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Sometimes we find it very difficult to read best quotes and when you tracing some of perfect Military commanders' quotes you can trap into many Supernatural quotes those have any link with the reality. We often want to read the daring account of wise military commanders, who achieved victory in many battles, we want to meet them and want to know how they got the braveheart its novice to get knowledge of those military geniuses, and genius never dies. We are providing you the best quote of ten best military commanders of our history who ever lived; those were not just fighting with the bullet, swords or spears but also with truth and spirit of humanity.
1) Ali ibn Abi Talib (May Allah be pleased with him)
- His grief is long whose hope is short.
- I was not created to be occupied by eating delicious foods like tied up cattle.
- Unfortunate is he who cannot gain a few sincere friends during his life and more unfortunate is the one who has gained them and then lost them (through his deeds).
- He who fights against the truth, the truth will defeat him.
- Knowledge and practice are twins, and both go together. There is no knowledge without practice, and no practice without knowledge.
2) Genghis Khan
- Be of one mind and one faith, that you may conquer your enemies and lead long and happy lives."
3) Salahuddin Al-Ayyubi (May Allah's mercy be have upon him)
- Victory is changing the hearts of your opponents by gentleness and kindness.
- If you want to win a battle without waging war, spread obscenity in its youth.
- A place where Food becomes expensive than the salary of a Worker,
There becomes Two things Cheap…
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4) Khalid bin Walid (May Allah be pleased with him)
- "The rainy night when I am standing wearing armor with sword and shield in my hand and looking again and again towards the eastern horizon, waiting for sun to rise so that I could start the battle."
- I've fought in so many battles seeking martyrdom that there is no spot in my body left without a scar or a wound made by a spear or sword. And yet here I am, dying on my bed like an old camel. May the eyes of the cowards never rest.
5) Tipu sultan 1750- 1799
- "One day's life of a lion is preferable to hundred years' of a jackal"
6) Omer Mukhtar 1858-1931
- We'll never surrender, we'll win or die, you've to fight the next generation and the next ….. and I'll live more than my hanger.
- "I'm not a sweet bite of a meal anyone can swallow. No matter how long they try to change my belief and opinion, Allah is going to let them down".
7) Adolf Hitler
- Those who want to live, let them fight, and those who do not want to fight in this world of eternal struggle do not deserve to live.
- It is not truth that matters, but victory.
- there is one thing we must never forget… the majority can never replace the man. And no more than a hundred empty heads make one wise man will an heroic decision arise from a hundred cowards."
- I use emotion for the many and reserve reason for the few.
- "The man who has no sense of history, is like a man who has no ears or eyes"
- "It is always more difficult to fight against faith than against knowledge"
8) Napoleon Bonaparte
- "Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world."
- "Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."
- "History is written by the winners."
- "Read over and over again the campaigns of Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, Gustavus, Turenne, Eugene and Frederic. … This is the only way to become a great general and master the secrets of the art of war. …"
- "Ability has nothing to do with opportunity.
- "He who cannot look over a battlefield with a dry eye, causes the death of many men uselessly."
9) Alexander the Great
- I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.
- I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.
- "A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient."
10) Tamerlane (Timur the Lame):
- "As there is but one god in heaven, so should there be but one ruler on earth."
11) Julius Caesar
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Ricky Chachra
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Summer research turns out to be more than full time, 150% more than full time when doing a 6 credit or a 3 credit course. And doing a full day of research, you definitely get lots more done! You are focused, there is nothing else to worry about. During the academic year, there is a quiz coming every week or so. Sometimes there are lots and lots of quizzes. Midterms, finals, other things. . . they are like speedbumps in the research.
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About Ricky
Much of the buzz around last spring's URECA Celebration centered around the "bird flu guy", Ricky Chachra. None were immune to Ricky's infectious enthusiasm, as students, faculty and senior administrators alike tried on the 3-D glasses, and became drawn into Ricky's engaged & energetic discussion of his research project: "Using computational methods to quantify binding of known drugs with strains of avian influenza (H5N1) to improve methods for rational drug design."
