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A storm like no one has ever seen at the Jersey Shore brought out the best in Ocean County's workforce, the Board of Freeholders said Wednesday during the board's meeting in Toms River.
Heaping praise on all the departments and the county's Office of Emergency Management, the freeholders said the county's preparation has helped as its towns begin the work to recover from Hurricane Sandy.
"We are all faced with an unprecedented challenge," said John C. Bartlett, deputy director of the board. "We have so much in front of us and it will not be easy."
"No one ever thought it was going to be this bad," Freeholder Joseph H. Vicari said. At the same time, he said, county officials did not overreact to what happened. "The county provided great leadership," he said, as the county Office of Emergency Management coordinated with the county's 33 municipalities and offered support to them.
At the same time, Vicari said, "we also respected home rule."
Vicari said the county's priority is to get people back into their homes as quickly as possible.
"We will not abandon the barrier islands," Vicari said.
Freeholder John P. Kelly praised both the sheriff's department and the engineering department and the County Board of Elections.
"They (the county's law enforcement and emergency management personnel) train 12 months a year every year" in dealing with emergencies, Kelly said. "We get asked why they train so much. This showed why."
The county OEM had to coordinate with 33 municipalities, plus all of the hospitals, schools and more, Kelly said. When there was a shelter to be opened, the county OEM was involved, he said.
"Mike Osborn was the chief and he is an outstanding leader," Kelly said.
Kelly also praised the engineering department, which has been going out and assessing damage, including the county engineer personally checking the structural integrity of the Mantoloking bridge in the wake of the new inlet created in the storm.
"We are one county family," Kelly said. "This event showed that."
The County Board of Elections superbly handled the difficult task of adjusting to meet the needs of displaced voters, Kelly said.
"Election law in a typical year is complicated," Kelly said, "but this year all the rules were amended to ensure all had the privilege to vote, especially those displaced by the storm."
County Administrator Carl Block said cooperation between the county and the county clerk's office helped things go smoothly, even as voters turned out in droves to vote by absentee ballot over the weekend at the county Administration Building.
"We had lines up and down the halls, up the stairs to the second floor, up to the third floor," Block said. "People from other departments volunteered to help." The Clerk's office moved to the administration building, then back to the courthouse for the election, all while maintaining service, Block said.
James Lacey, the liaison to the county's Roads Deparment, said the vast destruction caused by the storm surge that was felt well into the estuaries, including Kettle Creek, the Metedeconk River, Beaver Dam Creek and more was so extensive that it was like a disaster movie.
"This is going to be a long drawn-out healing process," Lacey said.
But with neighbors helping neighbors and working together, the county will come through, Kelly said.
"We are one county family," Kelly said. "This event showed that."


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Oct. 6: James Hanley, 32, Joliet, was charged with DUI, improper lane usage and driving without car insurance at Cedar Road and Route 30. According to police, an anonymous caller complained about an intoxicated driver. Hanley was stopped when police noticed him changing lanes without signaling and cutting off other drivers, police said.
Oct. 6: Cierra M. Bartholomew, 20, of the 3800 block of Sangamon in Steger, was arrested in the 3200 block of Dornell and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident and driving too fast for conditions, police said.
Oct. 2: Jacob Kupsik, 25, of Worth, was issued citations for driving on the wrong side of the road, driving under the influence of alcohol with a BAC greater than .08 and driving without insurance at 5 a.m. at the intersection of Harlem Avenue and Hickory Creek Drive.
Sept. 22: Police saw an SUV back into a light pole, causing the pole to shake, in a parking lot in the 14400 block of LaGrange Road around 2 a.m. The driver pulled away without checking the pole for damage, heading north on LaGrange Road when the SUV was pulled over, according to the report. The driver's breath smelled like alcohol, he stumbled as he exited the SUV and he failed field sobriety tests, police said. Neither his SUV nor the pole were heavily damaged, according to the report. Antonio Aguilar, 55, of the 7800 block of Keystone Road in Orland Park, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, driving under the influence with a blood-alcohol level of .08 and failure to give information after striking property.
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July 21, 2005
It looks like all six Charlottesville elementary schools will be accredited by the state for the first time.
Clark Elementary School in particular has underachieved in these tests--until now. This will be the first time it's been fully accredited. It's most noticeable increase was in English.
The older schools, however, did not show consistent improvement in any area. Walker Upper Elementary may only exceed accreditation in English and math, and Buford Middle School only in science and even that is uncertain. Charlottesville High School struggled in math and science. But these weren't the areas the school board focused on this year.
"I'm pleased with the results. Again, we have some work to do, but I think particularly the areas that we've focused on," said Julie Gronlund, School Board Chair. "We've showed improvement and that's important to know that when you put resources in the right place, you can make a difference."
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By Tom Bone
For The Register-Herald
After a couple of years of seasoning, the Concord University baseball team fields a veteran lineup for the 2013 season.
The Mountain Lions captured the WVIAC championship two years ago. Concord finished the 2012 season with wins in 11 of its final 13 games to post a 26-27 record and earn the final spot in the conference tournament, where the team went 2-1.
Head coach Andrew Wright said on Friday, "It's year three for a lot of these guys that we brought in, who we were able to be pretty successful with as freshmen.
"We're not in a position to call ourselves young anymore," he said. "Our guys have grown up, but we still have freshmen and sophomores who are going to play pretty big roles."
Last month, the preseason poll of conference coaches selected the Mountain Lions to win the WVIAC South Division. Concord got 11 first place votes and a higher point total (113) than any other league school. Seton Hill was tabbed to top the North Division and to win the 2013 tournament.
Concord has 18 returnees from 2012. Seven started in 38 or more games in the field. Outfielder Bret Blevins, infielder Ryan Johnston and shortstop Josh Wenger have been recognized as "Players to Watch in 2013" by the website D2BaseballNews.com.
The Athenians also once again get the services of Jacob Mays, who lasted just three games last year.
In 2011, the left-handed pitcher/outfielder led Concord in batting average (.382), slugging percentage (.529) and on-base percentage. He drove in 36 runs and stole 16 bases. On the mound, he threw 80 innings, authoring four complete games and a 4-5 record.
Wright said, "Getting Jacob Mays back again is going to be huge for us. Offensively, he is the prototypical type of player that we look for.
"Jacob is going to lead off for us. That can all change, (but) as of right now, we're seeing Jacob leading off because his presence in the lineup changes the way different teams attack us."
Wright said, "We've also added two junior-college pitchers and two Division I transfers, which hopefully will add a little more depth, as well."
Two newcomers on the mound arrived from Frederick Community College in Maryland. Tim Leather had a 1.09 earned run average in 2011; Chris Baker recorded a school-record seven saves and had an ERA of 1.13 that season.
