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6 True Stories That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity
Most of us have a secret fantasy where we'll get the perfect excuse to act like a dick in a situation where nobody will blame us. That's why we love revenge movies, like the ones starring Liam Neeson where he or his family is wronged and he goes on a completely justified murderous rampage. It's not just that we fantasize that we'd respond like a destructive god of vengeance if wronged -- it's that we want to be wronged just so we have an excuse. It's also why we love sitcom smartasses and Dr. House types, because we wish that we too had the perfect insult ready to whip out on the next person who deserves it.
So here's one of those perfect smackdown situations that actually happened: Imagine you spend your entire life in the military as an officer who leads units in multiple wars. In 40 years of service, you rise through the ranks to become a general, and the vice chief of staff of the U.S. Army. So one day you're at a fancy Washington dinner with the president of the United States and other bigwigs. As you pass one table, one of the liberal women Obama has working in his administration glances back at you and tells you to go get her a glass of wine.
Via Wikipedia
"And don't drop any of those stupid patches in it."
The man was General Peter Chiarelli, the woman was Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett, and the situation was an all-time setup for a smackdown of epic proportions. "Who are you, you freaking bleeding heart bureaucrat, to talk to me that way? YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH." He had the chance to utterly obliterate her, and he'd have been applauded for it.
What did Chiarelli do? Well, he immediately figured out what had happened -- the waiter's uniforms were identical to what the officers were wearing, minus a couple of dozen medals. She just saw him out of the corner of her eye and mistook him for a server. Immediately after seeing her mistake, she probably assumed that she had just ruined her career. But Chiarelli? He went and got her some wine, just like she asked. Then they all laughed about it.
Silently quieting the urge to send her to Guantanamo.
There is a similar famous story where a woman at a Utah airport saw a big black man at the curb and assumed he was an airport employee. She asked him to carry her bags to her car, not realizing the man was NBA great Karl Malone. She did not find this out, in fact, until after he carried out her bags and had to explain why he couldn't accept her tip.
But probably my favorite example of this was a Major League baseball pitcher named Armando Galarraga. The guy has had a mediocre career, spending most of it in the minor leagues. But in 2010 he got called up out of the minors by the Detroit Tigers and pitched one of the greatest games in the history of the sport.
That's him, straining under the weight of the standard 28-pound American baseball.
He reached the final out in the ninth inning, having pitched a perfect game -- he allowed no hits and no walks. Understand, this is something that had only happened 19 times in the last century. So before you say, "Ah, it's just a game, who cares?" keep in mind that he was doing something that, in the field he worked in, would have earned him instant immortality. That perfect game would follow him for the rest of his life. The vast majority of even the greatest Hall of Fame pitchers play their entire careers without ever doing it, and here this 28-year-old nobody was about to pull it off, in miracle fashion. He just had to get one more out.
He made the pitch. The batter hit a little ground ball. The fielder threw it to first base, the runner was out by a mile.
Via Huffington Post
"His shadow touched the plate! It counts!"
But first base umpire Jim Joyce wasn't paying attention and declared the runner safe, ruining the perfect game, and ruining the one great achievement of Galarraga's life (the very next batter would get an out, ending the game). The crowd went nuts, sounding like they were about to riot. The Tigers players and manager screamed at the umpire, who admitted that he blew it (or as he put it, "Biggest call of my career, and I kicked the shit out of it.").
Galarraga's reaction to having the crowning achievement of his life ruined by an incompetent umpire?
He said, "Nobody's perfect. Everybody's human. I understand." Joyce, the umpire, came to apologize to him after the game, and Galarraga hugged him. Joyce was working the next Tigers game, and Galarraga made it a point to carry the lineup card out, part of every pregame ritual. He shook the umpire's hand. Joyce was crying.
Via LA Times
"By the way, just so you know, I played with my nuts for about an hour before coming out here."
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A baby deer, walking for the first time:
#2. The Internet Making Sappy Stories About Reunited Loved Ones Come True
In 1938 Germany, it was widely known that things were about to get very bad for the Jews. Seeing the approaching shitstorm, some Jewish families secretly sneaked their children out of the country, sending them to America on ships.
A pair of 12-year-old German girls -- Edith Westerfeld and Gerda Katz -- met on one of these boats, and for two weeks during their journey, they became friends. Two girls, heading to New York, while a black wave of horror was about to crush the lives they left behind. Upon arrival in America, they went their separate ways -- one to Chicago, the other to Seattle -- and never saw each other again. For most of a century, anyway.
Then, 73 years later, Westerfeld's daughter was talking to a classroom full of middle school kids about the Holocaust. She told this story, about the ship and her mother and her mother's long-long-lost friend. The eighth graders looked at each other and said, well, shit, we have the Internet now. Nobody needs to stay lost.
Then they showed her how to watch all the porn she could ever want for free.
So, while we think of Internet-using 13-year-olds as spending all of their time spamming racist comments on YouTube, this class spent four solid days tracking down Gerda Katz. They found her, still alive, and got her in touch with Westerfeld. After more than seven decades, those two girls on the boat spoke to each other, and later met up in person, in Seattle.
The Internet, it turns out, is actually pretty good for this stuff. In 2007, a woman living in Malaysia took to her webcam and asked for help finding the mother she had left behind in America 32 years earlier, after her father had taken her away.
She uploaded the video to YouTube and, months later, her mother's nephew and his girlfriend were sitting around vanity searching their own names when this weird YouTube video came up. The nephew forwarded it around to the rest of the family. They got in contact with the woman from YouTube, Halimah Hajar, and said yes, your mother is still around, and she has a whole family now. A couple of webcam conversations later, they bought her a one-way ticket to come to the USA. She was hesitant, because she had been raised as a Muslim and heard that Muslims weren't welcome in the U.S. Then she got off the plane and the first thing she saw at the airport were other women in head scarves and nobody really giving a shit as they wandered around eating their meals from Chili's Too. She was home.
In China, meanwhile, they've set up a whole system for doing this. Child kidnappings are rampant there, and in a country of 1.3 billion people and 3.6 million square miles, the odds of finding your kid again are almost nil. But now they've set up a system where parents of lost children can upload photos of their missing kids, and other people upload photos of random kids they see begging in the street, trying to find a match. It seems like (literally) a one in a billion shot, but this has already resulted in one man reuniting with his son who had been lost for three damned years.
Time flows more rapidly in China.
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A dog who believes (wrongly) that he is committing the perfect crime:
#1. Making Naive Dreams Come True, At All Costs
I don't want to come off like I'm being too hard on 5-year-olds, but they tend to have grossly unrealistic expectations of the world.
