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When Barack Obama came to Buffalo last week to unveil plans for making college more affordable, National Public Radio (NPR) wanted to know what made UB so special: Why would the president of the United States choose the university as the site for such an important announcement?
One answer, as NPR's All Things Considered reported on Aug. 21, the day before Obama's visit: "The University at Buffalo earns high marks on the administration's college scorecard for its relatively low-cost tuition and its high graduation rate."
The radio broadcast described UB's Finish in 4 intiative, which asks students to follow an academic roadmap for on-time graduation in exchange for a promise that UB will offer enough classes to make it possible to earn a degree in four years.
All Things Considered, which airs on 987 NPR stations across the U.S., wasn't the only news outlet to take notice of UB.
Local, regional and national media swarmed campus to cover Obama's address, which announced reforms including a plan to implement a rating system to help families select colleges and universities that provide the "best value."
For several hours, news trucks topped with satellite dishes adorned UB parking lots. Reporters chatted up students and photographed the mile-long line that formed as ticket-holders waited to see the president. In the digital realm, the #POTUSBuffalo hashtag dominated Twitter feeds in Western New York.
"The fact that UB was selected to host this major Presidential
address is a testament to our university's stature, and to
our reputation as a national model for addressing critical issues
in higher education," said UB President Satish K. Tripathi in a
welcome back message to the university community this week.
Some news stories from around the country on Obama at UB:
On Bus Tour, Obama Seeks to Shame Colleges Into Easing Costs
"Colleges are not going to just be able to keep on increasing tuition year after year and passing it on to students," Mr. Obama told an enthusiastic audience of about 7,200 students and others in the university's auditorium. "We can't price the middle class and everybody working to get into the middle class out of college."
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UB has added faculty, expanded some class sizes and added
more lab opportunities, which he said had been a
"pinch-point" preventing on-time graduation.
Obama connects with UB crowd on plans for education aid
Buffalo made for a great place to announce those big plans, the president said. "I wanted to do it for a couple reasons. First, I know you're focused on the future," he said. "As I said, talking to the mayor, he was describing a new medical school and new opportunities for the high-tech jobs of tomorrow. So there's great work being done at this institution."
Obama Plan to Tie Student Aid to College Ratings Draws Mixed Reviews
In his speech on Thursday, Mr. Obama said it was "time to stop subsidizing schools that are not producing good results, and reward schools that deliver for American students and our future."
In the days preceding Obama's speech, UB's Office of University Communications worked with colleagues across campus to carry out a plan for maximizing publicity and commemorating the first visit of a sitting U.S. president to UB since 1853.
The results of these efforts, by the numbers:
60,824: People who viewed a special UB home page story on Obama's visit
832: News stories worldwide on Obama's visit to UB as of Aug. 26
80: News stories in Buffalo covering Obama's visit to UB as of Aug. 26
188,766: Facebook users who saw content on UB's Facebook page from Aug. 14-20
893: "Likes" received for a UB Facebook post showing off a ticket to Obama's speech
202: Retweets of Obama-related messages from the @UBCommunity Twitter account run by the Office of the President
410: Retweets of Obama-related messages from the @UBNewsSource Twitter account run by University Communications
More on the student who introduced Obama
One student in particular was given a very important job on Thursday: introducing the president of the United States. Silvana D'Ettorre says she was stunned when the White House called her early this week and invited her to speak before the president."
Obama Heads Back To School To Talk College Affordability
Fishman and her colleagues identified the University at Buffalo as one of a handful of next generation universities that have found ways to keep costs down while still producing a large number of graduates. Buffalo, with 29,000 students, is part of the State University of New York.
Obama Calls for College Affordability On Bus Tour
Buffalo is part of the State University of New York and that's a system the administration thinks has done a pretty good job of keeping college costs in check. According to a scorecard that the Department of Education produces, tuition and fees at Buffalo are on the low end of comparable universities and their graduation rate is relatively high.
It wasn't until a week before the big day that UB got confirmation that Obama would be visiting on Aug. 22.
From that point on, UB staffers began working around the clock to ready the campus for the president.
The White House took charge, sending event planners and security personnel to UB to scope out possible venues over the next few days, ultimately settling on Alumni Arena's Main Gym as the site of the president's address.
To support the White House's efforts, UB's Office of the President, Special Events, and Government and Community Relations coordinated with units across the university to make sure the event was publicized, tickets distributed, and guests to campus welcomed.
University Police collaborated with the Secret Service on
security measures, and with Parking and Transportation to manage
the surge of traffic to campus. University Communications
coordinated messaging and media inquiries with the White House
Press Office and posted daily updates about the historic visit on
University Life and Services recruited and managed an army of student and staff volunteer ushers for 7,200 attendees, while also working to ensure a smooth move-in day for new UB students.
Inside Alumni Arena, audio and lighting experts from the Center for the Arts Production Group partnered with visiting technicians to set the stage for the president. UB Athletics, Special Events and University Facilities helped prepare the gym and adjacent areas, and collaborated with the White House on event-day operations.
A special flourish came from Three Pillars Catering, which put together boxed lunches for White House staffers and a buffet for the press corps that included a marbled, chocolate-and-vanilla cake featuring the Presidential Seal in frosting.
"It went off unbelievably well," said UB Director of Special Events Bill Regan. "It was one of those situations where the event happened exactly the way it was conceived, and for such a big program this is rare, especially given the short time frame we had to work with."


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NEW ORLEANS – Cris Carter's 130 career touchdown receptions ultimately pushed him ahead of Buffalo Bills great Andre Reed in the voting for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Carter and Reed had been in a neck-and-neck battle on the list of receivers vying for induction to the Hall for the past six years. Carter broke through and was elected to the Hall of Fame's 2013 class during Saturday's selection meeting at the New Orleans Convention Center.
Carter stands fourth on the NFL's all-time list for both TD catches and receptions, with 1,101. Reed, who spent his career playing on teams that did not pass as much, stands 11th in receptions with 951 and 12th in receiving TDs with 87.
Reed helped the Bills reach four straight Super Bowls in the 1990s. The hallmarks of his career were his run-after-the-catch ability, toughness, durability and clutch performances in big games. He was among 15 modern-era finalists for the Hall for a seventh straight year. The 15 modern finalists are cut down to a list of 10 and then to a final five during the selection meeting. Reed made the cutdown to the final 10 for a fourth straight year, evidence of his widespread support among the voters. But he once again failed to advance in the final reduction vote.
Also getting elected among the modern-era finalists were coach Bill Parcells, Dallas guard Larry Allen, Baltimore tackle Jonathan Ogden and Tampa and Oakland defensive tackle Warren Sapp. Senior committee nominees Curley Culp and Dave Robinson also were elected.
Eliminated along with Reed in the cutdown from 10 to five were running back Jerome Bettis, defensive ends Charles Haley and Michael Strahan and cornerback Aeneas Williams. Former Oakland receiver Tim Brown was eliminated in the cut from 15 to 10 for a fourth straight year.
Parcells won two Super Bowls with the New York Giants, in the 1986 and 1990 seasons. The latter came in a 20-19 decision over the Buffalo Bills. Parcells compiled a 172-130 record in 19 years as an NFL head coach. He made the playoffs 10 times with four different teams and five different quarterbacks. He went 4-1 in the postseason against three other Hall of Fame coaches. Parcells was 2-1 vs. San Francisco's Bill Walsh in the playoffs, 1-0 vs. Washington's Joe Gibbs and 1-0 vs. Buffalo's Marv Levy.
Allen and Sapp are among 14 men in NFL history to be named to two All-Decade teams. All 14 are in the Hall of Fame. Both Allen and Sapp were on the NFL's all-decade team for both the 1990s and the 2000s. Allen was first-team All-Pro six times for Dallas in a career that spanned from 1994 to 2007. Sapp had 96.5 career sacks, second most ever by a defensive tackle.
Ogden, 6-foot-9 and 340 pounds, was an All-Decade player in the 2000s for Baltimore and a six-time first-team All-Pro. Ogden and Allen are regarded among the top five players at their positions in NFL history.
Seniors candidates are men whose careers ended more than 25 years ago. Culp was the best nose tackle of his era (1968-80), leading dominant defenses in Kansas City and Houston. Robinson, helped lead Green Bay to five NFL titles in a seven-year span. He was an All-Decade pick in the 1960s.
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an amazingly beautiful woman. drop dead gorgeous. makes all men hot and bothered. loves to dance. has the ability to corrupt the minds of innocent idividuals.
