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What do you do when you're a parent who's a combo of geeky and lazy? You program a way for your computer to rock your baby to sleep, of course.
This enterprising parent used their Linux box and a custom program to get the CD drive to repeatedly open and close. They then tied a string between their kid's car seat and the drive, and voila, automatic baby rocker. Now if only there was a way to get the computer to feed them their meals, we'd be all set.

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The teen birth rate was almost one-third higher in rural counties compared to the rest of the country, researchers from the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy reported.
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"This data provides an answer to a straightforward but previously unanswered question: Is rural teen childbearing higher or lower than in other places?" Sarah Brown, CEO of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, said in a news release from the nonprofit organization. "Clearly the need for efforts to help rural teens avoid too-early pregnancy and parenthood is great."
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Before we get to the e-mails, here are two press releases the Red Wings sent out this morning.
The Rochester Red Wings will hold a two day baseball camp July 6 & 7 from 9:00 a.m. to Noon at Frontier Field. The 2010 Rochester Red Wings Baseball Camp presented by Zweigle's is open to boys & girls ages 7-12and will feature instruction from 2010 Red Wings. Cost of the camp is $100.00 and will include a Camp T-Shirt, two free tickets to a Red Wings game, refreshments and snacks each day and a lunch picnic on July 7 from noon to 1:00 p.m. with Red Wings players.
The 2010 Rochester Red Wings Baseball Camp will provide batting techniques, base running tips, and fielding and pitching instruction along with daily baseball games. Early registration is suggested, as camp enrollment is limited. For more information about the camp please call Bob Craig in the Red Wings office at (585) 454-1001, ext. 3021 or www.RedWingsBaseball.com
The Rochester Red Wings announced today that Buffalo Sabres center Derek Roy will sign autographs at Frontier Field on August 26th when the Red Wings battle the Pawtucket Red Sox at 7:05 p.m.
OK, now the emails:
I realize I am the conduit between the fans and the Red Wings – the players and the front office. If you would like a question answered, ask me – and I'll ask them. If you have a question for me, ask and I'll print the answer right here.
Here are a few recent comments/emails:
I agree with you about selling the Strasburg shirts last week. Talk about money-grubbing. I've never heard of a team selling jerseys of an OPPOSING player. I'm sure they did more harm than good in the clubhouse – the Wings' clubhouse that is.
Bill P. in Pittsford
Some of the players were upset, but they've moved on and so have I. I'm sure the front office didn't mean to upset anyone. As I previously stated, I would have made T-shirts that said "I saw Stephen Strasburg pitch," with the date and site. Who could be upset by that?
Have you given up on the 2010 Wings yet? They seem to be spinning their wheels.
Rex the Red Wings Fan
I wouldn't say I've given up, but I think making the playoffs would surprise me. I like the lineup a lot, and the bench. Not a ton of power or speed, but these guys can hit. The key is the pitching staff. If Glen Perkins can find himself, if Mike Maroth can return, if Charlie Zink can find his knuckler and if Anthony Swarzark is his dominating self, things could change in a hurry.
Reading your entries, I was hoping you would mention the appalling lack of organization before the game. The mass chaos and lack of preparation (despite knowing what a huge crowd would be there) resulted in 40+ minute waits in the will call line for people who paid extra to buy their tickets in advance. The unexpected wait resulted in missing the first inning. Once I find out who is in charge I will write with my suggestions:
- signs that indicate separate windows depending on your last name should be larger than 5 inches and placed higher than eye level. Really informative to find once you've waited in line 40 minutes. (it also caused the line to spiral out into the street because no one knew there were separate lines)
- barriers? line divisions? the individuals who opted to budge (and they were numerous) are fortunate rochestarians weren't in a fighting mood.
- more than 4 people working the will call. I counted 6 security guards doing nothing at one point. The slow will call churned out only a few people a minute so the security guards were able to move at a leisurely pace.
It was a mess and definitely put a damper on what should have been an exciting night.
I am not directing animosity at you because obviously you have nothing to do with how the stadium runs but I am hoping it will get mentioned and Frontier can be shamed into treating its paying customers a bit better.
Thank you,
Kelly Smith
Not much to comment on here except I told you I'd put this on the blog and maybe the Wings front office will do something to improve service.
What's wrong with Wilson Ramos? You (and others) built him up pretty good in the offseason.
Pete Gabriel
I think Wilson said it himself a few weeks ago. His mind is (was?) in Minnesota. He has to wrap his mind around tearing up the International League. If he does, he'll be in Minny before you know it. Or another big-league club.
That's it for now. I am off to Syracuse with sports editor Steve Bradley for an informal, off-the-record chat with SU football coach Doug Marrone. He wanted to chat with us.
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CONCORD, N.C. (WVLT) -- Knoxville native and Daytona 500 winner Trevor Bayne announced Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Bayne, 22, has undergone extensive testing at the Mayo Clinic and has been cleared by doctors and NASCAR to compete behind the wheel.
"I've never been more driven to compete," said Bayne. "My goals are the same as they've been since I started racing. I want to compete at the highest level and I want to win races and championships. I am in the best shape I've ever been in and I feel good," added Bayne.
"There are currently no symptoms and I'm committed to continuing to take the best care of my body as possible. I will continue to trust in God daily and know that His plan for me is what is best.
"As for now, I want to close out the season strong this weekend at Homestead and then shift my focus on getting ready to compete for the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) Championship in 2014. I have a great team, a great family and great people all around me. I have been truly blessed in life and I look forward to what my future holds."
In 2011, Bayne became the youngest driver in NASCAR history to win the famed Daytona 500. He is currently sixth in the NNS standings, having accumulated one win, six top-five and 20 top-10 finishes in 2013. He will compete again full-time for the NNS championship in 2014, driving the No. 6 AdvoCare Ford Mustang.
"We are 100 percent supportive of Trevor and his ability to compete in a race car," said Roush Fenway team owner Jack Roush. "I have full confidence in Trevor and his partners have all expressed that same confidence and support. As with all of our drivers, we look forward to standing behind Trevor and providing him with all of the tools he needs as he continues to develop in his young career."
Overall, the Knoxville, Tenn. native has 53 top-10 finishes, 19 top-five's, six poles and three wins in combined NASCAR races in the Sprint Cup and NNS.
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1 in 3 Hospitalized Patients Suffers an Adverse Event
Just when you thought you and your fellow providers have made hospitals safer, the April edition of the journal Health Affairs publishes a series of reports that might change your mind.
At least a dozen separate reports in the quality- themed issue focus on how bad the system still is, and how much it needs to improve. Worse, as at least one study emphasizes, healthcare providers in large part are unaware how many harmful errors they still make.
