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Call them frankfurters, wieners, franks, weenies, dogs, or hot dogs - they are one of America's favorite things to eat. According to Wiki-Answers, 750 million hot dogs are consumed each year in the U.S.
We certainly have a selection of dogs to choose from at the grocery store: beef, angus, pork, chicken, turkey and vegetarian hot dogs. They are short, long and footlong, skinless, in their natural casing, reduced sodium, and light. They can be grilled, steamed, broiled, sauteed, or microwaved. Buns can be plain, or covered with sesame or poppy seeds, split sideways or on top.
Now to toppings: does anyone eat their hot dog plain? Without a single condiment?
Choices for topping your dog vary as much as those eating the hot dogs! Some like ketchup, others like a certain style of mustard. Some like mustard and sweet pickle relish. Then there are the gourmets who live for toppings such as chili, chopped onion, pickles, cheese, coleslaw or hot peppers on their dogs.
Here's a quirky look at the different regional tastes from Hot Dog Chicago Style, beginning with, of course, Chicago.
Chicago - Vienna beef hot dog topped with chopped onions, diced or wedged tomatoes, a dill pickle spear, pickled hot peppers ("sport peppers"), pickle relish, mustard, and celery salt, and served on a poppy seed bun.
Cincinnati - Usually served as a "cheese coney" with Cincinnati chili, shredded mild cheddar cheese, and sometimes chopped onion and/or mustard.
Upstate New York - There are two distinct types of hot dogs. There are Red Hots and White Hots. Red Hots are "normal" hot dogs while White Hots are plumper and were first made by Zweigles of Rochester, New York.
New York - The street cart-style hot dog is the Sabrett all-beef natural casing frank, boiled and served with onion sauce and deli mustard—or sauerkraut.
North Carolina - Also with chili and coleslaw, with the addition of mustard and onions. Referred to as a hot dog 'all the way.'
Pacific Northwest - Often enjoyed with some combination of ketchup, mustard, relish, and mayo.
Boston - Often served steamed as opposed to grilled. Ketchup, mustard, relish, picalilli, and chopped onions are common toppings. The "Fenway Frank" is a fixture for Red Sox fans.
West Virginia - Hot dogs are usually served with chili sauce (usually without beans) and coleslaw. When served without a wiener, it is locally called a "chili dog," much to the confusion of non-residents.
Rhode Island - Called New York Style Hot Wieners, and served with meat sauce, chopped onion, mustard, and celery salt.
Providence Rhode Island - Home of the excellent New York System Frank, your basic hot dog covered with an all-beef chili, raw chopped onions and curry powder.
Detroit - Served as a "coney" with chili sauce, mustard, and onions on a steamed bun.
Kansas City - A Dog with sauerkraut and melted cheese.
New Jersey - Several styles of Hot Dogs are popular here: A "Potato Dog" has diced and stewed potatoes, brown mustard and served on spicy Sabrett® brand Hot Dog. "Texas Weiners" (chili dogs everywhere else) are Hot Dogs served with brown mustard, hot and spicy chili and diced raw onions. An "Italian Dog" has fried onions, peppers and potatoes.
Georgia - Especially in South Georgia you will find a "Scrambled" Dog (or dawg). This is a cheap, usually red-skinned hot dog, on a toasted white bun and topped with mustard and spicy chili sauce.
Southern Slaw Dog - Topped with mustard, chili and coleslaw.
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text: Chicago guard Derrick Rose sat there on the United Center court wincing with the pain of an ACL tear in his left knee. It sent shock waves through the Bulls, who suddenly look vulnerable as the Eastern Conference's No. 1 seed despite picking up a 103-91 Game 1 victory Saturday over the Philadelphia 76ers. The injury, which will likely sideline Rose for the rest of the playoffs, was a reminder to other NBA teams of how unpredictable events determine success more endless preparation.


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Motorola's first-generation Droid phone proved immensely popular when it was launched late last year, becoming one of the first phones to truly bring Google's Android operating system to the masses. But I didn't love the Droid. I found it too boxy and industrial-looking, its keyboard too flat and stiff, and its performance too often sluggish.
Now, Motorola and Verizon Wireless have taken the wraps off of the Droid's successor, the Droid X, a smartphone they are calling "a pocket-sized home theater." And while I still find the Droid X a bit sluggish, overall I like it -- a lot.
Price and Availability
The The Droid X costs $199.99 when you sign a new two-year contract with Verizon Wireless. That price you'll pay for a 16GB iPhone 4 and the HTC EVO 4G.
The Droid X features a different look than the original Motorola Droid. While the Droid X is still sort of flat, it is slightly more rounded in shape. The overall effect is much more sophisticated than the design of the original, boxy Droid. I also like that the Droid X sports physical buttons below the screen (Menu, Home, Back, and Search) rather than the touch-sensitive buttons found on the Droid; the physical buttons are much more responsive.
The Droid X is lighter and thinner than the original Droid, in large part because this all-touch-screen phone lacks the slide-out keyboard found on the Droid. If you rely on a hardware keyboard, this news may disappoint you. But I found the original Droid's keyboard too flat and slick to make typing easy. And because the screen on the Droid X is so large -- it measures 4.3 inches diagonally -- I found the on-screen keyboard incredibly roomy. Typing was a snap.
The large display sports the same resolution found on the 3.7-inch screen of the original Droid (854 by 480 pixels). Images and text looked very good, but not as sharp or crisp as they do on the iPhone 4's "Retina" display. That screen boasts a resolution of 960 by 640 pixels, which gives images and text an almost lifelike look. Still, the iPhone 4's screen is only 3.5-inches diagonally, which looks downright puny next to the Droid X's monster screen, so the lower resolution might be a welcome trade-off if you value size.
Making Calls
Verizon's cellular network is well regarded, and it proved its mettle during my tests of the Droid X. I never dropped a call. Call quality was very good, with voices on both sides coming through loud and clear.
Despite the phone's large size, I found the Droid X very comfortable to hold during calls. It's lighter than both the original Droid and HTC's EVO 4G (both of those phones weigh 6 ounces, while the Droid X weighs just under 5.5 ounces), and the difference was noticeable.
The Droid X ships with Android 2.1, which is no longer the latest version of the OS. Android has since been updated to version 2.2, which is already available on Google's Nexus One. The X should be updated to Android 2.2 later this summer.
Android has come a long way from its earliest versions, and even version 2.1 offers a refinement that previous versions were lacking. Navigating through the OS's many options has gotten easier, though I found the phone a bit sluggish at times, when switching screens or launching apps. And Android is still a bit geeky enough to overwhelm some newbies. For more details on Android, read my complete review of the mobile OS.
In addition to the Android OS, the Droid X features Motorola's Motoblur user interface, which syncs information across your e-mail accounts, social networks, and more.
I have mixed feelings about Motoblur. While it offers an easy way to see a lot of information from different sources, it can offer too much information. When I tested Motoblur on the Motorola Cliq, for example, I found that the Motoblur widgets overwhelmed the phone's home page.
Luckily, the experience has been toned down on the Droid X. Motoblur widgets don't take over your home screen; in fact, you have to scroll through a couple of screens to find them at all. And when you do, the widgets fit nicely on the Droid X's large screen, displaying just enough information without going overboard.
Web Browsing
The Droid X supports Verizon's high-speed 3G network, as well as Wi-Fi wireless networks, so you have plenty of options for speedy Web browsing. And, in even better news, the browser on the Droid X is one of the best I've seen on an Android phone so far. Too often, Android's browser requires you to dig through menus to access simple functions (like the address bar or the back button). Not so on the Droid X: the address bar is just where you'd expect to find it, and you can use the handy back button below the display to move back through Web pages. The 4.3-inch screen also offers plenty of real estate for Web browsing, and you can pinch and spread the screen to zoom in and out as needed.
