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Chris Collins' Detroit pride
Saxophonist-educator re-centers fest on straight-up jazz, especially from Detroit
Published: May 30, 2012
Pinning jazz saxophonist Chris Collins down for a sit-down or telephone interview these days is almost impossible, given all the projects he's involved with. At Wayne State University, Collins runs the Jazz Studies program. Twice a month, during the school year, he oversees a student oriented jam session twice a month at Cliff Bell's. He's in and out of town promoting the Detroit Jazz Festival, and he's been putting the final touches on the premiere of the Detroit-Torino Urban Jazz project, a concert that pairs the Detroit Symphony Orchestra with his Detroit-Torino jazz quartet.
When you finally get Collins on the telephone, all he wants to talk about is his new job as artistic director of the Detroit Jazz Festival. In fact, he squeezes in the chat while driving, fittingly, to Metro Airport where he'll catch a flight for a trip promoting the festival.
He's so contagiously hyped up about the festival that you wish it were starting tomorrow, even if you're not a jazz fan. It's hard not to be hyped when jazz royalty such as Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter, Wynton Marsalis, Pat Metheny, the team of Chick Corea and Gary Burton, Joe Lovano are among the headliners. When the local heroes like Marcus Belgrave are being given all-star showcases. When there's a 100-voice choir slated to perform Duke Ellington's sacred music. When there are program specials like "A Night in Treme" saluting the music of New Orleans and a bunch of hot Latin groups led by folks like Jerry Gonzalez, Poncho Sanchez.
"It a big undertaking to add to my life, and I want to do the festival justice," he said. "As a kid, my parents didn't have the money to send me to a music camp like Blue Lake or pay for private lessons, so when the jazz festival started 33 years ago it was like a gift.
"I was able to go downtown and hear all my heroes for free. Now as the director of the festival it's my responsibility to give back that gift to the next generation, to students and to the festival audience because the festival changed my life."
Collins grew up on Detroit's eastside and in St. Clair Shores. His mom owned a bakery, and his dad was an avid jazz fan. At age 10, Collins started playing the clarinet, and as a teen he switched to sax under the spell of one of his dad's Coleman Hawkins albums.
Collins played in the big band at St. Clair Shores' Lake View High School. He studied with Matt Michaels at Wayne State University and earned a master's degree at Northern Illinois University. After Michaels' retirement, Collins took over as the head of the jazz studies program in 2006.
His accomplishments are too many to list, but he's played with Lou Rawls, Phil Collins, Doc Severinsen and Mel Tormé. With various jazz bands, he's toured Japan, Europe and China. On his own he put out a string of top-notched jazz albums such as Electo-Monk, Acoustic Funk and Urban Solitude.
Collins, 47, is the first working jazz musician to head the Detroit festival, and the fifth person to call the shots following corporate wheeler-dealer Robert McCabe, broadcaster-writer-promoter Jim Dulzo, broadcaster Ed Love, and two experienced festival hands, Frank Malfitano and Terri Pontremoli. Each reoriented the festival, some more drastically than others, as the umbrella for the festival also shifted from the founding Detroit Renaissance to Music Hall to the current independent foundation backed by Carhartt heiress Gretchen Valade.
Under Dulzo's leadership, for example, the festival centered on hardcore post-bop with such welcomed additions as a full day of avant-garde acts on one stage, not to mention swing and blues acts. One of his biggest presentations was a decidedly avantish main stage Yusef Lateef homecoming. He did a main stage Motown tribute and a good bit of Latin too, which made his tenure one of the more storied.
Malfitano opened the festival up to more Motown, blues, gospel and R&B acts, which bothered some hardcore Detroit jazz festival fans, but boosted attendance.
Pontremoli created annual artist residencies beginning with Regina Carter and continuing with Christian McBride, John Clayton, Mulgrew Miller and Jeff "Tain" Watts (a feature retained this year with Terence Blanchard). Her festivals were theme-driven ("We Bring You the World" was last year's catchphrase), and in 2010, the Detroit was named one of the top jazz festivals internationally.
Collins intends to be known for increasing attention on Detroit and Detroit-rooted musicians, especially those who may not be the biggest international names.
"There were good and bad in all of them from the days Bob McCabe had it to when Gretchen took over seven years ago," Collins says of his predecessors.
As to his own mission: "I have to find new ways to enhance the Detroit-ness of the festival, but still appeal as a global festival with international acts."
He continued: "Integrating Detroit acts with the international acts past and present is one of the themes that we will be doing every year. We have a whole collection of Detroit artists that were important here and have gone on to have great careers".
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July 17, 2014
by Sarah Nakamura and Janet Hu
During our last week in Japan, we had the opportunity to visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and Itsukushima Island, or as it's more commonly known, Miyajima Island. We arrived on Miyajima Island by ferry around 10:00 AM to begin our full day adventure in Hiroshima. Similar to our experience in Nara, we were greeted by the wild deer that walk freely on Miyajima Island. Although the weather was hot and humid, we were lucky to avoid the typhoon that had been predicted to arrive during our stay in Kyoto. When we visited Itsukushima Shrine, we were lucky to go during low tide, allowing us the opportunity to walk up to the Torii Gate. During high tide, the lower part of the gate is submerged, and it supposedly appears to be floating on water. (more…)
July 23, 2013
Hiroshima: The Message of Peace
By Jairo Hernandez
Gray, foreboding, and cloudy skies welcomed our group to the Peace Memorial Museum and Park in Hiroshima. After a rather quick guide through the museum, we were sitting in a room, listening to the chairman of the museum talk about world peace.
A world without nuclear weapons. That is the desire of the survivors of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. No revenge, no atonement. They just want a simple promise. World peace is no easy feat, and they realize that. Years, decades, or generations, no one knows how long it will take, but the survivors just want a promise: avid work from now until a time where a world without nuclear weapons is established. Our current security measure of giving threats is no real security measure and can cave in at any moment. Thus these surviving members just want a world with a security measure that revolves around peace and understanding, not fear and threats. This is their message and the message the chairman wants spread throughout the museum.
This trip had a great impact on me. The rainy skies and gloomy weather reflected my state of mind as I walked out of the room and museum, deep in thought and reflection. However, just as you exit the museum, there is a memorial park with three significant structures that also reflected my state of being in a more concrete manner.
Miyajima & Hiroshima
By Olga Lexell
After my peculiar encounter with the "naughty" deer of Nara, I was pleased to find that the deer of Miyajima Island were far more docile and less interested in cookies. The island itself is home to Itsukushima Shrine, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and important spiritual location, and the torii gate is considered one of Japan's most beautiful views. Luckily the tide was low enough that we were able to walk all the way up to the torii gate, which was surrounded by yen! We guessed that people must have thrown them at the gate, perhaps for making wishes or other spiritual gestures.