In one report, researchers who studied three methods to detect serious adverse events conclude that the commonly used method of voluntary reporting and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Patient Safety Indicators capture only one-tenth of these flaws in care.
On the other hand, a newer tool developed by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, called the Global Trigger Tool, now used by only 2% of hospitals in the U.S., caught all 10.
Specifically, the GTT detected 354 adverse events, while the AHRQ system, used by roughly half the hospitals in the U.S., found only 35 and the voluntary method found just four, according to the authors. These adverse events include medication errors, procedural errors and hospital-acquired infections, pulmonary venous thromboembolisms, pressure ulcers, device failures and patient falls.
"Overall, adverse events occurred in 33.2% of hospital admissions (range: 29% to 36%) or 91 events per 1,000 patient days," says the lead author, David Classen, MD, associate professor of medicine at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.
Imagine telling a hospital patient on admission that they have a one in three risk of suffering some harm from an error unrelated to the condition or disease that brought them there. It's almost enough to make you forget about accountable care organizations, or that there ever was talk about bending the cost curve.
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It is a sad state of affairs but there is much a patient can do to help prevent medical errors. First, enlist the help of a loved one to act as your advocate to help oversee and monitor your hospital medical care. Each time you have a new medical encounter, repeat your full name and date of birth. Ask the medical professional to check. I wrote a book about how to survive a hospital stay and it's full of strategies. If we work in collaboration with the hospital medical staff, we have a better chance of eliminating more medical errors. This is a team effort. My book is Critical Conditions: The Essential Hospital Guide To Get Your Loved One Out Alive.
Barry Bodie (4/7/2011 at 1:38 PM)
After doing this for nearly thirty years, I am amazed that no matter how careful you are, how much you try to prevent adverse consequences or how diligently you watch things, people are still going to have problems because of worn out immune systems, aging and the ravages of untreated and often ignored disease. Are we going to punish doctors for pulmonary embolism in an obese, smoking diabetic, lung cancer patient requiring ventilatory support because of a community acquired pneumonia. Why are we listing wound infections in patients operated on for diverticular abscesses or gangrenous gallbladders? All this is not in the interest of treating patients as they come to use, but in the interest of saving money at the expense of good medical care.
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How often do people have successful remission of diabetes when they lose weight?
Will my Type 2 Diabetes Go into Remission After Weight Loss Surgery?
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Remission of type 2 Diabetes after weight loss surgery
From a statistic standpoint and if one looks at all comers that have type two diabetes then the remission rate breaks down into this: lap band 40 to 45 percent, sleeve gastrectomy 60 to 65 percent, gastric bypass 85 percent, duodenal switch 98 percent. As with statistics there are highs and lows and this is a rough average. Notice that the more "aggressive" the procedure the better the chances for diabetes remission.
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In 1974, Dupere joined the Washington Capitals where he scored twenty goals and fulfilled a dream as the Caps choice for the All-Star game. "I was shaking when I hit the ice," he recalled. "Seeing all those guys?Lafleur, Dryden, Esposito, Orr. You can't beat a thrill like that!"
Dupere's career wound down with stops in St. Louis, Kansas City and finally, in Colorado where he retired in 1978. After the NHL, Dupere played briefly in France.
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Samaritan Hospital's emergency room is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and serves everyone within our community and the surrounding region who requires emergency care. We are staffed by board-certified emergency physicians as well as mid-level practitioners. Our emergency room nursing staff is certified in advanced cardiac life support, pediatric life support and each nurse holds trauma certification.
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After your triage assessment you will be admitted/registered. They will need your picture I.D. and insurance information. We see all patients regardless of your medical insurance or your ability to pay. We can provide you with an application for DSHS financial assistance and an application for uncompensated care.
Your priority of treatment is based upon the severity of your illness, as determined by the triage nurse. You will be seen in the order of arrival time, unless you are determined to be seriously ill or unstable. Patients who are determined to be emergent will be taken to the treatment area immediately.
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Mid-Day Jamboree (Music)
With Fred Gumaer
Sat Nov 13th 2010 1.00pm–3.00pm
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The Dillards "Sally Johnson" from There Is a Time (1963-70) (Vanguard 1991)Buy it!
Jack Guthrie & His Oklahomans "Oklahoma Hills" from Hillbilly Fever! Vol. 4: Legends Of The West Coast (Rhino 1995) —Jack Guthrie was born on this date in 1915.Buy it!
Neil Young "Oh Lonesome Me" from After The Gold Rush (Reprise Records 1970) —Neil turned 65 this week.Buy it!
Jimmie Dale Gilmore "Jimmie Brown the Newsboy" from Come On Back (Rounder www.rounder.com 2005) —Jimmie will be joined by his fellow Flatlanders, Joe Ely and Butch Hancock, Tuesday, November 16th at The Old Rock House.Buy it!
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I am a researcher and consultant in cognitive science and online education.I do interdisciplinary research on general learning principles to support the practical development of digital online educational resources that can also complement in-person & blended learning.
I focus on the collaborative development of modular online resources or "MOOClets" that are targeted at a practical goal, as well as designed to support randomized experiments and other research to iteratively improve their learning benefits for students.
My academic work consists of cognitive science research to understand how people learn – through experiments or A/B tests, construction of assessments, and statistical modeling. My practical work consists of consulting to improve and evaluate learning from online educational resources.
Examples include increasing motivation and reflective problem-solving while solving mathematics exercises on Khan Academy, strategies for self-questioning that enhance learning from videos in MOOCs, and digital tools to provide in-the-moment guidance to students in applying management concepts from courses to everyday interactions with people. You can contact me at joseph_jay_williams AT harvard DOT edu.
In this blend of scientific research and applications I collaborate and consult with domain/topic experts, instructors, designers, and researchers from diverse disciplines like education, psychology, human-computer interaction and machine learning. I draw on theories and methodology from research I have done, as well as synthesizing findings from other scientists, work on behavior change, reviews of evidence-based best practices for teaching and learning, practical experience as a statistics tutor, evaluations of educational technology products & authoring tools for e-learning, and experience as an ed-tech consultant and science & technology advisor.
I am currently a Research Fellow at HarvardX, the online learning research and development component at Harvard. I did a postdoc at Stanford University in the Graduate School of Education and Lytics Lab. I received my PhD from UC Berkeley's Psychology Department in Experimental and Computational Cognitive Science. I worked with Tania Lombrozo on laboratory experiments that investigated why prompting people to explain "why?" promotes their learning, and proposing the novel Subsumptive Constraints Account of explanation and learning. I worked with Tom Griffiths on using Bayesian statistics and methods from machine learning to develop probabilistic models of how people make judgments about randomness and explanation, and learn about causes, categories, and functions.