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I can't do flip tricks yet but I have great shuv variations.
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a fun, free voice and messaging mobile app that lets you creatively customize and choose the ringtone (including all of the Sony Music library) that the person you are calling will hear.
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Source: Nissan
quote: A car lasts 15 years, not 5. It's an easy lifetime win.
quote: The Prius Hybrid battery last over 10 years for most people due to the limited charge/discharge cycles (they don't fully charge or discharge the battery).
quote: A 5 year old Leaf (or any electric car) is likely to have a low resell value due to the battery being close worn out.
quote: If you do replace the battery 10 years from now, it will be a lot cheaper then, and the car will likely be usable another 10 years.
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quote: First I get an extra $6500 in tax credit from the state [...] Lastly you didn't take into account for electricity, however I get mine for free.
quote: Sounds like you have a lot of other people paying for your lifestyle.
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quote: The tax incentives are a statement of belief by our government/s that this is a technology they believe benefits our society as a whole and is worthy of being nurtured
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Up to 1834 the poor were treated quite well. Money raised locally was given to them. Orphans, the elderly and single parents were well looked after.
Laws changed in 1834 - perhaps because of a rise in the numbers of unemployed looking for help.
Someone's shared this link elsewhere:
A parliamentary report of 1777 records workhouses in operation in Oldham (for up to 60 inmates), Middleton (40) and Chedderton [Chadderton] (3).
Without knowing population numbers for that year it's impossible to know %
Mr Howlett, Vicar of Dunmow, in Essex, estimated the population in 1780 at 8,691,000
Would poorhouses save the govt money these days?
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Room to Read | World Change Starts with Educated Children
The only landlocked country in Southeast Asia, Laos sits between Thailand on the west and Vietnam on the east. In 1975, the Pathet Lao (Lao Nation) ended six centuries of monarchical rule when they triumphed in the revolution that established the Lao People's Democratic Republic. Since the revolution, isolation and economic deprivation have plagued the country, which is now one of the poorest and least developed in the world.
Despite its dramatic mountain ranges and unspoiled tropical forests, little of the land in Laos is arable and only 5% is used for the subsistence farming that employs 80% of the population. Dominant crops include rice, corn, tobacco and coffee.
In 1986, the Lao government began to allow privatization, which has yielded slow but steady economic development. Despite recent attempts by the government to attract foreign investment however, more than three quarters of Lao people live on less than US$2 per day. In rural areas, electricity and drinkable water are all but nonexistent—signs of an extremely fragile national infrastructure.
Historically, only one ethnic group, the Lao Loum, relied on formal education. Consequently, most other groups had no written language, with education taking place in Buddhist temples and catering exclusively to male students. During the French occupation, a secondary education system was established with French as the language of instruction—producing a small group of elite, well-educated Laotians. Later on in the 1950's the Pathet Lao began to provide instruction in the Lao language. A government-led effort simplified the language in an effort to render it more accessible to all Lao people.
Today literacy in Laos is on the rise, although often short-lived due to the scarcity of available reading material. Insufficient instruction time can also be a problem, as many teachers are forced to seek supplementary income outside of school that limits their availability. Insufficient classrooms, unavailability of textbooks, limited teacher training and lack of libraries are also major roadblocks to delivering quality primary education.
While primary and secondary education are free for both boys and girls, pressure to do farm work and contribute to the family's income have left female literacy rates lagging 17% behind their male counterparts.
Infrastructure improvements and access to quality learning materials are at the heart of Room to Read's work in Laos, as the lack of adequate resources and facilities continues to plague the country's most underserved areas.
Our local team began in 2005 by implementing three programs—School Construction, School Libraries and Book Publishing, and have since grown our operations there to include Girls' Education and Reading & Writing Instruction.
In 2011, Room to Read Laos signed a new, five-year Memorandum of Understanding with the Lao government, outlining our plans to continue operations in the country and expand our programs.
Key partners of Room to Read in Laos include: Action with Lao Children (ALC), District Education Bureau and Sports, Villager Communities, Participatory Development Center (PADECT), Provincial Education Service and Shanti Volunteer Association (SVA).
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CARE began operations in Ghana in 1994. Since then the Accra office expanded to support programs in Togo and Benin under the umbrella of the CARE Gulf of Guinea country mission. In July 2010, CARE replaced the three-country mission with country offices in Ghana and Benin, the latter of which is also responsible for a small number of activities in Togo.
CARE Ghana's projects are primarily implemented through partnerships with local and civil society organizations. This enables CARE to further engage with government and the private sector, work effectively in coalitions, and to have the greatest possible impact. CARE Ghana prioritizes the rural and vulnerable poor – women in particular – and organizes its work around health, governance, sustainable livelihoods and education.
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Silverlight TV 43: Applying Animations and States to Your Application
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On this episode, John Stockton demonstrates how to create animations for Silverlight using Storyboards in Expression Blend. He explores the roles that the storyboards, visual states, behaviors, keyframes, transforms, and easings play in animations. This is a great demonstration of how to add a realistic and natural feel to animations.
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Great point that when you hide and object by using transparency animation you may want also to hide it completely by setting Visibility property to False.
Good video. For Opacity vs Visibility, I thought the new Fluid Transitions fixed this. Meaning, I could turn the Fluid option on for the state and use Visibility ( Visible <-> Hidden/Collapsed ) instead of Opacity ( 100% <-> 0% ). Are there scenarios when to use each?
icube - When you create your state, go to the timeline window and set the visibility of the object to collapsed at (or near) the beginning of the timeline. You can spread out the duration of the state transitions on the timeline as needed. I think John Stockton shows this in the middle of his video just using Storyboards instead. But it works for visual states too so you can stagger when animations occur.
At some point (22mins 45secs) there was a mention that a friend of yours was doing/had done a book on Blend Animations -what is the name and author of the book ?
norsten, Foundation Silverlight 3 Animation, Jeff Paries. Still valid for SL4, Friends of ED (Apress) publishers, http://www.apress.com/book/view/143022407X
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First of all, a great big thank-you to all who helped the Archdiocesan Catechetical Office celebrate the completion of our 30th anniversary year: Cardinal Dolan, our clergy, consecrated men and women, directors/coordinators of religious education, catechists, the rector and staff of St. Patrick's Cathedral, and so many more.
Now it's time to move on to Saturday, June 21, and the fifth annual New York Catholic Bible Summit, which will take place at Cathedral High School in the Catholic Center in Manhattan. It's a great way to discover new insights on Scripture from some of the most knowledgeable Bible experts in the county. Whether you are a catechist, a catechetical leader, a lector, a member of your parish RCIA team or just interested in deepening your understanding, you will profit from this day. The theme this year, with a nod to Pope Francis, is "Discover the Joy of the Gospel." Keynoters are the Rev. Anthony Ciorra, Ph.D., of Sacred Heart University in Bridgeport, Conn. (English), and Dr. Nuria Calduch-Benages from the Gregorian University in Rome (Spanish). Cardinal Dolan will join us in the afternoon. This event is co-sponsored by the Archdiocesan Catechetical Office and the American Bible Society.
You'll find all the information on speakers and registration here. Hope to see you on the 21st
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My teacher gave us so much homework,i decided not to do any of it, and instead, preform a shish-ka-baby on her front porch. No more homework for the rest of the year!
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quote: Ok, so the other things... you might have some kind of point with. This however, sir, is a lie.
quote: Do you also believe alcohol (that would be ethanol by the way) isn't bad for you?
quote: Sugar is classified as a poison by its hepatic process. It's converted into acetaldehyde in your liver, and it's not converted into glycogen like glucose is.
quote: Obesity epidemic is due almost exclusively to sugar... as is heart disease
quote: So, in summary.... you're wrong on every possible level here.
quote: Fiber counteracts almost all the fructose load in fruit when eaten as part of a balanced diet.
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Look for Green Day at the 2013 Pinkpop Festival in Holland - Sunday, June 16th. More info: HERE
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Ugh I've been to Holland and
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"Gilmore and Roberts are another young act producing sharp contemporary songs with roots deep in the British folk tradition. FIVE STARS *****" —Rock'n'Reel
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Contemporary folk/acoustic duo Gilmore & Roberts combine award-winning songwriting with astounding lap-tapping guitar, fiery fiddle and their trademark harmonies, creating a powerful wall of sound. Their third album The Innocent Left, recorded in London with producer Julian Simmons (Guillemots, Ed Sheeran, Albert Lee), explores many and varied topics but remains consistently bound by Gilmore & Roberts' passion for stories. From the steady groove of the intriguing 'Doctor James' to the relentless pounding of 'Scarecrow', and 'Silver Screen's wistful introspection, the album encompasses elements of folk, bluegrass and rock while maintaining the Yorkshire-based pair's own distinctive stylings.
