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A commanding stage presence is an essential element of the rock and roll spectacle. Beyond captivating audiences with their music, artists from Abba to ZZ Top have projected their quirks, singular identities and personas via unique stage costumes. Some artists' costume choices are icons to themselves – think Michael Jackson's gilded glove or Elvis Presley's bejeweled jumpsuit. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio, is home to many of these iconic costumes and ground-breaking designs. Here are some of our favorites, which you can see when visiting the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum!
David Bowie's Suit, 1972 / Design by Freddie Burretti
David Bowie's breakthrough came with The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972), a thoroughly modern album that promulgated the notion of rock star as space alien. Bowie melded rock with theater, creating the provocative character and alter ego "Ziggy Stardust." Bowie wore his lightning-bolt emblazoned suit onstage during his tour to support the album.
The Supremes' Dresses, 1969 / Design by Bob Mackie
The Supremes rose from the poverty of ...
Starting this week, visitors to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio, will be able to see a new addition to the Rock Hall's Michael Jackson collection: an outfit worn by the King of Pop early in his Jackson 5 days.
I clearly remember the first time I saw this newest addition to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum's collection. I got an extreme close-up look at Michael's orange, yellow and red ensemble, with my nose inches from the television screen. I was watching the Jackson 5's second television special, which aired on November 5, 1972. Michael and his brothers wore a succession of colorful, fashionable, individualized yet coordinated outfits on the television special.
The warm, saturated colors, double-knit fabric, turtleneck and bellbottom design of this particular outfit were the apogee of early 1970s hip fashion, seen on fashion runways from couturiers like Halston and Yves St. Laurent, accessible and readily adaptable for the ready-to-wear market.
The stylish turtleneck top of the outfit with the heart-embellished "J5" logo is actually a body suit – clearly a necessity to accommodate Michael's athletic dancing. Michael was growing up fast, but ...
An exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the making of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum's new exhibit highlighting 50 years of the Rolling Stones. The exhibit, Rolling Stones: 50 Years of Satisfaction, opens to the public on May 24, 2013, and will span three floors, more than 4,000 square feet and feature hundreds of items -- instruments, clothes, handwritten correspondence, art, photographs and more -- from the Rolling Stones' amazing history as the "World's Greatest Rock and Roll Band."
Watch the video below for a sneak peek at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum's new Rolling Stones exhibit.
Women who rock know how to rock a look. From Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey to Janelle Monáe and Lady Gaga, the ladies who have made the music that moves us have used fashion – clothes, makeup, hairdos, hats, jewels, boots, shoes – to help express themselves. Their art goes beyond song and sound. They create entire worlds of style that connect us to their musical messages, draw us into fantasies that run the gamut from elegant to edgy, push us to understand how the spectacle of self-presentation can communicate ideas and emotions in ways that transcend words or melody. Today, the idea of rock style is a given: We've grown accustomed to seeing singers on the cover of Vogue, we buy the clothes and makeup promoted by stars from Madonna (featured in Versace ads) to Rihanna (a spokesmodel for Revlon); we can even dress ourselves head to toe in clothes created by rockers, such as Gwen Stefani's L.A.M.B. label or Beyoncé's House of Deréon.
It's easy to boil rock style, in all its guises, down to two ideas: glamour and rebellion. But, as the Women Who Rock exhibit illustrates, the story is ...


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When another librarian described this as a cross between The Running Man and The Lord of Flies I finally checked it out. I wish I wouldn't have waited so long...I couldn't put it down. If you want to continue the story, it is a trilogy; the second book is Catching Fire and Mockingjay, book three, comes out August 24th.
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"Delicious, juicy and tender, this recipe was given to me by a true Cajun sixteen years ago and has been on our Thanksgiving table ever since. The injector and instructions for frying came with our fryer which was a good thing because this original recipe didn't explain all the nuances of frying a turkey. It is well worth the learning process, though. We strain the peanut oil after it cools and pour it back into the containers (I bought it in gallon jugs). It will keep nicely in a cool place, under 40 degrees, or in the refrigerator until needed again."
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- Melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion juice, garlic juice, hot sauce, Worcestershire sauce, black pepper, cayenne pepper and beer. Mix until well blended.
- Use a marinade injecting syringe or turkey baster with an injector tip to inject the marinade all over the turkey including the legs, back, wings, thighs and breasts. Place in a large plastic bag and marinate overnight in the refrigerator. Do not use a kitchen trash bag. If your turkey is large, you can use an oven bag.
- When it's time to fry, measure the amount of oil needed by lowering the turkey into the fryer and filling with enough oil to cover it. Remove the turkey and set aside.
- Heat the oil to 365 degrees F (185 degrees C). When the oil has come to temperature, lower the turkey into the hot oil slowly using the hanging device that comes with turkey deep-fryers. The turkey should be completely submerged in the oil. Cook for 36 minutes, or 3 minutes per pound of turkey. The turkey is done when the temperature in the thickest part of the thigh reaches 180 degrees F (80 degrees C). Turn off the flame and slowly remove from the oil, making sure all of the oil drains out of the cavity. Allow to rest on a serving platter for about 20 minutes before carving.
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Didn't try the recipe yet, just thought I'd add a note. To measure for the oil, place the turkey in the cooking basket and lower into the pot. Add enough water until it is one inch above the turkey. Remove the turkey and basket from the pot. Measure the water level from the top of the pot. This is the amount of oil you will need to use to fry your turkey. If your water level is above the recommended oil level marked on the pot, the turkey is too big and shouldn't be fryed. 12 lb or smaller turkey is recommended. This is less messy than measuring the turkey in the oil. Remember to thoroughly dry your turkey inside and out and dry the pot too. Never leave your pot unattended. Happy eating!!
This was my first attempt at deep frying a turkey and I don't see how it can get any better. I just bought a 28qt. electric deep fryer and it recommended cooking at 400* though. Everything still came out perfect. I also added a little chipolte pepper and put on a cajun seasoning (mccoormick) rub on the skin and under the skin. I was asked to show up at my brothers house next week for a party he's throwing and do another one. Pretty damn cool for my first time. Thank you so much.
My first Fried turkey. The flavor was great but I didn't expect the wings and most of the legs to be inedible. I'm a dark meat guy and so I had a thigh and it was amazing.
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Amount Per Serving (12 total)
- Calories
- 1036 cal
- 52%
- Fat
- 70.9 g
- 109%
- Carbs
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- < 1%
- Protein
- 91.2 g
- 182%
- Cholesterol
- 346 mg
- 115%
- Sodium
- 682 mg
- 27%
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By Michele Tallarita '12
Doing farm labor under the hot sun, waking up when the rooster crowed, chowing down on rice and beans, and relaxing by the campfire were just a few of the ways Monica Manglani '13 (Woodbury, N.Y.) spent her winter break.
Through Lafayette's chapter of Alternative School Break (ASB), Manglani led an interdisciplinary team of students on a challenging 10-day trip to La Gran Vista Agroecological farm in Perez Zeledon, Costa Rica. Organized through the Landis Community Outreach Center, this is the 19th year that ASB students have traveled throughout the U.S. and abroad for community service projects. During the break, students also traveled to Haiti, New York, and Washington, D.C. Over spring break, teams served in Tennessee and Virginia.
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Flanked by Costa Rica's tallest mountains, with fabulous waterfalls and sublime beaches nearby, La Gran Vista is a non-profit project headed by Donald Villalobos, an agricultural engineer with the Ministry of Agriculture. The aim of La Gran Vista is to spread awareness of environmentally sustainable agricultural methods, especially to other farmers in the region. The 12-acre farm successfully employs such sustainable practices as organic farming, soil regeneration, natural herbicides and pesticides, and enhancement of the natural environment. The labor of volunteers from all over the world is integral to the farm's functioning.