Drew Spear comes to Concord for his final collegiate season after pitching 138 1/3 innings for UNC-Asheville.
Wright said "word-of-mouth recruiting" helped the new players find their way to Athens. "We feel like we're doing the type of job that allows our players to go out and really do a good job for us (in) representing our program, and getting people to want to play here," he said.
With regard to recruiting position players, Wright said, "It's gone very, very well. We've brought in a lot of athleticism.
"We're excited about what we've brought in offensively as well, because I think it's going to play well to our strengths and what we look for in the style and system that we play.
"The guys that have grown up a little bit are going to help us out in the middle of our order."
Blevins is projected to be the No. 3 batter. Joey Miller, another import from Frederick Community College, will hit in the middle of the lineup as well, and will play first base. Johnston, who hit 10 homers last season, will also bat in that neighborhood.
On offense, Wright said, "We're going to be in a pretty good situation."
Going into the season, the expected starting rotation is Ryan Weatherholtz, Spears, and Devin Smith, a fifth-year senior.
Weatherholtz went 7-8 last season with an ERA of 5.26 over 89 innings. Smith was 6-3 with a 7.15 ERA over 68 innings.
Wright also likes the quality level of the relief pitching corps, which features all-WVIAC selection Will Zuspan.
"You've got eight to 10 guys who are sitting on the bench after the top three who can go in and keep runs off the board," he said. "We're pretty excited."
Due to the weather in southern West Virginia, the team embarked on its first outing with very little outdoor practice. Wright voiced a positive outlook about the work CU did indoors in the past few weeks.
"In some ways it could be a disadvantage, but in other ways it can force you to focus on the finer details of the game," he said.
"If you spend a lot of time outside, you're more drawn to — just playing games. But (for) individual skill development, you're able to focus more on that when you're forced to be inside."
He said the squad was outdoors to practice "some defensive stuff" on the artificial surface of the CU football field, and faced some "quasi-live pitching."
On the way south to Savannah, Ga., to start the season, the Concord squad stopped off at East Lincoln High School in Charlotte, N.C., where CU alumnus Chris Matile is head baseball coach. Wright said, "He's been nice enough to let us use his field on the way down."
The Mountain Lions took a 5-4 loss in their first game, to Armstrong Atlantic State University on Friday. Armstrong was ranked the No. 29 baseball team in NCAA Division II in the first Collegiate Baseball poll of the season released last Monday.
Concord's first home games are scheduled for Feb. 23 and 24 at noon against Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
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text: The Sinclair sisterhood is about to be rocked from its foundation when Meg-the bedrock sibling most like Momma-collapses with a brain tumor. Surgery removes the invading mass but leaves a sister full of mood swings, depression, anger, and bitterness. Tandy, Kendra, and Joy struggle to find a trace of their formerly happy sister, who always pointed them to life's positives. Meg's husband, Jamison, struggles even more. With no idea how to handle the new, unimproved person inhabiting his wife's body, he finds it too easy to seek solace in the clever conversation of another woman. What none of them realize is that the wisdom they need is already at hand.


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By Beverly Ford
New England Center for Investigative Reporting
---- — Millions of dollars originally intended for smoking cessation programs in Massachusetts have been diverted to offset budget deficits, leaving the state struggling to fund quit-smoking hotlines, treatment programs and anti-tobacco advertising, the New England Center for Investigative Reporting has found.
The cutback in smoking cessation programs comes at a time when more than 9,000 Massachusetts residents die annually from smoking-related diseases and yearly health care costs associated with treating tobacco-related illnesses in the state have risen to $3.9 billion, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
Nationally, those numbers are even more staggering. Annual smoking-related deaths top 400,000 and annual health care expenditures reach beyond $96 billion.
"Roughly 99 percent of all the tobacco dollars that come into the state are used for something else," said Stephen Shestakofsky, recently retired executive director of Tobacco Free Massachusetts, an anti-tobacco advocacy group. He was referring to the nearly $254 million in tobacco-related legal awards given to Massachusetts in 2012. More than $561 million in tobacco taxes was also collected, bringing the state's total tobacco tally to just over $815 million, the CDC reports.
Of that $815 million in tobacco money, only about $4.2 million will be spent in 2013 on smoking cessation and prevention programs in Massachusetts, state health officials said. Since there is no requirement to spend either revenue from the state's tobacco taxes or the millions awarded annually as part of a 1998 Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement between 46 states and four of the nation's largest tobacco companies, the remaining funds will go into the state's general fund to pay for other cash-strapped programs, often unrelated to smoking.
Most of the other states involved in that tobacco settlement also use that annual windfall to fund programs unrelated to smoking, anti-tobacco groups said.
With Massachusetts spending just $4.2 million – or 4.6 percent of the $90 million the federal Center for Disease Control and Prevention says is needed to fully fund cessation and prevention efforts in Massachusetts – the state's anti-tobacco program is woefully cash-strapped.
"Major components of the program have gone unfunded," said Dr. Lois Keithly, director of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health's Tobacco Cessation and Prevention Program, who has seen her budget slashed by $50 million from a peak of $54.3 million in 2000.
New Hampshire received $1.3 million in federal anti-tobacco money for fiscal 2013 and spent it on smoking control programs. But it provided no state money, while collecting $212 million in tobacco taxes in fiscal 2012. The state's $1.3 million commitment to smoking cessation efforts was only 6.9 percent of the $19.2 recommended by the Centers for disease control.
Ad campaign killed
In Massachusetts, the cutbacks killed a major anti-smoking media campaign in 2001 that featured state residents talking about the effect smoking had on their lives, despite the campaign's much-touted success. In conjunction with the Massachusetts Tobacco Control program, the media campaign was credited with reducing per capita cigarette consumption by more than 47 percent since 1997 and curtailing smoking by high school students by 27 percent, according to the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids.
Also lost was $940,000 to fund contracts with 19 community health centers and three hospitals for a program that helped low-income individuals and mothers to quit smoking. Spot checks by state and local health officials at stores to ensure that cigarettes were not being sold to minors also have been reduced. In releasing his proposed state budget last week, Gov. Deval Patrick called for a $1 per pack increase in the state's cigarette tax that is projected to raise $118.5 million annually. An additional $18.54 million in revenue would come from raising taxes on other related products, such as snuff and chewing tobacco. All of that money would end up in the state's general fund. So far, none has been earmarked for the Bay State's tobacco cessation and prevention program, Department of Public Health spokesman Omar Cabrera said.
In the four years since 2009 alone, when funding for smoking cessation programs in Massachusetts stood at $13.6 million, more than $9 million has been slashed from the state's anti-tobacco budget, leaving smokers with even fewer counseling options and support systems.
