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Oceanus crewmembers trade the helm for the doctor bag
It was supposed to be a routine transit cruise from Woods Hole to
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Oceanus set out in fair weather, but in just a matter of
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winter storm. With winds whipping up to 30 knots, the ship began to
pitch and roll.
The relief mess attendant, Kathleen Uto, was working with steward Chris Moody in the storeroom, carrying sacks of flour, when the ship lurched abruptly. Uto was catapulted through a watertight door opening, crashing headfirst into a steel bulkhead. Moody picked himself up off the storeroom floor, found Uto in a heap in the passageway, and called the bridge for help.
Blood pulsed from Uto's scalp as First Mate Courtenay Barber and Captain Bearse arrived. They tried to stem the flow of blood and assess her vital signs before moving her to a berth closer to the ship's center of gravity, where motion would be less. Ship's Mate Diego Mello, on the bridge of the ship, called for medical assistance on the satellite phone before trading places with Bearse. Barber and Mello are trained to provide medical care for everything from heart attacks to broken bones when a shipmate is injured at sea, but it's a skill they would rather not have to use. For two days in January 2003, Mello and Barber put those medical skills to work.
House Calls at Sea
For crews on all WHOI-operated vessels, the incident aboard Oceanus offered a fresh reminder of the importance of medical training. All crewmembers on WHOI-operated ships must complete courses in basic first aid, said Mike Brennan, Marine Personnel Coordinator. Ten crewmembers also have completed "medical personal in charge" (MEDPIC) courses offered by the Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies, a continuing education center based in Maryland. Every cruise carries at least one certified MEDPIC.
These shipboard medics do not take the place of licensed medical professionals. They are instructed in basic diagnostic procedures, CPR, medical reporting procedures, and the use of automated external defibrillators and various medications. But their main job is to be the eyes, ears, and hands of a land-based doctor at Medical Advisory Systems (MAS), a 24-hour medical center patched in by satellite phone.
WHOI ships are also equipped with medical supplies recommended by MAS. The supplies are organized and numbered so that a shore-based doctor can call up a computer profile and know exactly what tools and medicines are available to the MEDPIC. (These procedures are mandated by the federal agencies that control the vessels in the U.S. academic research fleet.)
Stitches on a Roller Coaster
This medical response system was tested when Uto got injured. Barber and Mello applied compresses to her head, but every time they seemed to stop the bleeding, blood would flow again. Between the rolling ship and Uto's thick, dark hair, it was difficult to assess what was wrong. The MAS support team was concerned about possible unseen trauma, such as a cracked skull, internal hemorrhaging, or a blood clot in the brain. Applying stitches was out of the question. "Envision attempting this on a roller coaster in motion," Bearse said, "and I think you get the idea."
Bearse diverted the ship toward Saint Georges, Bermuda, to set up a medical evacuation. But the nearest land was 30 hours away and the storm was continuing to intensify. In the best weather, Oceanus can cruise at 14 knots. Making a steady 12 knots, the ship was knocked about by Force 10 winds (over 55 knots) and seas of 20 to 40 feet. The ship repeatedly rolled 25 to 40 degrees, sometimes 55 degrees.
The ship's crew of twelve was suddenly down to eight. With Uto injured and Barber, Mello, and a rotating shift of helpers tending to their injured shipmate, "sleep and rest became a rare commodity," Bearse said. "Sacrifices had to be made, watches and duties juggled. But it was never necessary to give orders. The entire crew excelled."
Through the pitching and rolling and sleep deprivation, Barber and Mello had to keep Uto sitting up to prevent excessive bleeding. They braced her, and themselves, from sliding off the settee by sandwiching themselves around her for support.
Ship Shape Again
When Oceanus finally approached Saint Georges a day later, no weather-worthy helicopters or rescue vehicles were available. (Since the U.S. Navy pulled out of Bermuda, the island has been short of search-and-rescue capability.) A pilot boat ushered the ship into the harbor for a rare night docking.
Doctors met the ship at the dock and rushed Uto to the hospital, where she received many layers of stitches and spent the night. Uto was subsequently flown back to the United States for further treatment and recovery, and Oceanus departed for Brazil, short one crewmember. Uto has since recovered from her injuries and is living in Charleston, SC.
"The medical training I received was absolutely critical," Barber said. "I had a degree of confidence, and skill that I would not otherwise have." But he added a note of caution. "Good medical training is an ongoing process," Barber said. "Unlike EMTs ashore who practice their skills daily, we have long dry spells and, quite frankly, become rusty. Because we practice our craft so infrequently, it is important to attend refresher courses and continue our education."
"Someone once said that going to sea involves long periods of boredom punctuated by moments of terror," Barber said. He now cherishes the boredom a bit more, but he is equipped for the terror.


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NEW YORK (AP) — To the uninitiated, the paraphernalia found at the scene of an animal abuse bust — candle wax, medical tape, syringes — sounded more like something from a drug case. But investigators said it was a telltale sign of an underground cockfighting ring that exploited roosters by doping and arming them for battles to the death.
The state attorney general's office and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals on Monday were sorting through the evidence — including as many as 6,000 roosters and hens bred and kept at a farm in upstate Ulster County — in what they called the largest cockfighting takedown in state history. The birds were being secured and cared for while needed as criminal evidence, but they face an uncertain future after that.
Though the hens might get homes, fighting roosters "are extremely hard to rehabilitate and place, almost impossible, because they're bred for aggression," ASPCA chief officer Matthew Bershadker said.
Over the weekend, state investigators aided by the ASPCA arrested at least nine people in raids at the farm, a pet shop in Brooklyn and a secret cockfighting pit in a basement location in Queens. The people were arraigned Sunday on multiple counts of illegal animal fighting.
A criminal complaint suggested that cockfighting is well established in the region. It says a confidential informant told investigators that in the past 10 years he had bred, trained and fought roosters throughout New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. He also "attended hundreds of cockfighting events and observed over 1,000 individual cockfights," it adds.
The birds were subjected to cruelty that began with their owners removing the red, fleshy parts around their heads and necks, removing feathers from their chests to make it easier for them to strike and injecting them with steroids and vitamins to amp them up for fights, investigators said.
Next, the medical tape and wax were used to attach artificial spurs as sharp as razor blades. Stuffed roosters used for training were found at the Brooklyn pet store.
The cockfights in the Queens basement were all-night affairs, with organizers posting private security at the door, charging admission, selling booze and allowing open drug use, authorities said. After matching up roosters by weighing them on a scale, dozens of spectators would wager up to $10,000 on dozens of fights that ultimately left the basement littered with dead or dying roosters, they said.
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Good news for the leather romper suit community: Lotus has just released a fresh batch of images of the C-01, the company's first ever motorbike. And doesn't it look astonishing?
And before you file this under 'Pipedream Render That'll Never Ever Happen', hold on. Because the C-01 is real. And will be built.