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My work on online educational resources allows me to combine basic cognitive science research – using experiments and computational modeling to understand how people learn – with applied research that improves education for real students and designs evidence-based educational web-applications. I focus on how answering questions and generating explanations guides people's learning, and applying learning principles from cognitive science, such as how adding question/explanation prompts to online videos & interactive exercises enhances understanding and helps people acquire new learning strategies. I am currently running studies that investigate how to promote students' construction of explanations when solving mathematics exercises on www.khanacademy.org (here is an example of a prototype), how to measurably increase students' motivation and grades by improving web lessons that teach students that intelligence is malleable, and how to change metacognitive habits and behaviors in MOOCs through Electronic Performance Support Tools.
My technology enthusiasms include documenting useful software – for online research, collaboration, and knowledge management – and reviewing and teaching people about online education software and programming skills that support rapid authoring of pedagogically sophisticated instruction containing "in vivo" experiments. I also do ed-tech entrepreneurship and consulting, drawing on my own research, synthesizing and applying a range of work by other academics, and using the Internet and online educational products to disseminate scientific insights about effective pedagogy and technology for public both education and industry.
Below is a brief summary of my research, with more information on the research overview page. This website also has pages with my Academic Papers, my CV and brief Resume, my General Talks about applying cognitive science to improve online education, and the Research-Based Learning Principles that form the foundation for these talks – a hyperlinked list of papers synthesized from the literature on cognitive science and education. Feel free to contact me with questions or suggestions at joseph_jay_williams AT harvard DOT edu.
Online Education Research
Bridging laboratory research and actual practice has always been challenging, but online education presents an unprecedented context in which to do this. Carrying out experiments in the context of online education can support rigorous research, because it allows substantial experimental control – random assignment to conditions, precise specification of what is manipulated, and quantifiable measures of learning. At the same time, research that explores learning processes with an eye toward their enhancement possesses a great deal of ecological validity, and permits iterative improvement of online educational environments. Instead of doing lab experiments and then following a costly process to extend the results to a physical classroom, online education allows for in vivo studies: Experimental and control conditions are simply different instructional strategies, stimuli are educational materials students use every day, and dependent measures are formal assessments.
Explanation & Learning Research
Generating explanations has been shown to improve learning (e.g. Fonseca & Chi, 2011), and has great promise as a tool in online education. Instructors provide guidance through the questions they ask, while learners still construct the knowledge themselves, and can learn even without feedback. Beyond educational settings, people constantly wonder "why?", such as why objects and people belong to certain categories or why others behave the way they do. Generating and evaluating explanations guides an individual's causal reasoning, categorization, and property induction, promotes learning and transfer in educational settings, and drives conceptual development in children.
My research has proposed a subsumptive constraints account: Explaining "why?" drives people to seek underlying generalizations, understanding how the fact or observation being explained could be anticipated as an instance of a broader pattern. For example, explaining why 2 x 6 = 12 invokes the principle that multiplication is repeated addition, and an explanation like "John is a teacher because he's a caring person" appeals to a regularity – that caring people are more likely to become teachers. I have evidence for four predictions of this account: 1. Counterintuitively, explanation's subsumptive constraint can impair learning when it promotes the use of misleading patterns (Williams, Lombrozo, & Rehder, 2013). 2. Seeking explanations does not simply boost pattern discovery, but particularly promotes the discovery of broad, unifying patterns that account for a range of facts (Williams & Lombrozo, 2010). 3. Explaining increases learners' consultation of their prior knowledge to identify and privilege those patterns that prior beliefs suggest are likely to generalize to novel contexts (Williams & Lombrozo, 2013). 4. Explaining is at times necessary for learning from anomalous observations (that conflict with prior beliefs), as it drives people towards broader generalizations (Williams, Walker, & Lombrozo, 2012). These results have been extended to children as young as five (Walker, Williams, Lombrozo & Gopnik, 2012).


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When I was younger, I was as skinny as could be. My mom always said, "Most people live to eat. Jacki eats to live." I just had no interest in food... except for M&Ms. I loved M&Ms. I remember accompanying my sister to her nutritionist once, and I came with an XXL bag of M&Ms in hand. The nutritionist told me it would catch up with me. I laughed it off, thinking the man was crazy.
Once high school hit, I started to fill out and gained some curves. I was completely comfortable with how I looked. Then I went to college. You know the Freshman 15? Well, I decided to take part in a new phenomenon, the Freshman 29. Yes, freshman year alone, I gained 29 pounds. It was too easy. My friends and I would sit in the dining hall on weekends for lunch, and gossip and laugh until dinner hit. We'd be in the dining hall for hours sometimes, not even realizing how much time had passed, or how many times we'd refilled our trays.
This continued throughout the four years of college. I didn't know how to cook (I thought grilled cheese went in the microwave), so I either ate the packaged frozen meals from the supermarket, or food from the cafeteria, including deli sandwiches, Sbarro baked ziti and pizza.
My mom would always tell me I needed to lose weight, but since I wanted to feel in control, I'd purposely not lose weight just to show her that I could do what I wanted... not the smartest way to handle gaining weight! I did want to lose weight, I just wasn't sure how to get started.
A few years after college, my sister, who was already tiny, joined Weight Watchers because she got a discount through work. She lost twelve pounds in about two months. A month later, I was sitting with my good friend at Starbucks, saying how badly I wanted to lose weight, but I didn't know how. I was fed up with feeling uncomfortable. I could barely fit into my jeans, but I refused to buy a bigger size. I hated the way I looked in pictures. My friend told me that her sister went on Weight Watchers after having a baby. I had recently seen her sister, and she looked great. Maybe there was something to the Weight Watchers concept.
A light went off during that coffee date, so when my boyfriend came home that night, we sat down and I told him I needed him on board with me. There was no way I could lose weight if he'd be bringing home pizza and making risotto at night. Also wanting to lose weight, my boyfriend agreed. Believe me, neither of us were happy about it – we love yummy, unhealthy food. But, summer was coming, and we also wanted to wear our bathing suits proudly! Having his support made my decision to sign up for Weight Watchers even easier.
I learned with Weight Watchers that I could continue to eat some of my favorite foods as long as I started paying attention to portion size. When we used to make spaghetti at night, we'd make one box for the two of us... and finish it!
Learning that one cup of pasta was a full portion was shocking to me, but it really changed my eating habits. Sure, I stopped eating pasta almost every night, but when I did want it, I'd make sure I only had a container of yogurt for breakfast, a salad for lunch and then I could splurge on 1 1/2 to 2 cups of pasta that night. After I lost my first two pounds, I was so excited that I joined a gym. Prior to this, I had never been to a gym in my life, and all of a sudden I couldn't dream of not going. I went three to five times a week... sometimes I'd even wake up early before work to go to the gym, which says a lot for someone who is not a morning person!
