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Astigmatism (uh-STIG-muh-tiz-um) is a common, mild and generally easily treatable imperfection in the curvature of your eye. The condition can cause blurred vision.
Astigmatism occurs when the front surface of your eye (cornea) or the lens, inside your eye, has a slightly different surface curvature in one direction from the other. Instead of being even and smooth in all directions, the surface may have some areas that are flatter or steeper.
Astigmatism blurs your vision at all distances. Astigmatism is often present at birth and may occur in combination with nearsightedness or farsightedness. Often it's not pronounced enough to require corrective action. When it is, your treatment options include corrective lenses and surgery.
Signs and symptoms of astigmatism may include:
If your quality of vision detracts from your enjoyment of activities or interferes with your ability to perform everyday tasks, see an eye doctor. An eye doctor can determine whether you have astigmatism and, if so, to what degree. He or she can then advise you of your options to correct your vision.
If you're a healthy adult older than 40, have your eyes examined about every two to four years until age 55.
After age 55, have them checked every one to three years for signs of eye disease or problems and after age 65, every one to two years.
If you have eye problems, such as astigmatism, you may need to have your eyes checked more frequently. If you're at risk of certain eye diseases, such as glaucoma, or you have diabetes, check with your doctor to see how often you need to have your eyes examined.
Your eye has two parts that focus images, the cornea and the lens. In a perfectly shaped eye, each of these focusing elements has a perfectly smooth curvature, like the surface of a smooth ball.
A cornea or lens with such a surface curvature bends (refracts) all incoming light the same way and makes a sharply focused image on the back of your eye (retina).
However, if your cornea or lens isn't evenly and smoothly curved, then it causes light rays to be unevenly focused. This causes a refractive error. Astigmatism is a type of refractive error.
In astigmatism, your cornea or lens is curved more steeply in one direction than in another. You have corneal astigmatism if your cornea has a distorted shape. You have lenticular astigmatism if your lens is distorted.
Either type of astigmatism can cause blurred vision. Blurred vision may occur more in one direction, either horizontally, vertically or diagonally.
Astigmatism may occur in combination with other refractive errors, which include:
Astigmatism may be present from birth, or it may develop after an eye injury, disease or surgery. Astigmatism isn't caused or made worse by reading in poor light, sitting too close to the television or squinting.
You're likely to start by seeing your family doctor or a general practitioner. However, in some cases when you call to set up an appointment, you may be referred to an eye doctor (ophthalmologist).
Because appointments can be brief, and because there's often a lot to discuss, it's a good idea to be well prepared for your appointment. Here's some information to help you get ready for your appointment, and what to expect from your doctor.
Your time with your doctor is limited, so preparing a list of questions will help you make the most of your time together. List your questions from most important to least important in case time runs out. For astigmatism, some basic questions to ask your doctor include:
In addition to the questions that you've prepared to ask your doctor, don't hesitate to ask questions during your appointment at any time that you don't understand something.
Your doctor is likely to ask you a number of questions. Being ready to answer them may reserve time to go over any points you want to spend more time on. Your doctor may ask:
To diagnose your condition, your eye doctor (ophthalmologist) may review your symptoms and conduct a comprehensive eye examination.
Your eye examination may include several tests, such as:
Test to measure the curvature of your cornea. By measuring light reflected from the surface of your cornea, a device called a keratometer measures the amount of curvature to your cornea's surface and can confirm the presence of astigmatism. This test is called keratometry.
The curvature of your cornea is an important piece of information for contact lens fitting. The curvature tends to be irregular in astigmatism.
To measure variations in corneal surface curvature, doctors may use a process called computerized corneal mapping. Computerized corneal mapping uses a keratoscope fitted with a video camera (videokeratoscope) to create a map of your cornea's surface.
Test to measure light focus. To measure how your eyes focus light, your eye doctor may place different lenses in front of your eyes using a device called a phoropter.
Your doctor may also use a device called a retinoscope, which directs a beam of light into your eye, to determine how your eye focuses light.
These procedures can assess the degree of your refractive error and help calculate prescriptions for contact lenses and glasses.
The goal of treating astigmatism is to address the uneven curvature that's causing your blurred vision and improve your vision.
Treatments include corrective lenses and refractive surgery.
Wearing corrective lenses treats astigmatism by counteracting the uneven curvature of your cornea.
Types of corrective lenses include:
Contact lenses. Like eyeglasses, contact lenses can correct astigmatism. A wide variety of contact lenses are available, including hard, soft, extended wear, disposable, rigid, gas permeable and bifocal contact lenses. Ask your eye doctor about the pros and cons of each and which contact lenses might be best for you.
Contact lenses are also used in a procedure called orthokeratology. In orthokeratology, you wear rigid contact lenses for several hours a day until the curvature of your eye improves. Then, you wear the lenses less frequently to maintain the new shape. If you discontinue this treatment, your eyes return to their former shape.
Wearing contact lenses for extended periods of time increases the risk of infection in the eye.
This astigmatism-treatment method corrects the problem by reshaping the surface of your eye. Before surgery, doctors will evaluate you and determine if you're a candidate for refractive surgery. Refractive-surgery methods include:
LASIK surgery. Laser-assisted in-situ keratomileusis (LASIK) is a procedure in which a doctor uses an instrument called a keratome to make a thin, circular hinged cut into your cornea. Alternatively, this same cut can be made with a special cutting laser.
The surgeon lifts the flap and then uses an excimer laser to sculpt the shape of the cornea under the flap. An excimer laser differs from other lasers in that it doesn't produce heat.
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Sunday, July 21, 2013
Fine Crafts Shows Charleston announces the merit awards given out at the Piccolo Spoleto Craft Shows this year. The two weekend events were held May 24-26 and May 31- June 2.
Approximately 80 craft artists from around the country displayed their works for sale each weekend of The Piccolo Spoleto Craft shows, held in Wragg Square Park each year as part of the Piccolo Spoleto Festivals, the official outreach festival of Spoleto Festival U.S.A. Each weekend show presents a different line-up of artists.
May 24-26 Show (finecraftshowscharleston.com/2013_results1.html)
The judge for the May 24 – 26 show was John Hull, professor of Painting and department dhair at the College of Charleston. Hull is a painter who has exhibited his work nationally since 1981. On Friday, May 24 he attended the show and designated the award winners. The winners received their ribbons and congratulation from Charleston Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr.
First Place: Mimi Hay, a clothing designer from Myrtle Beach.
Second place: Roberta Marasca, a jeweler from Pittsboro, N.C.
Third place: Barbara and Rick Umbel, jewelers from Melbourne Beach, Fla.
Honorable Mention: Alan Daigre, a furniture maker from Readyville Tenn. Jean Yao, a basketmaker from Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., and Leslie Peebles, a printmaker from Alachua Fla.
Mayor's Purchase Award (best in show) went to Tara Winslow, a potter from Stow, Ohio.
Exhibitor's Choice Award went to Katrin Wolf, a jeweler from Monticello, Fla.
May 31-June 2 Show (finecraftshowscharleston.com/2013_results2.html)
The judge for the May 31 – June 2 show was Jean MK Miller, associate dean of administrative affairs and professor, College of Visual Arts and Design at the University of North Texas on Friday, May 31, Professor Miller attended the show and gave out the following awards:
First place: Jerry Maxey, a basketmaker from Piedmont
Second place: Alan Daigre, a furniture maker from Readyville, Tenn.
Third place: Obayana Ajanaku, a jeweler from Decatur, Ga.
Honorable Mention: Jean Yao, a basketmaker from Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Catherine Gooslby, a jeweler from Decatur, Ga., and Marlow and Diana Gates, broommakers from Leicester, N.C.