Kodewa - the outfit that builds Lotus's Le Mans racer and is in charge of this two-wheeled project - has confirmed that a prototype is road registered and unleashing 200bhp on the streets as we speak.
The C-01's raked-out front forks, long-wheel-base design and wider rubber at the back give it the look of a drag bike. It's also wrapped in a John Player Special carbon livery, which instantly makes anything cool. Not a fan? Don't worry, a range of other legendary liveries that pay homage to Lotus's heritage are also available.
Hanging between the two wheels is a 4-stroke engine, 200bhp V-twin. That's as much power a Renaultsport Clio, in something that weighs only 181kg. No performance figures yet, but we're guessing that you'll have to hold on tight.
This isn't the first time a manufacturer of lightweight cars has gone two-wheeled: Caterham recently announced that it wanted to leather up and get its knee down. But Lotus's bike isn't actually built by the guys in Norfolk that'll knock you together an Exige S: instead, like the Lotus F1 team, the C-01 is produced under licence. Does this put us off? Not at all. Just look at it!
Unfortunately we don't know exactly how much this two-wheeler will cost. What we do know is that only 100 units will be made - so if you do want one, you'll have register your interest sharpish.
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I grew up in the South, where churches can be found on every corner. I went to church. I listened to the stories of the Bible and for a long time, I believed them to be literally true. When I was about 13, I started attending a youth group at my family's church. My faith in the Christian god became very strong at this point. So strongly, I then began to research every aspect of the Christian religion. I wanted to be that person who could spit out Bible verses and show those "devil sent" atheist a thing or two. Yet, as I searched, I found less and less about the "truths" of the Bible. Instead, I found reasons to believe I, and millions of people, were wrong. From there, I began searching for a "new" religion. I dabbled in paganism. It is a very interesting read, yet highly unbelievable. Then, I began to ponder the true question. "If there isn't "one true god," is there even a "god" of any type? Oh Em Gee, could it be? My spiritual path led me in a few directions from there. I am in the process of getting my blog up and running. I plan to go into more details on my journey of un-enlightenment there.
At 24 years old, I am finally ready to say to the world "I am Atheist." Although, I am not completely "out" to my religious family, I am honest with myself. That, in the end, is all that matters.
Please check out my blog. There's only one post as of now but I will be working on it over the next few months. There's also a link there to follow my new Twitter page. I look forward to discussing topics with everyone here!
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We welcome you with open arms! If you need any support or advice always ask! What you are doing is brave and moral and will bring to you a sense of freedom and pride like you have never known!
Thank you everyone for the warm welcome! I'm glad there's a place where we are able to freely speak about our views, no matter how they differ from "mainstream".
@ Katie- It can be difficult to tell someone who believes in heaven and hell, that you don't share their same opinion. In their minds, we are facing the ultimate punishment from their loving god. On one particular side of my family, when (and I say "when" because I actually HOPE there is a day when they do know)..when they find out I am atheist and will be raising my 3 year old daughter as an atheist, I will more than likely be shunned from the family. That shows how deep their faith runs.
I would label (yea, we all hate labels, but they're there) my hubby as an agnostic. I think I've helped him see the light on Christianity. He doesn't really like to discuss this stuff much but I do think he leans more toward the atheist point of view now.
Thanks for the tip. I'll post a reply to her message.
I have a feeling that is the way my "non-denominational" side of the family will react when they find out. Even though there would be a lot of "hush, hush" at Christmas time, I'm sure there will also be a lot of talk at the their church about my husband, my daughter, and me.
Congratulations for embracing Atheism organically .
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For verbiage used however I feel additional selfcriticism is called for ;)
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'Arrow' Star Colton Haynes 'Can't Sleep,' Posts Selfie
Apparently Arrow's Colton Haynes "can't sleep"--at least according to this Instagram selfie he posted yesterday.
Any ideas on how to tire him out?
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Colton is absolutely amazing and I love Arrow. However, I can tell you that nothing can change your good looks faster than night after night of no extended sleep.
Get your doctor to write you an RX for either Ambien - generic = Zolpidem 10 mg.
For some people it takes something a little stronger. That would be Halcion - generic = Triazolam 0.25 mg. (This one can be habit forming after just a few weeks.)
I was Colton's age once and that's when my insomnia began. I was wildly successful in business and I had more offers to do deals than I could process. The prospect of which project to do next kept my mind racing most of the night. I would finally fall asleep around 5 AM and have to get up in 2 hours.
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Libretto by Giovanni Schmidt, after Jean-Nicolas Bouilly
English translation by Gilly French and Jeremy Gray
The Deanery garden, Bampton, 18 and 19 July 2008
St John's, Smith Square, London, 16 September 2008
|Rocco a jailer
|Adrian Powter
Marcellina his daughter
|Emily Rowley Jones
|Giacchinno in love with Marcellina
|Samuel Evans
|Leonora disguised as Fidelio, wife of Florestan
|Cara McHardy
|Don Pizzarro a ruthless prison governor
|Jonathan Stoughton
|Don Florestan a political prisoner
|Michael Bracegirdle
|Don Fernando
|John Upperton
|Robin Newton
|Jeremy Gray
with the Orchestra of Bampton Classical Opera (July)
The London Mozart Players (September)
For two years, Don Florestan has been held as a secret prisoner in a deep dungeon, the innocent victim of the machinations of a corrupt prison governor Pizzarro. Although his friends, including the government minister Don Fernando, believe he is dead, his wife Leonora clings to hope and is determined to find and rescue him. In disguise as a young man, 'Fidelio', she manages to get herself engaged as an assistant to the head jailer of the prison, Rocco. However, her disguise is so effective that Rocco's daughter Marcellina falls in love with her, to the dismay of the prison gate-keeper Giacchino, who had planned to marry the girl himself.
Act 1
In the prison courtyard, Marcellina is washing clothes and musing on her new love for the stranger 'Fidelio'. Giacchino tries to court her, but is repeatedly interrupted by deliveries at the prison gate. Rocco joins them and complains about their bickering. Leonora, in disguise as Fidelio, returns bearing heavy chains which have been repaired and, to 'his' embarrassment, plans are discussed for marriage to Marcellina. However 'he' manages to lead Rocco onto the subject of the secret dungeons, who explains that there is one cell where the inmate, whose identity is unknown even to him, is being slowly starved to death. Pizzarro enters with his guards and receives a message warning him that the Minister is suspicious about illegally held prisoners and is planning a visit of inspection.
Left alone, Leonora expresses her hatred for Pizzarro, her undying love for Florestan, and begs for heavenly courage and strength.
Marcellina is still being pestered by Giacchino and declares that only magic could transform him into Fidelio and therefore cause her to love him. Rocco returns from discussions with Pizzarro and gives orders for certain preparations to be made – Leonora prises out the truth that the secret prisoner is to be murdered that day, Rocco having been paid handsomely with gold for his complicity. Pizzarro is prevailed upon to allow Rocco to take 'Fidelio' as an assistant down to the dungeons. Marcellina urges her father to allow her wedding to take place immediately, but Leonora manages to delay this until the evening. The act ends with an ensemble of conflicting emotions.