Since transferring to Stony Brook from Dowling College in Fall 05, and changing his major four times in his undergraduate years to date, Ricky has most definitely found his niche, working since October 2005 in the research group of Professor Robert Rizzo in the department of Applied Mathematics & Statistics. Ricky has presented posters highlighting this work not only at the URECA research "Celebration", but also more recently at the Joint Stony Brook/BNL Workshop on Computational Biology (June 2006) held on campus, and at the New York Structural Biology Group Meeting held at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (July 2006). He also enjoys interacting with younger students and had a blast this past August co-teaching a LIGASE-run workshop (August 2006) with his mentor, Professor Rizzo, to middle and high school students: as Ricky helped with the simulations/demonstrations, they too could not help but respond to Ricky's enthusiasm, humor and passion for research!
Such positive energy - and caliber of work - does not go unnoticed. This year alone, Ricky Chachra has received the URECA summer research award, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute academic year research fellowship, the Sigma Xi Excellence in Research Award; as well as several scholarships, including the Robert & and Katherine B. Frey Applied Math & Statistics Scholarship (2006-07), and the Srivastav, Tucker and Weitzman Undergraduate Applied Math & Statistics Scholarship (2006-2007); in 2004-2005, he received Dowling College's Presidential Award (full tuition scholarship). He is currently working on a manuscript (soon to be submitted) with his mentor, to whom he is deeply indebted: "Yes, definitely, that's been the best thing , working with Dr. Rizzo. He's very very supportive. He makes sure he takes his time and explains everything at very fundamental levels.. There've been so many opportunities . . He really trusts me and relies on me with a lot of different things. I think we make an excellent team. It's an honor to be working with him."
Ricky also speaks only in superlatives when it comes to his favorite department at Stony Brook."I think Applied Mathematics is one of the best departments in SB! And I completely admire each and every faculty member whose course I've taken in applied mathematics.—Dr. Joseph Mitchell, Dr. Alan Tucker. . "
Born and raised in India, and an avid science student all through his secondary school years at St. Gabriel's Academy in Roorkee, Ricky Chachra has continued to develop and explore a wide variety of interests, and to make the most of opportunities while studying in Long Island. Following graduation in May 2007, he has plans to go to graduate school next fall, and to continue working in the field of computational structural biology. Of Stony Brook University, Ricky reflects: "Given how much I want to explore and find new things, I think Stony Brook was the perfect option for me. I'd been to Stony Brook several times and was very impressed." Below are some excerpts shared from his interview with Karen Kernan, URECA Director .
Karen: What kind of research do you do? How did you first get involved?
Ricky:So in my previous school, I was working with Prof. Herbert Bernstein who is a professor in mathematics and computer science in Dowling College. He has a lab by the name of Accessible Retired Computers in Biology (called the ARCiB lab). He has several projects funded by the National Science Foundation, by the Department of Energy and by the International Union of Crystallography. I started working with Dr. Bernstein in the very first week I started college. And that was a very, very nice experience. I learned so much. I was just an incoming freshman. I had no clue about how to do things for the first time—what scientific research is like, what it takes. Dr. Bernstein has been an excellent mentor. He's a very very good scientist, a very eminent computer scientist, an icon of bioinformatics. And that was where my first introduction to structural biology was because his funds are mostly for bioinformatics-related projects. With that background, I found the transition coming into Dr. Rizzo's lab fairly easy. Because in Dr. Rizzo's lab, the projects are molecular recognition using computational methods. So the most general words that describe Dr. Rizzo's work — encompassing all the projects that there are —are "molecular recognition using computational methods." Some people call it computational structural biology. Computational structural biology is the bigger umbrella for it.
What can you tell me specifically about your current project?
There've been two projects I've been working on. The very first day I started it was with a program known as DOCK. DOCK was developed originally by the University of California at San Franciso. Dr Rizzo's lab is one of the official DOCK- developing teams of which there are a few around the United States...For improvement of DOCK, you constantly need to improve the scoring functions. With Dr. Rizzo [and his group], we've made one of the largest test sets for DOCK out there. We constantly use it, change it, update it, add more systems to the test set so that we can test the improved scoring methods and make it faster, make it more robust, more reliable so that better binding drugs can be found and developed accordingly. That was the first project.
