A series of land drawings, environmental projects, and sculptures: most of the works seen on this page were sited on a hillside in rural Maryland beginning in 2016. This is an ongoing project sharing authorship with the environment including forgotten objects from previous owners. The projects are mostly made for walked views, but some investigate airplane, drone & satellite views.
Context is half the meaning.
Where and who is the audience?
detail: Solitary with branch pruner at center of overall 8 x 10'.
Refugee Tent: Family of 5, 2017 (self-seeded Tulip Poplar seedlings left to grow in dimensions of a UNHCR refugee tent with five cut clumps of Tulip Poplar seedlings stacked together. Located in rural Maryland on privately owned land. Context is half the meaning.
Rural Portrait, 2016, bamboo, wire, clamp, gun & vodka bottle (signed 1972 & found in attic, Baltimore County).
detail: Rural Portrait, 2016, bamboo, wire, clamp, gun & vodka bottle (signed 1972 & found in attic, Baltimore County).
Take Apart, 2016, gun parts, plastic. Disassembled 1976 NRA Commemorative BB gun (1876) found in attic.
Disassembled gun parts hung on property Tulip Poplar tree, over 100 years old.
This work was made so that two arms can move into two vacant cavities when approached from one direction after walking on a path through Big Bluestem grass.
Deep Line (Time Walk) & Panel Grass Drawing, 2016, satellite view of two land works: on left, a walk through time on land. Right (near tree shadow), panel grass drawing.
Deep Line: Time Walk, 2016, view from beginning of walk through time with orange flags marking distance corresponding to major events in the formation of the planet, and eventual arrival of humans at end of time walk - on hillside.
End of deep time walk: humans at end of long line of time since beginning of planet formation.
This is a walked line inspired by talks with New Zeeland artist/friend Trudy Lane. People were invited to walk a path in the middle of the tall grasses & Tulip Poplar saplings… a map of deep time for planet earth. The arrival of humans in deep time are at this end of the path. A spool of string lies on the ground in reference to time that has not yet passed. Humans have appeared and have lived very recently in the deep time. Walking is what humans naturally do as nomads – it grounds us on land and in rhythm through time. We forget how deeply we need relationships with things outside of human society.
flags, strings & painted saplings, 2016, Land drawing with flags & nylon string. blue and yellow colored flags appear and disappear in changing light.
This was an experiment toward seeking to make a drawing that uses the grass as the page, and string/flags as points and lines. How might the lines levitate above the grass?
Humans have long mapped & marked the land. This is a temporary land-map. Depending upon the light, the blue flags almost disappeared. A person can see them only when focusing long enough on the color. There was a shifting camouflage in this work.
Launch, 2016, Tulip Poplar Saplings, string, flags: land drawing on sloped hillside.
Orange Circle, 2016: painted Tulip Poplar saplings, dim variable: land drawing on sloped hillside. Branches move in wind: viewers walk into circle of orange swaying sticks. Tulip Poplar saplings are flexible & reveal slight shifts of wind. While not intended, the land drawing became a pseudo wind-gage.
Works shown on this portion of the site focus on the quality and use of mapping as a strategy for exploring how space is considered. Two and three-dimensional drawings present didactic information in descriptive, political, and poetic ways.
Some of the sculptures/drawings are produced through cutting or repeatedly puncturing the surface of the paper with a pin or shaped punch. The resulting images and forms diagrammatically describe projected/topographic space. Depending upon the direction of the light and the placement of the paper, the visual maps appear as two and three dimensional dots, low reliefs, or points of light. The drawings, investigate images of the globe and galaxy as well as movements around the globe such as wind, water currents, or bird migration patterns. They explore strategies for mapping three-dimensional space and reveal biases and limitations of how space is often considered. Maps are often used as a tool to perpetuate the assumptions of the author (cartographer); they are always situated as historic documents from a particular time.
In taking and re-engaging the maps of others, I have sought to appropriate documents and forms to re-situate possible meanings. I have stopped making maps as seen on this page. Most are formal exercises in light, form and beauty. For now, there is an ongoing reconsideration of the way in which mapping is used through action, notation and drawing.
Global Maps: Shifting Borders, 2015, hand-cut paper, ink, mylar, magazine pages, 45 x 63 x 12"
SPIN: 5 degrees/20 minutes for 10 hours, 2011, graphite on paper, 52 x 72"
Longitude/Latitude & Northern Continent Lines, 2008, graphite on paper, 51 x 42 x 10"
Hidden Globe, 2008, paper, vellum and graphite, 49 x 57 x 16"
Rolled Globe: North of Equator, 2008, paper & halogen light, 7 x 53 x 7"
Jet Stream over U.S., 2/22/2010, hand cut paper, light, 56 x 35 x 3"
Jet Stream over U.S., 2/2/2010, hand cut paper, light, 56 x 6 x 6"
Detail: Jet Stream over U.S., 2/2/2010, hand cut paper, light, 56 x 6 x 6"
The New Oil: New Mexico Water, 2008, paper, 59 x 50"
Top Ten Oil Extractors in 2007, 2008, paper, 52 x 70"
Detail: Top Ten Oil Extractors in 2007, 2008, paper, 52 x 70"
Desert City: New Mexico/Texas Natural Gas and Liquids Pipelines in 1987, 2008, paper, 52 x 45"
wall: Longitude(Latitude): Diptych, 2007, pencil, paper, pins.
table: Projections III, 2007, table, tracing paper, blackboard paint, 36 x 72 x 35"
Double Globe: Longitude, Globe, Equatorial Flat Map: Bonne, 2005 Installation view of three works in Rosenberg Gallery, Goucher College, Baltimore.
Globe, 2005, paper, pins, light, 54 x 50 x 9"
Double Globe: Longitude, 2005, paper, pins, 32 x 30 x 15"
Equatorial Flat Map: Bonne, 2004, paper pins, light, 34 x 50 x 12"
Wind Currents II, 2007, paper, 19 x 29"
Flat Map I, 2007, paper, light, 24 x 19"
Flat Map IV, 2009, paper, light, 19 x 24"
Flat Map V, 2009, paper, light, 24 x 19"
Flat Map VI, 2009 paper, light, 24 x 19"
Flat Map II, 2007, paper, light, 24 x 19"
Ptolomy's Map, 2005, paper, pins, light, 36 x 50"
Northern/Southern Sky, 2004, paper, pins, light, 70 x 90"
Detail: Northern/Southern Sky, 2004, paper, pins, light, 70 x 90"
Detail with light from back: Water Currents, 2004, paper, 34 x 64"
Detail with light from front: Water Currents, 2004, paper, 34 x 64"
Reversed Globe: B. Fuller, 2004, paper, pins, 34.5 x 70"
Detail: Reversed Globe: B. Fuller, 2004, paper, pins, 34.5 x 70"
Milky Way, 2004, paper pins, light, 34 x 64"
Detail: Milky Way, 2004, paper pins, light, 34 x 64"
Three Flat Maps Curled, 2004, paper, 17 x 60"
Recordings investigate the question of how to draw the wind and other fugitive movements on land through works on paper. For some of the works, wind is recorded directly by mapping the movement of varied grasses blowing in the wind: seed heads are dipped into ink and graphite powder, a page is held to record the shifting movements on different days so that the grass in the wind draws lines on the page. Recordings include evidence of raindrops from different storms, pollen on a pond, algae on a lake, rotting bark, the movement of ants, fallen leaves, sticks and seeds.
