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Cheryl Veglio: Owner/Director
Cheryl has been in and around the dance community for over 25 years, and has been the owner of Creative Dance Center for 16 years. Prior to that, she was in the business sector.
Cheryl was introduced to the dance world when her daughters, Christina and Jennifer, were very young. She became actively involved as a dance parent, and became familiar with all of the various forms of dance, competitive and performance based. After the studio her daughters were attending closed, Cheryl wanted a better dance education for her daughters. With the help of several dance instructors, including lead instructor Jill Rector, Creative Dance Center opened it's doors in 2003. Cheryl has been the operator ever since.
Cheryl is very proud of the legacy Creative Dance Center has created over the years. They have had dancers compete and perform at numerous and well known conventions and competitions such as: Starbound, the Pulse on Tour, Tremaine Dance, and Dupree Dance just to name a few; each time receiving platinum and high gold awards. Several dancers have also been recognized for outstanding awards during competitions and conventions.
Recently, Cheryl has been enthusiastic about planning out-of-studio opportunities for the four dance companies; such as: Dance the World in Orlando, Florida, and participating in dance events in New York City, Los Angeles, and San Diego.
Jill Rector: Lead Instructor
Teaching experience: 31+ Years
With Creative Dance since 2003
Miss Jill Rector began dancing at age three and has studied all forms of dance. At age fourteen she became a teaching assistant and began teaching her own classes at age sixteen. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Dance from Columbia College with an emphasis in both teaching and performance/choreography. She is also a certified personal trainer and the Choreographer for All About Music's Children Theater in Mokena.
Miss Jill began her professional studies at the Chicago Fine Arts Academy with Rosemary Doolas and Ellen Werksman. While she was there she concentrated on Classical Russian Ballet using the Vagonova Technique. She also began to study Martha Graham technique and fell in love with modern dance. Later at Columbia College Miss Jill studied under Shirley Mordine, Anna Paskevska, Jan Erkert, Paula Frasz, Mary Wohl Hann, Deb Siegal as well as many other choreographers who came through during their guest artist residencies. She performed with many contemporary artists such as Linda Marshall, Shapiro and Smith, Jan Bartoszek, and Nana Shineflug.
Jill has always excelled in tap dancing and studied extensively with Chicago Human Rhythm Project choreographers Lane Alexander, Jay Fagan, Sam Weber, and Bril Barret. As of June 2018, Jill was certified in the teaching of junior, senior and advanced programs by Progressing Ballet Technique.
Jill's expertise of teaching is quite evident in her classes. She keeps her choreography current by attending dance conventions and studying with professionals. She feels that as a dancer and teacher you never stop learning or trying to improve yourself. She likes to make sure the students learn something new during each class and have fun doing it. Ms. Jill feels finds it very rewarding to watch what dance and performing can do for a child. Dance not only improves their fitness and coordination, but also improves their self-esteem, creativity and imagination.
Miss Jill not only teaches her students to do the steps but also to feel the emotions of the dance and to appreciate the arts for the rest of their lives. Miss Jill was very proud to have her theater students chosen to perform one of her dance routines on the NBC morning news, and interviewed by Jonathon Brandmeier.
Miss Jill is married and has two children, Nathan and Jade.
Kristen Bruns: Instructor
Miss Kristen Bruns has performed in London, England with the American Performance Team. She has also performed with the All Star Dancers in California.
Miss Kristen has a BA in education with a minor in dance from Western Illinois University. While at W.I.U she spend 4 years as a member of the University dance company (modern) as well as the dance line (Hip Hop). She has had the privilege to train with wonderful teachers including Gary Flannery (orginial Fosse dancer), Michelle Plescia (Royal Ballet), & Tanya Praird. As of June 2018, Kristen was also certified in the teaching of junior, senior and advanced programs by Progressing Ballet Technique.
Miss Kristen is married and a very proud mother to 4 boys: Cameron , Payton , Devin , and Logan.
Christina Bies: Instructor
Dance has been a part of Christina's life for as long as she can remember. She started at age 3 and fell in love with it. Every year she looked forward to starting a new piece for the upcoming recital. Even though she was relatively shy, she loved dancing on stage.
She danced throughout junior high and high school, at both private studios and park districts. After dancing at Creative Dance Center for a few years, she became an assistant teacher, and began working with some of the younger students; teaching them the basics of ballet, tap, and jazz.
When she went away to college to earn her bachelor of Arts degree at Millikin University, Christina continued dancing with Millikin's dance team.
After she returned home from college she went back to Creative Dance. She began taking several classes, and was soon teaching a few of her own. She is now in charge of the Senior Elite Company, and says she loves choreographing for her senior dancers for competitions and recitals.
Throughout her dancing career, Christina has attended numerous conventions and has danced under the direction of Mia Michaels, Dave Scott, Chris Judd, and Wade Robson.
Jennifer Krisch: Guest Instructor
Teaching experience: 8+ Years
Jennifer has a dance Minor from Valparaiso University. She was on the dance team (Poms) as well as Dance Ensemble (studio dance) for four years during college, choreographing various poms routines and hip hop routines her junior and senior year for dance ensemble. Being on a varisity Poms team for four years in high school, and the captain her senior year, she specializes in technique and high school Poms training at Creative Dance Center. She has taken class from various well known choreographers, such as Mia Michaels, Chris Judd, Wade Robson, Tyce Diorio, and Laurieann Gibson. She was also showcased in Laurieann Gibson's hip hop class.
Jennifer's energetic personality pairs well teaching the little ones to the advanced company dancers, saying that "experiencing her students evolve and advance in their creative abilities, flexibility, as well as technique is why she teaches."
Jennifer works in Physical Therapy, which connects to her dance background and visa versa. This gives her a more scientific outlook on how the body is moving, seeing why the dancer's specific muscles are firing in certain movements, and what smaller muscles that are not commonly activated can be used for a dancer's optimal performance.
Miss Jen currently lives in Scottsdale, Arizona and visits us often.
Julie Connley: Instructor
Miss Julie has been dancing since a young age and has always had a passion for learning. She danced with the Creative Dance Center dancers through high school and was a member of the senior company. Julie received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and a Master's of Occupational Therapy from St. Ambrose University. She was a member on the SAU Dance Team for four years and was exposed to many different types of dance including tap, jazz, hip hop, ballet, modern, lyrical, pom and kick line. Miss Julie is now thrilled at the opportunity to teach what she knows and loves.
Kimmy Matas: Instructor
Miss Kimmy Matas has been dancing since she was three years old, and has been training and studying many styles ever since. As a child, Kimmy trained at a few different studios, but eventually landed at Creative Dance Center when she was nine years old and it has been her home ever since. Her favorite part of teaching at Creative Dance is being able to reflect and remember her own favorite memories, and trying to create those same meaningful experiences for her students.
In high school, Kimmy was on her school's varsity dance team where she competed at State, as well as Nationals each year. Kimmy helped choreograph competition routines for this team, and was named All Conference her senior year through IHSA.