Katriona Gilmore (from Knebworth, Hertfordshire) and Jamie Roberts (Barnsley and proud) met while studying at Leeds College of Music and began working together in 2006, releasing their first full-length album Shadows & Half Light two years later. In 2010 the duo was nominated for the BBC Radio 2 Horizon Award and released their hotly anticipated second album, Up From The Deep. They received national airplay and scored 'Best Original Song' Hancock Award for 'Fleetwood Fair'. Since then, the duo has toured with folk rock legends Fairport Convention and completed several headline tours in their own right, astonishing audiences up and down the country, as well as performing at some of Britain's largest acoustic festivals. Both are familiar faces to festival-goers nationwide from their previous projects – Gilmore with indie folk sensations Tiny Tin Lady, singer Rosie Doonan and more recently The Albion Band, and Roberts with young English traditionalists Kerfuffle.


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U.S. Sen. Tim Scott backed Mark Sanford in the 1st District special election today, saying he "merits support."
In a statement from his Washington office, Scott, R-S.C., said Sanford is the "stark choice." He did not mention Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch by name.
"On all the most important issues facing our state and country, from dealing with our dangerous levels of debt, to repealing or resisting the government health care takeover, to standing up for Charleston jobs against the NLRB, 1st District voters have a stark choice," Scott said.
"Mark Sanford is hands down better on all of those issues, and that's why I believe he merits support."
The comment came after the state's other senator, Lindsey Graham, issued his own endorsement for Sanford today.
"Mark has a proven track record cutting spending and fighting government expansion, something we sorely need more of in Washington," Graham said of the 1st Congressional District race.
"The Obama Democrats already control the Senate, making the House of Representatives the last line of defense against the Democratic agenda," he said.
Gov. Nikki Haley will be in Charleston tonight for a Sanford fund-raiser.
"The bottom line is that no Republican or conservative independent can afford to sit on the sidelines for this race," Graham added. "In Congress, Mark will vote to cut wasteful spending, eliminate debt and make government work for the taxpayer. We need him in Washington."


text: Ruth Naomi Showalter, 91, formerly of Williamsburg, died Wednesday at Valley View Home. She was born in Warren, Ohio, daughter of William and Nettie Cage. She married the late James M. Sr. Surviving are eight children: James M. Jr., Jeffrey, Steven, Barbara Ickes, Gaynell Stevens, Sandra Pearson, Connie Sprow and Sharon; and 20 grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, William R. Sr.; and brothers: Thomas and James. Friends will be received from 1:30 until the 3 p.m. funeral service Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012, at Mines United Methodist Church, rural Williamsburg. Arrangements are by John C. Bolger Funeral Home Inc., Williamsburg.


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quote: Also it must be why some theatres have up through 22.2 systems.
quote: We heard similar arguments at the advent of Blu-Ray and HD-DVD, and they were wrong then. People do indeed care.
quote: Is a 15" 4k screen even practical? Would we be able to see a difference? Does anyone care? (it seems not seeing as low res 1360 x 768 screens are apparently the norm on notebooks).
quote: It's also equally pointless to stuff 1TB drives, 2.8GHz quad core CPUs, or 4GB of RAM into a laptop.
quote: There is certainly a point of diminishing returns, and >400 DPI is probably it.
quote: If a user is turning down the resolution to make on screen text easier to read then the OS is doing it wrong and rendering the text too small.
quote: You think > 200 dpi is the point of diminishing returns on a phone, why?
quote: Uh, you're clearly confused. Human vision doesn't work the way you describe; screen size is irrelevant, it's distance from the eye that determines how small the pixel can be resolved.
quote: Turn the resolution down on your 24" display from 1920x1080 to 1280x800 and tell me that "screen size doesn't matter."
quote: it's distance from the eye that determines how small the pixel can be resolved
quote: Also, who is turning down their resolution to read the OS?
quote: I'd love to see actual numbers and statistics, rather than anecdotal sayings. Everyone around here uses computers, and there are many large labs full of dozes of them; no one turns down their resolution from anything I've ever seen. Again, I've never seen this practice occurring over the range of several hundred computer uses of various ages in this institution.
quote: And one can scale up text without having to turn down resolution, especially in Windows 7 and up, so...
quote: But, that feeds right into the psychology of trying to make things match the familiar.
quote: You can make the text bigger without running an overall lower resolution
quote: Maybe there's those kinds of morons where you work, but not in my office.
quote: There's no point is such pixel density on such tiny screens. It's a fascination with a spec that has no practical benefit.
quote: Look at the output from a dot printers - the early ones was 300dpi and I am sure anyone prefers reading output from more current ones which deliver 2400dpi or even more.
quote: I could easily see the difference between 300dpi laser printer output and 600dpi
quote: Hell, you're pushing it on a normal 15.6" laptop to have pixel density like that. Watch what at least 50% of the people in the world do when they run into that kind of pixel density on a screen that size...they turn the resolution down so they can read on-screen text easier.
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The Truth Behind 5 'Real Monsters' That Fooled the Internet
Why do we love monsters? Why are we obsessed with vampires, zombies, werewolves, yetis and dragons? It's because no matter how frightening they are, they still symbolize the last bit of mystery and wonder in the world.
Well, we here at Cracked would like to murder a few of these mysteries right in front of your eyes, hopefully crushing your sense of wonder into a creamy pulp that tastes good on toast and buffs out scratches on linoleum.
#5. The Montauk Monster Carcass
Pictured: The Kappa, an ancient Japanese water-demon.
A pretty young girl in the prime of her life is frolicking with her female friends on a local beach, when a monster appears! It's a setup good enough kickoff half of the Friday the 13th movies, but these young sex-vixens weren't murdered in alphabetical order while the survivors grieve by stripping off their tops and offering to split up, because the so-called "monster" was already dead. The Montauk Monster washed up on Ditch Plains Beach in July of 2008, where the aforementioned girls found it, photographed it and sold the pictures to the local paper. Then the Internet got a hold of it and, as usual, shit got all blown out of proportion.
The Mystery:
One of the most intriguing aspects of the Montauk Monster was its relative proximity to the Plum Island Animal Disease Center, located just a few miles away. It wasn't exactly a leap to believe that the corpse was some sort of freak experiment gone horribly awry that heartless executives dumped into the ocean rather than burned, because apparently they skipped Biohazard and Covert Experiment Disposal Day at the Evil Workshop. Some argued that it was a genetic abnormality, some stuck by the aforementioned lab experiment theory, while still others (read: us) suggested that it was simply Jabba's pet jerk-monster from Return of the Jedi.
Hey, being comedic relief for a mob boss food-monster probably has a high turnover rate--all those long hours, angry Jedi and notoriously poor health insurance plans offered by the Hutts probably take a toll on the little guys--it's not that bizarre to find a corpse or two.
Various reasonable theories were lobbed up, and promptly knocked down by animal experts. Lacking an immediate concrete solution, the world assumed it must be a new and undiscovered species. After all, wasn't it Sherlock Holmes who said, "When you eliminate the impossible, the remainder, no matter how improbable, is definitely a monster or at least some kind of magic."?
The Reveal:
It was a raccoon. Though initial arguments insisted that the legs were far too long, proportionally, to match with a raccoon's, actual experts went on record with dental patterns, correlating details on the front paws, and skeletal matches that all pointed to the Montauk Monster being nothing more than a decomposing raccoon carcass missing part of its upper jaw. When asked for clarification, scientists sarcastically asked, "What? You want us to draw you a picture?" Then, noting the slack-jawed, dimwitted stare from the audience, sighed with exasperation and did precisely that:
#4. The Moscow Monster
The Moscow Monster was supposedly discovered by Russian soldiers on a beach in Sakhalin, Russia. Sakhalin is actually 5,000 miles away from Moscow, but when pressed, most westerners can only name roughly three things about Russia anyway--vodka, communism and Moscow-- so we guess the name just stuck by default.
