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WASHINGTON – Cheeto the kitten weighed just over 1 pound when he was found flea- bitten and abandoned in the Virginia woods.
But Reddit user Chaseburger liked the little kitty, so he took him home and nursed him back to health, capturing the kitten's improvements in a slideshow he put together, reports The Huffington Post.
After helping Cheeto get strong, the Reddit user gave the kitten a new home with his mom.
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The Six Degrees of…Robert Fisk
Robert Fisk is in the UAE this week to commemorate the 97th anniversary of the Armenian genocide. A much-beloved figure in the Middle East, Fisk is connected to many influential Arab personalities. Kipp even linked him to a local airline carrier's first Emirati female pilot. Here's howApril 28, 2012 10:09

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| User:Slayingthehalcyon
The hide/show button for the Map is not working! I can't go back to yesterday because I was a different person then. 12:56, January 29, 2013 (UTC)
K. --I can't go back to yesterday because I was a different person then. 22:03, January 29, 2013 (UTC)
Slay, this user is keep changing Ash's name into Vincent on Iris page. Regards, KidProdigy (Local Userpage ⁝ Local Talk) 22:24, January 29, 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks Regards, KidProdigy (Local Userpage ⁝ Local Talk) 22:27, January 29, 2013 (UTC)
Slay this user is removing some important content from pages, through his contribution I've discovered that he did a lot more previously. Regards, KidProdigy (Local Userpage ⁝ Local Talk) 14:13, February 1, 2013 (UTC)
Thanks Slay :), Regards, KidProdigy (Local Userpage ⁝ Local Talk) 15:13, February 1, 2013 (UTC)
This user and this user vandalised the Pokémon X and Y page. Regards, KidProdigy (Local Userpage ⁝ Local Talk) 09:46, February 3, 2013 (UTC)
- Alright, thanks. Regards, KidProdigy (Local Userpage ⁝ Local Talk) 11:21, February 3, 2013 (UTC)
Slay, this user keeps vandalizing pages around the pages by removing the content and replacing it with something else. Regards, KidProdigy (Local Userpage ⁝ Local Talk) 15:32, February 8, 2013 (UTC)
Twizzlers (PokePower)
The Project with some "Redlinks" that have pages but are still in the redlink thing. You can see here that "Help:Signatures" and "Help:Talkpage" is already made. You should remove it so people don't get confused at all. I tried to remove it myself but I couldn't the proper thing to remove it. Can you remove it? Thanks.
User:Ranger1434/sig 02:31, January 30, 2013 (UTC)
Okay, I might have some suggestions for this Wiki. We can maybe make like another PokePower Project. I know I'm not apart of PokePower. But we can add like a thing called "Be a Trainer" and help new users out or something. Also we can make some new articles for this wiki. Also can we take off the "Do not use a picture from Bulbapedia" since almost all the pictures from Google link to Bulbapedia. So someone can take a picture from Bulbapedia, Without them knowing—They would them get in trouble for something they have done on accident. I don't see the problem Bulbapedia is basically this wiki except with a ".com" and it's a website like Wikipedia.com. Anyways maybe those can be good suggestions—I was thinking we can have a Image Policy since I see videos/images. Uploaded that don't need to be uploaded at all, So we minimize the images so we don't have a lot. I was also thinking if we can change the PokePower requirement to "500+ edits" since really people do try hard and expect to be on PokePower and such—Maybe if we can put 500+ and 400 mainspace" so it proves they have been editing mainspace. Since people can have 500 edits from User,User Talk,Template etc—It would be lower so it would be easier for them to get in and we can have more PokePower members. Last but not least—I think we should keep the "10 Edits Requirement for chat thing". Since spammer can come in such without having 10 edits. Also not to mention trollers and such. Now going on to my request. I want to request myself as Chat Mod on this wiki. First I'm always on chat and has experienced harassment attacks on me and many other people. Like I said I am always on chat—I'm mostly before 98 gets online on the chat—Not to mention my mainspace edits. I know I have joined in November but I really didn't start editing till January 22th More or less. My mainspace edits have excelled sine I have been here. Also I live in the EST timezone, I'm pretty sure it is +1. I think 98 is close to mine maybe MT timezone. I'm not sure but I'm—Like I said, Mostly before 98 gets on chat. So I'm requesting Chat Mod rights on this wiki.Thats all
User:Ranger1434/sig 23:42, January 30, 2013 (UTC)
Hello, I'm Nova. I'm an Admin from the Fossil Fighters Wiki. We're a rather small community and most of the admins on the wiki are Pokemon fans themselves. So the question of whether or not the two of us would be in an alliance popped up. I heard from one of your chat mods that there hasn't been much discussion, as far as he knows. Anyway, if you want to join us, I've left a link for our Bureaucrat's page. He said himself he'd love to be in an alliance with you guys. Thanks! Novafan365, master of scrap (talk) 23:46, January 30, 2013 (UTC)
Here's the link for it. Yeah, I really love to be in an alliance with you guys. So far, we've only registered under "Sci-Fi", but may be considering "Heroes" as well. TDD25 (talk) 02:31, February 1, 2013 (UTC)
http://pokemon.wikia.com/wiki/Category_talk:Candidates_for_deletion#AG189:_Gathering_the_Gang_of_Four.21 --I can't go back to yesterday because I was a different person then. 19:39, January 29, 2013 (UTC) -- I can't go back to yesterday
Can you unprotect this template, I'm gonna add "spanclass=plainlinks" ^.^ -- Blank stares at blank pages, no easy way to say this. 15:49, February 1, 2013 (UTC)
- Why Jazzi? --Blank stares at blank pages, no easy way to say this. 17:24, February 1, 2013 (UTC)
- Oh I thought you were too lazy to unprotect them, well, gonna ask Jazzi and have a no for an answer in unprotecting a template. --Blank stares at blank pages, no easy way to say this. 17:29, February 1, 2013 (UTC)
Jazzi? Ain't nobody got time for that. And user rights are not that important right now since this wiki is crumbling down. --Blank stares at blank pages, no easy way to say this. 18:41, February 1, 2013 (UTC)
Hey, I don't think so, but are pages like this stub? Seems unworthy to be called stub, right? Energy X ∞ 22:53, February 9, 2013 (UTC)
Seems a strange policy. But even if I do tend to the rules, the page has over 6000 bytes. It is not a stub then, right? Energy X ∞ 23:00, February 9, 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I sopke with you last time on the chat, and about what you said, does giving credit to myself imply cropping as well? (I really could care less either way, but you said it about screenshots so...) And could you also rename the Nifia images, I accidently forgot to put the n in the name (me & my lack of attention! XP), so if you could rename those pictures it'd be great! :) And one last thing! Could I (or you) edit the GenVPokeSprite Template for the B2/W2 sprites? Aquatic Wartortle Surf! 16:23, February 12, 2013 (UTC)
Uhm, no offense, but the highlights are to identify the admins by a single color. If you want to identify yourself in yellow you can do it in personal css, not in wiki wide css. – EnemyPeacemaker 22:45, February 20, 2013 (UTC)
- 'Ight .-. Slayingthehalcyon (Talk) 14:34,2/22/2013 4,183
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I may start editing here. I already read the rules/policy and know everything about pokemon so, i'll give it a shot. And, also another question. What is the Insert Pokemon thing above in source mode? --DeviantSerpent (talk) 20:23, February 23, 2013 (UTC)
- Insert Pokemon, when pressed, produces Pokémon. The reason that this was made is so that our usage of Pokémon wouldn't differ with every mention of it in an article. – EnemyPeacemaker 20:26, February 23, 2013 (UTC)
List of Stage 1 Pokemon
Hello! I was the person who edited the "List of Stage 1 Pokemon" page the other day. (Sorry I didn't have an account then, I just started it on a whim.) I saw that you undid my changes, and I was curious as to why. The summary said "Stage one pokémon... Not stage 2 and up..." but I think there may be some confusion as to what a Stage 1 pokemon is. From my understanding, Stage 1 Pokemon and Basic Pokemon aren't the same (Charmeleon and Charmander), and Basic Pokemon with a Baby Form don't re-designate that Basic Pokemon as a Stage 1 (Chansey and Happiny [which would make Blissey only a Stage 1])
I guess I was just wondering if you could "un-undo" my progress. I made it up to "K" and would appreciate not having to start all over, but if I have to that's fine. And in either event, I was hoping that if there are other reasons you had for changing it back to its old state, and if not, just a humble request to let me continue trudging along on my tedious work, which I will probably restart tomorrow if I don't hear from you. Just trying to contribute to the wiki :)
Sorry for any formatting errors I very likely made.