Through these works, there is an ongoing attempt to collaborate with naturally occurring events and also to notate random, overlooked occurrences in a day; marking the 'events' or 'movements' on a page.
The recordings reveal momentary, passing movements affected by the geography. They are the result of a particular time and place always subject to change.
Ink and graphite drawings show studied responses to the land along with cartographic views of the globe spinning or a drawing of craters on the moon. Drawings of flight patterns from cranes, bats and starlings attempt to arrest and reveal fugitive visual lines in space.
made while considering Finnegans Wake & Gaza border tensions.
Four Seconds to Target, 2016, graphite on paper, 70 x 52"
3 Recordings with measured lines, (in progress) 2014, dimensions variable.
Static/Blur, 2014, graphite on paper, 19 x 24" each/21 pages. Grid of 1/16" squares on each page. Total number of squares = prisoner population in the U.S. Darkened areas made through graphite pressure. Pages shown with a list of all federal prisons in the U.S.
Untitled (earth & cirrus), 2008, graphite and paper, 17 x 14"
Detail: SPIN: US Capitol Building (floor plan) 11/2010, graphite on paper, 58 x 52"
SPIN: US Capitol Building (floor plan) 11/2010, graphite on paper, 58 x 52"
Moon Craters with Northern/Southern Sky, 2008, Ink on hand cut paper, 25 x 27"
Cloud 3x, 2009, Graphite on paper, light box, 2 @ 19 x 24"
Migration Series: Sandhill Cranes at Bitter Lake, NM, 2009, graphite on paper, 52 x 72"
Migration Series: Bats, 2009, graphite on paper, 52 x 72"
Migration Series: Starlings, 2009, graphite on paper, 52 x 72"
Dust Devil, 2009, graphite on paper, 22 x 30"
Tornado, 2009, graphite on paper, 12 ½ x 8 ½"
Bitter Lake Grass Fire, 2009, graphite on paper, 22 x 30"
New Mexico Grass/June, 2009, Ink on paper, 19 x 24"
Mapped Global Maps, 2008, Graphite on paper, 52 x 70"
Works seen engage various exterior and interior spaces with consideration of light, as well as movements occurring in and around particular places, with the goal to ask how to draw beyond a page, into space. Like Lucy Gunning climbing around her room, these works seek to experience and understand lines of movement found in space. Videos seen in the Video portion of this site also investigate found movements of lines on land.
Drawing is a vehicle of action that brings to view the things not initially known and seen. Drawing is a strategy to explore experience informed by language, but also seeks to make visible many realities apart from language. It is a direct manifestation of how skills of hand and mind work as as seamless extension. A drawing response is one of many possible answers.
Response 3, 1/24/2013, snowing drawing outlining edge of shadows when sun is not behind clouds.
The tools are paper, knife, ruler, and pencil. What variations arise within simple actions on paper? The limited set of repeated movements reveal slight alteration of choice. How can the action of drawing also extend to space through light and shadow?
These drawings are the material residue of process-oriented thought and activity. When making them, there is a rhythm through action. The sound of the knife or pencil against the metal ruler makes a clicking and wooshing noise that combines with other sounds heard in a day. Most are forgotten, some recorded. (sound recordings).
In these folded and drawn pages, rhythm and vibration is the residue of repeated lines. The energy of the hand alters the final drawing: that energy is focused/distracted, strong/weak. Misplaced lines are as equally valid as accurately placed lines. Portions of the paper fall off and are lost. Failure of material or lack of accuracy is embraced, allowing difference.
Expectations for a crafted art form assuming specialized skill, is deliberately investigated. There are attempts at precision with an acceptance of failure. Actions are purposfullly easy to enact as repetitive labor. Through these actions of scoring, folding, and drawing, there has been opportunity to reflect upon the motivations and assumptions of visual art practice as a particular form of labor with expectation for material products driven by market forces. Making material products, such as the works seen on this page, is only one possibility for the question of drawing through action. What does an immaterial drawing look like and how can this be enacted?
2013 (e)Merge Fair, with Free[Space]Collective and Jassie Rios.
Additional images and text TK.
UNHCR Refugee Tent, 2015. Enacted drawing from drawing workshop at Berea College. Enactment-drawings are neither performances nor dances, but movement drawings for a brief time.
Border & Frame, 2015, Drawing workshop with students included discussion of assumed notions around 'frame' & 'border'. How might expanded meanings around these words directly affect new methods of drawing in space with objects & body? Empathy for refugees was discussed. Floor movements were developed from these reconsidered word-prompts. In images seen here, participants collaborate & investigate through beginning traditionally on their page of notations, toward the process of drawing with body & objects for a later presentation: choreographic drawing toward drawing out the body through space.
Exploring drawing together is tremendously exciting. Shared authorship of drawings in dialogue expands ways each person might best use drawing in their life. The process of directly drawing ones self out is inherent to any final drawn result. Drawing is a strategy that investigates and problematizes thought in directly visual forms. These workshops advocate for overlooked tools that are readily available as drawing materials to expand spaces and ways to draw.
Verb & Sound Drawings, 2014, Participants collaborated and enacted each others drawings. Drawing tools included audio recorders with a discussion around directional lines of sound sent out into space through voice and objects. Audio record of sounds also considered as another form of drawing one's self out. Workshops were programmed during 3 Strategies for Surprise, Creative Alliance.
Physical consideration of drawing may extend the body.
A collective levitating drawing with rubber bands, boards & tension.
Reframing Drawing / Collaborators discuss the screen as a drawing tool.
Contextual prompts formed this enacted and site specific drawing.
Altered context to include other forms, drawing with a sheet, wood. The camera forms the initial framing device & sets the page.
Collaborate results from a workshop using alternative drawing tools and the floor as the page.
Video still from 'Frame/FittingIn' on Vimeo.
Installation views from 2004 - present.
Connection / Two Boxes & Poplars, 2018 installation of posts, wood, graphite, black paint, rope, needle, tulip poplar saplings, acorns, grass, thread, ginko leaves, flags. Installation variable.
floor: UNHCR Refugee Tent: Family of 5, white gaffers tape, 2018. wall l to r: Recording 2, 2014, ink, graphite on paper, 52 x 53", 2014 & (DE/IN/RE)CLINE, RESIDUE OF TOUCH, set of 14 graphite works on paper, 17 x 11", 2018.
Installation: Tremor in Shadow, Project 1628, Baltimore, MD, 2016 wall l to r: Considering Deep Time, 2016, Ginko sap, Hopi Tapaut, map of time walk in Baltimore County, Ginko chloroform, graphite, paper, 24 x 19". Surveying Tulip Poplar leaves, 2016, tulip tree chloroform, graphite, paper, 24 x 19". Hearth & Home/Vodka & Gun Parts, 2016, strap & found bottle and gun from attic in rural Baltimore County.
Territory: A Topographic Map, 2016, dimensions & materials variable. from Tremor in Shadow, Project 1628, Baltimore, MD, 2016.
Natural materials for this work, included grass, snake skins, bark, saplings, paper, thread, paint, flags, poly rope. The elements were first gathered as part of an earlier, site-specific outdoor exhibition in Baltimore County, Black Box and Adjacent Body.