The Moscow Monster clearly came from the ocean, yet judging by the structure of the bones and teeth, wildlife experts say it's not a fish. It was also clearly not a reptile, as the only match in size would be a crocodile or alligator, which would not only fail to account for the location, but the skeleton is all wrong for that as well. Finally, Big Bird is still alive and teaching four-year-olds about the intrinsic value of "B," so that pretty much does away with all immediately apparent options.
The Mystery:
The corpse was estimated at roughly 20-feet in length, and covered in some bizarre shag material that was not feathers, fur or scales. Adding further intrigue to the mystery, it was reported that Russian Special Services were called in to take the carcass away in secrecy. So we've got government cover-ups in addition to possibly prehistoric beasts: It's the thing urban legends are made of.
The Reveal:
It was a beluga whale. All that "it's not a fish, it's not a reptile and it don't got fur" speculation should've tipped you off to the answer: What's not a fish but lives in the water? A fucking whale. What's not feathers, fur, nor scales? Blubber. Whales are mammals, and their skeletal structures reflects that fact. If you're not familiar with whale physiology, you might see a live whale and assume that its skeleton is made up of a "bunch of round," with some "flipper things" on the side. So when a corpse washes up on the beach with what looks like a serpentine tail, articulated hands and a beak, most can be forgiven for assuming it was an uRru tragically felled by the sinister Skeksis.
But experts took one quick look at the skeleton, and stated matter-of-factly that it was a beluga whale; there were no ifs, ands or buts - that's just what it was. When pressed for proof, they released a photo of a beluga skull alongside the Moscow Monster skull, then slapped their hands spastically against their chests and sarcastically went "dduuurrrr it a monsterrrrr hur hur."
Because these particular theoretical scientists are total jerks.
#3. The "Chupacabra" Video
Stunning video of a questionable and mysterious creature was recently released to CNN reporters who, ever the bastion of reliability and sober-minded journalism, aired the holy shit out of it while Anderson Cooper screamed "MONSTER!" at the top of his regal yet down-to-earth lungs. The video seemed to show a chupacabra, the legendary Mexican bloodsucking monster that's supposedly equal parts reptile and canine.
The Mystery:
The video is relatively clear, mostly centered and fairly long, as these things go. Which is to say that it's not a blurry half-second glimpse of fuzzy gray pixels which could only be identified by calling in the world's foremost experts in Squinting Really Hard and Guessing Technology. Getting a video of this quality is practically unheard of, you can clearly see the beast in question, so what the hell is that thing?
The Reveal:
The video was taken near a town called Cuero, Texas; a place which cheap t-shirts sold by off-season carnies insist is "the unofficial chupacabra capital of the world." So clearly, the area has something to gain from stating that the tape shows a legendary monster in all its glory. Several other chupacabra sightings and even actual corpses have cropped up all across the county as well:
And, to a one, have all turned out to be coyotes or coyote hybrids with some kind of mange. Seeing as how all "eye-witness" reports describe the creature the same way--"about the size of a coyote, but hairless"--it should come as a shock to no one that the creature was actually some kind of hairless coyote. But hey, by all accounts Cuero is basically the asshole of Texas. They're probably not known for their deductive reasoning.
#2. The Body of Bigfoot
These monsters have all been sensational in their own right, but nobody's yet gone after the big game and claimed to have unearthed Nosferatu or ridden a werewolf to work. Nobody, that is, until Matthew Whitton and Rick Dyer: Two Georgia men who claimed to have not only discovered a bigfoot but, in true hillbilly tradition, also immediately shot, killed and stuffed it in a freezer. The two men actually called a press conference to announce the discovery where they basically took photos of themselves poking the corpse with sticks and tried to cobble together enough interest to justify a pay-per-view event of the footage. In a nutshell, they tried to start a makeshift carnival freak show. And it totally worked.The Mystery:
The men not only called the aforementioned press conference, but also issued their own press release, called for DNA samples and hired armed guards to watch the body until it could be authenticated by experts. Now, that's what you call going all in: With a bet that big, if you get called out, you're going to lose everything. This had to have some basis in fact, the world reasoned. After all, if it was all just a scam, why would they demand so much attention and offer so much potential proof? Add to this the fact that these two "hick stereotypes" we were mocking earlier were actually a police officer and a corrections officer. Short of Dr. Science showing up on your doorstep with a live bigfoot and a certificate of authenticity signed by Jesus Christ, there isn't much more you could ask for in terms of proof.
"Forget about game / I spit the truth!" -Dr. ScienceThe Reveal:
Surely a police officer wouldn't throw away his entire career on a sub-par hoax, right? At the very least, this "discovery" is going to be a master-minded con, right? Nope. Turns out that "bigfoot" was really just a cheap Halloween costume the two men bought over the Internet--the most traceable of transaction methods--and stuffed with possum guts then chucked into a freezer. When asked how they thought they were going to fake DNA evidence under intensive public scrutiny, the master magicians shrugged, mumbled something under their breath and only when pressed admitted that they had little to no understanding of what the word DNA meant.
"It's like one of those Jap cars, right?" Offered one con-artist, before jamming his finger so far up his nose it caused a mild seizure.
#1. The SewerCam Creature
This bizarre, alien looking creature is the most recent cryptozoological mystery to mindfuck the Internet and not call it the next day. The mystery monster was first sighted in a video taken in the sewers of Raleigh, North Carolina, which appears to show a licker about to drag Gordon Freeman up to the ceiling and digest him.The Mystery:
Workers that had spent years in the Raleigh sewers were at a total loss to identify the creature, stating that it was much too large for a local slime mold, that it was thriving in an otherwise hostile environment and, perhaps most unsettlingly, it's jiggling, slimy mass seemed to grotesquely pulsate when confronted with a light source – much like Rush Limbaugh.
"BLOOORAAARRRGHH! LIGHT BURN!" -Rush LimbaughThe Reveal:
When not digesting Boba Fett over a period of one thousand years, tubifex worms enjoy conglomerating in Raleigh sewers and confusing the hell out of Internet science cowboys. That's right, the so called "sewer creature" was, in fact, just a handful of bait. The worms, in the absence of soil, had coiled around each other, and the pulsating you see is the result of one worm twitching, which in turn caused all of the others to do the same, like a giant game of sub-metropolitan grabass. They're exceedingly rare, these colonies, but experts wanted to assure the public that there was no need for concern: The worms, though odd, are a natural part of life in the sewer.
All part of the circle of life.
Further, the water department assured the public that any water passing by the colony would be thoroughly treated before making its way to your sinks… then they issued a statement retracting their former statement, because the creature was supposedly in a private sewer system. But they quickly reassured the public again that it still posed no danger. The Water Bureau then issued a declaration of " no-take-backs" and then held a press conference to assure everybody that it was "not un-opposite day." Long story short, the worms probably pose no threat to anybody, save for disappointing everyone that still wants to believe in magic and monsters. If you're one of those people who do still believe in mystery, you can apparently go fuck yourself straight to Hell.
And when you get there, tell the Devil Science sent you.
For more monster goodness, check out The Real World Fears Behind 8 Popular Movie Monsters and 15 Retarded Dungeons and Dragons Monsters.
You can pre-order Robert's book, Everything is Going to Kill Everybody: The Terrifyingly Real Ways the World Wants You Dead on Amazon, or find him on Twitter, Facebook, and his own site I Fight Robots, because he's just found the first unicorn! You can come over and see it if you like, but it only comes out when you take off your clothes and do a sexy little dance.


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Salad Essentials
If you want to go beyond lettuce, try these delicious greens in your salads. You can eat some of them—spinach, arugula, and bok choy, for example—on their own, or mix them with lettuces and other greens like radicchio and mustard greens to give your salads spice and depth. Mesclun can also be the base of a salad or be mixed in with other greens. And don't forget red, green, and Savoy cabbage, which are excellent as accents in tossed salads or in starring roles in cole slaw.
Arugula (Eruca vesicaria ssp. sativa): Also called rocket and roquette. Rich, peppery flavor. Sow seed in early spring or fall, thinning seedlings to space plants 4 to 6 inches apart with 10 inches between rows. Use thinnings in salads, and start harvesting mature greens in 6 to 8 weeks. Tends to bolt quickly in hot, dry weather.
Bak choy (Brassica rapa): Also called bok choi and pak choi. Attractive cabbage relatives with long, thick white stems and dark green leaves. Young bok choy is delicious in salads and makes a succulent cole slaw. Sow seed in early spring or fall; grow like cabbage. Plants prefer cool growing conditions. ('Canton Bok' is a more heat-tolerant cultivar.) Space plants 8 to 12 inches apart in the row and 12 inches between rows. Harvest entire small heads or larger individual leaves.