I started Weight Watchers in April, and by July I had lost eight pounds. The weight loss wasn't as fast as I wanted, but I had already noticed a difference. For the first time, I fit into a size four pair of pants. I almost cried tears of happiness in the dressing room. Unfortunately, July means July Fourth, and that's when I fell off the wagon. Every Independence Day, my boyfriend and I go to Coney Island to watch the hot dog competition. That, of course, means we have to get a hot dog at Nathan's. I had two hot dogs that afternoon and then met up with some friends that night for wings and beer... not exactly a Weight Watchers kind of day. That same week we had a barbecue at work and I had a hot dog and a hamburger. I didn't record those points on my Weight Watchers points tracker, and slowly I stopped recording any points at all. Luckily, the idea of portion size was still ingrained in me, so for the next few months I didn't gain any weight back, but I didn't lose any either. I also stopped going to the gym.
Then one day in September, I stepped on the scale and noticed I had lost a pound. It gave me the confidence that I could lose weight again, so that day I signed back onto the Weight Watchers site and started to record my points again. I haven't been as diligent as I was in the past, and I also haven't gone back to the gym. Last week my friend got engaged and asked me to be a bridesmaid, which apparently, is all the new motivation I needed. I'm now back on Weight Watchers full-time and plan to start going back to the gym next week. We're going dress shopping in a month, and I hope to lose another two to four pounds by then. It's going to be hard because of Thanksgiving and Christmas, but I have to keep reminding myself that from my past experience, it's possible!


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Surfalorus Film Festival
Wrightsville Beach, NC 28480
Visit: http://www.surfalorus.com/
The 3rd annual Surfalorus Film Festival is proud to announce its partnership with the Wrightsville Beach Museum and the Wrightsville Beach Longboard Association in founding the Inaugural Wrightsville Beach Waterman Ocean Festival, held May 1-3. Surfers, nature lovers, water weirdos, cinephiles and fans of everything aquatic will enjoy three days of screenings, soirees, and contests exclusively in Wrightsville Beach - bringing people from Southeastern North Carolina together to celebrate low country coastal culture.
The Surfalorus you know and love will still feature the hottest new surf films and docs and will include the outdoor Board + Beach Expo at Tidal Creek Co-op. With 3 nights of free screenings and 4 days of sun soaked action, this year's festival is sure fire fun.


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Marketing Major
College of Professional Studies and Social Sciences
Degree Four-year Track BS, Marketing, Five-year Track BS, Marketing and MBA
Department Chair John Sumansky, PhD
For information contact John Mellon, EdD
Marketing concentrates on exchange processes. This major goes beyond the traditional, preparing students for employment in business as well as non-business organizations. Those who are or will be involved in managing private, public, for-profit, or non-profit organizations can benefit from this program.
Opportunities in the field of marketing are expanding rapidly as organizations discover the importance that marketing techniques make for their continued success. Products are not the only things marketed. Services, ideas, places, political candidates, health care facilities, educational institutions, and many more organizations and concepts also benefit from using marketing tools.
Students obtain jobs in a variety of organizations and in a variety of positions, such as advertising, public relations, sales, product and brand management, marketing research, purchasing, retailing, wholesaling, and many others.
Students are given instruction in business writing and presentation skills.


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WHAT IT IS: A hairspray formulated with sugar, an anti-static ingredient. Regular size: 6.8 oz. Travel size: 1.8 oz.
WHAT IT DOES: Oscar Blandi's new incarnation combines the moisturizing powers of sugar with the shine-boosting properties of honey for soft, touchable, all-day hold. Pulling from his Italian roots for inspiration, Blandi's innovative formula boosts volume, controls frizz, adds shine, and leaves behind a subtle honeysuckle scent. It's hairspray, redefined.
HOW TO USE IT: Hold can 6-8away from head and spray product onto dry styled hair. Spray in short bursts and add more product for more hold. To volumize, tilt hair away from head and spray from ends to roots while lifting each section to build body. To eliminate frizz, spray specifically to hairline and any flyaways.
Reduced shipping for all orders under $50.
Brand: Oscar Blandi
"In passion, lies beauty" is the philosophy of NYC-based hair stylist and salon magnate Oscar Blandi, whose clientele includes the likes of Sofia Vergara and Kelly Ripa. In addition to creating tomorrow's hair trends, Blandi maintains his own line of professional-grade hair care products that smooth, straighten, and spiral locks with ease. Blandi's paraben- and sulfate-free Pronto volumizing shampoo and dry shampoo powder restructure your hair and add moisture, while his root touch-up pens temporarily hide gray strands. Nourishing treatments, glossing creams, and hair lift thickening and strengthening serums will help you achieve that salon-fresh look in no time.


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January 11, 2014 by Baltimore Slumlord Watch
Baltimore Housing filed a receivership petition on this property (view original post here) on January 6, against its current owner, New Community Partners, LLC.
New Community Partners acquired the property from its previous owner in August of 2012, and apparently did nothing with it. The only current permit on this property, which expires next month, is to install ductwork and a hot water heater.


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Katy Perry makes a futuristic statement in her new music video, "ET" featuring Kanye West. The 26-year-old pop star posted photos to her Facebook page encouraging others to join the fun and recreate their own alien-inspired looks! We are used to Katy Perry (AKA Kathryn Johnson) making bold wardrobe statements, however, this is a Katy we aren't so used to seeing! Katy takes bright, vibrant colors to whole new fierce level.
The music video features several futuristic looks. The video starts with a white base and a blue frame around Katy's face. For Perry's alien-esque eyes, she combines various shades of fuchsia, blue and white along with bright turquoise contacts and long pink lashes. The same blues and pinks are then used in dramatic designs on her cheeks and forehead for a seductive, ethereal glow. Oh, and have you seen those monster-size nails!???
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Since I've started attending Toastmasters on a regular basis, I see the world through the lens of the "um / ah" counter. Every time someone addresses a crowd, I'm counting false starts, and all instances of "um", "uh", "like", "you know", and so on. I am especially excited about our upcoming Mayoralty Forum, because I'll get the chance to check out the speaking skills of those who would be mayor of Calgary.
Are ums and uhs important in the grand scheme of civic elections? Perhaps not. Oration is an undervalued skill in the age of the sound byte. Still, the ability to think on one's feet, and to give coherent but impromptu speeches is a skill that we can all learn, and which government representatives certainly must hone. OK, enough with the Toastmasters evangelism.