-Faoba (talk) 08:43, February 25, 2013 (UTC)
I'll be inactive for awhile due to school and exams, just to let you know. I'll try to edit when I can. Thanks. :) Blank stares at blank pages, no easy way to say this. 10:55, February 25, 2013 (UTC)
- Sorry about that, I have an automatic sign button on. --I'm not gonna write you a love song 'cause you asked for it, 'cause you need one, you see 17:33, February 25, 2013 (UTC)
I found some unecessary categories
All the generation VI pokemon have Unova and Generation V categories. I was going to remove them because they didn't belong with the pokemon but i can't. The page has rich text and won't let me, i just thought i'd let you know about this


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What is an Ecological Footprint?
We've already examined and defined a carbon footprint, but have you ever heard of an ecological footprint? An ecological footprint compares human demands on nature with the Earth's ability to regenerate resources and provide services.
Ecological footprints are ever changing because of advances in technology and a three-year lag for the UN to collect and publish statistics. However, it is a standardized measure that begins by assessing the amount of biologically productive land and sea area necessary to supply the resources a human population uses. This is then contrasted with the planet's ability to absorb associated waste and ecological capacity to regenerate. Think of it like how much of the Earth (or how many planet Earths) it would take to support humanity given an average lifestyle. In 2007, humanity's total ecological footprint was estimated at 1.5 planet Earths. This means humans are currently using ecological services 1.5 times quicker than Earth can renew them.
William Rees was the first academic to publish about an ecological footprint in 1992. He supervised the PhD dissertation of Mathis Wackernagel who outlined the concept and offered a calculation method. Rees penned the term ecological footprint in a more accessible manner than the original name of "appropriated carrying capacity" after a computer technician described Rees' new computer as having a small footprint on the desk. Wackernagel and Rees published the book Our Ecological Footprint: Reducing Human Impact on the Earth in early 1996.
The implications are dire according to Rees who wrote in 2010, "…the average world citizen has an eco-footprint of about 2.7 global average hectares while there are only 2.1 global hectare of bioproductive land and water per capita on earth. This means that humanity has already overshot global biocapacity by 30% and now lives unsustainabily by depleting stocks of 'natural capital'."
We're definitely overspending the planet's resources. Just take a look at man-made global warming and climate change. We need to continue on the path to seeking a sustainable lifestyle, and do it on a global scale. All of us working together can reduce the amount of the earth's resources that we consume. Start with yourself and get creative with how many ways you can save energy and recycle. What's great about beginning with energy efficiency is that it can save you money too. Then there are cost effective ways to offset the rest such as by contributing to Carbonfund.org's development of renewable energy technologies and carbon emissions reduction projects. The important thing is to get started right away.
Groundbreaking Fuel Economy Standards – Historic Progress to Limit Carbon Emissions and Tackle Climate Change
In what is easily the best environmental action in a generation, this week, the Obama Administration announced new CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) standards for cars and light trucks (think minivans and sport utility vehicles). By 2025, these vehicles will be required to average 54.5 miles per gallon (MPG).
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration regulates CAFE standards and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency measures vehicle fuel efficiency. An agreement in support of acceptable standards was made between the government, automakers and their unions, and environmental organizations.
The stage for these historic fuel economy standards was set by an energy law enacted in 2007 under President George W. Bush. Additionally, the 2009 federal bailouts of General Motors and Chrysler were tied to better fuel efficiency.
Fuel-efficient cars and trucks were the U.S. auto industry's saving grace. It makes good sense on multiple levels to continue these efforts. For one, 570,000 new jobs can be created by 2030. Not to mention saving consumers more than $1.7 trillion at the gas pump and reducing U.S. oil consumption by 12 billion barrels. This also translates to strengthening national security by lessening the country's dependence on foreign oil.
What about fighting man-made global warming? The new standards will cut greenhouse gas emissions from cars and light trucks in half by 2025. This reduces emissions by 6 billion metric tons, which is more than the total amount of carbon dioxide emitted by the United States in 2010. We thank President Obama for his leadership on combating climate change, pollution prevention and national security.
Starting in 2017, the standards will be phased in over the course of eight years. New fuel-saving technology is projected to increase the cost of new car or light truck by $3,000 on average. This means consumers will pay a little more when they buy the vehicle, about $50 more a month over a five-year loan, but they'll more than make up for it at the pump with expected gas savings per vehicle between $7,000 - $8,000. And that is good for the environment and our wallets.
Undeniably, the vehicle fuel-efficiency standards represent an unbeatable combination of protecting the environment and strengthening the economy. They're also the nation's single largest effort to combat climate-altering greenhouse gases, but we can't stop building our carbon-reduction portfolios now. Wonderful news like this should push us to continuing to find more ways to reduce our carbon footprint, as individuals and a nation. Now let's go invest in some renewable energy projects!
Are We Close to Finding a Politically Viable Way to Deal with Climate Change?
Last month it was revealed that a diverse group of stakeholders with political ties that cover the entire spectrum from left to right have been holding secret meetings about climate change with the support of the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think-tank based in Washington D.C.
Climate change is an unavoidably, politically charged issue. These meetings are an attempt to discover ways to approach global warming in a politically viable manner. The July 2012 meeting was the fifth of such meetings, which are held secretly and speakers not revealed in order to facilitate true brainstorming, an open discussion where all sides could offer solutions without fear of reprisal.
The agenda for the most recent meeting, which was leaked online, was titled, "Price Carbon Campaign / Lame Duck Initiative: A Carbon Pollution Tax in Fiscal and Tax Reform". However, participants claim putting a price on carbon emissions was not the only item of discussion, and neither was focus limited to the short-term.
Proponents of a carbon tax put it forward as a less complex method to begin pricing carbon emissions than cap-and-trade. Legislation for cap-and-trade collapsed in 2010 in the nation's capital and preceded these meetings.
At the moment tax increases, carbon or otherwise, are unlikely to get off the ground, but the long-term view is that taxing CO2 could win support over taxing income. Furthermore, there is potential to use a carbon tax to tackle both global warming and the deficit.
So the question as to whether we can deal with climate change in a politically viable manner is still unanswered, but the future is looking brighter with the news that open discussions are occurring among bipartisan groups.
Climate Change Effects: The Power to Ruin Our Children's Futures
More than a couple of our past blog posts have covered how increasingly extreme weather is the product of climate change. However, have you stopped to ask yourself what that really means? How will climate change affect us and future generations? What things that we currently enjoy will be unavailable to our children?
A recent article covers some things that global warming is likely to ruin for our kids; things such as coffee, chocolate, strawberries. And the list isn't limited to agricultural food items. Say goodbye to blazing fast Wi-Fi. Also your favorite vacation spot or even your home may be underwater in a few, short decades time. The country you live in may disappear. The article has some shocking images of Greenland melting away.
So what's it going to take to help preserve the Earth as we know it? Global carbon emissions need to be reduced 80% by 2050. The U.S. has already pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from 2005 levels by approximately 17%. Eventually legislation will be enacted increasing the goal to a 30% reduction in 2025 and a 42% reduction in 2030, with the ultimate goal of reducing emissions 83% by 2050.