For instance, when a 5-year-old girl in Seattle heard her poor mother hinting that maybe "Santa" might not have the cash to bring Christmas presents this year, she embarked on what probably seemed like a reasonable solution: She wrote a letter to Santa with her Christmas wishes (a doll, a tea set, some pants) and tied it to a couple of balloons. Then she sent it off under the drastically incorrect assumption that it would somehow find its way to Santa's shop at the North Pole.
"There's email now, kids. You know this."
It didn't, of course, but it went further than you might think: The note made it from Seattle to an empty field in Northern California, 700 miles away. And that's where it should have stayed, to be ground up by some farm equipment months later. But the Sanderson family, who owned the property, happened to stumble across it.
NBC News
This traveled 676 miles.
Why would they particularly care about the piece of paper they found in the mud with Spanish writing on it? They couldn't even read Spanish, after all. But they had a ranch hand who could, and they had him translate. Then they realized it was a little girl's plea to Santa for some rudimentary Christmas gifts. Then they went out and bought all of the gifts, and shipped them to her. Because Santa Claus does exist, if we want him to.
Of course, I can't talk about this sort of thing without bringing up the Make-A-Wish Foundation, which specializes in granting the wishes of dying children (we did a whole article about the most badass wishes they've granted). But occasionally they'll get that weird kid whose wish is, say, to rain down utter destruction as if by the horrible fist of Shiva himself. And that's when the Make-A-Wish Foundation says, "No problem."
And so, when a 7-year-old cancer patient from California said his big wish was to utterly destroy a large building, they found where a huge concrete grain silo complex was about to be demolished in Ohio. They pulled some strings and little Maxwell Hinton got to push the button on this:
Then you have the 6-year-old kid who, for his wish, wanted to meet Hellboy. Well, that's easy enough -- anybody can slap on a Hellboy costume and the kid would be thrilled. But the guy who actually played Hellboy in the movies -- Ron Perlman -- wanted to do it himself. And he wanted to go all the way -- he actually sat down and went through the four-hour-long makeup process so he'd have the exact look from the movies. The kid had to have felt some combination of elation and sheer terror.
Via Hollywoodreporter.com
He just stared at him like that for a solid hour. Didn't even blink.
This last one happened completely by accident, but I'm including it because it happens to be my most favorite photo of all time. In early 2012, the Pope went on a visit through Latin America, which, as you can imagine, is a big deal. You've seen on the news what these events are like -- massive crowds and parades and people screaming their heads off, as one does when face to face with the man who one believes is God's representative on earth. But during a parade in Mexico, just as the Pope's motorcade passed, Washington Post cameras captured this random dog trotting down the parade route ...
Via Washington Post
"For my first decree as emperor: All vacuum cleaners must be purged."
... soaking up the adulation and truly believing that the crowd of tens of thousands had gathered just to tell him he was a good dog.
Check out the look on his face. Every human should have a moment like that.
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This hippo, which also happens to be quite the showman:
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Some analysts think the electric
vehicle market is ready for primetime. Others have been less
convinced. Last October, investment firm J.D. Power and Associates, Inc.
estimated that by 2020 electric vehicles (EVs) would only gain a slim 7.3 percent market share.
I. Hybrid/EV Outlook -- Not Good?
Now the firm has returned with another report, bumping its estimates slightly,
but remains skeptical of hybrids, electric vehicles, and clean diesel.
Mike VanNieuwkuyk, executive director of global vehicle research at J.D. Power
and Associates states in a Detroit News interview,
"Alternative powertrains face an array of challenges as they attempt to
gain widespread acceptance in the market. The bottom line is that most
consumers want to be green, but not if there is a significant personal cost to
His report estimates that by 2016, market share of hybrids and electric
vehicles will remain under 10 percent. The report's basic argument boils
down to that EVs and hybrids are too expensive for customers. It cites a
recent 4,000 person U.S. survey that it conducted, which showed that a growing
number of customers were concerned about the prices of electric vehicles.
The J.D. Power report also cited concerns about function as a factor slowing
sales -- particularly for electric vehicles.
II. Too Expensive?
Other market research firms don't necessarily agree that the price of
electrified vehicles will trump the price at the pump. Rival research
firm Deloitte LLP conducted a 1,000 person U.S. study, which found that 78
percent of people would consider purchasing an electric vehicle if gas hit $5
Subcompact cars typically start at around $11,000 USD for the cheapest
non-hybrid models and around $19K USD for the cheapest hybrid models (the subcompact Honda
Insight and CRZ hybrids). Thus you're looking at a premium of around $8,000
For the mid-sized sedan market pricing starts at around $20K USD, with the
cheapest hybrid being the new Hyundai Sonata at $26,545.
In this segment you're looking at around a $6,500
USD premium.
A recent report by the U.S.
Department of Energy stated that the annual cost of gas for the
average family is $3,625 USD (based on a gas price of $3.61 USD/gallon).
Assuming an average household has two cars and that the hybrid sedan would get
at least 33 percent better gas mileage, a family would save approximately $600
USD annually by switching to a hybrid. In other words, it would take
approximately 7 years of ownership to break even with a compact or mid-sized
III. Small Vehicle Sales Up
According to industry statistics in the first three months of 2011 large car
sales have plunged 35 percent, while small car sales have jumped 25 percent.
Hybrid sales during the period accounted for 4.7 percent of sales, up
from the average 2.6 percent in 2010.
Those numbers seem more impressive when you consider that a tax credit for
hybrid vehicles expired at the end of 2010.
It seems clear that the high price of gas this spring -- with fuel regularly
hitting $4 USD/gallon -- has motivated some customers to get hybrid vehicles.
EVs from General Motors Comp. (GM)
and Nissan Motor Comp. (7201)
are still selling slowly due to limited distribution
and volume. Both companies hope to sell a modest 10,000 units by the
year's end. Mitsubishi Corp. (8058)
just released a new EV -- but only in Hawaii to
start. Ford Motor Comp. (F),
Toyota Motor Corp. (7203),
and Tesla Motors Inc. (TSLA)
all will release new EVs by the end of the year as well [1][2][3].
Two factors working in the favor of electrified sales is an increasing
selection and government pressure on fuel efficiency.
One of the few somewhat seemingly positive aspects of the J.D. Power report was
an estimate that by the end of 2016, 159 hybrid and electric vehicle options
would be available for purchase -- up substantially from the 31 available in
2009. (Of course the report casts this in a negative light as well, complaining
that the market will be overcrowded.)
And the Obama administration is working with the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) to deliver new fuel efficiency mandates for the 2017-2025 period.
It is thought that those mandates would demand fleetwide average fuel efficiency reach 62.5 mpg by
2025. That could force automakers to try to limit the sales of
non-electrified models.
IV. Clean Diesel, Where Art Thou?
A dirty little secret of the EV industry is that clean diesel vehicles can
currently get as good or better mileage as most hybrids.