Miyajima Island was among the most traditional places I've seen in Japan. From its Edo-inspired architecture and lack of amenities like traffic lights, to the numerous people we saw in kimonos, Miyajima Island was the polar opposite of Tokyo. The island prides itself on its spirituality, and for a long time women were not even allowed to visit to maintain the island's purity (which is luckily no longer the case). Itsukushima Shrine was beautiful. I'm always amazed at the care and effort put into maintaining Japan's many religious and spiritual sites; there was not an inch of peeling paint in sight on any of Itsukushima's bright red pillars. The views of the torii gate from the shrine were breathtaking as well, and I wish we had gotten the chance to see how the shrine looks at high tide.
July 22, 2013
Week of Fun: Traveling in Kyoto and Nara
By Evan Brown
This week we traveled west to the Kansai region and experienced a more traditional side of Japanese culture than the bustling life of the ultimate metropolis, Tokyo. The group departed for Kyoto early Monday morning, but David and I were already in Kansai having taken advantage of the seven-day rail pass in order to travel to Kobe and Osaka. Sally Kim visited a friend in Osaka, and John went back to Tohoku, where he had lived for a few months in high school.
We all converged at Kyoto Station at lunch time on Monday without much trouble, and everyone found food quickly before we boarded a bus to Nara. I was pleasantly surprised by the serious supply of my favorite convenience store food, Tuna Dog, at the Family Mart in Kyoto Station.
In Nara, there were a lot of deer in the area surrounding the temples we visited, and constantly being fed by humans had made them a little bit naughty. It was, for the most part, fun to feed and play with the deer, but their aggressive behavior was also somewhat disconcerting, as Olga soon found out.
July 19, 2013
First impressions of Kyoto and Nara
By Matt Wong
The city of Kyoto (京都) is difficult to write about because it can be perceived in drastically different ways, depending on the individual and his or her present circumstances. For instance, I've read passages by a few Tokyo natives who felt that Kyoto offered an escape from the dirty, gritty atmosphere that characterized their hometown. On the other hand, some other Tokyo-dwellers feel that Kyoto doesn't have the lively, urban charm of Japan's current capital.
Of course, as an American student, my impression of Kyoto is quite different from that of either Tokyo or Kyoto natives. It is also quite limited in scope, as I haven't lived in either location long enough to make hasty generalizations about their differences. That being said, there are several characteristics beyond the obvious historical differences that stood out to me about Kyoto.
Firstly, the main streets of the city seem a bit more spread out, and there are more large trees. It might be my imagination, but I also felt that the sky in Kyoto is more open, often filled with dramatic light and clouds. On the other hand, residential areas are composed of narrow, neat streets (roji, 路地) packed tightly with houses and small shops, most of which make liberal use of wood on their exteriors, as well as several small potted plants in various shapes and sizes, metal mailboxes, and an endless assortment of signs, vending machines, statuettes, and posters. One morning, while wandering around with no destination, I stumbled upon some stray cats (noraneko, 野良猫).
July 5, 2012
Free Day in Kyoto!
By Kevin Leong
The day after our Hiroshima trip was completely free. Unfortunately, the good weather from that day didn't carry over and it started to rain again. Our group did many things, such as shop around our hotel/Kyoto Station area, visited Himeji Castle/Himeji Zoo, or head down to Osaka. I spent my day in Osaka. The Osaka Station is also a huge mall, and at the top of the south building there is a Pokemon Center, where we all relived our childhood.
From there, a few of us went to the Osaka Aquarium, and the rest went to Dotonbori. This area is known for its wide variety of restaurants and a lot of shopping. We got a lot of souvenir shopping done in Osaka, even though it wouldn't stop raining all day.
By Alex Karpos
Another group of us decided to visit Himeji Castle on our free day. After a fairly long train ride, we arrived in Himeji, a city to the south west of Kyoto. Though the city was drenched in seemingly never-ending torrential rain, we decided to slog through the downpour. It was a decision we would not regret. Himeji Castle is truly an astounding complex. Last updated an astounding 400 years ago, this structure is considered the prototypical model for the medieval Japanese castle. The castle is surrounded by a truly amazing complex consisting of several walls, guardhouses, and open lawns surrounding the castle. Though the main, and most recognizable, tower of the castle is under restoration and thus covered from outside elements, this proved to be a blessing in disguise.
June 28, 2012
The Many Faces of Hiroshima
By Erika Klein and Alex Karpos
Arriving in Hiroshima this morning after our second, and more relaxed, Shinkansen experience of the month, we immediately boarded a bus to visit the city's well-known sites. Our guide, Masako, began her introduction with the suggestion that "perhaps the name Hiroshima reminds you of the first atomic bomb." While she went on to mention some statistics related to the bomb, however, the first part of the day unexpectedly focused on less-popularly known aspects of Hiroshima, reminding us that the city is much more than one tragic event. Having learned that Hiroshima is Japan's largest oyster-producing area, we observed the flat collection of rafts on the Seto Inland Sea as we traveled by ferry to the sacred Miyajima Island to visit Itsukushima Shrine.
Like Nara, the island was inhabited by half-tame deer, worshipped as divine creatures in Japan and unafraid of approaching humans and attempting to snag food or brochures for a quick snack. Besides photographing the antics of the deer (and those whom they surprised), we took pictures from every angle of Otorii Gate, which appears to float in the ocean during high tide.
The gate, serving as a barrier between the Shinto gods' home on the mountainous island and the human realm of Hiroshima, shared the same orange, evil-expelling color as the ancient shrine, which we explored next.
June 27, 2012
Last Day in Kyoto: The Zen Experience
By Morgan Pavey
On our last day in Kyoto, we woke up early to check out of our hotel and head over to Shunkoin Temple for a special Zen meditation session with the attending head priest of the temple, Reverend Takafumi Kawakami. Upon arriving at the temple, we took off our shoes and were led into a traditional tea-ceremony room with tatami mats and simple wooden walls, which was naturally-lit from the sun streaming in from the zen garden outside. The Reverend encouraged us to sit on our cushions in whichever way was most comfortable for us, since comfort and ease were the only reasons why monks used the traditional "half-lotus" leg position. He emphasized the importance of understanding the origins and logic behind traditions like the sitting positions for meditation; it is through this understanding that we will be able to practice the true intent of a tradition and keep it alive.