Wind blowing ginko leaves, 2010, ink on paper, 24 x 18"
Wind blowing tulip poplar leaves: 10/07/2010, ink on paper, 24 x 18"
Wind blowing white pine needles: 10/07/2010, ink on paper, 24 x 18"
Grass Motion: 9/16/2008, 2008, ink on paper, 24 x 18"
The cliché verre drawings seen at right, and in the next two images were created through scanning and enlarging cropped sections of 4 x 5" ink drawings dried onto dusty glass plates. Portions of the digital scans were printed as large lamda prints. Other glass plates were used as negatives, printed with a photographic enlarger in the darkroom and developed as photographs. The resulting images resemble deep space photographs from NASA or satellite images, or of satellite images of planets.
How can a drawing affect and shape space in a new way? The works on this site seek formal and conceptual ways to assimilate drawing into the sculpted form through space and time. Drawing is a visual mark of any kind in the most basic sense. In representing some thing, we represent ourselves including aspects of the world: we both seek to capture an existing thing, but create a new one in the process. Paper is a widespread support for drawing, and drawings are generally two- dimensional. While interested in these traditional notions and strategies for drawing as a practice, the work seen here shows drawings not only as a noun (thing) but also as a verb (action & process). In what ways can drawing extend off the page to include drawing toward diverse forms? Through more careful attention to enacted drawing with the body, there is a deeper awareness and acceptance of the changing codes or meanings that arise within a day through drawing. In this sense, there is a consideration of drawing as a form of visual philosophy and poetic: it is an utterance, a set of fragmentary marks formed into a cohesive object, action or moment. It is singular result from a day but it must include a frame, no matter how differently the frame is established.


All that was needed now was to get the run ready - mere eighty miles of roads covering both the sea and the forest. We prepared the run covering places like Keyhaven, Lepe, Lymington and Lyndhurst and even organised a lunch stop at Beaulieu.
People started arriving at about eleven in the morning and by six we were all there. There is something good about taking over the whole hotel. When we came down for the evening meal we found the room had been reserved just for us and the noise soon started. The service was good and the meals were tasty. Add that to heady mixture of wine, beer and cider and the evening was a great success.
Saturday was the day of the run and on looking out of the window and we found the sun had deserted us. Breakfast cheered us up though as Sue ordered a boiled egg and got one with Trevs face drawn on it. We thought that was the highlight of the morning until Eddy leaned on the window only to find it was a fire door and it opened and he fell out. Good job it wasnt on the balcony.
We had suggested meeting at the half way stop at 1pm for lunch and then we were off. Even though the run was done in overcast conditions it was still pretty. Ninety minutes for the first half of the run which gave everyone time to stop and see the views. Rita and I arrived at the pub early in order to meet the others. Eddy and Tony were there already to our surprise and we found Eddy had been ill on the run. Within minutes virtually all the cars had arrived. The owner had sectioned off a part of the car park for us and he came out to meet welcome us as well. The food and welcome were excellent and after lunch we all set off. Rita drove Eddys car as I took him back to the hotel.
After the run the meal was really looked forward to. Everyone seemed to have enjoyed themselves despite the overcast day.


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Corvias Foundation Awards $100,000 in Scholarships to Military Spouses Located Across the Country
Scholarship program helps combat military spouse unemployment rate, which is six times higher than the national average
Corvias Foundation recently announced the 20 recipients of the organization's annual military spouse scholarship. Each recipient will receive a one-time award of $5,000 to be put towards furthering their academic careers. (Photo: Business Wire)
August 20, 2020 09:48 AM Eastern Daylight Time
EAST GREENWICH, R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Corvias Foundation, a private foundation founded by Corvias CEO John Picerne to support education opportunities for military families, today announced it has awarded its annual military spouse scholarship to 20 recipients. The 2020 scholars, each the spouse of an active-duty service member stationed at a Corvias installation, will receive a one-time scholarship of $5,000 to help them earn their higher education degrees.
"The life of a military spouse is one that revolves around deployments and frequent moves," said Maria Montalvo, executive director of Corvias Foundation. "This unique mobile lifestyle presents economic challenges for military spouses due to high unemployment rates and significant wage gaps. Corvias Foundation created this scholarship program to combat these hurdles and help these inspiring spouses receive their degrees to help provide for their families."
Scholarship recipient Angelica Valdez, the wife of an active-duty soldier stationed at Fort Bragg, further expanded on the unique lifestyle and incredible resiliency of military spouses.
"Military spouses are some of the most resilient people I have ever met," said Valdez. "They have a unique ability to adapt and make the best of the circumstances they are given due to the social and economic demands that the military places on families. Spousal absence due to military trainings and deployments, and uprooting their family and home to a new duty station can come with many frustrations and challenges. However, military spouses find ways to master these obstacles, and more, to create an easy transition for their family. Their flexibility to adapt and flourish is remarkable and a true example of resilience."
2020 marks the 14th consecutive year of this scholarship program and of Corvias Foundation's commitment to supporting and empowering military spouses throughout their academic journeys. The allotted funds can be used by the spouses for any expenses associated with receiving their degree, such as transportation to class, childcare, and school fees. This year's recipients are pursuing a wide variety of professions, including nursing, criminal justice, physical therapy, teaching and more.
"My greatest passion is working with the special needs community and ensuring that I can be a key resource for them in a positive way," said McConnell Air Force Base recipient, Brittni Haskett, who is pursuing a master's degree in Youth, Families, and Community Sciences. "I am excited to continue my education in a field I am passionate about and gain knowledge/resources that will further me in my career."
Since 2006, Corvias Foundation has awarded nearly $14 million to military children, spouses, and children of Corvias employees across 13 Army and Air Force installations.
2020 Scholarship Recipients:
Eglin Air Force Base, Florida
Jacquelyn Brown is pursuing a bachelor's degree in Psychology at the University of Central Florida with hopes to become a behavioral finance researcher. She is passionate about behavioral finance and is eager to utilize this degree to help others learn how to become financially independent.
Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Angelica Valdez is attending Oregon State University for a bachelor's degree in Computer Science. She hopes to use her degree to pursue a career in cloud computing engineering to provide better systems and computer programming to the social services industry.
Carissa Caban is dedicated to becoming a physical therapist and is pursuing her doctorate degree at Methodist University. She earned her bachelor's degree in Health Science at Eastern Connecticut State University, followed by her master's degree in Mental Health at Grand Canyon University, and is thrilled to complete her final degree to achieve her career objective.
Fiona Winoto is studying for her doctorate in Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and aspires to help people with autism. She is proud to be a part of the military community and is grateful for a spouse who is very supportive of her pursuing her dreams.
Kelly Ocampo is attending the American Public University System to pursue her bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice. Her goal is to be a probation officer and would like to help incarcerated youth. She strives to teach her children by example and wants them to know that education is a societal benefit.
Isabelle Stevens is in her last year of law school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After graduation, she plans to serve in Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAG Corps). In addition to her studies, Isabelle is the president of the Veteran's Advocacy Legal Organization and also works with the Military and Veterans Law Clinic.
Victoria Oh is nearing the end of her master's degree in Social Work from Columbia University. Inspired by her recent volunteer experiences with human-trafficked survivors, Victoria hopes to use her graduate degree to promote social justice and advocate for greater mental health assistance within marginalized communities.