Act 2
In a dark and deep dungeon, Florestan has been languishing for two years and is weakened by starvation and isolation. In a passionate outburst he bewails his fate but holds dear to the memory of his wife, whose portrait he has managed to secrete. He collapses before Rocco and 'Fidelio' enter the cell. Leonora cannot see the prisoner's face and so cannot be certain that it is her husband. They move rubble to uncover an old well where Rocco, on Pizzarro's orders, plans to dispose of Florestan's body. Florestan recovers and begs for water, revealing his name. Rocco is prepared to offer a little wine, and Leonora has some bread, but Florestan's gratitude is almost unbearable to her.
Rocco gives the pre-arranged signal, and a masked man enters to murder the prisoner. Leonora is ordered to leave, but hides in the shadows. As the assassin is about to kill Florestan, she rushes out to interpose herself, revealing that she is Florestan's wife. In turn the assassin reveals himself as Pizzarro. In a struggle, Leonora produces a pistol and aims it at Pizzarro, but her action is interrupted by the sound of a trumpet. Pizzarro and Rocco realise this heralds the arrival of the Minister, but Leonora and Florestan imagine that it is a signal of doom. Pizzarro exits with Rocco, who wrests the pistol from Leonora as they leave.
The hapless couple, trapped in the dungeon, are abandoned to despair, tempered only by their rediscovered love. As Leonora is about to explain her ploy, Marcellina enters – she has stolen her father's keys and is intent on rescuing her beloved from any danger. 'Fidelio' refuses to leave and, in front of her husband, has to swear love to Marcellina in order to persuade her to take a message to the Minister.
The couple cling to each other and steel themselves for possible death. Suddenly the dungeon is entered by the Minister and the others. Florestan recognises his old friend, Don Fernando. Fernando has had the situation explained to him by Rocco. Rocco now explains that he had seized Leonora's pistol in case desperation drove her to rash action. Marcellina complains about Leonora's deceit, and Leonora promises to pay her a dowry: Giacchino quickly presents himself as a candidate. Pizzarro is condemned and led away, and the opera ends in praise of virtue and courage.
A fascinating evening
Opera, October 2008
a high quality cast
Opera Now, November/December 2008
this imaginative, focused production
Opera Today, 22 September 2008
something out of the ordinary
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While we keep hearing defenders of the domain name seizures claim that it's somehow "obvious" that Torrent-Finder is guilty of criminal copyright infringement, it pays to remember that IsoHunt, which is being charged with civil copyright infringement (which has a lower bar) has caused something of a stir in legal circles. The original ruling on IsoHunt broke some new ground in actually being one of the first (and perhaps most high profile case) to use the whole "Red Flag" claim to make IsoHunt guilty of contributory infringement. This is why lots of other cases now cite the district court's ruling in the IsoHunt case -- because it's really the only case that recognizes such "general knowledge" as removing DMCA safe harbors.
In other words, it's still a pretty open question how the courts will actually rule on this issue -- and yet Homeland Security and its supporters somehow think it's "obvious" that Torrent-Finder is even more guilty, despite a lack of any actual charges or a full trial? In its appeal, IsoHunt questions whether or not the injunctions placed by the judge in the district court ruling (who, it should be noted, still lets IsoHunt continue to exist, if in a modified form -- unlike the seizures) are violating the First Amendment in forcing search engines to somehow pre-censor their results, based on no factual evidence of infringement.
There certainly may be additional evidence that makes IsoHunt guilty of contributory infringement, but it's certainly not a clear cut question (though I can predict some folks in the comments will claim otherwise). However, considering that this legal battle is still being fought, it seems even more ridiculous for Homeland Security (or its recent college grad ICE agent) to declare that another search engine is somehow obviously guilty of criminal copyright infringement.


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TheRedQueen wrote:mnp13 wrote: Mailing them to me is best, honestly, and I promise I will treat them like gold.
I'm not sure my scanner is working...so I'll just pop some pics in an envelope and send them the old-fashioned way...are 4x6 prints okay?
Yes, 4x6 is fine, I can even scan off of negatives or off of slides (I'm good like that.)


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Some other things we need to do in Hoboken:
1. Close all bars by 11pm. Why do we need them open so late? There's no reason for that. Maybe we can have an exception until 12am on Saturdays.
2. Stop the sale of alcohol on Sundays. The Blue Laws work!
3. End the Arts and Music Festival. It's just another excuse for people to get drunk.
4. End New Years Eve parties at 12:01am, so parents and children - THINK OF THE CHILDREN - should not be kept awake by the revelers.
5. Hoboken bars should ID all patrons and make sure only Hoboken residents drink at Hoboken bars on holidays. Anyone from out of town should get a permit to drink here.
6. City Hall should make vouchers for scared residents, most who hide out in their homes for two days, afraid to venture into our town, to stay in hotels in Weehawken.
7. The quality of life for the residents of Hoboken should come first! A few other things that need to be banned:
a. Dogs. They defecate on the sidewalks and scare children - THINK OF THE CHILDREN!
b. Music. In fact, any music should not be allowed to play from 7pm to 9am.
c. Bikes on sidewalks: Children have been terrorized by this for long enough.
d. Public Displays of Affection (PDA). Anything more than hand holding is pornographic.
8. Hoboken has long traditions, and these all need to end because more parents and children are living here now. We don't need outsiders coming in here with backpacks and suitcases on a Friday and holding our town hostage until Sunday! We need to review all the Hoboken Festivals and change the hours to make them more family friendly.
Yeah, you guessed it - satire! I lived here for 16 years. I'm half Irish. I don't sit there and cry about this parade. It was a booze fest in 1995. People were urinating on the streets and falling over themselves then, too. So, if you chose to buy here, you kind of knew what you were getting into, right?
People don't move into New Orleans and cry about Mardi Gras, do they? You don't have new residents of the Big Easy saying "Hey, we need Mardi Gras to be more CHILDREN FRIENDLY..."
It's the one time of the year that Hoboken has a big party. I was out this weekend from noon until 8pm and didn't see one issue while walking down the street. I read the police report, and have one simple statement:
Find me any parade or festival where there aren't alcohol-fueled incidents.
This isn't to marginalize what happened on the parade day. But when you have a city-wide festival, there's going to be problems. In New Orleans in 2009 there was a shooting on the parade route. Was the 2010 Mardi Gras parade cancelled? Did they change the times of the parade? Were there sub-committees formed and hang wringing from politicians?
Part of the responsibility should fall on residents. The building I live in is a 100 unit condo building. 10 days before the festival each resident was clearly warned about having obnoxious house parties, and that the police would be called for anyone breaking our rules. I also noticed that one multi-story condo building hired four private security guards to stand watch outside their steps on 9th and Adams.