Each morning, Manglani and the other students rose early to eat breakfast in the Villalobos family's home, then dispersed to perform the important and sometimes physically strenuous tasks of the farm. They made fertilizer, created a fish pond, maintained spring-water wells, and fed animals, among other activities. At night, with the day's work behind them, the students played games and reflected by the campfire.
Manglani says the trip taught her the true nature of sustainability. "My idea of sustainability was that it could only be achieved by the wealthy because of their financial power to purchase these commodities," she says. "However, after my visit to La Gran Vista, I realized that sustainability is achievable for all."
Upon returning from the trip, the students were so invigorated by the idea of achievable sustainability that they teamed with 15 student organizations to create a tree-planting initiative, which occurred on Lafapalooza, Lafayette's National Day of Service. Students raised over $600 to plant trees on Metzgar Field, reducing the campus's carbon footprint.
While Manglani's crew was learning about how to grow food in sustainable ways, geology major Tyler Germanoski '12 (Hellertown, Pa.) was leading another team of students in Haiti. Working with the Community Coalition of Haiti (CCH), an organization that aims to meet the basic needs of the poor, the students worked hard on a variety of projects. These included building a house for a widower who had lost his leg in the earthquake of 2010, doing electrical work for an operating room at a health clinic, visiting orphanages to play games with children, and distributing water filters.
The students also enjoyed seeing the beautiful artisanship on display in an art district, attending a mass, visiting an outdoor marketplace, and traveling to the mountains of Bassin-Bleu, a waterfall with pools of turquoise water. For Germanoski, the most exciting parts of the trip were forging relationships with the people he met.
"One of the things that was difficult about our trip to Haiti was seeing how beautiful it is and how amazing the people are, but having to accept the reality of the poverty that they live with," Germanoski says. "The trip for me reaffirmed that although you cannot expect to fix everything, it should not stop you from working to make any difference that you can."


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I'm surprised. For a guy with sooooo much integrity, how did he manage to forget to mention that he's from a time where he lies and launders money?
shocked, I yam.
If you can't trust a felon, then who can you trust? I mean, they are rehabilitated aren't they? The system works doesn't it?
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I'm surprised. For a guy with sooooo much integrity, how did he manage to forget to mention that he's from a time where he lies and launders money?
shocked, I yam.
Chael Sonnen always ready to fill in for Vitor Belfort and 'Little Nerd'
"'Little Nerd' said that he was going to do this fight and pulled out like he always does. Coincidentally, after the posters, press releases and free marketing all got done. I'm from a different time. I'm from a time when your word meant something. I'm from a time that, when you sign a contract, you show up for work whether you feel like it or not. This guy called in sick, like he always does, three weeks in advance. Nobody sitting out there today can call up their boss and say, 'Hey boss, three weeks from now, I'm not going to feel good.' It can't happen. He comes out two days ago and says he wants to fight 'Shogun.' Well listen genius; you could've fought 'Shogun.' You could have fought him in Winnipeg and you gave your word to the fans, to the promotion and to 'Shogun' that you would fight him. The number one rule in show business, and you saw with all the hurdles that our leadership has had to get through, the show must go on. Every time 'Lil' Nog' or Vitor Belfort signs a contract, I go into training camp because I know an opportunity is going to open up. That's just the reality of the situation. I think Shogun's outstanding, he's got a ton of skills and he can definitely beat me. I can beat him too. I want to go into this fight being a bully knowing that I can beat the guy. It's a very hard match. We're both coming off very tough matches, but even Babe Ruth struck out every now and then. We both fight very tough guys and we fight them all the time. Above all else, if we give our word that we'll show up, we will."
There could be no more ethical a man to do the job, aside from Mike Tyson! War Chael!
If I was Silva I would simply refuse to fight.... no biggie
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Whatever guys, I don't think it's a horrible idea. I think Chael is more of a professional than people think he is, and quite honestly, I think more fighters should get into refing. Let him apply and if the athletic commission deems him biased or unqualified so be it. Surely Chael would do a much better job than say, Yamasaki...
he's a FELON. A CONVICTED, ADMITTED FELON.
He has no business officiating any fights in the UFC, certainly not one where he's been so vocal about one of the fighters. Even if it was done to hype the fights, even if you're drinking his particular brand of kool-aide, it's a fucking horrible idea. If dana doesn't laugh it out off of any agenda it appears on, he's a total fool.
The only conceivable alternate-reality checks-and-balances way that could have a positive ending would be if Silva were to win and regain the belt, and then--without any solicitation or opportunity for sonnen to say a word--question-mark-kicks chael in the throat, flips off the crowd and retires as champion.
Yes to more fighters reffing. No to sonnen being one of them.
Sure!! Make it a Hell in a cell match too!
It makes sense for fighters to get into judging or reffing... however, I don't think reffing will be as well payed as commenting... unless of course, Sonnen just wants to ref Silva vs Wiedman... in which case David Arquette will be your next champion...
Make fun of him all you want, he's still better than Kim Winslow.
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Securing DNS and BIND
In the SANS Institute's recent consensus document "How to Eliminate the Ten Most Critical Internet Security Threats" (www.sans.org/topten.htm), the number-one category of vulnerabilities reported by survey participants was BIND weaknesses. BIND, of course, is the open-source software package that powers the majority of Internet DNS servers. In fact, again according to SANS, over 50% of BIND installations are vulnerable to well-known (and in many cases, old) exploits.
The good news is that armed with the simple concepts and techniques I'm about to describe, you can quickly and easily enhance BIND's security on your Linux (or other UNIX) DNS server. Since our focus here will be security, if you're an absolute BIND beginner you may wish to first start reading the BIND online documentation (see Conclusions, at end) or the first chapter or two of Albitz and Liu's book DNS and BIND.
Having said that, let's begin with a brief look at how the Domain Name Service and BIND work. Suppose someone (myhost.someisp.com in Figure 1) is surfing the Web, and wishes to view the site http://www.wiremonkeys.org/. Suppose, also, that person's machine is configured to use the name server "ns.isp.com" for DNS lookups. Since the name www.wiremonkeys.org has no meaning to the routers through which the web query and its responses will pass, the user's web browser needs to learn www.wiremonkeys.org's IP address before attempting the query.
First, "myhost" asks "ns" whether it knows the IP address. Since ns.someisp.com isn't authoritative for wiremonkeys.org and hasn't recently communicated for any host that is, it begins a query of its own on the user's behalf. The process of making one or more queries in order to answer other queries is called recursion.
ns.someisp.com begins its recursive query by asking a "root name server" for the IP address of some host that's authoritative for the zone wiremonkeys.org. (All Internet DNS servers use a static "hints" file to identify the thirteen or so official root name servers. This list is maintained at ftp.rs.internic.net/domain and is called named.root.) In our example, ns asks E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET (an actual root server, with a current IP address of 126.96.36.199), who replies that DNS for wiremonkeys.org is handled by "ns-wiremonkeys.wiremonkeys.org", with an IP address of 184.108.40.206.
ns then asks ns-wiremonkeys for the IP address of www.wiremonkeys.org. ns-wiremonkeys returns the answer (18.104.22.168), which ns forwards back to myhost.someisp.com. Finally, myhost contacts 22.214.171.124 directly via HTTP and performs the web query.