Chicory (Cichorium intybus): A relative of endive and escarole, chicory (also called witloof chicory or Belgian endive) is delicious as a winter salad green when forced indoors. See the Endive entry for details on growing and forcing chicory.
For more information about growing an organic garden, buy Rodale's Ultimate Encylcopedia of Organic Gardening.
Kale (Brassica oleracea, Acephala group): Kale adds substance, color, and nutrition to a salad—the thick, blue-green, purple-green, green-black, or white-green leaves are packed with vitamins and minerals. Some cultivars are deeply frilled while others are deeply puckered; all add texture and variety to a mixed salad. Sow in early spring or late summer, thinning plants to 2 feet apart. Harvest the young leaves individually for salads.
Mizuna (Brassica juncea var. japonica): Attractive, compact green plant matures in 35 days, tolerates heat, and is easy to grow. Serrated leaves add a cabbagy, mustardy flavor to salads. Sow seed in early spring; grow like spinach.
Mustard greens (Brassica juncea): Attractive red or green loose-leaf or heading mustards. Loose-leaf types mature in 45 days; heading mustards need 60 to 75 days to head up. Plants tolerate heat and light frost, and they're easy to grow. Leaves of oriental mustard cultivars tend not to be as hot or biting as Southern mustard greens. Direct-seed in early spring or fall, barely covering with soil. Space plants 6 inches apart in the row, thinning to 10 inches; leave 10 to 12 inches between rows.
Radicchio (Cichoria intybus): This bitter Italian heading chicory has become a favorite of salad lovers everywhere. Its gorgeous deep garnet, white-based leaves add rich color and texture to salads, and the flavor adds sophistication. Start indoors as with endive and escarole for spring planting; space 6 inches apart when you transplant them outdoors. Plants form tight, 4-inch heads.
Spinach (Spinacia oleracea): This salad staple can be harvested when the leaves are small ("baby spinach") to use whole in salads or when they're mature. Sow seed in early spring and late summer for spring and fall crops, thinning to 4 to 6 inches apart. (Use thinnings in salads or stir-fries.) Spinach is rich in vitamins and minerals, so it's one of the healthiest salad choices.
For more information about growing an organic garden, buy Rodale's Ultimate Encylcopedia of Organic Gardening.
Salad greens enjoy the same growing conditions as lettuce: humus-rich, evenly moist but well-drained soil. Greens typically grow best in cool weather; hot weather makes them bolt to seed or, with plants like mustard greens, develop a more fiery flavor than plants grown in cooler spring or fall weather. Broadcast the seeds of salad greens and rake lightly to cover them, or sow seeds ¼ inch apart and as thinly as possible in rows 1½ feet apart. Sow in spring once the soil has reached at least 35°F, and again in late summer for a fall crop.
For the most beautiful salad greens you can imagine, cover seeded areas with floating row cover and leave the cover in place throughout the duration of the crop. The greens will retain their color and tenderness better under the protection of the cover. Check underneath occasionally to remove weeds (which will also enjoy the sheltered environment) and to hand pick any slugs that might have found the crop.
When the seedlings have four leaves, thin plants to 6 inches apart. Make sure the crop gets at least 1 inch of water a week from rain or irrigation. To help prevent disease, try to water on sunny mornings, so the leaves can dry by evening. If you aren't using row cover, apply a thick layer of mulch to conserve moisture, suffocate weeds around the easily damaged roots, and keep leaves free of dirt. To promote quick growth, side-dress with compost tea or fish emulsion once or twice during the growing season.
Salad Enhancements
There's no reason to limit your salad-growing exploits to the main crops. Add additional excitement to your salads with fresh leaves of the plants in this list. All add distinctive, delicious bites of flavor that will give your salads depth and take them from good to great. Nasturtium and chive flowers are also edible and will give your salads added beauty.
- Basil
- Parsley
- Chives
- Pepper cress
- Cilantro
- Scallions
- Garlic chives
- Sorrel
- Mint
- Thyme
- Nasturtium
- Watercress
For more information about growing an organic garden, buy Rodale's Ultimate Encylcopedia of Organic Gardening.


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The United Black Men's Think Tank of Buffalo will celebrate its third anniversary with an awards dinner from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday in the New Golden Nugget, 2046 Fillmore Ave.
The organization will present its Leadership Award to L. Nathan Hare, Think Tank acting chairman and executive director of the Community Action Organization of Erie County; the Achievement Award will be presented to Spencer Gaskin, owner/operator of the Outsource Training Center; the Community Service Award will be presented to Bill Peoples, owner of UMOJA Market & Bus Stop Liquor; and the Outstanding Black Woman Award will be presented to Eva M. Doyle, writer, historian and educator.
Tickets are $75 per person or $100 per couple and include a buffet dinner. For information, call 892-3462.


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Search Neutrality as an Antitrust Principle
Daniel A. Crane
University of Michigan Law School
November 18, 2011
U of Michigan Law & Econ, Empirical Legal Studies Center Paper No. 11-016
U of Michigan Public Law Working Paper No. 256
Google's perceived dominance in Internet search, and the perception that Google exploits this dominance to favor its own websites and service, has led to call for a mandatory legal requirement of "search neutrality." This essay argues that a general principle of search neutrality ignores the realities of Internet search and would stymie search innovation.
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Union rep says Corbett plan costs more, less effective
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A Pennsylvania State Education Association vice president representing a state Public Pensions Coalition warned that Gov....
Francine, and fromtheport, what he says is the truth. The plans at one time were funded at 125%, from what I read, and then the various Governments were allowed to withhold payments for a 10 year period, which, coupled with the stock market downturn, turned the retirement accounts which had more than enough money into accounts which are underfunded. During the last 10 years Investments accounted for 69% of the SERS funding, with employee contributions accounting for 21% and employer contributions (the Government) accounting for 10%.
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Nice typo in the last quote in the article. I think the writer meant "defined contribution plan".
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Wilfred Nole "Sonny" McDaniel, 82, passed from this life, Friday morning, Jan. 25, 2013, in Davis Memorial Hospital in Elkins.
Visitation was conducted Tuesday at Summerfield Funeral Home. Sonny's request for cremation will then be honored. Graveside services will be in Parsons City Cemetery at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 1, with the Rev. James Snyder officiating. Full military honors will be accorded by members of H.W. Daniels Post 29 American Legion, Tygart Valley Post 3647, Veterans of Foreign Wars and Tucker County Veterans Association. Pythagoras Lodge 128 A.F. & A.M. will conduct Masonic ritualistic services, and interment will follow.
The family wishes to express their gratitude to the wonderful nurses at Davis Memorial Hospital and Cancer Center and to Dr. Don Fleming and Dr. James Gainer. Memorial contributions in Sonny's honor may be made to the Tucker County Athletic Boosters Association, P.O. Box 144, Parsons, WV 26287. Summerfield Funeral Home as been entrusted with the arrangements for Wilfred Nole McDaniel. Send online condolences to the family at www.summerfieldfuneralhome.com.


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That fag Keith has stood me up for breakfast two weeks in a row. I'm going to pick up some Alli and Upper Deck Salad Shooter his downstairs bathroom.
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Penn State got record-setting Virginia quarterback Trace McSorley in its 2014 recruiting class. Now the Nittany Lions have added his favorite target for 2015.
After making his second visit to University Park in four days, Briar Woods wide receiver Brandon Polk made a verbal commitment to Penn State on Tuesday according to various Internet reports.
Polk is the ninth recruit in this recruiting class for the Lions and the second receiver - New Jersey's Juwan Johnson committed on March 16. Stanford and Virginia Tech were considered the other top contenders for Polk's services, and Maryland, Virginia and Wisconsin were in the mix, as well.
Where size is Johnson's calling card, blazing speed is Polk's ticket. He's the Virginia Class AA champion in both the 100 and 200 meters - he set region records in both - and ran a hand-timed 4.36 40-yard dash at the U.S. Army All-American Bowl Combine in San Antonio in January.
"Brandon has the God-given talent of speed and acceleration," Briar Woods coach Charlie Pierce told the Washington Post. "He'll get the ball on a jet sweep, run, jailbreak screen or short pass and he can make a lot of people miss while picking up lots of yards. Once he gets out in the open, he has that extra gear."