Slide Juror's Award: Amy Goldstein-Rice, a potter from Inman
Special Juror Merit Award: Vicki Vigneault, a stained glass artist from Inman
Exhibitor Choice Award: Susan Marling, a fabric designer from Acworth, Ga.
Photos of all winners are available on the website finecraftshowscharleston.com, then follow the link to results for each weekend.
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In 2000, Governor Gray Davis founded the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3) and three other University of California institutes for science and innovation. QB3, the only one of the four to focus on life sciences, now brings together over 220 laboratories at UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz, and UCSF to support basic research and training at the highest level. The leaders of these laboratories are UC professors who see value in joining an institute that can connect them to colleagues and resources that can help them make discoveries and develop them to benefit society.
QB3-affiliated faculty include two Nobel laureates (Berkeley's Steve Chu and UCSF's Elizabeth Blackburn) and 41 members of the National Academies.
The institute is headquartered at UCSF Mission Bay, and operates research facilities at that campus as well as at Berkeley and Santa Cruz.
"Quantitative biosciences" is a broad term encompassing all aspects of modern biology that apply techniques taken from physics, chemistry, mathematics and computer science. Examples include advanced medical imaging (primarily MRI); computational genomics; medical device engineering; and high-throughput screening for drug compounds.
Over the past decade, QB3 has become involved in commercializing UC research. QB3's economic initiatives have developed in an organic fashion, centered around UCSF Mission Bay, which has been designated a Biotech iHub.
Based on a systemic analysis by consulting firm Deloitte, QB3 created a separate division explicitly devoted to commercialization. That division, the Innolab, now handles QB3's industry partnerships with Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, GE Healthcare, and other large companies; the seed-stage venture fund Mission Bay Capital; and QB3's five-site incubator network, which a 2012 report cited as having helped launch 65 companies that have created 280 jobs and raised over $230 million in capital.
The QB3 network of biotech incubators spans both public and private spheres. The QB3 Garage, launched in 2006, was the first business incubator of any kind at the University of California. An informal partnership with midsize biotech company FibroGen saw the opening of the Mission Bay Innovation Center; subsequently QB3 opened a second Garage space in its building at UC Berkeley, and partnered with real estate company Wareham Development to open the QB3 East Bay Innovation Center in West Berkeley. QB3 also operates a dry-lab (business and computational biology only) space in Genentech Hall at UCSF Mission Bay, which includes the Canadian Technology Accelerator, space leased by the Canadian government for a biotech footprint in the Bay Area.
Beginning in 2012, QB3 has offered the program QB3 Startup in a Box—a standard package of services to enable UC and Bay Area entrepreneurs to incorporate well-structured virtual companies in order to apply for federal Small Business Innovation Research grants. In its first sixteen months, Startup in a Box has helped launch over 115 companies, 25 of which are already operational.
Bay Area life science startups can also benefit from joining the QB3 Accelerator, a membership program that offers group rates on services such as HR and benefits, payroll and accounting, insurance, supplies, and contract research organizations.
QB3 entered the investment arena in 2010 with the launch of Mission Bay Capital (MBC), an $11.3M seed-stage venture capital fund. MBC's mandate is to invest in promising life science technologies emerging from the University of California. To date MBC has made nine investments, the first of which was in Redwood Bioscience, a spinoff from the laboratory of Carolyn Bertozzi at UC Berkeley.
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This lovely, VINTAGE-STYLE DESSERT TABLE by Katie and Alice from KaLice Events was originally created for a wedding, but would be beautiful for an engagement party or vintage-inspired bridal shower as well!
50 handmade paper rosettes made for a stunning backdrop (great DIY idea for any theme!), and pretty accents like shimmery butterflies, lace doilies, love birds, and hanging crystals looked stylish & romantic in a palette of yellow, white and warm gray.
Read on for more lovely photos and all the creative details…
PARTY DETAILS, as told by Alice…
"The bride approached KaLice Events about designing a dessert table for her wedding {in Georgia}. She's a big fan of doilies and wanted us to create a vintage-style dessert table in the colors of yellow, grey and white.
In order to incorporate the bride's favorite dolies into our design, we decided to go with paper rosettes (aka lollies) as the backdrop for this dessert table. We did a mix & match using dollies and vintage looking paper and handmade over 50 paper rosettes in various sizes!
To go along with the Butterfly theme that the bride had used for her table number design and wedding favors, we added some "butterflies" as accent decor on a few of the paper rosettes, and also on the mini cups that held our homemade desserts. The handmade brownie flags are made out of Japanese Washi masking tape, which we adore! The white dessert stands with hanging crystals – together with the miniature wooden chairs & bird cage – added a distinctive vintage feeling to the entire design, and a doily-adorned banner reading "The Sweet Bar" tied all the details together!
Since there was already a 3-tiered wedding cake at the reception, we focused on an assortment of delicious treats to compliment the cake. The homemade desserts included white/yellow chocolate dipped pretzels, mini red velvet cupcakes, mini brownies with personalized flags, marshmallow pops, macaroons, etc."
– Dessert Table Design & Concept: Katie & Alice of KaLice Events
– Photography: KaLice Events
– Homemade Sweets: KaLice Events
– Miniature Wooden Chairs: JoAnn's
– Mini Bird Cage: World Market
– Grey & Yellow Floral Table Cloth: Target
– Craft Paper: Michael's & JoAnn's
– Dessert Stands: Various local storeS
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Absolutely GOR-GEOUS! One of my fav so far!
2Chris @ Celebrations At Home SAYS:
Love the cool fan backdrop!
3Nicole @ Tradewind Tiaras SAYS:
I'm such a sucker for yellow and grey, and this display is just gorgeous! Love the papers used for the rosettes!
4Mindy SAYS:
LOVE the fabric, backdrop and jewels on the cake stands!
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I'm loving the color scheme. It's so in right now. Very cool party.- Sarah http://agirlintransit.blogspot.com/
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The backdrop is gorgeous!
7Courtney {pizzazzerie} SAYS:
Simply gorgeous! I love this color combo :)
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The backdrop is killing me! Beautiful!
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One of my favorite color combos, just beautiful! I have found Joanns to be a great place for party supplies. Just have to use your creativity as she did.
10Frances SAYS:
Wow! Would never have thought of putting these colors together! Grey-for a party? It's looks gorgeous though and really different.
11Carolyn Chen || The Special Day SAYS:
I LOVE the gray/yellow table cloth. Ah, that's why we love Target!
Great job!
12Cathi Judd SAYS:
Love how elegant the yellow, gray, and white, look together. It has such a refined look, yet subtle. Love it!
13Jessica SAYS:
I am DYING over this table!!! I already loved grey & yellow but these pictures are so gorgeous:) Thanks for sharing!
14Mae SAYS:
How beautiful!! :D
15Cathy SAYS:
I LOVE this color combination and the paper flowers are awsome such a statement. It would work for so many different occasions.
16Melissa SAYS:
I loove the gray and yellow so fresh and modern.
17Jeanee SAYS:
OMG… I just fainted!!! So wonderful. My fav colors too!
18Jules SAYS:
I LOVE this! I am hosting a baby shower this weekend and the colors just happen to be gray and yellow. I am totally going to use this as my inspiration for my dessert table. I also did a similar one for a bridal shower. You can do so much with this color combo!
19katrina SAYS:
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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - We never cease to be amazed at the number of clients who suggest that they want to tell IRS to send the refund dough straight to their bank account. In order to do so, of course, those folks' returns have to reflect their account identity. And who thinks IRS is on top of carefully keeping track of that info, not to mention the consideration of allowing them to know your bank account identity when it may come time for them to try to squeeze some bucks out of you? Are you sure you want them to have direct access to your account in that event?