Kimmy attended North Central College and was a member of the Cardinal Dance Company where she performed and choreographed for their showcase each year. As a junior, Kimmy was nominated to the company's executive board, and as a senior led the company as President. Kimmy graduated Cum Laude from North Central in 2017 with her BA in Elementary Education.
Currently, Miss Kimmy is an elementary school teacher and is still dancing and training with an adult contemporary company. Miss Kimmy loves working with all ages of dancers, and is thrilled to share her passion and knowledge with all of her students!
M-W: 4pm - 9pm
Th: 6pm-9pm
Sat: 9am-11am
creativedancecenter@gmail.com


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you look really, really cool! adore your courage cutting leather pants! but the result is fierce, especially worn with neoprene pants. Btw I was wondering - I used to dive (so wore neoprene suit quite a lot) - is neoprene comfortable to wear? not too hot?


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'Fantastic Beasts': Who Is Leta Lestrange? Everything We Know About The Mysterious New Character
Larry Bartleet Nov 20, 2016 1:28 pm GMT
Credit: Warner Bros/Press
How is the Fantastic Beasts character related to the Lestrange family from the Harry Potter books?
J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter spinoff, Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them, hits cinemas today (November 18). Almost immediately, the question on fans' lips will be: Who is Leta Lestrange?
NB: Minor spoilers for Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them follow.
Ooh pleeease Mrs. @jk_rowling tell us something about #LetaLestrange #Potterheads are crazy to know 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼
— L. Franco (@lau1673) November 18, 2016
In the film, Eddie Redmayne's magizoologist character, Newt Scamander, is revealed to have been best friends with a girl called Leta Lestrange while he was at Hogwarts. They were probably more than friends, because he keeps a photograph of her inside his magically expanded briefcase and he doesn't like talking about her. Newt and his mind-reading (aka Legilimens) new witch pal Queenie share a scene where Queenie quizzes him on his connection to Leta. Queenie then says, "She's a taker, you need a giver," and during the latter phrase she gestures to her sister Tina Goldstein, who becomes Newt's sort-of love interest by the end of the film. But what can we infer about Newt's former flame from this dialogue?
Leta Lestrange will be in the second Fantastic Beasts film
According to Bustle, director David Yates recently told a press junket that "Leta comes into the second movie… She's quite complicated, a little damaged, and confused… she's a kind of tragic figure in a way. Newt is still absolutely in love with her, so she has a kind of power over him."
What do we already know about the Lestrange family?
Potter fans will be aware that the brilliantly mad villain Bellatrix Lestrange – played Helena Bonham Carter in the films – was an absolutely awful human being, and that she was part of this pure-blood family (one of the 'Sacred Twenty-Eight'). But she was only a Lestrange because she married into the family: her surname was originally Black, like Harry Potter's godfather, Sirius.
Helena Bonham Carter acting as Emma Watson (Hermione) acting as Bellatrix Lestrange – Harry Potter and the Deathly … pic.twitter.com/FpxfEIcSZR
— Charles (@CoolCharles1) August 22, 2016
The family she married into was as nasty as she was: both her husband Rodolphus and his brother Rabastan were Death Eaters and helped her torture Neville Longbottom's parents into madness. There was another Lestrange – possibly their father, and known only by his surname – who was in Voldemort's crew while he was at Hogwarts. He's seen during Professor Slughorn's memories in Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.
Then again, they probably weren't all so evil. On Rowling's Pottermore site, she lists Radolphus Lestrange as a 19th century Minister for Magic (not a very good one – he was a reactionary who attempted to close down the Department of Mysteries). He served six years and "eventually resigned due to ill health, which was widely rumoured to be inability to cope with the strains of office." Sounds like a bit of a dweeb, tbh – so possibly not all Lestranges are equally nasty.
Is Leta Lestrange evil? Is she helping Grindelwald?
There's no way to know what's going on with Leta at this stage, apart from director Yates' comments that she's "a little damaged" and "confused". There are several instances of witches and wizards from pure-blood families rejecting their family's intolerant ideologies that we could take into account: Sirius Black hated his Slytherin family, and Nymphadora Tonks' mother was an outcast after marrying a muggle-born wizard called Ted. Perhaps Leta is one of these rebellious pure-bloods, and perhaps, like Newt, she was in Hufflepuff – and not her family's Slytherin tribe. That would better explain how they were friends at school.
But it seems something's happened in the meantime, and if this first film is going to connect to the second, it's not completely implausible that the breakdown in Newt and Leta's relationship was down to her turning to the darkside – and possibly being radicalised by the power-mad Grindelwald.
#JohnnyDepp #grindelwald #FantasticBeasts pic.twitter.com/7z1nN0TsuK
— Gloria (@GloriaCaruso18) November 8, 2016
What can we read into Leta Lestrange's name?
J.K. Rowling studied Classics and French at uni and often uses Classical mythology to name her characters. Sirius Black, for example, is named after Sirius the star – Romans called it the Dog Star and it rises with the sun in summer, which is why summer is sometimes referred to as the 'dog days'. Anyway – this ties in nicely with the fact that Sirius Black is an animagus who can transform into a dog at will (his Patronus was also a dog.)
In Greek mythology, there's a woman called Leda (pretty close to Leta) who is seduced by Zeus, the most powerful of the gods, and importantly he appears to her in the guise of a swan. The story is very weird, yeah – and what I'm about to write amounts to pure speculation – but possibly the point behind the name is that Leta was seduced (romantically or otherwise) by the most powerful wizard of the time, Grindelwald, who appears to her in another form (as in Fantastic Beasts, where he's posing as Chief Auror, Graves, the whole time). Or, y'know, her name could mean nothing at all.
"Leda and the Swan"- by Johann H Hoffman, 1824 pic.twitter.com/phPr3mvKdt
— Irena (@Rene7bg) October 11, 2016
Who plays Leta Lestrange?
Lenny Kravitz's daughter, Zoë, who's previously starred in big films like Mad Max: Fury Road, Divergent, and X-Men: First Class. Expect to see a lot more of her in the sequel to Fantastic Beasts.
And what fantastic beasts they are !!! Such a magical film. 💫✨⚡ • excited and honored to be apart of this world !
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INTERVIEW: Alison Sudol and Katherine Waterson, aka the film's witch sisters Queenie and Tina Goldstein, talk J.K. Rowling's set visits and Queenie's mind-reading powers.
