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By Jim Hook For Sun-Times Media
Thrilling art: Alexis Heabel (right), a recent graduate of Lincoln-Way Central High School, and Frankfort Fall Festival chair, Colleen Mora, show off the design done by Heabel that won a poster contest in which this year's festival theme, "Fright Fest: It's a Thriller," was incorporated. | Supplied photo
Colleen Mora loves her community and relishes the opportunity she has to serve as chairman of this year's Frankfort Fall Festival.
She also likes the perks that accompany the job. There's the opportunity to select the theme of this year's festival, and selecting the festival's co-chair and the parade's grand marshal.
For Mora, all three choices were no-brainers.
Easy choice
She chose as the theme of this year's festival "Fright Fest: It's a Thriller."
Mora said deciding on the Halloween theme was simple.
"I love Halloween. It's my favorite holiday. It just brings me back to when I was a little girl," she said. "It's one of those holidays where there is no pressure. There are no gifts to buy or people to visit.
"Kids dress up in cute costumes and go through the neighborhoods with their friends or parents and trick-or-treat. The leaves are turning colors and the nights are getting cooler. It's just a great time of the year."
A children's costume contest will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday with the winner having the opportunity to ride with Mora on the parade float on Sunday. The winner of the float that best represents the Halloween theme will receive the "Frankie" trophy.
In keeping with the Halloween theme, craft and food vendors are encouraged to decorate their booths.
Mora and other festival volunteers have been working on a dance routine that the late Michael Jackson made famous in his monstrously popular song "Thriller." The group will perform the dance routine during the festival.
And the winner is ...
Organizers this year asked the four community high school art departments to have their students incorporate this year's theme onto a poster.
From the more than 40 entries, Alexis Heabel was selected the winner for her water-colored rendition of the Old Plank Road Trail with kids in costume walking and running down the popular trail.
Heabel recently graduated from Lincoln-Way Central High School and is enrolled at Joliet Junior College, where she hopes to pursue a career as an author and illustrator of children's books. She will be at Breidert Green signing copies of her winning poster during the festival.
Heabel said she spent a lot of time thinking about the theme before putting her ideas to watercolors.
"I thought about my audience and I thought about creating something that would represent the festival," she said. "To me, that would be a family-friendly theme with children."
Heabel said she was so excited to learn that her entry won the poster contest that she broke down and cried happy tears. Heabel credits Paul Faris, her L-W Central art teacher, for all his support during her four years in high school.
While she is enrolled at Joliet Junior College, Heabel plans on applying to the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design. She is hoping to be accepted there and begin studies in the spring.
"That would be a dream come true," she said.
Mora's pick to serve as co-chair of the festival was Keith Ogle, who she refers to as "my right arm."
Ogle is a Frankfort resident, a local business owner and a "good friend" who has worked with Mora on the festival the last four years.
Mora's selection for parade grand marshal was Cole Cunningham, an eighth grader at Hickory Creek Middle School and cancer survivor.
"Halloween is scary and frightening," she said. "Cancer is scary and frightening and Cole faced cancer with the courage of a superhero. He has fought hard and he has beaten this disease. To me, Cole is a real hero."
"I feel lucky to have been able to select two people whom I am so proud of to help with the festival," Mora said. "Keith and Cole are huge assets and are just like the group of other wonderful volunteers we have here that makes this festival such a success."
For more information about the festival, please visit the Frankfort Chamber of Commerce online at www.frankfortchamber.com or the fall festival's website at frankfortfallfestival.info.


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Nitrogen dynamics of a boreal black spruce wildfire chronosequence
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This study examined the nitrogen (N) dynamics of a black spruce (Picea mariana (Mill.) BSP)-dominated chronosequence in Manitoba, Canada. The seven sites studied each contained separate well- and poorly drained stands, originated from stand-killing wildfires, and were between 3 and 151 years old. Our goals were to (i) measure total N concentration ([N]) of all biomass components and major soil horizons; (ii) compare N content and select vegetation N cycle processes among the stands; and (iii) examine relationships between ecosystem C and N cycling for these stands. Vegetation [N] varied significantly by tissue type, species, soil drainage, and stand age; woody debris [N] increased with decay state and decreased with debris size. Soil [N] declined with horizon depth but did not vary with stand age. Total (live + dead) biomass N content ranged from 18.4 to 99.7 g N m−2 in the well-drained stands and 37.8–154.6 g N m−2 in the poorly drained stands. Mean soil N content (380.6 g N m−2) was unaffected by stand age. Annual vegetation N requirement (5.9 and 8.4 g N m−2 yr−1 in the middle-aged well- and poorly drained stands, respectively) was dominated by trees and fine roots in the well-drained stands, and bryophytes in the poorly drained stands. Fraction N retranslocated was significantly higher in deciduous than evergreen tree species, and in older than younger stands. Nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) was significantly lower in bryophytes than in trees, and in deciduous than in evergreen trees. Tree NUE increased with stand age, but overall stand NUE was roughly constant (∼ ∼150 g g−1 N) across the entire chronosequence.