If I were in charge here would be the serious changes that I would implement, and I think would keep the party fun and allow for a more family friendly atmosphere:
1. The parade starts at 11am. As a compromise, I wouldn't sell alcohol at bars until the parade was over at noon. This won't stop house parties or people from getting drunk, but at least the kids & parents who want to come out to watch the parade don't have to deal with someone who is falling down drunk at 11am because they started drinking at a local bar by 9am.
2. Every bar take a page from The Farside and start a countdown clock of three hours. Close the bar for 30 minutes. Clear everyone out. Allow the bar to reset and then let people back inside. This would limit the patrons who stay in one bar all day and get far too intoxicated.
3. I think each bar with a liquor license should pay a special tax on St. Patrick's Day. The money should go towards cleaning up after the parade and all the overtime that is worked by our police and fire fighters. I worked in a bar for 8 years. I know exactly how much money these bars make on parade day. Asking each bar to pay $5 per person occupancy limit (translation, a bar which has a capacity of 200 people pays $1,000). The bar will easily make that money back in about 1/2 hour.
I don't agree with killing the parade by moving it to a weekday. That's nonsense. If you moved into Hoboken, you knew about the parade. It's like moving into an apartment above a bar and then complaining about the noise every weekend. It's like moving next to a firehouse or an Emergency Room and complaining about the sirens. You knew this.
People complaining about public urination on the parade day should try to walk around Newark Street at 1am to 3am on a Friday or Saturday. My dog Rocco and I take late night walks and I catch people all the time going to the bathroom behind cars or on our building at least once a month. I see broken bottles every weekend. I watched a guy walk up 1st street a few weeks ago with a bottle of beer, and he was sly about it - but once he was done he stuck the empty beer into a snowbank and kept walking. This happens all over town, just is magnified by the parade.
Lastly, I find it is always the same people who complain. These are people who forget what it was like to be young and free. People who are concerned about mortgage payments, taxes and open space and not about America being the land of the free. Every once in a while we need to let our hair down and celebrate. No one is proposing that every weekend we have a St. Patrick's Day parade. It's once a year. For those who love statistics - it's only .002740% of the year!


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I'd say go to the T2, for many reasons.I will advise you not to hold any illusions about teaching, though. For one thing, unless you're a diversity pick, if you aren't going to Harvard or Yale, your odds of getting a teaching post are pretty poor. Really. Really.Other than that, the T2 makes a lot of sense.
My T4 had a Harvard grad all the way down to T4 grads.


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Empire State Development has announced that New York is currently accepting applications for military base retention grants from not-for-profit organizations or municipalities with a demonstrated history of support for military bases and units in the state.
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The research group of Professor Petri Pihko at the Department of Chemistry and the NanoScience Center of the University of Jyväskylä has solved two acute problems in chemical catalysis. The research has been funded by the Academy of Finland.
In the first project, the researchers designed a novel intramolecularly assisted catalyst for the synthesis of beta amino acids. Previously published catalysts work only with aromatic side chains in the imines, but the new catalyst designed at Jyväskylä does not have this limitation. The new method might find uses in the synthesis of beta amino acids, which are important building blocks for chemical biology. For the understanding of the catalytic mechanism and design of the catalyst, the researchers collaborated with the group of Imre Pápai (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, computational studies) and Academy Professor Kari Rissanen (Jyväskylä, X-ray characterisation of catalysts).
In the second project, the researchers identified a completely new mechanism for the amine-catalysed Michael addition reaction between aldehydes and nitroalkenes. The mechanism has been a source of intense discussion within the scientific community, with the groups of Professor Yujiro Hayashi (Tokyo), Professor Donna Blackmond (La Jolla, USA) and Professor Dieter Seebach (ETH, Switzerland) each presenting different possible mechanisms.
The new model proposed by the Pihko and Papai groups includes a new species, a six-membered ring, as the key on-cycle intermediate that is protonated in the rate-determining step. The work is a combination of computational and experimental studies that complement each other in understanding the mechanism and demonstrate how difficult mechanistic puzzles can be solved by joining the forces of both approaches.
The research results have been published in Angewandte Chemie.
Explore further: Organic chemistry: Amino acids made easy
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Women's cross country has won 11 state titles and eight ECAC championships.
Men's basketball earned seven league titles, including five outright championships, between 1971 and 2005.
Women's tennis earned the Empire 8 title in 2005.
Ithaca College wrestling has claimed three national team titles since 1990.
Women's gymnastics has won three ECAC team titles in the six seasons from 2000 to 2005.
Men's Lacrosse has posted a 300-167 record in 37 years of varsity play.
Football has earned three NCAA Division III championships.
Women's crew, Division III national champions in 2004 and 2005, on the Cayuga Inlet, Ithaca
Women's swimming and diving own a 250-59-1 record in 36 seasons.
Men's track and field won the state indoor and outdoor championships in 2001 and all-American honors at the 2002 NCAA indoor championship meet.
Women's lacrosse reached the NCAA tournament for the second year in a row in 2004.
Women's basketball has posted 28 winning seasons from 1966 to 2005.
Men's Soccer has made 17 postseason appearances in the last 21 years.
In 23 years of competition, the women's soccer program is 319-103-62 (.723).
Football has appeared a record seven times in the Division III national championship game.
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Do you plan to use Greenlight to enter on Steam?
I think you could do well, you have a completely playable and very good alpha and some very favorable reviews around.
Or do you have other agreements with Steam?
I ask mainly for curiosity since i have already purchased special edition of this great game!:D
PS: sorry if already discussed, i didn't find much on this.


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Excerpt: How the Rich Are Destroying the Earth
I had just finished writing a story about the "soldier of the future," and I was on the bus to Heathrow Airport when I heard the news on the radio. The reporter explained that, according to Swedish experts, a high level of radioactivity that could have arisen from a nuclear-power station accident had been detected in that Scandinavian country.
It was April 28, 1986, the day after the Chernobyl accident. For me, that news suddenly reawakened a feeling of forgotten urgency. Ten or fifteen years before, I had read Ivan Illich, La Gueule ouverte ("Open Mouth," the first environmental magazine, founded in 1972), Le Sauvage (another ecology magazine, associated with Le Nouvel Observateur, that came out in 1973), and had been enthralled by ecology, which seemed to be the only real alternative at a time when Marxism was triumphant.
Then life pushed me in other directions. As a journalist, I was immersed in the microcomputing revolution. At a time when Time magazine crowned the computer "Man of the Year," I, along with my colleagues from Science et Vie Micro, was discovering the arcana of the first Macintosh, Minitel's messageries roses (literally, "pink messages," an online service of France Telecom) that prefigured adult Internet forums and chat rooms, and the adventures of a young guy named Bill Gates who had just concluded a smoking deal with IBM.
Then suddenly, Chernobyl. There was an overwhelmingly obvious need: to think about ecology. And there was an exigency: to report about it. I began to do just that. Since then, I have always been guided by two rules: to be independent, and to produce good information that is precise, pertinent, and original. Also, I held back from doomsdayism. While I was among the first to write about climate issues, the genetically modified organism (GMO) adventure, and the biodiversity crisis, I have never exaggerated. It seems to me that the facts, presented with tenacious attention to such obviously important subjects, are sufficient to speak to our intellect. And I believed that intelligence would be sufficient to transform the world.