"It's become a very different kind of program," Keithly said,
The state's current anti-tobacco efforts now focus primarily on providing technical assistance and training to other health-focused organizations to bring the stop smoking message to the public, he said. The state provides brochures and materials. Enforcing anti-tobacco legislation, such as the statewide smoke-free workplace law, has also become part of the agenda along with maintaining a statewide telephone counseling service for smokers.
Smoking rate down
Still, the cutbacks have anti-tobacco advocates worried.
"More and more states are spending virtually nothing for tobacco control. It's a huge concern," said Ellen Vargyas, general counsel for the American Legacy Foundation, a Washington, D.C., nonprofit formed after the Master Settlement Agreement to develop cessation and prevention programs that educate the public about the health effects of tobacco.
Although smoking rates have declined by almost 50 percent in the United States in the last 50 years, 19.3 percent of adults over the age of 18 — or 45.3 million people — still smoke, according to the CDC. Among low-income individuals, certain ethnic groups and male smokers under the age of 18, the percentage of smoking is even higher.
"Clearly, we're not making the investment we should be making if we want to tackle the problem," noted Shestakofsky, adding that cuts to the Bay State's tobacco funding have cost the state a loss in programs that target veterans, the poor and other groups where smoking is particularly high.
Although not specifically designated for tobacco cessation, the Master Settlement Agreement was initially intended to fund tobacco prevention and mitigation programs, even though the agreement didn't exactly specify how settlement money was to be used. Anti-tobacco advocates and state officials said they believe that was because state legislators wanted to control how the money would be spent.
Soon after that first 1998 windfall tobacco settlement, legislators would be spending that money freely. By the new decade, as municipal budgets became tighter, legislators throughout New England and the nation began placing the annual multi-million dollar tobacco windfall into the general fund and using the money to bridge financial gaps in other budgets.
"The reality is we've had a series of fiscal crises and since nobody wants to be raising taxes, they take that money from somewhere else," said Massachusetts state Rep. Jonathan Hecht, D-Watertown, who has been working to legislation to close loopholes on smokeless tobacco products, among the fastest growing segments of overall tobacco sales.
Today, smoking rates for adults in all six New England states are slightly below the 19.3 percent of adults who smoke nationally. But battling the multi-million dollar tobacco industry on a shoestring budget remains a challenge.
"Obviously, we have nowhere near the money that the tobacco industry has. They spend scads of money advertising in the Commonwealth," said Knightly. The industry spends an estimated $164.5 million on tobacco ads in the Bay State.
Targeting kids?
In 2010, the tobacco industry spent $8.05 billion to market cigarettes and $444.2 million to promote smokeless tobacco products in the United States alone, according to a report compiled by the Federal Trade Commission.
Much of those smokeless tobacco marketing dollars are targeted at kids, anti-tobacco advocates say. Although the tobacco settlement agreement prohibited tobacco companies from pitching cigarettes to minors, the agreement did not cover smokeless tobacco products. Hecht said flavored cigars and chewing tobacco with low price points and colorful packaging target children under the age of 18 as an alternative to cigarettes. He worries that the next generation of tobacco addicts may not be far off. "We've let down our guard at a time when they're targeting that new generation," he said.
But Brian May, spokesman for Philip Morris USA, one of the nation's oldest cigarette manufacturers, said the states — not the cigarette companies — are failing the nation's youth by improperly spending money meant to educate them about smoking and smokeless tobacco products.
Since the tobacco settlement agreement was signed in 1998, May said, Philip Morris alone has paid out more than $59 billion to the 46 states that were part of the settlement.
The states have enough funds to spend $65 million every day on programs for underage tobacco use but only spend about $8 million daily, he noted.
The New England Center for Investigative Reporting (www.necir-bu.org) is a nonprofit investigative reporting newsroom based at Boston University and supported in part by media outlets that include The Eagle-Tribune.


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Rally Legend: WRC Superstar Sebastien Loeb Graces X Games, Easily Claims RallyCross Victory
Most X Games fans in the United States more than likely weren't familiar with Sebastien Loeb.
Little did they know – especially due to a lack of publicity by the Games – that a Global World Rally Car Championship (WRC) Superstar and Legend was in their midst.
Oakley's eight-time WRC Champion, famous worldwide as an absolute Rally Car Icon in the actual global circuit, made his first-ever appearance in the United States. And as expected, he absolutely punished the field of X Games drivers – lined with crossover riders – displaying the skills of a true international Rally champion. In other words, he was simply next level on his way to an easy Gold.
"The X Games was a good experience, the track was good and I was excited to race at the X Games and win this competition," said Loeb. "The most difficult point was that first corner because you lose everything if someone hits you."
The six lap final smashed into action with Sebastien screaming out of the gates in his Citroen car like a bat out of Hell. He never looked back – pulling away as a pile of collisions further allowed him to charge his way to victory. Ken Block and Brian Deegan rounded out the podium.
The easy outing topped off a dramatic day that saw Travis Pastrana crash in his heat race. Oakley off road racing star, Bryce Menzies, who was invited by Pastrana to race in the Rally Cross event a mere week before, also crashed out and didn't reach the Final.
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TRAVERSE CITY — The public is invited to play mini-golf on Sunday to raise money for a Central High School senior who was seriously injured in a July car accident.
The "Hope for Hathaway" event will be held at Pebblebrook Golf, 2072 U.S. 31 North, from noon to 5 p.m. All proceeds will go to Ian Hathaway's family.
Hathaway is hospitalized at the Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital in Grand Rapids. He responds to brain stimuli and vocal comments, such as blinking to mean "yes" and wiggling his toes. He can breathe without assistance and say a couple of words, including "mom" and "hi," said Channing Bornschein, a close friend who is spearheading the fundraiser.
Hathaway was injured after pulling out in front of a tractor-semi trailer that was headed north on Garfield. Hathaway was driving east on Potter Road in a Jeep Grand Cherokee on July 25 at about 4 p.m. The semi hit the passenger side of the Jeep, injuring his friend Tyler Morse, 17.
"They were behind a pick-up truck and the stop sign," Bornschein said. "Visibility was bad at that intersection, which has a one-way flashing yellow light. When the truck went, Ian thought it was safe for him to go too, and he didn't double-check the road, pulled out, and got hit on the passenger side."
Morse broke his ankle, bruised his internal organs and injured his left hip. Hathaway suffered severe brain trauma after striking his head on the Jeep roof, Bornschein said.
Physicians expect Hathaway to remain at Mary Free Bed for the next 2½ months; his pathway to recovery is unpredictable, particularly since he is a teen, Channing said.
Both Hathaway and Morse played for the Traverse City Central High School football team, who will meet up with its cross-town rival today.
"Tyler will be with the team on the field, but he's benched because his foot is still in a walking boot," Channing said.