So, now cometh the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) whose recent audit of IRS controls of IRS procedures in these cases was a little less than complimentary. In fact, TIGTA found that IRS procedures regarding the direct deposit of tax refunds are susceptible to fraud.
TIGTA's report states that, "The majority of individual taxpayers are now choosing to have their Federal tax refunds directly deposited to their checking or savings accounts or to a debit card."
We say, "Why?"
TIGTA goes on to note that IRS deposited more than 79 million refunds (72 percent of total refunds) directly into taxpayers' bank accounts during Calendar Year 2011.
Excuse me?
These direct deposits accounted for more than $246 billion (that's a "B") in refunds.
And if you choose to split your refund among up to three different checking or savings accounts, check out IRS Form 8888, "Allocation of Refund (Including Savings Bond Purchases)."
And to add insult to injury, this TIGTA audit was performed at the IRS Fresno "Service" Center, in Fresno, CA, the site with which many folks in these parts deal.
So, getting to the bottom line, the first "result" reported by TIGTA of its review is simply this: "Processes Are Not Sufficient to Ensure Tax Refunds Are Deposited."
And this is not the first time TIGTA has found about IRS dalliances in this area. TIGTA has previously reported that processes are insufficient to ensure the accuracy of tax refund direct deposits and minimize fraud - the same thing they found in a 2008 audit!
(Nice follow up, IRS.)
And you want to give IRS your account number???
- CONSULT YOUR TAX ADVISOR - This article contains general information about various tax matters. You should consult your CPA regarding the implications to your own particular situation. Jeff Quinn, the author of this article, is a shareholder in Ashley Quinn, CPAs and Consultants, Ltd., with offices in Incline Village and Reno. He can be reached at 831-7288, welcomes comments at email@example.com.


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Celebrity Central / Top 25 Celebs
Anna Nicole Smith
- 1985
Starting Young
After dropping out of high school, Anna Nicole works at Jim's Krispy Chicken Shack, where she meets Billy Smith. At 17, she marries the 16-year-old cook and the pair welcome son Daniel in January 1986. They divorce a little over a year later. "[Billy] was so sweet and so cute back there, cookin' chicken," she reminisces to PEOPLE.
- 1992
From Nobody to Some Bunny
Just four years after making $60 a week as a Wal-Mart checkout girl, the single mom sends nude photos of herself to Playboy, and lands a photo shoot with the magazine. Smith appears on the cover dressed in a blue evening gown with a plunging neckline. In June 1993, Hugh Hefner names the former stripper Playmate of the Year, which leads to renewed attention from a few ex-boyfriends. "They never called before," Smith tells PEOPLE. "I have no desire to see them because every single one of them cheated on me and I caught them."
Guess Who?
Months after seeing her in Playboy, Guess president Paul Marciano makes Smith the face of the popular jeans brand. The 5'11", 155-pound, 36DD Smith is a vast departure from previous jobholder, Claudia Schiffer. "She brings back visions of Hollywood glamour," Guess photographer Daniela Federici says to PEOPLE. "We haven't seen that kind of charisma since Marilyn Monroe."
- 1994
Officially Her Old Man
In front of 11 attendees at Houston's White Dove wedding chapel, Smith marries 89-year-old oil billionaire J. Howard Marshall II. Smith met the twice-divorced and wheelchair-bound Marshall while working as a topless dancer at the Houston strip club Rick's in 1988.
- 1995
In Sickness and In Health
Following months of illness, Marshall dies of pneumonia. In a prelude to what becomes a long battle over his assets, Smith and Marshall's eldest son, E. Pierce, 56, plan separate memorial services. Smith's is a 25-minute celebration in which 30 attendees (most of whom were acquainted with Marshall through Smith) are treated to melon balls. The service also features teddy bears draped around the casket and a banner reading "From Your Lady Love" in gold glitter. The second ceremony – a solemn two-hour affair at the same funeral home – is attended by most of Marshall's family, including his first wife, Eleanor.
- 1999
The Never Ending Story
After having her $50,000 monthly allowance severed and losing the title to the million-dollar Texas ranch where she was living shortly after Marshall's death, Smith begins a long legal battle in L.A. bankruptcy court against her late husband's son, E. Pierce Marshall. She fights to claim at least $500 million of Marshall's estate. By January 2005, she has won her case twice but lost her money on appeals.
- 2002
Reality Check
The premiere of Smith's E! Network reality series, The Anna Nicole Show, draws in 4 million households and features Smith, her son Daniel, assistant Kim Walther and lawyer Howard K. Stern. The former model slurs observations about subjects like Palestinian suicide bombers ("Don't they think it was kinda painful?"), refers to her breasts as "my puppies" and whimpers as she places her husband's urn on top of the television set. Watching the debut at a private party while she chows down on deep-fried pickles, barbecued ribs, bubble gum and Budweiser, Smith remarks, "I look stoned out of my mind!"
- 2004
Trimspa, Baby!
Named spokeswoman for the diet supplement Trimspa, Smith announces on her own E! special that she shed 69 lbs. using the over-the-counter drug. The product isn't without controversy: Two class-action lawsuits are filed in the same month accusing the manufacturers of misrepresenting the ingredients and effects of Trimspa. In February 2007, just two days before her death, another class-action lawsuit is filed against the company and Smith.
"Do You Like My Body?"
Introducing performer Kanye West at the American Music Awards in L.A., Smith garbles her words, fondles her breasts and asks the audience "Do you like my body?" before being helped offstage. Host Jimmy Kimmel jokes to the crowd, "I told her to stay away from Snoop Dogg's brownies."
- 2006
Ms. Smith Goes to Washington
Smith's chaotic legal battle over of her late husband's estate with his son E. Pierce goes to the Supreme Court. The nine justices unanimously rule that Smith has the right to pursue her suit in federal court. Marshall's son, E. Pierce, dies from an infection six weeks later, but the case is still pending.
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BIOGRAPHY (top to bottom): Splash News; Scott Downie/Celebrity Photo; Jeffrey Lowe; Splash News; Carlos Rios/AP; Stewart Volland/E! Entertainment; Mark J. Terrill/AP
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- Anna Nicole Smith
- Real Name
- Vicky Lynn Hogan
- Date of Birth
- November 28, 1967
- Date of Death
- February 08, 2007
- Birth Place
- Mexia, Texas
- Relationships
Howard K. Stern, partner (2006 to 2007)
Larry Birkhead, ex-boyfriend (2004 to 2006)
J. Howard Marshall, husband (1994 to 1995)
Billy Smith, ex-husband (1985 to 1987)
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Daniel Wayne Smith, son (1/22/1986 to 9/10/2006)
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The grand and historic estate, which Gibson bought in 1994 while married to now ex-wife Robyn, has gone on sale for $33 million, reports Realtor.com.
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Built in 1926, the Old Mill Farm sits on 75 acres of land in tony Greenwich, Conn. In addition to having 15 bedrooms, it features an expansive stable, a swimming pool and a life-size chess game that would rival a Harry Potter wizarding chess board.
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Gibson also recently put his and Robyn's Malibu estate up for $11.8 million, but it has yet to sell.


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'The Two Noble Kinsmen' slated
SHEPHERDSTOWN - Shepherd University's Rude Mechanicals Medieval and Renaissance Players will present Shakespeare's The Two Noble Kinsmen at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; at 9 p.m. tonight; and at 3 p.m. Sunday. All performances will be in Reynolds Hall on the Shepherd campus.
"The Two Noble Kinsmen" is a funny, sad tragicomedy with a quirky look at the literal and metaphoric battles of love that can tear families, marriages, and friendships apart.
Tickets are $7 for the general public, free for Shepherd students, and $2 for other students and Shepherd faculty and staff. Tickets will be available at the door.