However, after having believed that things would change, that society would evolve, and that the system could improve, today I make two observations: First, the planet's ecological situation is worsening at a speed that the efforts of millions—but too few—of the world's citizens who are aware of the drama have not succeeded in slowing down; and second, the social system that presently governs human society—capitalism—blindly sticks to its guns against the changes that are indispensable if we want to preserve the dignity and promise of human existence.
These two observations led me to throw my weight—however minimal it may be—onto the scales by writing this book, which is short and as clear as possible without oversimplifying. You will read an alarm here, but above all, a double appeal upon which the future success of everything depends: to ecologists, to think about social arrangements and power relationships; to those who think about social arrangements, to take the true measure of the ecological crisis and how it relates to justice.
The comfort in which Western societies are immersed must not conceal us from the gravity of the moment. We are entering a time of lasting crisis and possible catastrophe. Signs of the ecological crisis are clearly visible, and the hypothesis of a catastrophe is becoming realistic.
Yet, in reality, people pay little attention to these signs. They influence neither politics nor the economy. The system does not know how to change trajectory. Why?
Because we don't succeed in seeing the interrelationship of ecology and society.
However, we cannot understand the concomitance of the ecological and social crises if we don't analyze them as the two sides of the same disaster. And that disaster derives from a system piloted by a dominant social stratum that today has no drive other than greed, no ideal other than conservatism, no dream other than technology.
This predatory oligarchy is the main agent of the global crisis—directly, by the decisions it makes. Those decisions aim to maintain the order that has been established to favor the objective of material growth, which is the only method, according to the oligarchy, to make the subordinate classes accept the injustice of the social situation.
But material growth intensifies environmental degradation.
The oligarchy also exercises a powerful indirect influence as a result of the cultural attraction its consumption habits exercise on society as a whole, and especially on the middle class. In the best-provided-for countries, as in developing countries, a large share of consumption answers a desire for ostentation and distinction. People aspire to lift themselves up the social ladder, which happens through imitation of the superior class's consumption habits. Thus, the oligarchy diffuses its ideology of waste throughout the whole society.
The oligarchy's behavior leads not only to the deepening of the crises. Faced with opposition to its privileges, with environmental anxiety, with criticism of economic neoliberalism, it also weakens public freedoms and the spirit of democracy.
A drift toward semi-authoritarian regimes may be observed almost everywhere in the world. The oligarchy that reigns in the United States is its engine, using the fear that the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks elicited in U.S. society.
In this situation, which could lead to either social chaos or dictatorship, it is important to know what is right for us and for future generations to maintain: not "the earth," but "the possibilities of human life on the planet," as philosopher Hans Jonas calls them; that is, humanism, the values of mutual respect and tolerance, a restrained and rich relationship with nature, and cooperation among human beings.
To achieve those goals, it is not enough for society to become aware of the urgency of the ecological crisis—and of the difficult choices that preventing the crisis imposes, notably in terms of material consumption. What is necessary is that ecological concerns be articulated in a radical political analysis of current relationships of domination. We will not be able to decrease global material consumption if the powerful are not brought down and if inequality is not combated. To the ecological principle that was so useful at the time we first became aware—"Think globally; act locally,"—we must add the principle that the present situation imposes: "Consume less; share better."
Herve Kempf is the author of How the Rich Are Destroying the Earth.
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Over 800 student-athletes to compete in two-day event
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Jan. 16, 2013) – The ETSU men's and women's track and field teams will compete in Johnson City this weekend, hosting the 35th annual Niswonger Foundation Track and Field Invitational/Knoxville Youth Athletics High School Invitational on Friday and Saturday inside the ETSU/MSHA Athletics Center on the David E. Walker Track and Gentry Field.
The two-day meet begins Friday morning at 10 a.m., with the prelims of the women's 60m hurdles, the women's triple jump finals and the women's weight throw finals. Opening day collegiate events end following the men's and women's 5K run at 7 p.m., before the meet picks back up on Saturday morning at 8 a.m. with another session of the men's and women's 5K. The final events of the meet are the men's and women's 4x400m relay, which being at 6:30 p.m.
"We look forward to hosting the Niswonger Invitational once again," Director of ETSU Track & Field/Cross Country George Watts said. "It has been a great meet for over three decades, which draws a lot of great teams and student-athletes. We are hoping to continue this meet in the years to come, and improve on it each year as we go.
"This is a great opportunity to showcase our campus and our facility, especially since we have a big high school portion of the meet. We hope we will impress some of those kids with our performances and our ability to host a great meet."
Over 800 student-athletes from more than 60 collegiate teams will be competing in the meet. Those teams include Anderson College, Appalachian State, Austin Peay, Benedict College, Bryan College, Chattanooga, Emory, Gardner-Webb, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Kennesaw State, King College, Lee University, Lipscomb, Mars Hill, MTSU, Milligan, Montreat, Murray State, Roanoke College, Southern University at New Orleans, Tennessee Tech, Tennessee Wesleyan, Tusculum, UNC Asheville, USC Upstate, Western Carolina and Wofford.
All 28 Buccaneer women and the majority of ETSU's 37 men will be competing throughout the two-day meet, which consists of 16 men's events and 16 women's events. On the track side, those events include the men's and women's 60m dash, 60m hurdles, 200m dash, 400m dash, 800m run, mile run, 3000m run, 5000m run, DMR and 4x400m relay. Men's and women's field events include the pole vault, shot put, weight throw, long jump, high jump and triple jump. Preliminaries will be held for the 60m dash, 60m hurdles, 200m dash and 400m dash. All other events will consist of only finals sessions.
"This is our first opportunity of the season for our teams to compete in front of their home crowd and on campus," Watts added. "I think they are looking forward to competing on their home track and improving on some marks from last week.
"I think it is a great advantage for out student-athletes to run and compete at the facility which is used to host the Atlantic Sun Indoor Championships. We will have three of our conference foes [Kennesaw State, USC Upstate and Lipscomb] competing in the meet as well, so it will be nice to see how we match up against them before next month's championships.
"We had a great meet last week in Birmingham, and we hope to improve on those marks here. I'm looking forward to seeing good times from our DMR and 4x400m relay teams, and also good marks in the long jump, high jump and pole vault. Some of our student-athletes in those events were not able to compete last weekend, and they will open up for us this weekend at the Niswonger Invitational. We'll be at full force and I'm excited to see how we perform."
Live results will be available throughout the meet at TimingInc.com. Recaps of ETSU's performances can be found at the end of each day by logging onto ETSUBucs.com. Tickets can be purchased at the gate upon entry. Prices are $10 for both days and $5 for a single day.
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The St-Louis room can accomodate 2 people. The room is located in the new part of the hotel which was built in 2008.