What you won't find on the Droid X at launch is support for Adobe's Flash technology. You'll get this support, which will allow you to view multimedia Web pages as you would on a desktop computer, when the Droid X is updated to the next version of Android.
The Droid X also can be used as a Wi-Fi hotspot itself, to which you can connect as many as five devices for Internet access. This feature requires an extra $20-per-month service plan, however.
The Droid X features an 8-megapixel camera with a dual flash, but lacks a front-facing camera for video calls.
Overall, I was slightly disappointed with the camera's performance. While the big screen makes it easy to frame photos, I found the dedicated shutter button (on the right side of the phone) a bit hard to press. When I jammed my finger down on it to capture a photo, the result was often a blurred image.
The Droid X can capture HD videos, and the results here were a bit better, with Droid X producing clips that looked sharp and clear.
Verizon and Motorola are touting the Droid X as a multimedia powerhouse, and the phone's multimedia offerings are impressive. The 4.3-inch high-resolution screen offers a big, bright canvas for watching movies. And using Verizon's V CAST service, you can now access movies from BlockBuster On Demand right on your phone.
The Droid X also comes with an HDMI port, so you can connect it to your HDTV for viewing video content on your big screen, though you'll have to supply the cord yourself. In addition the phone is DLNA-compatible, so you can use it to stream video content to set-top boxes and other devices that share that certification.
Bottom Line
The original Droid was touted as an iPhone killer, but the Droid X is the first phone that has made me consider dumping Apple's smartphone. It tops the iPhone 4 with its big, beautiful screen and excellent call quality. Its Android OS lacks the slickness and ease-of-use that Apple's iOS offers, but once you get used to Android's quirks, you may never notice the difference.


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CONWAY — There is a small, nondescript piece of tape on the door to coach Cliff Ellis' new office inside The HTC Center with his name scrawled in simple handwriting to let visitors with keen eyesight know this is where the head coach can be found.
When asked earlier this week about the makeshift nameplate, Ellis just laughed. After all, he's had a lot more pressing priorities over the last month.
His Coastal Carolina men's basketball team opens the season with three of its toughest non-conference games back-to-back-to-back – starting with the season opener and the Chanticleers' debut inside their new arena Friday night against Akron.
"We're on our fourth week of practice and we've improved a lot, but it gets to be the real deal," Ellis said. "We're a new team, an inexperienced team in the frontcourt, so to speak, and it's a team that will make progress as the year goes. And we get great tests right off the bat. ... We've got three of our toughest games right off the bat. For our team, which is this young, it is going to be a great challenge."
Road games at Ole Miss and Tennessee Tech, which defeated Coastal last season in Conway, await next week, but first it's the Zips.
Akron finished 22-12 last season, winning the Mid-American Conference's regular-season championship, and has posted seven straight 20-win seasons under head coach Keith Dambrot. More to the point, the Zips boast four returning starters and an especially experienced 7-foot senior center in senior Zeke Marshall, the reigning MAC Defensive Player of the Year who has made 97 career starts and tallied 246 career blocks.
The Chants' starting forward and center combo of freshman Michel Enanga and junior El Hadji Ndieguene have made zero combined starts at the Division I level.
Due to losing a pair of key seniors and the unexpected offseason transfer of starting forward Sam McLaurin to Illinois, Coastal is starting over in the frontcourt – and starting with quite a test.
"I think we're athletic. The one thing I want us to do every night is defend and rebound," Ellis said. "I think we'll make offensive mistakes because it's kind of like a cake – we're trying to get it in the oven and make it all come out right. It takes time to do that – [four] weeks is not enough time. But definitely we can play hard, we can rebound and that's going to be non-negotiable. We've got to be able to do that."
Enanga has been the most impressive of Coastal's six healthy newcomers – including five freshmen – through the preseason, while the 6-foot-10 Ndieguene joins the program from the junior college ranks.
"I think they're going to give us some help down there," senior guard Anthony Raffa said. "I mean, they're great defensively and they can score. So we're going to try to mix [them] into the flow. We're just going to play basketball."
Raffa, who led the team in scoring at 16.7 points per game last season, and senior point guard Kierre Greenwood, entering his fourth season as a starter, give this Chants team some familiarity from past years.
But that's about it as the team moves into The HTC Center, leaving cramped Kimbel Arena behind and embarking on a new chapter for the program.
"I'm going to be focused on my team, [but] I hope that the atmosphere is like Kimbel," Ellis said. "It's about three and a half, four times bigger, but I think people should be excited about coming in here. This is Division I basketball at a premium. You've got a team coming in here that just flat-out knows how to play, and it's going to take that sixth-man, that crowd excitement to help these young guys kind of get over the hump."
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Northwestern scored 20 unanswered points in the third quarter to stride into the Class AAAA Division II football Upper State championship game on the heels of a 39-7 win over York.
Under Kyle Richardson, the Trojans (13-0) have been pegged as a passing outfit, but they ran the ball 39 times Friday against the Cougars (10-3), while attempting just 20 passes. That running attack combined with Northwesterns stingy defensive effort, holding the Cougars to just 88 yards on the ground, meant Richardsons crew will be playing football the day after Thanksgiving for the second year in a row. Theyll host North Augusta, after the Yellow Jackets beat Beaufort 23-10.
Once again our defense gets out there and they get after it, Richardson said. To hold them to one less touchdown than the last time we played them, that shows you how focused the defense was.
I cant stand going against them in practice, said sophomore running back Julian Shockley about his defensive teammates. Its the hardest defense Ive ever been with.
The host Trojans punted on their first drive, but then scored touchdowns on six of their next seven, inflicting much of the damage in the middle of the field on the ground. Shockley rumbled for 101 yards on 12 carries and quarterback Mason Rudolph added 80 and two touchdowns on 15 carries. For Shockley, it felt natural to be a major contributor in the second round of the playoffs, even as a 10th grader.
Im glad I can support my team whatever way they need me to, he said afterward, the satisfaction evident.
Northwestern still enjoyed success through the air. Rudolph threw three touchdown passes, including two to Quadarius Fair, who has become a favorite target. Dupree Hart also caught a touchdown pass, ran in another score and tied the schools career receptions record, held by Robert Joseph. The twinkle-toed junior needs just five more catches to break former Summerville standout, and current Cincinnati Bengal, A.J. Greens all-time state record.
My boy Dupree, man, hes a playmaker, said Fair. Its hard to stop him.
It was Rudolphs 24-yard dart to Fair, who dragged tacklers in, that opened the scoring. The tall senior receiver then made it 12-0 to Northwestern late in the first quarter when Rudolph bounced around the pocket buying time before finding a wide open Fair, seriously wide open, in the back of the end zone.
They were too focused on Dupree, he said. We had double coverage all night so we had to find a way to get open, and we ended up doing it.
The Trojans went ahead by three scores with an imperious march on their next possession. After stopping York on fourth-and-1 from the Trojans 2, one of three fourth down stops for the home team on the night, Northwestern drove the ball 99 yards in 16 plays, with Rudolphs 1-yard touchdown plunge the culmination.
York hacked into the deficit with a scoring drive before the intermission, with Deshaw Andrews hitting Daurice Simpson, who flew into the end zone over tacklers to make it 19-7 with 1 minute, 42 seconds left in the second quarter.
But Northwestern, the top remaining seed in the Class AAAA Division II bracket after Goose Creeks loss to South Pointe, bolted out of the locker room in the second half to wrest complete control of the contest. The Trojans stopped York on downs, then rammed the ball down the field with eight runs in a nine-play drive, Hart scooting in for six points to make it 26-7.
The Cougars were finished when Hart took a short dump-off later in the quarter and danced into the end zone, before Rudolph closed the scoring with a 3-yard run, his team-leading 15th rushing touchdown of the season.