This is the most common type of name lookup. It and other single-host type lookups are simply called "queries"; DNS queries are handled on UDP port 53.
Not all DNS transactions involve single-host lookups, however. Sometimes it is necessary to transfer entire name-domain (zone) databases: this is called a zone transfer, and it happens when you issue an ls command from the nslookup utility, or run dig. The main purpose of zone transfers, however, is for name servers that are authoritative for the same domain to stay in sync with each other (e.g., for "master to slave" updates). Zone transfers are handled on TCP port 53.
The last general DNS concept we'll touch on here is caching. Name servers cache all local zone files (i.e., their hints file plus all zone information for which they are authoritative), plus the results of all recursive queries they've performed since their last startup. That is, almost all: each resource record (RRs) has (or inherits their zone-file's default) time-to-live settings. These settings determine how long each RR can be cached before being refreshed.
This, of course, is only a fraction of what one needs to learn in order to fully understand and use BIND. I haven't even mentioned forwarders or reverse lookups. Hopefully, it's enough for the purposes of discussing BIND security.
DNS security can be distilled into two maxims: always run the latest version of your chosen DNS software package, and never provide unnecessary information or services to strangers. Put another way, keep current and be stingy!
This translates into a number of specific techniques. The first is to limit or even disable recursion. Limiting it is easy to do using configuration-file parameters; disabling recursion altogether may or may not be possible, depending on the name server's role.
If, for example, the server is an "external" DNS server with the sole purpose of answering queries regarding its organization's public servers, there is no reason for it to perform lookups of nonlocal host names (which is the very definition of recursion). On the other hand, if a server provides DNS resolution to end users on a local area network (LAN), it definitely needs to recurse queries from local hosts, but can probably be configured to refuse recursion requests, if not all requests, from nonlocal addresses.
Another way to limit DNS activity is to use split DNS services (see Figure 2). Split DNS refers to the practice of maintaining both public and private databases of each local name domain (zone). The public zone database contains as little as possible: NS records listing publicly accessible name servers, MX records listing external SMTP (e-mail) gateways, public web servers and other hosts that one wishes the outside world to know about.
The private zone database may be a superset of the public one, or it may contain entirely different entries for certain categories or hosts. For example, many organizations use a Microsoft Exchange server for internal e-mail, but maintain a completely separate SMTP gateway system to receive mail from the outside world. This is sometimes actually the organization's firewall, or perhaps a dedicated mail server in a DMZ network connected to the firewall but separate from the internal network.
The value of such an architecture should be obvious: compromise of the SMTP gateway does not automatically result in the exposure of internal e-mail to outsiders. Other services commonly split this way are WWW (which separates public web data from intranet data), FTP, and virtually all other TCP/IP services for which it's desirable to differentiate between public and private data. DNS, however, is arguably the most important service to split, since most other TCP/IP services depend on it.
The other aspect to DNS stinginess is the content of zone files themselves. Even public zone databases may contain more information than they need to. Hosts may have needlessly descriptive names (e.g., you may be telling the wrong people which server does what), or too much or too granular contact information may be given. Some organizations even list individual systems' hardware and software names and versions! Such information is almost invariably more useful to prospective crackers than their intended audience.
Maintaining current software and keeping abreast of known DNS exposures is at least as important as carefully considering actual DNS data. Furthermore, it's easier: the latest version of BIND can always be downloaded for free from ftp.isc.org, and information on BIND vulnerabilities is disseminated via not only one, but several mailing lists and newsgroups (some of which are listed at the end of this article).
There's actually a third maxim for DNS security, but it's hardly unique to DNS: take the time to understand and use the security features of your software (and of your DNS-registration provider—Network Solutions and other top-level-domain registrars all offer several change request security options, including PGP. Make sure that your provider requires at least e-mail verification of all change requests for your zones!).
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Bill Parcells cleaned out his office but is still a consultant for the Dolphins, according to multiple reports. Parcells is no longer involved in day-to-day decisions.
In September, Parcells relinquished full control of football operations to GM Jeff Ireland, a move that was expected. Parcells' contract allows him to cash out whenever he chooses, so it is not a huge surprise he is starting to distance himself from the club.
Reports indicate this is simply a leave of absence for Parcells and he will return to the Dolphins in his consulting role, but he will not move back into his office. It is unknown if he will stick around to help the Dolphins fill their needs in April's draft.
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For Parcells to lessen his role with the organization is no surprise. His job was to prepare the team to hand off to Ireland and head coach Tony Sparano, and that has happened for all intents and purposes. The timing of his move from his office is the only surprising part of the story, as there was no indication of when he would leave.


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The driver was extricated by around 11:45 a.m. and taken to Lawrence General Hospital for treatment. His injuries did not appear to be life-threatening.
The truck was hauling flour, which did not spill.
Tow company workers said they were concerned about righting the truck and rupturing its fuel tanks. As a precaution, part of Willow Street will remain closed until the vehicle can be uprighted and removed.
Willow Street runs through an industrial park off Route 114.
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Five Signs That Its Time To Look For A New Job
If youre not as happy with your job as you were a year ago its time to step back and analyze your career life. Here are five signs that it might be time to look for a new job.
The interviewer asks: Why has it taken you so long to find a job?
Its difficult to believe that employers are still asking this type of question. Dont they read the newspapers or listen to the news? If they were informed, they would know the answer; i.e. jobs are very scarce and difficult to find these days, and unemployment is still high, despite improvements in the economic picture.


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KINGWOOD, Texas – Fifth-grader Edgar Erazo was more excited than usual about going to school Wednesday because he was dressed as a zombie for Halloween.
His mom had called Elm Grove Elementary in Kingwood to make sure it was OK if he wore the costume.
But when Edgar showed up for class covered in fake blood and ghoulish sores, he was told to go home and change.
"I was, like, why should I wash it off?" Edgar said. "It took a really long time for my mom to make."
It is still unclear who his mother, Cecilia Erazo, spoke to on the phone. But a district spokesperson told 11 News that costumes are against the rules at the school for everyone except kindergartners.
"Nothing was misunderstood," Erazo said. "I sent him the way I was told I could send him."
She said she does not really care either way. She just wishes her son could have been spared the embarrassment.
Some parents say they support the school's policy and agree costumes can be distracting in class.
"Bloody things should probably just be left 'til night," parent Richard White said.
Cecilia Erazo said she decided not to send Edgar back to School Wednesday so he could stay dressed as a zombie all day.
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Shoplifting is one of Knoxville's most frequent crimes, and in most cases it's in the best interest of the victimized store that the stolen merchandise be returned. There are exceptions: namely, underwear that has been worn by the thief.
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Thieves are generally not renowned for their remarkable intelligence. Apparently this lack of know-how extends to the most basic of skills: spelling.
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Parents and concerned friends can usually observe the tell-tale signs that someone they know may be experimenting with drugs. They might add a new item to their list: Frappuccinos.
Caught Greasy Handed
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There's nothing quite as comforting as a home-cooked breakfast, but, as one local man recently learned, sometimes it's just more convenient to go out.
Gotta Snatch 'Em All
Published 7/27/2011 at 11:34 a.m. 0 comments
Trading-card gamers can be fiercely competitive when it comes to completing their collections, but as one Knoxville teen recently learned, trading cards isn't always fun and games.
A Decidedly Unhappy Meal
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Sitting in a fast food drive-thru may be one of the most mundane experiences faced by denizens of the modern era. But one local woman received plenty of unexpected excitement during a recent stop for food.
