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Lately, though, Norton's work has developed a new twist. She's getting calls from public defenders representing young men accused of violent crimes.
"Lead is linked to the destruction of reasoning faculties, to a quick fuse and lower tolerance for frustration, " said Norton, director of the Maryland-based nonprofit Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning.
Norton is one of a growing number of people who see a link between the amount of lead in the environment and the amount of crime in society. Armed with studies that draw on years of environmental and law enforcement data, lead-and-crime theorists say that the known effects of lead poisoning — lower intelligence, inability to regulate emotion and increased aggression — are the unrecognized force behind America's surge and decline in violence over the last century.
The theory has plenty of skeptics. But if it's true, it would have sobering implications for parents with young children in lead-contaminated housing. And for Anniston, it would be a hopeful sign. For decades, the city was contaminated with lead no one even knew about — and today, the city has a higher crime rate than the state as a whole.
With the cleanup of Anniston's lead sites now finished, can the city expect a decline in violent crime?
A link, but a cause?
Some scientists see the lead-and-crime connection as plausible but unproven. Others see it as strong and increasingly obvious.
"If you want to clean up the community, over time, you want to clean up the environment," said Howard Mielke, a research professor at the Tulane University School of Medicine.
Years ago, Mielke read one of the early studies linking crime in the U.S. to the use of leaded gasoline. Lead was introduced as an additive in gasoline to improve engine performance beginning in the 1920s. Lead gas use peaked in the early 1970s, then tapered off by the mid-1980s after its use was banned.
Rates of violent crime in America surged in the middle of the 20th century, with a peak in the early 1990s. It's been tapering off ever since.
Mielke was intrigued by studies that saw a connection between the two trends. Put lead in the atmosphere — damaging the developing brains of toddlers who ingest it — and two decades later, crime increases. Or so the theory goes.
Mielke took the studies down to the city level, looking at atmospheric lead levels and crime statistics for six major American cities, including Atlanta and New Orleans. In every city, he found that peaks and troughs in lead matched with peaks and troughs in arrests for aggravated assault 22 years later.
Mielke's not alone. He got the idea from people such as Rick Nevin, a government consultant who mapped not just violent crime but teen pregnancies nationwide in a similar way.
Nevin later looked at international numbers on leaded gas and crime and found the same trend. Another researcher, Jessica Wolpaw Reyes of Harvard, looked at crime trends in different states — some of which banned leaded gasoline before others — and found a link between the time of those bans and later drops in violent crime in each state.
"What we've found is that as much as 90 percent of the variation in the crime rate can be explained by the presence of lead," Mielke said. The idea isn't that lead causes most crime, he said — it's that most of the change in crime, from the rise in the turbulent 1960s, through the decline the country has seen since the 1990s, is due to lead poisoning.
Toxic town, crime city
Over the last 20 years, Alabama as a whole has enjoyed the same sharp decline in crime researchers are finding across the United States. In Anniston, though, the news isn't quite as good.
According to FBI statistics, violent crime in Alabama peaked in 1992, with 36,052 violent crimes reported. Most were assaults; 455 were homicides. In 2010, there were only 18,052 violent crimes, including 322 homicides. That decrease happened while the state's population grew from 4.1 million to 4.8 million. That's roughly one violent crime per 114 people in 1992, and one per 265 people in 2010.
Those numbers match closely with nationwide numbers that show violent crime peaking in 1994.
Things in Anniston are a little different. Violent crime peaked here in 1993, with 984 violent crimes. In 2009, the last year for which the FBI has solid numbers, there were 584 violent crimes. But during that time, the city's population declined significantly, from 27,436 residents to 23,598. That's one violent crime per 28 residents 1993 and one per 40 residents in 2009. It's higher than the statewide rate, with less of a drop over the last 20 years. (Numbers were sharply lower in 2010, but the FBI says those numbers are underreported.)
And the city's homicide numbers have hardly moved. Eighty-four Model City residents died by violence in the 1990s, compared to 77 in the following decade.
The FBI warns against using its numbers to rank cities against one another, but it's clear that the city has a higher rate of violent crime than is typical of the state. Neighboring Oxford, with roughly the same number of residents, had only 135 violent crimes and no homicides in 2009, according to the FBI's numbers.
Anniston has also, historically, had an abnormal amount of lead in its soil, a threat that remained even after leaded gasoline went away. That lead came from the foundries that were part of the core of the city's economy in the middle of the 20th century. Lead escaped from the smokestacks of foundries before emissions controls were put into place, environmental officials say. The lead spread beyond the range of those smokestack plumes when foundries unwittingly gave away ton after ton of lead-contaminated soil to local residents for use as fill dirt.
No one knew about the lead until residents began taking legal action against the chemical company Monsanto, which polluted the town with carcinogenic PCBs made at a plant in western Anniston. In testing 7,842 local properties for PCBs, environmental officials found that 675 of them had lead levels above the Environmental Protection Agency's acceptable threshold of 400 parts per billion. Most of those properties were clustered in western Anniston.
Much of that lead is gone now. For years, a group called the Foothills Community Partnership, funded by a legal settlement with the foundries that produced much of the lead, conducted a cleanup of the properties with 400 parts per billion or more. The partnership finished its work in 2010, and Foothills spokesman Tom Potts said the city is probably cleaner now than most industrial towns.
"Where we are right now, we're blessed with one of the cleaner environments in the U.S.," Potts said.
'Provocative' but more data needed
David Baker doesn't doubt that lead and other forms of contamination are affecting the behavior of young people in his neighborhood. Still, he thinks it would be hard to prove that lead is linked to the crime rate.
"It does cause a behavior problem, when you've got lead and these other things in your blood," said Baker, a leader of Citizens Against Pollution, a group that represents people affected by PCBs and lead left behind by Anniston's industries. "That's a study that's been out for years."
Baker said some people are going to be criminals in any neighborhood. And he said it's almost impossible to separate the effects of lead from western Anniston's other big problem: poverty. Polluting industries were located in Anniston because the people there were poor, he said. And the departure of many of those foundries left the city without economic hope.