He's also been dynamic in the return game. At 5-foot-9, 152 pounds, Polk isn't big, and he missed the first four games plus part of last year's state final with injuries. However, when he's been on the field, he's been electric, scoring 20 touchdowns over the last two seasons. As a junior, he still had 40 catches for 631 yards and averaged close to 10 yards per carry on 24 rushes in spite of the injury.
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DeLand, Fla. - Stetson's Luis Jacobo has been named the Atlantic Sun Conference Newcomer of the Week for the week ending January 17, 2011. It is the first conference award for the freshman forward out of Sanford, Florida.
On Friday Jacobo led the Hatters' scoring attack with 18 points in a win over Mercer on CSS Television. He hit 7-of-10 attempts from the floor and was a perfect 2-for-2 from 3-point territory, as well as the free throw line. He also added five rebounds and three assists. Sunday afternoon Jacobo was once again Stetson's top scorer in a narrow loss to Kennesaw State at the buzzer. He scored 16 points, pulled down five rebounds and added three more assists.
On the week Jacobo averaged 17.0 points, five rebounds, and three assists to take home the award. So far this season he is averaging 10.4 points and 4.1 rebounds in Stetson's all-important conference games.


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Barbour County Chamber recognizes members of the month
April 22, 2013
Dr. Pete J. Palko III and Delbert Weaver are the Barbour County Chamber of Commerce Members of the Month for March. Palko is a doctor of osteopathic medicine at Myers Clinic in Philippi....
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W.Va. remembers lost miners 3 years later
April 6, 2013
CHARLESTON (AP) — As West Virginians marked the third anniversary of an explosion that killed 29 coal miners Friday, congressional Democrats called the lack of action on tougher mine safety......
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Buffalo Bills coach Doug Marrone made another addition to his new staff Saturday, naming Pat Morris as the team's offensive line coach.
Morris has 15 years of NFL experience, the most of any of the 17 assistants hired by Marrone since he took over earlier this month.
Morris was out of football in 2012. He most recently was the offensive line coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2011. The Bucs finished that season ranked 30th in the NFL in rushing.
Prior to his season in Tampa Bay, Morris coached the offensive line in Minnesota (2006-10), Detroit (2004-05) and San Francisco (1999-2003).
Morris has guided an offensive line that paved the way for a top-10 rushing offense nine times in his 15-year NFL career, including three years as the league's best (1998, 1999 and 2007). Morris' offensive lines also blocked for a 1,000-yard rusher 11 times in his 15 seasons in the NFL.
Prior to coming to the NFL, Morris had 21 years of experience in collegiate coaching. He played at Southern California from 1972 to '75.


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On Jan. 19, 1968, a critic for the Jamestown Post-Journal wrote a scathing review of a film presented by Andy Warhol the previous evening at Jamestown Community College.
Sarita H. Weeks, a trustee of the college and a frequent contributor to the culture pages of the Post-Journal, found the hourlong excerpt from one of Warhol's marathon experimental films repugnant.
The movie, she wrote, depicted "pimply, disheveled, moronic youths and sluts of various types, some semi-nude, talking gibberish and film – ad lib – hideous in their depravity." She went on to chastise the college's Cultural Events Committee for bringing the film and the artist to Jamestown, writing that the time of young students "must be filled with splendid idealism, and acquisition of the wonders of knowledge and with living based firmly on the moral teachings of the Bible."
After Weeks' first shot across the bow, the Post-Journal became a de facto battleground for differing opinions on Warhol's work and personality from across Jamestown and beyond. By the end of the debate on Feb. 2, when the Post-Journal decided not to print any more letters about the affair, the newspaper had published a total of 25 often lengthy and thoughtful responses to the review.
At 6 p.m. Saturday, the Weeks Gallery at JCC – named for Sarita Weeks and her husband Stanley – will launch an exhibition that explores that controversial moment in its own history. "Andy Warhol: Acquisitions and Jamestown Nexus," the final exhibition of outgoing gallery director James Colby, who has headed the gallery since 1997, will provide a fresh look at Warhol's complex and long-standing relationship to Jamestown.
The focal point of the show will be a silk-screen print of Warhol's "Marilyn Monroe," which the artist gave as a gift to Jamestown resident Lois Strickler, who first met Warhol as a student at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Institute of Technology. Strickler gave the painting to the Weeks Gallery in 2011, where it now serves as the flagship of a growing 600-piece collection.
The exhibition will also feature selections from 103 Polaroid photographs and 51 other photographic prints that it received in 2008 as part of the Andy Warhol Photographic Legacy Program in 2008.
Colby said the 1968 controversy, in addition to demonstrating that Jamestown is far from the bastion of rural conservatives some outsiders think it is, showed a fascinating range of viewpoints from residents.
About a third of the letter-writers, Colby said, were ultra-conservatives from the religious right who objected to the unorthodox form and risque content of Warhol's film work. "If you seen any of those [films], it's sort of like being at a party when it's at its peak," Colby said.
Another third, he said, couldn't see the value in Warhol's work but stood up for the college's right to show it. And the rest were articulate supporters of the artist, who saw his work and his appearance in Jamestown as a welcome rebuke to the conservatism of the previous decade.
"I saw this [debate] as so valuable for our students in light of the black-and-white conversations we're having today," Colby said.
To help kick off the exhibition, the Weeks Gallery will host one of its activity-packed "ArtHappenings" starting at 6 p.m. Saturday. At 6:30 p.m., Colby will host a brief ceremony to honor Strickler and Robert A. Hagstrom, who helped to build the college's modern gallery and Community Cultural Center. At 7 p.m., University at Buffalo visual studies professor Jonathan Katz will deliver a lecture on Warhol in the college's Robert Lee Scharmann Theatre. A reception, featuring food and music by Buffalo gypsy jazz band Babik, will get started at 7:45 p.m.
What: "Andy Warhol: Acquisitions and Jamestown Nexus"
When: Reception at 6 p.m. Saturday; show runs through March 21
Where: The Weeks Gallery, Jamestown Community College, 525 Falconer St., Jamestown
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Boston man named 1st 'Price Is Right' male model
A Boston man has won an online competition to become the first male model in "The Price Is Right" history.
The long-running CBS game show said Friday that viewers had chosen Rob Wilson from among a trio of finalists who also included Clint Brink and Nick Denbeigh.
Wilson begins his weeklong stint alongside the ladies on Oct. 15.
The contest was announced in August. Hundreds of he-man hopefuls showed up at the open call in Los Angeles, where they had a chance to strut their stuff for the show's producers and the female models the show is well known for.
The show has been on the air since September 1972.
"The Price Is Right" is hosted by Drew Carey. It airs weekdays at 11 a.m. Eastern time on WLKY.
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Scream "One Direction!" around teen girls and you're likely to create a stampede. The breakout U.K. boy band is making a big splash here in the States and has thousands of young girls swooning, literally.
Harry Styles, 18, Niall Horan, 18, Liam Payne, 18, Zayn Malik, 19, and Louis Tomlinson, 20, make up the group of talented heartthrobs, known as 1D to their fans. Everyone of them is English except for Horan, who's the lone Irishman of the bunch. But they're all adorable, with accents to match.
Now with a No. 1 U.S. album, upcoming performances at this month's Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards and on April 7's Saturday Night Live, as well as a Nickelodeon show of their own in the works, One Direction is headed for potential superstardom. As their popularity expands, here are five things to know about this Fab Five:
1. The group is a Simon Cowell creation
Cowell discovered the boys in 2010 during solo auditions for his U.K. X Factor. None made the cut as a solo act, but producers brought them back as a group, and they finished third on the show. Now signed to Cowell's label, their album Up All Night has blazed up the charts in the U.K. and U.S.
2. The numbers don't lie
The group has 2 million Twitter followers and reportedly gains 20,000 new followers a day. Their video for the hit single "What Makes You Beautiful" has gotten more than 75 million views on Youtube, and, according to Google, One Direction generates 3.35 million searches a month.
3. They cause Beatles-like pandemonium
Five thousand fans mobbed a Massachusetts mall during an autograph signing; dozens of girls chased the band's car through the streets of Nashville and a crowd of 10,000 turned out for their NBC Today show performance. At a Long Island event, "this girl touched my hand and she completely fainted, like passed out on the floor," Malik recently told USA Today. "I'd never seen anything like it."