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Published 7/13/2011 at 10:43 a.m. 0 comments
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Published 7/6/2011 at 10:56 a.m. 0 comments
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Let Him Who is Without Sin Cast the First Truckload
Published 6/29/2011 at 10:47 a.m. 0 comments
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Maybe the Crime Lab Can Reconstruct It?
Published 6/22/2011 at 10:24 a.m. 0 comments
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Now That's Service With a Loaded Weapon
Published 6/15/2011 at 9:38 a.m. 0 comments
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Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
- 2 tablespoons Cornstarch
- 1/4 cup cold water
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 4 cups blackberries, picked over, rinsed & drained
- 1 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons butter, cold, cut in small pieces
- 1/4 cup boiling water
In a bowl, combine the flour, remaining sugar, baking powder, and salt. Blend in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Add 1/4 cup boiling water and stir the mixture until it just forms a dough.
Bring the blackberry mixture to a boil, stirring. Drop spoonfuls of the dough carefully onto the boiling mixture, and bake the cobbler on a baking sheet (line with foil to avoid a mess) in the middle of a preheated 400 degree F oven for 20-25 minutes or until the topping is golden. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.
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By Leeann Akers - Editor
Nov. 14, 2013 — A Carter County Sheriff's reserve deputy who was stripped of his title was arrested Thursday and charged with being a convicted felon in possession of a handgun, a Class C felony.
Tracy J. Dickerson, 61, of Grayson, had been stripped of his badge last month, and was arrested by Kentucky State Police.
According to a copy of the warrant obtained by the Journal-Times, Dickerson committed the offense in October while "...in performance of his duties as a Carter County Sheriff's deputy."
A review of court records revealed that Dickerson had been convicted of flagrant non-support, a Class D felony, in 1996.
Dickerson was a special reserve deputy for the CCSO, and carried a weapon while in uniform. Sheriff Casey Brammell said that although unpaid, Dickerson did do prisoner transports and served civil papers for the CCSO.
"He didn't file an application and this felony didn't show up on a background check," Brammell said. "Once I learned he was a convicted felony, he was no longer part of the department. He handed over his badge and turned in all his equipment."
Dickerson was released on a $5,000 unsecured bond shortly after his arrest.


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Merrill Matthews, Contributor
I explore public policy and politics and expose foolish ideas.
After campaigning hard for his new soak-the-rich tax increases, President Obama—er, I mean President Franklin D. Roosevelt—won reelection in 1936. A solid Democratic Congress dutifully passed the tax hikes, which quickly led to what's known as the "Roosevelt recession" of 1937. If President Obama wins his reelection bid and gets his tax increases implemented, we will get the "Obama recession" of 2013.
The last recession has been officially over for more than three years, though it certainly doesn't seem that way to millions of struggling and unemployed Americans; and the country is perilously close to falling back into another.
While the president boasts of steady, albeit slow, economic growth:
The economy is staggering under the load of Obama's policies, making it increasingly likely we will soon slip into a double-dip recession.
The Federal Reserve Bank is so concerned that it jumped back into the economy with its third quantitative easing (QE3). Indeed, the recent housing-market uptick may be a result of the Fed's easy-money policies—which, ironically, arguably led to the housing bubble that initiated the 2007 recession.
But the Fed's efforts to flood the economy with money—$2.3 trillion since 2008—won't save us from another recession, and may actually exacerbate the problem, if companies and entrepreneurs refuse to invest in new opportunities, equipment and people. That's what happened in 1937 with Roosevelt's reelection, and it will happen again if Obama is reelected.
There are at least three reasons why an Obama victory will almost surely lead to a recession in 2013:
(1) Obama's version of the "Wealth Tax." As part of his reelection ploy, FDR proposed what he dubbed a "Wealth Tax." As he explained to Congress in June 1935, "Our revenue laws have operated in many ways to the unfair advantage of the few, and they have done little to prevent the unjust concentration of wealth and economic power. … Social unrest and a deepening sense of unfairness are dangers to our national life which we must minimize by rigorous methods." [See here.]
Similarly, Obama wants to impose a number of new taxes on those he considers wealthy—individuals making more than $200,000 and families making more than $250,000. Take the dividends tax, for example, which currently sits at 15 percent. The president's proposal will nearly triple that tax, to 43.4 percent, at a time when the Fed's low-interest rate policy has driven investors toward dividend-paying stocks in the hope of getting some return on their money. Think a tripling of the dividend tax, and a 33 percent increase of the capital gains tax from 15 percent to 20 percent, just might have detrimental impact on investing?
(2) The certainty of uncertainty. The uncertainties created by the explosion of regulations, taxes and mandates (e.g., most employers must provide health insurance) will encourage businesses to remain hunkered down and sitting on their cash, unsure what challenges and costs they face when hiring and expanding.
But it's not because employers are greedy or evil, which was the constant message emerging from speakers at the Democratic convention. They are doing exactly what most families do in times of uncertainty. If you know your job is shaky, or that you may see your income decline, you will likely postpone major or unnecessary purchases until the situation is clearer or more stable. Obama's policies have created massive uncertainties among employers—and employees, for that matter—who will sit on their hands, and cash, a little longer if he is reelected.
We know that economics is a guessing game where we make choices based on an array of factors. You know, the Harry Truman quote, "Give me a one-handed economist! All my economists say, On the one hand on the other."
It's a fallacy to compare an imaginary event to a real event and assume that the imaginary event would play out as planned. Clearly real events don't play out as planned.
Let's change this paragraph:
"While it might not be enough to save us from a recession, it would be minor compared to the economic hit we'll take if a reelected Obama is able to get his agenda passed."
To this:
"While it might not be enough to save us from a recession, it might be minor compared to the economic hit we might take if a reelected Obama is able to get his agenda passed."
Might! Might! Might!
you state "It's a fallacy to compare an imaginary event to a real event and assume that the imaginary event would play out as planned. Clearly real events don't play out as planned."
Why does Obama then get away by saying if we had not done the stimulus (call the stimulus Plan A) – then under (imaginary no stimulus) Plan B) things "would have been worse." Obama to a large extent bailed out states and their union hacks and pushed up the deficits – all having negative consequences longer term. Also Obama even admitted "shovel ready wasn't so shovel ready after all".
Indeed recession or worse is in our forecast, but it doesn't matter who gets in the oval office. Instead of giving American's a solid plan with decisive actions, milestones, and benchmarks, we get the same sounding pretty speeches and little else but failure on the one hand, and milk toast nothingness from an elete tax payer many American's can't relate to. His elete buddy offers a bad case of formula for the young and aged to swallow. A dynamic duo they are not. They offer less than trying and failing – no real believable plan of action at all.
The fact is we are just behind the PIIGS of Europe with problem debt and slow growth from negative trade flows. We don't make enough of what we consume or enough stuff other nation's want. It's a fact virtually ignored by aspirants of either party except for occasional lip service. The negative trade-balance is a proxy for our sick economy. We (the Treasury, you & I) borrow billions every year to finance imports that were supposed to elevate our American lifestyle. Instead the American lifestyle has dropped like a rock! The hollowing-out of the American middle-class is a testimate to that fact.
This country can be significantly turned around in no more than 5-years. Lower tax on domestic production over 5-years, while raising foreign produced goods sharply over 5-years. Yes, it's as old fashioned and simple, as a carrot and a stick. The message: America is open for business! As a company, if you want this market, the world's largest, you can insure its robustness and health by giving its citizens jobs. In other words, "produce" here in America, or else pay tax for the privilege. Clinton's organization famously once coined the saying, "It's the economy Stupid". We need a new sentiment coined, "It's production stupid".