Now, here are just a few of the reasons why I'm excited about the election, and why I'm looking forward to our upcoming forum:
1) Now, voting matters. At the time of the last civic election, I was a student living at home. I'm now a homeowner and I want my taxes spent wisely and transparently.
2) I don't have a car. And I don't plan on buying one. I want to know how my candidates will ensure Calgary is a place where I can continue to live and work, unburdened by the necessity of having to own a vehicle.
3) Diversity! It's so refreshing to see that the candidates are not exclusively white Anglo-Saxon men.
There are tons of other reasons why I'm excited about this election, and why you should be, too! Meet your candidates on Sunday October 10th, 12 – 3 PM, at the John Dutton Theatre (Central Library), and get excited about casting your vote on the 18th! I'll be there. So will CBC. Will you?
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If the Shoe FITs: Inside Museum at FIT's 'Shoe Obsession' Show
These days, fashion designers rarely agree on seasonal trends such as hemlines and skirt shapes, but runway watchers remain abuzz over statement shoes, even if they are all but invisible to those without front-row seats. Celine's minimaluxe ready-to-wear and steady stream of hit handbags was recently outshined by the house's furry stilettos and sandals, including a Meret Oppenheim-gone-grandpa style that is flying off store shelves. The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology has seized the moment to present an exhibition that highlights the extreme, lavish, and imaginative styles that have made shoes central to fashion. We asked writer Nancy Lazarus to put on her reporting shoes and size up the show, on view through Saturday.
Roger Vivier's Eyelash Heel pump, designed by Bruno Frisoni for the fall 2012 "Rendez-Vous" limited edition collection. (Photo: Stephane Garrigues, courtesy Roger Vivier)
"Everything here is wearable, it's just not walkable," said Colleen Hill, co-curator of the Museum at FIT's "Shoe Obsession" exhibit. Leading a tour of the show during its final week on display, she explained that the focus was extreme, extravagant 21st-century shoes and boots. Hill and co-curator Valerie Steele included not only fan favorites like Blahnik and Louboutin, but also the latest experimental prototypes.
The exhibit's selections represent a commentary on an era rather than a reflection on wearability, Hill noted. "The inspiration for these shoes is sculpture and architecture. Some are shoe objects, one-of-a-kind or limited editions," Hill said. Three styles are on display: single-sole stilettos, platforms, and more avant-garde heel-less shoes favored by the likes of Daphne Guinness and Lady Gaga.
Recent shoe designs tend to rely more on manmade materials. A few prototypes utilized 3-D printing processes. One experimental design was made of resin, while a pair of slippers was glass. A pair of Pierre Hardy heels sported neoprene, more often associated with athletic wear.
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Comics are awesome. And some of the most awesome comics are the ones you create yourself, and then print and sell yourself. (We're calling these sort of comics "minicomics" for short.) And we love seeing an amazing new minicomic, whether it's someone's first work or an established "professional" who is doing something personal for themselves. As a store, we love selling minicomics! They are far more diverse than comics put out by big publishers and showcase an amazing array of talent. But, as a comics retailer, we've also noticed a lot of things that make it hard for minicomic creators to sell us comics, and for us to sell...
A Retailer's Tips On Selling Minicomics
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Big Planet Comics Mural by Juan Pineda
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Big Planet Comics is proud to have a brand-new mural on the front of our Washington, DC store by local artist Juan Pineda!
Nathan Edmondson Signing 29 June 2013
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Big Planet Comics was proud to host Nathan Edmondson for a signing of his hit new series, The Dream Merchant!
Podcast #84
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District Comics Signing 27 October 2012
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Big Planet Comics was excited to host a twelve person signing for the new District Comics: An Unconventional History of Washington D.C. anthology, a collection of true stories about the history of DC
Happy Thanksgiving!
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We are closed today for Thanksgiving but we will be open tomorrow at our regular hours. We hope everyone enjoys the day off (we sure are!) and that you won a free turkey like Gladstone! Big Planet Comics wouldn't be what it is without all of your support, business, and friendship over...
Raina Telgemeier Signing September 22
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Big Planet Comics was excited and proud to present Raina Telgemeier at two signings at our stores, September 22!
Mike Rex Signing August 18
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Catching Up with the X-Men: The Hope Era
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"If I want to catch up on current X-Men continuity, where do I start?" Here is a comprehensive guide to the Hope Era of X-Men comics.
Jerry Gaylord Signing May 26
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Big Planet Comics was proud to host another fun signing on May 26 when Jerry Gaylord and his wife Penelope came to Big Planet Comics in College Park to promote their new Boom! comic, Fanboys vs. Zombies (written by Sam Humphries). Jerry is the penciller and Penelope is the inker on the book. Jerry brought a huge selection of art for the book with him. Not only does Penelope do the inking on Fanboys vs. Zombies but she also does a lot of her own art. Jerry and Penelope live over on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and do a lot of local shows (try to catch them if you can!) They both said they would love to come back to Big Planet in the fall and...
Free Comic Book Day 2012
posted by jared
Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) is an annual event when publishers print a bunch of free comics for stores to give away to reward comic readers, and hopefully get some new comic readers too! 2012 was the best FCBD we've ever had!
Jorge Aguirre & Jeremy Whitley Signing May 5
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Another awesome signing took place at Big Planet Comics with Jeremy Whitley (Princeless) and Jorge Aguirre (Giants Beware!)


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Have you ever watched the news channels on the TV and noticed the news tickers along the bottom of the screen. Its pretty cool isn't it. I was watching it recently thinking…
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Demo please before I even entertain purchasing. A demo with all news themes. No demo makes me reluctant to purchase! Sorry but it does. Thanks for a good plugin though!
Hi Shane
Using News Ticker Pro but would like to reduce the height of the tape and reduce the font size. Is there an option for this please.
Or if there is no option can I request some code to do this.
Using firebug I can reduce the height down to 30px which looks good for me and font size down to 14px.
I have put the css in my styling but this slows the load of the plugin down too much so I would like a direct option if possible.
Please let me know thanks
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I am interested to use the horizontal scrolling ticker as a footer across multiple pages of a website.
Is there is a way to make the scrolling ticker resume the place it left off when the user clicks to a new page so it wouldn't have to start again?
Thank you kindly,
Thanks for letting me know Shane.
When do you expect next version of the plugin to be released with this function?
Thanks so much.
joy ahmed
This news tracker plugin is very nice for looking. But can i show news title without linkable?


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In late April I attended Northeastern University's Teaching with Technology mini-conference. The event was sponsored by Northeastern's Ed Tech Center, run by director Alicia Russell. Alicia has always been generous with her time and her staff to help inform the development of educational technology both in Boston and beyond and this conference was no exception. In addition to some great faculty overviews of technology usage and some great poster sessions by faculty and staff, the conference hi-light was the keynote by author and educator Katie Salen, renowned expert on games and learning.