For more information, contact Betty Ellzey at 304-876-5208 or bellzey @shepherd.edu.
Hedgesville High to present 'Fools'
HEDGESVILLE - Hedgesville High School "Eagle Theatre" will present the Neil Simon comedy, "Fools," at 7 p.m. Nov. 15-17. Admission is $5 per person.
For more information, call 304-754-3354.
Conservatory announces lineup
WINCHESTER, Va. - The Shenandoah Conservatory at Shenandoah University has announced its 2012-13 season. All performances will be held at 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday; at 2:30 and 8 p.m. Saturday; and at 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
The following will be performed in the Ohrstrom-Bryant Theater:
Nov. 15-18: "Les Liaisons Dangereuses;"
Feb. 28 to March 3, 2013: "In the Woods."
The following will be performed in the Glaize Studio Theater:
Jan 17-20, 2013: "The Spitfire Grill;"
Feb. 14-17: "Henry IV Part 1;"
April 4-7: "Summer & Smoke."
For more information or tickets, call 540-665-4569 or visit www.ConservatoryPerforms.org.
Way Off to present 'Winnie the Pooh'
FREDERICK, Md. - The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre and Children's Theatre presents its productions:
Nov. 10 to Dec. 29: "Clara and the Nutcracker Prince;"
Nov. 16 to Dec. 29: "Season's Greetings; An Empire Christmas;"
Jan. 11 to March 9: "Steel Magnolias;"
Jan. 19 to March 9: Disney's "Aladdin;"
March 22 to June 1: "9 to 5, The Musical;"
April 6 to July 28: Disney's "Cinderella."
Shows run every Friday and Saturday evening, with some Sunday evening performances, as well as select Saturday and Sunday matinee performances. For more information, call the box office at 301-662-6600 or visit www.wayoffbroadway.com.
The MET announces shows
FREDERICK, Md. - The Maryland Ensemble Theater will present the following productions:
To Sunday: "Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson;"
Dec. 6-30: "It's A Wonderful Life, A Live Radio Play;"
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Welcome to The Center for
Social Sciences, Business & Information Sciences
The Center for Social Sciences, Business & Information Sciences is MVCC's most diverse center, which includes programs and course work in the academic areas of business, computer science, hospitality, social sciences, fire protection, criminal justice and law enforcement. Our extraordinarily gifted faculty, and dedicated staff, encourage learning opportunities and success that uphold the value of education, and support our students as they journey on to four-year institutions or start their careers.
Social Sciences programs emphasize comprehensive knowledge, critical thinking, and diversity in their coursework.
Business Information programs provide a strong business core, sought-after computer and communications skills, and internship opportunities.
Service is at the heart of every career - but nowhere is service more essential to success than in Hospitality and Culinary Arts. MVCC's academic programs can open the door to careers in the culinary arts, baking and pastry arts, hospitality and restaurant management, and hotel, conference and event planning and management.
Computer Science programs provide the technical expertise, hardware and software proficiency, and communication skills necessary to transfer to a four-year program or launch a successful career.
Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement, and Fire Protection Technology programs provide a theoretical and practical foundation for a wide variety careers.
Center Mission Statement
The mission of Social Sciences, Business and Information Sciences Center is to provide an array of academic majors grounded in innovative learning and active participation. Using multiple perspectives from all disciplines, we encourage our students to use their critical thinking, oral and writing skills. By emphasizing diversity and inclusiveness our students can become global citizens. This education and training will equip our students to make positive, effective and meaningful changes in their community.
Marianne Buttenschon
Dean - Center for Social Sciences, Business and Information Sciences
Utica - Payne Hall, Room 370
Phone (Utica) - 315.792.5463
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Currently registered students and staff are welcome to use TLC Computer Lab. The Computer Lab is open Mon – Thurs, 7:30 a.m.-10:30 p.m.; Fri – Sun, 11:00 a.m. -7:00 p.m.
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Students must have a valid StarCard to access to the TLC Computer Lab. If you do not have a StarCard, please take a valid picture ID to Parking Services, Room 215.1, Gannon Building. The 1st StarCard is free. If you lose or damage your card, replacements are $15.00. If you missed your card in your car or home, we will offer you a Temporary pass but that is limited to one time per semester.
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ATTICA - It's not as if Carey didn't get any wins. The Blue Devils did, taking four events.
But it was Carey's ability to garner other points throughout the day, and finishing ahead of Fremont St. Joe in the last race, Saturday to upend the defending Crimson Streaks 117-114 for the Midland Athletic League championship.
"It was just one of those days. It just kind of fell into place," first-year Carey coach Holly Wentling said. "We knew what we were trying to do, but it's hard sometimes to do what you're trying to do."
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She had a good teacher in knowing what to do.
Wentling was a long-time assistant under long-time Carey coach John Knickle, who still is associated with the program, before taking over as head coach when he stepped down. Her first year with the Blue Devils came 18 years ago when she was pregnant with her daughter, Gwen, now a junior on the team.
The new coach said the former one helped go over scenarios for Saturday's meet, suggesting who should do what and go where to maximize scoring possibilities.
It worked, with the Blue Devils placing in each relay and scoring in all but two individual events - 100 hurdles and 1,600 - to turn back St. Joe.
"Amber [Wentling] and Gwen [Spurlock] did a load today; they did the 4 and the 2 to double score, and ran the 4x2 and the 4x4. There was a lot of big events today," coach Wentling said. "Monique [Altvater] won the long jump. I figured she'd be up in the top three, but I didn't think she'd win it. That was huge. And then Victoria Wood slipped in and got seventh, and that was big.
"There was a lot of big things today. Christy Wickiser got second in the pole vault, and I don't know if I planned on that. Did not plan on Joanna Worst getting fourth; she was right there for second in the 800 and got fourth. Jackie Troiano got seventh in the 3,200," she said. "It was just one of those days. There wasn't much we didn't score in."
The final event proved to the deciding factor.
The Blue Devils trailed St. Joe 48-41 after the first seven events, but turned the momentum around over the next nine to enter the 4x400 clinging to a 109-108 advantage.
Carey only had to beat St. Joe to wrap up the title, while the Crimson Streaks needed to either win the race (10 points) or finish two spots ahead of Carey to take the trophy. The teams would tie if St. Joe did not win but finished one spot ahead of Carey.
Calvert took care of the chance of St. Joe taking the race, cruising to the win in 4:14.91.
Carey did the rest.
Wentling, Lauren Wenner, Wurst and Spurlock finished second in 4:19.64, a little more than three seconds ahead of St. Joe's Leah Binsack, Sarah Franks, Megan Mehalko and Katie Blohm (4:23.31) to set off a celebration of Blue Devils.
The championship got help along the way.
Monique Altvater, Wenner, Wentling and Spurlock took the 4x200 (1:49.53), with other wins coming from Wentling in the 400 (1:00.3), high jumper Dana Newell (5-2) and Altvater in the long jump (14-10 1/4).
Newell, Wenner, Shelby Craig and Altvater also took second in the 4x100 (53.65).
Other seconds came from Wenner in the 100 (13.7) and Wickiser in the pole vault (8-10), with Spurlock (26.95) and Wentling (27.17) running second and third in the 200.
Thirds went to Spurlock in the 400 (1:01.2) and Newell in the shot (34-6).
Newell also ran fourth in the 300 hurdles (53.8) and Worst did the same in the 800 (2:35.31).
Diana Nordyke took sixth in the discus (94-1), and sevenths went to Troiano in the 3,200 (13:51.58), Wood in the long jump (13-6 3/4) and the 4x800 team of Worst, Troiano, Kristina Nusbaum and Alivia Stephan (11:17.7).