We told them all week the focus was on us, and nobody else, said Richardson, and thats what we did tonight. Thats the result.
Northwestern 39, York 7
Scoring summary
NHS Quadarius Fair 21 pass from Mason Rudolph (Sully Foy kick failed)
NHS Quadarius Fair 14 pass from Rudolph (Rudolph run failed)
NHS Rudolph 1 run (Foy kick)
YCHS Daurice Simpson 15 pass from Deshaw Andrews (Buddy Anderson kick)
NHS Dupree Hart 1 run (Foy kick)
NHS Hart 11 pass from Rudolph (Foy kick failed)
NHS Rudolph 3 run (Foy kick)
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RUSHING YCHS: Ryan Moore 18-64; Deshaw Andrews 10-25; Kyron Schrouder 1-(-7). NHS: Julian Shockley 12-101; Mason Rudolph 15-80; Tori Adams 7-32; Dupree Hart 3-8; Chris Bowler 1-0; Harper Woods 1-0.
PASSING YCHS: Andrews 25-30-0-1; Jerome Pettiway 1-5-1-0. NHS: Rudolph 15-19-0-3; Woods 0-1-0-0.
RECEIVING YCHS: Moore 9-33; Josh McCoy 8-55; Daurice Simpson 3-71; Markel Castle 3-12; C.J. Shannon 1-4; Kyron Schrouder 1-(-1); Trinity Shannon 1-(-9). NHS: Quadarius Fair 5-82; Hart 4-52; Logan Rudolph 3-32; Jaquavious Mackey 1-22; Shockley 1-8; Quiveon Beckham 1-2.
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FoxyMoron grabs the newly launched Facebook offers with some Mocha coffee.
Facebook launched Facebook Offers early in 2012 for the United States of America and Canada. This took off very well with many Fand B brands which saw an increase in footfalls to their outlets after they started giving their digital audience Offers on beverages and desserts. Facebook anticipated launching Offers in all other countries as well if it went well in the Americas. Eventually by early April they introduced offers in India on a test level. The first few brands that saw these offers as a good business opportunity with their digital audience was The Irish House and The Mocha coffee shop chain. Both brands started Facebook offers in order to induce their digital audience into actual footfalls to the outlet. Facebook Offers is a simple 2 step process via which fans can enjoy discounts at their favorite restaurants or at their favorite brands. The offer gets posted like a status from the brand page and fans can claim it from the page. Upon claiming the page the fan gets an e- mail on his Facebook registered e- mail i.d which he shows to the host at the outlet and redeems his offer. Since fans do not need printouts and can show their emails on their smart phones it became easier for users to redeem these offers. The Irish house ran its offers for 3 days and received 30 claims, 15 likes and 5 shares. More and more brands are now secure about investing in Facebook as it is the only social media platform that is continuously growing and sustaining itself. Managing your online image is very important as more and more people are subscribing to Facebook to know what brands are offering. Keeping Facebook Offers in mind all brands need to rush and grab their digital audience before their competitors latch on to them. Foxymoron The digital agency which manages The Irish House and Mocha are very optimistic about starting offers for their brands before anyone else in the industry did. MrHarshilKaria partner at Foxymoron kept stressing at getting Facebook Offers activated for his brands as soon as possible this is what he had to say when we quizzed him about handling the first brands that started Facebook Offers in India "You snooze you lose."Comments


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"University researchers say corals in a part of the Great Barrier Reef off Queensland appear to be in better shape than reefs in the Caribbean.
University of Queensland Professor Peter Mumby says reef fish are helping to keep seaweed under control near Heron Island, off Gladstone in the state's central region, but the same is not happening in the Caribbean.
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"A Malaysian state on Borneo island, known for its world-class dive sites, is seeking to ban shark fishing to protect the species, which draws thousands of tourists each year, a minister says.
Masidi Manjun, state tourism, culture and environment minister, said Sabah hopes the law can be changed by the end of the year to impose a blanket ban on killing sharks, which are mainly hunted for their fins to make soup.
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One of the world's most detailed and engaging theme park attractions isn't in a theme park. Star Trek: The Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton transports guests into the 24th century for a one-of-a-kind interactive adventure. From start to finish, the level of commitment to the storytelling is truly astonishing. More than a motion simulator ride, The Experience is a 25-minute immersion into the Trek oeuvre, complete with live actors, multiple sets, shuttle bays, and Klingons. The admission prices are steep, but if you are a Star Trek fan or a theme park fan, resistance is futile; it's holodeck nirvana.
- About Guide Rating (0=Yich!, 10=Wow!): 10
- Thrill Scale (0=Wimpy!, 10=Yikes!): 4
Typical motion simulator action. Psychological thrills may be intense for young children.
- Type: Motion-base simulator with highly immersive pre-show.
- Height restriction (minimum, in inches): 42
- Location: Las Vegas Hilton, just off the Strip.
- Admission (May, 2003): $24.99 for adults, $21.99 for children 12 and under and seniors 65 and older.
- Also features Borg Invasion 4-D, an ambitious 3-d theatrical presentation.
Captain's log-- stardate: early 21st century. We've landed in a bold, new world. The climate is arid and inhospitable, yet the people here have built an enormous city. They have erected huge signs that emit more light than a photon beam. The female species engage in a peculiar ritual of prancing around on stages with almost no clothing except for elaborate headdresses. I've observed people taking all of their hard-earned currency and giving it away at something they call 'casinos.' The crew and I are having difficulty making sense out of this land, so I have scheduled a briefing with someone who appears to be almost like a deity here: Wayne Newton.
Star Trek meets Las Vegas? You bet! As if the famous gaming capital wasn't otherworldly enough, the ambitious Experience blasts guests to a future alterna-universe that's utterly convincing. You'll swear that you've been beamed into a real-life Trek episode.
The fun begins in the massive Hilton's North Tower. At one end of the Space Quest casino (which, with its laser beams, giant video screens, and touch-sensitive slot machines is an attraction in itself), guests enter the History of the Future museum to the fanfare of Star Trek's various theme songs. Admission is free here; tickets are required to enter The Experience part of the attraction at the end of the museum's hallway. A huge scale model of the starship Enterprise hangs from the ceiling. Props, costumes, video snippets, and other Trek drek from the television shows and movies fill the museum, which doubles as the queue for the attraction. With the displays, there's no risk of line boredom. Although, if you assemble near the head of the line to secure your place on the next "mission," you'll have to endure the watchful gaze of a robotic Jean-Luc Picard in his Borg regalia and a brief, but endless loop of "The Next Generation" highlights.
RED ALERT!If you want to learn more about the attraction, read on. However, if you're concerned that spoilers may ruin the surprises (and there are some real doozies) before you have a chance to experience them yourself, watch "The Next Generation" repeats, wait till you make the trek out to Las Vegas, and DON'T click to the next page. You've been warned...
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By Seth Littrell
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Richmond's planning and zoning department Tuesday evening hosted a meeting for public input on a new road manual being developed by the city.
David Uckotter, of CDP Engineers, presented to an audience of six residents the functional classifications of streets within the city. He also gave a description of access management, or controlling the number of connectors between local streets and large arterial roads.
Uckotter has been hired by the city to help formulate a general road plan for the area that will give a depiction of how Richmond could look in the future. Once completed, city officials will be able to use the plan when considering new development.
Uckotter said access management has a number of benefits, the most notable being that it reduces the need for maintenance as well as the number of intersections and lights that need to be installed.
"It costs about $150,000 to install a traffic signal," he said. "To simply put a traffic stop up doesn't work anymore."
When a large number of signaled intersections are installed in a small area, such as the Eastern Bypass, timing the lights correctly becomes an important issue that can lead to accidents, Uckotter said.
As an alternative, he suggested limiting the number of entrances onto large arterials like the Bypass by having service roads bring drivers to certain intersections, allowing intersections and lights to be spread out and making traffic flow easier.