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… that i'm the only prog in D.C. who's jumping for joy on his couch right now.
and that's because instead of watching the Democratic Party getting swept from the U.S. House of Representatives, i'm watching Tottenham Hotspur beat the crap out of reigning european champions Inter Milan in the champions league.
nancy pelosi? tottenham hotspur? i'll take the younger one, with the fewer surgeries — zing!
sparklet and i just watced the UEFA Champions League qualifier between Tottenham Hotspur (COYS!) and BSC Young Boys of switzerland, a match Tottenham won to put them through to the group stages of potentially the most prestigious competition on the planet.
if sparklet ever figured out how to actually use that remote, i'm screwed.
tottenham hotspur (click here if you don't know what that means) just beat somebody. and that somebody (manchester city) spent over $190m on players this season BEFORE THEY EVEN PLAYED THEIR FIRST GAME.
and now they've won the right to compete next year against the top teams in europe, to decide who is the best club of the continent.
considering that, less than a year ago, i thought they were going to be dropped to the minor leagues — that's pretty @#%@ing awesome.
In a most bizarre stroke of luck, the English football team that I follow (Tottenham Houtspur) has won their first three matches and is sitting in first place.
this is the same team that took nine attempts to win their first match last season, and that we saw in London earlier this year.
I honestly don't know if I should run out and buy a lottery ticket, or bend over and wait for Armageddon … though currently my money is on the latter.
I should point out that the lady sparkler's team (Everton) have lost their first two matches by a total of six goals, so it looks like my bad karma hasn't gone away … it's just been redistributed.
but don't worry, this is never going to last.
in fact, the only reason I mention is so that when this streak turns out to be yet another false dawn of Spurs supremacy, I can look back on these few weeks as the glory days of my Tottenham romance.
until then, i am going to keep rooting like … um, the happy, well-adjusted fans of any of the normal, not-incredibly-inconsistent clubs in the league.
she's barely 14 weeks pregnant, just spent seven days gallivanting around scotland with my family, and wraps it all up by going with me (split seats mind you) to see tottenham hotspur at white hart lane.
i've been following tottenham since i've been following the premier league — and the thought of seeing them in their 110 year old stadium has been clattering around my head ever since we bought the ridiculously overpriced tickets six weeks ago.
it's crescendo-ed to the point that this morning i was certifiably out of my mind — giddy enough that i managed to lose my wallet touring st. paul's cathedral, but barely even noticing the rather large problem as my tickets to the lane were locked away elsewhere.
we had planned on taking the tube to Seven Sisters, and making a twenty minute hike up hill to the stadium — but there was some variation on london's perennial track work, so we detoured to another line and cabbed over.
when we got to the lane, we walked a couple of laps — soaking it all in. by the time we actually entered the stadium it was already time for player introductions.
i walked through the tunnel to the orchestral magesty of John Williams "Dual of the Fates." it was glorious.
it's been a day, and i honestly don't remember much about the match itself.
i remember being in the front row, with a bunch of 20-something men. i remember screaming my head off. i remember being told to sit down by the extraordinarily polite stewards, a dozen times or more.
and, i remember tottenham winning off of a curling 25-yard effort from Jermain Jenas.
but, most of all i remember the chants, and the whole stadium — 35,000 strong — singing "oh when the spurs go marching in" in unision. i can still hear the glory glory ringing around in my ears.
my thoughts on the match are on another thread, but here are some professional photos from the match (so i don't lose them) and the complete match report from eurosport (so i remember what the heck happened).
tottenham won off of a curling 25-yard effort from midfielder Jermain Jenas, with just 2 minutes remaining in the first half.
TOTTENHAM: Gomes; Corluka, Woodgate, King, Assou-Ekotto; Lennon, Palacios, Jenas, Modric; Pavlyuchenko (Dafoe 64), Keane; Unused Subs: Hutton, Bentley, Bale, Zokora, Cudicini, Huddlestone.
WEST BROM: Carson; Zuiverloon, Martis, Olsson, Robinson (Simpson 58); Koren, Valero (Teixeira 77), Greening, Brunt; Mulumbu, Fortune; Unused Subs: Donk, Kiely, Bednar, Menseguez, Kim.


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Memorandum of Agreement for the Pend Oreille River TMDL Provides for coordination among parties in developing and completing temperature and total dissolved gas TMDLs for the shared waters of the mainstem Pend Oreille River.
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'Duck shoving' claimed in Box Flat bird massacre
By Farrah Tomazin
March 16, 2014 — 3.00am
More than 800 ducks were shot and their carcasses left to rot in the water, the worst bird massacre gaming authorities had seen in decades.
There were 104 endangered freckled ducks - one of many rare species - killed that morning near Boort in the state's north-west. Swans, whistling kites, and other species that were obviously not ducks, were also targets. Twelve months later - and as a fresh duck season opened this weekend - not one person has been charged.
The government agrees we may never know who was involved, or what efforts were made to bring them to justice.
A full report into the so-called Box Flat massacre is believed to name key suspects and witnesses, along with details of the department's nine-month investigation.
But despite repeated requests, the government is refusing to release the documents, insisting it contains private material and could compromise the process.
Agriculture Minister Peter Walsh said that last year's illegal shooting was unacceptable, and that in the lead-up to this season, Game Victoria had been working with hunters ''to reinforce that hunting is a privilege, not a right''.
But he added: ''It is not appropriate for Game Victoria to release sensitive personal information relating to this ongoing investigation.'' But others are not convinced. The Coalition Against Duck Shooting's spokesman, Laurie Levy, said locking away the results of the investigation was not in the public's interest, but it was in the department's interest.
Last year's massacre was not the first, and even before the event a hunter, acting as an informant, told a Department of Sustainability and Environment official that Box Flat should be watched on the duck season opening weekend, a warning Game Victoria ignored.
The refusal to release the full report has also sparked renewed claims of a ''cover-up'' by those who believe it was never in the government's interest to pursue the matter, particularly given that game hunting - which generates $100 million annually and includes more than 25,000 licensed duck hunters in Victoria - is such big business.
The duck hunting season continues until June 9, with a limit of 10 ducks a bag.
Farrah Tomazin
Farrah Tomazin is a senior journalist and investigative reporter for The Age, with interests in politics, social justice, and legal affairs.


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Democrats request briefing on intel behind Trump's embassy threat claim | TheHill – The Hill
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Senate Democrats are requesting a closed-door briefing on the intelligence behind President Trump's claim that Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani was planning imminent attacks on U.S. embassies.
Nine Democrats sent a letter on Tuesday to acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire on the "specific evidence" behind President Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's statement about the alleged embassy threat.
"There was no mention of any of this classified evidence during the All Senators Briefing last Wednesday. … Furthermore, on Sunday Secretary Esper said President Trump 'didn't cite a specific piece of evidence' regarding an imminent attack on four embassies and that Secretary Esper 'didn't see' that evidence," the senators wrote.
The nine senators are requesting a classified briefing by the end of the week.
"It is vital for the American public to know if intelligence is being manipulated or inaccurately represented by their government to justify an assassination of a foreign official," the senators added.
The letter was spearheaded by Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and was also signed by Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii).
Several Democratic senators said last week that the administration did not discuss an alleged threat that Iran was planning to "blow up" a U.S. embassy during a closed door briefing with Esper and other top administration officials.