Katie Salen is Director of Graduate Studies in the Design and Technology program at the Parsons School of Design. She is co-author along with Eric Zimmerman of Rules of Play (MIT Press, 2003), co-editor of The Game Design Reader (MIT Press, 2005), and editor of The Ecology of Games: Connecting Youth, Games, and Learning (MIT Press 2008). She is also a recipient of a McArthur Foundation digital media and learning initiative grant (an article on how the monies are being disbursed can be found here). She is Executive Director of the GameLab Institute of Play and is also co-editor of the forthcoming International Journal of Learning and Media (IJLM), an e-journal to be published quarterly starting Winter 2009 by MIT Press.
Salen started by suggesting that a better question than "What is school?" might be "Where is school?" The emerging learning spaces within current students' lives are very different from those of the past and they span local and global communities, online and offline spheres, etc. Traditional "school" is only one node in the network. Her focus is more about the navigation and connection between these spaces rather than design of any single space or node.
Games and Learning, Games and Teaching
She sees 4 primary drivers of change of which gaming is one:
- Sociability of learning
- How can we leverage social conditions that lead to learning?
- Networks of information
- How do students navigate across complex sets of information networks?
- Participatory/convergence culture
- Young people are within a culture that requires participation of a different kind: convergence of media, productive culture (kids produce things). She referenced Henry Jenkins' work on convergence.
- Games
- Digital, Non-digital, Pervasive, Mobile
Regarding games, Salen sees a new kind of literacy around data because of the ways games handle data. As an example of how games elevate students to new ways of dealing with data rich environments, she showed a sample of the complex visual scores that gamers share related to the Dance Dance Revolution game. She also referenced the data-rich visual interface that users navigate when playing games like World of Warcraft.
Salen believes that good teachers act like good designers. Good games and good teachers both do these things well:
- Create a need to know in students
- Pose scaffolded challenges
- Games do this very well -- move a player through a scaffolded space - anticipate what a user needs to know at any given time
- Create contexts rich with feedback
- Playing a game assumes being concerned with performance within that space, so young gamers naturally find ways to make their performance more clear to them and this is akin to fine-tuning assessment
- Create cyclical opportunities for revision and reflection
- Games allow you to make mistakes in a safe environment
- In gaming you produce something, get feedback, revise and make it better
- In gaming it is EXPECTED that early attempts will be bad. In education we need to stop looking for perfection and ask "How do we create opportunities for revision?"
Salen went onto describe how the Institute for Play, in collaboration with the New Visions for Public Schools organization, will be launching a new Game School for grades 6-12 in New York City that will focus on math and science (see Wired article on the school.)
The premise is that this new digital age requires new literacies above and beyond traditional literacies, and gaming -- both playing and designing -- could be an excellent vehicle to build and hone these literacies. Game designing requires lots of writing (narratives), math, etc. Kids are given complex problems, allowed to explore them, scaffolded along the way, and then given the space to theorize and create proposed solutions. They will work collaboratively and individually and use game-making as part of the process. Ultimately she hopes the school can both prepare kids for standardized tests (out of necessity) but also develop parallel alternative assessments.
The aim is to use gaming to bridge literacies:
- Systems thinking
- Understanding how systems work - this is huge for 21st century across any number of disciplines. Give kids the ability/toolsets to think in systemic ways.
- Designing play
- Lots of people talk about kids playing games - but designing games is even stronger
- Intelligent resourcing
- This is a kind of literacy - kids today don't need to know everything. All knowlledge does not need to be in their head. We need to equip them to FIND information where/when they need it (whether that channel be online, library, another human, etc). Allow them to figure out what they know, what they don't know, how to then fill in the gaps in what they don't know.
- Producing meaning
- Want them to be expressive and produce work that demonstrates their ideas
- Tinkering
- This is coming back from Dewey -- give kids spaces that allow them to test, theorize -- scaffold it so they can move around and test ideas
- 21st century ways of housing knowledge:
- Sensibilities -- games don't organize knowledge within 'disciplines" -- players are required to synthesize around multiple disciplines
- Dispositions
- Methods of thinking and doing
The conditions that they will try and create within the school environment include:
- Fostering a need to know
- Situate the problem
- Fostering a need to share
- Leverage and enable the sociability of learning. We can expand the knowledge base of kids if you give them opportunity to share what they know. Peer to peer sharing but also kids becoming teachers and helping others.
- Deliberately building occasions to share
- You need to build an infrastructure to enable this
- Recognizing the importance of cross-channel context
- Kids need the ability to disemminate and share across a variety of contexts
Gamestar Mechanic
One of the primary game-designing tools that Salen is already using is Gamestar Mechanic, a massively multi-player online (MMO) environment where kids build and then share games. The effort is part of the MacArthur initiative grant and is a collaboration between GameLab and a set of learning scientists head by James Gee at Madison, Wisconsin (an overview of Wisconsin's work related to the MacArthur initiative can be found here). Salen was formerly the lead designer for the game.
The game is set in a narrative world and has a social network component as well. The storyline involves a virtual world where protagonists are trying to develop the perfect game, but the world has divided into multiple factions each with their own philosophy. As a player the kids have been recruited to be a game designer with the goal of re-unifying the world. They earn points by making, playing, and sharing games.
Kids don't have to be programmers to build their games using the game editor, but the system does involve manipulating variables and hence models the classic programming system. And discipline or topic-specific learning objectives can be achieved based on how the assignment is framed (for example, you could assign kids to "design a game about the environment").
Gee and the Madison group have been developing rubricks around systems-based thinking and are using those to analyze what kids are learning from the game. The product is in 'closed-beta' (invite-only) while the beta players are studied. The public release is slated for January 2009.
Next steps include combining goal-oriented games like Gamestar Mechanic with more wide-open drag-n-drop game design tools like Scratch and Squeak (like Gamestar Mechanic, these are developed using the SmallTalk language). She also recommended folks look at the GameMaker tool which requires a bit more programming knowledge but is used for developing games at the university level.
For more information, also see Peter Hess' writeup on this same keynote at the EduMatic blog.


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I know this post is going to upset a few of the men out there and some readers may label me a prude. But, I'm taking a risk and saying it. Don't you think that some of women's dance costumes on ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" are a bit too risque for prime time viewing? I do.