A popular issue raised by residents at the meeting was the installation of bike paths and multi-purpose trails throughout the city. Planning and Zoning Director Jason Hart said most of the large roadways in the city were state roads. He said incorporating the demand for trails in the plan is a good way to let the state know there is a need for them locally so that when maintenance needs to be done the issue can be raised.
After the presentation, those in attendance were invited to view maps of the existing city streets with examples of proposed future streets. People were invited to take a pen and add to the map, showing where they would like connector routes to go.
This was the second meeting hosted by the city for public input. Uckotter said there will be more in the future while the general plan is still being drafted.
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In a match featuring the second and fourth place sides in the table, there were fireworks in the stands and on the pitch as Bayer Leverkusen beat their opponents 3-1 to keep the pace with the leaders.
Frankfurt fans flares and fireworks in the stands after fifteen minutes forcing officials to take the players off the pitch until order could be restored in the stands. Leverkusen came out of the small break and grabbed two goals in quick succession. Marco Russ cleared Stefan Kießling's header, but the ball only made it out to Sebastian Boenisch. His shot beat Kevin Trapp to make it 1-0.
It was 2-0 just a couple of minutes later. Gonzalo Castro and Kießling broke free behind the defense. Castro held the ball until the last second and fed Kießling who finished.
Andre Schürrle made it 3-0 in the 58th minute on a pass from Kießling. The attacking midfielder put his shot just inside the near post to give Leverkusen what seemed like an insurmountable lead.
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Thursday, February 28, 2013
Teaching W. E. B. Du Bois with Amy Bass
1) When we teach US history, we almost always mention Du Bois in the early 20th century. Perhaps it is his opposition to Booker T. Washington; perhaps it is him as a progressive with The Souls of Black Folk. How can he easily be incorporated into the middle part of the 20th century when the the Cold War and civil rights movements get the lion's share of attention?
AB: There is part of me that is always really excited when someone asks me a question at a reading or a lecture about Booker T., even though it really has nothing to do with what I focus on in my work on Du Bois, because it speaks to the fact that the Booker T. versus Du Bois opposition is part of the standard historical canon. Du Bois doesn't really appear a whole lot in, for example, history text books: the NAACP and Booker T. are where he is located. So when someone asks that question -- and someone always does -- it reminds me to never take for granted that people understand the enormity of Du Bois's importance across the 20th century, and also to be heartened that they know who he is at all. That said: there is a reason civil rights organizers took pause on the eve of the March on Washington when news of Du Bois's death in Ghana surfaced. All that lay before them, he laid foundations for. But he was far more complex than that, which is why he is such a fascinating figure in terms of postwar culture and politics. I spent a lot of time with his autobiographies, which really mark how living a long life of thinking and writing becomes a way of documenting the past in and of itself. The subtitle of the final memoir piece, "A Soliloquy on Viewing My Life from the Last Decade of Its First Century," speaks volumes to this, I think. From his travels throughout the South in his college days to his travels to the Soviet Union in the decade after the Russian Revolution , from his leadership in the Niagara Movement to what Manning Marable has called his "political assassination" by the State Department, there are few transitions in the 20th century that cannot be scoped through Du Bois. Think of it: pan-Africanism, pacifism, McCarthyism, socialism and Communism, and so on. Further, much can be learned about how difficult political operation can be -- his problems with the NAACP, especially with Walter White, his power at The Crisis, the lack of support he received from so many longtime colleagues in the wake of the Peace Information Center investigation. In so many ways, his life IS the 20th century, even -- perhaps especially -- after his death, with the radicalization of civil rights movements and then, as I have found, the struggle over his legacy, writ large.
2) In Those About Him Remained Silent, you emphasize the local history of such a global figure. If you had to use one primary document from that local story, what would it be and how does it exemplify main themes in your book.
AB: There's a letter to the editor of the local paper, The Berkshire Eagle, written in 2004 about the debate engulfing Du Bois's hometown, Great Barrington, over whether or not to name the new school after him. This debate arose as I (foolishly) thought I was finishing the book. It delayed my timeline, as I realized that the 21st century debate over Du Bois almost exactly mirrored the late 1960s controversies I had devoted so much research and writing to. I was in awe, which is funny, because as a historian, I know that change and progress are not the same thing, and the latter -- indeed - does not exist. In this one letter, the writer made all the same points that those who had come some forty years before had, condemning Du Bois for his expatriation and, even more importantly, his communism. But then she brought it right into the present, likening the naming of a school for Du Bois to doing for "Mussolini, Stalin or Hussein." That last one really hit me, demonstrating how easily the past racist musings of a small town could be translated into the current moment, and even add a new shade to it. It was the moment that I fully realized that the post-911 moment of the so-called War on Terror was nothing new. This isn't to say I didn't think that before, but there was something about her letter that really hit home for me, perhaps particularly because my New England self has lived in New York for a long time now. When I found the statement by a member of a local VFW in the late 1960s comparing Du Bois to Hitler, I was gleeful, almost, in how well I saw my project coming together. But there was something about the letter some forty years later comparing him to Hussein that just really hit, well, home.
3) Can you think of any research assignments that students could do themselves that would follow your approach?
AB: I think finding the local in the global, and the global in the local, is a fantastic way for students to begin their research. One of the things I have them do in one of my lower level courses is go into the New York Times archives and find their birthday, any year that they want, and figure out a research topic based on it. It's not exactly the same thing, but I think that when the personal investment in your subject is that upfront, you can really be motivated to sink your teeth in. Finding this stuff in your backyard, as I did, literally, works the same way. The recent "This American Life" piece about the mass execution of Native Americans in 1862 in Mankato, Minnesota is a great example. No one ever talked about it, but John Biewen, who grew up there, went and got the story. When I was first working on the Du Bois project, which came about in a similar way, I had just read Diane McWhorter's "Carry Me Home," a very personal take of Birmingham in the civil rights era, but also a really well-written and well-researched one. Her own memories of key events in that period, without question, offer an important take on the national scene. These stories are everywhere. You just have to make sure you keep looking for the big picture.
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Video Killed … the Great Depression?
I have been so busy reforming the nation (during the Progressive Era) and then learning all the new dances of the 1920s (hat tip to Terra Schultz for help locating this video on the "Black Bottom") that I haven't been able to show our blog the attention she deserves. So I come to you in a moment of depression, and not any old depression – the Great Depression. You know the one: Dust Bowl, buying on margin, Herbert Hoover being … well, Herbert Hoover.
When I TAed this class for Prof. Mark W. Summers at the University of Kentucky, he had a slide show of photographs from the 1930s and set it to "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime." It was beautiful and gripping. But I worry about the dramatic saga approach to teaching the Great Depression. In part, it sets up a villain-hero dynamic where FDR invariably becomes the god who didn't fail. For instance, we watched this film on the 1930s that uses newsreel from the era. FDR is hero; Long is a villain; and the New Deal pretty much won the day. Of course, there are some truths here. FDR did win 4 presidential elections, but "good New Deal" versus "bad business folks" probably sounds to our students like more "liberal propaganda" thrown at them from "liberal professors" … the kind that Glenn Beck disdains.
So how do we teach the Great Depression without heroes and villains, without drama that shifts seems to have clear political undertones?
Monday, February 11, 2013
A Wordpress 101 Workshop for History Students
Anyway, within the last couple of weeks I've had the chance to run two workshops, each one designed to get a full class of students signed on and familiar with the rudiments of setting up their own Wordpress.com site for class use. By the second one, I had created a sample Wordpress.com site and populated it with a couple of basic posts, a few pages, a header photo, and a list of basic tasks for the workshop. I thought I'd link to it here, in case it proves helpful for anyone else or as a model for how to run a similar workshop for beginners.