4. They've already beaten the Beatles and Adele
One Direction is the first U.K. act to ever debut its first album at No. 1 on the Billboard album chart. Not even the Beatles or the Spice Girls had that kind of instant success. Also, the group bested Adele at this year's Brit Awards, taking home the best British single award for "What Makes You Beautiful."
5. Their parents reap the benefits
The group said as a joke to PEOPLE that they sent creator Cowell a set of their One Direction dolls as a thank-you. But, for their parents: "We bought them cars!" said Styles.
One Direction: 5 Things About the U.K. Boy Band
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The Salem City Health Board held second reading on new food service license fees for 2013, but not before amending three of the fees and adding a fee for a new licensing category introduced by the state.
Licenses will cost food service operators a lot more money next year based on the cost methodology which looked at time spent on the program and a percentage of the sanitarian's salary.
During a special meeting Wednesday for the second reading, the board agreed to reset the fee for vending operations to $18.75, with $6 of that total going to the state as required. Previously, the board tentatively increased the fee from $18.61 to $18.99 in anticipation of an increase in the consumer price index, but opted to not wait for that and just go with a flat increase to $18.75, he explained.
For mobile facilities, he said he failed to include the state remittance fee of $28, so that had to be added, making the fee $117.73 per event instead of $89.73. The fee was $39.99 this year.
The board also reworked the price for temporary facilities, looking at what Columbiana County and East Liverpool health boards were planning to charge and deciding on a fee of $52. The price had originally been increased for next year from $11.99 (this year's price) to $179.45 per event.
Setty said the number of $179.45 had been based on the 6.5 hours spent by the sanitarian on the inspection for one facility this year, but said the board members indicated that maybe that was too much time to be spent on one operation. They opted for the lower fee of $52 which was more in line with what other departments were setting.
The last amendment to the fee schedule included an addition to the list for an entity known as a mini market.
Setty said that he and sanitarian Bill Hayward attended a meeting last Thursday in Massillon where the state instructed them on changes and a fee set for mini markets, which is a new category under food service. For 2013 and 2014, local health departments will charge $100 for the fee as set by the state, with $90 going to the local health department and $10 to the state. For 2015, the fee will be based on each local health department's cost methodology.
Setty described a mini market as a vending machine without a coin slot or a cafeteria-like setting with prepackaged foods and no cashier or attendant. The setting where a mini market could be located would be a factory or office building. The perishable food, such as wrapped sandwiches, would be in a machine, but the purchaser would pay with a debit card.
At this point, he said he didn't know if the city had anything that fit that description.
Next up will be a public hearing where food service operators can hear all about the proposed fees and make comment. The hearing is set for 9:30 a.m. Dec. 27.
The third and final reading to approve the new fees will be held during the board's next regular meeting set for 10 a.m. Dec. 27, where they'll be able to consider any comments from the public hearing.
Letters are being sent to the roughly 100 food service operators in the city to notify them about the public hearing and provide them with a list of the proposed fees. If a food service operator does not receive a letter, they can call the health department office at 330-332-1618.
When the health department first returned to the city a few years ago, the fees were based on the county's cost methodology. Last year, city health department officials did a cost methodology of their own which prompted them to cut the fees nearly in half. The latest cost methodology warranted an increase to those fees.
The new 2013 fees being proposed for facilities with less than 25,000 square feet (with the 2012 fee in parentheses) are: risk level 1, $106.20 ($52.45); risk level 2, $116.19 ($55.96); risk level 3, $197.26 ($84.42); and risk level 4, $242.79 ($100.40). All fees listed include a $28 portion which has to be submitted to the state.
The fees for facilities over 25,000 feet will be: risk level 1, $141.35 ($64.79); risk level 2, $147.34 ($66.89); risk level 3, $452.88 ($174.14); and risk level 4, $478.44 ($183.12). These fees also include a $28 portion which has to be submitted to the state.
Plan review fees will remain 100 percent of the license fee for a new establishment and 50 percent of the license fee for a remodeling.
The effective date of the proposed fees will be Feb. 1.
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Macs have traditionally packed powerful Intel CPUs and NVIDIA GPUs.
One would think that they would prove an ideal home for PC games; but
in reality they have only received a limited selection of
high-profile ports. That's mainly because most PC games rely on
Direct X, a proprietary Microsoft API. Macs use OpenGL instead,
necessitating a port. This is just one of multiple API-level
differences between Windows gaming and Mac gaming.Fortunately
for Mac gamers, the big powers are finally showing them some love.
Valve is beta
testing Mac versions of its Steam
content delivery system and Source game engine and will soon
be releasing a variety of games to the platform, including Half
Life 2, Left
4 Dead 2,
and Team
Fortress 2.Valve
just announced this week that it would be releasing the betas to the
public on May
12.Blizzard – makers of StarCraft, Diablo,
and Warcraft –
has a long relationship with Apple, but hasn't been tossing as many
titles their way of late. However, Blizzard is stepping up its
Mac efforts as well. Blizzard just released a beta version of
the upcoming StarCraft
II for
Mac.Mac players can snag the test release for free
at Battle.net, but they must
already be in the beta test program to get it. In
non-Mac StarCraft
II news,
the upcoming title has received a new
map editor patch, that allows users greater flexibility in
crafting custom levels and mods. A couple of users are already
showing off their handiwork, crafting a Diablo clone and
a Kart
racing game with it.
quote: Even the options for video and audio quality are NOT what I have come to expect from a PC game. For example, the "Video quality" section is ONE slider where you can select Low, Medium, or High. What ? Are you f'ing kidding me !?? I have a $400 dollar video card and THIS is all I can choose ??? Oh can I play with Vsinc on or off?? Guess not...sigh. How about Anti-ALiasing ?? Nope, no option for it. Particle Density etc etc ? No dice.
quote: One of the most anticipated releases in recent history, or maybe of ALL time, and we're writing about it coming to the Mac??
quote: Mac users deserve some love too
quote: Blizzard has always made games for mac, so by your logic, Blizzard saw this increase many many years ago...


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Which gadget are you most likely to give for the holidays?
Which gadget from our Gift Guide are you most likely to give?
It's getting really close to the holidays. Hopefully you've seen our gift guide and giveaway, and we'd love to know which gadgets you're most excited about.
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I've already procured a Raspberry Pi AND a MaKey MaKey to give away.
...not to mention various other cool things like a bag of Polymorph. (https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10950 or https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10951)
Huh. Looks like the NanoNote is popular in the poll. Still, if you can afford the much higher price, the OpenPandora is much more fun to have. (http://openpandora.org/)
I chose Raspberry PI but I really like that clock(Ice Tube) as well. :)
STM32F4 Discovery kit (http://www.st.com/internet/evalboard/product/252419.jsp) or Pandaboard (http://www.pandaboard.org/).
I think Beagle Bone, But I love the Makey makey and this can be given as well :)
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U.S. Chamber of Commerce names Maryland as #1 for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Maryland's private-sector businesses create 34,900 jobs over the past year
BALTIMORE, MD (June 15, 2012) - The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics
released state jobs and employment data earlier today. According to the preliminary data,
Maryland shed 7,500 jobs in May. After creating 35,600 net new jobs over the past 12 months,
today, 30,800 more Marylanders are working than were at this time last year. Despite
setbacks these last two months, for 24 straight months, monthly job growth has been
higher than the previous year's.
Last month, the preliminary jobs estimate for the March-April period showed
a drop of 6,000 jobs. The number has been revised to 5,400. Maryland's unemployment
rate rose modestly from 6.7 to 6.8 percent, but continues to be among the lowest in
the country and nearly 20 percent below the national rate.
"Though May was not the month we had hoped for, declines between these months
are not atypical. We saw it happen last year and in years before, and we've always
recovered over-the-year. So far this year, the number of jobs is higher than a year
ago, with private-sector employers adding 34,900 jobs to their payrolls," said
Interim Maryland Labor Secretary Scott R. Jensen. "Earlier this week, the U.S.
Chamber of Commerce issued their Enterprising States 2012 report, and Maryland
leads the nation in entrepreneurship and innovation - a positive sign that
Maryland will recover. We continue to remain focused on moving forward and
recovering the jobs lost during the national recession."