Cari Saumenig is passionate about becoming a social worker and hopes to get into the field after completing her master's degree in Social Work at the University of Denver. She has a passion for volunteering in her community and currently helps the Girl Scouts of Central Maryland as the service unit manager and cookie manager.
Fort Polk, Louisiana
Amanda Phillips is working toward her associate's degree in Nursing at Northwestern University. She has a passion for helping others and is looking forward to joining the profession. Amanda is enthusiastic about education and raising her daughters to become valuable and charitable members of society.
Amelia Dvorsak is studying Dietetics at the University of Alaska in Anchorage. She hopes to work with individuals with eating disorders and provide them with education and cooking classes so food can spark passion and joy.
Christina Raiden is realizing her dream of becoming a nurse and is studying at Northwestern State University. Her husband, children, and her past experiences are her biggest motivators for continuing her education and she is incredibly thankful for all their support.
Nicole Hart is attending Southern New Hampshire University to finish her bachelor's degree in Environmental Science. She is drawn to safeguarding nature and looks forward to using her degree to help protect and improve the environment.
Fort Riley, Kansas
Maribel Paulino Marinez is pursuing her associate's degree in Paramedics at Barton County Community College in order to give back and help others. Originally from the Dominican Republic, Maribel graduated from the Universidad del Sagrado Corazon in 2005 with a bachelor's degree in Marketing, and later earned her EMT certification in 2018.
Shauna-Leigh Morales is attending Hutchinson Community College (HCC) to receive her associate's degree in Nursing. Her drive to pursue higher education centers around her desire to give her children the best life possible and she greatly looks forward to becoming a registered nurse.
Tyeisha Robinson-Smith, a military spouse and cancer survivor, is dedicated to completing her master's degree in Social Work at the University of South Florida. She currently works in the hospital on the military installation where she serves current soldiers, dependents, veterans and their family members as a medical support assistant.
Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Ashly Olusanya is pursuing her master's degree in Math at the University of Texas and is dedicated to becoming a math professor. To address the gap in education endured by at-risk students, Olusanya hopes to be a community college professor.
McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas
Brittni Haskett is attending North Carolina State University to receive her master's degree in Youth, Families, and Community Sciences. She wants to work with special needs adults and families and to give a voice to adults who cannot advocate for themselves.
Johanna Tsubaki is pursuing her bachelor's degree in Psychology at Southwestern College. She is a certified occupational therapy assistant specializing in pediatrics and has been working with children with exceptional needs for three years. Johanna is excited to return to school to continue her education so that she may better serve her patients.
Tierra Monroe has a passion to help people who were formerly incarcerated. She is studying at the University of South Florida to receive her bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice. Tierra is very excited to be able to pursue her educational goals after a 10-year hiatus from school.
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina
Samantha Moya is working toward a bachelor's degree in Care, Health and Society at the University of Arizona. She is looking forward to building her career and hopes to give back and serve as a leader in her community.
About Corvias Foundation
Corvias Foundation is committed to inspiring students, college and university campuses, and military families to reach higher. Founded in 2006 as "Our Family for Families First Foundation," our work increases access to educational, internship, mentoring, and volunteer opportunities so that those we touch are empowered to pursue their dreams and to make a greater impact in service to their communities and their nation. We strive to create ever-increasing opportunities by providing the resources and networks needed to help our scholars and partners surpass their goals. We achieve this through a commitment to education, community engagement and high-impact charitable giving. To learn more, please visit: corviasfoundation.org.
Christina Chase, Corvias
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Austin's Tire and Auto has been a staple of the Wilmington automotive scene since 1978. We've spent this time proudly serving the Wilmington area and have become a valued part of the community. Whether you need general upkeep and maintenance or a complete vehicle overhaul, Austin's Tire and Auto has been there to provide excellent service and trustworthy advice.
Our customers return to us whenever they have an issue or even a small concern about their vehicle because they know that they'll receive the very best in automotive care. Our highly trained technicians allow us to provide solutions to a wide range of problems, getting you back on the road quickly without breaking the bank on repairs. Austin's Tire and Auto specializes in 4x4 Services, Alignment, Batteries, Brakes, Car & Truck Care, Domestic Cars & Trucks, Electrical Services, Electronic Services, Engine & Transmission, Engine Maintenance, Expired Warranty Care, General Services, Heating and Cooling Services, Import Cars & Trucks, Inspections and Emissions, Miscellaneous Services, Quick Lube Services, Tires, Towing, Transmission Services and Undercar Services and we are proud to help our customers get our safely on the road.
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This report was originally published by The Phi Delta Kappan, 2003.
When Cincinnati Public Schools devised a reform strategy for improving student performance, it became clear that the district's traditional budgeting system was inadequate. The authors trace the district's process of moving to a system of student based budgeting: funding children rather than staff members, and weighting the funding according to schools and students' needs.


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Valiña puede referirse a varias localidades de España:

 Valiña (Arzúa), lugar de la parroquia de Villadavil, municipio de Arzúa, provincia de La Coruña.
 Valiña (La Baña), lugar de la parroquia de Lañas, municipio de La Baña, provincia de La Coruña.
 Valiña de Abaixo, lugar de la parroquia de San Xurxo de Moeche, municipio de Moeche, provincia de La Coruña.
 Valiña de Arriba, lugar de la parroquia de San Xurxo de Moeche, municipio de Moeche, provincia de La Coruña.
 Valiña (Toral de los Vados), localidad del municipio de Toral de los Vados, provincia de León.
 Valiña (Lugo), lugar de la parroquia de Agüeira, municipio de Becerreá, provincia de Lugo.
 Valiña (Pontevedra), lugar de la parroquia de Poyo, municipio de Poyo, provincia de Pontevedra.

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Alin oder Alın ist der Familienname folgender Personen:

 Adrien Alin (1905–1948), französischer Autorennfahrer
 İskender Alın (* 1984), türkischer Fußballspieler
 Mustafa Alin (* 1977), deutscher Schauspieler
 Oscar Alin (1846–1900), schwedischer Historiker, Staatsrechtslehrer und Staatsmann
 Kira Alin (* 1981), deutsche Journalistin und Fernsehmoderatorin

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These Mansfield restaurants are offering Valentine's Day meal deals and takeaways
Travelodge to recruit 600 staff across its hotels – including Mansfield
Eastwood health care service scoops 'Employer of the Year' award
A trailblazing Eastwood GP and practice partner are celebrating after their company scooped a prestigious 'Employer of the Year' award.
By Lucy Roberts
Friday, 5th November 2021, 10:35 am
Eastwood-based PICS has been crowned as the region's top employer and recognised as one of the best places to work in the area.
Representatives of the Primary Integrated Community Services (PICS) were honoured to receive the name as the region's top employer at the Nottinghamshire Live Business Awards.
In addition, the company also celebrated its place as a finalist in the 'Excellence of Innovation' category, which recognised the company's value to the local economy.The award also praises commitment to quality, enthusiasm and 'can do' spirit.
In 2013, PICS was set up by Dr Kelvin Lim and Alison Rounce, who are both partners at Eastwood Primary Care Centre, to deliver respiratory services to patients.Since then, the health care team has grown to nearly 400 staff who provide a variety of community and out of hospital services across Nottinghamshire.
PICS medical director Dr Kelvin Lim (left) is pictured with Gerald Ellis, Ali Rounce, George Goward and George's wife at the business awards.