We enjoyed two brief meditative sessions, initiated by the clapping of wooden sticks and ringing of a bell. As incense floated through the air, we focused on our breathing and accepting any thoughts that entered into our minds without trying to judge or control them. We considered the Zen idea of impermanence, or how each present moment is significant in the way that it will soon become a part of our pasts, but also pave the way for our futures. After the second session, the Reverend showed us the zen garden and the beautiful screen paintings in the adjoining room, pointing out how the gold paint best illuminated the objects depicted when the lighting was dim, as it would have been in ancient times. We then shared fresh matcha and senbei before saying our good-byes, departing a little more enlightened than we had been an hour and a half before.
After a quick Japanese bento box lunch on the bus, we arrived with our guide Masako at Ryoan-ji. Ryoan-ji contains a famous rock garden, which embodies the Zen idea of impermanence (each pattern that you rake in the pebbles will become your past as soon as you create it, and will disappear with the wind or human disturbances of the near future). Ryoan-ji's garden is famous for its fifteen rocks, which are organized in one group of five, two groups of three, and two groups of two. At any given vantage point, however, only fourteen stones are visible at one time. It is said that only through reaching the final stage of enlightenment will a person be able to see all fifteen stones at once.
June 26, 2012
Typhoon Tuesday
By Kevin Leong
Our first full day in Kyoto was packed with activities. Unfortunately, a typhoon was forecast to hit us on this day as well.
We woke up to a rainy morning, but nothing too heavy. We all boarded our tour "coach" (bus) with rain gear in hand and headed to our first destination, Kiyomizu Temple. When we arrived at this Buddhist temple, the rain started to really come down. This was a good thing in this situation, though, because at this temple there is a famous fountain that supposedly has ability to extend the life of people who drink from it. Morgan and I decided partake in this local tradition and drank from the fountain. It was very cold and refreshing. The water for the fountain is sourced from the mountain on which Kiyomizu Temple is located. Something I thought was really amazing is that the ladles for the fountain weren't the usual wooden ones we've seen around other temples and shrines in Japan, but made of metal and stored in a box with a UV light to kill any bacteria on the ladle.
Another interesting thing about Kiyomizu Temple is that there is a sloped stage at the front of it, from which a Japanese saying has been derived: "to jump off the stage at Kiyomizu." This is equivalent to the English saying "taking the plunge." There have been instances where people actually would jump off this stage into the forest area below. Surprisingly, a high percentage of these people survived the plunge.
Our next stop on Typhoon Tuesday was Nanzenji Temple. At this temple, there is a really nice and peaceful Zen rock garden. Even though the rain was coming down harder than earlier in the day, we all enjoyed this temple and its serenity. There was also a nice arch structure that a few of us took pictures around.
Good-bye Tokyo, Hello Nara!
By Morgan Pavey
After almost three full weeks of exploring Tokyo and getting used to the feel of city life, many of us were excited to experience a change of pace and set out for our week-long experience of Western Japan. We left Sakura Hotel on Monday morning by shinkansen (the famous Japanese bullet train) to Kyoto, the ancient city which was the nation's capital from its establishment during the Heian Period in 794 until the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1869. After a brief mishap with our departure – which more-or-less involved an epic, movie-esque sprint through Tokyo Station to catch the train before it pulled away from 13 of us, and the heart-breaking separation from Chad and Sheng, who were forced to catch the next train a full thirty minutes later – we arrived safely and met up with our wonderful tour guide, Masako.
Our guide Masako took us on a half-day tour of Nara, another former capital just an hour away from Kyoto by bus. We first visited the spectacular Todai-ji Temple, which includes the largest wooden structure in the world. This structure houses the Daibutsu, or Giant Buddha – an enormous statue that welcomed us in with one open palm, meaning "do not fear," and one up-turned palm, meaning "I will answer your requests."
The sacred mood of the temple was accentuated by the hundreds of deer that were wandering freely around the premises, which were so tame that we could actually reach out and touch them. According to the Shinto religion, deer are divine messengers of the gods and guardians of the temple. According to us and the other tourists visiting Todai-ji, they are also adorable.

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It's part of the Navy's commemoration of the bicentennial of the War of 1812.
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In 1984, Congress enacted the "American Preference Policy" to increase opportunities for U.S. contractors bidding on projects in the American territories of the Pacific and on Kwajalein Island. This law allowed a 20 percent bid evaluation preference for U.S. contractors on projects that exceeded $1 million. Fourteen years later, the American Preference Policy was expanded to the countries bordering the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea in response to the declining presence of U.S. contractors in this region.
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A limited modification to the current preference policy would broaden the preference from countries bordering the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea to include all countries that fall within the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Area of Responsibility. This will incentivize increased competition for contracts by qualified U.S. firms in the following countries: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, U.A.E., Uzbekistan and Yemen.
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Current or history of other behavior disorders is disqualifying, including, but not limited to conditions such as the following:
(1) Enuresis (307.6) or encopresis (307.7) after 13th birthday is disqualifying.
(2) Sleepwalking (307.4) after 13th birthday is disqualifying.
(3) Eating disorders (307.5), anorexia nervosa (307.1), bulimia (307.51), or unspecified disorders of eating (307.59) lasting longer than 3 months and occurring after 13th birthday are disqualifying.
Any current receptive or expressive language disorder, including, but not limited to any speech impediment, stammering and stuttering (307.0) of such a degree as to significantly interfere with production of speech or to repeat commands, is disqualifying.
History of suicidal behavior, including gesture(s) or attempt (s) (300.9) , or history of self-mutilation, is disqualifying.
Current or history of anxiety disorders (anxiety (300.01) or panic (300.2)), agoraphobia (300.21), social phobia (300.23), simple phobias (300.29), obsessive-compulsive (300.3), other acute reactions to stress (308), and posttraumatic stress disorder (309.81) are disqualifying.
Current or history of dissociative disorders, including, but not limited to hysteria (300.1), depersonalization (300.6), and other (300.8), are disqualifying.
Current or history of somatoform disorders, including, but not limited to hypochondriasis (300.7) or chronic pain disorder, are disqualifying.
Current or history of psychosexual conditions (302), including, but not limited to transsexualism, exhibitionism, transvestism, voyeurism, and other paraphilias, are disqualifying.
Current or history of alcohol dependence (303), drug dependence (304), alcohol abuse (305), or other drug abuse (305.2 thru 305.9) is disqualifying.
Current or history of other mental disorders (all 290–319 not listed above) that in the opinion of the civilian or military provider will interfere with, or prevent satisfactory performance of military duty, are disqualifying.
Derived from Department of Defense (DOD) Directive 6130.3, "Physical Standards for Appointment, Enlistment, and Induction," and DOD Instruction 6130.4, "Criteria and Procedure Requirements for Physical Standards for Appointment, Enlistment, or Induction in the Armed Forces."