For those who can't attend, donations can be sent to the Pebblebrook address, with checks made out to Pebblebrook Golf, with "Ian Hathaway" in the memo line. Bracelets that say "Hope for Hathaway" are also available at Pebblebrook. For more information, please email email@example.com.


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There isn't really a night-life. There is a curfew and it's against the rules to drink and stuff.
I don't go to any nighttime stuff because there is a curfew
What nightlife? It's non existent. Curfew is required, and living on campus is too.
The adventist youth think they know how to party.. but they can't compare to any real University. They do try though, i'll give them a C for trying. After about 9 o'clock everything starts slowing down. By 11 o'clock EVERYTHING IS CLOSED! Curfew anyone? I enjoy going to other schools such as WMU and Notre Dame to have fun at night. I of course end up getting a few AWOL's for not being in my bed by midnight though.
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anyone heard of the total gym 2000? i just borrowed my uncle's one...it looks pretty good to me...
here's a link to a description
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Total Gym 2000 #2
i couldn't find their actual home page
omg... they have those adverts on TV... so cheesy. Some of the movements look so awkward.
Jeez, join a gym dude.
except...since i'm not that bulky yet...it looks good 4 me
Lack of bulk doesnt mean you can't join a gym. Lack of money is a different story.
Burritos are the bomb for bulking!
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Deadlift: PR 1@440, Goal 1@450
Squat: PR 1@375, Goal 1@400
Bench: PR 2@275, Goal 1@300
Dude you will be better off in the long run with a weight set. I dont know about you but when I work out at home I am too distracted. I am not saying it wont work I know there are plenty of people that work out at home with no problems. I am not one of them. Are you going to be one of them? A gym really isnt too expensive if you shop around. Also if you talk with them they might be willing to work something out with you on price too. You never know until you ask. But you should realy thing about the above contraption. Even if it does work for some time how long will you gain muscle using your body weight for resistance?
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so no one thinks it's useful to use? because i was using it last night...and it seems alright.
judging by the picture...can anyone please help me by pointing out a few exercising methods for:
because i forgot to get the manual...
it exercise, so it does have a purpose.
however it all depends on your weight training goals, if you want to be big and or strong, then your wasting your time with that.
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You will outgrow it very quickly. I'd go for a weight set.
if i use it, what will i accommplish?? remembering that i'm very skinny at the moment and am not very muscular...
Originally posted by MrWebb78
it exercise, so it does have a purpose.
however it all depends on your weight training goals, if you want to be big and or strong, then your wasting your time with that.
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Okay.. it is useful if your getting into weighlifting.. you can do basic things with it... But as someone else mentioned ( to lazy to look at who said it :P ) You will be better off getting a nice bench and weights. The total gym can only bring you so far.. same with ANY peice of equipment.. including free weights.. you can only get so far.. just that free weights will allow you to get much MUCH further then that machine will.


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As the left sees its election lead vanishing, they look into their bag of sure fire tricks and pull out a standard polarizing topic: abortion. Why does abortion fire up so many voters? The right to take another life has always been a stain on our history and our country.
Let's look at how abortion is a mirror to slavery of the past. Many moralists believed it was immoral to own or kill another human being. It was not until a war was fought and the president changed the law that it became illegal for one human being to determine the life outcome of a fellow human being. It was once lawful for a slave owner to purchase property (a slave), sell, abuse, or kill his own property with little or no outrage from fellow humans. Nowadays, a woman can also kill her property i.e., her pregnancy.
Since a slave was considered property, the slave owner decided if the slave should live or die. The slave held no power in the decision. If the slave was interfering in the life of the slave owner to an undesirable state, the slave owner could decide to sell the slave or even to have the slave put to death. The slave owner had property rights to the future of that human life. Hundreds of thousands died in order to end the issue of calling a fellow human being "property." The issue of property rights of owning another fellow human being became repugnant.
There is a war going on today that has the same moral issue. Slavery had to do with one person believing they had property rights regarding another human being. In our society today, women have the same rights when it comes to the ownership of their unborn children. If the woman decides she does not want the child she can kill the child with no legal repurcussions. A woman can be six months pregnant and go to an abortion clinic and end that child's life with no repercussions just as the slave owner could kill his slaves. The child has no rights to their life anymore that a slave did years ago. If a woman decides that her pregnancy is not working well into her life since she "owns" the property within her, she has the right to end the life within her. Abortion is the slavery of the 21st century. Will we have to fight a war to end the belief that women have property rights to another human being?
Abortion is the one issue that will polarize a nation quicker than any other issues during election time. If you believe that a person does have the right to take another person life then you will probably vote for Obama. He states he would give his daughters an abortion because he does not want to saddle his daughters with a mistake. Abortion is a moral issue. It is a moral question as to when life begins and when the child is viable. The truth is this country has given property rights to women who are pregnant. A woman has the property rights to her body just as the slave owner had property rights to his slave's life. It took a war and new laws to stop slavery, what will it take to stop abortion?
I agree that a woman does have the right to her body but that also includes the newly formed woman in the womb. I believe that just as a slave master was able to murder his slave if he or she did not meet with their approval, it is the same logical answer given for abortions. The pregnancy does not meet with the approval of the woman and so since she holds property rights to her body and therefore the child, she has the right to kill the child just as the slave owner had the right to do away with his property problem.
The left is in such a bad place that I guess they will have only "one trick" left up their sleeves. Anytime the left gets into a place of no win, they reach into their pocket and the pull out their "go to rally topic" of, you guessed it... ABORTION! They have gone to this issue so many times even the abortionist get weary of being called baby killers. The women I know that have had abortions will say it was a mistake. The women I know that have had abortions still mark their dead child's birthday each year. The women I know that have had abortions do not want their daughters or their granddaughters to experience their pain that followed them throughout their lives.
So abortion is a HUGE issue in this election. Abortion affects all. But more than all of the above reasons, the women I know that have had an abortion, want this election to be about issues that affect the majority of women. They are interested in a secure job that become a career, a safe future free of a another 911 attack, a house to live in, their neighborhood vibrant and not full of empty houses, they want medical care that they direct and not medical care that the government directs, and they want their retirement protected. They have seen these serious issues become lost in the clamor of the more fiery issue of abortion. The abortion issue affects a very limited small group of Americans. Why is it that the majority of Americans have to be highjacked into the abortion discussion each year by the left? Easy, it is all they have anymore!


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A solid second half wasn¹t enough to overcome a sloppy first half for the Washington Hatchets as Mt. Vernon remained unbeaten with a 53-48 win at the Hatchet House on Friday.