"Once they moved out it left us desolate," he said.
UAB epidemiology professor Paul Muntner echoed some of Baker's sentiments.
"Is it a crazy idea? No," Muntner said of the lead-and-crime theory. "It's provocative. But I think I'd need stronger data."
The Star found Muntner by cold-calling Alabama epidemiologists. Muntner has done studies that found links between lead and diabetes, but hadn't delved into the lead-and-crime research until The Star sent him some of Mielke's work.
While the studies show that lead and crime seem to appear together, Muntner said, that doesn't prove that one causes the other.
But it's a finding that scientists find hard to ignore.
"It is rather compelling, and it's biologically plausible," said Mary Jean Brown, chief of the lead poisoning prevention division of the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta.
Both Brown and Muntner said there's one piece of the puzzle still missing — research that follows individual children over a long period and compares their blood lead level to their actual criminal involvement. There is one study, which followed 250 Cincinnati children from early childhood through their teens and found that high blood lead predicted run-ins with the law later. Brown said she'd like to see more evidence.
There may not be enough data to map the lead-and-crime theory onto Alabama's landscape. Lead tests are commonly done on children whose families are on Medicaid, and high lead levels from those tests are reported to the Alabama Department of Public Health. Asked for county-by-county numbers, the department provided The Star with data going back to only to 2009 — not far enough in the past to weigh the numbers against current crime data. The department also tracks factors in each county that can cause high lead levels in kids — issues such as old housing stock painted with lead paint, industrial sources of lead and high numbers of rental housing units. (A homeowner in a lead-contaminated house could poison his own children; a lead-contaminated rental could poison multiple families in a single generation.)
Calhoun County had three risk factors. There were industrial sources of lead; more than half of the county's houses were built before 1980, when lead paint was common; and more than one-sixth of houses were built before 1955, when lead content in paint was heavier.
But a number of counties had four or five risk factors, and some of those counties — such as Lamar and Franklin — didn't have high levels of violence.
Another problem with the theory is that Anniston isn't the only Calhoun County city with lead contamination. Anniston and Oxford are nearly the same size, and Oxford had about one-third as many violent crimes as Anniston in 2009. Yet Oxford didn't entirely escape Anniston's lead problem, with lead-contaminated properties clustered around a foundry there, said Pam Scully, a former EPA site administrator for the Anniston area.
No safe level
If a link between lead and crime does hold up, anti-lead campaigners say, it could change the way people think about the social problems of some of America's poorest, most polluted cities. If lead poisoning leads to a noticeable change in levels of crime, could it also be a cause of poor academic performance in schools? Norton, the anti-lead campaigner, thinks it's worth looking at.
"In the education community, this should be a concern," Norton said.
Officially, there were only 13 cases of lead poisoning among Calhoun County children in 2011, according to the Alabama Department of Public Health. That's compared to 47 lead-poisoned Anniston kids found in a Department of Health study conducted in association with the lead cleanup in 2000. That 2000 study found that Anniston's lead-contaminated sites posed "no apparent public health hazard" to the city.
But there's been a change in the way health officials look at lead levels. Until last year, health officials considered someone lead-poisoned if they had 10 micrograms of lead in every deciliter of their blood. In recent years, they cut that number in half. They also started calling the new 5-microgram limit a "reference level" — because their old system had people with fewer than 10 micrograms per deciliter thinking they were "safe."
Brown said the most recent research suggests that kids show evidence of cognitive problems well before they reach the 10-microgram level.
"We've never been able to find a safe level of lead," Brown said.
Of the entire population, 97.5 percent of people would have a blood lead level below the 5-microgram mark, Brown said.
"It's common to use that upper 2.5 percent limit for toxins that have no known safe threshold," she said.
It's not clear how many people in Anniston have blood lead levels above the new 5-microgram limit. In 2000, researchers took blood samples from 37 people living on Anniston's lead-contaminated properties. Not a single one was considered lead-poisoned by the standards of the time. But seven of the 37 had blood lead above the 5-microgram mark.
The new CDC standards have researchers such as Mielke calling for the EPA to tighten its standards for cleanup of lead-contaminated sites. He said people can suffer serious lead contamination from living on land with lead levels well below the 400-parts-per-billion used in Anniston's cleanup and other EPA projects.
"You should see change in crime over time if your cleanup is really successful," Mielke said. "But it probably isn't. The EPA hasn't changed their numbers, even though the CDC says no level of exposure to lead is acceptable."
Capitol & statewide reporter Tim Lockette: 256-294-4193. On Twitter @TLockette_Star.


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Aug 26, 2010 9:58 PM by Ariel Wesler
In tonight's Your Family segment, new state legislation could give a helping hand to foster teens.
Assembly Bill 12 would extend the age limit a teen can stay in foster care from 18 to 21. Local officials with child welfare services says many foster teens are forced to leave before they're ready to face the real world. The bill is currently awaiting the governor's signature.
"I got a lot of stuff I gotta learn."
Chris Bruner is 18. He's been part of the independent living program through foster care since he was 15 and a half. Now, it's time for him to face the world.
"It was pretty stressful because I was gonna go do everything else that I could do cause I'm free now and I don't want other people to make that mistake," Bruner said.
It's not an easy world for the roughly 575 foster children in Santa Barbara County. Many haven't acquired enough life skills by the time the state forces them to leave foster care when they turn 18.
"Some kids have never been grocery shopping, have never had a bank account, so our program tries to do that but we only have sometimes two years to do that," said Yolanda Perez, the Independent Living Program Coordinator for Santa Barbara County Child Welfare Services.
While many 18-year-olds can't wait to get out of the house, foster kids are used to living a very regimented lifestyle, and the sudden freedom can be overwhelming.
The county says about half of them each year can't get a job or pay rent and would otherwise end up on the streets.
"There's been times where we've driven youth from their foster homes to homeless shelters," Perez said.
Nationwide, only four percent even graduate from college, but chris is confident. He's studying to become a firefighter. I was with him as he faced another challenge. . .getting his textbooks.