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By Vanessa Nesvig
Coordinator of Special Projects
Well, the long anticipated opening night of the Movies at the Museum happened last Friday night. A sold out performance of A Hard Day's Night kicked off the season with 186 people waiting in a line that at one point snaked around the Café and was up the stairs! Steve and Judy Halpert (former owners of The Movies on Exchange Street) were fantastic hosts, introducing the new venture at the Museum and welcoming old friends.
The Museum's slide booth has been transformed as we moved the Halpert's equipment up from Exchange Street. Dedicated helpers like Dennis Levasseur and Eddy Bolz set up the 35mm film projector and a giant set of platters to build and break down the film projector. Though the equipment is large and impressive looking, it seems right at home in our now multi-media booth!
This weekend should prove another rockin' line-up with three Academy Award nomination/winners; Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Rachel Getting Married, and Frozen River. Tickets are sold at the admissions desk on the day of the show. See you there!


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NORMAN — Willeva Greenlee, age 82, beloved wife of Bob Greenlee, passed away Dec. 21, 2013 in Norman. Willeva was born March 19, 1931 in Tribbey to Andrew Jackson Bailey and Grace Deamore. Willeva married Bob on Jan. 11, 1949 in Bakersfield, California.
Willeva and Bob lived in California for several years and moved to Oklahoma in 2000. After moving here, she and Bob became members of Crosspointe Church. Willeva was a person of many talents. She was an entrepreneur, owning a beauty shop and dress shop. Willeva was a certified paralegal and attended law school but was unable to finish due to the illness of her father. She was a private investigator and volunteered to help children and battered women. She had a green thumb in gardening and was President of Bron Garden Club. She enjoyed riding with her husband in their 1929 Plymouth Roadster. Willeva's greatest pleasure was being a private airplane pilot and traveling to Las Vegas, Mexico, Bakersfield and Death Valley, just to name a few.
Willeva was preceded in death by her parents.
Survivors include her husband of 64 years, Bob Greenlee, and a host of nieces and nephews, cousins and a big family of friends.
Services will be at 2 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 26 at Crosspointe Church, Hwy 9 and S.E. 24th in Norman, with interment following at Sunset Memorial Park. Arrangements for Willeva and her family were placed in the care of the Vice family at Havenbrook Funeral Home of Norman. Online condolences may be shared at havenbrookfuneralhome.com.
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Kim K. McFarland, D.D.S., M.H.S.A.
Title: Associate Professor
Department of Oral Biology
Room: 1214
UNMC College of Dentistry
40th and Holdrege
Box 830740
Lincoln, NE 68583-0740
Telephone: (402) 472-1399
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- B.A., Creighton University, Omaha, NE
- D.D.S., Creighton University, Omaha, NE
- M.H.S.A., St. Francis University, Joliet, IL
Teaching Responsibilities:
- Course Director, Dental Public Health (OB 612)
- Co-course Director, Professional Ethics (OB 623)
- Patient Management & Professionalism
- Student Scientific program
Research Interests:
- Access to Care
- Health Services
Recent Publications:
- Chandak, A., McFarland, K., Nayar, P., et al. Access to Oral Health Care in Nebraska. UNMC Center for Public Health Policy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, April 2013.
- McFarland, K., Reinhardt, J. Yaseen, M. Rural dentists: does growing up in a small community matter? Journal of the American Dental Association 2012 Sep;143(9):1013-9.
- McFarland, K.K. and Fung, E.Y.K. Role of dental hygienists in managing chemical-dependent patients. Dimensions of Dental Hygiene 9(4):76-81, 2011.
- McFarland, K.K. and Fung, E.Y.K. The complexity of addiction. Dimensions of Dental Hygiene 9(4):76-81, 2011.
- McFarland, K.K. and Fung, E.Y.K. Enalapril-induced angioedema: A dental concern. General Dentistry 59(2):148-150, 2011.
- McFarland, K., Reinhardt, J., and Yaseen, M. Rural dentists of the future: Dental school enrollment strategies. J Dent Educ 74: 830-835, 2010.
- Salama, F., Kebriaei, A., McFarland, K., and Durham, T. Prenatal counseling for pregnant women: A survey of general dentists. J Clin Pediatr Dent 34(4):291-296, 2010.
- McFarland, K. Nayar, P., Lange, B., and Ojha, D. Preceptor Experiences of a Dental Pre-doctoral Rural Service Learning Program. National Oral Health Conference, Huntsville, AL, April 2013.
- McFarland, K. and Yaseen, M. Use of Technology by Rural and Urban Dentists: A Nebraska Perspective. National Oral Health Conference, Milwaukee, WI, May 2012.
- Salama, F., McFarland, K., Kebriaei, A., and Durham, T. Prenatal counseling for pregnant women: A survey of Nebraska general dentists. AADR, Washington, D.C., February 2010.
- McFarland, K. and Brown, D. Student managed dental clinics for the under served: Nebraska findings. National Oral Health Conference, St. Louis, MO, March 2010.
- $2.3 million: Service Learning and Interprofessional Education Dental Project, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), 2010 - 2015.
- $1.2 million: Tele-Dentistry and Rural Health for Pediatric Dental Residency Program, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), 2010 - 2015.
- $100,000: Learn and Serve Tele-Dentistry, Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Admin (RUS), 2011 - 2014.
- Oral Health Screenings, School Nurses of Nebraska Association
- UNL Women in Science Conference: Interactive Dental Workshop, UNL
- School-based dental sealant programs
Professional Societies:
- American Association for Dental Research (AADR)
- American Association of Public Health Dentistry (AAPHD)
- American Dental Education Association (ADEA)
- American Association of Women Dentists (AAWD)
- American Dental Association (ADA)
- Department of Adult Restorative Dentistry
Department of Dental Hygiene
- Department of Growth & Development
- Department of Oral Biology
- Department of Surgical Specialties


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The Glendale Senior Citizens' Club will watch "Beasts of the Southern Wild" in the clubroom on the lower level of Glen Hills Middle School, 2600 W. Mill Road, Glendale, at 1 p.m., Wednesday, February 27. Nonmembers are always welcome at club events.
The film focuses on an off-the-grid community in Louisiana that survives by its own rules until a storm (think Hurricane Katrina) intervenes. The movie is a fantastic journey witnessed, explained, and imagined by a wise beyond-her-years girl played with angelic perfection by Quvenzhane Wallis. The film has received dozens of awards from film critics and festivals and is nominated for several major Academy Awards this year. For further information, call 414-540-2100.