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Two hundred years ago, the town now known as Wakefield officially split off from the rest of the town of Reading (then incorporating both Reading and North Reading.) What is now Wakefield had been the First Parish, or the oldest part of the original old town of Redding, with settlement as early as 1639. Over time, divisions between the 'parishes' had grown, exacerbated by politics – our town, being largely Republican, favored the war with Great Britain; the remainder of the town of Redding, being largely Federalist in feeling, opposed a military solution. This was the final straw, and the town of "South Reading" was officially incorporated on February 25th, 1812.
At the time, there were about 800 persons living in the village of South Reading. There were 125 dwelling houses. There were sixteen public roads, no sidewalks, no town hall and no post office. The Centre Schoolhouse stood upon the Common itself near where the Civil War Monument stands today. The Common was unfenced and un-graded; the center part of it was a hollow or basin that was filled with debris. In winter, it froze up and presented a skating pond. The Lower Common was not then all public land: the earliest burying ground still stood near and under the current Bandstand. The Lower Common also housed a blacksmith shop and an engine house for the "Republican Extinguisher" fire engine. The town pound, then an important structure for housing loose livestock, stood near where the Unitarian church stands today.
There were two religious societies in town: the Congregational church stood near where its successor now stands near the lake (then still called the "Great Pond.) The Baptist Church stood on Salem Street.
At its first official town meeting on March 5th, the South Reading town officers were selected. The town chose a moderator, town clerk and selectmen, but also a 'fish committee,' 'fence viewers,' a 'leather sealer,' a 'pound keeper,' and a 'hog reeve.'
At the second town meeting, nine days later, a committee was chosen to settle matters still pending with the old town of Reading. (In actuality, however, disputes with the old town would go on for years.)
On April 6th, 1812, the town met again, this time to discuss finances. The whole amount of money raised by taxes from South Reading (for town, county and state purposes) was $1500. The town meeting decided to spend the sum of $350 on schools, and appointed a school committee to determine where that money went. The princely sum of $450 was earmarked for highway repair.
The balance of the meeting dealt with issues of defense. Hostilities with Great Britain loomed, and the scrappy little town of South Reading wanted to do its part. They appointed two members to attend a conference in Concord to "take into view the situation of our pubic affairs." A new powder house was to be erected on "Hot-house Shore" of the Great Pond, and to be supplied with ammunition. Extra money was voted to be given to those drafted for public service in the military. Selectmen were authorized to do the drafting; guns and ammunition were to be furnished for soldiers at the town's expense. A committee was appointed to make sure that the families of the soldiers were taken care of. The mood of the town was evidenced in a series of resolutions that they passed:
"That in times like the present, big with danger, and threatening momentary change, we should lose no time … in making the utmost exertions to meet the enemy and repel his attacks…"
"That it be recommended to have signals agreed upon, to give speedy notice in this town of an attack upon the navy-yard … that every man may have an opportunity to display his valor, and aim at least one blow to avenge the many wrongs of our much injured country."
South Reading was ready to fight – but they were two months premature. It should be noted that the nation's declaration of war did not come until June 18th. It must also be noted that the town of Reading, in a meeting held on July 13th, voted on the question of whether the town was in favor of a war with Great Britain. Not one Reading man voted in favor of the war. (One can only imagine South Reading's disgust at the news of the old town's vote.)
The infant town of South Reading grew quickly; by 1830, there were 500 more people in town and 40 more dwelling houses. In 1845, when the extension of the Boston & Maine Railroad came through South Reading, our leading citizens predicted, in great excitement, that "South Reading would probably furnish as many as thirty daily passengers" for the train.
In fact, the railroad brought another huge growth spurt to the town, with new industries and new town services. By 1847, the town had decided to establish a high school, and to lay out new streets. The town decided to rename its ponds, naming the upper lake "Quannapowitt," and the lower lake "Wappahtuck."
The town also decided to hold a vote to rename itself. Many were still angry with the old town of Reading and wanted a new name to complete the total divorce from the old town. "Winthrop" received more than twice as many votes as "South Reading," but the state legislature rejected the name. (Note: the town of Winthrop, Massachusetts would be incorporated in 1852.) It would be 21 years before South Reading would be permitted to make a permanent name change in honor of the man who had donated a municipal building to the town, Cyrus Wakefield.


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On Feb. 12, assistant professor of business Roger Bradley will defend the robber barons during his Community Lecture Series presentation, "The 'Robber Barons:' Neither Robbers Nor Barons."
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The term robber baron is used to describe industrialists of the late 19th century who are frequently considered to be "bad" people, earning their money and grew their businesses by stealing it from the less fortunate.
On Feb. 12, assistant professor of business Roger Bradley will explain how he believes these men did nothing of the sort during his Community Lecture Series presentation, "The 'Robber Barons:' Neither Robbers Nor Barons."
"Most (if not all) of these men were born into humble means and grew wealthy due to their ability to provide a good or service that people were eager - not compelled - to pay for," explained Bradley, mentioning examples such as Vanderbilt's railroads, Rockefeller's oil, and Carnegie's steel. "The success of these men was the product of the fact that they made the lives of people better through the goods they produced."
Bradley adds that these men not only worked hard to make other's lives better in business but that they also used their wealth to endow institutions that were for the public benefit such as museums and universities.
Professor Bradley earned his Ph.D. in Economics from Clemson University. He received an M.A. in Teaching History and a B.S. in Social Studies Education from Bob Jones University. His areas of focus for his doctoral studies included econometrics, industrial organization and monetary economics.
In honor of the 125th anniversary of the former Hotel Ponce de Leon, the 2013 Community Lecture Series will focus on "The Hotel Ponce de Leon Deconstructed: Building the Future for Modern America."
The series will feature a lineup of historians and scholars discussing Henry Flagler's vision for St. Augustine, social classes and American politics during the late 19th century, the influence of art, music and literature during the Gilded Age, as well as other exciting topics.
This year, thanks to VISIT FLORIDA's Cultural Heritage and Nature Tourism Grant Program, Flagler College will offer complimentary admission to the spring 2013 Flagler College Community Lecture Series for any St. Johns County tourism employee. Tourism employees interested in attending any of the five lectures offered will need to present their employee name tag or ID at the lecture series registration table.
Tickets are $5 per person for a single lecture, or $15 for four lectures. Active military personnel may attend at no charge. Lectures begin at 10 a.m. in the Flagler Room at Flagler College, 74 King St. Reservations are required, but space is limited. The lecture will last approximately one hour and will be followed by a coffee and pastry reception.
Call (904) 819-6282 for reservations or more information. To watch a live stream of these lectures, visit ustream.tv/channel/community-lecture-series.
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Welcome to the Woodbury Animation department. Whether you are a new first year or transfer student applicant, you likely will have many questions. Interested applicants are encouraged to visit the campus and meet with the Animation Chair to learn about the program, see the studio learning environment, and become familiar with the type of work expected of the program.
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Incoming freshman students are strongly encouraged to provide a portfolio. This will assist us in placing you in the correct courses. Ten to fifteen pieces of your best work are appropriate. For submission requirements, see below.
Transfer students must submit a digital portfolio of their work for studio placement. This work should include samples from art, design or media courses that you are transferring to Woodbury for credit in the major. A minimum of ten samples are required. Please edit your images to include your best work. A range of work is preferable and may include any of the following:
- Figure drawing and sketching
- Painting and illustration
- Animation or other media clips
- Photography
- Sculpture or other three-dimensional work
A digital version of your portfolio is preferred.
Images and clips can be compiled in a blog on a site such as Blogger. Please dedicate a blog to your portfolio and do not post other personal material there. Keep the blog simple and turn off the comments option. Black or gray background is preferable. Email a link to the blog to email@example.com and to your Woodbury admissions counselor.