If new legislation passes, foster teens, like Chris, will have more time to reach their potential and enjoy the benefits of their newfound freedom.
"It all rests on me and I want to be a good influence on people," Bruner said.
Not all foster teens are part of the independent living program, chris says it's something you have to choose to do. He says the program has taught him everything from direct deposit to sewing.
If it passes, the new law would affect teens scheduled to leave foster care in 2012.
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Nexuiz is an Arena First Person shooter coming soon to consoles. Nexuiz is fast paced with extremely competitive game play. IllFonic brings Alientrap Software's Nexuiz to next-gen gaming consoles around the world while staying true to the game play refined over the years through development. IllFonic introduces a new Victorian influenced art style that is simultaneously futuristic and sophisticated. Nexuiz for consoles is powered by CryENGINE 3.
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I've seen some crazy pictures before, but this is just wild. Guide Skip Mullen from Chile emailed David this photo from Brent's trip this past January. This is NOT Photoshopped, and we don't have Brent here to explain. WTF was invented for this photo.
What the $%&*?????
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Oilers restore confidence with win over Storm
By BRIAN LESTER
PAINESVILLE — We saw the University of Findlay men's basketball team deal with two tough losses last week.
The Oilers, so dominant at home over the years, had an 81-game home conference win streak end in a 57-55 loss to Tiffin University on Jan. 12.
Then came the one-point road loss to Ashland University on Thursday. An Oilers team that has been so good at stealing road wins over the years couldn't make the big plays down the stretch and fell 61-60 to the rival Eagles.
It left the Oilers looking vulnerable and their mentality a bit fragile after playing hard but not getting the results on the scoreboard.
Two straight losses isn't the worst thing in the world, but for a program that has lost two or more in a row only six times since 2000, two straight losses can feel like the sky is falling.
Part of it has to do with the fact that expectations have become insane since the national championship season 2009.
Findlay went 36-0 that year, but the reality is perfect seasons are so few and far between. There have been only four in D-II basketball since 1957. They are once-in-a-lifetime seasons for teams.
This Findlay team has struggled at times, but the Oilers took a big step forward on Saturday in their win 83-68 win over a tough Lake Erie College team here at the Osborne Center.
Rather than try to beat the Storm by shooting 3-pointer after 3-pointer, the Oilers adjusted their mode of attack and went inside first before looking to the outside.
It paid off.
Greg Kahlig scored 30, including 15 from beyond the arc, and the Oilers went 8-of-17 from 3-point range as a team. They did a lot of scoring in the paint and went 21-of-26 from the free-throw line.
The Oilers executed on the defensive end as well and never put themselves in a position where they had to worry about the game coming down to a single possession as it did against Tiffin and Ashland.
The win restored the confidence of the Oilers and kept them in the hunt for a Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference South Division title.
The key now is for Findlay to build on the win, understand that when it executes on offense and gets after it on defense, it is a tough team to deal with.
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Tinley students fired up about their artwork
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It started as a simple assignment in photography class. So never in their wildest dreams did Tinley Park High School students Alexandra Schmeckpeper and Michelle Patino think their artwork would end up emblazoned on the door of a new Tinley Park Fire Department fire truck.
Yet more than a year after they received the assignment, the two stood in the parking lot at the school last week as Station 1 firefighters brought the truck by for them to see first-hand the result of their efforts.
"There are four fire stations in Tinley Park. Station 1 needed to replace a fire truck from 1976," school spokeswoman Katie Udstuen said. Assistant Fire Chief Stephen Klotz had asked each of the four fire stations in the village to come up with their own logo, she said.
"Fireman Mike Wittman had the idea of coming to Tinley Park High School to design Station 1's logo after talking with Capt. Tim Griffin because many of the firefighters from Station 1, including Capt. Griffin and Mike Wittman, are TPHS graduates and/or have children at TPHS," Udstuen said.
The fire department approached the art class with the idea of hosting a contest to design the logo, requesting that it include the school mascot, Timmy the Titan, dressed as a firefighter, along with the truck and battalion numbers, and that the colors be kept simple.
Schmeckpeper, 17, and Patino, 16, teamed up for the project.
"Alexandra had the idea and I liked it," Patino said.
They tag-teamed the work. Schmeckpeper created the original sketch and the digital outline. Patino did the coloring and shading.
"We started out doing the design on regular computer paper and I sketched it out. Then we uploaded it to a computer and finished it digitally," Schmeckpeper said.
They completed the original artwork in about three weeks. Then they waited.
It was a couple of months later when the students got word that their design had been chosen. Then they waited some more. An entire year went by before they actually got to see their design on the new fire truck.
"I was extremely surprised we were chosen," Patino said. "It was a really tough competition, so I was surprised when I learned that I had won."
"I was surprised, too, when we realized that out of all the people who submitted designs they chose ours," Schmeckpeper said.
The unveiling of the new truck came at just the right time, too. Schmeckpeper, a senior, graduates Wednesday. She will attend Northern Illinois University, where she wants to study costume design.
"I do a lot of crafts. In addition to drawing, I sew and my art has transferred into my sewing abilities, so costume design is a natural extension of that," said Schmeckpeper, the daughter of Janet and Greg Schmeckpeper, of Tinley Park.
Her art, she said, is inspired by her grandmother, Susan Patton, of Tinley Park.
"She's a big artist and crafter also. Along the way, she's done all these fantastic projects, and I'm trying my hardest to live up to her," she said.
Patino, the daughter of Janette and Hector Patino, of Oak Forest, is a junior but already is thinking ahead and considering attending an art college.
"I want to go into some kind of digital illustration or animation," she said.
She said her artwork is inspired by her twin sister, Melissa.
"We are very competitive sisters, and when I see something that she's drawn, I want to do something just as great," she said.
The girls' efforts were acknowledged at a recent Bremen Community High School District 228 Board meeting.
"They told us the logo went on an $850,000 truck, and that shocked everyone in the audience," Schmeckpeper said.
The girls were overwhelmed when they saw their artwork on the massive truck.
"I remember saying that I was so surprised, and to see it in person," Schmeckpeper said, "it makes the experience so much more real. I feel so accomplished now."