In the first three months of the year, 24 percent of Volkswagen AG's (VOW) sales were clean diesel vehicles. Mazda Motor Corp. (7261)
and other companies are planning to offer new diesel models over the
next couple years.
Still J.D. Power is also pessimistic on clean diesel's prospects.
Mr. VanNieuwkuyk states, "Advocates of clean diesel engines
tend to be some of the most vocal among consumers who tout the benefits of
their chosen technology. Clean diesel technology continues to struggle not only
against concerns about cost and perceived fuel availability, but also against
the lingering perception that diesel is 'dirty.'"
Both with hybrid vehicles and with diesel, there seems to be a clear momentum
in the U.S. Yet J.D. Power seems convinced both movements will only see slow
growth at best. It remains unclear whether the pessimism is unfounded --
or whether it knows something other analysts don't.
quote: President Obama, is there anything you can do like tap our reserves, cause many of us need help right now, & Hybrid sales donot give us any relief. I just got my fuel bill for this month, & it usually is $110-150/month, this month it's $240, & the only reason I did not have shortfall in my monthly expenses was because there were 5 pay weeks this month instead of 4, which is like getting an extra pay check for those who gets paid every week.
quote: We need help now, does anyone have any answers, cause for most of us, fuel is the only price we care about. It's sad I keep hearing on how great we are, but it baffles me we have had decades to get off or atleast reduce our dependance on foreign oil so anytime one of these Arab countries cough, the speculators swoop in, & our prices skyrocket. Can anyone stop this or are we just screwed?
quote: There is no justifiable reason for his fuel bill to double in a month's time.
quote: I just got my fuel bill for this month, & it usually is $110-150/month, this month it's $240,
quote: I never said gas doubled. My difference from this month compared to the last is the difference it now costs as I have stated.
quote: What can anyone do to get gasoline prices down?
quote: The government is the only one who can fix this problem because they're the only ones who can set the damn rules.
quote: Trapping the vast quantity of rising hot air about D.C.
quote: What would this plan be made up of, well, that's what I thought taxpayer dollars were paying for all these years.
quote: Shut up, Mick, for God's sake. There is no justifiable reason for his fuel bill to double in a month's time. Exxon just reported another ridiculously profitable quarter to the tune of $11 BILLION
quote: He never said Exxon set the price, why do you always make that mistake?
quote: He never said Exxon set the price, why do you always make that mistake?
quote: If you think for a second that current gas prices are legitimately related to supply/demand, world crisis, or whatever inane reason corporations like to give, you're a complete idiot and a tool.
quote: There is no supply problem. Hasn't been for many years. OPEC is running out more barrels than they did in 2009.
quote: Make sure you know the answer before just writing anything.
quote: Exxon just reported another ridiculously profitable quarter to the tune of $11 BILLION
quote: Exxon just reported another ridiculously profitable quarter to the tune of $11 BILLION. Is that supposed to convince me that the "free market" is doing its job and NOT screwing over the average consumer? The free market doesn't work when it's cornered and manipulated by those who directly seek to profit from the lack of regulation.
quote: The U.S. is a free market system and if consumers are happy to stand by and get "screwed" at the pump (in your words), the oil companies will be more than happy to oblige.
quote: reduce our dependance on foreign oil
quote: Er... I don't think it is (or at least I don't think it SHOULD BE) the federal government's role to pay for your "gas price relief". You do realize that ultimately you're just paying for that out of your taxes?
quote: Then HELP YOURSELF. You are indeed "screwed" if you just sit around with your old vehicles hoping big brother government to bail you out. If you don't like that consider options like diesel, hybrids, or budget EVs next time you purchase a vehicle. Carefully assess the price vs. gas savings and make an educated decision as a responsible consumer.
quote: There's a reason to support these technologies
quote: But it's their roll to kill exploration, drilling, and refining domestically so we're burdened with overtaxed over imported resources at the mercy of OPEC?
quote: If we were drilling our own crude and refining it, the price per barrel would be a joke, like it used to be.
quote: allow the energy industry to serve the needs of the people
quote: Another false statement. The energy industry serves it's own needs and nobody else's.
quote: If the US fell back exclusively on it's own reserves, they would be completely consumed in ~1000 days based on current rates of consumption.
quote: Another false statement.
quote: "Drill baby! Drill!" basically translates to "The sooner the we use up all our oil, the better off we will be." Please tell me you see how ludicrous this sentiment is?
quote: better invade them for making a piggish lifestyle hard to upkeep.
quote: Come back when you don't have to lie to make an argument. As recently as 2008 two TRILLION barrels of shale were discovered in Dakota. The potential oil reserves in this continent would last FAR longer than 2 or 3 years. Where did you get that absurd estimate?
quote: The USGS estimate of 3.0 to 4.3 billion barrels of technically recoverable oil has a mean value of 3.65 billion barrels. Scientists conducted detailed studies in stratigraphy and structural geology and the modeling of petroleum geochemistry. They also combined their findings with historical exploration and production analyses to determine the undiscovered, technically recoverable oil estimates.
quote: extraction requires the equivalent of about three barrels of water per barrel of oil
quote: I know to you the acceptable amount of oil we would use would be ZERO, but some of us live in the real world.
quote: Even above recoverable oil faces technical challenges according to the Rand Corporation
quote: Wow, this couldn't possibly be too expensive to be of assistance now could it?
quote: The example was in extreme to demonstrate to you just how small an impact such an endeavor would have considering that many reserves are not worth tapping until the prices rise significantly.
quote: I design automated demand/purchasing systems for oil/gas/electricity retailers.
quote: From my point of view I think it's absolutely silly that we aren't better exploiting our ability to produce massive amounts of cheap electricity.
quote: Aren't you getting "bailed out" if you take a 12k government handout for an EV vehicle? How is that any better?This isn't about hoping big brother "bails us out". Big brother is CHOKING us. Our energy policy is ridiculous and you know it. Gas should be cheap, dirt cheap. If we were drilling our own crude and refining it, the price per barrel would be a joke, like it used to be.But Liberals like you don't want to see that. Because then nobody would want EV's or Hybrids. Your post is absurd Jason, I can't believe even you would be so intellectually dishonest.
quote: There's also a reason to wait until they are ready or viable. If you have to pay someone 11,000 dollars to purchase one, something isn't right there.
quote: I'd prefer you avoid that and ASK me what my opinion is in the future, please.
quote: If you don't like that consider options like diesel, hybrids, or budget EVs next time you purchase a vehicle. Carefully assess the price vs. gas savings and make an educated decision as a responsible consumer.
quote: He should be asking for 4 10 hour shifts or to work 1 day a week from home, or the most likely outcome when ends don't meet is to take a second job, a bicycle, or a Virago 250, a bus schedule. Your alternative is the least viable.
quote: More half baked truths. As if anyone can avoid being financially screwed, yeah we can stand up to K St.