"It's just fun. The best thing about it is, I have a really nice group of girls and a really nice group of volunteer coaches that help when they can," coach Wentling said.
St. Wendelin nosed out Calvert 67 1/2-67 for third in the team standings. Mohawk (64), Seneca East (62), Lakota (59), New Riegel (35), Old Fort (33) and Hopewell-Loudon (27 1/2) rounded out the top 10.
Olivia Smith figured in three of Calvert's four wins.
She took the 800 (2:25.23) and anchored the 4x800 (10:08.5) and 4x400 to victory. Danielle Kontak, Morgan Smith and Marisa Horn joined her on both relays.
Kontak, Megan Somodi, Emma Sullivan and Mallory Paul also captured the 4x100 (52.35).
Other area wins came from Lakota's Cariss Reese in the 300 hurdles (46.9) and pole vault (9-4), Seneca East's Ashton Daniel in the discus (115-3 1/2) and shot (39-9), and Mohawk's Julia Daniel in the 3,200 (12:32.63).


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Chicago Fire surged to a series high Wednesday.Facing a CSI repeat and a Nashville recap special, the NBC drama drew 8.4 million viewers and a 2.4 rating in the adults 18-to-49 demographic, up 26 percent from its last original two weeks ago.Winter TV: Get the scoop on your favorite returning showsAiring all originals, NBC saw huge spikes for all of its shows. Whitney (5 million, 1.8) grew 29 percent, Guys with Kids (4.3 million, 1.7) rose 21 percent, and Law & Order: SVU (7.7 million, 2.1) matched its best rating since November 2011.Fox was the only other network to air fresh episodes and averaged 3 million viewers and a 1.1 for its double dose of Mobbed.
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Motown icons team for show
UNIVERSITY PARK - Attend a night of classic Motown mixed with Christmas songs when the tour "A Christmas with The Temptations and The Four Tops" comes to the Bryce Jordan Center at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 7.
Both groups have spent more than 40 years performing professionally and have racked up a long list of hits. The Temptations are best known for their No. 1 singles like "My Girl," "Ain't Too Proud to Beg," "Just My Imagination" and "Papa Was a Rolling Stone." The Four Tops made their own mark on the charts with songs like "Baby, I Need Your Loving," "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)" and "Reach Out (I'll Be There)."
Tickets are $49.75 for the general public, $39.75 for seniors ages 65 and older and $20 for for Penn State students and children under age 18. Tickets are on sale now at the Bryce Jordan Center, Eisenhower Auditorium, Penn State Downtown Theatre, online at www.bjc.psu.edu or by calling 865-5555.
Theater group does Mamet
The local theater group Things Unseen will present "Oleanna," a play by David Mamet, at 8 p.m. today, Saturday and Oct. 19 and 20 and at 2 p.m. Oct. 20 at The Church in the Middle of the Block Cultural Center, 217 5th Avenue, Altoona.
The shows today and on Oct. 19 will be followed by a question and comment session with the audience.
"Oleanna" involves a college student who drops by her professor's office because she is concerned about her grade in his class. She later accuses him of sexual harassment and files a report of her complaints to the college.
Tickets are $12 for the general public and $10 for students and seniors. Tickets are available at Thompson Pharmacies and at the door.
Area veterans to exhibit art
A Veterans Art Enrichment Group will host a Halloween art show Oct. 29 through Nov. 2 at the James E. Van Zandt VA Medical Center, Altoona, in the Yellow Team Waiting Area.
All veterans are eligible to submit their art work. Art must be submitted for consideration to Nick Frick, Peer Support Specialist, by Oct. 26.
For more information, call Frick at 877-626-2500, ext. 8133.
Casino hosts dinner theater
The Casino at Lakemont Park will present the professional performing arts company Enchante Cabaret's performance of "Witches Brew" for a dinner theater at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 1.
The Halloween-themed show will feature Altoona native Mallory Keith.
The price for a ticket - which includes dinner, hors d'oeuvres and the show - are $50. Dinner choices are herb-roasted salmon or breaded pork cutlet. A cash bar will also be available. The doors open at 5:30 p.m., with hors d'oeuvres served at 5:45 p.m. and dinner served at 6:30 p.m.
For ticket information or to make reservations, call The Casino at 944-6775.


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Jan. 2, 1932 – Feb. 20, 2013
Andrew F. Phelan, who built a reputation as a crime-fighter during his tenure in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Buffalo in the 1960s, died Wednesday in his Ellicottville home. He was 81.
Born in Brooklyn, he served in the Air Force in Japan and Korea and was a 1958 graduate of Niagara University. While working in the accounting department at the General Motors Tonawanda Engine Plant, he attended the University at Buffalo Law School, where he was associate editor of the Law Review. He graduated in 1962 and was selected for the Honor Law Graduate Program at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.
He first was assigned to investigate the assault on federal officers during James Meredith's integration of the University of Mississippi, then worked on civil rights cases in Birmingham, Ala., and Albany, Ga., and helped establish the Warren Commission for the investigation of the Kennedy assassination.
Named as an assistant U.S. attorney in Buffalo in 1964, Mr. Phelan obtained 24 convictions in 28 trials in 4½ years. His biggest cases involved the conspiracy convictions of Frederico G. Randaccio, reputed to be the No. 2 Cosa Nostra leader in the Buffalo-Toronto region, and his alleged lieutenant, Pasquale A. Natarelli.
Appointed U.S. attorney in the summer of 1968, he left the following year to become the first executive director of the New Jersey State Commission of Investigation, where he subpoenaed Frank Sinatra to testify in a racketeering investigation.
In 1972, Mr. Phelan was named vice president of corporate security for American Express Co. in New York City, then returned to Western New York in 1978 to practice law with George Doyle, who had been his assistant at the federal attorney's office and in New Jersey.
He served for several months as confidential clerk to newly elected State Supreme Court Justice Vincent E. Doyle in 1979.
For more than 20 years, he resided and maintained a law practice in Ellicottville.
He was a member of Ellicottville Memorial Post 659, American Legion.
Surviving are his wife of 57 years, the former Barbara Ann Collins; a son, A. Sean; three daughters, Mary Elizabeth Walls, Catherine Ann and Eileen; and two brothers, John and Joseph.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 11 a.m. Monday in Holy Name of Mary Catholic Church, 22 Jefferson St., Ellicottville.


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Wow, no offense but this comes off as a spoiled brat writing this. We have become accustomed to winning every year as wings fans. The problem with the cap era is it's nearly impossible to have seamless transitions every time your stars retire/leave, and we have had 3/4 of our top dmen either retire or leave in the last 3 years. Unfortunately we didn't have any stars that were nhl ready in the pipeline, and we couldn't get the big signings to ease a transition. It is the end of an era, no matter what coach we have, unless our prospects become superstars, our 20 year reign of terror is closing up, you can't win forever. I've been lucky enough to see my team win 4 cups, most people can't even say they've seen 2, Babs has been an awesome coach, and he is not the problem. We have done awesome thus far with the team we have, and I am happy to be able to just watch hockey, win or lose, I love watching the wings. Babcock leaving won't solve a thing
Amen. There's a lot of unfair criticisms of Detroit and Detroit fans, but the ones having to do with a spoiled sense of entitlement are spot on. This roster is not that special. It's certainly not "bad", given that we rarely have a Top 15 pick, let alone a Top 3 pick, and all the guys that we lost. But every Red Wings argument about coaching and GM starts with the premise "The Red Wings obviously should be in the Conference Finals this year and every years, so..." The young guys look kinda promising, but none of them are blue chippers. There was no training camp. Guys like Lashoff and Huskins that weren't even supposed to be involved have gotten key minutes on defense. And yet here we are, and the results have hardly been disastrous.