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I purchased this item over a year ago. I purchased due to a blip in a rag mag. Anyways i feel a review is due. I had to update my review b/c i just used it the other night.
I could be baised, I prefer powder foundations like Studio Fix from MAC. It says its oil free, but its rather heavy and oily? I read another review that its like this b/c of the silicone used. Over all i felt like i was wearing a mask of makeup!
Also a negative is the lid after a while split & does not stay on... I had to tape it, so it would kind of stay... not cool for the $$$mulah spent =(
I would say away away if you are oily or even normal- oily!
I used this foundation for awhile, good foundation but nothing special. Did not have that wow factor for me. Looked very plain, nothing really to call it my must have foundation. Medium coverage, bottle lasts a long time. But the search continues for my perfect foundation :)
This is the best foundation for my skin. It lasts all day when set with my bare minerals mineral veil. I also moisturize and then put the smashbox photofinish primer. It is easy to blend with a flat foundation brush, I use a mac 109. The consistency is thick and not runny. You get 1fl oz for $38 USD. The pump on it is easy to control and as the product is finished the bottom comes up, which makes it less wasteful and you can unscrew the cap to get the rest out. the only problem is the cap always falls off. It has medium coverage but is definitely buildable. A lot of people don't like how it separates but as long as you shake the bottle it mixes again. what amazes me is that a half a pump can cover my entire face, but I use another half a pump and put a second layer. This is amazing, but I'm searching for something cheaper that is just as amazing.
I'm on my fourth bottle of this foundation. The only thing I don't like is the lid, which has broken with zero abuse on each bottle I've bought. The product is wonderful if you like sheer, buildable coverage. And it never clogs my pores or looks like I'm wearing a lot of makeup.
I always stayed away from liquid foundations, until I found this one. Good color selection (although I think I really fall between F0 and F1 but they both work) and great coverage. Just a little does the job and I don't have to set with a light loose powder if I don't want to. Doesn't call attention to lines or wrinkles.
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I've bought this foundation at least 3 times in the past. Because I'm part German, part Filipino, it's hard for me to find foundation that matches my mixed skin tone. Smashbox delivers with their color range (I use M2 in the winder and M3 in the summer). It gives light coverage, but is very easy to build up. I use this when I'm not going to be out for the whole day because it gives an oily, "dewy" look a few hours after applying. Setting with powder and using a primer gives it more lasting power, but it has never exceeded more than 6 hours with me. If you're going dancing or partying, this will not be the foundation of choice.
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Café Sopra
Sydney, New South Wales, 2017, Australia
Located next to the Danks Street Fratelli Fresh store, Café Sopra serves Mediterranean and Italian cuisine crafted by chef Andy Bunn. Bunn sources many of his own ingredients from the neighboring Fratelli Fresh and skillfully uses fresh produce in such dishes as shredded Savoy cabbage tossed in balsamic vinegar, parmigiano reggiano, and a lemon vinaigrette. The menu is written on a blackboard, and diners often wait in long lines to sample the café's offerings. The restaurant's no-frills atmosphere may seem at odds with its sophisticated cuisine, but it adds to its charm.
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A Leap of Confidence
Ever had days you'd rather not ride? Too worried to hack out? Do you always think the jumps are too high? Will you not be able to do it? Or rather not do it!? Does your heart beat too fast? Do you forget to breathe? Does that bad experience replay over in your mind? It is not as fun as it used to be?
Ride you horse with confidence again! Loose the fear! Enjoy your time at the yard! Feel excited about riding your horse again!
I can help you. With a wealth of knowledge and an understanding of what it feels like to fear riding your horse, we can go together in the direction you want to go in at the speed you want to go at to find the pleasure in riding again. Help you find the way to hush the 'what ifs' conversations and the little voice saying you will not be able to do it. You and I will improve your confidence! We can find some coping strategies to help when difficult situations do arise and my business associate, Christie Skippen can find practical solutions for the scary things our horses do.
It's amazing how much the rider's emotional state and mind-set impacts on the attitude, behaviour and willingness of the horse.
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The Polycomb group (PcG) protein, enhancer of zeste homologue 2 (EZH2), has an essential role in promoting histone H3 lysine 27 trimethylation (H3K27me3) and epigenetic gene silencing. This function of EZH2 is important for cell proliferation and inhibition of cell differentiation, and is implicated in cancer progression. Here, we demonstrate that under physiological conditions, cyclin-dependent kinase 1 (CDK1) and cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (CDK2) phosphorylate EZH2 at Thr 350 in an evolutionarily conserved motif. Phosphorylation of Thr 350 is important for recruitment of EZH2 and maintenance of H3K27me3 levels at EZH2-target loci. Blockage of Thr 350 phosphorylation not only diminishes the global effect of EZH2 on gene silencing, it also mitigates EZH2-mediated cell proliferation and migration. These results demonstrate that CDK-mediated phosphorylation is a key mechanism governing EZH2 function and that there is a link between the cell-cycle machinery and epigenetic gene silencing.
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I just happened upon your web site while researching mattresses. Back in the day, mattresses (like everything else) were made so much better than what you get today. Anyway, here is my sad story. I have been diagnosed with cervical disc degeneration and spinal stenosis, both of which cause severe neck and spine pain/discomfort. Several people have suggested a latex mattress, specifically the Sealy "Pure Embrace." Do you have any information on this product? I would love to get out of bed in the mornings and walk without holding onto walls until my body "loosens" up. I am 59 years of age, but my body feels 89. Any words of wisdom will be appreciated. Thank you.
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The Rise of "Hot Desking": The new way of working when you don't have the space
In the last few years, we've been seeing a massive shift in the way office life is run. For years, if you had an office job, you came to your office everyday, sat at the same desk, and had the same office until something changed. But with the financial crisis forcing cutbacks in the private… Read More


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X Games Los Angeles 2012, the premier action sports event featuring 200 of the world's best athletes, will be held June 28 – July 1, 2012 in Los Angeles, Calif. Specific competition venues and event schedule will be … [Read more...]