Do your part in reducing carbon emissions and getting us closer to meeting the goals outlined above. Start by switching your Internet browser to www.envirosearch.org. Your regular, daily Internet search activities will begin contributing to renewable energy, reforestation, and energy efficiency projects. Then go to www.carbonfund.org for ideas on how to reduce your carbon footprint and offset carbon emissions. By working together, and each doing our part, we can change the fate of the planet.
Climate Change Unimportant Issue to Generation X
A recently published study out of the University of Michigan examined Generation X's views on climate change and found them to be largely unconcerned with the issue.
The Longitudinal Study of American Youth (LSAY) releases a quarterly research report and has followed the same 4,000 people for 25 years. Originally, in 1987, 5,900 students were selected from a national sample of 7th and 10th graders in 50 U.S. public school systems.
Generation X now comprises 32-52 year olds who are the most well-educated and scientifically savvy generation in U.S. history. However, the LSAY shows dwindling interest in climate change as it is a complex and long-term issue. The study compared responses from 2009 and 2011 and found that a scant two percent of those aged 37 to 40 follow climate change "very closely". This was a 50 percent drop from 2009 results. Over half said they follow climate change "not closely." More than 40 percent say they have only a "moderate concern" about global warming.
The most disturbing part of the report points to a disregard for future generations. Most do not see climate change as an immediate problem that requires their attention to address. A large percentage, 66 percent, said they aren't sure that global warming is happening. About 10 percent even outright deny global warming is actually happening.
Why is Generation X disengaged, disinterested, or even openly disbelieving regarding climate change? The answer is as multifaceted as global warming itself. Disinterest in climate change is surely due in part to a massive and unprecedented disinformation campaign by oil and gas interests and conservative media outlets spanning more than a decade, even as the overwhelming scientific record points squarely to climate change. Some experts theorize issue fatigue may be the cause when a problem is long-standing. Others point to the complexity in understanding the underlying causes and potential solutions for climate change as a barrier to engagement with the issue. Still another potential answer is the distraction by other timely public policy issues. For example, interest in the economy experienced an upsurge following the Great Recession that began in 2008 to the detriment of environmental issues.
Whatever the reason, there is something every person in all generations can do to help save our planet. One easy and fast way to protect the environment is to switch your Internet browser to www.envirosearch.org. You'll be contributing to renewable energy, reforestation, and energy efficiency projects through you regular, daily Internet search activities. Another simple step is to use an emissions calculator to determine your personal contribution to greenhouse gas emissions. Then reduce your carbon footprint, plant a tree, or offset your carbon emissions.
Download and read the entire study here http://lsay.org/GenX-4.pdf.
Study Provides 99% Certainty Ocean Warming is Man-Made
The Earth is 70% covered by oceans, and stores about 90% of the planet's heat. This means that ocean warming translates into global warming. Climate change deniers contend that global warming is not caused by greenhouse gas emissions, but rather by natural processes and variations. However, a study released this week proves with 99% certainty that no more than 10% of the observed increase in ocean temperatures over the past 50 years could be accounted for by natural variation.
The Human-Induced Global Ocean Warming on Multidecadal Timescales study is the most comprehensive study ever performed on rising ocean temperatures, and authored by a team of American, Indian, Japanese, and Australian scientists. According to the study, the planet's oceans are warming at a rate of 0.20°F per decade, which affects global weather patterns leading to increasing weather extremes such as more heat waves, storms, and intense storms. Furthermore, ocean warming affects the ocean ecology itself. A few of the effects we've already begun to see are plankton reduction, melting sea ice, and coral die-off.
The study unequivocally points to global warming as man-made. Of course, this has been known, shown and settled for nearly twenty years by the IPCC and climate scientists around the world. But the shift to ocean warming is significant due to its proportion of the Earth and its surface as well as because the vast majority of the people on Earth live very close to rising oceans.
Four or five years ago we shifted from the question of 'is it happening' to 'what to do about it'. Political and business interests have worked hard to shift this debate back again, but the real focus must remain on the numerous solutions to climate change and the dwindling timeline we have to reduce our global emissions 50-80% by mid century.
Download the full study at this link: http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/v2/n7/full/nclimate1553.html
What is a Carbon Footprint?
Your carbon footprint is the total amount of greenhouse gases produced to directly and indirectly support your activities. It is usually expressed in equivalent metric tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2).
The average American is responsible for a whopping 50,000 pounds of greenhouse gas emissions annually. Some examples of your carbon footprint are:
- When your car's engine burns fuel it creates CO2, the amount generated depends on its fuel consumption and the driving distance.
- Heating your house with oil, gas, or coal also generates CO2.
- Even if you heat (or cool) your house with electricity, CO2 is emitted during the generation of electrical power, most of which comes from coal in the US.
- When you buy food and goods, the production of the food and goods creates CO2; again, the amount depends on where the foods and goods came from and how they were created.
- Traveling on a plane generates CO2 in the same ways a car does.
- Weddings even create CO2 emissions! See this past post for more information about how to reduce your wedding's environmental impact.
- Also consider all the indirect emissions you are in part responsible for: the roads we drive on, the schools our kids attend, the mall and grocery story, our shared military and city hall. It all adds up.
The bottom line is your carbon footprint is the sum of all carbon dioxide emissions that were generated by your activities in a given time period, typically one year.
The carbon footprint is a powerful tool in understanding your personal impact on global warming. Most people are surprised by the amount of CO2 their activities create. If you personally want to reduce your contribution to global warming, the calculation and monitoring of your carbon footprint is critical.
Carbonfund.org offers helpful calculators to estimate your carbon footprint. Individuals can follow this link for more information. http://www.carbonfund.org/individuals There is also a calculator for businesses here.
At Carbonfund.org, our motto is "reduce what you can, offset what you can't.™" Make a commitment to sustainable living; get started on reducing and offsetting your carbon footprint now!
EPA Free to Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions
We can do a lot as individuals to combat global warming. But it is undeniable that governments can do more since they harness the power of the collective. The Obama administration's strategy is to control global warming emissions through regulation. This week a huge victory was given to both the administration and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by the federal appeals court in the District of Columbia. The decision was unanimous in upholding the agency's landmark rulings to control greenhouse gases.
The issue seems like a "no brainer" that the EPA should regulate greenhouse gases. However, dozens of lawsuits from industry groups and 14 states challenged four rules that aim to limit greenhouse gases. The biggest rule is the EPA's 2009 "endangerment finding" and the foundation on which the other three rules rest. The EPA contended, and was vindicated in this ruling, that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions constitute a danger to public health and therefore could be regulated under the Clean Air Act. The three-judge panel acknowledged and gave credence to climate change as a real and legitimate threat to public health and safety. So now climate change deniers have less of a leg to stand on; the EPA based its case on sound science and careful research which stood up to a rigorous judicial review and emerged victorious.
The ruling cleared the way for the EPA to proceed with clean car standards and restrictive permits on power plants and other major industrial polluters. Perhaps now power plants will put increased effort into developing cost-effective and reliable methods to capture carbon emissions, or at least offset them. If not, the future will certainly be in renewable energy sources now that there are stricter limitations on greenhouse gas emissions.
Killer Climate Change
The National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) released a report on Wednesday, May 23, 2012 that estimates 150,000 additional American deaths in the country's top 40 cities by 2100 due to the excessive heat caused by climate change.
The top three deadliest cities outlined in the analysis of peer-reviewed data include Louisville, Detroit, and Cleveland. Some other cities projected to have thousands of heat related deaths by the end of the century are Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Columbus, Denver, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, Providence, St. Louis and Washington, D.C.
Why cities? Because that is where two-thirds of the U.S. population lives, and many municipal services there are not prepared to help people effectively beat the heat. Urban areas have high concentrations of poor with little to no access to air conditioning. Although everyone is at risk, children, the elderly, the obese, and those on medication are the most vulnerable.