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- 2. Ecology Program, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China
- 3. Department of Soil Science, University of Manitoba, 362 Ellis Building, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2, Canada
- 4. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, University of Manitoba, 362A Ellis Building, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2, Canada


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All living things run on energy. If the organism is a plant or autotrophic microbe, the energy comes from sunlight. For all other forms of life, energy is extracted from nutrients through the reactions of metabolism--cellular respiration.
Cellular Respiration and the Electron Transport Chain (ETC)
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For most organisms, this conversion is accomplished though cellular respiration, a series of pathways in which glucose (sugar) is broken down and the energy extracted is converted to ATP. The pathways of cellular respiration include glycolysis, conversion of acetyl-CoA, Kreb's cycle and electron transport. Electron transport is the most complex and productive pathway of cellular respiration. During
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Most of the ATP made in cellular respiration comes from the stepwise release of energy, through a series of oxidation-reduction (redox) reactions between molecules embedded in the plasma membrane (prokaryotes) or mitochondria (eukaryotes).
It is easiest to understand how electron transport works to divide it into three main events:
1. Oxidation Reduction Reactions
During glycolysis, synthesis of acetyl-CoA and Kreb's cycles the electron carriers NAD+ and FADH are reduced to form NADH and FADH2 respectively. These molecules are like little rechargeable batteries, and when NAD+ and FADH are reduced, this means that they accept and carry electrons and hydrogen ions (H+) potential energy that can be used later in cellular respiration.
In the electron transport chain, these electron carriers are oxidized, transferring their electrons to the carrier molecules embedded in the ETC membrane. The electrons are then passed from one carrier molecule to another in a series of oxidation-reduction reactions, and finally, in aerobic respiration, to the final electron acceptor, oxygen (O2).
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nologies are likely to be guarded as proprietary and competition-sensitive and are not available to groups such as NRC committees, which work in a public forum. This was true for much of the results of the HSR Program, which is not yet public information, as well as details of ongoing work, such as the Quiet Supersonic Platform Program funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Because of its limited access to detailed technical data, the committee was reluctant to accept the role of recommending which individual technical concepts and approaches, many of them in the early stages of development, should be funded. Fortunately, it was not necessary for the committee to do so. As demonstrated by the Quiet Supersonic Platform Program, once the government identifies specific areas of interest and allocates development funding, industry and other research organizations are able and willing to provide detailed, innovative research proposals within the framework of a competitive government acquisition program, where competition-sensitive information is more likely to be protected. Therefore, with the concurrence of the study sponsor, the committee carried out the intent of the statement of task using the following approach:
Identify the technical barriers to sustained commercial supersonic flight, including flight over land.
Characterize the gap between the state of the art and the technology required to overcome each barrier.
Establish the feasibility of closing each gap by considering if at least one promising approach is available.
Identify what would have to be demonstrated to show that the gap has been closed.
To provide a framework for analyzing the technology needs for commercial supersonic flight over the next 25 years, the committee defined a set of three notional supersonic vehicles:
Small. An SBJ with about 8 to 15 passengers, a range of 4,000 to 5,000 nautical miles (NM), a cruise speed of about Mach 1.6 to 1.8, and sonic boom low enough to enable supersonic flights over both land and water.
Medium. An overland supersonic commercial transport with about 100 to 200 passengers, a range of 4,000 to 5,000 NM, a cruise speed of about Mach 1.8 to 2.2, and sonic boom low enough to enable operations over both land and water.
Large. A high-speed civil transport (HSCT) with about 300 passengers, a range of 5,000 to 6,000 NM, and a cruise speed of about Mach 2.0 to 2.4.
The committee also compared the technical challenges for commercial supersonic aircraft with the likely challenges for a military supersonic strike aircraft. A strike aircraft would have to overcome many of the same challenges as a commercial aircraft—for example, a high lift-to-drag ratio and acceptable takeoff and landing characteristics; efficient and durable engines; and advanced airframe materials and structures. A strike aircraft would need to meet these challenges while also meeting military requirements for stealth and weapons integration, but without necessarily meeting all the same environmental constraints.