Babcock may wear out his message someday, but anyone who things now is the time to dump him isn't thinking rationally. Not even close.


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Inside Windows Phone #20: Tidy walk-through
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Tidy is a "to-do list" prototype application that leverages a lot of the new features Windows Phone mango release.
If you like the walk-through, the Windows Phone Mango training kit has hands-on-labs that show step-by-step instructions for building it. In the training kit, you will find the following (and other) labs:
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I'm the only one who's going to say that the narrator forgot to turn up his mic? Or he's talking into the wrong one.
I would love to watch and learn from this but the audio is just too painfully low.
You need to turn up the Video player volume and the volume on your computer. I'm not having issues after doing that,
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Faces of Food Safety: Lt. Nisha Oatman Antoine
Since the age of 10, Nisha Antoine has always wanted to help children. And that devotion, she said, came from a very personal place. "I had asthma as a child and I spent a lot of time in the emergency room. I wanted to care for children like the doctors cared for me."
With a focus on her goal of caring for others, Antoine pursued biology—all the way from elementary school through college. And just as her love for science began in elementary school, her love for USDA began after high school.
Following high school, her mother, whom she calls "her biggest supporter and fan," encouraged her to apply for the USDA 1890 Scholars Program, an initiative designed to encourage minorities to pursue careers in agriculture and science.
In 1999, she earned a bachelor's degree in Pre-Veterinary Medicine/Animal Science, with a minor in biology, from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, and in 2006, she earned a Master of Public Health degree in Epidemiology/Biostatistics from George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
In January 2007, Antoine applied to the U.S. Public Health Service ( USPHS) Commissioned Corps, an elite team of more than 6,500 full-time, well-trained, highly qualified public health professionals dedicated to delivering the Nation's public health promotion and disease prevention programs and advancing public health science.
"I no longer just fulfill the food safety mission. I now fulfill a mission that incorporates all aspects of public health."
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By November 2007, after just 11 years in the civilian service and encouragement from her supervisors, she was called for active duty and joined the USPHS. She became Lieutenant Nisha Antoine. This, she said, was one of her proudest moments and one that gave her a real sense of value and importance. "I no longer just fulfill the food safety mission. I now fulfill a mission that incorporates all aspects of public health," said Antoine.
Today, in addition to her work with the USPHS, Antoine works as an FSIS biologist and a certified Contracting Officer Technical Representative (COTR), which means she is able to serve as a microbiological technical expert and liaison between the government and vendors contracting with the government. Her COTR position is just one of several she has held during her 15-year stint with the agency. She works with a team that develops and manages the agency's microbiological baseline studies and reports.
So, what does she do in her spare time? Antoine works as a recruiter in FSIS' Recruitment Program, where she mentors and supervises students who participate in the FSIS Internship Program. She also volunteers her time in her community hospital and her children's schools. She serves on several USPHS professional advisory committees and groups, commissioned officer professional associations and other organizations with causes dear to her heart.
"Professionally, I plan to have long careers at FSIS and the USPHS Commissioned Corps," Antoine said. She also hopes to one day develop community-based programs that focus on health issues of women and children. "Ultimately, I want to make a difference helping those around me and to make a huge impact on the lives of those I serve."
So, as she juggles her work at FSIS, the USPHS Commissioned Corps and all of her volunteer duties, Antoine's greatest role and responsibilities, she said, are being a wife and caring for the two people who look up to her most: her 3- and 9-year-old sons, Nathaniel and Nehemiah. "If they grow up being compassionate and caring people who make a difference in people's lives, I will have done a good job."


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Even use-as-directed assays may require some adaptation based on a host of different considerations. What type and how many samples are to be run, and from what matrix?
How precious are the samples? Is throughput as important as accuracy and reproducibility? How many parameters need to be assayed, and will it be done in monoplex or multiplex? How sensitive and selective does the assay have to be, and over what dynamic range? Will it give consistent results across lots—and can you prove it?
Scientists gathered recently at CHI's "Biomarker World Congress" to share their insights about developing assays to measure DNA, protein, and even RNA.
There are well-established, reliable methods to visualize where specific proteins and DNA sequences lie in a tissue or in a cell: to wit, respectively, immunohistochemistry (IHC) and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). "Yet there's a lack of technology to look at RNA in situ," commented Yuling Luo, Ph.D., founder, president, and CEO of Advanced Cell Diagnostics (ACD). "That is the space that our RNAScope technology fills."
RNA in situ hybridization (ISH) has undergone incremental improvements over the past 40 years, but not enough to endow it with the sensitivity, specificity, robustness, or simplicity to be routinely used for biomarker analysis and diagnostic applications, Dr. Luo noted. Boosting signal at the same time boosted the background, he said, yielding only limited improvement in signal:noise ratio.
ACD designed a system "that allows selective amplification of target-specific signal without amplifying nonspecific hybridization signal," Dr. Luo explained. Two independent oligonucleotide probes simultaneously bind adjacent RNAs targets, and are recognized by a single specific "pre-amplification" molecule.
This, in turn, is bound by up to 20 amplifier molecules, each having 20 binding sites for the label probe—making a "Christmas tree-like hybridization structure". And since a 1 kb stretch is typically targeted by 20 probe pairs, an RNA molecule can be decorated with 8,000 labels.
All the RNA resides in the cytoplasm and the assay conditions are all the same, so RNAScope can easily be multiplexed, Dr. Luo pointed out. By contrast, "in immunofluorescence analysis, because there are membrane proteins and nuclear proteins, the assay conditions are different—you have to get different antibodies in different locations to work together, which is much harder to do."
RT-PCR, on the other hand, can assay single RNA molecules but fails to deliver tissue context. And this would be a problem when searching for loss of expression as a tumor biomarker, for example, since "grind-and-bind" methods such as RT-PCR cannot differentiate whether the expression is found in tumor or stroma.
For protein biomarkers—when context is not an issue—the immunoassay "can be the most specific assay you're going to get," said Lynn Zieske, Ph.D., vp for commercial solutions at Singulex.
In a typical sandwich ELISA, antibody that has randomly adhered to a plastic plate captures target from a sample of interest. Another antibody, to a different epitope on the same target, then either directly labels the target or itself becomes the target for a direct or indirect label.
The Erenna® immunoassay system offers resolution at subpicogram concentrations—up to two orders of magnitude greater than a standard ELISA, claimed Dr. Zieske. First, antibodies are coated onto paramagnetic particles in a way that orients them for maximum exposure to binding and capture of antigen.
Using particles in suspension "allows us a lot more flexibility in being able to not worry about nonspecific binding—because most nonspecific binding occurs on the plastics of wells." The antigen is then translated into a signal using a fluorescently conjugated detection antibody.
Once the sandwich is formed and washed, the detection antibody is dissociated so that only the detection antibody, antigen, and elution buffer remain as a solution to be read in the Erenna immunoassay reader, which is in concept similar to a capillary flow cytometer.
A laser focuses on the sample within a 100 µm capillary tube, and a single molecule at a time is counted. "All we're looking for is literally the fluorescence intensity of a molecule," he said. An algorithm back-calculates the concentration of target in the original sample.
"We're focused on very high precision and high sensitivity, though we have a broad dynamic range for targets not requiring exquisite sensitivity," Dr. Zieske said. Users can run the equivalent of four 96-well assays at a time, without the cross-talk inherent in multiplex assays. He suggests we "think of it as being a multiple monoplex," giving the same amount of information while potentially using less precious sample than a multiplex ELISA.