We're already seeing how global warming can kill with hundreds of heat related deaths annually. Extreme heat causes heat exhaustion and heat stroke and worsens illnesses such as cardiovascular disease and kidney disease. In 2006, a two-week long heat wave in California caused 655 deaths, 1,620 excess hospitalizations, and more than 16,000 additional emergency room visits, resulting in nearly $5.4 billion in costs. However, Chicago had an even deadlier record-setting heat wave in 1995 when more than 700 people died due to the excessive heat.
Some cities are learning from their experiences or heeding the warnings, and strengthening their municipal services. Chicago, Philadelphia, and Seattle have already put measures in place to lessen the risk from excessive heat days. Measures include improving the city's heat warning system, emergency services, and establishing cooling centers.
There is hope; we can save lives by reducing emissions and improving emergency services. Some examples of climate change mitigation are supporting reforestation projects and using more renewable energy such as wind energy.
Read the report and get more information at http://www.nrdc.org/globalwarming/killer-heat/.
Certified Product EcoAlkalines Achieve USGBC LEED Standards
LEI Electronics and EcoAlkalines™ are ecstatic to be able to announce that EcoAlkalines™ Batteries, the World's first Landfill safe, Certified Carbon Neutral Alkaline Batteries have been certified meet LEED standards.
The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)® Green Building Program is a voluntary, consensus-based global rating system for buildings, homes and communities that are designed, constructed, maintained and operated for improved environmental and human health performance. LEED was developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) with the intent on providing building owners and operators a concise framework for identifying and implementing practical and measurable green building design, construction, operations, and maintenance solutions. LEED is based on a credit system and points are allocated based on the potential environmental impacts and human benefits of each credit. Under the current LEED credit system, EcoAlkalines™ batteries can help earn one prerequisite and one point under the LEED category of Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance (EBOM) rating system.
For more information on LEED standards visit www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CategoryID=19
Eco Alkalines™ have been reviewed by a LEED AP third party – Above Green, LLC. Above Green has provided us with a LEED certified technical statement which explains exactly which prerequisites and points Eco Alkalines™ batteries can be used to count towards.
As per Above Green, LLC:
" EcoAlkalines are the world's first certified carbon neutral batteries. Manufactured with 0% Mercury, 0% Lead, 0% Cadmium – EcoAlkalines™ set the standard for responsible disposable alkaline batteries. Because of these qualities, EcoAlkalines are considered an environmentally preferable product. If you own and operate a LEED Certified building, include EcoAlkalines™ as part of your purchasing policy, and earn points toward certification and recertification of your facility."
Applicable Credit Category and Credit Name
Number of Points
MRp1: Sustainable Purchasing Policy
MRc1: Sustainable Purchasing - Ongoing Consumables
- Materials and Resources Prerequisite 1 ("MRp1"): Sustainable Purchasing Policy requires facilities managers to develop a comprehensive purchasing plan, which sets goals for the purchasing of environmental friendly products.
- Materials and Resources Credit 1 ("MRc1"): Sustainable Purchasing - Ongoing Consumables focuses on the implementation of MRp1, specifically in the procurement of environmentally friendly ongoing consumables, including batteries.
Carbonfund.org is pleased see one of our Carbon Neutral Certified Products recognized by the USGBC as meeting LEEDs Green Building Program Standards and congratulates LEI Electronics on this achievement. For more information about EcoAlkalines™ please visit: http://www.leiproducts.com/eco-alkalines and to learn more about Carbon Neutral Certification through Carbonfund.org please visit: http://carbonfund.org/offset/product-certification.


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Helping Your Child Avoid Tobacco, Drugs, and Alcohol
Topic Overview
The best thing parents can do to help prevent drug and alcohol misuse by their children is to get involved before a drug problem starts. It's best to start talking with your child about these harmful substances when your child is age 5 or 6.1 Talk honestly and openly about all kinds of tobacco, drugs, and alcohol as well as other things kids may do to cope with stress in their lives. Getting "high" is just one way that children try to deal with things that bother them.
Focus on the positive
- Discuss ways for your child to make responsible choices, no matter what his or her friends are saying or doing.
- Praise achievements. Never miss a chance to praise your child and build his or her self-esteem.
- Set a positive example. If you smoke, try to quit. Cigarettes tend to be a "gateway" drug for kids. If you drink alcohol, drink only in moderation. Never drink alcohol and drive. Also, take medicines only as prescribed by your doctor.
- Help your child get involved in sports, clubs, hobbies, and other activities. These activities can help teach kids that they can have fun without drugs and alcohol.
- Spend time with your child. When you take part in your child's life, you show you care. You also get to know your child's routines and can more easily recognize when he or she may get in situations involving drugs or alcohol.
Explain the dangers and consequences of tobacco, drug, or alcohol use
- Tell your child how the body gets addicted to nicotine and other drugs. Explain withdrawal symptoms that happen when a person tries to quit. Tell your child it may take only one cigarette to start a dependence on tobacco.2
- Talk about the legal problems that can result from using drugs or alcohol. For example, a person younger than 18 can lose his or her driver's license or be sentenced to community service or time in a detention center.
- Discuss how people who are using drugs or alcohol can say or do things that they normally would not. It is easy to make bad choices and get into trouble. For example, people may end up driving while drunk or riding with someone who is drunk, or they may find themselves in an unsafe place.
- Set clear limits about what will happen if your child uses drugs or alcohol. Follow through if those rules are broken. Don't make promises you will not keep. The prospect of parental disapproval is often one of the most powerful disincentives. Remind your child that you set these rules because you love your child and don't want him or her to be hurt.
- Explain that inhalants are dangerous. Glue, shoe polish, and gasoline are the most common substances that adolescents inhale.3 Make sure your child knows that these and other inhalants are harmful. Inhalant abuse can cause sudden serious health problems, such as seizures, or death from sudden heart failure. It can cause lasting brain damage or other lifelong problems.
Be aware that some adolescents and teens try to get a rush by cutting off oxygen to the brain, such as through choking or strangling each other. Talk to your child about these dangerous behaviors. Explain that they can result in lifelong problems or even death.
Peer pressure
Many adolescents feel pressured to use alcohol or drugs because some of their friends are using them. Here are some tips to teach your child on how to deal with peer pressure.
Encourage your child to:
- Hang out with people who do not use drugs or alcohol. Then, if your child is asked to use drugs, he or she can take a stand and walk away, knowing that there is support from the group.
- Skip parties where your child knows drugs or alcohol will be present.
- Practice or role-play things to say to friends who might
try to get your child to use drugs or alcohol. This helps your child consider
in advance what might happen and think about ways to say "no." Practice
responses, such as:
- "No, thanks. I've got too much to do today."
- "I'll just end up embarrassing myself."
- "I've got to stay clean for basketball practice."
- "My parents told me that they would ground me for 3 weeks if I use, and I don't want to take the chance of missing my friend's party."
- Get involved in drug-free activities. Talk about ways to ask friends to join too.
- Call you for a ride if he or she is in trouble or feels pressured by others to use drugs or alcohol. Let your child know that you want to help no matter what the situation is.
Look for a peer-led prevention program in your area to help reinforce what you are teaching.
Related Information
- Growth and Development, Ages 11 to 14 Years
- Growth and Development, Ages 15 to 18 Years
- Growth and Development, Ages 6 to 10 Years
- Helping Kids Handle Peer Pressure
- Helping Your Child Build Inner Strength
- Marijuana
- Stress in Children and Teens
- Teen Alcohol and Drug Abuse
- Teen Substance Use: Making a Contract With Your Teen
- Tobacco Use in Teens
- American Cancer Society (2010). Child and teen tobacco use. Available online: http://www.cancer.org/Cancer/CancerCauses/TobaccoCancer/ChildandTeenTobaccoUse/index.