After ending Loogootee's undefeated season a week ago, Washington (2-6, 0-1) found the going tougher against Class 3A No. 10 Mt. Vernon (8-0, 3-0). The game was even early on before the Wildcats pulled ahead at the end of one quarter 16-8, and Mt. Vernon would go on to forge a 29-19 lead at halftime.
Washington suffered from breakdowns on both ends of the floor. On offense, the Hatchets inability to take care of the basketball - 10 turnovers at the half and 18 for the game, prevented the Hatchets from keeping up with the hot shooting Wildcats. Mt. Vernon hit the basket at a 48 percent (10-21) clip in the first half.
But the Hatchets didn't quit, using a 9-4 run to outscore Mt. Vernon 15-9 and cut the Wildcat lead to 38-34 heading into the final eight minutes of play. Washington scored the first six points of the fourth quarter, including a 3-pointer from Jarrod Purdue, a free throw from Jake Brashear, and a bucket from Cullen Arnold, to claim the Hatchets¹ first lead of the game since early in the first quarter at 40-38 with 6:06 to play.
At that point, however, the turnover problem that hampered Washington in the first half returned. Washington committed turnovers on seven consecutive possessions in the final 6:00 of action as Mt. Vernon closed out the win, a game that the Hatchets had a chance to win according to coach Gene Miiller.
"We had a great opportunity (in the fourth quarter). We took the lead and had a chance to win the ballgame, and then we turned the ball over the next seven possessions," said Miiller. "It kind of reminded you of the end of the Forest Park game a few weeks ago.
"In the third quarter, we just had one turnover and came back, that's where we came back. We shot the ball pretty well, but we just have to get shots.
We're just not doing a very good job of taking care of the basketball.
That's got to be the emphasis for the rest of the season." Cullen Arnold led Washington with 15 points and also added 16 rebounds.
Jarrod Purdue hit a trio of 3-pointers on the way to 11 points, while Jake Brashear added seven points. Tyler Stoll added six points for the Hatchets and pulled down three rebounds. Andy Garland netted four points and four assists, while Colton Garland scored three points and Jake Bedwell two points to round out the Hatchet scoring.
Washington improved defensively in the second half, switching to half court zone defense after halftime that Miiller praised.
"Defensively we didn¹t do a bad job. We switched to a zone in the second half, which is unusual for us, but the kids did a nice job with it," said Miiller. "Early, when we're in man, they were just hard for us to guard. We went to the zone, it got them standing around and slowed them down offensively." Mt. Vernon placed three players in double figures, led by Brian Koch's 17 points. Bryce Newman added 11 points and Collin Varner 10 for the Wildcats.
"They're a good basketball team, they're undefeated for a reason. But we had our chance and we just didn't finish it off," said Miiller. "That's the thing right now. We've been in every game except the Bosse game, we just haven't been able to finish things off. Hopefully we'll learn that in the next two months, and if we do, we've got a chance to win at tournament time." Mt. Vernon fought off the Hatchets for a 47-43 win in the reserve contest. Matthew Sparks led the Hatchets with 10 points, followed by Nicholas White with eight points.
The Hatchets remain home on Friday when they host Evansville Mater Dei.
Mt. Vernon (53) - Newman 5 1-2 11, Varner 3 4-7 10, Redman 1 2-2 4, Koch 7
0-4 17, Irvin 1 2-2 4, VanZant 3 1-2 7. Totals 20 10-17 53.
Washington (48) - Purdue 4 0-0 11, C. Garland 1 1-2 3, A. Garland 2 0-0 4, Brashear 3 1-2 7, Stoll 3 0-0 6, Bedwell 1 0-0 2, Arnold 4 7-11 15. Totals
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As code repositories become increasingly complex, tools like IPCompass [www.ententesoftware.com] are important for tracking license rights within the context of how the code is used.
Even though getting the tool to compile and install on my OpenSuse 12.2 x86_64 has taken me the better half of today's afternoon, once I installed the tool I can't help but be amazed at the awesomeness of it!
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This was easy and affordable to pull together and the flavor was amazing! I agree with one reviewer who mentioned that it's not always super easy to cut the thigh pieces in half with the bone. Ching uses a chinese cleaver which would definitely do the trick. I got it done with a large chefs knife and a little extra pressure but it was totally do-able!
Worth it to get this flavor and texture. The chicken was juicy and crispy, not greasy at all. I would highly recommend this one. Street or pub food enough as a game-day appetizer. Definitely weeknight, family and budget friendly as well!!
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Very good and pretty easy. Would not rate it outstanding, but I'll probably make it again. Made with fried rice. I'd rate it a 4.
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I'm Chinese-American & have always wondered what made the crispy chicken I would get as a snack at the bubble tea places so tasty & Ching-He has uncovered it for me! I LOVE this recipe- the chicken was so tasty after only 3 hours of marinade. The cornstarch gave it a delicious crispy coating. The pieces were not greasy & SOOOO moist. My only qualm with this is the cut of the chicken with the bone in bc of the splinters. Next time, I may use chicken breasts instead. If it really makes a big negative difference in taste/moistness, then I'll return to the thigh bone-in cut but maybe still remove the bone.
By UmustBon1
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So yummy. This turned out great for me, and it was really easy. My chicken thighs were large and the recipe said to cut them in half. I cut them in fourths to make them for finger-food sized. I also found that the smaller sized pieces cooked much faster, only about 4 1/2 minutes in my frier. Can't wait to make them again. My kitchen did continue to smell like five spice for the rest of the day, but I love that smell.
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Climate change itself is already in the process of definitively rebutting climate alarmists who think human use of fossil fuels is causing ultimately catastrophic global warming. That is because natural climate cycles have already turned from warming to cooling, global temperatures have already been declining for more than 10 years, and global temperatures will continue to decline for another two decades or more.
That is one of the most interesting conclusions to come out of the seventh International Climate Change Conference sponsored by the Heartland Institute, held last week in Chicago. I attended, and served as one of the speakers, talking about The Economic Implications of High Cost Energy.
The conference featured serious natural science, contrary to the self-interested political science you hear from government financed global warming alarmists seeking to justify widely expanded regulatory and taxation powers for government bodies, or government body wannabees, such as the United Nations. See for yourself, as the conference speeches are online.
What you will see are calm, dispassionate presentations by serious, pedigreed scientists discussing and explaining reams of data. In sharp contrast to these climate realists, the climate alarmists have long admitted that they cannot defend their theory that humans are causing catastrophic global warming in public debate. With the conference presentations online, let's see if the alarmists really do have any response.
The Heartland Institute has effectively become the international headquarters of the climate realists, an analog to the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). It has achieved that status through these international climate conferences, and the publication of its Climate Change Reconsidered volumes, produced in conjunction with the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC).