The second one is something I was interested in because of the rapid spread of avian flu.The second project has to do with making models for how drugs will bind to various strains of avian influenza. We are using computational methods to find how a drug will work against that target. So using molecular dynamic simulations, and MM-GBSA (that's the molecular mechanics generalized bron surface area methods) we can calculate how well they bind to the given proteins that are found on the avian influenza virus. The particular one I'm interested in is called neuraminidase. When you see H5N1, H5 is a protein and N1 is a protein.
How did you first find your mentor, Professor Rizzo?
I was going through the Applied Mathematics corridors, when I was a new student just exploring the Mathematics tower. So I walked across the gallery and found a nice poster and notices of research that his group has been involved in. I stopped there and I spent at least one and a half hours there, just reading, trying to understand what they were doing, how they were using computational methods. Given my background (through the ARCiB lab), I had the vocabulary. I was able to understand that project and how they were going about it. And I got completely interested! I sent Prof. Rizzo an email right away to see if there were any openings for undergraduates, or any opportunites for undergrads. Dr. Rizzo's response was very very encouraging. Just after one meeting with him, I had a place in the lab and I was immediately given a project to work with. He's been supportive from the very start. Part of the reason that I'm so interested in this field and this area is because of his support and his enthusiasm even with an undergraduate like me. I've been able, I hope, to contribute to the lab.
I think I'm very fortunate that I was able in the manner that I was able to find something that I really like [but] it took time. Since I started college, in just 2 years I've changed my major 4 times. I started out with mechanical engineering. Then switched to computer science, then switched to economics, then to applied mathematics. . . Science has always been at the core of the work that I'm interested in. But structural biology using computation methods [is] something that suits my interests and my aptitudes the best.
You presented two posters based on the work you did with Prof. Rizzo's group at our last URECA Celebration. Have you since gone on to present at other regional meetings?
[The URECA Celebration], that was my first time presenting, and it turned out to be very very good In Dr. Rizzos word, I made "quite a splash." So I was particularly happy with the response I got from the Provost and from the President and the other members of the faculty and staff who were there.
The workshop conducted jointly by SBU and BNL was a computational biology symposium. Various groups from SBU campus and BNL had come to give talks about their work. The field is so interdisciplinary. There is phyics, mathematics, biology, biochemistry, chemistry, did I say mathematics? computer science, pharmacology. A computational biology group can be in any of these departments inside a university. . . so that workshop was really helpful!
The meeting at Cold Spring Harbor was the New York Structural Biology Discussion Group's meeting. They are one of the most fantastic discussion groups. They have a meeting in Cold Spring Harbor every summer, and a fantastic beach barbecue!. There were groups from lots of big places in NY, big name people. There was so much work that either directly or indirectly relates to my work, so I got to have a nice experience there. One of the faculty members from Stony Brook, Professor Carlos Simmerling, presented. His talk was very very closely related to the work that I'm doing. He's the official developer for a program known as AMBER that we use for molecular dynamic simulations. His talk was related to research that he published along with Dr. Rizzo. That was a very interesting talk to listen to. I'm sure lots of people got excitedwith his talk in the area of computation modeling. The other very interesting talk I found [was given by] a presenter from Merck. She was talking about how her team was able to use computational methods to design a drug used for diabetes.
Do you ever find it difficult to balance academics with research?
Sometimes it's difficult to strike a balance. But research is also academics I think. And all the courses that I've been taking, almost everything since last year in Stony Brook has been directly or indirectly related to my research. There've been courses in applied mathematics. . . I've taken a course in biology. These [courses] give me more vocabulary to work with. Having those tools gives me a lot of confidence, gives me more options to be working with.
You have such enthusiasm for what you do, with everything! What advice would you offer to other students?
I think it's different for everyone. You really have to find something that you like. Part of the problem is exploring things. If you find something you really like, then half the problem is solved. You also have to keep in mind what your aptitudes are, how to be able to use those in the best possible manner in the field that you're interested in. My other advice is to take the initiative. Research is not going to come to them. They have to take the initiative, find out more, explore more.