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Wahoo! Helping this garden look greener is cause for serious celebrations!
The HTR celebs posed for a quick pic with the kids from New Horizon Elementary and Middle school to celebrate all their hard work. Go team!
Cymphonique Miller took a stand for the planet by helping this local school plant trees and go green.
Lulu Antariksa (AKA Stevie) struck a pretty pose while planting some greens in the garden.
On the show, Cymphonique and the Perfs might be frenemies, but in real life they're besties working for the same cause.
Samantha Boscarino and Halston Sage (AKA the Perfs) got some popularity points with mother earth while helping to plant cherry trees.
Volunteering has it perks. It gives you the chance to meet some fun new friends!
Cymphonique was ready to hit the dirt to keep her planet looking gorgeous and green.
Lulu Antariksa smiled big for The Big Help cameras before heading back to work for Mother Earth.
Cymphonique had a blast while trimming trees. This was a job she was cut out for!
Pals Chris O'Neal (Kevin) and Noah Crawford (Nelson) teamed up to help build a garden shed for this Pasadena school. Great work, guys!
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A whole new season of Figure It Out means one thing: a brand new batch of stars getting SLIMED! Who will succeed in solving the hidden talents this time around, Ariana Grande? Or perhaps the ever-silly Matt Bennett? Check out these panel pics from the newest episodes of Figure It Out!
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Green slime, jumpsuits, clues, and exciting prizes all await our contestants and guest stars in this exclusive photo gallery from the show, Figure it Out!
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The Big Time Rush boys are getting a visit from some fuzzy friends! Yo Gabba Gabba will be the next super stars to cameo on the set, so we're looking back on some of the greatest guests to join the crew so far. Check out the pics!
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The wait is almost over! Nicks new game show, "Figure It Out" is finally here and to get you psyched, we have exclusive pictures of your fave celebs as guest judges on the show! Check out the pics, and catch all the stars, slime, and amazing talents on Nickelodeon!
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Your fave Nick Stars are putting on their hard hats and slime goggles for another slime-tastic episode of Figure It Out. But since we all know that it's not about the slime itself, but how well you wear it, these panelists are making sure they rock their green goo suits proudly! Check them out now in these green-a-rific pics.
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It's all guys this time around, as Noah Munck, Matt Bennett, Mikey Reid and Max Schneider take over the panel in hopes of figuring things out! That's a lot of M's! Will their man-power make them goo-vinsible, or will they end up stumped like a log? Gear up, and check out these pics of them goo'ing it up!
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In an upcoming episode of How To Rock, the members of Gravity 5 will do anything to go to the Cee Lo Green concert. While the Perfs have front row seats to the show, Gravity 5 has to sneak in. Check out some photos from Cee Lo's appearance.
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We are here to celebrate the recent release of the YA, Contemporary book The Voice by Jennifer Anne Davis. We have an intriguing excerpt and giveaway for everyone. Enjoy!
During her abduction and assault, Audrey begins to hear a voice. She hopes she's not going crazy, because after what she's experienced, that's the most logical explanation. However, as she begins to listen to the voice, Audrey realizes that someone may be telepathically trying to help her.
Unfortunately, rescue isn't all she needs. In order to leave behind the constant reminders, she flees to her Aunt Kate's house in San Diego, and assumes a new identity. It works until the eighteen-year-old twin boys who live next door threaten to break through the protective walls she's worked so hard to build.
Between Caleb going out of his way to befriend her and Justin avoiding her at all costs, Audrey doesn't know if normalcy will ever find her again. But one thing is certain: When a familiar danger resurfaces, it's the same voice that she turns to -- a voice that is not only real, but a lot closer than she realizes.
Gripping and tastefully told, The Voice is a story of healing, trust, and courage.
Jennifer graduated from the University of San Diego with a degree in English and a teaching credential. Afterwards, she married her high school sweetheart, worked as a legal assistant, and taught high school English. Jennifer is currently a full-time writer and mother of three young children. Her days are spent living in imaginary worlds and fueling her own kids' creativity.
The Voice is her first novel.
Visit Jennifer online at www.JenniferAnneDavis.com
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What does "I am George Zimmerman" mean?
By Dave Blount at Moonbattery
Liberals have stridently wondered just what George Zimmerman thought he was doing, patrolling his neighborhood at night, poking into the business of put-upon Saint Skittles (who as it turns out had gotten in trouble at school for having a bag full of women's jewelry and a burglary tool).
The answer: attempting to prevent stories like this !!
Good thing the kids didn't encounter any community watch captains. They might have gotten hassled.
<WyldGoose> My only complaint is why are we not seeing pictures from the media of these fine upstanding young men when they were 12 years old?
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None of these burgularies had nothing at all to do with Trayvon B. Martin. Trayvon will have to stand before GOD and give an account for the actions of Trayvon and only Trayvon. When those burgulars were caught neither one of them were Trayvon. So therefore his name shouldn't have been mentioned in this incident.


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Laguna Beach Live! and the Laguna Art Museum are presenting an evening of art and music on the second Thursday of each month. The Museum's doors are open from 5 to 9 pm every Thursday and once a month Laguna Beach Live! will bring in talented musicians to perform classical and contemporary chamber music, 7 pm to 8 pm. The concerts are free with Museum admission - $7/adult and $5/senior & student; free for Museum members. Visit www.lagunabeachlive.org for the full scedule.
NEAVE DUO: Two members of the rising young Neave Piano Trio, violinist Anna Williams and cellist Mikhail Veselov, have formed Neave Duo. Hailed by critics as an "up-and-coming ensemble" (WQXR Radio, New York City), praised for its "heart on-sleeve performances" (Classical New Jersey) and nominated by the Boston Phoenix as the "Best of Boston", the Neave Piano Trio, joins the SDSU School of Music and Dance in Fall 2012 in the prestigious Artist Diploma program for advanced performers.


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When Stephen was a boy, the clan would gather for the New Year in a warehouse in the city for its annual ritual: the numbering of the men. His father stood on the stage and called out the names of the men who were to receive one of the clan's highest honors. "Brother Ron Tucker," he would intone, "come and get your number." According to the Order's interpretation of the Book of Revelations, only 144,000 numbered men will be allowed to rule in heaven under God. Many of these men are also given "stewardship" of the Order's business holdings — sent out to run the clan's coal mine or ranches, or to oversee one of its many storefronts.