High-density microarrays can whittle 20,000 targets, found from assaying just a few samples, down to a few dozen or hundreds that seem to be telling a story. After that is "the point when you really want to hone in on what markers are important for that particular disease or condition that's being studied," said Sherry Dunbar, Ph.D., director of scientific marketing for Luminex. "We think of ourselves as the step after high-throughput screening."
She touted the ability of the company's eponymous barcoded bead-based platforms to quickly, and at low cost, multiplex multiple tests: "You can run—depending on which of our analyzers you're using—a 96-well plate in 17 minutes to an hour, and you can have a multiplexed result, up to 500-plex, on 100 samples in an hour or less. So that's a lot of data you can get in an hour."
It's difficult to get a good picture of what's happening immunologically by looking at just one cytokine. In a study on ischemic brain injury, researchers used Luminex technology to simultaneously examine the expression of 30 or so cytokines from samples of just 50–200 laser microdissected brain cells. "There was really no other way to do a very extensive analysis on that," Dr. Dunbar said.
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Newcomers to the country scene dream of having a year like the one Florida Georgia Line had in 2012. Their #1 hit "Cruise" has been everywhere over the past few months, but the duo's Tyler Hubbard tells ABC News Radio they've got a lot to look forward to in the new year, too.
"The weirdest thing is not even knowing what to look forward to," Tyler says. "It's hard to almost predict what's going to happen next year, like this year was."
One thing that Tyler and his duo partner Brian Kelley are definitely excited about is their slot on Luke Bryan's Dirt Road Diaries tour, which starts next month; they hope to be headlining their own shows by the end of 2013.
Another big focus for the duo in 2013 will be writing the follow-up to their just-released album, Here's to the Good Times. The grind of touring and promoting their new album has taken away from their songwriting time in the past few months.
Tyler says, "We're super excited to get on a bus and start writing for the next record and get back in the studio and record some more songs."
Florida Georgia Line is following up "Cruise" with their new single, "Get Your Shine On."
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Seas0nPass is a new jailbreak tool designed by FireCore specifically and exclusively for the AppleTV 2 (no other iOS devices support). This magic piece of software allows you to jailbreak your atv2 with the latest 4.1.1 (iOS 4.2.1) software by creating custom AppleTV IPSW files and restoring them in iTunes (similar to the existing Pwnage Tool app). It also includes a simple 'tethered boot' option which aids in using newer AppleTV firmwares when an 'un-tethered' jailbreak is not yet available.
Seas0nPass is available for free, and is open source (the source code is available on Github). It's Mac only (OSX 10.6 or later) for now but the Windows version should be released soon.
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This is unchartered territory for the West Ashley football team.
For the first time in school history, the Wildcats are 4-0 after their 35-28 victory over Colleton County on Friday night.
"We're excited and I'm excited for the kids," said West Ashley coach Bobby Marion.
Junior tailback Marquize Jenkins led the way for West Ashley with 91 yards and three touchdowns on 15 carries. Quarterback Pedro Manigault added 82 yards on 21 carries for the Wildcats.
The Cougars, after snapping their 34-game losing streak last week, fall to 1-3.
West Ashley used a little trickery to get on the board in the opening quarter.
The Wildcats lined up in punt formation and snapped the ball to upback Bobby Ruff, who scored from 33 yards to make it 7-0. The defenses held the rest of the half, and the Wildcats were up 7-0 at intermission.
It was a different story in the second half as the two teams combined for 56 points.
"It was a track meet in the second half," said Marion. "Both teams made adjustments at halftime. They've got a good team."
The Cougars fumbled the second-half kickoff, and the Wildcats recovered at the 25. Two plays later, Jenkins ran up the middle, virtually untouched from 21 yards, to put West Ashley up 14-0.
Colleton County went 64 yards on 13 plays on its next possession with senior fullback Diquan Crosby going in from 2 yards for the TD to make it 14-7.
Less than two minutes later, Jenkins ran in from 12 yards to again put the Wildcats up by 14.
"Marquize hits the hole hard and he is quick," said Marion.
On the Cougars' next possession from their own 19, Colleton County tried a fake punt but a short pass fell incomplete.
Jenkins made the Cougars pay by scoring on West Ashley's first play to make the score 28-7. Cougars quarterback Ramon Hall raced 49 yards with 2:01 left in the third quarter to bring the score to 28-14.
Early in the fourth quarter, Manigault hit junior wideout Anthony Vincelli with a 22-yard scoring pass to give the Wildcats a seemingly insurmountable 35-14 advantage.
But the next two minutes would change that. Colleton County made it 35-21 on its first play from scrimmage when Hall hit junior Letrell Nieves on a 57-yard pass.
Then, on the ensuing kickoff, the ball rolled to the West Ashley 2 and was recovered by the Cougars. It took four plays from there, but Hall finally ran a QB sneak in for the score to make it 35-28 with 8:41 left in the game.
After an exchange of punts, West Ashley took over at its own 16 with 5:14 to play and, with 11 straight rushes, converted a couple of key third downs and ran the clock out.
As the Wildcats celebrated their best start since the school opened in 2000, Marion was already thinking about what comes next. He noted that the schedule will get tougher, and his defense will need to be more consistent.
"We know that in AAAA football you have got to play 48 minutes."
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Huntsman School Taps More Than One Dozen Entrepreneurial Leaders for Lecture Series
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LOGAN – A man who started two companies that now invest and administer more than $10 billion in assets, is going to be the first speaker in a free entrepreneurship lecture series at Utah State University that will also feature leaders from more than a dozen other companies in upcoming weeks.
Jeffrey D. Clark and his wife, Bonnie Clark, donated $6 million last October to help fund the Jeffrey D. Clark Center for Entrepreneurship at the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business. Clark, founder of JD Clark & Company and Praesideo Funds, will be the first speaker in the Entrepreneur Leadership Series the center sponsors.
The lecture series, which is free and open to the public, will be held on Wednesdays at 6 p.m. in the Orson A. Christensen Auditorium in the George S. Eccles Business Building on the USU campus. The speakers are expected to discuss such things as the importance of innovation, customer service, community service, and to share tips for start-up companies seeking capital.
Michael Glauser is the executive director of entrepreneurial programs at the Huntsman School of Business.
"Our speakers have been carefully selected and each of them will share insights that entrepreneurs and anyone interested in gaining a competitive edge through constant innovation can benefit from," he said. "We are grateful that so many outstanding entrepreneurs have agreed to volunteer their time to make this a remarkable and informative series."
Here is a list of the speakers who are scheduled to visit campus:
- Jan. 22 – Jeffrey D. Clark is a pioneering entrepreneur in the financial industry, having cofounded one of the first "fund of hedge funds" in the United States, Genesee Partners, in 1985. His speech is billed as: "Building a World Class Financial Services Business."
- Jan. 29 – Amy Rees Anderson is former CEO of MediConnect Global, and founder and managing partner of Rees Capital, a mentoring and angel investing firm. Anderson, a former winner of the Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year Award and the Utah Business CEO of the Year Award, has founded an organization that mentors entrepreneurs called "In Pursuit of Perfection" or IPOP. Her talk is called: "Building a Worldwide Medical Information Company."
- Feb. 5 – Corbin Church is CEO of Miche Bag, a company that sells handbags. He has built and sold five different companies and took this company from three employees in 2007 to a direct-sales firm that now has more than 7,000 sales representatives and business owners. His presentation is called: "Selling Innovative Products with a Unique Business Model."
- Feb. 15 – Steve Cloward is the former CEO of Big O Tires and the owner of Grease Monkey International. Grease Monkey is a small chain of businesses that offer lube and car wash services. Cloward was president and CEO of Big O Tires for 15 years. He is also the director of the Northfront Business Resource Center at Davis Applied Technology College in Kaysville, Utah. His presentation is called, "Building an Exceptional Customer Service System."