For each class of aircraft, the committee used a combination of engineering judgment, historical trends, and simplified equations to identify key challenges and the research areas required to overcome those challenges. While noise and emissions are certainly major barriers to the development of an HSCT, significant advances in the traditional aeronautics engineering disciplines, such as structures, propulsion, and aerodynamics, are still required to close the business case and certificate new systems. Supersonic transports with overland capability (and military strike aircraft of comparable size) will require improvements in the four major factors related to economics (lift-to-drag ratio, air vehicle empty weight fraction, specific fuel consumption, and thrust-to-weight ratio) equivalent to about 10 percent over the present state of the art in each parameter, as well as additional advances related to the environment and certification. For SBJs, most parameters are already within the state of the art. HSCTs, on the other hand, will require significant advances, equivalent to about 15 percent for each of the four major economic parameters. Affordable supersonic flight is an exercise in integration: A viable commercial supersonic aircraft cannot be achieved until solutions to the individual technology challenges are brought together in one integrated airframe-engine design.
The committee also validated the importance of cruise speed as a key factor in determining the technological difficulty associated with development of a commercial supersonic aircraft. NASA's HSR Program, which ran from 1985 to 1999, envisioned an HSCT with 300 passengers and a cruise speed of Mach 2.4. In 1997 the NRC concluded that the focus on Mach 2.4 was too aggressive and probably not justified by the business analysis. The study concluded that an aircraft with a cruise speed of Mach 2.0 might have a net productivity similar to that of a Mach 2.4 aircraft and would have an easier time overcoming some of the most difficult economic, technological, and environmental challenges.
As cruise speed increases, the most efficient cruise altitude increases also, and the technical challenges to developing an economically viable and environmentally acceptable commercial supersonic aircraft increase significantly above approximately Mach 2. For aircraft with cruise speeds less than Mach 2, an NOx emission index of 15 appears satisfactory, and water vapor emissions are unlikely to pose difficulties at the associated altitudes. Aircraft with cruise speeds in excess of Mach 2 will normally cruise in the stratosphere, where engine emissions have a greater potential to cause climate change and depletion of atmospheric ozone. At higher speeds, the NOx emissions index may need to be as low as 5.


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If your holiday travel plans include using Interstate 10 between Phoenix and California, the Arizona Department of Transportation has some good news about one of its construction projects west of the Valley. In time for the Fourth of July weekend, I-10 is open once again to two lanes in each direction at the Hassayampa River bridges, 40 miles west of downtown Phoenix.
Crews added new bridge decks at the I-10 crossing near 339th Avenue. The upgraded bridge is the result of a $3.9 million improvement project. For months the work required highway lane restrictions. Traffic had been limited to one lane in each direction during the project, and drivers experienced as much as 90 minute delays.
Also west of Phoenix, ll new lanes along I-10 between Loop 101 and Verrado Way west of Phoenix are open following a series of projects to enhance traffic flow. Crews reconstructed and widened the freeway over the last three years. Crews have been working in the past week to finish lane striping along sections of I-10 that are now as wide as five lanes in each direction.
AAA of Arizona expects more than 600,000 people will drive to a vacation destination for this holiday weekend. That is why ADOT and the Department of Public Safety both urge drivers to be safe on the roadways. In addition to buckling up and never drinking and driving, motorists are urged to obey speed limits and to remain patient while on the road. Getting a good night's rest before traveling and checking your vehicle, including its tire pressure, are other summer driving safety tips.


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TULSA - Andrew Joseph Dennehy, the man accused in the plaza shooting at the Tulsa County Courthouse, was booked into jail Wednesday after being released from the hospital.
Dennehy, 23, is charged with two counts of shooting with intent to kill, one count of possession of a firearm after delinquent adjudication and one count of reckless conduct with a firearm.
Three people were hospitalized after the shooting, including Dennehy and a Tulsa County sheriff's deputy. Dennehy was shot in the face and body.
Dennehy has faced a number of criminal charges in the past few years.
In 2007, he pleaded guilty to carrying a firearm under the influence. A year later he pleaded guilty to driving under the influence.
In 2010, Dennehy pleaded guilty to public intoxication.