No, this isn't protectionism of the 30′s. There is not one net producer in the world today that doesn't have a basket full of merchantilist policies to protect domestic industries. The Chinese have you turn over sensitive patents, demand 49% domestic partners, subsidize commodities, and currency. The world's second largest economy doesn't play by our rules and considers then irrelevant. However, the Chinese are not the only problem and should not be singled out. What we need is a strong "American Industrial Production Policy" with teeth that takes care of us first and foremost. While manual labor may be mostly gone, the creativity, innovation, and enginuity that grew America is alive and well below the surface. Cheap foreign labor (rising fast) is the easy way out and should be discouraged by government policy. These production jobs would be skilled and pay well.
Next, importing companies should shoulder the full burden of their imports. If they want to pass it along, go ahead and try. Companies will beat each other's brains out for your dollar. A market like this is very dynamic, and anybody or product can be replaced. The portion of the trade-deficit charged yearly to every American, no matter what they consume, has to stop. It's a form of CORPORATE WELFARE citizens shouldn't have to accept. We pay and the Treasury goes broke. This debt also devalues our dollar. When the dollar isn't a reserve currency anymore, our interest costs will skyrocket. It's coming. Now, MR. RYAN, some of this money paid for subsidizing imports, and from above on a greater tax on foreign goods can go to maintaining our entitlements that are going broke. I think social security and medicare should be quasi-independent government programs. Having addressed this topic before in detail I won't do it again.
In an otherwise excellent article, the author neglected to mention ObamaCare, with its job destroying regulations and 21 new taxes and penalties. It makes having employees, let alone hiring new ones, a very expensive proposition. This is why new start-ups are at their lowest level ever. The day ObamaCare is repealed is the day actual recovery begins. And with real unemployment/under-employment at 22.5% and rising [according to shadowstats.com], removing the ObamaCare barrier is an economic necessity.
Mr. Matthews, Yes, you did mention the employer mandate. But I was thinking more of the premium tax on the insurers that would increase prices, the tax on medical devices which could drive those companies off-shore, and the other 18 taxes and penalties which will sap more money from the private sector. Money taken by government is not available to employers for expansion or hiring, nor is it available to consumers for purchases, which will limit demand. For no appreciable benefit, it is an economic disaster at all levels.
The same parameters that cause the Great Recession are still in effect. The housing market is still down with millions on the brink of foreclosure and tens of millions under water. Consumers are still up to their yin-yangs in debt. Add to that student loan debt. The housing market is out of freefall now, but that might mean banks decide to increase the rate of processing their foreclosure backlog. There are additional factors that might break the camel's back like the European crisis. If Spain or Greece or other default on their debt it could set off a chain reaction affecting the entire world.
More certain peril comes in the long term. In addition to all our debt, we've got Social Security and Medicare obligations that are seemingly incomprehensible. The worst is that no one (except Paul Ryan) has the guts to address it.
My advice is to start studying Mandarin or perhaps Castilian and then make like a bakery truck and haul your buns out of here. It may come down to starting a business or getting a job in a foreign land might be your best bet.
That's unless we get a 20% across the board tax cut and prevent gay people from being gay. If that happens then everything will be ok.


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Google Search Interface Now Sports Scientific Calcultor
Although you've long been able to punch simple calculations into Google–like 12*100–now you can access a full scientific calculator right from the search interface.
The new calculator appears automatically if you input any sort of calculation as a Google search query or if you search for "calculator". On HTML5 enabled web browsers it appears as a full scientific calculator (seen in the screenshot above) but on mobile devices it only shows the full spread of buttons when viewed in landscape mode.
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Interesting, but probably no match for WolframAlpha.
wow, that's great…I'll never use it
Great, extremely useful for students.
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Doing a lot of entertaining this summer? Is your house generally a hub for your friends and family to gather? If you answered yes to either of these questions you should consider building an outdoor living space that truly is an extension of your home and incorporates the following:
Include a fireplace or fire pit: Add a focal point or gathering space for your friends and family. A fireplace or fire pit creates warmth (both literally and figuratively) and serves great function while entertaining outdoors. In addition they extend your outdoor patio season!
Install a BBQ grill island: Most types of entertainment include some sort of great food and there is no better way to take advantage of summer than barbequing your favorite meals. The island will provide additional space for setting up your favourite appetizers or for serving drinks!
Build an outdoor kitchen: Just like inside your home, having a kitchen outdoors is the perfect gathering space for entertaining. It takes dining outdoors to a whole new level.
Design a paver rug: Do you need a rug that can be left outdoors in all types of weather? Have your contractor include a paver rug into your design in a complementary color and product. This trend not only adds a decorative appeal but it also defines your outdoor room. Aside from aesthetics, adding a paver rug in a stain resistant paver such as Belpasso® serves as a great choice for your outdoor kitchen.
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Add a pergola or canopy: Adding a pergola or canopy creates a shaded area, provides privacy, protects from rainy weather and adds to the overall ambience of your outdoor landscape.
Entertaining or planning a party outdoors is no easy task! Here are some ideas and things to remember for your next outdoor function:
Take advantage of patio season by entertaining in your outdoor living room as often as possible!


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Cris Kirkwood: I remember when Curt painted that picture [that became the cover of Meat Puppets II]. We were still living at my mom's house. We used to hide in the bathroom and smoke grass. We were in the bathroom getting stoned, and he picked up this little piece of canvas, and real quickly, whipped off this thing. And that's the cover. It took him about a minute to do that – we used it a few years later as the cover for the record. It's Curt's acrylic work, and definitely Van Gogh-inspired painting technique. It was back when you still had vinyl, so you were making this shit in terms of being "an album."
One of the cool things that we did was we did a photo session with this guy, Anvil Blockhammer, here in town. We drove around West Phoenix, and we were out in a field, an agricultural thing. It was Derrick's cool arty idea – that picture that's on the back, where we're in silhouette.
Dave Pirner [Soul Asylum singer/guitarist]: It was right before their second album came out [the first time Pirner saw the Meat Puppets]. I distinctly remember hanging out with them and watching them play live. Then their second record came out, and it seemed to bring another level of awareness to the band. It surprised the shit out of me, because it was so easy to understand. The music before that was really frantic, and it was really exploring I think what they wanted to do, and they didn't really know what they wanted to do. The second record seemed sort of like, "This is what we can do, without even really thinking about it."
Flea [Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist]: Meat Puppets II, man, it's the warmest, coolest fucking record.
Lou Barlow [Dinosaur Jr. bassist, Sebadoh singer/guitarist]: When they became more of "a country band," the way that they switched between the really crazy material and the county-esque material was really almost like a blueprint for Dinosaur Jr. and Sebadoh. Mike Watt told me that when D. Boon first heard Dinosaur Jr., he thought we were "the east coast Meat Puppets."
Peter Buck [R.E.M. guitarist]: I got Meat Puppets II before I ever saw them. But I saw them on that tour. I traveled so much in those days – I know I saw them in Athens a couple of times. I think the first time might have been in New York. The whole post-punk thing in America was happening. It was blossoming everywhere. Everywhere you went, there was some new, different kind of band, that you'd think, "That's interesting." When I heard the Meat Puppets, it was like, "I can get some of their influences – there's a little Grateful Dead in there, maybe a little Neil Young." But there was interplay between the instruments that was just insane. It sounded like when you think of when you look at a magician, and go, "That guy spent a huge amount of time just sitting in his bedroom all by himself, learning to do that." The Kirkwood brothers' interlocking parts were so weirdly intense. I remember going, "This is more like jazz than anything, in its own weird way."