- DiFranza JR, et al. (2007). Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: The development and assessment of nicotine dependence in youth-2 study. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, 161(7): 704–710.
- Wu L, et al. (2004). Inhalant abuse and dependence among adolescents in the United States. Journal of the American Academy of Adolescent Psychiatry, 43(10): 1206–1214.
Other Works Consulted
- Kaul P (2011). Adolescent substance abuse. In WW Hay et al., eds., Current Diagnosis and Treatment: Pediatrics, 20th ed., pp. 145–158. New York: McGraw-Hill.
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A bombshell was dropped in Maine yesterday by three-term Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe when she announced she would not seek re-election this year. The repercussions are only just beginning to be felt across the state's political landscape. Snowe says the extreme partisanship in Washington is the reason she's giving up her run for a fourth term. The decision shocked everyone from political insiders to ordinary voters.
After 33 years in Congress, Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe says she's fed up with the "my way or the highway" ideology in government and politics. In an interview with MSNBC, this is how Snowe described the current climate in Washington: "We're not working out issues anymore. We're working in a parallel universe with competing proposals, up or down votes."
At one of Snowe's favorite spots near her hometown, lunchtime customers at Simones hot dog stand in Lewiston say they can't blame her for calling it quits. "She strikes me as someone who has given her all. And she's, I think, she has every right to be tired. She has every right to relax," says Republican Peter Jensen of South Paris, who says he wasn't planning to vote for Snowe.
Jensen describes himself as an arch-conservative whose own views are to the right of Sen. Snowe's. But Jensen says he respects a woman who was the first to serve in both houses of a state Legislature and both branches of Congress.
And so does longtime Snowe supporter Peter Robinson of Lewiston. "I think Olympia Snowe was THE smartest person in Congress," he says. Robinson says he remembers former Maine Sen. William Cohen describe similar frustrations with Congress nearly two decades ago. Since then, Robinson says the challenge for someone like Snowe has only gotten worse. In recent years Snowe has reached across the aisle to pass the stimulus bill and the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
"You gotta have brains and she was smart--not the smartest woman, the smartest person," Robinson says. "And this state will be hard-pressed to find anybody to replace her."
Shortly after Snowe's announcement, would-be Senate candidates of every political persuasion began mulling over their options and speculating about who might run for her seat. Former Gov. John Baldacci, a Democrat, is circulating petitions for a run. Former Gov. Angus King, an independent, is considering jumping in. So is former independent gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler.
For those who have already declared their intentions all the hubbub is a little frustrating. Former Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap is one of four Democrats who had previously thrown his hat in the ring, and who plans to stay in the race. But now Dunlap says the floodgates have opened. "Right now the field consists from everyone from Chellie Pingree and Mike Michaud, to Santa Claus and the tooth fairy," he says.
Both Democrats, Maine Congresswoman Chellie Pingree and Congressman Mike Michaud have already begun collecting the necessary 2,000 signatures to pursue a Senate run. They have just two weeks to meet the deadline to qualify for the ballot. Independents have a bit longer--until June 1st.
But Maine Democratic Party Chair Ben Grant says he's optimistic about Democrats' chances for winning Snowe's seat. "If you sort of compare the state of candidates in the Republican Party in Maine versus the Democratic Party, we're in a much stronger position to have a top-tier candidate emerge to run for this open seat," Grant says. "She really did leave them without a lot of options."
That's because, minus Snowe, the Maine GOP has no top-of-the-ticket elected leaders who are poised to run. But there are Republicans who will take the jump and who will also eye potential vacancies left by Pingree or Michaud in Maine's congressional districts. And depending on what happens, one or both of the Democratically-held congressional seats could be put at risk.
Maine Sen. Susan Collins says she's devastated by Snowe's decision not to seek re-election. But Collins says as a fellow moderate Republican she understands why.
"There is no doubt that those of us in the middle are increasingly vilified for our efforts to bring people together, to work with members on both sides of the aisle and to achieve solutions," she says. "It used to be when I first got to the Senate that we were praised for those efforts and now we're criticized by both the far left and the far right."
Despite that atmosphere Collins says she's still proud of the work she's accomplished in Washington and optimistic that she can achieve more. But without the presence of Sen. Snowe, whom Collins describes as a "leading moderate" in the United States Senate, she says there's no question that her own job will be more difficult.


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New Insight Into Early Events in Type 1 Diabetes: Role for Islet Stem Cell Exosomes
- Miodrag L. Lukic1⇑,
- Nada Pejnovic1,2 and
- Ana Lukic1
- 1Center for Molecular Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia
- 2Institute of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia
- Corresponding author: Miodrag L. Lukic, miodrag.lukic{at}medf.kg.ac.rs.
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease in which an inappropriate self-directed immune response affects and destroys insulin-producing β-cells in pancreatic islets leading to dysregulated blood glucose levels. T1D may affect people of any age, its clinical presentation is highly variable, and its incidence is increasing worldwide (1). The initial triggering events of T1D are unknown and their elucidation is of pivotal importance. Several factors might lead to the breakdown of β-cell–specific T-cell tolerance, including genetics, exogenous infectious pathogen, noninfectious environment agents, endogenous superantigens, or physiological stress events (2).
The hallmark of autoimmune diabetes is insulitis, which progresses to a destruction of β-cells that results in clinical T1D. An altered balance between proinflammatory T-helper type 1 (Th1)/Th17 cells (γ-interferon [IFN-γ], interleukin [IL]-17) and Th2 immune response (IL-4, IL-10) leads to T1D (3,4). Evidence also suggests that both genetic and environmental factors may induce local inflammatory response, where activated intraislet dendritic cells (DCs) prevent peripheral T-cell tolerance (5). Moreover, it has been recently demonstrated that the development of destructive insulitis is partly due to impaired islet-resident Foxp3+ regulatory T cells (6,7).
Several animal experimental models have been used for the investigation of the pathogenesis of T1D and it appears that a NOD mouse is the model of choice. NOD mice spontaneously develop early peri-insulitis and later intraislet insulitis caused by autoreactive T cells, …


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St: Petersburg 25. July 1810.
Captain Harrod, by whom your kind favour of
20. March to me,
From the returns of the votes at the April election which we have seen, I
consider it as beyond
The panic terrors of a War, between the
United States and
England, which the majority of
I have too much respect for the characters of all those Gentlemen, who
signed this federal circular,
The most remarkable political transactions of the present time are in
Sweden – The late king of
the same time given offence and disgust to many of the nobility. These two orders of Society are
upon very discordant terms with each other in that kingdom, and the odium of the populace is the
most exasperated against the nobles of the highest Rank – The suspicion that the Crown-Prince had
been poisoned by a conspiracy of certain persons of the nobility, was excited among the People of
Stockholm, and became particularly concentrated upon Count Axel Fersen, the Grand-Marshal
of the kingdom, his Sister, Countess Piper, a Count Ugglas, and the Russian informal Envoy
General van Suchtelen – On the day when the body of the Prince was carried into Stockholm, Count
Fersen, going at the head of the Procession, which was to escort it, was attacked by a mob in the Streets,
sought refuge in a house, from which he was compelled to be brought out, and murdered with circum:
:stances as horrible as any of those which marked the worst period of the French Revolution – The other
suspected persons were preserved from the fury of the mob, only because they could not get them in
their power, and finally by the interposition of a military force, which was obliged to fire upon the
People, and killed a number of them. – There had been a report of three physicians who opened, and
examined the Prince's body, declaring in the most formal manner, that no symptom of any other than
natural causes of his death appeared; nor is it yet explained why the suspicions of the People in
Stockholm were so settled upon five or six persons, or how they became so strong, as to burst out into
those furious excesses. – Commissioners are appointed to enquire and trace the suspicions of poison
and their foundation; but here the opinion generally entertained is that they were altogether groundless.