Our 14 room hotel offers to our guests a homey feeling combined with the refinement of a grand hotel. All our rooms have a Queen-size bed, a private bathroom with a shower, hairdryer, ironing board and iron, air conditioning, flat-screen TV with cable included, telephone with free local calls, alarm clock, free wireless high-speed Internet.
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McMurry University Men's Basketball Team is Hosting a Food Drive Benefiting the Abilene Food Bank Dec. 18th
The McMurry men's basketball team is hosting a special food drive benefiting the Abilene Food Bank. The War Hawks' have come up with a couple of unique ways to help out. On Tuesday, December 18th, bring any non-perishable food item to the donation box in the lobby of Kimbrell Arena and get in free to the home game versus Northern New Mexico College. Now for the second part of this.
Second, just come to game that night, you will not only be able to enjoy some great McMurry Basketball action, but you will be helping the Food Bank earn cash. McMurry head basketball coach Chris Beard has promised to donate $1 for every McMurry fan who shows up at the game (up to 500) to the Abilene Food Bank. Considering the fact that one can get into the game it should be easy to get at least 500 fans to come watch the War Hawks play ball.
McMurry Basketball Game
Date and Time
Tuesday, December 18th, 2012. Games starts at 7 PM
McMurry University 1401 Sayles Blvd. Abilene TX.
Adult Reserved Backed Seating $10
Adult Non-Backed Seating $8
Student/Senior Non-Backed Seating $5
Additional fees will apply
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Plan to join the McMurry Mens Basketball on Tuesday, December 18 at 7 p.m. to spread some holiday cheer for the Abilene Food Bank. Help cheer the War Hawks onto victory. For future game tickets go to the McMurry University's website for online ticket purchases.


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NEW GLOUCESTER – A Route 26 bypass, constructed in 2007, successfully restored some tranquility to the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village by diverting nearly 15,000 vehicles per day away from the 1,700-acre property.
Today, the cluster of 17 historic homesteads in the village no longer rattles with the passing of tractor-trailer trucks.
But could seclusion for this waning historic community signal the end for the Shaker way of life?
Not if longtime Shaker village director Leonard Brooks and curator Michael Graham have a say in the matter.
Both men have worked tirelessly to bring awareness about the Shaker faith to new generations of people.
Brooks came to the work as a high school history teacher who used to incorporate Shaker studies in his classroom. He has served as director of the Shaker Museum and Shaker Library at Sabbathday Lake since 1988.
Graham began his work at the village as a Bates College student doing a cultural research project on the Shakers in the early 1990s. That work led to his volunteering at the village almost every weekend through college.
Though he was a biochemistry major, Graham had always been fascinated with all aspects of Shaker life and, as a child, he used to collect "Shaker smalls" (creations such as handmade boxes) using money he earned mowing lawns.
Upon graduating, Graham was offered a one-year position as curator at the Shaker village.
He took the job and has been there ever since.
Brooks and Graham have worked diligently over the past few years to head a grass-roots campaign to reacquaint the world with this active community of Shakers, founded in 1783, whose village also is a National Historic Landmark.
Each week, from Memorial Day to Columbus Day, the village offers programs and activities intended to educate others about the history of the Shakers and their unique place in Maine history.
Plans are under way to install an additional archive module to house the museum's growing collection of historic artifacts.
And, Graham is working on a cooperative exhibit detailing Shaker life in conjunction with the Farnsworth Museum in Rockland.
According to Brooks, the Shaker church was founded in England in the 1740s and moved to America in 1764.
"There once were three separate Shaker communities in Maine — in Gorham, Alfred and at Sabbathday Lake, which is part of New Gloucester," Brooks said. "The Shaker village at Gorham had a very short history, from 1808 to 1819. The Alfred community was active from 1782 to 1931 before merging with Sabbathday Lake to conserve their resources."
Just 17 of the original 60 structures remain and are set up to interpret various periods of Shaker history.
One of the homesteads serves as guest quarters for visitors who come to participate in the programs and retreats offered on the premises that serve to provide needed respite and an opportunity to learn about Shaker traditions.
Last weekend, a group of schoolchildren from New York lodged there, taking meals with the Shakers, participating in prayers and chores around the farm and taking field trips to other local destinations.
The Sabbathday Lake village is part of "The Gems of 26" — seven tourist attractions founded along Route 26 that include the Maine Wildlife Park, Poland Spring Preservation Park and properties and the McLaughlin Garden and Historic Homestead.
Brooks believes that people are drawn to the Shaker lifestyle for its straightforward expression of early Christian life and the solace found in its simplicity.
"Brother Ted used to say the word simplicity means 'without folds,' which basically means living life openly and being honest about your life and faith," Brooks said. "A lot of people are attracted to that concept."
A celibate community, comprised of adult converts, the number of Shakers has dwindled over the years to just three remaining members in Maine.
The leader of the group is Sister Frances, now in her mid-80s, who came to the community as a 10-year-old orphan from Lewiston.
While Brooks and Graham oversee the running of the historic aspects of the Shaker Library and Shaker Museum, they report to Sister Frances and Elder Arnold, who oversee the overall spiritual, physical and financial welfare of the community.
Brooks said, "There are two entities at work here: the Shaker Society is a church that exists to educate others about what Shakers call the 'Christ life' and the museum and library are nonprofit corporations that educate people about Shaker traditions and history but are not involved in religious decisions."
At 10 a.m. each Sunday, the Shakers invite the public to join them for worship services that are centered around testimonials, punctuated by Shaker-penned hymns that correspond to the particulars of a person's story.
"One of the most beautiful aspects of meetings are the songs offered up as an accompaniment or complement to the individual testimonies being offered during services," said Brooks. The Shakers have composed thousands of songs during their history, including the song "Simple Gifts" written by Maine elder Joseph Brackett (around 1948 in Alfred).
The village is open to visitors from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, offering six guided tours daily.
A Shaker store and gift shop sells items such as homemade herbal oils, vinegars, soaps and yarn made from the sheep raised there. Books, quilts and other items made by local artisans are sold in the museum shop.
Brooks will retire at the end of this month, passing the director's baton to Graham, who also will continue to serve as curator.
Graham said Brooks, who will transition to a part-time role as coordinator of the Shaker retreat center, has done a fine job of laying the groundwork to build on.
"(Brooks) has provided Sabbathday Lake with a great deal of stability through a very carefully designed, forward-thinking plan of attainable goals that allows us to continue moving forward with the preservation of the buildings, increase the museum and library collections and expansion of our educational programs," Graham said. "He has a personal passion for Shaker heritage, is part of the Shaker family and brings an entirely different perspective to his job, his goals and objectives. He has really given this his all."
Brooks remains hopeful for the future of the village, saying "(Graham) is a kindred spirit with the Shakers. And that's how a good job begins. To discover the Shaker history, you must begin with a knowledge of their religious life, which is the core of their history."
Brooks said he is not concerned that the Shakers are destined for extinction, noting that after 250 years of history in Maine there is always something new to discover about them.