That Stephen's father sat atop a mafialike organization was a secret kept from him for most of his childhood. When he was three, his mother led him into a building controlled by the clan and pointed out an intense man lifting weights in the gym. "That's your Uncle Paul," she said. (Like most kids in the clan, Stephen wasn't told who his father was until he was old enough to be trusted to lie to protect the Order.) Back then, Paul Kingston stood around five feet ten and weighed close to 200 pounds. He had yet to lose his hair, and thanks to his fanatical devotion to healthy food and alternative medicine, he had the ropy build of a well-toned athlete. He also had dozens of children — a brood that would eventually grow to around 300 — and he had a hard time telling them apart.
But it is likely that Kingston could recognize some of himself in Stephen. They both have the same high cheekbones, the same pale skin, the same wide-set eyes. Noticing Stephen, he put the barbells down and came over to the boy. He asked him if he was being obedient, then excused himself to talk to Stephen's mother. "He seemed like the most amazing guy," Stephen recalls.
It would be several more years before Stephen learned that Paul Kingston was his father, and that his mother was just one of his dad's many wives. And it would be several years after that before he stole from his father for the first time.
While his dad was running the order from Salt Lake City, Stephen grew up on a cattle ranch called Washakie, near the Idaho border. Situated at the base of a rugged mountain range, the Order's spread sat in a pristine valley of glistening hayfields and open pasture. The land had once been home to the Washakie Indians, and as children, Stephen and his 15 full brothers and sisters played among the wind-swept ruins of a Native American cemetery. Their father rarely came by, and because the nearest town was 18 miles away, the kids forged a fierce bond among themselves. "We were off on our own out there and really close," Stephen says. "It felt like it was us against the world." His older brother Richard, a burly diesel mechanic, taught him how to fix cars. Another brother, Ben, showed him how to mend fences. In summer, the kids swam in the reservoir as their mother, Richaun, watched, the boys doing back flips off the rope swing into the water; at night, as the sun set behind the mountains, they all sat together to watch the clan's buffalo herd grazing in the pastures. "It was all fun," Stephen recalls. "We'd sleep on the chicken coop in the summer and shoot raccoons. Or we'd set traps and raise them as pets."
In many ways it was an idyllic childhood, except for the fact that the ranch also doubled as a work camp for disobedient clan wives and rebellious kids. The family believed that discipline would rein in the boys and that hard labor would make the girls more supplicant to their husbands back in the city. "It was a wild place," says Scott Cosgrove, a former detective with the Box Elder County Sheriff's Office, who remembers the ranch as a broken-down spread, guarded by a feral pack of boys who patrolled the fence line from the back of a pickup armed with shotguns. "The clan kids from there would come to school not properly dressed for the cold, and they were always getting in fights. You'd show up for a welfare call, or a domestic-abuse call, and it was just real run-down."
For Stephen and the other kids on the ranch, the highlight of each week came on Sundays, when they traveled the hour and a half south to Salt Lake for church. Sometimes his father read the Book of Mormon from the pulpit and talked about things regular Christians would recognize, like tithing or repentance. But mostly he talked about the history of the Order and his ancestors, the men who had started the clan.
The Order was founded by Elden Kingston, Stephen's grand-uncle, at the height of the Great Depression. As lore has it, Elden was the "one mighty and strong" predicted by Scripture, who "holding the scepter of power in his hand" would "set in order the House of God." With thick white hair, a lantern jaw and a commanding presence, he had no problem attracting followers. Like other fundamentalists of that era, he believed the Mormon Church had lost its divine authority when it renounced polygamy in 1890, so he persuaded three other families to join him in establishing their own sect. They threw away their possessions, donned matching blue overalls, and pitched canvas tents on a patch of land north of Salt Lake that would come to be known as the "Home Place."
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V-SCAPE or Venice – Surrounding Communities Art, Performance and Events, noted journalist and curator Tibby Rothman's organization, along with Joe's Restaurant have partnered in 2012 to present bimonthly art events at the four star Venice eatery. The next exhibit, Artists X Architects, opens with a free public reception on June 5, 2012 from 6:00 to 8:00pm at Joe's Restaurant, 1023 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice CA 90291.
Also presented by The Architect's Newspaper, Artists X Architects has matched 11 artists with 11 architects and had them select one piece from each other's work. During an exchange of studio visits, the artists and architects each selected a single work from one another to be exhibited side-by-side.
The artist X architect pairings in the show include: Larry Bell X Lorcan O'Herlihy, Billy Al Bengston X Neil M. Denari, Casper Brindle X Andreas Froech, Huguette Caland X Mark Mack, Laddie John Dill X Kulapat Yantrasast, Ned Evans X David Hertz, Alexis Smith X Lawrence Scarpa, Barbara T. Smith X John Frane, Laurie Steelink X Erla Dogg Ingjaldsdottir/Tyggvi Thorsteinsson, De Wain Valentine X Patrick Tighe and Jennifer Wolf X Dwayne Oyler/Jenny Wu.
The affinity between the disciplines of art and architecture dates back through millennia. In Artists X Architects Rothman pairs eleven artists and architects, both emerging and established, as a way to create a unique visual dialogue between the two. Rather than "finished pieces," a completed painting and a photograph of a finished structure, Rothman asked for glimpses of an individual's process: a sketch, a study, a small piece, a rendering, a material study or a similar piece. Stripped of art and architecture's divergent vocabulary, the connections or complements between the pair are revealed. Rothman saw the matches as making interesting combinations visually, conceptually, and, sometimes, in their personalities.
The show is truly two shows: the pieces exhibited and the in-studio visits that will never be seen. In studio dialogues were launched between some artists and architects who had not previously met. Architects and artists hijacked studio visits into lunches, dinners or lengthy meetings held over a series of weeks. In some cases, ideas for future collaborations have begun and will be explored in a subsequent show.
Tibby Rothman has traversed the worlds of art and architecture since starting the now defunct Venice Paper in 2001. A writer, journalist and creative strategist, she has amassed a compelling series of interviews with prominent Los Angeles artists and architects. This show continues her work revealing inter-disciplinary connections.
The opening reception will host the participating artists and architects along with the general public and feature complimentary wine. The artworks will be available for purchase at Joe's and will remain on view for two months.
In other Joe's Restaurant news, the popular eatery is holding a website drawing for a free dinner for two on June 16. To enter interested diners should go to http://joesrestaurant.com/newsletter and sign up for Joe's newsletter to be automatically entered.


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Welcome and Opening Remarks
Manfred Boehm, M.D.
Translational Medicine Branch, Division of Intramural Research, NHLBI
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NHLBI Roadmap for Stem Cell Research
Elizabeth G. Nabel, M.D., Director, NHLBI
8:30 - 10:25 a.m.