As our intercourse with
England is again open, and will be in all probability very great
of Holland – This has brought him into disgrace with Napoleon, who first made him disgrace himself
by a Treaty, ceding to France a quarter part or more of the Dutch Territories, and surrendering to
French disposal all the private American property within his reach, and then sent a corps of French troops,
to take care of his good City of Amsterdam – Louis became sick of playing this part of a phantom king
any longer, and has abdicated his crown, and left it to his infant son, under the Regency of its
mother to perform the Pageants, and be used as the instruments of Napoleon.
This illustrious character narrowly escaped a burnishing about three weeks
since, at a splendid
Perhaps you would be better pleased with some account of
ourselves, than with accounts of mobs,
With my best remembrance of duty and affection to my father, of regard to
all our friends
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Subject to regulations prescribed by the Secretary—
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Any adult may, without payment of tax, produce wine for personal or family use and not for sale.
(B) Limitation
The aggregate amount of wine exempt from tax under this paragraph with respect to any household shall not exceed—
(3) Experimental wine
Subject to regulations prescribed by the Secretary, any scientific university, college of learning, or institution of scientific research may produce, receive, blend, treat, and store wine, without payment of tax, for experimental or research use but not for consumption (other than organoleptical tests) or sale, and may receive such wine spirits without payment of tax as may be necessary for such production.
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(1) For provisions relating to exemption of tax on losses of wine (including losses by theft or authorized destruction), see section 5370.
(2) For provisions exempting from tax samples of wine, see section 5372.
(3) For provisions authorizing withdrawals of wine free of tax or without payment of tax, see section 5362.
Source(Added Pub. L. 85–859, title II, § 201,Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1331; amended Pub. L. 94–455, title XIX, § 1906(b)(13)(A),Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1834; Pub. L. 95–458, § 2(a),Oct. 14, 1978, 92 Stat. 1255.)
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A prior section 5042, act Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 610, consisted of provisions similar to those comprising this section, prior to the general revision of this chapter by Pub. L. 85–859.
1978—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 95–458substituted in heading "Wine for personal or family use" for "Family wine" and in text provision permitting an adult to produce 200 gallons of wine per calendar year if there are 2 or more adults in the household or 100 gallons of wine per calendar year if there is one adult in the household for provision which permitted the duly registered head of any family to produce an amount of wine not exceeding 200 gallons of wine per annum.
1976—Subsec. (a)(1) to (3). Pub. L. 94–455struck out "or his delegate" after "Secretary" wherever appearing.
Effective Date of 1978 Amendment
Pub. L. 95–458, § 2(c),Oct. 14, 1978, 92 Stat. 1257, provided that: "The amendments made by this section [amending this section and sections 5051, 5053, 5054, 5092, 5222, and 5674 of this title] shall take effect on the first day of the first calendar month which begins more than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 14, 1978]."
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The Florida Department of Education noted students at public schools increased their mean score in every subject area, and that the state's Hispanic students scored higher than others nationwide. Black students also increased their critical reading scores.
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A semester spent a traveling the Atlantic Ocean while visiting countries in Europe and South America, and daily observations of veterinary work garnered the top awards in experiential learning for senior Erica Rusio and freshman Lydia Watkins at the annual Honors Convocation ceremony May 4 at Keuka College.
During the fall semester, Ruscio sailed around the Atlantic Ocean on the MV Explorer, an 836-passenger floating classroom, as part of the Semester at Sea program.
"I went to 12 countries, took classes, attended seminars, navigated through unfamiliar cities and new experiences, and discovered new understandings of what it means to be human. It was the coolest thing I have ever done," said Ruscio.
It also earned Ruscio, an English major from Rushville, the Upperclass Experiential Learner of the Year Award, which recognizes learning from Field Period, co-curricular involvement, and community service.
Nominated by Allison Schultz, international student adviser in the Center for Global Education, Rusico said she has taken learning far beyond the traditional four-walled classroom.
"As an English major, I love books, but they only tell half of the story," she said. "The concrete experiences can't be replicated, and can't be doubled in a book."
Ruscio said Keuka College and the Semester at Sea program share the same philosophy when it comes to learning: you learn more by doing.
For example, Ruscio said she didn't just read in a book what South Africa was like, "I explored it myself and made friends there. I didn't just see a picture of the native people of the Amazon; I spent the night in the jungle with them. I didn't just read a statistic about poverty in Latin America; I played with the kids in the Argentine slums."
Ruscio said that she now has more faith in the opportunity to try, take chances, make mistakes, and try again.
"Experiential learning, which embraces the whole person, is what I received from Keuka College and the Semester at Sea program," she said. "I haven't just 'done' this experience, I've become it."
An active participant in the College's Arion Players Drama Club and the Women's Center Advocacy Club, Ruscio also serves as a TeamWorks! facilitator, editor of Red Jacket, and is a writing tutor. She also lends her time and talents to the Literacy Volunteers of Ontario and Yates Counties.
Watkins' January Field Period at Southtown Veterinary Hospital in Montrose, Pa., solidified her career choice.
The Field Period also helped earn Watkins, a biomedical major from Springville, Pa., the Freshman Experiential Learner of the Year Award. The award recognizes learning from Field Period, co-curricular involvement, and community service.
Watkins, who has known since she was 10 that she wanted to be a large animal veterinarian, was nominated for the award by Andy Robak, assistant professor of chemistry.
"I nominated Lydia because she had a great first Field Period," said Robak. "She had her first experience working in a small animal veterinary clinic, and built relationships with the people with whom she was working."
And while the vets at Southtown Veterinary Hospital care for small animals, Watkins still "learned a lot of information about the veterinary field, and I cannot wait to have the V.M.D. in front of my name. By watching the vets, I expanded my knowledge and fine tuned my interests."
Watkins was able to watch several procedures, including spays, neuters, ACL repair, bone surgery, and a splenectomy. Shortly after her Field Period ended, she was hired as a veterinary assistant. Watkins will work weekends, summers, and other times when classes are not in session.
Watkins said she "loved my Field Period, and now my job, but I still want to work with cows."
Said Robak: "A lot of students will do similar Field Periods in vet offices, but rarely does it end up in a great relationship like she found. Lydia is also an excellent student, excelling in sophomore chemistry as a freshman, and is well on her way to veterinary school when she graduates."
Editor's Note: The 2013 Experiential Learner of the Year award nominees will be recognized at a May 2 luncheon. The freshman and upperclass winners will be announced at Honors Convocation. May 4. Here is a capsule look at the nominees:
Josh Beaver, a senior political science/history major from Terre Haute, Ind., nominated by Chris Leahy, associated professor of history:
Beaver said he has had numerous chances to explore potential career paths though Field Period, and he knows firsthand that it works.
"I came to Keuka knowing I wanted to be a doctor, but through coursework and Field Period, I figured out that was not the path for me right now," said Beaver. "At the end of my junior year, I changed my major to political science/history, a passion second to science. What a difference. My grades are better, I feel less stressed, and have a smile on my face."
Beaver completed his January Field Period at Vigo County Historical Society Museum in Terre Haute and it helped him realize he made the right choice switching his major.
"I was an assistant curator during my time at the museum" said Beaver. "I conducted research to help prepare for a new exhibit on the evolution of the transportation system in Terre Haute and the Wabash Valley in Indiana."
He had the opportunity to work as an archivist, working to find photos, newspaper clippings, old documents, and selected items to go into exhibit.
"I also conducted grant research, and realized this Field Period solidified what I want to do with my career," said Beaver. "In addition, I was able to design the cabinet layout and write the text to accompany the exhibit's artifacts."
Beaver participates in Celebrate Service… Celebrate Yates, Spiritual Life Advisory Board (SLAB), the Multicultural Advisory Group, and spent three semesters as a member of Student Senate.