Images only can be emailed in PDFor JPG form. Please keep images small and limit each email to no more than 5MB of material. Email the images to email@example.com and to your Woodbury admissions counselor. Animation clips and other media, including images, may be submitted on disc. Please include a written description of all items on the disc along with the submission information required below.
All submissions should include the following information:
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- A description of each piece submitted including whether the work is personal or was created as a course assignment.
- The date the work was completed
You may also make an appointment to show original work. Please do not mail original work as Woodbury cannot be responsible for returning your work.
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It is recommended that all incoming freshmen purchase a computer in their first year that is compatible with the existing technology in the campus labs. Juniors in the Animation program are required to purchase a laptop that is capable of running the required graphic software necessary to produce the junior and senior animation projects. Software may include current versions of:
- Adobe CS Suite with Photoshop, After Effects and Premiere Pro.
- Adobe Flash
- Autodesk Maya
- QuickTime Pro
- Microsoft Office
Please consult with Animation program faculty for additional software options based on your project's needs. Free or discounted educational versions of software are sometimes available at considerable savings.
Recommended Mac: 15-inch MacBook Pro (Educational discounts are available through the Woodbury On-line Apple Store http://store.apple.com/us_edu_281940/recommended )
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- 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200 rpm
- SuperDrive 8x (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
- MacBook Pro 15-inch Glossy Widescreen Display
- Backlit Keyboard (English) & User's Guide
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- AppleCare Protection Plan for MacBook Pro recommended
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2012: Saw playing time in 15 games … Tallied first collegiate goal in 4-2 victory at Northeastern … Registered seven shots with two tries on goal.
2011: Took part in nine games and made six starts during season ... Registered three shots.
2010: Took part in 12 games and made four starts ... Attempted four shots, with two tries on goal.
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A Lower Saucon Township man was cited for disorderly conduct Aug. 23, after he allegedly became angry and screamed obscenities at police officers at his home.
In a press release, police said William Broad, of 4303 Lower Saucon Road, "became very irate" with the officers, who responded to his home in the middle of the afternoon.
Police said Broad--who -- initially called police to report that a street sign had been knocked over by his tractor.
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He was cited because he shouted the obscenities while "there were neighbors within hearing distance, as well as Broad's juvenile son," police said.


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The monatomic matter (m-state) is a fifth state of matter, which lies beyond the commonly known states (solid, liquid, gas and plasma) and which is characterized by exotic, quantum like and only partially non-local behavior. Beyond the various theories that now crowd the arena of debate on the m-state matter (BEC, MSSM, zero point vacuum, diatomic mineral form), the monatomic elements (ORMEs) exhibit a particular behavior and for this reason can not be considered true chemical elements and even atomic matter in the classical sense of the term.
How does it work
Monatomic matter is designed to trigger the energetic being thereby acting as an energetic support for the body and the body having an innate intelligence will by design heal itself as needed. True monatomic matter acts progressively and proportionately to ones acceptance of their conscious evolution and transformation. In a sense this means that people must reorganize their minds in order to tell the body what it truly needs.
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The niacin flush is a side effect of taking large doses of niacin (vitamin B3) supplements. It's an uncomfortable reaction that includes of reddening of the skin accompanied by a burning or itching sensation. It usually starts about 10 to 20 minutes after taking the supplements.
The flush happens when the niacin causes the small blood vessels in the skin to dilate. Flushing of the face is the most common, but it can also occur in the neck and upper body.
The niacin flush isn't dangerous, but it can be very uncomfortable and even frightening if you're not expecting it. It may be reduced in severity by taking aspirin 30 minutes before taking the niacin supplements, or by using time-released niacin.
Therapeutic Use of Niacin
Some people take niacin to improve their cholesterol levels with the hopes of decreasing their risk of heart disease and atherosclerosis. Large daily doses of niacin, 50 milligrams (mg) or more, may help to decrease LDL cholesterol, the bad cholesterol, and increase the HDL cholesterol, which is the good form of cholesterol.
Most people don't need niacin supplements for normal health. You can easily get all the niacin you need from a normal diet. The DRI for niacin is around 14 or 15 mg per day for adults. Niacin-rich foods include nuts, legumes, eggs, poultry, beef and seafood.
Pellagra, a disease due to niacin deficiency, is rare in developed countries; niacin deficiency is most commonly found in alcoholics.
Although niacin is a vitamin, when it's taken in doses over 50 mg, it acts like a drug and can cause unwanted side effects. The niacin flush may be harmless, but taking large doses for long periods of time may cause liver damage, might interfere with certain prescription medications, and also raise your blood sugar levels.
You should not take large doses of niacin supplements (over 50 mg per day) without speaking to your health care provider. You don't need to worry about getting too much niacin from multiple vitamin supplements, they only contain small amounts of niacin and will not lead to a niacin flush.
Sood A, Arora R. "Mechanisms of flushing due to niacin and abolition of these effects." J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2009 Nov;11(11):685-9.
University of Maryland Medical Center. "Vitamin B3 (Niacin)." Accessed March 22, 2011. http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/vitamin-b3-000335.htm.


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Obama, Romney Struggling With Working Class Voters
Presidential fight may swing on who is more relatable to blue-collar voters.
In order to win the presidential election in November, both Republican front-runner Mitt Romney and President Obama must answer the same question: How do they connect with working class voters? Much has been made of the importance of wooing independent women voters this fall, manifesting itself in campaign sniping about which side better represents their interests. But such a demographic is not separate from the working class, which likely will sway results in key states such as Pennsylvania and Ohio.
To be successful, each candidate will need to buck their perception among blue-collar voters—Romney seemingly aloof, Obama coming off as a liberal elite—by crafting a winning argument aimed at the "everyman" audience.
"For Romney to win, he's got to get Midwestern, blue-collar voters because they form a swing bloc," says David Woodard, political science professor at Clemson University and a former GOP consultant. "I don't think that they are really in Obama's camp – it's like they're able to be courted, but you have to court them. You can't just ignore them and hope that they come in."
[Read: Team Romney charges Obama is bad for working women.]
Woodard says the Republican primary was riddled with Romney remarks that put a distance between him and the working man.
"I have some great friends that are NASCAR team owners," Romney has previously said after commenting he doesn't closely follow the sport. Soundbites like that, paired with an economic philosophy that promotes letting the home foreclose process "run its course" and "hit the bottom" along with allowing Detroit automakers to "go bankrupt" have left the former Massachusetts governor, whose self-worth tops $200 million, a bit vulnerable.
Romney also trailed Obama in a recent Washington Post/ABC News poll that asked voters who better understands the economic problems people are having—49 percent picked Obama compared to 37 percent who selected Romney.
"It's clear that, one-on-one, [Romney's] not going to be able to relate to them," Woodard says. "Even when he takes off his coat and he's in his shirt, he looks too pristine compared to what the working class guys wear."
However, Woodard says all is not lost for Romney.
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"Sure Romney's a rich guy, but we like rich guys – they make jobs," he says.
Romney's burden is not to convince CEOs or "the head of the company" to vote for him, but to convince the guys who are the "guts of the company" that what he does as president will really help them, Woodard says.
Gerald Shuster, communications professor at the University of Pittsburgh, believes Obama holds the edge right now with the working class, but has some advice for Romney.
"He doesn't have to be sympathetic, but learn how to be empathetic," he says. "Like, I may be wealthy but that doesn't mean I don't understand why you feel the way you feel. And that's the difference."
It's a tactic that's worked for successful presidents like John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan and even George W. Bush.
But Obama is not without his own challenges winning over the working class, a demographic he's had trouble with since his lengthy 2008 Democratic primary against Hillary Clinton, who clobbered him among those voters.
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"Anybody gone into Whole Foods lately and see what they charge for arugula?" he had asked primary voters in Iowa, a state that did not even have a Whole Foods market at the time.