"They work and labor so that there will always be members here as a profession of faith to honor the trust, as they see it, that is in the Shaker church," said Brooks. "I follow their lead. As long as they remain hopeful, I will too."
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The Kansas Supreme Court upholds the 2010 decision by District Judge Bob Schmisseur.
A recent unanimous Kansas Supreme Court decision brought some Pratt County gas producers and landowners a major step closer to resolving a law suit between them and Northern Natural Gas concerning the ownership of escaped gas.
It could also mean a financial boost to Pratt County tax revenues.
In the litigation with NNG, the Kansas Supreme ruled in favor of Nash Oil & Gas and L.D. Drilling.
The March 15 decision upheld an earlier District Court decision that the gas in question had escaped from the NNG gas containment field in Pratt and Kingman Counties.
The ruling said the escaped gas had traveled beyond the one-mile buffer zone around the containment filed allowing it to revert to "native gas" and making it lawful for any producer beyond that one-mile buffer zone to produce that gas under the "rule of capture," said retired District Court Judge Bob Schmisseur who handed down the earlier ruling in April 2010.
Northern maintains the gas is theirs and that Nash and L.D. were responsible for the gas migrating because their drilling practices.
Northern has the right to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court about the ruling but the Supreme Court only handles about 100 cases a year and Schmisseur doubts it will get to them.
On June 2, 2010 the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved expansion of the NNG containment field. That expansion added 12,320 acres and put all but two wells operated by Nash and L.D. either within the expanded area or within one mile of the area.
Operation of those wells has been suspended until litigation has been resolved.
All the wells at issue in the latest Supreme Court ruling are approximately two to six miles beyond the one mile buffer zone around the gas storage filed prior to the June 2, 2010 expansion.
Although litigation continues in this matter, if it resolves in favor of producers Nash Oil & Gas and L.D., the financial return to the producers and landowners will be substantial, Schmisseur said.
Payments concerning the migrating gas have been suspended pending the outcome of this litigation. The Supreme Court ruling does not resolve that issue but it will help move the litigation along.
"The decision is not the end all but it clarifies the rules," Schmisseur said.
The amount of payments in suspension runs into the tens of millions of dollars so resolving the litigation could mean a big pay day for producers, investors and landowners. Since those payments are taxable, it would also mean a substantial return to the county coffers in property tax from land owners.
"This (ruling) is a significant matter," Schmisseur said. "It's good news for folks that own land in that area."
Mike Loeffler, NNG spokesperson, said the ruling didn't change Northern's stance and claim against Nash and L.D. concerning illegal gas production.
"The Friday ruling had no impact on Northern's claim that third parties knowingly caused migration from the Cunningham field and wrongfully took and produced that gas," Loeffler said.
After the Supreme Court decision was handed down, NNG attorneys began evaluating the ruling and planning their next course of action. It is very early in that process and no decisions on that action have been made.
"We're still examining all our legal options at this time," Loeffler said.
The Supreme Court decision doesn't negate any FERC ruling for NNG.
Other litigation between NNG and the producers includes condemnation of the wells within the expanded containment field area in Pratt and Reno Counties. The new ruling will help move this litigation along, said Gordon Stull, attorney for some land owners in this litigation.
More legal issues have to be resolved before this matter is finally closed so this most recent ruling is another step to a conclusion.
"There will be many more rounds of legal fighting," Schmisseur said.
In the original litigation, NNG claimed that ONEOK and Lumen wrongly converted gas purchased from Nash and L.D. Lumen and ONEOK filed a suit for compensation from Nash and L.D. then Nash and L.D. filed various claims against NNG, ONEOK and Lumen.
The district court ruling dismissed ONEOK's and Lumen's case against Nash and L.D. and ruled in favor of Nash and L.D. concerning the gas from NNG's containment field. The March 15 judgment upholds that decision.


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A packed house of parents aired their grievances at a three-hour meeting of the East Hampton School Board on Nov. 20, the night before the start of the Thanksgiving holiday. Nearly all the impassioned comments concerned the new limits on Middle School field trips and extracurricular activities.
"It's like they've sucked all the fun out of middle school," said Sandra Albukrek, whose daughter is in sixth grade and is a member of the Bonnettes, the all-girls choir.
"I understand the need to take the fluff out of the budget, but you also need to take into account that one child's fluff is another child's passion," said Wendy Geehreng, president of the Middle School PTA. Two of her four children are at the school.
Confusion and frustration mounted as parents expressed concern over the cancellation of studio art, of a Bonnettes performance at Lincoln Center, and of the sixth-grade OWLS (Outdoors While Learning Science) program, as well as the absence of a student council, among other changes.
"Perhaps there shouldn't have been a knife taken to field trips. Maybe a scalpel would have been a better option," said Richard J. Burns, Superintendent of Schools. "Tom is going to take care of it. Welcome back, Tom."
"Tom," Dr. Thomas Lamorgese, has served as interim principal of the Middle School since mid-November. Later in the meeting, the board unanimously approved his per diem rate of $350 a day while the school's current principal, Dr. Charles Soriano, is out on an extended medical leave.
Dr. Soriano's absence has fueled much of the ongoing confusion, according to several parents. Dr. Lamorgese said he hoped he might return before Christmas vacation.
The board was unable to resolve all the concerns being raised but did agree that the Bonnettes should take the Lincoln Center stage next spring. Further, at the urging of Jackie Lowey, a board member, the OWLS program was reinstated, at a cost to the district of $4,800, split between the fall and spring semesters at a cost of $2,400 per term. The program will resume after the Christmas vacation.
Mr. Burns reminded the gathering that education comes first, and that time spent in the classroom is the top priority. "Right now, we are in the middle of the pack," he said, "and we deserve to be on the high end of the pack."
Ms Lowey agreed. "There is no question that the entire school district is putting education first," she said. "The board and the administration want to pursue academic excellence from grades K-12. When there is a valuable educational experience available outside of the classroom that enriches our students and furthers that goal, we will support and facilitate it."
Mr. Burns next addressed the issue of making up the five instructional days that were lost when schools shut down after Hurricane Sandy. With state-mandated tests occurring next April, he said the need for increased classroom time was acute. Adam Fine, principal of East Hampton High School, has already canceled January midterms, opting to use the exam week for extra class time.
On Monday, the district released its plan to recover the five missed days. Rather than eliminate the February recess, the spring break will be split into two long weekends, with classes held from March 26 through March 28. In the event of an additional snow day, school will be in session on March 25 as well.
"While not every field trip and extracurricular is necessary, there should at least be a discussion about what is and what is not necessary," Ms. Geehreng said after the meeting. "Our intent was never for the board to have to micro-manage every field trip, but some things just seem to disappear and no one knows why."