Kim Thayil [Soundgarden guitarist]: 1984 comes along. That year, you had My War by Black Flag, Zen Arcade by Hüsker Dü, Double Nickels on the Dime by the Minutemen, Meat Puppets II, Surviving You, Always by Saccharine Trust, and the first Saint Vitus album [Saint Vitus]. That was the golden age of SST Records. I remember anticipating the Meat Puppets II release, because they'd become probably my favorite band of that time. I just had to hear what they were going to do next. Soundgarden formed in September of 1984. So I was tripping out to Meat Puppets II before Soundgarden formed. But when Soundgarden formed, it got played a lot. I remember playing it for Hiro [Yamamoto, original Soundgarden bassist] and Chris [Cornell, Soundgarden's then-drummer, later singer] all the time.
The first song I heard off of Meat Puppets II was "I'm A Mindless Idiot," which is an instrumental. I heard it on the radio, I think it was KCMU. My jaw dropped, because it wasn't fast and it wasn't punk rock and hardcore. It was like the trippy thing I heard on side two of the first Meat Puppets album. They expanded upon it, and it sounded great. To me, the production sounded great. And it was an instrumental, which tripped me out even more. I was blown away.
Here's the weird thing – I still don't have Meat Puppets II on vinyl, because a good friend of mine in college gave me a homemade cassette. On one side is Blue Cheer – it had a bunch of stuff off Outsideinside and Vincebus Eruptum. And the other side of the cassette had Meat Puppets II. That thing, I would just play it and watch the sun rise, I would play it and watch the sun set. I'd come home from college from classes – I'd go by a local convenience store and buy a couple Buckhorn Beers, a pack of cigarettes, and some string cheese, and go and sit in my bedroom. My bedroom was a sort of walk-in closet and the window faced west. So I laid there eating string cheese and drinking my Buckhorn Beer, and I'd put on Meat Puppets II and watch the sun go down. I had to do that all the time. It tripped me out, and it was the coolest feeling – being mildly intoxicated.
And Meat Puppets II was great if I smoked pot, which I rarely did, but on the occasion I did, I was like, "I've got to listen to the Meat Puppets!" And on the occasion of doing MDMA or anything else that may cross the path of a 22-year-old musician who is a student. That album tripped me out – it seemed to be heavy and wild in these other ways. Psychologically and emotionally. I loved it. It had these elements that I found in the Velvet Underground, the MC5. And that Meat Puppets' second album became not only my favorite Meat Puppets album, but perhaps one of my favorite albums of all time.
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This fun day for the entire family celebrates the exhibition Let It Snow! Children's Book Art. Children can participate in a search-and-seek gallery hunt through the exhibition and create their own winter-themed bookmark.
Artist Jennifer Thermes, illustrator of the book The Iciest, Diciest, Scariest Sled Ride Ever, will be our special guest. From 1:00 – 3:00 pm, Jennifer will demonstrate her artistic skills and speak to families about the interesting work she does.
At 3:00 pm, Rick Adam from Encore Performing Arts presents his Winter Extravaganza! – a fun-filled kid's vaudeville show with a winter-themed performance of songs, stories and silly stuff! All activities are free with Museum admission and are suitable for people of all ages and abilities.


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Support Groups at Centra Southside Community Hospital
Alcoholics Anonymous
Every Sunday, 9:30 a.m.
First Floor Conference Room
Brain Injury Support Group
Fourth Tuesday of the month, 11:45 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Private Dining Room. Call Rev. Clyde Shelton at 434.767.2259 for more information.
Chronic Pain/Fibromyalgia Support Group
First Thursday of every month at 6:30 p.m.
(Feb. 3, March 3, April 7, May 5, June 2, July7, Aug. 4,Sept 1, Oct.6, Nov. 3 and Dec.1)
Location: First Floor Conference
RoomContact: Cindy Pierce 434.315.2920
Diabetic Education Class/SUPPORT GROUP
Second Thursday of every other month, 7 to 9 p.m.
First Floor Conference Room. Call Susan Copsetta at 434.315.2617 for more information.
Multiple Sclerosis Support Group
Third Thursday of the month, 6:30 p.m.
First Floor Conference Room. Call Charles Southall at 434.392.5610 for more information.
Look Good...Feel Better
A national public service program open to all women cancer patients
who are undergoing radiation or chemotherapy treatment.
By appointment only. Call Jennifer Dunnavent at 434.315.2690 for more information.
Sleep Disorders Support Group
Third Thursday of the month 7 p.m.
CSCH Private Dining Room. Call Kary Reynolds at 434.315.2407 for more information.
Domestic Violence Prevention Support Group
First Friday of the month 11 a.m.
Private Dining Room. Call Danielle Tayor 434.292.1077
Cancer Support Group
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Vic WanchanaSunday, April 28th, 2013
Tell us a little about who you are. When did you begin creating and working in the design and animation industry?
I'm Wanchana Intrasombat but it is easier if you call me "Vic". I was born in Bangkok, Thailand in 1986 which is where I currently am living. I am a 2D and concept artist. My services include concepts for animation, game, illustration and character design. I graduated in 2008 in the category of Fine Art (traditional painting, oil color). From 2009 until now, I began teaching myself how to use the various digital painting tools and then received many opportunities to work on many design and animation projects.
What was the one key moment in your career that you feel really defined you?
I think that defining moment came for me when I received an award from the CG community at CG Society for "2D concept art and illustration". Before that I had done a lot of personal paintings to improve my portfolio without any job/project offered but after I received the award, there were so many projects and opportunities offered to me. And my first opportunity to work in the animation industry came through an animation commercial when EmberLab presented me with a very important opportunity for both my spirit and my career in animation to be an art director for a Coca-Cola and McDonald commercial "Crabs and Penguins".
Where do you work now, what are you working on?
I'm still working as a freelance artist and live in Thailand. I am looking forward to being a part of an animation studio in USA one day. I'm currently working as a visual development artist and character designer with so many studios such as EmberLab, Anya Animation and KiwiUp to name a few on projects such as an Animation-Feature film (un-public) , Fanta, KFC, and Pizza Hut animation and game commercials that I believe will be released soon.
What has been the most rewarding aspect or project you've worked on to date?
The most rewarding aspect for me is the experience that I gain when working as a team that has joined together with so many talented artists on the same project. I think both opportunities and experience are very important in this industry and I always practice to improve my skills so as to be prepared and ready for every opportunity that may or may not come. (more…)


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Defense shows improvement in final scrimmage
White tosses three TDsAugust 18, 2012 · @MTAthletics
MURFREESBORO - Middle Tennessee held its final scrimmage of preseason camp under the lights Saturday night at Floyd Stadium in what Head Coach Rick Stockstill said capped off a great week.
The Blue Raider defense earned the most praise on a very weather friendly night as the first unit did not allow a touchdown.
"The defense improved a lot from our first scrimmage," said Stockstill. "They were better on third down, did not give up a lot of big plays, and tackled well. I also liked the pressure our guys got up front."
Linebacker Justin Jones led the way with seven tackles, while linebacker Roderic Blunt and safety Robert Hogg added five stops each. DE Omar McLendon and LB Corey Carmichael had four tackles apiece and McLendon led the unit with two TFLs.
Blunt, T.T. Barber, and Jiajuan Fennell all were credited with sacks.
Offensively, the Blue Raiders held out starters Benny Cunningham, Anthony Amos, and Kyle Griswould while letting QB Logan Kilgore and backup Jeff Murphy run only three series each.