They also support six GP surgeries and 11 primary care networks, covering more than one million residents.
Dr Kelvin Lim, medical director of PICS and Alison Rounce, managing director of PICS, welcomed the award and said: "We are very proud that we have been recognised as Employer of the Year at the Notts Live Business Awards 2020 and 2021.
"We dedicate this award to our staff, alongside all health and social care workers, who have worked tirelessly to provide the best care to our residents."
The company has a longstanding history for excellence and was branded 'one of the best large companies to work for in the UK' earlier this year.
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An additional remarkable feature of the cotton genus is that it exhibits some rather extraordinary genome size evolution. Some of this is captured in the figure below, which shows the three-fold variation just among the diploids, from a low in the New World D-genome cottons to a high in the Australian K-genome species. This raises some obvious questions! For example, how does this happen? What parts of the genomes are growing and shrinking and by what mechanisms? Also, notice that the allopolyploids, which contain two genomes (A and D), have a combined genome size that is smaller than the sum of their progenitors. How does this genome down-sizing occur, and what are the consequences for the organisms?
Comparative evolutionary genomics. We are addressing the foregoing questions using a number of comparative genomic sequencing technologies, all with collaborators in the US and abroad. In one international collaborative project (with J Udall and colleagues in the US, and with several colleagues in China), we are comparing high-quality de novo genome assemblies among diploids that vary greatly in genome size (figure below), in an effort to understand the processes and patterns that generate such remarkable genome size variation. We also are collaboratively developing a Gossypium "pangenome", so that we might better understand the genes and genomic constituents that are universal at various levels within the genus, including for the genus as a whole, as well as those faster evolving or lineage-specific components.
As seen in the figure, the genomes of these two species are even smaller than the smallest in Gossypium, and by a lot! With Associate Scientist Corrinne Grover, graduate student Justin Conover, and colleagues elsewhere in the US, we recently described these two "outgroup" genomes, and documented an extraordinary case of gene loss accompanying genome downsizing. At present, we have no understanding of how these two lineages managed to prune so many genes from their genomes, and yet survive until the present.
Genetic diversity and domestication genomics of the cultivated cotton species.
The evolutionary history of cotton (G. hirsutum, Upland Cotton, and G. barbadense, Pima cotton) includes both polyploidization and independent domestication. In both of the domesticates, modern cultivars were derived from wild ancestors by ancient civilizations in the Yucatan Peninsula (G. hirsutum) and western Peru/Equador (G. barbadense). Moreover, in the Old World, two different diploid species of cotton, G. arboreum and G. herbaceum, were also independently domesticated. This parallel domestication process, resulting in convergent plant architecture and convergent long, strong, white, cotton fibers, offers us a marvelous opportunity to understand the genetic targets of selection (in this case strong directional selection practiced by humans starting more than 5000 years ago), and more generally, how evolution can create and shape and mold plant phenotypes. Several examples of this morphological transformation are shown below.
We recently initiated a large genome resequencing project (led by Josh Udall, with Daojun Yuan and Thiru Ramaraj) funded by the National Science Foundation Plant Genome Program. In this project, we are addressing biological questions of broad relevance to polyploid plant genomes, while at the same time generating detailed information on genomic and phylogeographic patterns of diversity in wild and domesticated cotton, advancing our capacity to utilize an expanded gene pool for cotton improvement.
To date, we have used whole genome sequencing to generate an average of 21.5X coverage for a total of 633 accessions of the 2.4 Gb cotton genome. We are using these data of polyploid cotton to address fundamental questions for polyploid plant genomes. For example, how is genetic diversity partitioned between the two subgenomes in an allopolyploid? How have humans modified these two subgenomes, and are the effects of directional selection the same in both genomes? Have genes in the two genomes contributed equally to advanced, modern fiber phenotypes?
In addition, we are using the data to define both the portion and the proportion of the wild diversity that was captured during the domestication process. This will help us understand the present gene pool of modern cultivars, and how they have been shaped by selection, and also by interspecific gene flow between the two cultivated species.
Based on a series of genetic diversity studies with RFLP, SSR, GBS and the Cotton Illumina SNP array (63K), we selected 735 representative accessions to sequence, including 441 for G. hirsutum, 182 for G. barbadense, 56 for G. arboreum, 23 for G. herbaceum and 33 others. High-quality DNA was extracted and PCR-free Illumina sequencing libraries were constructed.
To date, we have re-sequenced 735 accessions with 150 PE reads. For the tetraploid accessions, we have approximately 21.5X effective coverage of the 2.4 GB genome (~51.6 Gbytes clean data per sample). Based on the current amount of sequencing, 33.2 Tera-bases (278.5 Giga-reads) were produced for 643 tetraploid accessions. The base-pair quality scores Q20 (quality > 20) and Q30 (base quality > 30) are 97.28% and 93.30%, respectively.
A bioinformatics analysis pipeline was constructed, including cleaned reads, mapped reads, realignment of reads around indels, recalibrated base quality scores with confident SNPs, and creation of bam and VCF files.
After removing high missing rate samples and filtering (Minor allele frequency, MAF is 0.1%, and missing rate for loci is 50%), approximate 70 M SNPs were kept for diversity, genome evolution, and phylogenetic analyses.
Population structure was studied using PCA, phylogenetic analyses and structure methods. We also assessed the amount of genetic diversity loss that accompanied domestication, identified regions of historical introgression between species, and identified the genes targeted during domestication.
After quality control, 98.7% of the reads were processed through the pipeline. 91.4% of clean reads were mapped to the reference genome and 77.2% of the mapping reads were high quality mapping (MAPQ>30). The profiles of sequence coverage indicated that PCR-free library construction was successful.
In addition to our newly sequenced 643 accessions, 789 additional accessions were collected from elsewhere. In total, 1,432 tetraploid accessions were analyzed with our bioinformatics pipeline. 1,024 samples were retained following quality filtering, including 795 G. hirsutum, 201 G. barbadense and 28 other tetraploid samples (641 samples were from this project, 383 samples from public data).
Population structure of G. hirsutum. (A) A map illustrating where different landrace and wild accessions originated. (B) A rooted phylogenetic tree of G. hirsutum with outgroup accessions of G. mustelinum (brown). Four main groups of accessions are visible: wild (red), Landrace 1 (orange), Landrace 2 (orange), and cultivars (green). (C) PCA plot of germplasm (4-fold degenerate sites). (D) Structure analysis of all G. hirsutum accessions, as well as a zoomed section of the Structure plot to view the wild, Landrace 1, and Landrace 2 groups. Each of the three analytical methods agree on the number of groups and that modern cultivars largely arose from Landrace 2 (Central American) accessions.
Population structure of G. barbadense. (A). A map illustrating where different landrace and wild accessions originated. (B). A rooted phylogenetic tree of G. barbadense with outgroup accessions of G. mustelinum (brown). Four main groups of accessions are visible: wild (red), olg-series (purple), Landrace (orange), and cultivars (green). (C). PCA plot of germplasm (4-fold degenerate sites). (D). Structure analysis of all of the G. barbadense accessions. Each of the three analytical results agree on the number of groups and that modern cultivars largely arose from South America.