You were funded through the URECA summer program this past summer to do full-time research. Is it a significantly different experience doing research in the summer than during the academic year?
Summer is an excellent time. It's the time when I consider myself to be most productive, and have the most focus with the task at hand. his is just my second summer. I was doing research full time [too] in my first summer of college when I wasn't taking classes. Actually [doing summer research turns out to be ] more than full time, 150% more than full time when doing a 6 credit or a 3 credit course. And doing a full day of research, you definitely get lots more done! You are focused, there is nothing else to worry about. During the academic year, there is a quiz coming every week or so. Sometimes there are lots and lots of quizzes. Midterms, finals, other things. . . they are like speedbumps in the research.
What's the most frustrating thing you find about research?
It just takes time to understand something. It takes a lot of time. I always [used to] get told by my mom, by other people, how impatient I am. But I think this being-impatient-reputation [isn't so accurate now]. Because I like research-work so much—even though it takes time and understanding. I'm happy to spend that time.
Do you have any particular story/favorite research experience you'd like to share?
There was this time when we were stuck [on the avian influenza project]. We needed this crystallographic information for a protein that we wanted to work on….avian influenza…but that particular protein was missing from the data banks. No one had crystallized it so far. A scientist had made a model that was not publicly available and was due to come out in another 6 months. We were stuck at that point. But then Dr. Rizzo introduced me to a new computational method called homology modeling. It wasn't something that I was aware of before but then I learned that method. Using that, I was able to make a model for the protein that turned out to be a very good model, a very stable model that was observed later on in the simulation.
Just going about making the model made me learn so many different things about viruses, about viral protein sequences, how you align those sequences, how you optimize parameters. In terms of different research, the fact that we were able to make that model. that was one of the most exciting days that I had! That happened just a few weeks before the URECA Celebration. Our simulations can take a very very long time. But the modeling was very exciting. We overcame that problem that the crystallographic information wasn't available. The fact that I was able to present my work. . . that's probably been the best story of my research so far.
How has the research prepared you for the future?
Research is a phase, a transition from undergraduate to graduate school. I think people have it backwards. When they do research, the next [obvious] step is to go to graduate school. Research prepares you for graduate school, but. . . I wouldn't get involved in research just because I wanted to go to graduate school. I'd only do research because it interests me and it's something I like. Maybe it's selfish. . . but I wouldn't put in the time, not even even 1% of the time, if I weren't interested.


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95th Tour de France- Le Tour Report Card: Stage 13
Another day for the sprinters and another chance for Britains newfound Royalty
to display his stunning speed.
By Tim Lee
The fact that the Saunier saga continues to reek like a dead fish has been
overshadowed by Mark Cavendish and his Team Columbias domination of the flat
stages so far this year. Also noteworthy is that three of the top four riders
today were in the young riders classification, so hats off to the
whippersnappers this year! But what about the rest of the 158 remaining riders
in this years race? Here is the score on whos good, whos bad, and who is
making an impact either way:
A- Outstanding achievement worthy of all the superlatives known to mankind.
B- Damn good effort but falling just short of stardom.
C- Middle-of-the-rode but can hold their heads high.
D- Needs improving but theres a skerrick of hope.
E- Remedial classes required. No good can come from this.
Special awards
OFE- Obligatory French Escape. Nuff said
le Tour Farceur Imbécile Award Otherwise known as the tool award, this goes
to the rider that makes a decision that 99% of us can see is either wrong or
futile but they think there is merit to it.
There will also be some honourable mentions to those that excel but just dont
quite get the result they were after. Think Paolo Bettini at the Giro.
Cavendish gets the jump on (left to right) Duque, Haussler, Freire, McEwen and
Feillu for his fourth tour win in Nimes.
A - Mark
Untouchable Cavendish. Has to score this grade given the sheer
supremacy displayed on his way to collecting four stage victories thus far.
Cipollini did it in 1999; Petacchi did it in 2003 and now Cavendish has done it
in 2008. Of course Cipo did four in succession but neither of the Italian
stallions were as young as Cavendish. Will he put a green jersey ahead of an
Olympic gold? The obvious answer is no; but then again initially he wasnt even
going to ride the tour
Even if he did pull out now, Team Columbia can look back
on this tour with much pride and satisfaction. Perhaps the best part about
Cavendish is that he openly stands for clean cycling, an advocate for the new
generation if you will. More please!