quote: We could have, if we ditched a two party system whose politicians are mostly funded/bribed/paid off by a wealthy minority during their campaigns and who fixate, while in office, on ways to funnel more money to their sponsors, while occasionally adopting a moralistic stand to pander to their voter base.
quote: In this economy, most are asking where are the jobs. What jobs?
quote: I am all for free market & this fake fasad that things trickle down, but from where I am standing, & many middle or lower class, seems like it's just a license to screw over the lower classes, or middle class. The smallest % seems to be getting richer yet most others seems to be sliding the other way, but like you say, what a wonderful free market system we have.
quote: Ever notice how almost no Dems or Republicans are supporting a flat tax? There's a reason why -- the interests of those corporation and the wealthy few that control them.
quote: The U.S has the highest corporate tax rate in the world
quote: So I don't know Jason, I don't feel I'm being screwed at all as a middle class citizen. At least not by them....
quote: Because going to flat tax would require about 40% of the U.S government to be restructured? Would kill about 300,000 federal jobs
quote: Who's going to get behind such a controversial decision from WITHIN the Government? Do you really think they would give up that much power? Claiming "corporate control and greed" isn't exactly being genuine imo.
quote: Now mind you, I'm not criticizing ALL corporations . I'm just saying there's a certain number that game the system, and it's those I'm referring to in this discussion.
quote: Any corporation that isn't doing this, is doing a disservice to their investors. If you look at the biggest 50 companies in north america, practically of them do this (alphabetically):
quote: You seem at least mildly intelligent. Can you honestly not see that?
quote: That's just a shell game. Some of the largest and most profitable corporations like GE shelter their profits off shore
quote: Well I would say you're underinformed.
quote: In your effort to justify of why the flat tax is impossible, you've unwittingly provided a terrific argument in its favor. Nice going!
quote: But at the end of the day the special interests are making many a buck off your back. And your "yes guy" attitude is supporting that.
quote: I'm pretty sure he never said or even implied he wants you to pay $5 for gas.
quote: You want to know who wants you to pay $5 a gallon for gas- oil companies and speculators. They're the ones directly benefitting from the spike (mainly the speculators). Argue with me on that point... I beg you
quote: the unrest in the Middle East, estimated to add about 15% to the cost of a barrel of oil;
quote: the stunning drop in the value of the dollar compared to all other world currencies, courtesy of your Federal Government
quote: Who caused that again by unnecessarily invading Iraq?
quote: I'm pretty sure he never said or even implied he wants you to pay $5 for gas. If you have a quote that shows otherwise, I'd love to read it.

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Local Catholics understanding of pope's decision
February 17, 2013
Pope Benedict XVI's resignation last Monday, effective at month's end, was a shock to Roman Catholics here as well as worldwide....
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Michael Robek, PhD
Visiting Research Scientist in Pathology; Director of Graduate Studies
Research Organizations
Cancer Center: Virus and Other Infection-associated Cancers
Discovery to Cure Internship
Research Summary
Many viruses establish chronic infections that persist for the lifetime of their hosts. Some of these viruses, including HIV, HBV, and HCV, are associated with a large degree of worldwide mortality. Current therapies for these infections are only moderately effective and are often limited by a number of variables. Therefore, new therapies for these diseases are needed. Our laboratory studies the host-pathogen interactions related to HBV infection. HBV infection leads to millions of deaths each year from liver diseases such as cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. We are investigating the relationships between HBV and cellular and immunological regulatory pathways, as these might be exploited therapeutically to block virus replication. These studies have the potential to expand the repertoire of antiviral drugs beyond those currently in use, and therefore significantly impact public health.
Extensive Research Description
Our laboratory studies the cellular and immunological regulatory pathways that control virus replication. First, we are investigating the relationships between HBV and cellular regulatory pathways, as these may be exploited pharmacologically to block virus replication. Second, we are characterizing the ability of novel antiviral and immunomodulatory cytokines to inhibit HBV replication and prevent liver damage. Third, we are studying new methodologies for therapeutic vaccination to boost the immune response to HBV in people who are chronically infected. These studies not only make important contributions to our understanding of fundamental questions relating to viral pathogenesis, but may also identify new potential approaches to prevent and treat disease.
Antiviral activity of type III interferon. We previously had found that a new family of IFN-related cytokines (IL-28, IL-29, also known as IFN-lambda or type III interferon) non-cytopathically inhibits HBV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) in cell culture models of virus replication (Robek et al., 2005). To understand this activity in more detail,we are further defining the antiviral response generated by this cytokine family. First, we found that IFN-lambda functions cooperatively with IFN-alpha and IFN-gamma to inhibit HCV replication. These findings provided new insight into the co-regulation of a critical innate immune response by structurally distinct cytokine families, and indicated that combinations of IFN-lambda with other cytokines could be clinically beneficial for HCV therapy (Pagliaccetti et al., 2008). Second,we characterized the sensitivity of IFN-lambda to neutralization by viral immunomodulatory proteins. Orthopoxviruses such as vaccinia and variola virus are highly resistant to IFN-alpha because they encode well-characterized proteins that inhibit IFN activity. Our results demonstrated differential sensitivity of IFN-lambda to multiple distinct evasion mechanisms employed by a single virus, and indicated that IFN-lambda might be useful as a therapy for poxvirus infection (Bandi, Pagliaccetti, and Robek, 2009). Finally, we elucidated the mechanism and in vivo antiviral activity of IFN-lambda against HBV. Our results demonstrated that the IFN-alpha and IFN-lambda anti-HBV responses operate through a single molecular mechanism, but that sensitivity to serum proteases may limit IFN-lambda activity to local, rather than systemic, effects. These results extended the idea that the type I and type III IFN families play tissue-specific roles in antiviral immunity (Pagliaccetti et al., 2010)
Ubiquitin-proteasome activity in HBV replication. Protein ubiquitination and proteasome-mediated degradation are critical regulators of many cellular processes, but the role of this regulatory mechanism in virus replication has been understudied. We have focused our attention on how this pathway regulates HBV replication. First, we demonstrated the ability of the IFN-induced proteasome catalytic subunits to shape the HBV-specific CD8 T cell response, and thus potentially influence the progression of infection from acute to chronic disease. These studies also identified a potential key role for IFN in regulating the adaptive immune response to HBV through alterations in viral antigen processing (Robek et al., 2007). Second, we studied the role of ubiquitin in HBV replication and release. While ubiquitin plays an important role in the release of many viruses, the requirement for direct ubiquitin conjugation to viral structural proteins is less well understood. We demonstrated that although ubiquitin regulates the HBV replication cycle, these mechanisms function independently of direct lysine ubiquitination of the viral core protein (Garcia et al., 2009). Finally,we examined the effect of proteasome inhibition on HBV replication in vivo using HBV transgenic mice, and found that pharmacological manipulation of the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway represents a possible new alternative therapeutic approach for the treatment of chronic HBV infection (Bandi et al. 2010).