Stay tuned for a series of publications describing this work! These papers will include detailed descriptions of the total genetic diversity in each species, how domestication and hybridization have shaped this diversity, the total loss of nucleotide diversity accompanying domestication, and the many domestication or selective sweeps that occurred in cotton genomes as a result of selection. This work also sets the foundation for understanding genes and genetic elements important for cotton improvement.


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PSA screening may be biased against obese men, leading to more aggressive cancers
Testing men for elevated levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in the blood -- the gold standard screening test for prostate cancer -- may be biased against obese men, whose PSA levels tend to be deceptively low. And this bias may be creating more aggressive cancers in this population by delaying diagnosis, according to a new study led by investigators in the Duke Prostate Center and the Durham Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center.
"We know that obese men tend to have lower PSA values than their normal-weight counterparts, possibly caused by larger blood volumes which dilute the readings," said Stephen Freedland, M.D., a urologist at Duke and the Durham VA, and lead investigator on this study. "Now we know some of the real implications of this -- that these men are at a disadvantage in terms of prognosis compared to normal-weight men."
The researchers published their findings online in the journal BJU International. The study was funded by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, the National Institutes of Health, the Georgia Cancer Coalition, the United States Department of Defense, the Prostate Cancer Research Program and the American Urological Association Foundation's Astellas Rising Star in Urology Award, given to Freedland.
"We used patient data to examine the association between body mass index, or BMI -- a measure of obesity -- and the amount of disease discovered after surgery to remove the prostate, " Freedland said. "We compared men who had their cancers detected by PSA screening to those who had an abnormal digital rectal exam, which may not confer the same bias against obese men."
The researchers looked at a total of nearly 3,400 men in the years since 2000, when PSA screening became the gold standard test for prostate cancer.
Obese patients whose cancer was diagnosed by PSA testing had more than twice the risk of cancer recurrence after surgery than their normal-weight counterparts, Freedland said. "In contrast, obese men with abnormal digital rectal exams had similar outcomes as normal-weight men," Freedland said.
Another Duke study published in the same issue of the journal provides further substantiation of the concern that obese men have poorer prognoses than normal-weight men. This study showed that obese men have a higher rate of positive surgical margins after surgery to remove the prostate, meaning that there was a higher chance cancer was left behind.
This suggests that prostate cancer surgery is technically more challenging in obese men, making complete tumor removal harder, according to Jayakrishnan Jayachandran, M.D., a urological oncology fellow at Duke and lead investigator on the second study.
"The aggressiveness of obese men's tumors, coupled with the fact that they may be more difficult to remove, is like a double whammy for being obese," Jayachandran said.
"The least we can do is find a way to level the playing field when it comes to diagnostic tools," Freedland said.
PSA screening has been the most common tool used to detect prostate cancer over the past eight to ten years; men are less commonly diagnosed based on digital rectal exam alone.
The researchers are hopeful that this data, coupled with the earlier data on which it builds, may be a catalyst to encourage alternative screening methods for obese men, or a lower threshold for worrisome PSA levels in obese men.
"Obesity is very common in the United States, so this potentially affects a lot of people," Freedland said. "We can't forget that when we use the term obese we are not just talking about very, very large men. A man who is 5 foot 9 and weighs 203 pounds would be considered obese."
Source: Duke University Medical Center
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Summary of Designing a Culture of Reinvention
Reed Hastings and Ben Horowitz
A16Z, 2020
Insider's Take
Netflix set out to create a corporate "culture of reinvention" that would be capable of adjusting on the fly, moving in tune with fast-paced technological change in the marketplace and innovating for the future. Legendary CEO Reed Hastings encourages his employees to be frank in their feedback about his leadership. The results through the years of his stewardship are stunning. Author, venture capitalist and a16z Podcast host Ben Horowitz interviews Hastings to gain his insights into building a global creative culture.
New York Times best-selling author Ben Horowitz is co-founder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and host of its a16z Podcast. Guest Reed Hastings is the co-founder and CEO of Netflix.
"Culture" is made up of the behavior that a company rewards.
When Netflix CEO Reed Hastings led his first company, Pure Software, his instinct as a software engineer was to view every obstacle as a mechanical problem. When something went wrong, he implemented a process to correct the error. Because of this approach, the company evolved to reward process and efficiency rather than innovation. Over time, this drove away its more creative employees.
When the software market shifted, Pure Software didn't have the creative firepower to adapt. Hastings tried to stay afloat by buying other companies, but each had its own processes, and this generated increased complexity. An overload of process bogged the company down.
Hastings started Netflix determined to learn from his past and make only new mistakes. Today he embraces "anti-process." Netflix's "culture memo," which describes its corporate values and the behaviors it rewards, is a "Bill of Rights" for employees. It holds executives accountable for living up to their stated principles.
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Sketching is the foundation for creating 3D geometry in xDesign.
Many features require sketches as part of the base geometry, including the most fundamental features such as an "Extrude", a "Revolve", a "Sweep", or a "Loft". This makes it extremely important to know how to use a variety of sketch commands and relate them together properly.
In this lesson, we'll focus on three separate aspects of sketching: using the main types of sketch entities, adding constraints between sketch entities, and then adding dimensions to size and position them.
The most common types of sketch entities are lines, rectangles, arcs, and circles. Let's walk through how to sketch each of these sketch entities and the different commands for each one.
The most common sketch constraints are the vertical and horizontal constraints, the coincident constraint, colinear constraint, midpoint constraint, tangent constraint, concentric constraint, and switching a sketch entity to be construction geometry.
Once you've learned how to add constraints, we'll review how to add dimensions to set the sizes of all the sketch elements. We'll then learn how to create linear distance dimensions, angle dimensions, radius dimensions, and diameter dimensions.
Here, we have a new file open in xDesign.
You can see the three planes showing on screen: the XY, YZ, and ZX planes. Any of these can be used to start a sketch.
For example, if you want to start a new sketch on the XY plane, you can click the "Create Edit Sketch" command here on the Sketch tab of the action bar, and then select the XY plane.
This automatically rotates the view to face normal to the sketch plane. This happens whenever you begin a new sketch on a plane. If you happen to rotate out of the normal view, you can go back to it either by clicking the "Normal To" button or by pressing the "N" key.
Be sure to check back for the next 3 parts in the xDesign Sketching series on the SOLIDWORKS Tech Blog!


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Erratum to: A survey of best practices for RNA-seq data analysis
Ana Conesa1,2,
Pedro Madrigal3,4,
Sonia Tarazona2,5,
David Gomez-Cabrero6,7,8,9,
Alejandra Cervera10,
Andrew McPherson11,
Michal Wojciech Szcześniak12,
Daniel J. Gaffney3,
Laura L. Elo13,
Xuegong Zhang14,15 &
Ali Mortazavi16,17
The original article was published in Genome Biology 2016 17:13
During editing of the article by Conesa et al. [1], an error was introduced to some of the citations, such that incorrect references were provided for some articles the second time they were cited. The following sentences are affected:
Algorithms that quantify expression from transcriptome mappings include RSEM (RNA-Seq by Expectation Maximization) [40], eXpress [41], Sailfish [35] and kallisto [42] among others. These methods allocate multi-mapping reads among transcript and output within-sample normalized values corrected for sequencing biases [35, 41, 43].
The citation for Sailfish should be [34] (Patro et al., Nat Biotechnol. 2014;32:463–4) in both sentences.