Lydia Watkins, a freshman biomedical major from Springville, Pa., nominated by Andy Robak, assistant professor of chemistry:
Lydia Watkins has known since she was 10 that she wanted to be a large animal veterinarian. But for her first Field Period, she shadowed the vets at Southtown Veterinary Hospital in Montrose, Pa., a small animal clinic.
Watkins was able to watch several surgeries, including spays, neuters, ACL repair, bone surgery, and a splenectormy.
"I learned a lot of information about the veterinary field, and I cannot wait to have the V.M.D. in front of my name," said Watkins. "The practice moved to a larger space and I went home for spring break to help them officially open the doors. While I was there, I was hired as a veterinary assistant.
"By watching the vets, I expanded my knowledge and fine tuned my interests," she said. "And while I loved my Field Period, and now my job, at Southtown, I still want to work with cows."
Logan Ackerley, a junior political science major from Liberty, nominated by Sander Diamond, professor of history:
Like many students at Keuka, one of the reasons Logan Ackerley enrolled at the College was Field Period.
"My first two Field Periods were disappointing, and I began to dread having to look for a place for my third one," said Ackerley. "But then I took Europe in the World with Dr. Diamond, which reminded me why I chose my major. It made learning interesting again, and I once more began to see Field Period as the opportunity it was meant to be."
So Ackerley thought of possible Field Period sites and found the Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in New York City.
"I assisted a museum educator with activities for special needs high school students," he said. "I was nervous because I had never worked with special needs students, or any students older than elementary school. But this became one of my most significant tasks, especially because I was asked to take over that program while I was there."
This experience gave Ackerley "great knowledge about how a museum department works. My Field Period allowed me to develop not only professionally, but personally as well. It made me think critically, solve problems creatively, and gave me a level of motivation I've never had before. It also confirmed my career goal to become a museum administrator."
Ackerley is involved with the Arion Players Drama Club, serves as treasurer of the Political Science and History Club and C.H.A.O.S. Club, and performed a monologue from The Diary of Anne Frank during Keuka College's Fine Arts Night.
Alex Morgan, a junior biology major from New Berlin, nominated by Andy Robak, assistant professor of chemistry:
According to Alex Morgan, Keuka College takes the ideas of experiential learning and amplifies its importance with Field Period.
"As a biology major with a concentration in biomedical studies, I plan to become a doctor," said Morgan. "I have taken the opportunity of Field Period as a path to explore different areas of the medical profession so I can narrow down which I'd like to pursue."
Morgan spent his Field Period at the Bassett Clinic, a family medicine clinic in Sherburne with Dr. David Haswell, who Morgan said would often quiz him on information pertaining to a patient.
"I was able to see ordinary medical cases, as well as cases of walking pneumonia, Necrotizing fasciitis, a rare flesh-eating disease, infantile projectile vomiting, flu, prostate and testicular exams, suture removals, and pap smears," said Morgan. "I was also able to listen to a patient's carotid artery through a stethoscope."
Morgan serves as president of Rotaract, and is a member of the President's Leadership Circle, Keukonian, and Chemistry Club.
Crystal Billings, a sophomore social work major from Groton, nominated by a former Follett (College bookstore) employee:
Crystal Billings worked at the Red Cross Homeless Services Program in Ithaca for her January Field Period, and said the fast-paced, multi-faceted environment gave her the opportunity to work with a broad spectrum of clients.
"Going into the Field Period, I was not quite sure what to expect," admitted Billings, who worked at the shelter and Friendship Center, a place where people could drop in during the day. "I thought I would serve food and answer the phone, and learn how a homeless shelter operates and what resources it provides."
However, the experience was "so much more than that," she said.
"I did different things each week, including covering for my supervisor in the office, helping with the children's Christmas party, and working with parolees, including a man who had murdered three people," she said. "I also provided direct client services, interacted with shelter residents and the chronically homeless, and dealt one-on-one with several clients who suffer from mental illness and substance abuse."
Because Billings learned she was able to work with those on parole, she now wants to try a Field Period working with adolescent parolees at a school near her hometown.
During her Field Period, Billings saw the great need at the Red Cross, and wondered what she could do to help. An active Zumba participant on campus and at home, she thought a Zumba-thon would be the perfect idea.
"I organized and promoted the Zumba-thon, and I hoped to make $50, but realized $115," she said. "I was proud of myself and excited to give back."
Billings said working at the Red Cross Homeless Services Program helped her help others, "which is what I truly want to do with my life. This was an amazing experience and I wish I could have stayed longer."
An active participant in the Association of Future Social Workers (AFSW), Billings has also been a member of the Arion Players Drama Club.
Courtney Ray, a junior social work major from Cato, nominated by Stephanie Craig, associate professor and chair ofsocial work:
Ray has always known she wanted to help people, and why she chose social work. But she was unsure which area of the field to pursue until her January Field Period, when she worked at LCSW Counseling Solutions under Stephanie Gregory, a counselor.
"I believed I would gain more knowledge about counseling, and I did, but the entire Field Period went above my expectations," said Ray. "Stephanie asked for my opinion and feedback on several functional behavioral assessments, a problem-solving process for addressing student problem behavior. I was also able to sit in on evaluations, counseling and therapy sessions, as well as gain intervention knowledge."
While Ray was an observer during the counseling sessions, she and Gregory would process what went on after they ended.
"This allowed me to connect and understand what the client may be going through," said Ray. "It's what I liked most about my Field Period because it felt like this is where I belonged."
The process of therapy has always interested Ray, and she said being able to "connect with a complete stranger by helping them through whatever is going on in their life is meaningful. After sitting through these sessions, I can see myself going into the marriage and family side of counseling."
Ray is active in Peace Club, Up 'til Dawn, Association of Future Social Workers (AFSW), Big Brothers, Big Sisters, and serves as a peer advocate.
Shane Devlin, a sophomore childhood studies education major from Manchester, nominated by Pat Pulver, professor and chair of education:
Shane Devlin spent his January Field Period in a self-contained special education classroom of nine students in grades 3-5 at Kelley Intermediate School in Newark. After working with teacher Kristen Nardozzi, he realized one of his Field Period goals: what it's like to work with students with special needs.
"They don't always get the right answer the first time, so it takes more time and a better explanation to get those key ideas," he said. "I found I liked working with smaller groups, as I was able to gain a better understanding of the disabilities each student had. The spectrum ran from ADHD to autism, to speech and hearing impairments."
He was able to work with students on math assignments, and one particular student with ADHD.
"I worked one-on-one with him and while I found the lessons challenging because he couldn't sit still for long, I remembered it was not his fault and I learned to be more patient," said Devlin.
A resident assistant, Devlin also serves as a Student Senate representative, and is a member of the cross country team.
Ashley Larimore, a senior organizational communication major from Horseheads, nominated by Anita Chirco, professor of communication studies:
One of the reasons Ashley Larimore chose Keuka was because of the Field Period experience.
"I trusted that completing an internship five months into my freshman year would give me the opportunity to see if organizational communication was indeed right for me," said Larimore. "Little did I know at the time that my first Field Period would do much more than reveal I had chosen the right major. It led me to a job offer in the admissions office, three months before graduation."
Four years later, Larimore's other three Field Periods have equally had a major impact on her. For her final Field Period, she split the required 140-hours into two 70-hour Field Periods, one in the College's marketing department and one with Java-Gourmet, a local small business that sells coffee, spice rubs, marinades, and chocolates.
"As a student ambassador in admissions, I am familiar with the arsenal pieces the College sends to interested students," said Larimore. "But they are outdated and need to be revamped. While in Keuka's marketing department, it became my job to help create these pieces, both in print and digitally. I learned the importance of editing and developed my design skills as I revamped some marketing pieces. This Field Period experience enabled me to refine my writing skills, and develop my familiarity with InDesign."
"Working at Java-Gourmet allowed me to refine my social marketing and media skills, as well as learn webpage management and networking skills," said Larimore. "I also was able to take some of the products home to use in recipes and document my success on social media, as well as update the company website."