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In a bold move, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on June 1 announced that the state will suspend its participation in the "Secure Communities" Program (SComm) until further review. His decisive announcement was a result of the culmination of hard work on the part of New York legislators, advocates and religious leaders to urge the state's withdrawal from the program
The program, launched in Texas in 2008 with the goal of nationwide deployment of SComm being complete by 2013, has become increasingly controversial. Initially pitched as a voluntary program that would focus on apprehending those who were guilty of serious "crimes," the program has faced a slew of criticism from local law enforcement, state officials and advocates for its lack of transparency and oversight, its detrimental impact on the safety of communities as a result of the breakdown of trust of local law enforcement, and its failure to fulfill its original goal of targeting those guilty of serious offenses. This costly program threatens to reduce trust between local law enforcement and communities, encourage racial profiling and separate families. For all the above reasons the Department of Homeland Security announced an investigation of the program at the end of last month.
Explaining his decision to pull New York out of SComm, Gov. Cuomo said-
"There are concerns about the implementation of the program as well as its impact on families, immigrant communities and law enforcement in New York…As a result, New York is suspending its participation in the program."
The move has been welcomed by local officials, law enforcement and advocates, including some members of Congress. Expressing his support for Governor Cuomo's decision, Congressman Jose E. Serrano said-
Governor Cuomo has taken a brave and necessary step in suspending New York State's participation in the flawed 'Secure Communities' program, and he deserves great praise. He is firmly in line with our state's pro-immigrant tradition and on behalf of the immigrants and their friends in our community, I would like to thank him. Having New York State pull back from this unfair and aggressive program should be a wake-up call to the Department of Homeland Security. It is time to end this program and I am glad my home state will no longer take part.
New York joins a small but significant group of states that have pulled out of the SComm program recently. Last month, Illinois was the first state to do so, and faced much resistance from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for the decision. A few days after New York's exit from the program, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick also announced that his state would not sign on to the Secure Communities initiative. Gov. Patrick, in a statement justifying his decision to pull Massachusetts out of SComm, said-
We run a serious risk of ethnic profiling and frankly fracturing incredibly important relationships in communities that are important for law enforcement…I don't think that the Obama administration is satisfied that the implementation of this program has been very effective.
In the absence of federal movement on immigration reform, the states are taking matters into their own hands. In the case of Secure Communities, this has resulted in three states with significant immigrant populations withdrawing their support of a program that they think is ineffective and unjust, sending a clear message to the Obama administration and ICE to review the program and take action to ensure accountability and security, as well as justice and due process for all. Inspired by the actions of Illinois, New York and Massachusetts, there are growing calls in other states, such as California, to pull out of Secure Communities as well.
In spite of these positive steps, the need for federal action on immigration reform is evident in cases such as that of Alabama, where a sweeping anti-immigrant bill that, much like Arizona's infamous SB1070, mandates local law enforcement to stop people based on the "reasonable suspicion" that they are undocumented, enabling the profiling of people based on their appearance. Alabama's H.B. 56 was passed in the Alabama House and Senate last week and now awaits the signature of Governor Bentley. This bill goes beyond the Arizona law- it mandates that public schools check the status of all students; bars undocumented students from enrolling in public college; makes it a crime to knowingly rent housing to those who don't have documents etc. If enacted, this bill may well lead to unconstitutional racial profiling and a breakdown of trust between police and the communities they protect. We can only hope that like in the case of Arizona's SB1070, the values of our Constitution will be upheld, but we wish that such laws could be averted by concrete federal action to repair the broken immigration system.
It is at this time that advocates of fair immigration and the numerous families that have been unfairly affected by SComm and other ICE enforcement initiatives look to the Obama administration to take swift action. There are steps that his administration can take, without necessary involvement from Congress, to push towards immigration reform:
- The SComm program should be terminated since it has proven to be highly ineffective. Designed to focus on dangerous criminals, the program has instead been responsible for unjustly deporting a large number of people with no convictions.
- End partnerships between local police and ICE, and return immigration law firmly to federal control. Local police are usually not trained in the sensitivity of immigration law, which often leads to people being arrested based on racial profiling or for minor offenses and eventually being deported.
- While President Obama has already reiterated his stance against the harsh anti-immigrant laws being enacted in several states such as Arizona, Georgia and Indiana, his administration can be much more publicly critical of these laws. This would hopefully put pressure on the state legislatures to reconsider before taking such drastic steps.
- The President can exercise his power to grant relief from deportation to the young people who can qualify for the DREAM Act, calling for "deferred action."
- Many undocumented immigrants already qualify for green cards but are hesitant to leave the country (and their immediate relatives who are American citizens) due to the risk of not being allowed back into the country. To ease this, the Obama administration can order the citizenship agency to allow these applicants to stay in the country, and with their families, while they are processed.
- Finally, the President can also push for immediate reforms to improve the conditions of those in immigration detention, ensuring the safety and dignity of those being processed through the system.
In his May 10 speech on Immigration and Border Security in El Paso, Texas, President Obama showed an awareness for the "broken immigration system" in America-
Today, the immigration system not only tolerates those who break the rules, it punishes the folks who follow the rules. While applicants wait for approval, for example, they're often forbidden from visiting the United States. Even husbands and wives may have to spend years apart. Parents can't see their children. I don't believe the United States of America should be in the business of separating families. That's not right. That's not who we are.
We only hope that such sentiments are translated – quickly and effectively – into major policy and legislative shifts that would in fact stop the racial profiling that is masked as immigration law enforcement in its current state. When we deny fairness to some, we put all of our rights at risk. Join us in our commitment to telling stories, inviting conversation, and inspiring action that will help our nation move even further in the right direction. To take action against Secure Communities, contact your state Governor to help your state withdraw from the program.
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I picked up some useful tools in Pamela Cooper's "Pathfinders, Guides, Finding Aids, & Catalogs: Strategies for Genealogy Success." So many libraries and archives aren't part of WorldCat, but there may still be finding aids for their collections. Pamela told us how to find them. I'm going to be putting these tools to work in the very near future.
Next I learned the nitty-gritty of using occupational records to place my ancestors in historical and social context in "Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker: Using Occupational Records" with Amy Johnson Crow. This was one of the most interesting sessions I attended all week.
At 11 a.m., I heard John Phillip Coletta present case studies using various sources (original records and published materials) to tell the stories of three immigrant ancestors. John is an excellent storyteller and it was so easy to follow the logical progression of his research.
After lunch, I got to hear Elizabeth Shown Mills present "Elusive Ancestors? There's No Such Thing as 'Too Poor to Trace'." Even though our ancestors may have been considered poor simply because they didn't own any land doesn't mean there aren't records. ESM told us where to find such records.
My last session of the day was with J.H. Fonkert, presenting "Genealogical Fingerprints: Matching and Separating Identities in Family History Research." Jay gave examples of how to solve a variety of identity problems using analysis of different records.
It's been a long week, but a productive one. I've gotten a lot of good information and useful tools (and TONS of freebies). I've made several new friends, and reconnected with some old ones. I'm a little sad, but I'm also anxious to get home and start putting some of these tools to the test. I'm looking forward to Fort Wayne in 2013!
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