Trump has repeatedly said that Soleimani was plotting attacks against U.S. embassies.
Trump told a crowd of supporters during a rally in Ohio on Thursday that "Soleimani was actively planning new attacks and he was looking very seriously at our embassies and not just the embassy in Baghdad."
He also told Fox News's Laura Ingraham last week that Soleimani was planning attacks against four embassies.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who took part in the Senate's closed door briefing, backed up the president during a press conference on Friday, telling reporters that Soleimani was planning "large-scale" attacks on embassies, though he acknowledged that U.S. officials did not know the exact time or place of a potential attack.
He also said that they discussed with lawmakers an imminent threat to U.S. embassies, though he declined to go into detail on Friday about the conversation.
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Apple has sent an e-mail invitation to their upcoming music event. The event will be on September 9th 2009 (09/09/09). The event's title is "It's only rock and roll, but we like it".
This event will most likely announce the next generation of iPod devices, latest version of iTunes and probably something related to the Beatles (the Beatles Rock Star game will be released on that day as well).


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10/23/1992 Became Public Law No: 102-445.
10/07/1992 Senate Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works discharged by Unanimous Consent.
07/29/1992 Senate Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
07/28/1992-7:29pm House Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
07/28/1992-7:29pm House On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
07/28/1992-7:06pm House DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.
07/28/1992-7:06pm House Considered under suspension of the rules.
07/28/1992-7:05pm House Mr. Savage moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
07/09/1992 House Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 172.
07/09/1992 House Reported by the Committee on Public Works + Transportation. H. Rept. 102-660.
06/30/1992 House Subcommittee Hearings Held.
06/30/1992 House Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
06/30/1992 House Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee.
06/29/1992 House Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds.
06/18/1992 House Referred to the House Committee on Public Works + Transportation.
10/07/1992 Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works discharged by Unanimous Consent.
07/29/1992 Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
07/28/1992 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
07/28/1992 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
07/28/1992 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.
07/28/1992 Considered under suspension of the rules.
07/28/1992 Mr. Savage moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
07/09/1992 Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 172.
07/09/1992 Reported by the Committee on Public Works + Transportation. H. Rept. 102-660.
06/30/1992 Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
06/30/1992 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee.
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'Liberation' Reporter Missing in Iraq Appears on Tape
(AP) French journalist Florence Aubenas, looking pale and distraught, appealed for help on a video released Tuesday, the first since she went missing in Iraq on Jan. 5.
The veteran war correspondent for Liberation, the Paris newspaper, and her Iraqi translator were last seen leaving her Baghdad hotel. The video was dropped at the offices of an international news agency in Baghdad.
It was not possible to verify the tape's authenticity or when it was made.
Appearing alone in front of a maroon-colored background, Aubenas looked tired and said she was in bad health. She called upon French lawmaker Didier Julia — who had mediated in the release of other French hostages — to help her.
"Please help me, my health is very bad," she said in English. "Please, it's urgent now. I also especially Mr. Didier Julia, the French deputy to help me. Please Mr. Julia help me, it's urgent, help me."
Her hair uncombed, Aubenas was dressed in a white sweater and grasped her knees with her arms as she spoke.
Before the video, there had been no firm word on the fate of the 43-year-old, who previously has covered Kosovo, Algeria, Rwanda, and Afghanistan in her 19 years with Liberation.
Julia, a headstrong lawmaker from President Jacques Chirac's governing party, had caused an uproar in September when, without official authorization, he mediated for the release of the then kidnapped French journalists Christian Chesnot and Georges Malbrunot. The two men were released in December after four months of captivity.
Julia was accused by French authorities of meddling in the government's attempts to release the two men, almost sabotaging it. The maverick lawmaker defended his interference, saying he had hoped his contacts in the Middle East would enable him to make progress where, he claimed, France's government has failed.
Another journalist in Iraq, Italian reporter Giuliana Sgrena of the Italian newspaper Il Manifesto, was abducted by gunmen in Baghdad on Feb. 4.
She appeared in a video last month begging for her life and warning foreigners — including journalists — to leave the country. She was held by a previously unheard of group called Mujahedeen Without Borders.
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Formentera – druga co do wielkości wyspa wchodząca w skład Pitiuzów. Leży na południe od Ibizy. Czwarta co do wielkości wyspa Balearów. Stolicą i głównym miastem jest Sant Francesc de Formentera.

Geografia
Powierzchnia wyspy to 82 km². Leży pomiędzy szerokością 38°40′ i 38°48′ północną oraz długością 1°17′ i 1°28′ wschodnią. Dystans pomiędzy portem na Ibizie i Formenterze to niecałe 11 km.

Od Ibizy oddziela ją wąski, usiany maleńkimi wysepkami przesmyk (3,6 km). Najwyższe wzniesienie Formentery to Sa Talaia (192 m n.p.m.). Długość wyspy od jej zachodniego brzegu do latarni na wschodzie wynosi 20 km, natomiast w najwęższym miejscu Formentera ma zaledwie 2 km.

Atrakcje
Formentera słynie z długich, piaszczystych plaż. Krajobraz zdobią dwa słone jeziora znajdujące się na północy wyspy. Roślinność Formentery ze względu na brak słodkiej wody różni się znacząco od roślinności Ibizy. Symbolem Formentery jest jaszczurka sargantana (gatunek endemiczny). Plaże są uważane za najlepsze na całym wybrzeżu Morza Śródziemnego. Wyspa słynie nie tylko z "rajskich" plaż, ale również z turystów naturystów. Wszystkie plaże na Formenterze są tzw. C.O clothing optional. Najdłuższa plaża Fromentery to Platja/Playa Mitjorn (8 km), najbardziej uczęszczaną i najpopularniejszą plażą jest Illetes, łącznie z Llevant, które znajdują się na północnym cyplu wyspy. Na granicy północnego cypla znajduje się wyspa Espalmador, na którą można się dostać wpław. Na Espalmador można zażyć kąpieli błotnej, która uznawana jest za leczniczą.

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Birthday Dare
by Rick Masters
"Wait, what plan?" Mike asked.
"You agreed to whatever I decided, and the plan is what I decided," I answered.
"But there must be some limits," Tim said.
"No, you agreed to whatever, which is more choice than you gave me. You didn't ask me if I was willing about anything and just decided between the two of you what I would do for you. Now this is what the two of you are going to do for me, what you agreed to in your eagerness to get a blow job," I insisted.
"Okay, tell us what 'the plan' is and then we'll see," Mike said.
"No, there's no 'we'll see' about it. I wasn't given a 'we'll see' opportunity before the first of two cocks was shoved down my throat. Now you will keep to your side of the agreement," I demanded. "Maybe next time you'll think a bit more about how you're treating your friends." I actually was quite hurt by the way they had approached the whole issue, and there was no chance that I was going to let them back down now. "This is it. From now on until after Carrie's party, both of you are to go commando 24/7, and I reserve the right to check physically wherever and whenever I choose. For Carrie's party you will not only be commando; you will wear trousers with a button fly, not a zip fly. I know both of you have them, so don't try and get out of it with some sort of claim that you don't."