Additional factors that interfere with intra-sample comparisons include changes in transcript length across samples or conditions [50], positional biases in coverage along the transcript (which are accounted for in Cufflinks), average fragment size [43], and the GC contents of genes (corrected in the EDAseq package [21]).
The citation for EDAseq should be [20] (Risso et al. BMC Bioinformatics. 2011;12:480)
The NOISeq R package [20] contains a wide variety of diagnostic plots to identify sources of biases in RNA-seq data and to apply appropriate normalization procedures in each case.
The citation for NOISeq should be [19] (Tarazona et al. Nucleic Acids Res. 2015;43:e140)
These effects can be minimized by appropriate experimental design [51] or, alternatively, removed by batch-correction methods such as COMBAT [52] or ARSyN [20, 53].
The citations for ARSyN should be [19, 53] (Tarazona et al. Nucleic Acids Res. 2015;43:e140, Nueda et al. Biostatistics. 2012;13:553–66).
All these approaches are generally hampered by the intrinsic limitations of short-read sequencing for accurate identification at the isoform level, as discussed in the RNA-seq Genome Annotation Assessment Project paper [30].
The citation for the RGASP article should be [29] (Engström et al. Nat Methods. 2013;10:1185–91).
We refer the reader to [30] for a comprehensive comparison of RNA-seq mappers.
This citation should be [29] (Engström et al. Nat Methods. 2013;10:1185–91).
Conesa A, Madrigal P, Tarazona S, Gomez-Cabrero D, Cervera A, McPherson A, et al. Genome Biol. 2016;17:13.
Institute for Food and Agricultural Sciences, Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32603, USA
Ana Conesa
Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe, Genomics of Gene Expression Laboratory, 46012, Valencia, Spain
Ana Conesa & Sonia Tarazona
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
Pedro Madrigal & Daniel J. Gaffney
Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Anne McLaren Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine, Department of Surgery, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0SZ, UK
Pedro Madrigal
Department of Applied Statistics, Operations Research and Quality, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, 46020, Valencia, Spain
Sonia Tarazona
Unit of Computational Medicine, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, 171 77, Stockholm, Sweden
David Gomez-Cabrero
Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 17177, Stockholm, Sweden
Unit of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, L8, 17176, Stockholm, Sweden
Science for Life Laboratory, 17121, Solna, Sweden
Systems Biology Laboratory, Institute of Biomedicine and Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, University of Helsinki, 00014, Helsinki, Finland
Alejandra Cervera
School of Computing Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, V5A 1S6BC, Canada
Andrew McPherson
Department of Bioinformatics, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, 61-614, Poznań, Poland
Michal Wojciech Szcześniak
Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, FI-20520, Turku, Finland
Laura L. Elo
Key Lab of Bioinformatics/Bioinformatics Division, TNLIST and Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
Xuegong Zhang
School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697-2300, USA
Ali Mortazavi
Center for Complex Biological Systems, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA
Daniel J. Gaffney
Correspondence to Ana Conesa or Pedro Madrigal or Ali Mortazavi.
Conesa, A., Madrigal, P., Tarazona, S. et al. Erratum to: A survey of best practices for RNA-seq data analysis. Genome Biol 17, 181 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-016-1047-4
Accepted: 17 August 2016


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Retailers Report Weak August as Sales Increase Just 1.1 Percent Over Last Year
Retailers' summer started off with a bang but ended with a whimper. According to the National Retail Federation, retail industry sales for August (which exclude automobiles, gas stations, and restaurants) decreased 0.3 percent seasonally adjusted month-to-month and increased 1.1 percent unadjusted over last year.
National Retail Federation
Washington – Retailers' summer started off with a bang but ended with a whimper. According to the National Retail Federation, retail industry sales for August (which exclude automobiles, gas stations, and restaurants) decreased 0.3 percent seasonally adjusted month-to-month and increased 1.1 percent unadjusted over last year.
August retail sales released today by the U.S. Commerce Department show total retail sales (which include non-general merchandise categories such as autos, gasoline stations and restaurants) decreased 0.3 percent seasonally adjusted from the previous month and decreased 0.4 percent unadjusted year-over-year.
"The back-to-school season provided a slight boost to some companies," said Rosalind Wells, NRF Chief Economist. "Unfortunately, retailers were not able to sustain the momentum they saw in the first half of the summer when families' spending was being buoyed by the rebate checks."
Consumers looking for bargains on back-to-school merchandise headed to discount and off-price retail stores. Sales at general merchandise stores decreased 0.2 percent seasonally adjusted from July, but increased 4.6 percent unadjusted over last August. Electronics and appliance stores sales decreased 1.3 percent seasonally adjusted month-to-month and decreased 0.3 percent unadjusted year-over-year.
While sales at clothing and clothing accessory stores sales decreased 0.3 percent seasonally adjusted month-to-month, they increased 0.6 percent unadjusted from last year as shoppers took advantage of new fall merchandise.
As predicted in NRF's Back-to-College Consumer Intentions and Actions survey, college-aged students and their families held back on purchases of dorm or apartment type merchandise. Sales at furniture and home furnishing stores were flat from July and decreased 8.3 percent unadjusted year-over-year.
The National Retail Federation is the world's largest retail trade association, with membership that comprises all retail formats and channels of distribution including department, specialty, discount, catalog, Internet, independent stores, chain restaurants, drug stores and grocery stores as well as the industry's key trading partners of retail goods and services. NRF represents an industry with more than 1.6 million U.S. retail establishments, more than 24 million employees - about one in five American workers - and 2007 sales of $4.5 trillion. As the industry umbrella group, NRF also represents more than 100 state, national and international retail associations. www.nrf.com.
January Retail Sales Continue Slow Road to Recovery, According to NRF
Washington, February 12, 2010 – Post holiday sales and gift cards helped consumers open up their wallets to take advantage of special deals on popular apparel, electronics and sporting goods items. According to the National Retail Federation, January retail industry sales (which ...read more
By National Retail Federation
March Retail Sales Disappoint as Retailers Wrap up First Quarter, According to NRF
Washington – Several months of stronger-than-expected retail sales provided hope that the industry was poised to bounce back, but March retail sales demonstrate that the industry is continuing to struggle. According to the National Retail Federation, retail industry sales for ...read more
March Retail Sales Stronger Than Anticipated, According to NRF
Washington – Surging past expectations, retail sales continued to show signs of improvement as consumers hit the stores for seasonal home goods, furniture and apparel. According to the National Retail Federation, March retail industry sales (which exclude automobiles, gas ...read more
Late Black Friday, Shorter Holiday Season Impact November Retail Sales, According to NRF
Washington – While shoppers were out and about Black Friday weekend, they kept their pennies to themselves the rest of the month with November retail sales showing continued consumer restraint. According to the National Retail Federation, retail industry sales for November ...read more
Financial Crisis Freezes Consumer Spending in October, According to NRF
Washington - As expected, consumers went into hibernation as the full scope of the financial crisis took hold in October. According to the National Retail Federation, retail industry sales for October (which exclude automobiles, gas stations, and restaurants) decreased 0.5 ...read more
Consumers Show Surprising Resilience in July, but Outlook Still Murky According to NRF
Washington – Weary shoppers returned to the stores in July as retailers as were aggressively promoting back-to-school sales. Retail industry sales for July (which exclude automobiles, gas stations, and restaurants) increased 3.1 percent unadjusted year-over-year and also declined ...read more
NRF Says Increase in Home-Related Spending Help Strengthen Year-to-Year Gains
Washington, DC, – As expected, retail industry sales continued to climb with positive gains in March as home improvement and furnishing categories continue to see significant increases. According to the National Retail Federation (NRF), retail industry sales for March (which ...read more
By Kathy Grannis, National Retail Federation
Retail Container Traffic to be Up 16 Percent in July But Double Digit Increases Could be Coming to an End
WASHINGTON – Import cargo volume at the nation's major retail container ports is expected to be up 16 percent in July compared with the same month a year ago, but double-digit increases seen in recent months should taper offer this fall as retailers cautiously manage their ...read more
Modest September Sales Gains Reflect Conservative Consumer, According to NRF
Washington, October 12, 2007 - Though September sales gains were moderate,they were better than expected, giving retailers a welcome surprise as theyhead into the ever-important holiday season. According to the NationalRetail Federation, retail industry sales for September (which ...read more
By NRF


Intro: We have learned that the ten words call us not to mental acknowledgement but moral agreement. If there was one of the ten that would be a no brainer it would be the sixth. In the King James it merely says don't kill. Almost every other version translates these two words in Hebrew thou shall not murder. Almost every society in the world today has some law dealing with cold-blooded murder. This passage deals with murder and more. However, it does show us that all murder is killing but not all killing is murder. It does not prohibit the killing of animals. Exodus 20.24 clearly tells how to sacrifice or kill animals for a sacrifice to God.