Therapeutic immunization for chronic HBV. In those individuals who become acutely infected with HBV but ultimately clear the virus, a relatively strong, multi-specific T cell response to HBV is generated. However, in those that become chronically infected, the T cell response is much weaker in magnitude, and is directed toward fewer viral antigens. One promising new approach for treating chronic hepatitis B is by therapeutic vaccination to induce an immune response that is capable of controlling the virus. Unfortunately however, although the current HBV vaccine is very effective at preventing infection, it does not eliminate the virus in those people who are already infected. We have been working toward the long-term goal of developing a new therapeutic vaccine vector for chronicHBV based on recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV). We found that a VSV vector expressing the HBV surface glycoprotein induces strong CD8 T cell responses in immunized mice, and that these immune responses are protective in mouse models of virus challenge (Cobleigh et al., 2010). We are now working to determine whether the immune response generated by this vaccine can control ongoing HBV replication.
Selected Publications
- Zhang, Y., M.A. Cobleigh, J.Q. Lian, C.X. Huang, C.J. Booth, X.F. Bai, and M.D. Robek. 2011. A proinflmmatory role for IL-22 in the immune response to hepatitis B virus. Gastroenterology, 141:1897-1906.
- Cobleigh, M., L. Buonocore, S.L. Uprichard, J.K. Rose, and M.D. Robek. 2010. A vesicular stomatitis virus-based hepatitis B virus vaccine vector provides protection against challenge after a single dose. Journal of Virology, 84:7513-7522.
- Bandi, P., M.L. Garcia, C.J. Booth, F.V. Chisari, and M.D. Robek. 2010. Bortezomib inhibits hepatitis B virus replication in transgenic mice. Antimicrob Agents and Chemother, 54:749-756.
- Bandi, P., N.E. Pagliaccetti, and M.D. Robek. 2010. Inhibition of type III interferon activity by orthopoxvirus immunomodulatory proteins. J Interferon Cytokine Res, 30:123-134.
- Pagliaccetti, N.E., E.N. Chu, C.R. Bolen, S.H. Kleinstein, and M.D. Robek. 2010. Lambda and alpha interferons inhibit hepatitis B virus replication through a common molecular mechanism but with different in vivo activities. Virology, 401: 197-206.
- Garcia, M.L., R. Byfield, and M.D. Robek. 2009. Hepatitis B virus replication and release are independent of core lysine ubiquitination. J Virol, 83:4923-4933.
- Pagliaccetti, N.E., R. Eduardo, S.H. Kleinstein, X.J. Mu, P. Bandi, and M.D. Robek. 2008. Interleukin-29 functions cooperatively with interferon to induce antiviral gene expression and inhibit HCV replication. J Biol Chem, 283:30079-30089.


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The Cubs Offensive Offense
The Cubs struggles offensively are obviously no secret and it's been a team wide affliction that I don't even think a roll in the hay with Amy Winehouse could fix. I took a quick look at their OPS numbers since May 1st:
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You could pick any arbitrary date and come up with equally appalling numbers such as:
Theriot hasn't taken a walk since June 9. For the month, he's 12-for-49
for a .245 batting average. His OBP for June is .296, and his slugging
is .327. He's walked twice and struck out 12 times this month. For the
season, Theriot has 18 walks and 39 strikeouts. Last year, he put up an
OBP of .387, walking 73 times and striking out 58. His isolated power
(slugging minus BA) of .147 is still way up from last year's .052. So
that's definitely a good thing.
There's also "Soriano Shame Watch", his numbers since he was embarrassed at a WWE event.
So Soriano can get moved down, Lou can tinker with the lineup or just draw numbers from 1 through 9 to pick the day's lineup, but it's all just trying to put $100 lipstick on the ugliest fucking pig we've seen wearing blue pinstripes since 2006
- To say the least , Jim Hendry didnt't have a good offseason. After displaying the Midas Touch the previous two offseasons, pretty much signing and getting rid of all...okay most...of the right players, he's shown whatever is the exact opposite of the Midas Touch...shall we call it the "Number Two Touch"...where everything turns to shit? Jason Marquis goes from overpaid 5th starter to the league leader in wins with a decent ERA, Mark DeRosa has 12 HR's while the Cubs are a third and second basemen short, Michael Wuertz is striking out the AL as Milton Bradley is pretty much doing everything wrong, Kevin Gregg has been the very definition of mediocre and Aaron Miles is Neifi without the exclamation point.
But for all his past sins, he at least made the right decision on Angel Guzman. The über-prospect from the early part of the decade has had his injury issues to say the least and with the Cubs facing a roster and bullpen crunch, Hendry and Co. could have traded the righty. But Guzman's rewarded the organizations good faith in him with a 2.67 ERA to date along with 25 K's to 10 BB's even though he's a good bet to be one of the "tender" arms in the bullpen that Lou spoke of recently.
Of course this is a trivial point as the team struggles at .500 and this is not meant to blow sunshine up Hendry's derriere just for the fun of it. Rather, to merely point out amidst this cloud of doom hanging over the city of Chicago that a few rays of sunshine are still poking through.
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So you're saying that waking up next to Amy Winehouse in the morning would NOT make a player angry enough to start clobbering the ball? I dispute that notion. Also, Rob, did you change your RSS feed URL? The last headline on my google page is the Miles Fox Trot headline.
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I am still getting the feed with new posts.
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Speaking of karmic events, what's Marmol's K/BB ratio since he was seen on the town without his expecting bride?
Artie Lange saying what we all wanted to say to Joe Buck
I guess, didn't see, Joe Buck's show premiered last night on HBO and he made Magic Johnson look like Johnny Carson-
Hopefully he didn't read any of his father's bad poetry.
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You know, as flat-out terrible as this poem is -- laughable, really -- it nevertheless does make me smile inside and, being across the pond, also very much nostalgic for a good summer time game. Thanks, Jack Buck.
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While I'm not a fan of the Howard Stern show, I fucking hate Joe Buck. He's a jackass announcer who expects people to respect him despite the fact that he hasn't done anything to earn it except be related to Jack Buck.
I'm glad Artie gave it to Joe Buck. He has it coming.
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"Soriano Shame Watch"
This is good. This is good.
You forgot to mention the other uber good call besides Guzman - NOT getting Jake Peavy. At least this year.
Everything else Hendry touched, is, as you say, covered in shit.
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Nobody can predict an injury like that. It's just a lucky thing the Cubs didn't get him, thus I wouldn't necessarily call it a "Hendry success story".
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Peavy hurt himself in a game against the Cubs. If they'd gotten him earlier, that injury doesn't happen. Who knows how he'd have pitched for the Cubs.