Those Climate Change Reconsidered volumes are an equivalently thorough scientific rebuttal to the irregular Assessment Reports of the UN's IPCC. You can ask any advocate of human caused catastrophic global warming what their response is to Climate Change Reconsidered. If they have none, they are not qualified to discuss the issue intelligently.
Check out the 20th century temperature record, and you will find that its up and down pattern does not follow the industrial revolution's upward march of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), which is the supposed central culprit for man caused global warming (and has been much, much higher in the past). It follows instead the up and down pattern of naturally caused climate cycles.
For example, temperatures dropped steadily from the late 1940s to the late 1970s. The popular press was even talking about a coming ice age. Ice ages have cyclically occurred roughly every 10,000 years, with a new one actually due around now.
In the late 1970s, the natural cycles turned warm and temperatures rose until the late 1990s, a trend that political and economic interests have tried to milk mercilessly to their advantage. The incorruptible satellite measured global atmospheric temperatures show less warming during this period than the heavily manipulated land surface temperatures.
Central to these natural cycles is the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO). Every 25 to 30 years the oceans undergo a natural cycle where the colder water below churns to replace the warmer water at the surface, and that affects global temperatures by the fractions of a degree we have seen. The PDO was cold from the late 1940s to the late 1970s, and it was warm from the late 1970s to the late 1990s, similar to the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO).
In 2000, the UN's IPCC predicted that global temperatures would rise by 1 degree Celsius by 2010. Was that based on climate science, or political science to scare the public into accepting costly anti-industrial regulations and taxes?
Don Easterbrook, Professor Emeritus of Geology at Western Washington University, knew the answer. He publicly predicted in 2000 that global temperatures would decline by 2010. He made that prediction because he knew the PDO had turned cold in 1999, something the political scientists at the UN's IPCC did not know or did not think significant.
lol, contrast your incorrect assertion that the earth is cooling with the actual measurements. Calm reasoned incorrect information is still incorrect. I also really like how you compare a comment in a forum to a pre-prepared and edited report. Then you make the ad hominem attack extrapolating this to all climate realists and to top it off throw in the pejorative term 'alarmists'. Nice work, do you ever look at real data or just print false information and troll for comments?
For actual data start here:
Don't like that? How about here:
Or of course the BEST study:
Speaking of logic and analysis, what physical process do you propose overrides the greenhouse properties of CO2? Or do you claim that this easily measured gas is not in fact rising in concentration in the atmosphere?
While we are at it, how do you account for the warming of the poles faster than the lower latitudes, the faster warming of the night thanthe day, and the cooling of the upper atmosphere while the lower atmosphere warms?
Hi Peter, thanks for the reply. You like to talk about Easterbrook, perhaps you are unfamiliar with how he has been caught cherry picking his data to make the false claim that the globe is cooling?
You also are going back to your PDO and AMO claim, but the problem for you is I have a science background and know that you are NOT replying to the observed facts I listed when you throw that claim in.
So here are the observed facts once again:
"While we are at it, how do you account for the warming of the poles faster than the lower latitudes, the faster warming of the night than the day, and the cooling of the upper atmosphere while the lower atmosphere warms?"
These observed facts are consistent with warming from greenhouse gas increases, but they are not consistent with PDO. AMO, or solar activity.
So here is the problem, the earth is not cooling, the observed data (I listed the links for you already) when taken as a whole and not cherry picked like Easterbrook and you want to do shows a clear warming trend, not a cooling trend.
I am curious about the Climate change Reconsidered though, I will give it a look.
Hi from Australia Sir.We are going through the same thing with all these name calling and Ad hom attacks.This is all the alarmists and scaremongers have now as the planet is not doing what their models predicted.We are now waiting for Hansens prediction of and Arctic sea ice gone summer 2012 which is not far away so we all get to see Hansens models accuracy.We have a face book page for realists with lots of knowledge not only from you folk but many other people.Keep up the great work.
Co2 does not trap heat!
lol since when did NASA measure temperature before 1979??
NASA,NOAA,GISS got busted changing past data to get what they want now.I like to know how they got temp data in 1880??Satellites came out after 1979 didn't they??
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We have visited Houston, TX, several times to spend time with extended family there. We've always enjoyed our visits, and briefly entertained the notion of living there a few years ago. The timing wasn't right then, and the door was closed to us for a season.
That door has recently swung wide open, and with joyful hearts, torn over leaving our beloved extended family here, we will march right through!
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The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
|3000 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis, Indiana, 46208-4716
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|1+ million annually
|(President/CEO) Jeffrey H. Patchen
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The Children's Museum of Indianapolis is the world's largest children's museum. It is located at 3000 North Meridian Street, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States in the United Northwest Area neighborhood of the city. The museum is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. It is 472,900 square feet (43,933.85 m2) with five floors of exhibit halls and receives more than one million visitors annually. Its collection of over 120,000 artifacts and exhibit items are divided into three domains: the American Collection, the Cultural World Collection, and the Natural World Collection. Among the exhibits are a simulated Cretaceous dinosaur habitat, a carousel, and a steam locomotive. Because the museum's targeted audience is children, most exhibits are designed to be interactive allowing children to actively participate.
Founded in 1925 by Mary Stewart Carey with the help of Indianapolis civic leaders and organizations, it is the fourth oldest such institution in the world. The current site became home for the museum in 1946; the current building was constructed in 1976, and has had six major expansions since then. The museum hosts thousands of activities annually, including plays at the Lilly Theater, classes and workshops for school children, traveling exhibits, and fund-raising events. With a 2008 budget of $28.7 million, it has 400 employees and 1500 volunteers. Its financial stability is ensured by a large endowment that was first established in the 1960s and is governed by a board of trustees.
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis was founded in 1925 by Mary Stewart Carey, a wealthy civic patron who owned the Stewart-Carey Glass Company. She was inspired to create the museum after a 1924 visit to the Brooklyn Children's Museum.[1] Carey began a campaign to start a Children's Museum in Indianapolis and enlisted the aid of other local civic leaders and the Progressive Teacher's Association. With their support, the museum opened in a garage complex that belonged to Propylaeums, a local civic club.[2] A board of trustees was established to manage the museum and Carey was elected its first president.[3] The early exhibits were created and donated by school children. Carey sought a larger facility and after two moves, she finally located the museum in her own mansion on Meridian Street in 1926. The same year the first curator, Arthur Carr was hired.[1] Carr arranged Carey's specimens into exhibits and managed the museum. The first permanent exhibits were marine, Japanese, pioneer, archeology, and nature. By the 1930s, a larger staff was hired and Carr became director after Carey's 1938 death. The museum began offering guided tours to school children, organized traveling exhibits that were moved around to area schools, and began hosting events for fund raising.[4] Early members were given a Seahorse pin to identify them as Youth members.