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Philadelphia Subway #1009
Our museum's only example of a rapid transit car is from Philadelphia, PA. Car 1009 was built in 1936 by hometown builder J.G. Brill Car Co. It was used on the Benjamin Franklin bridge operating between Philadelphia and Camden, NJ. Car 1009 was sold to the Broad St. subway in Philadelphia after the bridge line closed in 1968. (This line was later reopened as part of the present Lindenwold high speed line.) Car 1009 was used by the city owned Broad St. Subway until 1984, when new cars from Japan replaced the older cars.
Car 1009 was donated to the museum and moved on its own wheels in a Conrail freight train to Mt. Union, PA. From there it had its wheels removed and was trucked eleven miles over the highway. When the 67 foot long car reached our museum, it was reassembled. To permit operation of 1009 at the museum, trolley poles have been added to the roof of the car, since this car operated solely from an electrified third rail during its service life in Philadelphia.
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The Brill Company constructed many different types of cars for many different customers. Large differences in construction are obvious in cars such as subway car 1009, built in 1936 and city car 163 built in 1924. June, 1991 |


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A woman and a man wake up on the floor in a musty flat, remembering nothing of who they are or why they are there. As they try to piece together how they ended up in this situation, their brutal, clumsy, and yet erotic nature is revealed-but at what cost?
Ulrik Friberg makes his independent debut with Skeletons in the Closet after his school productions Uppenbart (2006), Intet ont (2006), and Följ dina drömmar (2006).


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Business Impact Award - Achieved
This Business Impact - Achieved award recognises projects that have made an outstanding business impact through successful knowledge transfer where the impact can be quantified and measured. This category welcomes nominations from all sectors of technology and innovation and may include (but is not limited to) licensing or spinout deals. Entries must be supported by clear evidence of commercial success (such as revenues, asset or company sales, IP generated) and/or impact on society.
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Why IT Certifications Matter
Mar 14, 2013 4:40 PM, By Tim Kridel
Pop quiz: What do CCNA, MCSE, and VCP stand for? If you don't know, there's a good chance one of two things eventually will happen: You'll have one or more of those acronyms after your name, or you might be out of a job.
Short for Cisco Certified Network Associate, CCNA is an entry-level certification that says you know how to install, configure, operate, and troubleshoot medium-size routed and switched IT networks. Those skills are valuable for AV integrators because signage, surveillance, and other AV applications increasingly run over IT networks.
"The AV and IT merge has already happened, and now Cisco is a videoconferencing supplier," says Vince Faville, account relationship manager at Video Visions, which specializes in videowalls. "It is becoming essential to understand how Cisco currently fits in the AV ecosystem as the IT director is becoming more involved in the AV decision. The AV integrator needs to understand and be able to explain the ramification of AV on the network."
No one is saying that CCNA, Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) or Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) will elbow out the CTS or DCSE that many AV pros have after their name. Instead, the consensus is that IT certifications are increasingly important for everything from establishing credibility with a client to career advancement.
"Many times now, the IT staff within a company are in charge of the AV systems," says Darren Cheshier, Clockworks Consulting Services' owner. "Also, it's nearly mandatory for AV systems to be a part of the building network to allow for remote support and service.
"AV personnel must be able to communicate with the IT department in terms they can understand. AV companies must be able to answer, 'How will this equipment affect my network, and how much bandwidth will it use?'"
IT tools automate a lot of processes for analyzing and troubleshooting networks, but their effectiveness depends on the skills of the people using them.
"Typically we use software tools like Wireshark, Wi-Spy, and AirPcap, but these require the dealer to know about hardware, as well," says Nic Scott, Crestron's solutions manager. "[For example,] what is the difference between a switch and a hub, or what is the difference between a monitor port and a network tap?
"There's a lot to know, and many times it's onsite learning. But you can prepare yourself for that onsite learning by understanding the terms and technologies that are available."
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Pull Back The Curtain On "Hoax Hunters" Season 2
Ahead of the debut of "Hoax Hunters" at Heavy Metal, writers Michael Moreci and Steve Seeley and artist Christian Dibari offer a peek at their process for Issue 1.
NYCC: Heavy Metal Launches Comics Line with "Hoax Hunters" Season 2
The classic fantasy magazine enters the world of comic book publishing, starting with the second season of "Hoax Hunters."
ECCC EXCLUSIVE: Moreci & Seeley Take A Stab At "Hack/Slash: Son of Samhain"
"Hack/Slash" comes back to life as "Hoax Hunters" creators Michael Moreci and Steve Seeley introduce the "Son of Samhain!"
Cover of the Week: September 4
This week, Dexter does a little lawn work, "Hit" gets a little literal (and bloody), Legion gets a new hairdo, X-Factor Investigations closes up shop and an impossible astronaut counts crows.
Freshly Optioned "Hoax Hunters" Keeps Exploring the Unknown
With a potential film now in development, writers Michael Moreci and Steve Seeley expand on the upcoming season-ending arc of their Image Comics series, and the arrival of artist Tristan Jones to the book.
EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: "Hoax Hunters" #6
Courtesy of Image Comics, CBR has an exclusive preview of "Hoax Hunters" #6 by Michael Moreci, Steve Seeley & Axel Medellin. The Hoax Hunters are hunted at Reality Con January 16.
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Jim McCann, Tim Daniel, Sina Grace, Ales Kot, Michael Moreci, and Kurtis Wiebe take the stage at Comic-Con International to discuss their Image Comics series and answer fan questions.
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Michael Moreci & Steve Seeley's "Hoax Hunters" Graduates to An Ongoing Series
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West Ham United are delighted to announce the capture of striker Nicky Maynard from Bristol City for an undisclosed fee.
Maynard, who has signed a two and a half year deal - with an option for an extra year - with the Hammers, was one of the most sought-after players in English football after a prolific spell at Ashton Gate, where he has scored 46 goals in 130 games.
Prior to moving to Bristol City in 2008, the Cheshire-born 25-year-old also enjoyed a fantastic time in front of goal at first club Crewe Alexandra, where he netted 35 goals in 67 appearances.