"But if we don't wear any underwear for the next two weeks our mums will want to know why there's nothing in the laundry basket," Tim said.
"Just because you haven't worn them doesn't mean they can't be put in the washing. Just crumple up a clean pair and chuck them in the basket. Use them to clean up your spunk or wipe your arse if you want them to look used," I replied a little sarcastically.
My feelings must have shown through in the way I was speaking, because suddenly Mike stopped and came over to me. "Shit, Steve, we've really upset you. I'm sorry; we acted like shits and didn't bother to think past our cocks. You have a right to be upset, and now I'll do as you ask, not only because I did agree to it, but also to show that I am truly sorry."
Tim stood there looking at us, his mouth opening and closing but nothing coming out and a confused expression on his face.
Mike looked at Tim. "What? Can you not see what we just did to Steve? He's our best friend and we treated him no better than a prostitute, making him suck us without giving him the choice, just because we knew he had been sucked by Carrie."
"I did not treat him like a prostitute; the thought never even entered my head," Tim protested.
"That's just it. No thought entered either of our heads as to how Steve would see it, or how he would feel about it. We just made use of a poor excuse to use him to our own ends, and that's not what friends do. So pull on your jeans, and let's start making amends for being such shits," Mike said as he stepped away from me and pulled his jeans on without any underwear.
It was still obvious that Tim could not see how he had upset me, but the way Mike was behaving made him follow suit. He pulled his jeans on, and once we had got our socks on we headed out to the porch to put our trainers on and go out for a walk together.
After we had been walking for about five minutes Mike said, "The trouble with being commando is that it makes me very aware of my cock and balls swinging around down there and this leads to me getting hard and that will cause a tent I can't really control."
"Well, you chose to pay that price for a blow job," I said, still smarting a bit. Even though Mike's apology had gone a long way toward making things right, I was still hurting and would hurt for several days. When Mike suggested that they had treated me like a prostitute I was shocked, but as I reflected on it, I found that I tended to agree with him. I think that is what hurt more – the idea of how they had not thought about me at all, just as a customer doesn't think that much about the prostitute providing his service, just the release and pleasure he is getting from that service.
"If it helps to heal the hurt and lets you find what you need to forgive us, then I will gladly pay the price," Mike said.
"Steve, don't you like giving blow jobs?" Tim asked, showing he still had not comprehended what they had done.
"Dumbo, don't you get it yet? It's not whether or not Steve likes giving blow jobs. It's the way we went about it and how we treated Steve to get what we wanted," Mike explained.
"I still don't get it. Steve, why did you start the blow job the other day if you don't like it?" Tim asked.
"Do I have to spell it out to you? Look at what we did in there. We decided to strip Steve. Did Steve need to be naked to give us bj's? No. But we made him be naked. We didn't ask him or give him a choice. Then while he was naked and hard we raced each other to be the first to ram a cock down his throat. Did we ask Steve if he would do that for us? No, we just did it. We are supposed to be his best friends, and we basically forced him to do something for us to get our own pleasure without considering how he felt or what he wanted. Even if Steve enjoyed giving us our blow jobs and even if he enjoyed swallowing our cum, that is not the point. The point is we looked after number one and didn't give a shit for anything else. Now do you get it?" Mike said.
There was quite a pause while Tim's brain processed what Mike had said, then he turned to me and said, "I didn't even think anything like that. I am sorry, and I'm sorrier that Mike had to explain it before I saw it that way. Mike is right; we just looked to getting our own pleasure and used you to get that. That isn't right, and it's not what friends do. Can we still be friends?"
"Even friends make mistakes, and sometimes someone gets hurt. But I wouldn't be much of a friend if I couldn't forgive you. I want us to be friends forever, so I forgive you and release you from the agreement," I responded. "It was a silly agreement. I did it because I was hurting and wanted some payback, but friends don't demand payback. Let's go back to Mike's house, and you guys can get your boxers on again."
"No ways! I said I would do what you decided and I am going to honour that, even though I'm going to be embarrassed a lot by it. It's my way of showing you that I'm sorry and willing to take my punishment, even though it isn't really a punishment. And I want you to still check on me whenever and wherever you want," Mike announced.
"And I guess that leaves me with no choice then," Tim said.
"Wrong. I've given you a choice, and it doesn't depend on what Mike says or does. I won't judge you against Mike or Mike against you. I've released you from the condition you put yourself under, and that is the same as a full pardon. You are free to do what you want," I insisted.
"And that is what friendship is all about," Mike stated. "So let's go back to someone's house, because I believe I owe you a blow job."
"You don't owe me anything. If you want to suck my cock then just ask. I'm sure that I'll be willing one hundred percent of the time. Whether we'll be able to do it that much is a different story, but I don't think I would object any time the opportunity is there," I clarified. "And if you want me to suck you, then I should think the same applies. If the opportunity is there I will most probably be willing to do it. Just ask though."
As tempting as the offer of a blow job was, I was not inclined to have a quick 'wham, bam, thank you ma'am' effort, and there wasn't enough time for a nice long leisurely suck, so I declined. I said I needed to get home as I had some chores to do before I fell afoul of the law and they used that to stop me doing the sleepover at Carrie's party.
We walked together back towards our houses, splitting up when the paths to our homes diverged. I walked on alone from there, a bit slower than I normally would have, while the thoughts of all that had gone on whirled around in my head. I was still hurting, but knew I had been right in relieving them from their commitment. If Mike still wanted to carry on as an act of penance then so be it, but I was not going to demand it. I also took the opportunity to send a text to Carrie to tell her that the others were up for the sleepover and wanted Kevin to talk to their parents first rather than them talking and Kevin coming later. To help Carrie's father I sent her the parents' names and home phone numbers.
My phone buzzed in my pocket just as I got inside. Up in my room I took it out and read Carrie's response. She was very happy that they wanted to do the sleep over and grateful that I had thought to give her the contact details for her dad. She asked if I had talked to them about going commando and if so what their decision was. My reply was a bit cautious. I said that though they had not jumped at the idea they had not rejected it outright and I felt that they would most likely do what she asked, especially if she made it into a dare and not just a request. Our conversation continued for a while, and I sat on the side of my bed rubbing my hard cock; I had turned down the blow job this time round, but I was still in need of some release.