Session I: Science That Matters: New Advances in Induced Pluripotent and Embryonic Stem Cells
Chairs: Denis B. Buxton, Ph.D., Basic and Early Translational Research Branch, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, NHLBI
Martin Friedlander, M.D., Ph.D., The Scripps Research Institute
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Modeling Blood Disease with iPS Cells
George Q. Daley, M.D., Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School/Childrens Hospital Boston
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Cardiovascular Derivatives of Embryonic Stem Cells in Cardiac Repair and Drug Discovery
Christine Mummery, Ph.D.
Leiden University Medical Center (The Netherlands)
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The Wages of Syn(ergy): Enhancing Vascularization Promotes Cardiac Remuscularization With Human Embryonic Stem Cells
Charles E. Murry, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Washington Medical Center
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Zebrafish Heart Regeneration Occurs by Limited Dedifferentiation and Proliferation of Cardiomyocytes
Juan Carlos Izpisúa Belmonte, Ph.D.
Center of Regenerative Medicine, Barcelona (Spain)
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Developmental Angiogenesis Swims into Focus
Brant M. Weinstein, Ph.D.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH
11:10 - 11:30 a.m.
Jagged1 in the Endothelium and Smooth Muscle: The Importance of Heterotypic Cell Interactions
Luisa Iruela-Arispe, Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles
11:30 - 11:50 a.m.
Developmental Origin of Post-MI Cardiac Progenitor Cells
Sean M. Wu, M.D., Ph.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital
11:50 - 12:10 p.m.
Convergence of Inductive and Repressive Pathways Defines the Dimensions of the Cardiac Progenitor Pool in Zebrafish
Deborah L. Yelon, Ph.D.
University of California, San Diego
12:10 - 12:40 p.m.
12:40 - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch (on your own)
1:30 - 3:25 p.m.
Session III: The Emerging Concept of Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition in Health and Disease
Chair(s): Michael Basson, Ph.D., Nature Medicine
Manfred Boehm, M.D., National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
1:30 - 1:35 p.m.
1:35 - 1:55 p.m.
Mesothelial Progenitors in Development of the Heart and Lungs
William T. Pu, M.D.
Childrens Hospital Boston
1:55 - 2:15 p.m.
Dynamic Regenerative Responses of the Zebrafish Heart
Kenneth D. Poss, Ph.D.
Duke University Medical Center
2:15 - 2:35 p.m.
Alterations in Cellular Ontology Contribute to the Pathogenesis of Aortic Aneurysm in Marfan Syndrome
Hal Dietz, M.D.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
2:35 - 2:55 p.m.
Insights into Cardiac Fibroblasts and Fibrosis
Raghu Kalluri, M.D., Ph.D.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
2:55 - 3:25 p.m.
3:25 - 3:45 p.m.
3:45 - 5:00 p.m.
Poster Session and Reception
Thursday, October 15, 2009
8:00 - 9:55 a.m.
Session IV: NHLBI Consortium: An Overview of the Progenitor Cell Consortium
Chair: Elizabeth G. Nabel, M.D.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
8:00 - 8:05 a.m.
8:05 - 8:25 a.m.
Notch Signaling in Hematopoiesis: Basic Studies and Clinical Implications
Irwin D. Bernstein, M.D.
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
8:25 - 8:45 a.m.
The Stanford-Johns Hopkins Research Hub: Basic and Transitional
Research to Develop Safe, iPSC-Based Hematologic and Vascular Therapies
Alan D. Friedman, M.D.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
8:45 - 9:05 a.m.
Elucidating the Program of Lung and Pulmonary Vascular Development
Mark Krasnow, M.D., Ph.D.
Stanford University School of Medicine
9:05 - 9:25 a.m.
Kenneth R. Chien, M.D., Ph.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School/Harvard Stem Cell Institute
9:25 - 9:55 a.m.
9:55 - 10:15 a.m.
10:15 - 12:10 p.m.
Session V: Future Outlook: iPSC and ESC, and More
Chairs: Katrina L. Kelner, Ph.D., Science
Stephen G. Ellis, M.D., The Cleveland Clinic
10:15 - 10:20 a.m.
Introduction to topic and speakers session chairs
10:20 - 10:40 a.m.
Directed Differentiation of Pluripotent Stem Cells to the Cardiovascular Lineages
Gordon Keller, Ph.D
University Health Network (Canada)
10:40 - 11:00 a.m.
A Chemical Approach to Cell Fate Regulation
Sheng Ding. Ph.D.
The Scripps Research Institute
11:00 - 11:20 a.m.
Stimulating Myocardial Regeneration With Cardiomyocyte Proliferation Factors
Bernhard Kühn, M.D.
Harvard Medical School/Childrens Hospital Boston
11:20 - 11:40 a.m.
Cardiomyocyte Renewal in Humans
Jonas Frisén M.D., Ph.D.
Karolinska Institute (Sweden)
11:40 - 12:10 p.m.
Roundtable discussion
12:10 - 1:00 p.m.
1:00 - 3:15 p.m.
Session VI: Hitting the Highlights From Other Fields
Chairs: Deborah J. Sweet, Ph.D., Cell Stem Cell
Brant M. Weinstein, Ph.D., National Institute on Child Health and Human Development
1:00 - 1:05 p.m.
1:05 - 1:25 p.m.
Regenerative Potential of Skeletal Muscle Stem Cells
Amy Wagers, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
1:25 - 1:45 p.m.
Transcriptional Control of Fat Cell Identity and Energy Homeostasis
Bruce M. Spiegelman, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
1:45 - 2:05 p.m.
Stemming Vision Loss with Stem Cells
Martin Friedlander, M.D., Ph.D.
The Scripps Research Institute
2:05 - 2:25 p.m.
Regulation of Stem Cell Fate
Helen M. Blau, Ph.D.
Stanford University School of Medicine
2:25 - 2:45 p.m.
Using Stem Cells to Understand and Treat Disease
Ronald D.G. McKay, Ph.D.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH
2:45 - 3:15 p.m.
Roundtable Discussion
3:15 - 4:45 p.m.
Session VII: Clinical Trials Roundtable: Where to Now?
Kenneth R. Chien, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School/Harvard Stem Cell Institute
Joshua M. Hare, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.H.A., University of Miami School of Medicine
OverviewStephen G. Ellis, M.D.
The Cleveland Clinic
Richard O. Cannon, III, M.D.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH
George Q. Daley, M.D., Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School/Childrens Hospital Boston
Jonathan A. Epstein, M.D.
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Martin Friedlander, M.D., Ph.D.
The Scripps Research Institute
Valentin Fuster, M.D.
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Charles E. Murry, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Washington Medical Center
Robert D. Simari, M.D.
Mayo Clinic
4:45 - 5:00 p.m.