A quick, direct player with fine finishing ability, Maynard told whufc.com he cannot wait to get his West Ham career underway, saying: "I'm ecstatic. It's been a long day but I'm delighted to put pen to paper and can't wait to get going. West Ham are a massive club. They've got everything geared to get to the Premier League and the Premier League is where I want to be.
"I'm a quick player who likes to get in behind and thrives off chances. I'll keep plugging away all game and as I'm not happy unless I'm scoring goals."
Born in the town Winsford in December 1985, Maynard spent a period with Arsenal as a schoolboy before linking up with Crewe in 1994 at the age of seven. The forward remained at Gresty Road for 14 years, graduating from the club's famous Academy under the watchful eye of Dario Gradi.
After netting 27 goals for the youth team in 2003/04, Maynard signed his first professional contract at the age of 18 before making his senior debut for Crewe in a 4-2 win over Millwall at the end of the 2005/6 campaign. The following season, 2006/07, saw Maynard enjoy a prolific partnership with Luke Varney and cement his place in the Railwaymen's starting XI.
A further 15 goals in 2007/08 tempted Bristol City to spend £2.25m to take Maynard to Ashton Gate in July 2008 and he maintained his fine scoring record for the Robins. The 2009/10 season was his best in a City shirt, with 21 goals in 45 appearances in all competitions. Despite the club struggling in the npower Championship this term, Maynard has eight goals to his name.


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Had a great swap with Billy. He sent me nice emails and a well packaged bubbly with great amounts of seeds.- With extras! I would trade with him again anytime. |
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I just had a nice trade with Billy too, who sent generous amounts of some interesting seeds. Recommended! |
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"Stick your heads OUTSIDE!", she says, sourly. I will hold out for later. Every year when I want to plant bulbs, I run into this. When I am ready, it's too cold/and or rainy. I hold off for another day, and another, hoping for a warmer day: only to find myself out of time/out of weather, and have to go plant shivering, wearing gloves and a hat and down coat.
I hope this will stop me from buying any more. Last year I bought locally, in phases. Finished one batch, went back for more. I resist ordering online: by the time it comes, I may be out of luck with planting weather. Though nothing was ever on clearance locally, that I could see: and the choices were more limited that I remembered. I wonder if the stores are carrying fewer interesting varieties? Has anyone else noticed? |
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I was out earlier and it seemed quite nice, but when I checked the temp, saw it was just 41 out...YIKES! I guess it felt nice because the air was still. Because of already having so many daffs to plant, I have been trying to avoid looking at any local bulbs, though I do need some nice hyacinths for forcing. A couple of weeks ago I found 4 varieties of botanical tulips I had never seen offered locally before, so had to get a pack of each along with a pack of Ipheion Uniflorum, something I have never had before. I was excited to find them. The Botanical tulips are |
You found the Botanical tulips locally? Wow! I'd buy those in a heartbeat. |
Forgot to say... where? Was this a chain store? I forgot, I have not checked my Menard's yet this year...last year I did really well there...not sure why I have passed them by so far, yet. A self-defense mechnism in action, maybe. |
YES, it was MENARD'S...the one place you didn't check. Good Luck! |
Sob! Hardly anything left at Menards. I had to hunt all over the store, too. It's like they were all in Christmas product mode already. I had to ask 3 times…I'm sure I was sent to where they WERE, at one time. One young thing, when I asked for "Bulbs...like tulips and daffodils", STILL sent me to light bulbs. I'm guessing she did not know what my kind of bulb WAS. To think, last year I made out like a bandit there. Only a few packs of uninteresting bright yellow lilies, and some solid dark pink tulips. Blah. When I expressed disappointment, though, one more eager clerk outside showed me to a decorative display someone had set up to advertise fall planting season. She said they sold out very quickly this year. There in a basket were a few more interesting things. I DID get one package of Little Princess, and Allium oreophilum. I was hoping for Little Beauty…I bought some a few years back when Scheepers had them: they are really charming. It would have been the perfect color for a new bed I have with a lot of purple/silver/pink heucheras. With the orange tones of Little Princess: I'm not sure where I will put those. It doesn't go with ay color scheme I have running. But I couldn't leave them behind, now, could I? I'd too late to start planting today, though: have to hope for a warm day later in the week. |
I was hoping for Little Beauty Would you want to swap a few Allium oreophilum for a few Little Beauty. I'm not sure but I 'think' Little Beauty was 15 for $4.95. I can spare 7 LB for equal value of AO if you are interested. |
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- Superman Theatrical Cartoon Series
- Traditional Animation
- Fleischer Studios
- Distributed by: Paramount Studios
- Cartoon Characters: Clark Kent/Superman, Lois Lane, Mad Scientist.
- Voice Actors: Clayton "Bud" Collyer, Joan Alexander, Julian Noa.
- Directed By Seymour Kneitel.
- Produced By Max Fleischer, Adolph Zukor.
- Animated By Steve Muffatti, George Germanetti.
- Written By I. Sparber, Seymour Kneitel.
- Music: Sammy Timberg.
- Originally Released on November 21, 1941.
- Originally Released Theatrically.
- Running Time: 10:18 minutes.
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A mad scientist is using a collection of giant robots to steal money and precious items around Metropolis. Clark Kent and Lois Lane are assigned to cover the... (more)
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With a focus on individual companies, new or emerging markets, and issues such as product safety – this column takes a behind the scenes look that sheds new light on stories hitting the headlines.
Spotlight on...Glenn Murphy's tenure at Gap Inc 14 Oct 2014
Gap CEO Glenn Murphy recently announced his decision to step down in February. He joined Gap as chief executive in 2007. Since then he has been on a mission to shake up the company's supply chain, introduce a wider and more fashionable product range, improve speed to market, and accelerate international expansion and omni-channel capabilities.
Spotlight on...The reality of manufacturing fashion in the UK 3 Mar 2014
The idea of bringing mass-market garment production back to the UK is finally gaining momentum among manufacturers and retailers. But according to industry experts speaking at last week's ASBCI conference 'Making it in the UK - Ready or not?', there are still challenges to overcome if the 'Made in Britain' movement is to be successful once again. Katie Smith reports.