Carrie asked me what I was doing. By that time I had got my jeans and boxers to my knees, so I took a picture with my phone's camera and sent it to her. It's not like she hadn't seen it before. Carrie responded a few minutes later with a full frontal of her taken in the mirror in her room. She followed it up with, "I know that I have said that I don't want you to have sex with me, but I thought that it was only fair for you see what you have working for you. I don't know if that will turn you on and help you with your wank, but if it does feel free to use it." She then asked me to be sure not to show it to anyone else and preferably to delete it from my phone when I had finished my wank. What I did was to e-mail it to myself, then save the picture on a flash drive and delete it from my phone and my email. Anytime I wanted to I could plug the flash drive in and look at her on my laptop. I told Carrie what I had done and gave her permission to do the same for my pictures -- I had added another of me totally naked also in front of a mirror. I saved my full frontal to the same drive as Carrie's picture and deleted the two pictures from my phone. With that done, I lay back on my bed and finished my wank before pulling on some outer clothes and going downstairs to do my chores.
Like any teenager, I grumbled at having to do chores, but I really didn't mind them. For mowing the back garden I could wear a pair of shorts and nothing else when the weather was right. Today I had to pressure wash the driveway to get rid of the winter build-up of moss and dirt. It was a bit chilly, so I wore jeans and a t shirt but stayed commando underneath. I had decided that I was going to go commando as much as possible to help get little Steve used to the rubbing and swinging. My parents got home as I was packing the washer away, and it gave me a thrill to see the pleased look on their faces. I felt even better knowing that I had completed all the chores I had been given for the weekend and had also done some other needed garden chores that had not been assigned to me.
That evening as we sat down to dinner, Dad informed me that they had come to a decision.


Well, seeing as though he is injured, AGAIN, he is bound to be put on IR because it is the Jordan Reid way. I'm honestly surprised he lasted this long without a serious injury, but it had to happen sooner rather than later.
I'm curious how is it a possibility that McCoy can break his leg in 2 places a week ago, and be able to play in week 16 ?
I believe his was only broken in one place, but would put the odds of him returning this season at 1 in 1000.
Hopefully yesterday was the last time we see Reed in a Redskins uniform.
He can go play wherever Loser Gruden winds up.
I only suggested Reid was heading to IR as a joke. He is injured (he has a sore foot) but people seem to think he deserves to go on it.
Another player that we've held on to that can't stay healthy. Ever.
Thompson and Reed need to go.
Can't count on them to get on the field and they are nearing 30.
Time to move on whether by trade or release, etc.
Worst part? They'll both leave, go to a team in a better position to win, then play well because they won't be asked to do too much. I could see New England making a move for Reed.
Forget IR, Jordan Reed can head to the VEC for all I care.
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Man...it's rough walkng these streets! I'm gonna head the opposite direction if I see you guys headed my way!!!
Are we talking about this guy ?
That dude blocked me about three years ago. A bunch of Skins fans were having a discussion and Reid joined in. Most of us disagreed with him (it was something unimportant from what I remember) and then he got all angry. Then he went on a blocking spree - about thirty or forty of us - something that he does often, apparently.
He is very thin-skinned as are several of those ESPN types. I don't really care about the block. My life is not centered on what a member of the media thinks about me or any of my friends. The funny part about that incident is that all of us continued on with the conversation for about three weeks and didn't miss him at all.
Now, about Jordan Reed, lol.
John Keim is enother ESPNer who seems to like a lot of interaction with twitter fans.
Keim is good people. Jason Reid and Marty Smith, not so much.
Time to move on from Reed at age 29 in the off-season.
Jordan has shown us that realistically we are never going to get 16 games out of him and will need to keep a very strong #2 TE in place and pay him because he will end up starting a fair amount of the games.
The team is going to have to look at Josh Doctson as well. Can't imagine us picking up his fifth option next year if he continues to improve by amounts that can only be captured by an electron microscope.
"Your guy's guy"...is "not your guy".
Seems like fans and media have over-rated both Reed and Thompson.
They've made them out to be one of the top 2 at their positions, when healthy.
I don't know if they've been 100% when they did play this season, but neither one looked like world-beaters, when they were on the field.
So, either they're hurt, or they're not as great as advertised when on the field.
I don't think either one is a FA this offseason, so I wonder would cutting either one save much cap space.
"blocking TE" at best. We really need to draft a Gronk or an Ertz next year.
Fear, it's not the fans and media that have over-rated Thompson and Reed, it is the TEAM that has done so.
We overpaid for Reed initially as he was a player with one season of consistently excellent play with health.
He had several concussions earlier in college and his first couple of years in the NFL. He was a poor blocker. And again he was a heavy injury risk going forward.
Thompson at 5'9 and 175 is simply too small to hold up for 16 games even in a specialist role.
He has already missed the equivalent of SEASONS on the IR.
I remember Brian Mitchell being the third down back here in Washington for 9 years! He hardly missed any games and he was the team's primary punt and kickoff returner as well!
We have to get healthy as a team but we also need to look to see who season over season we can count on to stay on the field and move on from guys that miss a lot of time.
As Joe Gibbs said 'the most important ability in the NFL is DURABILITY'.


I still can't think about it without getting chills. If I watch bits of the game I still well up with a ridiculous sense of pride.
That night it was everything. Undoubtedly the closest I've ever got to a religious experience.
It felt like the club was reborn that night but how wrong we all were about that. Six years on, from arguably the teams greatest achievement, the green shoots of recovery are really starting to appear under new owners and the managerial appointment we all knew was the right one a year ago.
On the 25th May 2005 Liverpool Football Club woke up.
Maybe, just maybe, we're stirring again. Let's just hope it's for more than one night this time.


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Nokia's "Lumia Amber" software update in detail
Published by Rafe Blandford at 10:08 UTC, May 15th 2013
Yesterday, during the launch event for the Lumia 925, Nokia briefly mentioned the forthcoming arrival of the Lumia Amber software update for existing Nokia Windows Phone 8 devices. What exactly will be in this manufacturer-specific update? In this feature we break down the details of what you can expect to see.
Update: The Nokia Lumia Amber update is now available. We have a full run down of the additions, updates, and improvements in the software update in this feature article.
What is the Lumia Amber software update?
The Lumia Amber update is most accurately described as the firmware that Nokia will deliver on top of Windows Phone 8 GDR2 for its Lumia devices. The Lumia 925 will ship with this firmware pre-installed, while existing devices will get the new firmware via Windows Phone's built in over the air software update functionality.
What this means is that existing Nokia Lumia devices, running Windows Phone 8, will get nearly all the new software experiences and functionality that were demonstrated at the launch of the Nokia Lumia 925. It's great news for existing users, bringing a significant software refresh to older devices, and is part of Nokia's previously announced commitment to roll back updates to its older devices where ever possible.
Camera settings and updated image processing algorithms
The Lumia Amber update provides significantly improved imaging performance to all Lumia devices, underlining the importance of software in modern cameraphone performance.
The update increases the maximum possible ISO setting, when capturing still images, from ISO 800 to ISO 3200. At higher ISO levels, the camera effectively becomes more sensitive to light, albeit at the cost of noisier images and coarser grained images (although Nokia's processing algorithms mitigate this somewhat, so it is not a linear relationship). Every time the ISO level is doubled, the amount of light required for a "good" exposure is reduced in half, which also means the amount of time for which the shutter must be open is also reduced.