As I watched the season opener of "Dancing with the Stars" last Monday night, I noticed a few of the women's costumes were a bit more revealing than usual. Not all of the costumes were that way, most were fine and age appropriate for the respective dancer. But, when I saw what they had Chelsie Hightower dressed in….the only response I had was what George and Jerry exclaimed when they watched Elaine's wacky dance in the Seinfeld episode "The Little Kicks"….Sweet Fancy Moses! Ms. Hightower's outfit was barely a dress and was probably made out of less than a half-a-yard of shimmery fabric! Take a look. The only spot of fabric on her backside was a 12 inch area of cloth covering her bootie. To view this dress in action click on video link: Dancing With The Stars Relive the Opener
Yes, Ms. Hightower is beautiful and physically fit and can wear that costume well. But, that's not the point. I mean – isn't the show about dancing and not about selling something else. If I was a male fan of the show, I think one of the reasons I would enjoy watching it is to see the scantily clad women! Is this really necessary ABC?
I know that women dress in barely there bikinis when at the beach or pool. I also am aware of some of the outfits that gals wear to the gym look like underwear. The public is exposed to revealing clothing all the time and there's no way to control it. But, ABC is a corporation that can control its decency. I mean if a someone wears a logo on clothing that is not a sponsor of the show, then we see black duct tape put over that logo. And sometimes, low cleavage is blurred in live programming…but, on this show I sometimes wonder about the outfits.
Well, I guess that statement isn't 100 percent true. I don't wonder about the outfits. I know perfectly well about how they cast the show. They cast the "older" favorites, the models, the younger sensations, the athletes and yes, handsome hunks too. They cast every demo. And to be fair, they do at times dress the young, fit gals in less revealing wardrobes, especially when they perform dances like the waltz.
I'd love to hear what you think? Your turn to discuss the wardrobe on Dancing with the Stars. Bring on the conversation.


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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - A guided hike in the San Juan Mountains will take place on the first day of autumn Saturday, Sept. 22, courtesy of Western Colorado Congress, an alliance for community action. Western Colorado Congress members Jim Stephenson of Ridgway and Grand Junction community organizer Lee Gelatt will lead the outing in the Mount Sneffels Wilderness Area in southwestern Colorado."The reason for the hike is to call attention to the potential for expanding wilderness included in the northern San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act," Gelatt said. "We expect the Aspen colors to be peaking."The bill would add 33,000 additional acres of national forest and Bureau of Land Management lands to the existing Mount Sneffels and Lizard Head wilderness areas.The proposal would also protect a new area - McKenna Peak in San Miguel County - and bring the total designated wilderness acreage to 61,000, including two "14-ers." Ridgway's sole water supply also lies within the proposed wilderness expansion area. Stephenson initially worked with former Congressman John Salazar to draft the wilderness expansion bill. Salazar agreed to support the effort if there was widespread community support, Stephenson said. "He made it clear he wouldn't present the bill if it was rife with conflict and this one wasn't," Stephenson said. "We contacted the business community. We had strong support in Ouray and Ridgway. We talked about boundaries that made sense. We avoided user conflicts," with mountain bike trail users, former miners and grazers. "Everything looked like a go," he said.However, Salazar, a Democrat, lost his Congressional seat to Republican Scott Tipton two years ago, and the measure has since stalled. Tipton agreed to hold public meetings to learn more about the issue. He described a meeting he attended in Ouray as "split" regarding the expansion proposal.Stephenson's perspective on that meeting is different. He said the overflow crowd of more than 400 people was "overwhelmingly in support" of the wilderness expansion. Stephenson said that at the same time Tipton was calling for public meetings to gather constituents' feedback about the proposal, in Congress, he was supporting a bill that would drop public lands in wilderness study areas - actions Stephenson called "two-faced." Tipton said he couldn't recall whether public lands in the northern San Juans were among those being considered for elimination from wilderness consideration."At this point there needs to be ongoing discussions" regarding the proposal to expand wilderness designation there, Tipton said. Tipton said a Korean War veteran from Delta told him he doesn't want to see the area be designated wilderness because it would prevent him from riding his motorized four-wheeler there. Motorized vehicles are already not allowed in the wilderness expansion area however. Expanding the existing wilderness would not affect current land uses, Sen. Mark Udall's spokesman Mike Saccone said. "The bill protects existing water rights, grazing, a hydroelectric plant there, skiing access, and current motorized access to the area," Saccone said. Current agency management policy dictates no motorized vehicle use within the area because there are no roads there.Sens. Udall and Michael Bennet support the bill which has passed the Senate's energy and natural resources committee.The San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act is supported by the majority of county commissioners in Ouray, San Juan and San Miguel counties where the wilderness is located, Saccone said. Tipton also said that although he shares locals' opinions on the area's beauty, the public lands "also belong to people in New York, California and North Carolina.""We need a go-slow approach," Tipton said. "We have to be prudent. "Wilderness (designation) is forever."Permanent wilderness protection is what proponents are seeking."That's why we're pushing for it," Stephenson said."Colorado's population is expected to double by 2050. One of the things this bill can do is (preserve wilderness) so future generations can enjoy clean water, beauty and wildlife we have today. The outdoors is an important part of our quality of life in Colorado," Saccone said.
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Major TV Networks Bought a Lot of New Pilots This Week
Here are the latest pilots in development at ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, and the CW.
Major TV Networks Bought a Lot of New Pilots This Week
Here are the latest pilots in development at ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, and the CW.
'30 Rock' Casting Directors Form New Casting Office
Casting directors Katja Blichfeld and Jessica Daniels have formed the New York-based casting office Blichfeld + Daniels, Backstage has confirmed.
Emmy Nominations: Anna Gunn on 'Breaking Bad'
For five seasons, Anna Gunn has played Skyler White on the AMC phenom "Breaking Bad." In that time, she has gone through as much of a transformation as her high-school-teacher-turned-drug-kingpin-husband, Walter White, played by three-time Emmy winner Bryan Cranston.
7 Guidelines to Success from 'The Newsroom's' Joel Johnstone
With roles on two HBO series, Joel Johnstone shares what he's learned and how he got from a small L.A. theater production to "The Newsroom" and "Getting On."
'Red Widow' Star Sterling Beaumon On Auditions and Perseverance
Sterling Beaumon talks about stepping up as man of the house in "Red Widow" and his philosophy on auditioning.
'Smash' Recap: Episode 3, 'The Dramaturg'
Welcome back to "Smash," where we meet cute with Karen, who is imagining herself wearing 1/4 of a shirt and performing a fully staged number from "Hit List," the musical that Jimmy and Kyle are writing that doesn't really exist yet.
CBS' 'Mom' Pilot with Anna Faris, CW's 'Vampire Diaries' Spinoff, Get Casting Directors
Valko/Miller will cast CBS comedy pilot "Mom," starring Anna Faris, while GO Casting will cast "The Originals," a backdoor pilot for a possible "Vampire Diaries" spinoff.