In 1942, Carr retired from the museum and Grace Golden became the new director. Golden sought to further expand the museum and successfully solicited grants from the Indianapolis Foundation, the Lilly Endowment, and members of the Lilly family. She also secured several important corporate sponsorships. The new revenue allowed the museum to purchase its own building, a former mansion on North Meridian Street. Golden also began a diversification of the museum's exhibits, rather than relying on local donations. She successfully created partnerships with other museums who loaned exhibits of Native American artifacts in 1947, a gallery of dinosaur skeletons in 1949, the mummy Wenuhotep was given on permanent loan from the University of Chicago in 1959, a nineteenth-century log cabin was donated in 1961, and the Hall of Man was added in 1962. Several new permanent exhibits were created during her tenure, focusing on pioneer life, natural science, and ethnography. Golden also established a Junior Docent program, created two weekly television shows for local broadcast, and began a program of interpretive activities.[4]
In 1964 Golden resigned and was succeeded as director by Mildred Compton. Compton remained director until 1982. She created the first long term financial plans for the museum by establishing an endowment, and began advertising campaigns for donations and to increase attendance. The museum was enhanced to help it earn accreditation from the American Alliance of Museums by standardizing and cataloging its exhibits and archives and implementing conservation techniques. New permanent exhibits were obtained during Compton's tenure including the Physical Science Gallery in 1967, the Reuben Wells Steam Engine in 1968, and the Model Train Gallery in 1970.[4]
A fund raising drive held in 1973 raised $8.7 million and allowed for the construction of the current museum building. The old museum was demolished and the new one built on its site. Finished in 1976, the new museum had modern conservation and storage facilities, classrooms, the 350 seat Ruth Allison Lilly Theater, and a much larger five-floor exhibit area. New exhibits and attractions were added for the grand opening including a carousel, a simulated cavern, and a mastodon skeleton.[4]
Peter Sterling became director in 1982 and continued to pursue a growth policy for the museum. A restaurant and outdoor garden gallery was added in 1983, and in 1984 the Caplan folk art collection of 50,000 items was donated by Frank and Theresa Caplan, nearly doubling the number of items owned by the museum. In 1987 the museum undertook a $14 million expansion with the construction of a welcome center and atrium entrance, a planetarium, and an additional exhibit hall. A grant from Lilly Endowment funded the construction of the Eli Lilly Center for Exploration in 1990.[4]
By 1992, the museum was hosting 4,000 programs and activities annually and had an annual attendance of 835,000 patrons. It employed 165 full-time employees, 227 part-time employees, and 850 volunteers. Revenue in 1992 was $12.4 million.[3]
In 1996 a 310-seat large-format theater called the CineDome was constructed adjacent to the museum. In 2004 the museum added a 950-space parking garage and the CineDome was converted to Dinosphere, which is built within and around the former CineDome. The Welcome Center was expanded again in 2009 increasing the total size of the museum to 472,900 square feet (43,930 m2).[5]
The museum's current CEO Jeffrey H. Patchen was hired in 1999, after serving as a Senior Program Officer at the J. Paul Getty Museum.[6]
In 2008, the institution had revenue of $26.37 million and expenses of $26.369 million, with over half its income being supplied by the museum's endowment.[7] The facility had more than one million visitors in 2008.[8] Field trips from 775 schools brought more than 83,000 students to the museum during 2008.[9] In 2010 the museum had 400 part and full-time employees. Additionally, 1,500 individuals contribute over 65,000 hours of volunteer work annually.[10]
The museum has five floors of exhibit halls in the main building. There are several smaller structures around the main building including a planetarium, Dinosphere, a theater, and an outdoors garden gallery. In total, the museum has 472,900 square feet (43,933.85 m2) of floor space.[5] The museum has a collection of over 120,000 artifacts,[11] divided into three groups: Natural World, Cultural World, and American Collections.[12]
To maintain a regular change in its exhibits, significant emphasis is placed on research and development. Field experts are consulted regularly to assess the exhibits and offer proposals for new ones. The museum employs many experts who are leaders in their field of study.[13] Because of its leadership and innovations, the museum is a world leader in its field.[14] Child and Parents magazine have both ranked the museum as the best children's museum in the United States.[15] The "institution is considered the gold standard of museums for children."[16]
The museum employs a Wikipedian in Residence, appointed in August 2011,[17] and has some QRpedia codes posted for visitors to read Wikipedia articles about objects in the collection, translated into their preferred language.[18] QRpedia codes are located in the All Aboard! exhibit, which directs users to the Reuben Wells steam engine Wikipedia article,[18] and in the Carousel Wishes and Dreams exhibit, which links to the Broad Ripple Park Carousel article.[18]
The main stairwell of the museum is a giant spiral ramp which allows visitors to access all five levels of the museum by strollers, wheelchairs, and walkers. In 2006, glass artist Dale Chihuly installed a four-story glass sculpture inside the central atrium of the giant spiral ramp. The sculpture is called Fireworks of Glass and is accompanied by an exhibit of Chihuly's glass blowing methods.
Lower Level[edit]
The National Geographic: Treasures of the Earth exhibit, which includes three areas, is located on the Lower Level of the museum and was first opened on June 11, 2011. One area contains ancient Egyptian artifacts presented in a replica of the tomb of Seti I. Another area has a simulated archeological dig where artifacts about Zhao Zheng, the first Emperor of China, were discovered. The third area features artifacts retrieved from a pirate ship wreck.[19]
The lower level also hosts a planetarium, a theater, and a 11,000 pounds (5,000 kg) steam engine designed by Reuben Wells in 1868 to conquer Indiana's Madison Hill. The engine is attached to a Pennsylvania Railroad caboose that visitors can find in the museum's "All Aboard!" Gallery.[20]
Main Floor[edit]
On the main floor/ground level the Museum has the Welcome Center with adult and juvenile Brachiosaur sculptures climbing into the front. These sculptures are physiologically accurate to current paleontological knowledge and were created by Gary Staab and painted by Brian Cooley who created the sauropod sculptures which are crashing out of the Dinosphere.[21][22] Outside the museum on this level is the Seven Wonders of the World garden, a green rain garden, parking garage, and the oversize parking lot to accommodate large parties of visitors such as schools on field trips.
A focal point of the ground level of the museum is North America's largest water clock, created by French physicist and artist Bernard Gitton. The main floor contains The Children's Museum toy store and food court. The volunteer center, concierge desk and birthday party rooms are also on this level.
Second Floor[edit]
The museum also contains a 3,000-square-foot (280 m2) branch of the Indianapolis Public Library called the InfoZone. During the latest expansion in 2009, this space was moved to the second floor outside of the skywalk which links the parking garage to the main building.