This means that, while higher ISO levels do generally have a detrimental effect on overall quality (increased noise, reduced sharpness, and reduced contrast), the associated reduced shutter speeds means it is possible to get better photos (less blur) when capturing moving objects in low light conditions (e.g. taking pictures of people in dimly lit rooms, such as a restaurant or pub).
Example of capture at different ISO levels. In this case the photos were captured (during motion) by the Nokia 808 PureView at ISO 100, 400, and 800. Note how the noise increases at higher ISO levels (left to right), but the picture also becomes less blurred, as the shutter time is reduced..
Less easy to define, but more widely applicable, are the improvements made to Nokia's custom image processing algorithms. In an interview, Nokia's head of imaging, Juha Alakarhu, explained that the general emphasis was on "keeping things as natural as possible in all conditions". More specifically some before (Lumia 920) and after (Lumia 925) image examples dramatically showcased how the new algorithms resulted in sharper and more detailed images, with less noise, and better colour accuracy.
The changes should be apparent in all capture conditions, but what really caught our attention was the improvement in daylight performance, an area in which some of the handsets in Nokia's line up, such as the Lumia 920, are arguably slightly behind comparable competing devices. Most notable was the increased level of detail and a reduction in the soft focus effect that Steve described in our Nokia Lumia 920 camera review.
Without testing the final results for ourselves it is not possible to provide a full assessment of the impact of the new processing algorithms, but the early evidence does suggest that they will result in a major improvement in imaging performance, one that we might not have expected to be possible through software alone.
The exact imaging performance related updates will vary from device to device, based on the capabilities of the camera hardware. For example, the Nokia Lumia 520 is not expected to have ISO extended all the way to ISO 3200, but the exact details of the changes are still being finalised by the imaging teams within Nokia.
Nokia Smart Camera
Also part of the Lumia Amber software update is Nokia's Smart Camera Lens app, which provides various experiences around the shooting of burst images (i.e. a series of images). These include Best Shot (pick best photo from selection), Action Shot (showing a moving object multiples times in one image), Motion Focus (emphasise a moving object), as well as the Erase Object and Change Face experiences found in the existing Smart Shoot Lens app (in effect Smart Camera is an updated and enhanced version of Smart Shoot).
All images captured, and subsequently edited, with the Nokia Smart Camera app, have a resolution of five megapixels; this is important because it is of sufficient quality and size for the images to be printed out at sizes up to A3.
All Lumia devices will get some form of Smart Camera, but some devices (e.g. the Nokia Lumia 520) do have a less powerful camera and so some functionality may be excluded. Similarly, some experiences may be optimised for the lower specification devices (Lumia 520, 620, and 720). No final decisions on what, if any, restrictions will be applied, has yet been made, as the Nokia development team is still working on optimising the app.
Also of relevance here is that the Windows Phone 8 GDR2 update adds an option to the 'photos+camera' settings allowing users to customise which app starts when the camera capture button is pressed. Effectively this means it will be possible for the Nokia Smart Camera lens app to become the default camera app.
Other technology enablers that are known to be part of the Lumia Amber update relate to the lockscreen. An option to "double tap to wake" (i.e. double tap on the device to unlock) was present on the Lumia 925 demo models shown off at Nokia's London event today, and is also expected to be made available to earlier Lumia models. Although not demonstrated at today's event, AMOLED equipped devices (Lumia 820, 925 and 928) are also likely to get support for optional "sleeping screen" functionality, which shows the time and date on the screen when the device is fully locked (i.e. when you would normally see a blank screen). This is made possible because AMOLED screens can have their pixels turned on and off individually, and therefore the power requirements are relatively minor.
display+touch Settings module
The Lumia Amber update is also expected to include enablers for an enhanced version of Nokia's 'display+touch' Settings app module, adding support for colour profiles. This colour profile functionality would be similar to that found in TVs and computer monitors and would be used to customise the display output to an individual's preference. For example, some people prefer warm and vivid colours, while others prefer to have a screen that displays colour as accurately as possible (and this can vary from person to person, as we don't all see things the same way).
And more?
Nokia has not yet provided a full list of what's in the Lumia Amber update, with only the top two sections discussed in any detail at yesterday's Nokia Lumia 925 launch event. The company did say that further details on the update would be be released closer to its release date, so we can expect a few additional features and updates to come to light.
The update will be delivered on top of (i.e. at the same time as) the Windows Phone 8 GDR2 update. The GDR2 update includes a number of updates, including the return of FM Radio, updated music support, and support for CalDAV and CardDAV. The Nokia Lumia 925 will ship with both Windows Phone 8 GDR2 and the Lumia Amber update out of the box.
Nokia say that the Lumia Amber update will start rolling out for existing devices (Lumia 520, 521, 620, 720, 810, 820, 822, 920) in the "summer months", which would suggest a July or August initial release date.
Do note that operator approval will be required for some variants, so, as with other software updates, it may take some time for the roll out to be completed.
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Nicholas Jamieson – Consultant
Nicholas Jamieson is an architect with more than 20 years' experience. He joined BWA in 1998 and became a Director in 2004. As of July 2015, Nicholas is acting as a part-time consultant for BWA.
Having initially trained at The Polytechnic of the South Bank, he subsequently obtained his Diploma with Distinction at The Bartlett School of Architecture. His experience before joining BWA included four years at Paul Hyett Architects, where he was project architect for a wide range of technically demanding projects, including a headquarters and control centre for London Ambulance Service, a fire testing hall and research laboratory for the Building Research Establishment, and the refurbishment of the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey for the Corporation of London.
Nicholas joined BWA to act as Project Architect for an 8,000sqft flat, occupying an entire 50m long penthouse wing of a converted 1960s laboratory building. He has since been involved in the building of large house in Anglesey, the accommodation of a 25m long basement swimming pool in Hampstead, the conversion of a 1990s office building into a medical centre for 16 doctors, and more than a hundred residential and commercial refurbishment projects. Nicholas takes particular responsibility for production information and contract administration.
Nicholas has written " Inspecting Works ", published in 2003 by the RIBA as part of its Construction Companion series, revised and republished in 2009 as part of the RIBA's Good Practice Guide series. He is currently writing a series of books on construction detailing, also to be published by the RIBA.
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A supercomputer installed in a chapel in Barcelona, Spain?
The Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) is Spain's national supercomputing facility, specialized in High Performance Computing (HPC). Its mission is to provide infrastructure and supercomputing services to Spanish and European scientists and to generate knowledge and technology to transfer to business and society. It hosts the supercomputer MareNostrum, which is unique as it's installed in the chapel Torre Girona. It offers a variety of HPC education and training courses, as well as the one of the PRACE training centers. BSC is also one of the centres to participate in the PRACE Summer of HPC programme.