Maryland's economy has made strides over the past year with eight out of
10 major business sectors showing over-the-year gains in employment. May's
slight downward movement in Maryland job numbers has been relatively broad-based,
with most major business sectors posting declines. However, Trade/Transportation/Utilities,
Education/Health Services, and Professional and Business Services have posted
gains. An increase of 1,500 jobs was noted in Trade/Transportation/Utilities,
with strong advances among wholesalers. Education/Health Services also advanced
by 2,100 jobs over the month. Professional and Business Services, remains one
of the top growth industries over-the-year, adding 11,200 jobs.
Interim Secretary Jensen will brief the media on the May 2012 jobs report
during a conference call at noon today (Call-in: 800-619-4425; Passcode: 7016775).
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Study Abroad: Berlin
Berlin Study Abroad Summer I: May 15-21, 2016
2016 Trip is Full. Let us know if you want your name added to the waitlist.
The trip is for graduate students only.
Here is a fun student-made video of the 2015 Berlin Study Abroad trip:
This trip is designed to allow students to experience the German culture as well as learn about doing business in Europe. Students may take two courses for up to 6 credit hours. Students are not allowed to participate in both the Berlin and other study abroad trips in the same summer.
What students have said about previous trips
"Going on the Berlin Study Abroad has been one of the best decisions I have made while studying for my MBA at the University of Houston. The professors were wonderful during our stay and were very helpful. It was great interacting with my fellow classmates during the trip. Being able to be exposed to Berlin's city, culture, education, and businesses was an awesome experience. I without a doubt would recommend the Berlin Study Abroad to current and future students of The Bauer MBA program."
Adrienne Hall, MBA student.
"This trip has undoubtedly been one of the greatest highlights of my MBA career. It was a highly informative, well planned, and enjoyable experience."
Rob Marks, MBA student.
"One of the best experiences I have ever had. It was both enjoyable and educational. I highly recommend this program."
Jimmy Promubol, MBA student.
"This trip was one of the best things I have ever done in my life!"
Michael E. Williams, MBA student.
"The study abroad trip to Berlin, Germany was the most enjoyable trip that I have been on. It was a great experience to be able to gain the first hand knowledge about another culture, businesses and country."
Melinda Peters, MBA student.
"This was truly one of the best experiences of my lifetime. I learned more than I ever dreamed of and met lifelong friends. I would do it all over again in a heartbeat."
Jessica Lyons, MBA student.
"Whether you are a World Traveler, or have never left the state, this trip is for you. You will quickly bond with other students in the program, and the interactive education will keep you engaged the entire trip."
Janna Ball, MBA student.
"The study abroad experience is a once in a lifetime opportunity. You most likely will never have an opportunity to be able to study abroad and learn internationally as you do with this program. To top it off I meet great people that have been in the MBA program all along and yet never have gotten to know. Through the program have a whole new group of friends and business colleagues."
Allison Meier, MBA student.
"This was an unbelievable experience. It was an excellent mix of company visits, lectures and free time to explore Berlin and Poland. I would highly recommend everyone with the means to participate in a study abroad program to do so at their earliest convenience."
Randell Rios, MBA student.
"Today's global business community demands a cross-cultural perspective. The Berlin Study Abroad program gave me a taste of this perspective by providing the opportunity to witness first-hand business and cultural experiences that will be required of any MBA graduate. I highly recommend this program to all fellow MBA students. The investment is priceless and will give you lifelong experiences and friendships."
Scott Cooley, MBA student.
"The Berlin trip is a great experience. There is no better way to conclude your MBA than to take a study abroad trip."
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- India
- Paris
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Information About…
Global Human Resource Management
Prerequisites: Graduate Standing
Dr. Steve Werner
Global Strategy
Prerequisites: Graduate Standing
Dr. Dusya Vera
Tentative itinerary
- Tour of Berlin
- German businesses (sites visited in the past - BSR, Collonil, Moll Marzipan)
- Collegium Polonicum in Slubice, Poland
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Strategic Brand Management
Prerequisites: Graduate standing
Email: Dr. Vanessa Patrick
International Marketing
Prerequisites: Graduate standing
Email: Prof. Amy Vandaveer
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- All coursework outside of the weeklong trip to Paris will be online
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Regional Issues in Global Management
Prerequisites: Graduate standing
Email: Dr. Steve Werner
International Legal Environment of Business
Prerequisites: Graduate standing
Email: Dr. Je'Anna Abbott
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Although the itinerary for this trip is still tentative, past trips have included:
- Czech Republic businesses
(Skoda, Oracle, Czechinvest )
- Czech Republic University
(Centre of Economics Research and Graduate Ed. at Charles Univ.)
- Walking tour of Prague
- The Cities
- China Visa Requirement
- Travel Information from the U.S. Department of State
- Scholarships
- MANA 7353 Global Strategy in China: Regional Issues in Global Management
- Dr. Barbara Carlin
- Prerequisite: Graduate Standing
- GENB 6330 International Environment of Business
- Professor Daniel Currie
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Monday, February 18, 2013
Robert Stasiukaitis's company, Low Country Case & Millwork, has crafted exquisite woodwork for some of the most elegant and most high-profile locations in the area, including the Charleston Yacht Club, Charleston City Market and Mepkin Abbey.
But when all is said and done, he says, he makes cabinets for a living – not typically a vocation that "makes a difference" in the world.
So it was overwhelming, in November 2003, after a devastating fire at his facility, to arrive at work in the morning after a long night watching firefighters from four stations battle to save his plant, to find his property swarming with 100 customers, suppliers, friends and associates helping to clean up the mess. Within a week he was back in business.
The outpouring gave him a glimpse of how he has touched others' lives.
Stasiukaitis said he follows the saying that you come into this world with nothing and you leave with nothing, so any money you make in the middle you're simply managing for someone else.
He tithes 10 percent of his personal income and 10 percent of the company's profit, with the money going to support causes far away, like overseas missions, and near at hand, like the Summerville High School band, with which Stasiukaitis and later his two sons played the trumpet.
His son David, who now runs the company, still works with the band, and Stasiukaitis said being around young people makes him realize the country will be OK.
"We've got great kids," he said. "I get around these kids and they're just great people."
Stasiukaitis gets his passion for helping from his father, Joseph.
World events of decades ago reverberate today here in Summerville. Joseph Stasiukaitis of Lithuania was separated from his family during World War II and ended up in a work camp in Germany.
A church sponsored him to come to the U.S. at the age of 15.
"The charity of others has been in his life his whole life," Stasiukaitis said. "I grew up around all that."
The elder Stasiukaitis joined the Air Force to earn his citizenship, and his last stint was in Charleston.
He stuck around and ended up raising a family and becoming involved in Bethany United Methodist Church in downtown Summerville.
Robert Stasiukaitis remembers being dragged to church every Sunday, but eventually, he says, what you hear in church starts to make sense.
After high school he went to the University of North Carolina, where he met his wife, Brenda, and studied physics, intending to get as far away as possible from his father's profession as a general contractor.
He can only laugh and shake his head at his youthful determination.
"Life always takes a funny turn, and God has a sense of humor," he said.
He worked for McDonnell Douglas for a while, but the company wanted him to get a Ph.D., something he didn't really want to do.
Instead, one thing led to another and in 1990 he founded his company, focusing on woodwork rather than general contracting.
When the company started, he had two employees – his brother and his brother-in-law. Today the company is still a family affair, with his son, brother, brother-in-law, daughter-in-law and father working there, and altogether he employs more than 40 people.
His father remains committed to charity. In the years when the company can profit-share with its employees, his father gives every cent of his profit share to charity, Stasiukaitis said.
And it was his father who dragged him to his first overseas mission trip some 20 years ago.
Now Stasiukaitis finds he has to go overseas regularly to refresh his world view.
"It changes your life when you see how the rest of the world lives," he said.
The worst poverty in the U.S. doesn't come close to what the developing world experiences, he said, and seeing others' struggles helps him realize how petty his problems are.
"When you realize how blessed you are, it makes all the difference in the world," he said.
Like anyone, he still gets caught up in day-to-day worries and exasperations, but those regular trips remind him how small those problems are.
After a restructuring last year, he's transitioning out of the lead role at the company while David takes the helm so he can spend more time traveling and doing mission work. He and his wife will soon be traveling to Korea to visit their other son, Brian, who is teaching there.
And of course, he'll be spending time with his granddaughter, Ella.
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The Mount Pleasant Police Department were asking for the publics help in finding a runaway, according to Inspector Chip Googe. But she has been found.
Police say 16-year-old Alisha Michelle Pratt had been missing since Friday, June 27. She voluntarily left her foster house on White Hall Drive in Mount Pleasant.
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