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Or he has the same injury in his first start of the year.
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Imo, in this "snake-bit year", ROB G, nails it.
Somehow he'd have gotten hurt on the Cubs. No doubt in my mind.
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Whoops - I mean TRN nails it...
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If they'd gotten him earlier, that injury doesn't happen. Who knows how he'd have pitched for the Cubs.
or he could have been pitching for the WSux vs Z tonight if Reinsdufus had guaranteed the last year of the JP contract. Since Peavy won the opening game in SD, we might have had just an 0-3 instead of 0-6 road trip in StL/SD.
Fun with altered timelines
...oh oh, there is a bizarre rift in space and here comes the Enterprise B and bizarro Jim Hendry and the alternate timeline Cubs through it.
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Not a big fan of OPS.
I know, it's probably a good and meaningful stat to measure a player's offense, but it's a derivative stat that doesn't really translate into anything.
Batting average is number of hits divided by number of ABs. Simple and clean. Most hitters who go 1-for-3 will raise their average. Similar concept for OBP.
ERA is average number of earned runs per 9 innings. Simple and clean. Same with BB or K per 9 innings. Most pitchers who pitch 6 innings and give up 2 runs will see their ERA go down.
What, exactly does OPS represent? Not the math -- what does it represent in terms of what a player does? How does one descibe OPS?
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"How does one describe OPS?"
OPS tells you how valuable a player has been at the plate.
It's not really a derivative stat as much as a cumulative one, and obviously it has it's flaws, but if you want one stat to describe how well a player has been doing then OPS is probably the best one that doesn't take a week to figure out. It's the hitter's equivalent to ERA. Both don't tell the whole story, though.
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You guys are making my point. Saying it's a great measure of offensive production doesn't answer the question.
I have yet to see a description of what it really represents, other than adding two stats together.
To me, OPS is like a QB rating in the NFL -- everyone knows what a good score is, but nobody can really describe it in simple terms.
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OPS is On Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage.
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This is one of the reasons why I often just avoid stats in general. There are people out there like Billybucks way smarter than me, and I just don't get it.
So if we look at total runs score by a team charted up against batting average you see very little correlation and I think that's why a lot of people just toss the batting average stat away. But you are totally right, it has a concrete meaning: percent of official at bats that guy gets a hit.
On the other hand if you plot team OPS up against number of runs scored you see very strong correlation.
So I could be wrong (as I often am), but I think the numbers support OPS as a better indicator of run-generating ability. To answer your question "how does one describe OPS?" I would say this: getting on base and driving the ball.
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A chart I created a couple years ago... it shows OPS v. runs scored over the period of 3 or 4 years.
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Which is the reason it's use has become widespread so quickly. Rob G may know off the top of his head, but there's some better ratio (.8 X SLG + 1.1 X OBP or something like that) that even more accurately forecasts a teams' offensive output.
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If that is correct it is surprising to me that OBP is weighted more heavily than SLG. I would have expected it to be the other way around. Learn something new everyday.
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Don't have a copy on me, but that's one of the things they mentioned in "Moneyball". The single worst thing you can do as a batter is make an out (or really, 3 outs), but remember the 2004 Cubs if you need a point of reference for SLG vs OBP's relative merits.
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BP's EQA is pretty good, "A measure of total offensive value per out..."
The Cubs are a little down this page
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When I get home I'm going to scatter plot wOPA against runs scored to see if anything fun happens. I'm just a scatological geek like that.
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Yeah, 100% agree on BP's website, pretty much hate it.
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This headline reminds me of the NFL Fever commercial where Peyton Manning is playing Madden on Xbox Live with some kid and he says "You're defense is offensive." I still laugh about that. He's obviously in way too many commercials, but that's one of my favorites.
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Thanks again Phil. We actually were in Mesa and drove around. Hopefully, I am back for some Fall League. If not I have all of spring training (like the smart people who move here!)
What Rob G said. I can't speak for Piittsburgh, but the other end of the state has had absolute crap weather for two days. Perfect day to take it easy.
tarp came off 10 minutes ago...let's do this.
He will not pitch another game for Cubs
/Unless injury in playoffs
Today is bullpen day
10/450 if they win WS
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tarp on the field 40 minutes before gametime...meh.
travel day + rain in Pittsburgh. Why risk injury?
tim federowicz has been freed to play with his AAA teammates.
The lineup tonight....what the hell. Unless all the players are completely exhausted, this seems like overkill to me. They have 4 days off after Sunday.
Tommy Nance seems like quite an Indy league find
watching heyward attempt to hit a fastball is alarming. he's doing bad things with stuff he should be nailing...weak popups, grounders, late swing fouls...
it's going to be next to impossible to do worse than this season, but hopefully he can at least hit a fastball with authority next year.
He's an incredible defender, base-runner and takes great AB's. A .265 BABIP is highly likely to improve next year. That being said, his power numbers are down too which is certainly concerning so I'd certainly hedge my bets with him next year, but it would be surprising if this is his new normal.
I have no deep level of expertise or analysis here, but I still like Jason Heyward. I truly wish his bat was better, but I love the defense and the feel-good nature of his signing. I might be naive, but I think his offense will improve. I'm glad he's here, and I hope he doesn't make me regret saying that!


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Hope remains for a shortcut on Route 15 that bypasses often gridlocked traffic at Shamokin Dam and cuts the amount of time it takes to get to points south of here....
"If you stop and think about it, you can leave Florida and drive to the Saint Lawrence Seaway and the only place you're going to hit a red light is in Shamokin Dam." . . . This guy must not get out much, I don't see Shamokin****on my route for that trip! But seriously, this does need to be finished, as long as they come up with something better than that stupid, confusing, bottle neck bridge that they built on Market St. We didn't get much bang for the buck on that one.
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The three cookie designs make a beautiful presentation together! Can one of you persuade a vendor to make a gingham stencil? I don't even want to go there, attempting to cut straight lines across plastic. I did find a spatula in my drawer that has the cutouts. I intend to give that a try. The whole spray thing is ingenious! I may need to shadow your ideas here for my daughter's birthday or a set of Mother's Day cookies. They are feminine and sweet. Thanks for sharing . . . And yes, sometimes plain old white can't be beat for the background.
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Waffles are not just for breakfast anymore. Drizzle with chocolate, top with strawberry pie filling and a scoop of ice cream and you have a delicious dessert. Use the remaining pie filling as a topping for your breakfast waffle.
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"Certain things just make me smile," Isaac Mizrahi told PEOPLE at the launch of Fabulous, his first fragrance for women. The designer brought that sense of joy to the perfume's ad campaign. "I see a poodle, it just makes me smile."
For the campaign, two black standard poodles joined a model (in pink!) outside New York City's Guggenheim Museum. In one scene, a show-trimmed pooch appears to be asking for a spritz of the scent, which features mandarin, nectarine, jasmine and cedar.