Cavendish sits up over the line on stage 13, flanked by McEwen and Feillu.
Photo ©
2008 Fotoreporter Sirotti
B - Romain
Roaming Feillu scored a handy 3rd place today, which is really a
2nd place because lets face it, Cavendish is in a league of his own. Not content
with the 41 painful minutes he spent in yellow in Cholet last week, the little
Frenchman rode a fast and cunning finale today. Without much team support, he
finished ahead of guys like Freire, Hushovd, and Zabel so can hold his head
C - Gerald Me too Ciolek
deserves a mid-grade score. With the exception of a 3rd place on stage two,
his results thus far have been anonymous. However he himself has been anything
but anonymous, constantly seen on the front towards the end of the flat stages
playing an absolutely instrumental part of Cavendishs victories. For a guy that
has proven speed, it must be frustrating to play second fiddle to the Brit, but
his time will surely come. It does show what a good sport he is in playing the
ultimate team mate and Cavendish must owe him quite a few beers next time they
hit the town. Interestingly, Ciolek won gold at the 2006 U23 world
championships; Feillu won silver and Cavendish could only manage 11th. Oh how
times change!
D - Gert To Russia with love
Steegmans. Two top-ten finishes thus far in the tour isnt a great
return for a sprinter that is capable of winning as we saw in stage two last
year. This has been magnified because of the absence of Tom Boonen, meaning a
lot more pressure has fallen on the shoulders of the Belgian. Perhaps his mind
is on other things like his purportedly fat contract with Tinkoff nee Katyusha
for next year. Of course, the more likely explanation is that he is one or two
percent off his best and hasnt had the luck and opportunities needed to win.
E - Sven Any tougher hed
rust Krauss. Rolling in 15 minutes behind the bunch on a flat day
would normally be seen as a failure but to see Krauss pick himself up off the
asphalt and carry on was pretty amazing given the spectacle of his crash. After
colliding with a sign on a traffic island, his Specialized Tarmac flew into the
air and quite literally snapped into several pieces. The water boys are keen
for some media attention to attract a new sponsor but this is a bit extreme!
Glad to see Sven finished on his (spare) bike and not in the ambo and lets hope
he can continue on.
Le Tour Farceur Imbécile Award
Todays tool is Leonardo Peep show Piepoli.
Apparently the police took a little peep in his home today his team manager has
sacked the climber for doping violations. This could see yet another major
sponsor pull out of the sport, which would inevitably leave dozens of people
either unemployed or having to accept lower wages than what they are worth. So
from the whole team, thanks Leo. The world of cycling further plunges into
depression because it just seems the big black hole that is doping will never
end. So from the cycling community, thanks Leo. Perhaps the biggest issue to be
born out of this ongoing disaster is this: how can someone still not fail blood
and urine tests with the supposedly foolproof biological passport?
Florent Nomad Brard. The man that has
ridden for no less than six teams during his career took off with Niki Terpstra
inside the first kilometre and wasnt seen again for hours. Heading up the Pic
Saint Loup he had Terpstra in trouble then watched as the Dutchman took a flyer
with 30 clicks to go. Later joined by perennial breakaway guru
Stephane Auge, the two Frenchies worked
together until being caught at about 15 kms from the line.


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Supervisor Kate Murray and members of the Hempstead Town Board honored nine women who live or work in the Town of Hempstead for their outstanding contributions to the community at the town's annual Pathfinder Awards ceremony on Tuesday, March 8.
Sister Christine Sammon of Levittown was among the nine women honored at the ceremony. Community service is an essential part of Sister Sammon's life. As the Director of Parish Social Ministry for St. Bernard's Church in Levittown, Sister Christine coordinates countless efforts to reach out to the less fortunate members of our community. Since joining the parish staff in 2003, Sister Christine has provided help for those in need and inspired many people to engage in works of community service. Among her many duties, Sister Christine works with the St. Bernard's Parish St. Vincent de Paul Society to coordinate outreach efforts. Under her guidance, a very active food pantry serves over 100 Levittown families a week, providing basic food and toiletries.
