dotterel also develops onboard audio enabling technologies. These are software and hardware solutions for enhancing direct sound recording capability from the UAV.
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If Congress fails to reach an agreement on the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) by Dec. 31, 2013, the current short-term SGR-fix will expire and cause physician payments to decrease by 24.4 percent. While the House is likely to introduce a bill later this year, a SGR repeal and replace compromise is very unlikely in 2013 due to lack of consensus on a repeal approach as well the cost of reforming the system.
While most physicians support a new payment system that values quality and coordination of care, some physician groups continue to urge Congress to take their time in developing the new quality measures that are meaningful to individual specialties. Although physicians experience the most direct impact of SGR changes, life sciences companies also track the effect of the SGR on physician services related to their drugs and devices. Hospitals and post-acute care (PAC) providers generally support changing the SGR system because of the pressure it puts on their physicians, but strongly oppose paying for short-term SGR fixes by cutting facility provider rates.
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released revised estimates reducing the 10-year cost of SGR repeal from $245 billion to $139 billion.
House Energy and Commerce (E&C) Republicans released draft legislation to repeal and replace the current SGR formula with a new FFS system emphasizing quality measures House Republicans are requesting additional comments from the provider community before moving forward.
The Senate Finance Committee held their first hearing on SGR in six years, and is also seeking suggestions from the provider community.
After the CBO's recent SGR-repeal revisions, the Medicare Payment Advisory Committee (MedPAC) now recommends a 10-year pay freeze for primary care physicians and a 3 percent or less payment cut to specialists for each of the first three years, and a pay freeze for specialists until Congress implements a new payment system. Prior to CBO's recent estimates, MedPAC supported reducing specialist pay by 5.9 percent for each of the first three years.
Avalere is working with stakeholders to analyze a range of policy proposals in preparation for more significant reform opportunities in 2014 and beyond. For more information, contact Fauzea Hussain.


A Medicaid Asset Protection Trust (MAPT) is one tool among many that could prepare you for the future. But is it the right tool for you?
Below, we will cover the benefits of a MAPT and why it could be right for you. To learn more, contact an Indianapolis asset protection attorney at Barnes Cadwell Law today.
A MAPT provides the resources you need to afford nursing home care in the future. If you don't have long-term care insurance, you could be stuck paying thousands of dollars a month for long-term care. If you qualify for Medicaid, you could have it cover those costs. The problem is that most of us have assets that disqualify us from Medicaid.
A MAPT can be an effective tool to have Medicaid cover your nursing home expenses without needlessly depriving yourself. It allows you to place assets in a trust so you can meet Medicaid requirements and pay for long-term care.
There are four main advantages to having a MAPT that covers your long-term care payments in the future.
A MAPT is an "irrevocable trust". So, any property you transfer into it does not belong to you and cannot be taken back for any reason. Medicaid cannot count it as an asset of yours. Plus, it cannot inadvertently be transferred to someone you do not wish to transfer it to.
Say you transfer your house to your adult child to keep it in the family and qualify for Medicaid. If, after three years, you need nursing home care and want Medicaid to cover expenses, you'll be out of luck. Medicaid looks back to any assets you had and transferred. So, it will consider your old house as a qualifying asset and deny you benefits.
In addition, if your child files for bankruptcy or divorce, they could lose the house to creditors or their ex. They could even use the house as collateral on a loan and lose it that way.
You could avoid your child losing the home that you transfer to them by keeping a life estate in it. But, if you receive Medicaid and your child sells the home, you'll need to reimburse Medicaid the life estate's value.
If you keep a life estate in your home, you'll also lose a portion of your capital gains tax exclusion. On the other hand, a MAPT will maintain your capital gains tax exclusion for your whole primary residence.
Plus, with a MAPT, the equity in your home from appreciation over time will generate a higher cost basis. As a result, your capital gains taxes upon the sale of the home will be reduced or eliminated.
A MAPT gives you the ability to continue using property you put in the trust. This means that if you place your house into a MAPT, you can continue living in it. You can also sell a home you put in a MAPT and purchase another in the trust's name. While you cannot sell investments in a MAPT, you can collect income from them. All without risking your ability to qualify for Medicaid as a means of paying for long-term care.
As an irrevocable trust, you must relinquish ownership of property you put into a MAPT. However, you will still have the ability to control them. Even though your MAPT trustee technically controls its assets, you have the authority to change them. Typically, a MAPT trustee will be discharged when the MAPT owner thinks its assets are not managed properly.
A Medicaid asset protection trust is only effective if it is created properly. You need the help of an experienced Indianapolis asset protection attorney to make sure your MAPT serves your long-term care needs. Contact Barnes Cadwell Law to learn more about your options, including MAPT.


Arched serpentine tables are often used as a connecting table or to alternate style.
Arched serpentine tables are often used as a connecting tables or to create arcing design. Tables are a wooden top with metal edging.