"I just thought there was a kind of madness to it," Mizrahi said of incorporating the dogs into the campaign. "This really dressy, mysterious, discreet woman who is totally revealed by her love of poodles. It says she has a sense of humor, a sense of fun, a sense of the outrageous and over-the-top."
One of the dog models, a former show dog named Star, graced the launch event for Fabulous at Bloomingdale's in New York. Mizrahi has two dogs of his own and engaged naturally and affectionately with his muse.
"I've always had a poodle moment," said Mizrahi, who featured standard poodles in a recent runway show. "I grew up with a poodle named Pom Pom. A big apricot-colored giant. He was very neurotic."
Star, for her part, was the picture of composure in the midst of a frenzied fragrance department (Mizrahi quipped, "She has an Aries spirit about her!"), and patiently waited in line so her handler could get an autograph.
Mizrahi thought about Pom Pom, Star, and his two pooches at home: 12-year-old Harry and 7-year-old Dean.
"I would love another poodle. Right now I have two, and I think if I got a third dog, I would be thrown out of my co-op," he said. "But my babies are doing great. They own my soul. Harry really still has it, you'd be so surprised. I'm serious. Twelve is the new seven."
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1 box Mrs. T's Potato & Onion Pierogies
1 8oz. package Aidel's Chicken Apple Sausage, cut into medium sized slices
1 bunch fresh spinach, washed thoroughly, ends trimmed off
1 large yellow onion, julienned
2 Tbs. butter
¼ cup apple cider (you can substitute water if cider isn't easily available)
1. In a large, heavy bottomed skillet or sauté pan, melt butter over low heat. Add onion, and season lightly with salt. Turn heat to medium, and allow onions to cook slowly until very soft, and well browned, about 10-12 minutes.
2. While onions are cooking, boil pierogies according to package instructions
3. Add sausage to caramelized onions, still cooking on medium heat, and cook until heated through.
4. Deglaze the pan with the apple cider (or water) and add spinach.
5. Cook spinach until wilted
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I said that I preffered the kar over the garand so he locked the thread, he pulled a tekkobra.
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BS in Business Administration
Concentration: Consulting and Leadership
Business is becoming more competitive, more technical, and more global. Traditional organizational structures are giving way to more flexible and responsive organizations. Management and leadership in these new organizations are largely channeled through communications technologies such as the Internet, e-mail and virtual teams. Whereas traditional leadership was focused at the top, leadership in these new organizations occurs throughout all organizational levels.
To serve this emerging need, the School of Management and Center for Leadership Studies (CLS) prepares students to take entry-level roles in consulting firms and other organizations that will require exemplary leadership skills. We believe many students will find a combination of Leadership and Consulting with other concentrations such as Management Information Systems (MIS), Marketing or Finance to be very attractive to future employers.
Students will make use of traditional methods of learning such as texts and lectures. However, this concentration emphasizes hands-on practice by means of simulations, student projects in local companies, cases, and guest speakers. An innovative part of the program is a comprehensive assessment of leadership skills. Students will use feedback from this assessment to develop personal development plans to enhance their leadership potential. In addition, in LEAD 353, students engage in action learning through the Manley's Service-Learning Projects, whereby they work as strategic leadership consultants in local non-profit organizations. Courses also provide practice in presentations and writing.
To fulfill the requirements of the Leadership and Consulting concentration, students must complete the standard core curriculum for the management degree option, the following three required LEAD courses and an elective from the following list. Each course is four credit hours.
Required Courses:
LEAD 351: Leadership Skills and Development
Leadership happens! Whether you are working one-on-one or in small groups, leadership guides the vision. This course will provide a survey of the major theoretical topics in leadership. Through self-assessments and guided exercises, students focus on individual skills development to improve their leadership abilities.
LEAD 352: Team Leadership
Leading in a team-based environment requires unique leadership skills. This course begins with an emphasis on one individual leading a team of individuals. Over time, a shared leadership model emerges whereby students learn how to distribute leadership within their teams. Students will work in teams to learn the process of developing and leading an effective project team. Teams work both face to face and virtually to learn how to function effectively in a technological, global environment.
LEAD 353: Strategic Leadership
What is the role of leadership in larger systems and how do you handle a unique organizational culture? Learn how to work in organizations to promote strategic change, implement organizational learning, and work across different boundaries/units and cultures. The intent of this course is to develop the capacity in students to consult with organizations on strategic leadership and change management practices. Students will work in project teams and consult with local organizations to assist with unique strategic change issues.
Elective Courses:
The following courses would satisfy the requirement for the fourth concentration class:
PSYC 344: Research Methods in Psychology
PSYC 385: Psychological Tests
BE 201: Self Organizing Systems
BE 202: Biological Networks
BE 203: Numerical Methods in Bioengineering
BE 461: Exploring Social Dynamics
FIN 324: Corporate Finance
SCM 360: Advance Spreadsheet Modeling
(or any equivalent quantitative course pre-approved by Leadership faculty)
Students in this concentration are encouraged to undertake an internship to further develop their skills and join the local student chapters of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) or Women in Business.
MGMT 495 – Leadership Internship
This internship provides students in the leadership concentration with an opportunity to practice skills in a real business setting. Although not required, this internship is highly recommended. An internship does not replace one of the four required concentration courses.
Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) – Provides students with mutually beneficial interaction with Human Resource practitioners. The student SHRM chapter supplements classroom education with leadership opportunities, hands-on experience and network development. Students are elected to leadership positions and work with student cohorts to build human resources knowledge and skills. Additionally, members are asked to develop human resource-based programs of interest for both students and interested local practitioners.
SOM Faculty/CLS Fellows:
Francis J. Yammarino, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor; Director, CLS
Shelley D. Dionne, Ph.D.
Assoc. Professor; Assoc. Director, CLS
Kimberly S. Jaussi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
William D. Spangler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Seth M. Spain, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
CLS Research Programs & Corporate Sponsors:
Manley's Mighty Mart
Binghamton University I/O Psychology Research Internships
Lockheed Martin
National Science Foundation (NSF)
U.S. Army Research Institute
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Anyone over the age of 65 who is always moaning, always in the way and should be dead!
There was a queue of coffin dodgers outside the post office on tuesday morning.
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An elderly person trying to over stay their worth on planet earth
The pension queue at the local post office is populated by coffin dodgers
by coff-in dodd-ge-rr October 14, 2003
an old person, probably about to die very soon...
"Hey my grans 95, shes a coffin dodger"
by Evil-Ernie July 16, 2003
Coffin Dodgers were an American heavy rock band from New Jersey. They played together from 1999 to 2006. During that time they released 3 CD's, one 7" record, and a rare 5 song cassette. They were usually associated with stoner rock or punk rock.