Actively involved in raising awareness of food insecurity on Long Island, Sister Christine has been featured on two television programs concerning hunger in our area. Sister Christine has helped to set up a "meals-on-wheels" program in the parish as well as a youth group called "Charitable KIDZ" that involves school-age children in community service projects like hosting a senior prom for residents of an assisted living facility and raising money to help communities in need.
Long Island's own Susan Axelrod, president and founder of Love and Quiches Desserts in Freeport, delivered an inspiring keynote speech. Axelrod has grown her internationally renowned quiche and dessert manufacturing business from a home-based enterprise started in 1973.
"Today's Pathfinder honorees are shining examples of women who have taken action to help create a better world," noted Murray. "Each of the women we are recognizing, as well as our keynote speaker, has worked hard to realize dreams and nurture those dreams into shining success stories. They believed in themselves and their vision and overcame challenges to accomplish great feats."


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Mardi Gras is a really special time for Betsy and I. During our undergrad days, we made a yearly pilgrimage with some of our best friends down to the Big Easy for Mardi Gras, watching the parades and generally acting silly. Years later, it was where and when we decided to get married, eloping to New Orleans and getting married in the New Orleans Parish courthouse on Lundi Gras of 2001.
It's a great holiday, and to everyone: Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler!
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Society and Culture
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Acclaimed historian to deliver 2014 Brose lectures
Judith Giesberg, professor and director of graduate studies in the Department of History at Villanova University, will deliver three lectures on "Know(ing) It When You See It:" Pornography and Sexual Culture in the Civil War North, for the 2014 Steven and Janice Brose Distinguished Lecture Series, on Nov. 6, 7 and 8. All lectures are free and open to the public at the Nittany Lion Inn.
In disease outbreak management, flexibility can save lives and money
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PlantVillage solves crop problems by democratizing science-based knowledge
David Hughes understands the devastating effects a plant disease can have on crops and the people who rely on them for food and income. This understanding, and the mentoring he received early in his research career, germinated the seed of an idea that has borne fruit in the form of an online network designed to get practical knowledge about plants and plant diseases into the hands -- and mobile devices -- of farmers around the globe.
Media are often enablers for unilateral presidential powers
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Children born to older mothers have greater rates of mitochondrial mutations
The discovery of a "maternal age effect" by a team of Penn State scientists that could be used to predict the accumulation of mitochondrial DNA mutations in maternal egg cells — and the transmission of these mutations to children — could provide valuable insights for genetic counseling. The research will be published in the early online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Oct. 13, 2014.
Interaction history beats interactive chat for website engagement
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Media celebrate female NFL referee, but fumble deeper issues
The sports media's positive reaction to the hiring of a female referee in professional football is a good sign, according to a Penn State researcher, but did little to help expose deeper issues that hinder greater acceptance of women in sports.
Ethical behavior can be contagious, study says
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Computer game could help adolescents with autism improve their social skills
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Grant to help find why people reveal information online
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Research shows alcohol sensations influenced by genes
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Mellon Foundation awards grant for major project in the humanities and sciences
Penn State's Institute for the Arts and Humanities has received a $260,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for a two-year project, "The Boundaries of the Human in the Age of the Life Sciences."


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Hood River County is historically unique to Search and Rescue. The tradition goes back to the 1920's. It is one of the first organized Search and Rescue groups in the North West. Our staff and volunteers are highly motivated and well trained.
The Sheriff's Office, Crag Rat team and our local fire departments have a great working relationship. We are a small group but very diverse in our abilities. In order to increase our abilities, we have added more capable watercraft, aerial platforms, communications, wilderness transportation and education. Some of our deputies have been certified through the Sheriff's Association's Search and Rescue Management School. This is an advanced education that is specific to the resources necessary, the resources available and operations in the rural environment. All of our deputies have been trained to use the Incident Command System, which is used on small-scaled incidents to very large-scale incidents.