"We held some guys out on that side of the ball but I still saw some nice plays," added Stockstill. "The quarterbacks made some nice throws and Shaun White had an impressive performance and extended some plays with his legs. Overall, I thought it was a good scrimmage and ended a week where I thought our football team improved."
White paced the offense by completing 8 of 13 passes for 126 yards and three touchdowns. He had passing scores of 39, 30, and 1-yard. Kilgore finished the night 4-for-7 for 29 yards while Murphy completed 5 of 15 passes for 79 yards.
William Pratcher led a balanced rushing attack with 36 yards on nine carries while Jeremiah Bryson registered 28 yards on five attempts. Aaron Davis added 26 yards and Jordan Parker turned in 18 yards.
Sophomore Marcus Henry had four catches for 45 yards and a touchdown, and Arthur Williams, Vincent Van Horne, and Bryson reeled in three passes each. Williams and Van Horne also had touchdown grabs.
The ongoing battle for the starting place-kicker job was not made any clearer tonight between senior Carlos Lopez and freshman Cody Clark. Both kickers made 6 of 8 field goals with a long of 49 yards.
The Blue Raiders will have off tomorrow before resuming practice on Monday.
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February 2009
Welcome to the February issue of School of Nursing News, an electronic newsletter designed to inform, engage, and connect with faculty, staff, students, alumni, and other constituents of the University of Maryland School of Nursing.
This Month in School of Nursing History
On Feb. 24, 1891, Mary E. Cornman, DIN 1893, arrived at University Hospital and was directed to the office of the Superintendent of Nurses, Louisa Parsons. Parsons took Cornman upstairs to her room, instructed her to change into her uniform, and later that evening took her to the Women's Ward to begin her training. Cornman recalled, "Oh, how many times I lost myself in going from ward to dining room or drug room before I learned the lay of the land, and what good times we 'early nurses' did have in those old wards, halls, and lecture room, we called our sitting room."
Communications Office Receives Advertising Award
The Office of Communications received an Outstanding Advertising Award from Nursing Spectrum magazine for the Clinical Research Management ad that appeared in the publication's September 8, 2008 edition. The award recognizes the advertisement that achieves the highest readership response, as measured against all other ads appearing in that particular issue.
Ruth Harris Granted Emeritus Status
Ruth Harris, PhD, RN, CRNP-BC, FAAN, was awarded Professor Emeritus status at the School of Nursing's recent All-School Assembly. She was a member of the faculty for 24 years, and chaired the Department of Organizational Systems and Adult Health prior to her retirement in 2006. Dr. Harris received more than $3 million in funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and National Institute for Nursing Research to conduct research on drug abuse and AIDS.
Faculty & Staff Appointments/Transitions
Vivian Koroknay MS '91, RN, CRRN, has been appointed clinical instructor at Shady Grove. She has worked with adults in acute care settings, taught in hospitals, served as an evidence-based research coordinator, and worked as a home health nurse. Koroknay earned her master's degree from the University of Maryland School of Nursing and is currently enrolled in UMSON's "Teaching in Nursing and Health Professions" certificate program.
Lisa Mielke MSN, BSN '78, AN-BC, has joined the faculty as a part-time instructor at Shady Grove. She will assist students in simulation scenarios and health assessment lab activities. Mielke comes to the School of Nursing from the International Academy for Clinical Nursing Simulation and Research, University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies.
Sampad Pereira, BS, has joined the staff at Shady Grove as an accounting clerk II. He holds a bachelor's degree in business management, and has experience in accounts, general ledgers, and financial transactions, as well as working knowledge and experience in many aspects of accounting principles.
Shannon Reedy, MS, CRNP, CCRN, clinical instructor, Department of Organizational Systems and Adult Health (OSAH), has been named interim co-director of the Adult Nurse Practitioner/Gerontological Nurse Practitioner master's program. Ms Reedy joined OSAH in January 2007. Since then, her primary teaching responsibilities have been with the ANP program (prior to its merger with the GNP program).
Lauren Smith, BS, has joined the Department of Family and Community Health as an academic program specialist. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in sociology from the University of Maryland College Park.
Faculty & Staff Kudos
Janet Allan, PhD, RN, FAAN, dean and professor, has been elected to a two-year term as treasurer of the Board of Directors of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing.
Susan Dorsey, PhD, RN, assistant professor, Department of Organizational Systems and Adult Health, co-authored the following article: Laura Carim-Todd, Kevin G. Bath, Gianluca Fulgenzi, Sudhirkumar Yanpallewar, Deqiang Jing, Colleen A. Barrick, Jodi Becker, Hannah Buckley, Susan G. Dorsey, Francis S. Lee, and Lino Tessarollo (2009). Endogenous Truncated TrkB.T1 Receptor Regulates Neuronal Complexity and TrkB Kinase Receptor Function In Vivo. Journal of Neuroscience, 29(3), 678-685. www.jneurosci.org
Yulan Liang, PhD, associate professor, Department of Family and Community Health, co-authored the following journal papers with Arpad Kelemen, PhD, associate professor, Department of Organizational Systems and Adult Health:
- Kelemen, A., Vasilakos, A., Liang, Y. (2009). Computational Intelligence for Genetic Association Study in Complex Disease: Review of Theory and Applications. International Journal of Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, 1(1), 20-36.
- Liang, Y., Kelemen, A. (2009). Bayesian Finite Markov Mixture Models for Temporal Multi-Tissue Polygenic Patterns. Biometrical Journal, 51(1), 1-14.
- Liang, Y., Kelemen, A. (2009). Time Lagged Recurrent Neural Network for Temporal Gene Expression Classification. International Journal of Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, 1(1), 91-102.
- Liang, Y. (2009). Book Review: Introduction to Machine Learning and Bioinformatics. Chapman & Hall/CRC. Biometrics Journal, 65(3), 331.
- In addition, Drs. Liang and Kelemen were awarded a $36,889 grant from the National Science Foundation, Division of Mathematical Sciences, for their study, "Advanced Bayesian Approaches for Heterogeneous Temporal Genomic MetaData."
Deborah McGuire, PhD, RN, FAAN, professor, Department of Organizational Systems and Adult Health, co-authored the following online peer-reviewed publication: Dudley, W.N., McGuire D.B., Peterson D.E., & Wong B. (2009). The application of multilevel growth-curve analysis in cancer treatment toxicities: The exemplar of oral mucositis and pain. Oncology Nursing Forum, 36, online exclusive DOI: 10.1188/09.ONF.E11-E19.
Patricia Morton, PhD, RN, CRNP, FAAN, professor and associate dean for academic affairs, co-authored the book, Critical Care Nursing: A Holistic Approach, which was recently published in its ninth edition. (Morton, P.G. & Fontaine, D. (2009). Critical Care Nursing: A Holistic Approach. 9th Edition. Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins, Philadelphia.) School of Nursing faculty who contributed to the book include: Dr. Kay Blum, Dr. Joan Davenport, Mr. Conrad Gordon, Dr. Thomasine Guberski, Dr. Karen Johnson, Dr. Jane Kapustin, Dr. Sandra McLeskey, Ms. Nancy Munro, Dr. Barbara Resnick, Ms. Valerie Sabol, and Ms. Kathryn Von Rueden.
Shannon Reedy, MS, CRNP, CCRN, clinical instructor, Department of Organizational Systems and Adult Health, had the following article published: Reedy, S. (2009). An evidence-based review of obesity and bariatric surgery. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 5(1), 22-30.