'Silver Linings Playbook,' 'Lincoln' Lead SAG Awards Nominees
"Silver Linings Playbook" and "Lincoln" lead films with four nominations each; "Breaking Bad," "Homeland," and "Modern Family" dominate television.
'Homeland' Upsets 'Mad Men' at Emmys; 'Modern Family' Wins Again
The Showtime series "Homeland" upset four-time Outstanding Drama Series winner "Mad Men" at the Emmy Awards on Sunday, also taking home awards for Outstanding Writing and lead actors Claire Danes and Damien Lewis.
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Giving Clay Aiken His Dueby Matt Richenthal at . Comments
NOTE: American Idol Worship would like to apologize for its previous remarks about Clay Aiken that some fans have taken exception to. While it was never our intent to disparage Clay, we realize that our attempt at humor was in poor taste and we would like to formally apologize to both the singer and his legions of fans.
It has been suggested by one fan that we highlight Clay's charitable work, and it is our pleasure to give the 27-year-old his due.
Apart from his music career, Clay has dedicated himself to education and children's causes across the world. Few people can match his amazing record of giving and we feel all American Idol fans should be made aware of it, as he is helping make the world a better place.
His interest in autism issues led him, along with Diane Bubel (whose son Michael is autistic, and was tutored by Aiken), to found the Bubel/Aiken Foundation (BAF), which supports the integration of disabled children into the life environment of their non-disabled peers. The BAF, which was given a $500,000 grant from the U.S. government, runs summer camps which reflect this mission, and also presents awards to volunteer efforts of children with physical and mental disabilities.
Aiken has often donated his time and voice to benefit events and concerts, including the 2004 Rosalynn Carter Benefit, the America's Promise Benefit, and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, and the "Arthur Celebrity Audiobook (Stories for Heroes Series)," which benefits the BAF and other charities.Clay was a proud spokesman of the 2004 Toys for Tots drive, and remains an ambassador for the Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC). In addition, Aiken donated his clothes from his American Idol performance on March 11, 2003 to the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh.
In 2004, he was appointed UNICEF National Ambassador by the U.S., with a mission to help ensure that children everywhere are afforded a primary education. Through his work with UNICEF, Aiken participated in the NBC4 telethon, which raised over $10 million, and recorded public service announcements in support of South Asian tsunami relief.
In March 2005, UNICEF sent Aiken to tsunami-stricken Banda Aceh area to raise awareness for the need to restore education quickly to the children who survived this disaster, in order to provide stability in a time of great loss. In April 2005, on behalf of UNICEF, he appeared before the United States House of Representatives Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs of the Committee on Appropriations.
In May 2005, UNICEF sent Aiken on another mission, to northern Uganda, to witness the plight of children called "night commuters," who flee the villages each night to sleep in streets and shelters in hopes of avoiding being kidnapped by the Lord's Resistance Army [LRA]. Aiken was the 2005 spokesperson for the Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF drive.
Aiken continues to devote his time and energy to some of the world's most important causes and we at American Idol Worship would like to commend him for his efforts.
You da man, Clay.
Matt Richenthal is the Editor in Chief of TV Fanatic. Follow him on Twitter and on Google+.Tags: American Idol
Clay is a very special human being. His God-given talent is being used to bring happiness to so many and his charitable endeavors stand tall among all his followers and inspire us all to "walk the walk, and not just talk the talk" as shown by Clay's own personal life. May he be successful for many years to come. Gof Bless, Clay!
Thank you for apologizing. All too often Clay has been made the butt of jokes inappropriately and it's heartening when someone admits they've been wrong. Yes he's an awesome talent, but the man has a heart bigger than Rhode Island and unlike some celebrities, walks the talk. I have a newfound respect for all things American Idol after this article.
Thank you for this tribute to what Clay is most proud of. His incredible voice simply gives him an avenue to help others in need. He is the best!!
To the people who stated that Clay has not given any moneyto his foundation .correct me if I am wrong But I was under the impression that you cannot give if you do it becomes a Private Charity.and goes under different federal law.
To acknowledge an error in judgement is commendable. Thanks. His fans know his heart, and flock to help whenever we can to support the very worthwhile causes that he embraces. So much accomplished in so short a time. Amazing! On stage, he is brilliant and in complete command, to say nothing about how absolutely funny he is. When you leave the concert hall, you see a "sea" of smiling faces. You have been thoroughly entertained. The anticipation for the new album is at a fever pitch; it will fly off the shelves. What's not to love? And "thanks" to #86!
Clay recently blogged on his website and mentioned Unicef efforts. He asked his fans to consider helping the special drive to assist children in Lebanon. His fans stepped up to the plate, raising nearly $50,000 in one day's efforts. Unicef said it was astounding and unprecedented. And somehow this story got out to Rosie O'Donnell, and she has matched those funds. So, just Clay being Clay and asking in a non-aggressive way - raised $100,000 for this worthy effort. Fans will do anything for him - all he has to do is ask. And only because we think he's that special. We just love the guy! Unicef is lucky to have him as an Ambassador and advocate for the children of the world who need our help.
You are to be commended for this article about Clay Aiken. Many people do not understand the fans that support him. We arae just ordinary people wanting a better music industry. There is more to music than meets the eye. It can lift or it can pull down and even engender hostility toward others. Clay takes a higher road. He puts his heart & soul into his songs and touches thousands...it is a true gift. And overy and above his voice, there is so much more to admire in him. He is showing us all that we are important and that we can all make a difference in this world. Go, Clay, Go. Thanks again for your excellent article.


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If you live in New York City – particularly in the Village – and you're interested in writing, you've got a lot of inspiration and resources in close proximity. The Beat poets, e.e. cummings, Dylan Thomas, Henry James, Edith Wharton, Edgar Allen Poe, Louisa May Alcott, and Bob Dylan wrote there. The Village Voice was first launched from there. Anna Wintour resides there. And the Jefferson Market Library offers poetry workshops there.
We know this last one because we found JEFFERSON MARKET LIBRARY POEMS 2007, our Book of the Week, in the Blurb Bookstore. This current crop of Greenwich Village poets is truly carrying on the literary legacy of the neighborhood. And while we enjoyed the Jefferson Market Library Poetry Workshop's collection of eclectic, powerful poetry, we were equally impressed by the stylish, crisp typography. Congratulations to everyone who contributed to this Book of the Week.
To the Blurbarians in Manhattan, what's the weather like in Washington Square Park this week? We wish we could meet you there, laptop or journal in hand, to work on some poems.
Where do you like to write? Come on, you can tell us. We won't show up unless invited.