- Feb. 19 – Brady Murray is president of Mass Mutual Intermountain West and founder of RODS (Racing for Orphans with Down Syndrome.) Murray, who has a son who has Down Syndrome, founded the organization that helps orphaned children with Down Syndrome find loving homes. He has competed in numerous triathlons to raise awareness for the organization. The topic of his presentation is, "Building a Business with Heart."
- Feb. 16 – Judy Robinett, founder of JRobinette Enterprises, LLC., worked for a publicly-traded biotech company for eight years. She now helps early-stage companies grow and develop funding strategies. She once received the Malcom Baldrige National Quality Award from Pres. Bill Clinton. The award is given to organizations that demonstrate quality and performance excellence. Her presentation is entitled: "Building a Powerful Team and Network for Success."
- March 5 – Three leaders of Qualtrics, Scott Smith, the founder; Stuart Orgill, co-founder and Ryan Smith, a cofounder and CEO, are scheduled to speak. Qualtrics is a company that offers survey research tools used in half of the Fortune 100 companies and 95 of the top 100 business schools. Their presentation is called "Bringing Silicon Valley Funding to a Utah-based Company."
- March 26 – Steve Bain has served as president and CEO of Simply Mac since it was founded in August 2006. His talk is called: "How to Build a Successful Partnership with Apple." He is a member of the National Reseller Advisory Board for Apple. Bain has worked in the wireless and consumer technology industries for 20 years.
- April 2 – Ken Wooley is the founder and executive chairman of Extra Space Storage. He has been involved in the self-storage industry since 1977 and has been directly responsible for developing more than 165 properties and acquiring more than 625 self-storage properties in the United States. His presentation is called: "Building the Best Company in the Industry."
- April 9 – Alan Martin is the founder of Campusbookrentals. Martin's company was named one of "America's Most Promising Companies" by Forbes and Martin was named Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year in 2012. His lecture is called, "Building one of America's Most Promising Companies."


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Thursday, May 30, 2013
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I first came across its sister phrase "Ars Gratia Artis" when I watched MGM movies as a kid and saw those words arcing over a roaring Leo the Lion as that movie company's motto. The translation, "Art for Art's Sake," I was told it meant that creating the best art possible could be for pleasure as well as for profit. Later I discovered it could also mean a larger scope of things, from "anything goes," to "beauty is in the eye of the beholder." Over the years I've preferred that initial information about appreciating good art, and I wanted to also appreciate good artists.
Hence the subject of this column, which translates to "Art for the Sake of Artists." Many thanks to Rita Carr, who gave me the correct phrase for the translation. Rita taught Latin for years at both Summerville and Fort Dorchester High Schools. She now teaches evening school classes for students working towards graduation and agrees that appreciating student efforts in whatever fields can only bring good results.
Summerville is well endowed with cultural art talent, including drama, music and writing and we have ample opportunities to appreciate these abilities. One of the best opportunities is available right now at Town Hall where the second annual Student Art Show has just been hung.
Meg Skow, visual art teacher at Rollings Middle School of the Arts and a prize winning photographer, has led the way for these shows and explains that this work represents Dorchester District 2's District Boardroom exhibits from the past several years. This work is among pieces submitted by each school. From that submitted, one piece was selected to represent each school.
"This work has been displayed for one year in the board room" says Meg, and the collection is special. "From the unveiling of the exhibit in the board room to the installation of the work in each school's permanent collection, this work represents excellence being created through our district's visual art programs. This work celebrates the accomplishments of each student as well as the success of our art programs."
As an art teacher she says "It's valuable to recognize these young artists while informing the public of the work being produced through the implementation of our art curriculum. This advocacy is exciting and informative."
Meg knows of what she speaks. She has three decades of experience in DD2 and is an award winning art educator on both regional and national levels. She is also nationally certified and this school year has taken a major part in planning the South Carolina Art Education Association state conference.
You can appreciate how unique this opportunity is for student artists as well as the public. The Town Hall show will hang all summer and be available for viewing during weekday business hours. Make it a point to take the time to come by and see the best work of our youth, which includes drawings, photos, printmaking and paintings. I promise, you'll be amazed and inspired Bring your children – and grandchildren – so our youth can also learn to appreciate the art of their contemporaries. I'm bringing my grands, especially two pre-teens who are already studying and producing art. They'll be inspired too.
The artists themselves can share in and be encouraged by our attendance. Remember: "Ars Gratia Artificum" can be the spark that ignites lifelong appreciation and even lifelong work.
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"How much can we do? What's the balance between removing that timber and maintaining that for wildlife?" Deschutes National Forest Public Affairs Officer Jean Nelson-Dean of the Deschutes National Forest on Friday.
That's always the question following massive wildfires -- and it's always controversial.
"These are critical elements of the natural ecosystem that need to be here," Oregon Wild field representative Tim Lillebo said about the leftover dead trees from the Pole Creek Fire.
The wildfire started last September and scorched 26,120 acres located in the Sisters Ranger District.
The Deschutes National Forest has released preliminary proposals to salvage log about 1,050 acres located in "Matrix" land -- land that is zoned for for timber management.
Nelson-Dean said the logging will be good for our local economy.
"There's always an economic component to this, certainly by producing timber, logs that can be used commercially as well as the commercial firewood and personal use firewood," Nelson-Dean said.
The Forest Service hopes to have a final plan by October.
And time may be of the essence.
Nelson-Dean said the logs will lose value if they sit too long -- and salvage logging would need to be completed by the summer of 2014.
Nelson-Dean said the logging would generate 13 million board feet of timber.
But the areas they're considering are home to wildlife -- of concern are the delicate habitats of woodpeckers and owls.
Lillebo said the dead logs most desired for timber are the ones most crucial to wildlife.
"If you have the bigger, larger trees, those are the ones that provide habitat -- big trees that will last the longest in the future," Lillebo said.
Nelson-Dean said she anticipates many people will want even more timber logged -- supporters say decaying logs are wasted money.
But Lillebo told me decaying wood is the future of the forest.
"And that soil resource -- I mean, that's your basis of all life here in the forest."
Lillebo said going in to log these areas will only damage what little soil is left.
"If you run machines over it afterward, that's really going to potentially do some real damage to bringing back the forest," he claimed.
Nelson-Dean said balancing the interests of the timber industry with conservationists is why it's crucial to take public input and conduct a lengthy process.
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GERRARDSTOWN - One person died Wednesday and a second was injured during a single-vehicle accident on Apple Harvest Drive near Gerrardstown in Berkeley County.
The deceased was identified as Charm Adams, 70, of Gerrardstown. The driver of the vehicle, Bobby Adams, 72, also of Gerrardstown, was taken to City Hospital in Martinsburg for treatment of injuries sustained in the accident.
The accident happened at about 5:16 p.m. on Apple Harvest Drive in area of Loop Road.
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Senior Trooper J.A. Ware of the West Virginia State Police said that, based on witness statements and evidence at the scene, the driver was traveling on Apple Harvest Drive toward Glengary in a 2000 Ford Explorer sports utility vehicle, when the vehicle's right tire left the roadway edge.
"He over-corrected, went across both lanes and ended up hitting a telephone pole, and the vehicle flipped over," Ware said.
The female passenger was ejected from the vehicle and was pronounced dead on the scene. The driver of the vehicle was trapped in the SUV, but firefighters and emergency medical services personnel were able to free him from the vehicle and he was transported to the hospital, police said.
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Ware said the accident occurred not far from the couple's home.
He said he didn't know the full extent of the driver's injuries, but said that he was responsive and was able to answer questions when he spoke to him at the hospital, where Ware said a lot of his family members were visiting to make sure he was all right.
"He was definitely responsive and alert," Ware said.
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