Shuster says since becoming president, Obama's difficulty no longer lies with his ability to relate with working class voter, but making them believe his policies aren't to blame for high gas prices and a sluggish economy.
"The average working person – the bottom of the middle class – are saying, I am voting this time, and this time they better mean what they say," says Shuster.
Economic arguments aside, for independent voters who haven't made up their mind, it might just come down to likeability. So far, that's a battle Obama is winning.


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Attunity, Ltd. (NASDAQ: ATTU), a leading provider of information availability software solutions, announced today that its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Shimon Alon, is scheduled to present at the 15th Annual B. Riley & Co. Investor Conference on Monday, May 19th, 2014 at 4:00 pm PT, at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel in Santa Monica, California.
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Attunity has supplied innovative software solutions to its enterprise-class customers for nearly 20 years and has successful deployments at thousands of organizations worldwide. Attunity provides software directly and indirectly through a number of partners such as Microsoft, Oracle, IBM and HP. Headquartered in Boston, Attunity serves its customers via offices in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific and through a network of local partners. For more information, visit http://www.attunity.com or our In Tune blog and join our community on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube, the content of which is not part of this press release.
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Attention Dog Owners
The Town of Henrietta will be conducting a DOG ENUMERATION, also referred to as a DOG CENSUS, beginning July 1, 2014 through November 30, 2014. Please note that an Animal Control Officer (or an authorized Town representative) will be going "door to door" to verify compliance with Town and State Dog Licensing Laws. You will simply be asked if you have any dogs and if so, are they currently licensed. The Animal Control Officer (or an authorized Town representative) will then verify this information with Town records. If your dog(s) are not in compliance at that time you will be given an opportunity to license your dog(s), subject to any additional fines.
New York State Agriculture and Markets Law, Article 7, requires all dogs to be licensed at four months of age. Once licensed, you will receive a friendly reminder to renew your license once a year. Please bring the following documentation to the Town Hall:
- Written proof of rabies vaccination (must indicate the vaccination date)
- Written proof of Spaying / Neutering (if applicable)
- Applicable Annual Fee ($9 if spayed/neutered, $18 if not)
If your dog(s) are not licensed, please drop by the Town Hall, Town Clerk's Department, 475 Calkins Road, by July 18, 2014 to comply with Town and State Laws.
Please note that starting July 19, 2014 we will be imposing a $5 charge per dog for any and all unlicensed dogs.
For dates and locations of FREE rabies vaccination clinics, please contact the Monroe County Health Department at 753-2991.
In the News
Supervisor Jack Moore and the Henrietta Town Board unanimously passed a resolution to oppose the establishment of a gaming casino in the Town of Henrietta. The resolution was passed during the March 19th Town Board meeting at the Henrietta Town Hall.
The Supervisor and the Town Board urge the residents of Henrietta to express their views to their state and federal officials who have decision making authority in this matter.
The following contact information was available at the Town Board meeting.
The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo
Governor of New York State
NYS State Capital Building
Albany, New York 12224
Office phone: (518)474-8390
Senator Patrick M. Gallivan
Monroe County Satellite Office
900 Jefferson Road, suite 202
Rochester, New York 14623
Albany Office
Albany, New York 12247
Assemblyman Harry B. Bronson
840 University Avenue
Rochester, New York 14607
Town Code Changes
Changes to the Town Code are now in effect that were enacted upon the recommendation of the Code Update Committee after Public Hearings on the proposed changes.
The changes prohibit parking on the grass in residential areas and restrict driveway expansions.
Upcoming Events
|Mon Jul 14 @ 4:30PM -
Town Board Workshop
|Mon Jul 14 @ 7:00PM - 08:30PM
Blue Ridge Country Ramblers
|Wed Jul 16 @ 7:00PM -
Town Board Meeting
|Wed Jul 23 @ 7:00PM -
Zoning Board Meeting
|Fri Jul 25 @ 5:00PM - 07:00PM
Summer Concert & Chicken BBQ
Meals On Wheels, a program of Visiting Nurse Service of Rochester, delivers nutritious meals to homebound residents in Monroe County. Not only do these meals provide significant nutrition that can be adapted to meet special medical needs, but deliveries also serve as a check-in, giving peace of mind to family members who can't always be present.
For more information about receiving meals, call (585) 787-8397 or visit www.VNSnet.com. To volunteer for Meals On Wheels, call (585) 787-8326 or visit www.VNSnet.com.


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We work with businesses and business owners all the time, even small business, who have share structures and ownership issues that would cause them a problem should anything happen to one of the shareholders. This is even more true in family businesses where spouses are reliant on income from the business. Farms are a classic example.
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Congratulations to Eric Walker & Ryan McKindles on the completion of their dissertations!
Walker ER, Hyngstrom AS, Schmit BD.
Sensory electrical stimulation improves foot placement during targeted stepping post-stroke. Muscle Nerve. Exp Brain Res. 2014.
Hyngstrom AS, Kuhnen HR, Kirking KM, Hunter SK.
Functional implications of impaired control of submaximal hip flexion following stroke. Muscle Nerve. 2013
Kalinosky, B.T., Schindler-Ivens, S., Schmit, B.D.
White matter structural connectivity is associated with sensorimotor function in stroke survivors. NeuroImage: Clinical 2, 767-781. 2013
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Following up from last week's big projection, Maxwell Ratings is sticking with its prediction that Norcross High (14-0) will win the Class AAAAAA championship title.
Posted in the Georgia High School Football Daily newsletter, Maxwell Ratings predict the Blue Devils will win Saturday's game against Lovejoy High (13-1) by 9 points.
The newsletter continued with a few quick facts about the teams:
- Norcross is the No. 1 seed from 7-AAAAAA and ranked No. 3, and Lovejoy is the No. 1 seed from 2-AAAAAA and ranked No. 7.
- Both teams have 2,000-yard rushers and 2,000-yard passes.
- The lead defense player for Lovejoy is Nathaniel Norwood, who has 16.5 sacks, and Lorenzo Carter leads Norcross with his 18 sacks.
- Both head coaches for the schools are in their 17th seasons, and neither they nor their schools have won a state title.
Bill Bryant, the man who's been behind the offensive stats for Norcross High since 1981 and a former Gwinnett solicitor, said he's "optimistic, not overconfident" when it comes to Norcross winning the title since the Big Blue has never played the Wildcats.
He did say, though, that this year's team is the best Norcross has ever had.
"We've had some good teams in the past, but this team has been really great," Bryant told Patch. "We've never had a team to play the state championship before." The farthest Norcross has ever made it was the quarterfinals, he added.
The Class AAAAAA Championship game of Norcross v. Lovejoy starts at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. For ticket information, click here.
The Maxwell Ratings are the work of Loren Maxwell, a co-founder of the Georgia High School Football Historian Association. Maxwell has been involved in sports ratings since 1986.
See also:
- Blue Devils Championship Tickets on Sale at NHS
- Norcross High Projected to Win Football Title
- Blue Devils Quarterfinals Stats: Norcross v. Camden Co.
- Viewfinder: Norcross HS Semifinals Game
- Blue Devils Semifinals Stats: NHS vs. Colquitt
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The City of Lakewood and the Lakewood Early Childhood PTA invite you to attend the 7th Annual Meet the Trucks on Saturday, June 2, 2012 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Lakewood Park, 14532 Lake Avenue. Come see, touch and explore the City's fine fleet of trucks and vehicles.
Vehicles on display will include an aerial truck, dump truck, refuse truck, fire truck, police car, police motorcycle, SWAT vehicles, Cleveland MetroParks Eco Explorers Traveling Bus and more. In addition, the Lakewood Early Childhood PTA will offer crafts, a balloon twister, a DJ, bounce houses, raffles and numerous exhibitions. Jungle Bob will be performing two shows, the first at 11:00 a.m. and the second show at 12:30 p.m. The St. Ed's Trash Talkers will also be on hand to kick off the event! Free popcorn and bagels will be available (while supplies last) and hamburgers, hot dogs, fries, pizza, drinks, and snow cones will be available to purchase.