Barbara Smith, PhD, RN, FACSM, FAAN, professor and associate dean for research, received the Southern Nursing Research Society's highest honor—Researcher of the Year—at its annual conference, held Feb. 11-14 in Baltimore. The award recognizes the lifetime achievements of an individual whose established program of research has enhanced the science and practice of nursing in the Southern region of the United States.
Alumni News & Notes
Donna Sullivan Havens, PhD, RN, FAAN, received the American Organization of Nurse Executives 2009 Nurse Researcher Award. The award recognizes a nurse researcher who has made a significant contribution to nursing research and is recognized by the broader nursing community as an outstanding nurse researcher.
Tamala Dykes Paxton, MS '88, BSN '80, RNC, CNE, was recently appointed nursing department chair for the Jack F. Owens Campus of Delaware Technical and Community College.
Jerry Wollman, BSN '86, has been named senior vice president of corporate operations for the University of Maryland Medical System. He is responsible for leading and facilitating key strategic and operational issues for the Office of the CEO. Most recently, Wollman served as business director at the American Nurses Credentialing Center in Silver Spring, Md.
School of Nursing "In the News"
SUBJECT: Nursing Schools Need More Faculty
SOURCE: The Daily Record – Feb. 10
SUMMARY: The School of Nursing is one of many that are struggling to keep up with the number of applicants. Nursing schools statewide were forced to deny enrollment to more than 1,800 qualified candidates because of the shortage of faculty members in 2008. Dean Janet D. Allan, PhD, RN, FAAN, was featured in the story.
SUBJECT: Articulation Agreement Between UMSON and Montgomery College
SOURCE: Cable Channel 10 – Montgomery County
SUMMARY: Karen Clark, PhD, RN, interim assistant dean for the School of Nursing's program at the Universities at Shady Grove (USG), discussed the articulation agreement between Montgomery College and UMSON's BSN program at USG. The show can be viewed on the Montgomery College YouTube Channel link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUglCJwZcKE&feature=PlayList&p=0B4CD79E3D4BA09C&index=0&playnext=1
SUBJECT: Snake Oil Science
SOURCE: Journal of the American Medical Association – Jan. 21
SUMMARY: R. Barker Bausell, PhD, a professor in the School of Nursing, is dead-set against integrative medicine, which he terms "snake oil science." He develops his case for exposing integrative medicine by explaining the various types of treatment and why it has become increasing popular—which he believes is irrational.
SUBJECT: Nursing Schools Trying To Remedy Expansion Maladies
SOURCE: Baltimore Business Journal – Jan. 16
SUMMARY: The University of Maryland School of Nursing turned away 150 qualified students last fall seeking entry. "There's an aging work force, people are living longer, and the demand is rising and the supply is dropping," said Patricia Morton, PhD, RN, CRNP, FAAN, associate dean for academic affairs at the School.
SUBJECT: Nursing Remains a "Hot Job"
SOURCE: "Find It" section; Baltimore Sun – Jan. 11
SUMMARY: An aging population combined with the impending retirement of baby boomer-age nurses in the coming years translates into a continuing nursing shortage not only across the country, but in Maryland as well. While there may be a temporary blip in the number of nursing jobs available, overall demand will continue to be high. Education needed for nursing positions ranges from associate degrees through doctoral degrees. Robin Newhouse, PhD, RN, CNAA, BC, CNOR, assistant dean, Doctor of Nursing Practice program and associate professor at the School of Nursing, was quoted.
Mark Your Calendar!
Conferences and Lectures
- Black History Month Panel – "Nurses Discovering Purpose in Pursuit of a Profession," featuring School of Nursing students, faculty and former faculty members, and alumni – 4 to 5:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 23 – School of Nursing auditorium. For information, visit http://nursing.umaryland.edu/events/lectures/bhm. R.S.V.P. at http://peopleware.net/0216.
- Komen Distinguished Lecture – "Predicting Breast Cancer Risk: Models and Their Uses," featuring distinguished lecturer Mitchell Gail, MD, PhD, creator of The Gail Model, an absolute risk model used worldwide to predict women's risk of developing breast cancer – 4 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 24 – School of Nursing auditorium. For information, visit nursing.umaryland.edu/events/lectures/komen/index.htm, or call 410-706-3767. R.S.V.P. at http://peopleware.net/0216.
- Evidence-based Practice Conference – "Nursing Practice Based on Evidence: Moving Science into Action," featuring keynote speaker Sean Clarke, PhD, RN, FAAN, associate professor and RBC chair in cardiovascular nursing, University of Toronto Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing – Preconference: April 1; Conference: April 2-3 – School of Nursing. For information, visit nursing.umaryland.edu/events/ebp or call 410-706-3767.
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Shia Lebeouf is best known for his role as Sam Witwicky in the Transformers films. He's also an avid motorcyclist, owning several motorcycles — including a Ducati Monster 696 and a Triumph Thruxton. He decided to take a break from Hollywood last year to write graphic novels. Shia has written three short graphical novels — "Let's Fucking Party", "Stale N Mate" and "Cyclical", which is about a badass biker.
Shia Lebeouf's art style is dirty and raw which compliments the story that is being told. The writing is short and emotional.
"Cyclical" details the adventures of the bikers, Dave Raven and his friend Santavo, as they ride through the desert on their custom '69 Shovel Head and a stolen Norton chopper. As the story progresses, Dave meets up with his girlfriend for the last time in a motel to say good bye and she begs and begs him to not do the jump the next morning. The story meets its end with Dave jumping a canyon, only to fall to his death.
Shia's graphic novels were a bit of an indy affair and never received a whole lot of promotion or distribution. But, there are a few available through Amazon: Cyclical


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Worldview & Culture
The Psychology of Atheism
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Losing Our Virtue: Why the Church Must Recover Its Moral Vision
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It is popular in our day to speak of "family values." However, while politicians and other newsmakers consistently debate the exact meaning of these values, few acknowledge that virtue is impossible without God, the sole universal standard of right and … Learn MorePaperback $24.00 $19.20 Add to Cart
Lifeviews: Make a Christian Impact on Culture and Society
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As a Christian, you are called to be a witness of Christ's Gospel, to be "the salt of the earth and the light of the world." How can you make that kind of impact in a society filled with darkness … Learn More
Simple Gifts
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Modern Fascism: The Threat to the Judeo-Christian Worldview
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Early voting in the Republican and Democratic primary elections ends today.
The early voting time is 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
The main voting site is the Parker County Courthouse Annex, 1112 Santa Fe Drive, Weatherford. Other early voting sites are:
• Springtown City Hall, 102 East 2nd St., Springtown.
• Peaster Fire Department, 221 Judd St., Peaster.
• Willow Park Municipal Building, 516 Ranch House Road, Willow Park.
• Aledo Community Center, 104 Robinson Court, Aledo.
• Old Brock ISD Administration Building, 100 Grindstone Road, Brock.
• Azle Masonic Lodge, 257 W. Main St., Azle.
For a listing of the candidates and to view sample ballots go to parkercountytx.com.


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A $24 million agricultural and engineering research center is going up on the northeast corner of Fresno State's campus.
Officials broke ground Friday on the project, located on the corner of Barstow and Woodrow avenues, across from the Animal Science Pavilion.
The 30,000-square-foot Jordan Research Center will host labs for faculty and staff in the university's agricultural, engineering and science and math colleges. It is scheduled for completion in fall 2015.
The building is being paid for with a multimillion-dollar donation from the Jordan family, the namesake of Fresno State's Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology. A $200,000 donation from Olam Spices and Vegetable Ingredients and another $200,000 from retired Fresno dentist Harry Moordigian will fund lab space.
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