This commandment does not prohibit capital punishment. Listen to Exodus 21.12 "He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death." Remember when dealing with the Bible you must take the entire word of God in context. In Romans 13.4 clearly tells us that the government ministers wrath on those who do evil.
Want to answer the question about whether or not you can shoot someone in your house as self defense. The Bible answered it long before the courts did.
It is obvious to me that there is misunderstanding about this commandment. This morning let's begin by getting a clear understanding of the commandment.
In the original Hebrew this commandment is just two words, lo ratzach, don't kill. In the Hebrew language there are at least eight words used for killing. God has chosen a specific and special word for this commandment. It is never used in the legal system or in the military. God passed over seven other words to use this word. Other words are used for the execution of a death sentence. It is never used for the hunting or killing of animals.
The clear meaning of this commandment is the taking of a life that is not for self-defense, capital punishment, or during a military engagement.
This is a clear statement of value. Some call it the sanctity of human life. God calls it His!
From the unborn baby to the elderly individual, God values all life.
What determines whether we value life or not? Do you follow commandment number one. I am the Lord your God have no other god's before me.
It is tragic to me that whales, and turtles, and snails and eagles are protected in our country but the innocent unborn children are not. Some would say that is harsh brother Bill. No harsh is what they do in partial birth abortion. Harsh is what is done when we let people starve to death but we won't let an animal starve.
This commandment reminds us of the source of life and it is from God. It also reminds us of the sanctity of life, which means we are valued by God. Every person no matter their age, iq, looks, no matter are valuable.
Proverbs 12.10 clearly says the righteous will not be cruel to animals. There is no need to be cruel to a creature. However, animals were not created in the image of God. Animals are not called to morally acknowledge God's law.
Those that would take a life do not understand the source nor the sanctity of life.
We have clearly seen that murder is an action. Jesus shows us in His words that the real issue is our attitude. Mark 7.20 Jesus teaches us that the outward act is the result of an inward sin. And He was saying, "That which proceeds out of the man, that is what defiles the man." All of us are born with sinful hearts. We have all experienced hard feelings, anger, maybe even hatred. Those begin in the heart, the thoughts and emotions of us all.
The monster of murder has been tracked back to its lair. It lives in the heart of every man woman and child. No I would never do that!! Have you ever held a grudge, have you ever been bitter toward someone, have you ever lashed out with mean, or angry words. Within the depths of the hearts of all sinful men lies the possibility of mental murder.
Jesus addressed this issue specifically in the Sermon on the Mount.


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Dean Torrence
50s/60s Singles
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Track Listing: Drag City, I Gotta Drive, Drag Strip Girl, Surfin' Hearse, Dead Man's Curve, Schlock Rod (Part 1), Schlock Rod (Part 2), Popsicle, Surf Route 101, Sting Ray, Little Deuce Coupe
Hot Stocker
This was without doubt the first and greatest production in album terms that Jan Berry produced. With hardly any "filler" in sight, and a great line-up of Hot-Rod tracks this album had the word "Hit" written all of it from the very first track. In 1963 terms, this album was once again way ahead of it's competitors in production terms. The opening song Drag City had the sound of The Beach Boys, the production of a combination of Brian Wilson and Phil Spector and the balls of a giant bull! How many songs in 1963 opened with a car revving and felt like you were actually in that car draggin' down the strip? And to follow the song with I Gotta Drive, Drag Strip Girl and Surfin' Hearse was a totally gob-smacking, jaw-breaking experience for any fan of any music.
The version of Dead Man's Curve on this album sounds a bit rough because it was a rushed take, but fans need not have worried as a killer version was only a few months down the road! And what did it matter, with the crazy two-part fun-fest that was Dean's Schlock Rod (Parts 1 & 2) that followed it. This was a pure-genius (or pure NUTS) track that was split in two parts for the album and still raises a smile with people who listen to it today. Part 2 of that track kicks off side two of the album...
After side one's punch, you'd expect side two to be a little limp... Oh no, after Schlock Rod (Part 2) comes the amazingly catchy Popsicle, the funky Surf Route 101 and the weird yet wicked Sting Ray. All great tracks in their own right, followed by a cover of The Beach Boys Little Deuce Coupe (actually, it is The Beach Boys Mike Love singing here with J&D) and rounding off with the quite fun Hot Stocker.
All in all not a bad word to say about this album. A real pinnicle in Jan & Dean's cannon of albums, and one that every Jan & Dean fan should have the privilage of owning.
Release: Liberty 3339/7339 - Year: 1963 - Produced By: Jan Berry
Drag City / Schlock Rod [Part 1] (#10 - 1963 - 11 Wks In Chart - Produced By Jan Berry)
One of the finest songs in Jan & Dean's catalogue rightly made the top-10. This is a great song in every way, from production to vocals. It's not often that you can write about something, and when it is sang that the listener feels like they are actually doing it. A Damn fine record and another must-have for all fans of music.
Popsicle / Norwegian Wood [This Bird has Flown] (#21 - 1966 - 9 Wks In Chart - Produced By Jan Berry)
Little did Jan & Dean know that three years after recording "Popsicle" that is was to be used as a single in 1966. Actully, it was supposed to be the "B" side of the 1966 single "Norwegian Wood", which was a cover of The Beatles song. Dean hated the Jan Berry produced version, after-all (as he said), how could it even come close to The Beatles original? The single was flipped, "Popsicle" made the "A" side and another certified hit for the duo!
Schlock Rod [Part 1] (B-Side - 1963 - Produced By Jan Berry)
It's not often that a "B" side to a recording is as good, if not better than it's original "A" side. And, this song is definitly not better in production style, or even vocals if it comes to that. However, Schlock Rod (Part 1 - AND Part 2) are a stunning example of Dean Torrence input into the work of Jan & Dean. This song has Dean's sense of humour all over it, and it is cleverly-whitty without being annoying!
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