Our aircraft program is special due to the fact that we are one of the few law enforcement agencies in the lower United States to use Super Cubs. Our planes are unique to the missions that they fly. Our pilots are skilled in these types of aircraft. The pilots have many years of experience. Our Pilots are local volunteers with backgrounds in fire service, law enforcement, aerial applications and commercial flying. Our program is funded by Title III funds. Title III funds are paid by forestry receipts and not the Hood River County general fund.
Our planes are used in many different types of situations. Every year we locate many injured and missing climbers on Mt Hood and the surrounding areas. The PA18-150 planes are essential to these searches because they are able to go at lower speeds and lower altitudes to search. The aircraft also allows both the pilot and passenger to search from both sides of the plane. After these subject's are located, the plane can provide important information to the responding units as to how to respond, their location, how to gain access to them and what will be needed. This helps provide a quicker response time to those in distress. The planes have also been used in police pursuits, locating fleeing suspects and suspect vehicles. Our planes have located down aircraft in the area and worked on Haz-Mat situations.
Recently, the Sheriff's Office has been added to the region's Fire Task Force as an initial responder to help locate and size up fires for responders. The planes have located many fires not easily seen by ground units because of their locations. The planes have pinpointed the location, which provided the appropriate and quickest responses by fire units.


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Spoiler alert! Don't read any further if you haven't seen tonight's two-hour 24 series finale! I'm warning you — try to imagine me speaking to you in a patented Jack Bauer hoarse growl — stay away until you've watched. Numerous spoilers ahead. READ FULL STORY
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Review of tonight's 'Breaking Bad': I know it's 'Lost' Night, but watch or record this episode, please
I'm breaking (as it were) with precedent and offering a preview-review of tonight's Breaking Bad, because it's so good, I'd be shocked if both Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul don't use the episode for Emmy consideration. There's more on TV tonight than Lost, folks.
The pre-credits begin with a super-close-up of a fly. The episode's title? "Fly." The hour is basically a three-character piece: Walt, Jesse, and READ FULL STORY
'Lost' on 'Letterman': See a preview of tonight's 'Lost Top Ten'
As Dave explains the show here, Lost was about a flight from Milwaukee that mysteriously landed in Hawaii… well, Lost gurus Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof do a better job at dropping spoilers during this peek at a Top Ten airing on The Late Show tonight:
Good Michael Emerson cameo, yes?
'Saturday Night Live' season finale tonight with Alec Baldwin: Will the show go out on a note of triumph?
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Betty White talks 'Saturday Night Live,' her sketches with Jay-Z, her fears, her hopes
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Go here for a complete recap of last night's show. Thanks.
Conan was asked to be in Super Bowl ad with Leno and Letterman, and Leno bombs at White House Correspondents dinner
1. I didn't think it was possible to come up with a worse comedic performance than Rich Little's, at George Bush's 2007 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, but last night Jay Leno managed to be not merely less funny, but also seemed uncharacteristically irritated. He rushed through one tepid joke after another. When many were met with only mild laughs, Leno resorted to that oldest of comedian complaints — he actually said, "Ooh, this is a tough room." No, tough was sitting through jokes about Betty White being as old as Abraham Lincoln:
2. Few media outlets and Team Coco seem to have picked up on a choice bit of trivia David Letterman dropped on Friday's Live with Regis and Kelly. Letterman, prodded by Regis Philbin to rehash "the late night wars" once again, brought up the Super Bowl commercial in which he, Leno, and Oprah Winfrey squabbled on a sofa. Dave, who was amusing while joshing with Regis and Kelly Ripa, dropped the kidding for a moment and gave us a glimpse into how mini-events like this come together.
Letterman said that originally, his idea had been to have Conan join him and Jay on that sofa. But Conan declined. The quotes re. Conan occur about nine minutes into this clip:
I suppose the insults O'Brien had endured by NBC and, by extension, Leno, were too fresh in his mind to permit him to share furniture-space with Leno, but really, where were the man's comedic instincts? Think of how much more amusing/squirmy/talked-about this spot would have been with Conan in the middle.