Coffin Dodgers were one of South Jerseys first stoner rock bands.
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An elderly person who appears to be a nuisance. Someone literally dodging their coffin.
This place is full of coffin dodgers.
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One of the many chav words meaning 'Old Person'
Oi check out dat coffin dodger ova der lets go mug im
by Thomas Fathers March 04, 2006
Old twats that stink of stale piss and always complain that they are hard-up whilst having thousands of pounds stached away in shoeboxes all round their house, waiting for bogus inspectors to steal it and spend the bloody thing.Usually to be found hogging benches in precincts - ciggy in one hand and a Gregg's pasty in the other!
Let me on the bus first young man !
You may have been at the front of the queue but I'm old !
You may have been at the front of the queue but I'm old !
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Valentin T. Tandoc
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- 53 years experience
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Baton Rouge is strongly influenced by water. Flat topography, heavy
rainfall, wetlands and the channelization of the Mississippi River combine to create a
unique ecosystem that has been shaped over the last 300 years by
both natural and human impacts.
The vision for FUTUREBR is for the Parish to protect and conserve its environmental assets, and to foster a green, active, ecologically diverse and economically sound community.
The eastern part of the Parish drains into the Amite River and the southern
part of the Parish drains into Bayou Manchac. The northwest portion of the
Parish drains into the Mississippi River. Water management and management of
biodiversity and other natural systems, is best handled at the watershed
level. Remediation or mitigation of such changes, therefore, should take
place within the same watershed to achieve ecological benefits and maintain
the integrity of the watershed.
To learn more about Watershed Planning and the efforts of
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VIENNA, 30 November 2011 – The United Nations Development Organization (UNIDO) will work with WorldSkills International and WorldSkills Germany on generating worldwide awareness of the essential contribution that skills and industrial development make to the achievement of economic success.
This was agreed today at a meeting between UNIDO Director-General, Kandeh K. Yumkella, WorldSkills President, Simon Bartley, and WorldSkills Germany Managing Board Member, Elfi Klumpp.
"Traditional trade and craft skills along with the newer technology multi-skilled vocations make an essential contribution to the economic and social well being of people around the world," said Yumkella.
"Our cooperation with WorldSkills aims at fostering a symbiosis between industry and education and, by doing so, creating global awareness on various levels in the education and industry sector as well as in governmental institutions."
By means of skills competitions and other skills related activities, WorldSkills International introduces world-class competency standards in the industrial trades and service sectors, and helps in achieving higher standards and status for vocational education and training on a worldwide basis.
Simon Bartley said: "WorldSkills organizations worldwide will work closely with UNIDO to develop a joint programme, with the possibility to include common skills and development activities in a wide range of countries and areas of interest to the three organizations."
Elfi Klumpp said: "We invite UNIDO and all its Member States to develop partnerships and participate in the WorldSkills Event 2013 in Leipzig. Our plan is to organize in Leipzig the 1st International UNIDO - WorldSkills Excellence Forum. It would serve as a high-level interactive matchmaking and exchange platform that would bring together policy-makers from industry and vocational education. This will allow us to continue the programme Industrial Development and Vocational Skills for a Better World."
Watch a video about WorldSkills and Brazilian astronaut Marcos Pontes and see how basic education and professional skills can make a difference to children around the world:
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Steal from the Rich.
Give to the Poor.
Kill a brave knight.
Marry a whore.
A brave man in tights
Came to save the day.
He mashed through the villans
as if they were clay.
Give to the Poor.
Kill a brave knight.
Marry a whore.
A brave man in tights
Came to save the day.
He mashed through the villans
as if they were clay.
We're Men in Tights (Tights!) Tights
~Robin Hood: Men in Tights
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Robin Hood:I take from the rich and steal from the poor
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A type of person who steals wealth from the undeserving, or dishonorable, and delivering the stolen wealth to the poor.
"Robin Hood was also the name of some fag in a green skirt with a bow & arrow. Ok it was a tunic not a skirt. Same thing!........Yoshimitsu from the Tekken series is a robin hood as well, but at least he's cool! ^_^ "
by Dave January 26, 2004
When shooting with archery equipment, hitting an arrow on a target with another one, possibly splitting it partially or all the way.
"I've got two robin hoods under my belt and I've been shooting for three years."
by hunterml July 19, 2009
a person or a crew etc robing a person or the neighbour hood
yo, nico wanna come with this?
where gona Robin hood
where gona Robin hood
by iRepbulls May 27, 2008
A game played on Chatroulette.com where a girl essentially bestows the wealth of her goodies on a man. The girl will act in a sexually submissive manner, putting on a bit of a show in order to help the random lucky man reach orgasm. There are a few rules though: (1) the girl may, if she chooses, remain ANONYMOUS, so any requests to show face can be rebuffed; (2) try to avoid going beyond what will get the girl banned from CR, which usually means no removing bra or panties; and (3) GIVE LOTS AND LOTS OF COMPLIMENTS TO THE GIRL!--she's essentially helping you cum and putting on a cam show for free, so it's the least you can do.
After three hours of wading through dicks on Chatroulette last night, some sexy, altruistic honey came down from heaven and played a game of Robin Hood with me!
by frankriccard1336 February 18, 2011
In the state of Texas, USA (and possibly other states), a policy of applying a greater amount of taxes collected from public school districts to less affluent school districts, which pay a higher tax percentage.
Robin Hood is one of the state education policies most criticized by conservatives and Republicans, along with affirmative action and bilingual education.
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The pure refined essence of awesome
The new Iron Man movie was awesome sauce!
av Lt. Muffins 16. mai 2008
The perfect accompaniment for Cool Beans
Ben: See at the gig then.
Dave: Cool beans.
Ben: Awesome sauce.
Dave: Cool beans.
Ben: Awesome sauce.
av lbr11 4. september 2011
A more exaggerated word for awesome.
My new webpage looks totally awesomesauce!
av Melodie Reece 16. juni 2008
A word that douchebags use to describe an idea or something they perceive as cool. When it is said, it makes it no longer awesome.
Do you like my new Tom's shoes? Aren't they awesomesauce!
I got tickets to Justin Beiber! #awesomesauce
I got tickets to Justin Beiber! #awesomesauce
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If something is awesome sauce, then it is the best it can possibly be.
That was awesome sauce!!!!
av McBlaggin 3. august 2008
Something or someone truly amazing. Usually: more awesome than the word "awesome" can describe.
My god, Silva and Lord Earth are truly awesomesauce! But then, Silva DID create and copyright the word for his and his friend's use, and Lord Earth DID earn the description.
This can of whipped cream should be renamed "Awesomesauce".
This can of whipped cream should be renamed "Awesomesauce".
av The One True Awesomesauce Man 14. januar 2008
a word meaning awesome, only cooler-be prepared to be looked at funny when you use this word.
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