Spotlight on... Mothercare CEO departure comes as no surprise 24 Feb 2014
In what comes as another blow for UK clothing retailer Mothercare, chief executive Simon Calver stepped down today (24 February) in a move analysts view as inevitable given the group's recent struggles.
Spotlight on...Jos A Bank adds to armour with Eddie Bauer buy 19 Feb 2014
Jos A Bank Clothiers last week revealed its plans to acquire outdoor wear brand Eddie Bauer in deal worth $825m. Coming amid an onging buyout battle with rival Men's Wearhouse, some industry observers suggest the move was made to ensure the US men's apparel and footwear business remains independent. Michelle Russell takes a closer look.
Spotlight on...American Eagle CEO departure stuns industry 24 Jan 2014
Retailer American Eagle Outfitters stunned the industry when it announced the sudden departure of its CEO, Robert Hanson, earlier this week. Despite industry pressures and a tough year in the teen retail space, observers have voiced their disappointment at the departure of a chief executive they saw as amongst the best in retailing.
Spotlight on…Analysts surprised at Tesco interest in Mothercare 20 Jan 2014
Reports surfaced over the weekend that UK retail giant Tesco weighed up a bid for Mothercare around six months ago. The claims seem to have taken industry observers by surprise given Tesco's focus on sweating its existing assets and improving capital discipline. Some believe it more likely that any potential tie-up would see the supermarket chain strike a deal to sell the baby goods in its stores.
Spotlight on...Can Sycamore turn Jones Group fortunes around? 20 Dec 2013
Jones Group shares jumped nearly 5% in late trading yesterday (19 December) on the long anticipated news the struggling US clothing and footwear firm is finally set to get a new owner.
Spotlight on....Divestments key to Quiksilver turnaround 10 Dec 2013
US surfwear brand Quiksilver has had a somewhat busy year as it implements a long-term strategy designed to boost its bottom line. The company has chosen to divest some of its assets in a bid to strengthen its core brands, which industry observers believe may be key to turning the group's fortunes around.
Spotlight on...What do fashion consumers really want? 4 Oct 2013
What do consumers really want from their fashion products and shopping experience? That was the question industry experts attempted to answer this week - with their conclusions suggesting retailers need to offer value, quality and convenience to shoppers, preferably all at the same time. Another challenge is for retailers to engage with their customers online or in-store to make sure they keep returning. Katie Smith reports.
Spotlight on...Bangladesh safety groups to collaborate on standards 13 Sep 2013
Concerns that three separate initiatives underway to boost the safety of factory workers in Bangladesh would lead to multiple audits and unnecessary bureaucracy for factories are beginning to be assuaged. The groups involved are now beginning to look at ways of reaching common standards, as Petah Marian reports.
Spotlight on...Wal-Mart looks to boost made in America 23 Aug 2013
"America is open for business," was US secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker's rallying cry at Wal-Mart's US Manufacturing Summit yesterday (22 August).
Spotlight on...Croatia clothing eyes boost from EU membership 1 Jul 2013
The Croatian Chamber of Economy (CCE) has told just-style that the country plans to utilise European Union (EU) funding to help boost its textile and clothing industry after it becomes the 28th EU member state today (1 July).
Spotlight on...Closed loop clothing continues to make progress 14 Jun 2013
Closing the loop in the clothing supply chain is continuing to make progress, with more brands beginning to launch products that use recycled fibres.
Spotlight on...M&S shakes up supplier base as part of turnaround 15 May 2013
Marks & Spencer is set to shake up its supplier base as part of plans to turn around its fortunes in women's wear through a focus on quality and style.
Spotlight on...Ron Johnson's tenure at JC Penney 9 Apr 2013
Since Ron Johnson was appointed chief executive officer of department store retailer JC Penney just 18 months ago, the company has suffered a string of losses and has been forced to make a number of U-turns as it tried to make headway on its turnaround plans.


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Complete Jewish Bible (CJB) | New International Version (NIV) |
1 From: Ya'akov, a slave of God and of the Lord Yeshua the Messiah To: The Twelve Tribes in the Diaspora: Shalom! | 1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes scattered among the nations: Greetings. |
2 Regard it all as joy, my brothers, when you face various kinds of temptations; | 2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, |
3 for you know that the testing of your trust produces perseverance. | 3 because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. |
4 But let perseverance do its complete work; so that you may be complete and whole, lacking in nothing. | 4 Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. |
5 Now if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives to all generously and without reproach; and it will be given to him. | 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. |
6 But let him ask in trust, doubting nothing; for the doubter is like a wave in the sea being tossed and driven by the wind. | 6 But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. |
7 Indeed that person should not think that he will receive anything from the Lord, | 7 That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; |
8 because he is double-minded, unstable in all his ways. | 8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does. |
9 Let the brother in humble circumstances boast about his high position. | 9 The brother in humble circumstances ought to take pride in his high position. |
10 But let the rich brother boast about his being humbled; since, like a wildflower, he will pass away. | 10 But the one who is rich should take pride in his low position, because he will pass away like a wild flower. |
11 For just as the sun rises with the sharav and dries up the plant, so that its flower falls off and its beauty is destroyed, so too the rich person going about his business will wither away. | 11 For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed. In the same way, the rich man will fade away even while he goes about his business. |
12 How blessed is the man who perseveres through temptation! For after he has passed the test, he will receive as his crown the Life which God has promised to those who love him. | 12 Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him. |
13 No one being tempted should say, "I am being tempted by God." For God cannot be tempted by evil, and God himself tempts no one. | 13 When tempted, no one should say, "God is tempting me." For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; |
14 Rather, each person is being tempted whenever he is being dragged off and enticed by the bait of his own desire. | 14 but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed. |
15 Then, having conceived, the desire gives birth to sin; and when sin is fully grown, it gives birth to death. | 15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death. |
16 Don't delude yourselves, my dear brothers. | 16 Don't be deceived, my dear brothers. |
17 Every good act of giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father who made the heavenly lights; with him there is neither variation nor darkness caused by turning. | 17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. |
18 Having made his decision, he gave birth to us through a Word that can be relied upon, in order that we should be a kind of firstfruits of all that he created. | 18 He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created. |
19 Therefore, my dear brothers, let every person be quick to listen but slow to speak, slow to get angry; | 19 My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, |
20 for a person's anger does not accomplish God's righteousness! | 20 for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires. |
21 So rid yourselves of all vulgarity and obvious evil, and receive meekly the Word implanted in you that can save your lives. | 21 Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you. |
22 Don't deceive yourselves by only hearing what the Word says, but do it! | 22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. |
23 For whoever hears the Word but doesn't do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror, | 23 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror |
24 who looks at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. | 24 and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. |
25 But if a person looks closely into the perfect Torah, which gives freedom, and continues, becoming not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work it requires, then he will be blessed in what he does. | 25 But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it--he will be blessed in what he does. |
26 Anyone who thinks he is religiously observant but does not control his tongue is deceiving himself, and his observance counts for nothing. | 26 If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless. |
27 The religious observance that God the Father considers pure and faultless is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being contaminated by the world. | 27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. |
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission. (The Complete Jewish Bible Online) | Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |


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Thread: Lachlan?