3. Conan on 60 Minutes tonight. Having seen the same clips you have, I understand the misgivings my colleague Kate Ward has about Conan coming off as a victim tonight. But two observations in advance: His beard really works in the 60 Minutes context, and wouldn't it have been more typically Conan if, instead of being interviewed by a 60 Minutes correspondent, he'd asked to take over Andy Rooney's spot for the final minute ("You know what I hate? I hate it when a guy gives you his show and then tries to take it back… ")?
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'Saturday Night Live' tonight: The topics host Gabourey Sidibe and the 'SNL' cast will tackle this week
Last night, Gabourey Sidibe hosted Saturday Night Live, with musical guest MGMT. Anyone who's seen Sidibe on a talk show promoting Precious already knows that she's a funny charmer.
For my full recap, please go here.
'24' tonight: Is one big reason you keep watching because you know it's canceled?
It makes sense. You want to know how 24 ends, right? No matter how ridiculous, exhausted, or suddenly inspired that conclusion turns out to be.
This occurred to me as I approached last week's edition of 24 as a matter of duty-not-pleasure, that the primary reason I was seeing this lousy season through to its end was that I knew I'd regret it if I didn't — that as repetitive and predictable as 24 has become, I had to be able to say I'd seen Jack Bauer through every single hour of his (in our universe) nine-year-long agony.
Am I the only one who feels this way?
Unlike Lost, whose brilliant decision to announce the end of the series has only increased fan fervor and speculation, the 24 cancellation comes as some combination of relief, sorrow, inevitability, and tease. It was pretty clear, when this season began with Jack dandling his grandchild in New York City, that Bauer was not in the midst of a cliff-hanger, as he'd been in some seasons before. Indeed, Jack's disconnection from his action-hero life mirrored ours. Even if you remain an enthused fan of 24, you're now watching it less for the story itself but for the way the methods of storytelling are playing out — what variations in the formula are being introduced.
Lately, those variations are at once surprising (Chloe taking over at CTU?) and predictable (Cherry Jones has never been given much to do as president except worry, so why not bring back the most eccentric, jittery President of all, Gregory Itzen's version?).
Shooting Renee last week deprived us of the season's sole interesting character — what Annie Wersching was doing with Renee's mixture of anger, vulnerability, and despair was fascinating — but it was also totally in keeping with the old Jack-cannot-ever-be-happy theme.
Now he's — what else? — "out for revenge," as Fox puts it. So we'll sit through a few more weeks of watching Jack run and shoot and wrestle with the way his rage-fuelled sorrow contradicts his patriotic duty and tortures him more than any mere terrorist could. Bauer's inner conflicts have always been compelling. It's the repetitive procession of foreign enemies and allies, the bombs and the bureaucratic red-tape, that has become stultifying.
Plus, we know we have to stay to the bitter end because it's not the bitter end. There's the announced 24 feature film to ponder. How will the show leave Jack so that he can transition to the big screen?
How about you? Will you be sticking around until the show ends on May 24? Are you watching out of pleasure, habit, or both?
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South Florida Interactive Marketing Association Monthly Meeting with Keynote Speaker Jeff Ramsey
Categories: Events, Social Media Marketing
The evening of August 14 was a sold out "full house" with over 200 of South Florida's leading business representing various industries as well as marketing and advertising professionals. The evening kicked off with presentations from the South Florida Interactive Marketing Association members that helped sponsor the dinner banquet.
The main event of the night was an hour presentation from keynote speaker and Emarketer CEO Jeff Ramsey, CEO of Emarketer.com. Armed with numerous statistics and studies of web trends, his presentation was informative, humorous, and extremely enlightening. Being that we are on the forefront of a changing industry, WEB 2.0, this new frontier has many challenges for business to overcome as they decide how to invest the resources in the new paradigm of social media online communities.
Jeff presented numerous statistics which point in multiple simultaneous directions as to the success of these communities to promote brand identity, trust and loyalty. Overall it is very subjective as numerous research firms try to make sense of the direction of the online world given sketchy measurability; but one thing is certain. Online communities are consumer driven and are striving to maintain a level of transparency between members and that is future of the web. In our next post, we will examine some of the terminology and criteria mentioned here to help you understand and digest these emerging communities.