Concluding Remarks and Adjournment
Manfred Boehm, M.D.
Translational Medicine Branch, Division of Intramural Research, NHLBI


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So Tuesday, he pitched his plan to the Arts, Parks, Health and Aging Committee of the City Council to ban sodas from city park and library vending machines.
"As a father, and a longtime board member of the American Diabetes Association, the health of our children has long been a concern for me," said Englander. "Providing healthier beverages in city vending machines is an easy way to make headway in the battle against diabetes and childhood obesity."
He plans to demonstrate to the committee how much sugar is in sodas by emptying out 22 packets of sugar – representing the amount of sugar in each 20 ounce drink.
In 2002, the Los Angeles Unified School District banned the selling of sodas in all school cafeterias and campus vending machines.
In New York City, Mayor Michael Bloomberg is seeking to ban large-size sugary beverages. His proposal places a 16-ounce limit on bottled drinks and fountain beverages sold at city restaurants, movie theaters, sports venues and street carts. It affects drinks that have more than 25 calories per 8 ounces.
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Have Escape Weekends Without Breaking the Bank
How to pull off a weekend getaway with your partner without melting your credit card.
My wife and I have three children in elementary school and preschool, so the opportunities for "escape weekends" have been few and far between for a very long time. When we get those opportunities – usually thanks to a generous grandparent – we deeply enjoy the chance for a bit of "us time."
Still, an escape weekend isn't an excuse to go break the bank. We strive to escape the stresses of our day-to-day life for a little while, but that doesn't mean we need to add to those stresses.
Here's how to pull off an escape weekend with your partner without melting your credit card and adding to your financial stress.
1. Think about experience, not location. Why do we want this weekend of escape? We want to spend it together, first and foremost. The real value in an escape weekend is to retreat from the stresses of your everyday life and to perform "maintenance" on your relationship by spending time together. Those two things, above all, are the sign of an escape weekend with your partner.
So, accentuate those signs. What stress do you need a temporary escape from? Do you yearn for a break from the nonstop responsibility of parenting? Are you looking for a timeout from the demands of your career? A getaway weekend should provide that respite. Similarly, if you're engaging in a getaway with your partner, part of the value of the getaway is the strength it can add to your relationship.
A lot of getaways provide both that respite and relationship building. (Quite honestly, my wife and I can enjoy this kind of respite and relationship building simply by sending the children to the grandparents for the weekend.)
2. Keep it simple. Once you've established what you're really yearning for when it comes to an escape weekend, your next step is to plan something simple that caters to what you need most. What kind of weekend enables you to escape from your biggest stressors and spend time with your partner without adding to other life stresses (like your debts)?
Here, simplicity lends a hand. You can have a great escape weekend at home. Send the children to the grandparents, turn off the phones and the computers, and just enjoy each other for two days. Pop a giant bowl of popcorn and curl up under a blanket in the basement together while watching a movie marathon. Take care of a project around the house you've been putting off. Simple things like this can be a wonderful escape because they take care of the things you need most from a weekend retreat without adding complexity to the situation.
If you need to get out of the house, tap your social network for ideas. You may find that a friend has a guest bedroom just waiting for you in another town or someone you know has a cabin they'll let you use for a weekend. There's also the possibility that a friend could point you toward a steep discount or another opportunity in the area.
3. Save for that one weekend in paradise. If you feel that a larger splurge is in order, start socking away money now. Put aside $20 or $50 a week for a few months, then spring for something special that you can afford out of pocket without contributing to the problems that you're trying to escape from.
The most important thing to remember is that a weekend escape gives you a respite from the stresses of your life and some time to bond with your partner. Ideally, you should return from it rested and ready to handle the challenges of life. Spending money you don't have simply means you're going to return to bigger issues than what you left behind.
Escape with your heart and your mind, not with your wallet.
Trent Hamm is the founder of the personal finance website TheSimpleDollar.com, which provides consumers with resources and tools to make informed financial decisions.


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North Texans Stay Up Late In Awe Of Blood Moon Vision
Dozens of people gathered at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas early Tuesday morning to see the first of a series of eclipses so rare it usually happens only once every several hundred years.
Barricaded Dallas Man Taken Into Custody
Dallas Police have responded to reports of shots fired inside a luxury apartment complex in downtown Dallas on Houston Street.
Perot Museum Offers Inside Look At Animals
Animals Inside Out exhibit will give museum visitors an inside look at a giraffe, gorilla, elephant and other animals.
Perot Museum Opens Interactive Recycling Exhibit
The Perot Museum has opened an environmentally friendly summer exhibit designed to let visitors — not museum employees — create the exhibit.
Money Issues Between Dallas Arts District, Klyde Warren Park Resolved
The park and the Arts District have agreed on a partnership and a way to split revenue from a new property tax for a Public Improvement District, or PID. Park users think it's necessary to retain the park's attractiveness.
Already Talk Of Expansion At Perot Museum
Although the Perot Museum of Nature and Science, in downtown Dallas, has only been opened for a few months there appears that plans are already in the works for expansion.
Perot Museum Visitor Injures Hand At Interactive Exhibit
An interactive exhibit at the new Perot Science Museum of Dallas is closed after a visitor suffered an injury to his hand.
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TRAVERSE CITY — The Senior Center Network is offering seniors an opportunity to trek across the Mackinac Bridge on Monday, Sept. 2.
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Women Dems' tea
ELK RAPIDS — Senator Gretchen Whitmer, Democrat Minority Leader, Michigan State Senate, will attend an informal tea hosted by the Antrim Women Dems at 9 a.m. Friday, Aug. 23, at the Old Council Chambers, 321 Bridge St. Reservations are not required.
Blair library services
TRAVERSE CITY — The Traverse Area District Library, in conjunction with Traverse City Area Public Schools, will offer library services Saturday, Aug. 24, at Blair Elementary School, 1625 Sawyer Road.
The library will be open to the public from 9 a.m. to noon. Scheduled programs are preschool storytime and crafts 9:30-10;30 a.m. and Summer Reading Club and Crafts for children in grades one through five 10:45-11:45 a.m. Residents also will be able to borrow books from the school's library and from a selection of TADL books for children, teens and adults.
Pruning workshop
ARCADIA — Homeowners are invited to a hands-on pruning workshop that includes the opportunity to "Ask an Arborist," with Dr. David Roberts of the MSU Extension.
The workshop will be held from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24, at the Arcadia Township Hall, 3422 Lake St. The "Ask an Arborist" session will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Participants may bring in plant material and ask specific questions about their trees and shrubs.
The cost is $5 and reservations are required. For details or reservations, call (800) 642-7353 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Check-in time ends at midnight
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