April 30th, 2013 05:34 PM #6
Yep, I think it's very usable in the US. I'd love to meet a Lachlan
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I like it... Not quite love it but I do like it!
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I'd also say it's very usable in the US. I think it's a great name.
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I'm American, and I'd love to meet a baby named Lochlan. I think it's a wonderful name, and refreshingly different.
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Its a lovely name and quite usable. Its quite a popular name here in Australia and it could definitely work in any other country (U.S.A included if you live there).
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Janet Kerin, D.C. (Davenport '92), has been selected as the National Family Spokesperson for Adoption for 2012. November is National Adoption Month, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families, AdoptUSKids and the Ad Council a public service announcements have launched the campaign "You Don't Have to Be Perfect to Be a Perfect Parent."
Dr. Kerin, of Castle Rock, Colo., and two of her three adopted sibling boys (Cody, Brandon and Joseph) will be flown to Washington, D.C., for live television, newspaper and other media interviews, including a Twitter event. She was also interviewed on NBC affiliate 9News along with National Project Director for AdoptUSKids Kathy Ledesma.
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BY: Community Papers of WNY Staff | March 14, 2012
KENMORE - While students and staff were on mid-winter Physicians at Kenmore Mercy Hospital have chosen two individuals to receive the hospital's annual Medical Staff Award recognizing outstanding associates for their service to patients and staff.
This year's recipients–David Turley, Environmental Services and Mary LaMartina, RN–were announced during a special ceremony at the hospital.
David Turley began his career at Kenmore Mercy Hospital in 1986 in the Environmental Services department, and has held that position through present time. He now has more than 25 years of service to the hospital. Turley's current assignments include the main lobby, registration, and health informaton management, just to name a few. Turley is very kind to all hospital patients, visitors, and associates treating everyone with our core values. Mary LaMartina, RN, started her career at Kenmore Mercy Hospital in 1988 and began working in the ICU in 1992. In 2005, LaMartina obtained Critical-Care Registered Nurse certification, and is currently working to promote CCRN certification in the Intenstive Care Unit by coordinating weekly review classes with James Fitzpatrick, MD, vice president of medical affairs for Kenmore Mercy.
As ambassador for American Association of Critical-Care Nurses in the workplace, LaMartina helps to facilitate volunteers. She also holds the current position of secretary for the AACN – Western New York Chapter. In 2011 LaMartina became a member of Pathways to Excellence Committee and obtained her certification with Fundamental Critical Care Support.
Kenmore Mercy's medical staff officers review nominees from throughout the hospital and honor two associates annually who live the hospital's mission to reveal the healing love of Jesus to those in need.
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I can only fit a rectangular shape. I was thinking of 20X46. I would like 8-8.5ft depth for diving and at least 20 ft long for water volleyball (10ft on each side of net, I know it's a small court). He said with a liner style pool, I would need 29 feet for diving which only leaves me 17 feet. He said liner pools (e.g. Cardinal Systems) not the same as shooting gunite (which we don't really do in Nebraska) Is that correct? The play area would all be 3.5ft deep, but if I read the ratios on the website correctly, it seems like it would fit. 20ft for play area at 3.5 ft + 15 ft for slope + 6 ft for bottom of hopper + 5 ft for steep slope under board. Would that not work? THANKS!!!! |
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Thanks so much. Didn't know that existed. When I research the net, it appears that all standards are available for purchase as high as $350. The ANSI codes for Nebraska are not available on the internet. Know of any good links? Thanks again. |
Here's one. It seems a little complicated but I didn't get too deep into it. http://www.srsmith.com/eResource/contents/Programs/06-052ANSI-standard.pdf |
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are any of the CCG cards legal for LCG play, and if so where can i get a list. i ask this because i see some of the cards are the same.
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Posted 12 February 2009 - 03:48 AM
In general, there are no CCG cards that are legal for LCG organized play.
- Some of the CCG cards have been reprinted with modifications in the LCG. These cards are usually updated for rules that have changed or to add things like traits and crests. The old CCG cards (without the modifications) are not legal in the LCG.
- Some of the CCG cards have been directly reprinted, word for word, in the LCG. Technically, the old CCG cards, being the same, could be used in place of the LCG cards. However, if you don't already have them, it is far easier to get the LCG reprints. With the fixed product, you know exactly which packs to buy.
- There is one class of cards that kind of crosses the two formats. The 6 "Clash of Arms" Chapter Packs (the 6 listed on this link: http://new.fantasyfl...&esem=2&esum=19) are considered by many to be "CCG cards" because they have black boarders (instead of the white ones that started with the Core Set, the official beginning of the LCG) and were released before the Core set. However, they are (by virtue of their fixed, Chapter Pack release) considered part of the LCG and are legal in LCG play.
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● Perfect for both children and adult players!
● Listen to the fun soundtrack!
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