The second level hosts many of the museum's temporary exhibits. The only semi-permanent exhibit on the level is the "Take Me There" gallery. The "Take Me There" exhibit has its content changed periodically with a different culture represented in the space every two to three years. In 2009 the exhibit featured the culture of modern-day Egypt and is called "Take Me There: Egypt." Also on this floor are miniature insets depicting various rooms and their decorations. The three changeable spaces are known as Special Exhibit Galleries and they have short run exhibits that rotate.
Opened in July 2012, "Stories from our Community" is a display that includes artifacts that illustrate stories from community members which are featured in the exhibit space. Visitors can sit at touch-screen displays and choose the stories that they would like to listen to or read. A related website is available that shares the stories on display, in addition to others.[23]
Third Floor[edit]
The third level features "The Power of Children: Making a Difference", a permanent exhibit featuring the stories of Anne Frank, Ruby Bridges and Ryan White and the impact these children made on the world. The purpose of the Power of Children is to create a supportive environment where people can examine and discuss issues related to prejudice and discrimination and seek solutions to these problems. Historically accurate, immersive environments are recreated to reflect the place where each of the children spent their lives. First-person interpreters, live theater and artifacts are designed to facilitate the public understanding of the lives of Frank, Bridges and White. The gallery has sounds, dramatic lighting, quotations, interactives and moving images to draw visitors into the exhibit.
The second exhibit on the third floor is "Playscape," a learning and play area designed for children 5 years and younger. Playscape is temporarily closed while it undergoes renovation.[24] Since July 28, 2012, a temporary exhibit known as Mr. Bear's Playhouse has been open that includes many of the components of Playscape. The new preschool exhibit will include and improve upon many of the elements from the previous exhibit, which included a large raised sandbox area, a raised water table, a construction site, an area designated for small children 2 and younger, and a multipurpose room which includes a reading room and an area for nursing mothers.[25] The new early childhood experience is expected to open to the public in 2013.[26]
Fourth Floor[edit]
One of the museum's most popular attractions is the Broad Ripple Park Carousel in the Carousel Wishes and Dreams gallery on the fourth floor. The carousel was originally built for an amusement park (now Broad Ripple Park) in 1917 and was restored and reinstalled in this museum in 1973. It is the largest of the museum's artifacts. The carousel is a National Historic Landmark.
The fourth level houses Science Works (formerly known as Science Spectrum), an exhibit devoted to exploring natural science and physical science through building activities. Children may build toy boats to float along the waterway, play in a construction zone, erect an arch, climb a rock wall, crawl through tunnels, observe a live pond, and participate in other activities. Within Science Works is the Biotech Lab, which hosts daily events focusing on the future of DNA and chemistry and SciencePort which focuses on plant biology.
Also located on the fourth floor, positioned at the top of the ramp, is the Ball Dollhouse.
Dinosphere is connected to the main museum on the Lower Level (through All Aboard), Level One (near the food court and main entrance gates), and Level Two (through the The Mann Properties Gallery of Dinosaur Imagery). Dinosphere was formerly the Cinedome Theater. Dinosphere features a sound and light experience that simulates a day in the late Cretaceous period 65 million years ago. The center of the exhibit space includes three themed fossil scenes. Visitors can perform fossil excavations in the Dig Site, touch a real Tyrannosaurus rex femur fossil in the Paleo Prep Lab, talk to real paleontologists, enjoy family-friendly games and touch-screen learning activities, and view numerous real dinosaur fossils from the Cretaceous period on display. Dinosphere is one of the largest displays of juvenile and family dinosaur fossils in the U.S. The exhibit features several species of dinosaurs including Hypacrosaurus, Prenoceratops, Tyrannosaurus rex, Triceratops, Gorgosaurus, Maiasaura, Bambiraptor, Oviraptor, and Dracorex hogwartsia. Several ancient non-dinosaur creatures are also featured, including Didelphodon, Sarcosuchus (super croc), and Pteranodon.
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- ^ a b Bodenhamer , p. 410
- ^ Danilov, p. 229
- ^ a b Bodenhamer , p. 412
- ^ a b c d e Bodenhamer, p. 411
- ^ a b "Look inside Children's Museum addition". Indianapolis Star. 2010-10-29. Retrieved 2010-10-19.
- ^ Rettig, Ellen (August 23, 1999). "Patchen poised to lead museum". Indianapolis Business Journal.
- ^ 2008 Annual Report, p. 5
- ^ 2008 Annual Report, p. 2
- ^ 2008 Annual Report, p. 16
- ^ "Museum Staff". The Children's Museum of Indianapolis. Retrieved 2010-10-19.
- ^ Eileen Ogintz (2011-07-13). "Delving into the world's largest children's museum". MSNBC. Retrieved 2011-09-06.
- ^ "Artifacts and Specimens from the Museum's Collections". The Children's Museum of Indianapolis. Retrieved 2010-10-20.
- ^ Sandler, p. 37
- ^ Sandler, p. 186
- ^ "The 10 best children's Museums". Parents magazine. Retrieved 2010-10-20.
- ^ Thomas, P.J (2010-08-11). "P.J. Thomas: Children's Museum of Indianapolis". Philadelphia Daily News. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
- ^ Anon (2011-08-19). "The Children's Museum of Indianapolis Creates New Learning Opportunities through Wikipedian in Residence". The Children's Museum of Indianapolis. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
- ^ a b c Byrd Phillips, Lori (2011-07-29). "QR codes + Wikipedia = QRpedia". The Children's Museum of Indianapolis. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
- ^ "Press Release". The Children's Museum of Indianapolis. Retrieved 2010-11-02.
- ^ "All Aboard!". The Children's Museum of Indianapolis. Retrieved 2010-10-19=9.
- ^ "Staab Studios". Retrieved 2010-11-02.
- ^ "Brian Cooley studio". Retrieved 2010-11-02.
- ^ "Stories from Our Community". The Children's Museum of Indianapolis. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
- ^ "PNC Foundation Funds Major Renovation at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis". Press Release. The Children's Museum of Indianapolis. Retrieved September 29, 2010.
- ^ "Re-Envisioning Playscape: The Answers to Your Questions". The Children's Museum of Indianapolis. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
- ^ "Top Ten Toddler Spots at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis". Children's Museum Blog. The Children's Museum of Indianapolis. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
- "2008 Annual Report". The Children's Museum of Indianapolis. January 2009. Retrieved 2010-10-19.
- Bodenhamer, David J.; Robert Graham Barrows; David Gordon Vanderstel (1994). The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-31222-1.
- Danilov, Victor J (2005). Women and museums: a comprehensive guide. Rowman Altamira. ISBN 0-7591-0855-2.
- Sandler, Martin W (1998). Beyond the bottom line: how to do more with less in nonprofit and public organizations. Oxford University Press US. ISBN 0-19-511612-7.
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