Larimore is involved in Sigma Delta Tau, the international English honor society; Sigma Lambda Sigma, the service, leadership, and scholastic honor society; is president of Lambda Pi Eta, the national communication honor society; and is a member of the President's Leadership Circle, Students Helping Students, and Center for Spiritual Life. She is also a member of the Student Judicial Panel and mentor.
Erica Ruscio, a senior English major from Middlesex, nominated by Allison Schultz, international student adviser in the Center for Global Education:
During the fall semester, Erica Ruscio sailed around the Atlantic Ocean as part of the Semester at Sea program on board the MV Explorer, an 836-passenger floating classroom.
Ruscio said the philosophy of the Semester at Sea program and Keuka College are one in the same—it all comes down to experiential learning.
"I went to 12 countries, took classes, attended seminars, navigated through unfamiliar cities and new experiences, and discovered new understandings of what it means to be human. It was the coolest thing I have ever done," said Ruscio.
Through co-curricular involvement, community service, and exploring the world, Rusico said she has taken learning far beyond the traditional four-walled classroom.
"As an English major, I love books, but they only tell half the story," she said. "The concrete experiences can't be replicated, and can't be doubled in a book."
For example, Ruscio said she didn't just read in a book what South Africa was like, "I explored it myself and made friends there. I didn't just see a picture of the native people of the Amazon; I spent the night in the jungle with them. I didn't just read a statistic about poverty in Latin America; I played with the kids in the Argentine slums."
Ruscio said that she now has more faith in the opportunity to try, take chances, make mistakes, and try again.
"Experiential learning, which embraces the whole person, is what I received from Keuka College and the Semester at Sea program," she said. "I haven't just 'done' this experience, I've become it."
An active participant in the Arion Players Drama Club and the Women's Center Advocacy Club, Ruscio also serves as a TeamWorks! facilitator, editor of Red Jacket, and is a writing tutor. She also lends her time and talents to the Literacy Volunteers of Ontario and Yates Counties.
Amanda Markessinis, a freshman organizational communication major from Albany, nominated by Anita Chirco, professor of communication studies:
Amanda Markessinis spent her January Field Period at the Times Union newspaper in Albany, and said the hands-on learning experience she acquired from this Field Period went beyond what she expected.
"By being immersed in the journalism industry, I learned how it works, the different jobs at the paper, and whether or not I believed I fit in this job," said Markessinis. "I worked with Jennifer Gish, a features editor and sports writer, who wanted me to experience the journalism career to the fullest. So every day she would present me with new tasks."
Gish had Markessinis craft interview questions, write blog posts, work with other reporters on stories, and set up interviews for her own stories.
"I wrote a 'dos and don'ts' for exercise in the health section of the paper during my first week," said Markessinis. "Working and being treated like a professional made me want to do my best, and gave me insight into what I can expect if I were to pursue a career in journalism."
She said her experience at the newspaper taught her more than just the basics of journalism—it shaped her future.
"Now, not only am I a better writer, I am also more familiar with my strengths and weaknesses," said Markessinis. "I have not only added to my resume, I have reevaluated my goals and the directions of my career path. This Field Period taught me that while I like aspects of journalism, I don't want to go into the field."
Markessinis participates in Enactus, For the Kids, and was a leader at the Center for Spiritual Life's winter retreat.
Sierra Lynch, a junior psychology major from Watervliet, nominated by Athena Elafros, assistant professor of sociology:
Lynch completed her January Field Period at Sunmount Developmental Disabilities Service Office Center for Intensive Treatment (CIT) in Tupper Lake.
Lynch's activities included observing people with anger management issues, attending training sessions, writing lesson plans for the sessions, and witnessing the behavior of those on the CIT unit, including sexual assault perpetrators, who may also have been victims.
"This experience taught me about psychiatric examination, the field I wish to pursue, by forcing me to see another perspective," she said. "I want to work with inmates who have mental health problems, and this Field Period gave me that opportunity."
She said she came to realize her potential through her experience, which she has used in and out of the classroom.
"I learned about different perspectives and ways to handle situations I came across, and will come across. And, I learned to clearly communicate my ideas," said Lynch.
But she admits she had a hard time hearing the personal stories of the consumers, which are what those at CIT are called.
"During my last week there, the consumers started to open up and tell me about themselves," said Lynch. "Some of the stories ripped me apart because of the terrible things they had been through. Even still, this Field Period confirmed I do want to pursue a career in psychiatric examination."
An Academic Success at Keuka (ASK) notetaker, Lynch also works in the ASK Center, is a member of the Arion Players Drama Club, Psychology Club, and Sociology, Criminology, and Criminal Justice Club.
Thanh Thi Hoang Do, a senior management major from Hanoi, Vietnam, nominated by Patricia Speers, ESL academic skills counselor in the Center for Global Education:
The United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Columbia in Washington, D.C., served as a classroom for the month of January for Thanh, who served as an intern in the human resources department for the Court.
"Human resource management will require me to deal with many different types of people in my career," said Thanh, "and luckily, the U.S. is an excellent place for me to get that experience because of its diverse population."
While she didn't have much to do with the court cases, Thanh completed research and created a training session with her supervisor's guidance. In addition, she co-facilitated the session with another intern. She also created and updated personnel files, screened resumes, and scheduled interviews.
"I believe Keuka College has prepared me with the knowledge to help discover the outside world, and I am impressed by the Field Period program," said Thanh. "It helps me combine my class lesson with the work environment. My last Field Period made me more mature, professional, and experienced. Applying the knowledge that I received at Keuka in the business setting was a great opportunity for me."
Thanh has a work study position in the Center for Global education, was in the fashion show, serves as treasurer of the International Club, participated in Celebrate Service…Celebrate Yates, and is a transfer student mentor.


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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- Two men are on the run after an armed robbery in south Augusta. It happened at Super Wine and Spirits on Deans Bridge Road around 10:30 a.m. Sheriff's deputies and K-9 units surrounded the store as they searched for the suspects.
The owner saw two masked men come in, saw that they had a handgun and was able to quickly escape to his back storeroom.
The thieves got away with a briefcase with a computer in it, but they couldn't crack into the cash register.
"The stuff is all protected by security. Nobody can just come in and just open it," said Joe Adams, who works at Super Wine and Spirits.
Adams came to work just after the robbery, saying, "I didn't even know. I just showed up and saw y'all out here and I said, 'What happened?'"
Customers were just as shocked to hear the news.
"I was sitting at my daughter's house watching 12 o'clock news on 12 and she said, 'Mama! That's up there where we go!'" said Evelyn Frasher, who shops at Super Wine and Spirits.
"Try to rob somebody for a little change, then go to jail for 15 to 20 years? That's stupid, really stupid," Adams said.
Unfortunately, though, Adams says he's no stranger to this sort of thing.
"Long time ago, somebody come and tried to rob me and had a gun fight," he said.
Adams was working at another liquor store at the time when two men came in to rob the store and shot at him, but they weren't expecting him to shoot back.
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Fortunately, no one was injured in the robbery, but deputies are still looking for the two suspects. They were last seen running down Deans Bridge Road around 10:30 a.m. wearing all-black clothing.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- Richmond County deputies are looking for a couple of armed robbers after a morning holdup.
The robbery happened at Superstar Wine and Spirits at 3251 Deans Bridge Road.
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Brain Workshop is a free open-source version of the dual n-back brain training exercise.
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Brain Workshop implements this dual n-back task, and enables you to improve your working memory and fluid intelligence. The dual n-back task involves remembering a sequence of spoken letters and a sequence of positions of a square at the same time, and identifying when a letter or position matches the one that appeared n trials earlier. Brain Workshop can closely replicate the conditions of the original study. In addition, it also includes optional extended game modes such as Triple N-Back and Arithmetic N-Back. It also includes features such as statistics tracking, graphs and easy configurability.
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