Many community groups will also be in attendance offering children's activities and sharing information about their organization. Attendees are asked to bring a canned good which will be donated to the Lakewood Community Services Center, the City's food bank.
The following organizations helped to sponsor this event: The University of Akron-Lakewood Campus, Donatos Pizza, Kiwanis Club of Lakewood, Lakewood Family YMCA, Midway OH Boy, Ohio Mobile Gaming, Jungle Bob, Music Connection, and Zap Entertainment .
The 7th Annual Meet the Trucks event once again promises to have something for everyone. Best of all, it's free! Just bring a nonperishable food donation to benefit the Lakewood Community Services Center.


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Building Awareness
The Office organises initiatives, events and media engagement aimed at promoting integration and raising awareness of the issues affecting refugees, asylum seekers and stateless persons in Ireland and internationally. We also regularly meet with refugees, asylum seekers, NGOs and organisations involved in the asylum process and the field of integration to listen to, understand and respond to their concerns.
Media Relations
UNHCR Ireland maintains a dialogue with all forms of media in Ireland, and not only covers issues of relevance to asylum seekers and refugees in Ireland, but also profiles international issues and work done by UNHCR in countries across the world. We supply the media with accurate and reliable information coupled with our unique insight based on our refugee protection mandate and role as one of the world's leading humanitarian agencies.
For any media queries, please contact Jody Clarke on 01-6314614 or on email@example.com
If you would like to learn more about the terminology of writing about refugee and asylum issues please view: Reporting on Refugees - Guidance by and from Journalists
Every year, UNHCR holds several special events to raise awareness about the lives of refugees, asylum seekers, stateless people and those who are dedicated to helping them. Our events include:
World Refugee Day
First marked in 2001, World Refugee Day is held every year on June 20th. People all around the world take time to recognise the experience and contribution of refugees, asylum seekers and other forcibly displaced people throughout the world. The annual commemoration is marked by a variety of events in more than 100 countries worldwide, involving government officials, humanitarian aid workers, celebrities, civilians and the forcibly displaced themselves.
See our programme of events for World Refugee Day 2012 here.
The Annual UNHCR/SARI Fair Play Football Cup
Since 2010 UNHCR Ireland and Sport Against Racism Ireland (SARI) have held the annual Fair Play Football Cup in mid-June. The family friendly soccer tournament is held in Dublin's Law Society gardens and celebrates the contribution that refugees in Ireland and across the world have made and continue to make to sport. The fourth annual Fair Play Football Cup took place on Sunday, 16th June 2013, and was one of many events and outreach activities conducted by UNHCR Ireland to mark World Refugee Day 2013.
Click here to learn more about our previous FPFC events.
do 1 thing
First run in October 2011, the do 1 thing campaign aims to generate interest and understanding of the issues affecting refugees and asylum seekers by celebrating refugee achievements, raising awareness and reaching out. UNHCR Ireland ran the campaign in June 2012 for the two weeks around World Refugee Day by asking people to take small simple actions. This action could be participating in one of our events, learning a few facts about refugees and asylum seekers, reading a book or watching a movie about refugees like The Kite Runner or Casablanca, or finding out how to say a few words in another language. We also asked people to publicise the 1 thing that they have done by telling their friends about it on Facebook, Twitter, email, blogs, newsletters, etc.
Read more about the 2012 campaign here.
2011: Stories of Survival and Safe Haven Exhibition
On World Refugee Day 2011, UNHCR Ireland launched a photo exhibition in The chq Building, Dublin 1. The exhibition, entitled "60 Years – Stories of Survival and Safe Haven", featured portraits of eleven refugees who came to Ireland over the past six decades.
If you are interested in showing the exhibition in your town please contact our external relations team.
Click here to read more about the exhibition.
60th Anniversary of UN Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees
In 2011, UNHCR marked the 60th anniversary of both the organisation and the adoption of the 1951 UN Convention Relating to Refugees and the 50th anniversary of the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. Events were held around the world to highlight issues affecting refugees, IDP's and stateless people. Significantly, UNHCR organized a highly successful ministerial meeting in Geneva on December 7-8, 2011. The landmark gathering was attended by representatives of 155 UN member states, including 72 ministers.
Click here to find out about how UNHCR Ireland celebrated this very significant anniversary.
Other Events
UNHCR Ireland participated in the Electric Picnic festival and in the Africa Day celebrations in 2009 & 2010.
Click here to find out about how UNHCR Ireland played our part at EP 2010.
Click here to see how we celebrated Africa Day in 2010.
We supply a wide range of educational resources for all ages. These are available on request and include posters, lesson plans, videos and DVDs. Key facts booklets and magazines for young people are also available, all aimed at providing information on the reality of life as a refugee, asylum seeker, internally displaced person or stateless person. UNHCR staff often give talks and presentations to university students on a variety of issues.
Please contact the External Relations unit for more information.
To read more about our educational resources, click here.
Social Media
We are on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube and we welcome you sharing stories, asking questions, and hope these platforms offer you the opportunity to receive news and notices about UNHCR Ireland's latest activities and news.
Facebook - Like UNHCR Ireland here
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ESPN Films Launches With 'Black Magic'
March 14, 2008 10:52 AM
The debut of ESPN's two-part, four-hour film "Black Magic" this week is the first production of new division ESPN Films, the latest initiative from the company to bolster its array of programming features into the next decade.
Fancy talk from the sports channel or a creative outlet for filmmakers?
Judging by the powerful story told in "Black Magic," the answer lies in the strong grassroots connection that lies between sports and society.
"The division was part of [Executive VP of Content] John Skipper's vision for the whole group," said Keith Clinkscales, senior VP of content and enterprises for ESPN, who noted the new division has two mandates: develop for theatrical releases and develop for the channel. "He felt that there were stories to be told that weren't just great sports stories but also awesome American stories. 'Black Magic' is an example of that."
The film examines the experiences of players and coaches at historically black colleges and universities from the civil rights era to the present day. The film's creators sifted through more than 200 hours of footage of classic moments.
"It begins with a great story and examines how sports transposes the entire world of civil rights and what the entire country was going through at the time," said Mr. Clinkscales. "The discussions of integration and segregation made for a really rich and deep story."
"Black Magic" marks the first of 10 ESPN Films-branded projects set to air in 2008. Other previously announced titles include "The Zen of Bobby V," about Major League Baseball player and manager Bobby Valentine; "Hellfighters," about an against-all-odds Harlem high school football team; "Bud Greenspan: At the Heart of the Games," about the documentary filmmaker; and "The Streak," which chronicles the 2007-08 season of the Brandon High School wrestlers and their 34-year win streak. Each of the titles will be televised this spring.
In addition, ESPN Films announced a celebration of the last three decades of sports timed to coincide with ESPN's 30th anniversary in September 2009. In a project dubbed "30/30," the company invited 30 filmmakers to each tell a sports-themed story. The one-hour films will begin airing Tuesday nights on ESPN in September 2009 and be televised through 2010. The filmmaker roster will be announced in the coming weeks and will include industry veterans as well as celebrities who share a passion for sports.
"Every sports event is storytelling in real time," Dick Cook, chairman of the Walt Disney Studios, said when the project was announced. "There's drama in every encounter, as millions witnessed so vividly during this year's Super Bowl. So it's no surprise that sports lend themselves especially well to the stories we tell on the screen, in such hit films as 'The Mighty Ducks,' 'Remember the Titans' and 'The Rookie.' I'm thrilled that sports-themed films will now have their own label at Disney and ESPN. We believe this represents a big score for sports fans and moviegoers alike."