Who said that supercomputers and HPC cannot be great fun? During this summer, BSC welcomes two European Computer Science students from Slovenia and Slovakia. While both enjoy the Mediterranean sun and healthy food in the city of Barcelona, they will also have the possibility to deepen their knowledge in HPC during a two month stay in July and August. In order to do this, they will start their stay with the attendance to the PUMPS summer school 2013, and enrich their skills with cutting-edge techniques and hands-on labs developing applications for many-core processors with massively parallel computing resources (like GPU accelerators). Furthermore, they will also be in close contact with BSC staff from different departments such as Computer Science, Life Sciences, Earth Sciences and Computer Applications in Science and Engineering.
Who is behind the Summer of HPC at BSC?
Let us introduce you to some members of the BSC staff involved in the Summer of HPC programme. In total, we will count with two project mentors and one site coordinator, as well as the support of some members of the Administrative, Human Resources and Finance areas.
He is also associated researcher at the IMPACT Research Group at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In the Summer of HPC, he is mentoring of the project "Parallelization of Facial Attribute Classifiers".
Programming models for complex platforms (from multicore to the Grid/Cloud).
She has published more than 120 papers in international conferences and journals in the topics of her research. She has participated in several European projects and currently she is currently participating in projects TERAFLUX, OPTIMIS, EUBrazil OpenBio, ScalaLife, TransPlant and EESI2, contributing to the Intel-BSC Exascale lab and it is a member of HiPEAC2 NoE. In the Summer of HPC, she is mentoring the project "Task based parallelization using a top-down approach".
Renata Giménez Binder has more than ten years of experience in International Marketing and Communication. Her experience includes managing European Marketing projects and campaigns at Cambridge University Press as well as at Deutsche Bank. She joined BSC in June 2005 as Marketing and Communication Executive, managing the corporate image, PR and events of the center. She has also has been involved in European projects since 2008 (DEISA, PRACE, EESI, HPC-Europa, Mont-Blanc). She has a Master's Degree in Marketing Management from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra. In the Summer of HPC, she is the site coordinator who addresses all administrative issues at BSC, as well as is involved in the press, web and outreach tasks of the Dissemination work package of the PRACE project.
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The macula is an area of the retina (the 'film' of the eye located in the back of the eye) that is responsible for detailed central vision. Age related changes can cause this area to degenerate. This condition is the leading cause of blindness in seniors. Peripheral or side vision is not usually affected. We diagnose this condition by looking at the back of the eye with certain lights and by taking pictures of the back of the eye. There are some hereditary components associated with this disease. Smoking , light colored eyes ,UV sun exposure cardiovascular disease and low macular pigment are known risk factors.
We have acquired a new Test (Visucam 200 MPD) that can measure as well as track the amount of macular pigment in the eye to help assess the potential risk of developing macular degeneration. Certain vitamins and supplements have been shown to elevate the levels of macular pigment and slow the progression and can be prescribed if early signs of macular degeneration are seen or if low macular pigment levels are measured.


We believe that there are many highly-capable students from a variety of ethnic and linguistic backgrounds at CSUSB, who would pursue teaching with the right encouragement and support. We want to target those individuals who have great potential for the teaching profession, especially those who can diversify its ranks and find fulfillment in giving back to our future generations.
Here's how you can help! We would like you to identify 5 students whom you believe would be successful classroom teachers, especially for schools that serve diverse populations. To assist you in the selection process, here are some of the characteristics that researchers have found that are commonly associated with such teachers.
They are well-organized, persistent, and capable of multi-tasking.
They have had rich life and work experiences and may have followed an untraditional path to the university.
They have had out-of-school experiences with children of diverse backgrounds.
They have experienced poverty or have been disenfranchised.
They have the capacity to empathize with the challenges of poverty.
They believe all children can be successful if appropriately taught.
Thank you for your assistance with this important initiative. If you have questions, don't hesitate to please contact us at aallende@csusb.edu or sbraggs@csusb.edu.


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San Pasqual Academy is a public, four-year, residential high school for foster children, administered under the direction of the San Diego County Office of Education's Juvenile Court and Community Schools.
According to the school's website, SPA is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, and all teachers are fully credentialed. Classes are small, with a student-teacher ratio of 15 to 1.
To graduate, students need 220 credits and must complete core requirements in English, mathematics, science, social science, foreign language, physical education, a prescribed number of elective credits, and a senior project. The curriculum is based on California state standards.
Because a major part of adolescent development includes extra-curricular activities, the Academy offers yearbook, drama, clubs, dances, Associated Student Body leadership, Spirit Days, assemblies, and a range of athletic pursuits including football, basketball, softball and volleyball.
"We strive to provide a comprehensive school experience as much as possible, in terms of academics, extracurricular activities and athletics," said San Diego County Office of Education's Suzanne Miyasaki, the school's principal.
The core campus occupies about 50 acres of the expansive 238-acre property and has modern classrooms with computers and technology, a cafeteria, assembly hall, career information center, gymnasium, weight room, health and wellness center, assembly hall, recreation fields and swimming pool.
The residential cottages are considered by some to be the most unique feature of the facility. The spacious family-style homes, which accommodate up to eight youth, offer a common living area, dining area, kitchen, laundry space, youth bedrooms and bathrooms, and a suite for the adult houseparents who live with the kids.
Each teen has a computer, and Internet access is available in the living area. The houseparents have personal space in an adjoining suite, which features a bedroom and bathroom, living room, dining area, and kitchen.
Housing is also provided for SPA alumni, school staff, senior volunteers and community members.
In addition to accepting high school students in grades 9 through 12, San Pasqual Academy also takes younger siblings (no younger than 12) in an effort to keep families together. These middle school siblings attend an Escondido public school until they reach ninth grade and can attend SPA's high school.
San Pasqual Academy is a diverse campus with a rich blend of cultures. According to the website, approximately 33 percent of the students are Caucasian, 31 percent African-American, 24 percent Hispanic, 1 percent Asian/Pacific Islander, 3 percent Native American, and 8 percent bi-racial.
Miyasaki said foster care is similar to special education "in that you always start with the least restrictive environment." She said youth are often placed with relatives first (which can be multiple placements), and then perhaps an invested adult such as a family friend, then foster parents (which can be many different homes), and then a group home.
"So San Pasqual is usually is not the first placement," she said.
The San Diego County Office of Education, which runs the educational side of the residential school (teachers, administration, school equipment, supplies, custodians, teachers' aides, etc.), is one of four groups that collaborate to bring to the foster teens an array of services.
Working with SDCOE are New Alternatives Inc., San Diego Workforce Partnership, and San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency. These four agencies provide academic, residential, work readiness and dependency case management programs and services.
Also assisting in the work is the nonprofit San Pasqual Academy Foundation which, under the leadership of Development Liaison Debby Syverson, has received generous donations that have enhanced SPA's physical site, including renovations of the living units, cafeteria, technology center, gymnasium, and health and wellness center. A capital campaign is currently underway to add family homes on campus to increase the number of youth who can be accommodated.