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Recent world events have emphasized the need to develop innovative, functional materials that will safely neutralize chemical warfare (CW) agents in situ to protect military personnel and civilians from dermal exposure. Here, we demonstrate the efficacy of a novel, proof-of-concept design for a Cu-containing catalyst, chemically bonded to a single-wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT) structural support, to effectively degrade an organophosphate simulant. SWCNTs have high tensile strength and are flexible and light-weight, which make them a desirable structural component for unique, fabric-like materials. This study aims to develop a self-decontaminating, carbon nanotube-derived material that can ultimately be incorporated into a wearable fabric or protective material to minimize dermal exposure to organophosphate nerve agents and to prevent accidental exposure during decontamination procedures. Carboxylated SWCNTs were functionalized with a polymer, which contained Cu-chelating bipyridine groups, and their catalytic activity against an organophosphate simulant was measured over time. The catalytically active, functionalized nanomaterial was characterized using X-ray fluorescence and Raman spectroscopy. Assuming zeroth-order reaction kinetics, the hydrolysis rate of the organophosphate simulant, as monitored by UV-vis absorption in the presence of the catalytically active nanomaterial, was 63 times faster than the uncatalyzed hydrolysis rate for a sample containing only carboxylated SWCNTs or a control sample containing no added nanotube materials.
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Volume 7, Issue 3 , pp 390-398
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- 2014-03-01
- 10.1007/s12274-014-0405-3
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- 1998-0124
- Online ISSN
- 1998-0000
- Publisher
- Tsinghua University Press
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- single-wall carbon nanotube functionalization
- catalytically-active nanomaterial
- chemical warfare agent
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- Mark M. Bailey (1)
- John M. Heddleston (1)
- Jeffrey Davis (2)
- Jessica L. Staymates (2)
- Angela R. Hight Walker (1)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Semiconductor and Dimensional Metrology Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD, USA
- 2. Materials Measurement Science Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD, USA


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Amazon releases Kindle Fire OS 3.1
For those who have the Kindle Fire HD and Kinde Fire HDX, a software update is awaiting you. New in OS version 3.1 is the integration of Goodreads, which now ties in directly to whatever you're reading. You also an now "fling" video content to your TV, provided you're using a PlayStation 3 or Samsung Television. (Support for the PS4 is to come.) Amazon also has improved enterprise and BYOD support. Printing support also was added.
You can wait and get the update over the air, or download and install directly from Amazon. We've got the full changelog after the break.
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- Find and share books with Goodreads: Goodreads on Kindle lets you connect with the Goodreads community to follow friends and see what they are reading, and share and rate books on your Kindle Fire.
- Organize your content with Cloud Collections: Organize your content library into collections like "Favorite Books" and "Sports Apps" that are synchronized with compatible Kindle devices and reading apps.
- Watch movies and TV shows on another device with Second Screen: Fling movies and TV shows from your Kindle Fire to your 2013 Samsung Smart TV or PlayStation 3 using Second Screen.
- Learn more about books with Smart Lookup: With the Smart Lookup feature, you can quickly look up words in the dictionary or Wikipedia or translate text in a book.
- Print from Your Kindle Fire: Print Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents, photos, e-mails, calendar events, and contact information from your Kindle Fire to a printer that supports mobile printing.
- Free up storage space with 1-Tap Archive: With 1-Tap Archive, your Kindle Fire groups all content that has not been used recently so you can move it to the Cloud with just one tap.
- Enhanced enterprise features: Manage security certificates and connect to your company's Wi-Fi network—whether you're at home or at work—with remote VPN capabilities.
- Set alarms and view additional time zones with the Clock app: Use the all-new Clock app to check the date and time, set an alarm clock, and more.
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The resulting long dispatch is the heart of the book. In it he sees a performance at a venue promoting a "Chile Solidarity Disco," is lectured by an all-female quartet, The Raincoats, on the ways in which rock is inextricably bound to "the exclusion of women and the ghettoization of blacks," comes to understand the financial structure of an independent record label, talks to the marvelous nineteen-year-old singer and saxophonist Lora Logic about punk as self-invention, and after asking the same pretentious questions I would like to have asked them, comes to understand Gang of Four as "the voice of false consciousness in rebellion against itself, and, almost simultaneously, the voice of resistance to that rebellion, the voice of a yearning for accommodation." This was, in every way, a group that fulfilled every promise ever made on The Sex Pistols' behalf.
None of it mattered for those who didn't do their own digging in the days before Google and torrent sites, when the surface was not easily chipped, and this is the source, presumably, of much of Marcus's desperate energy and passion. He wanted people to know how good Gang of Four were; he wanted them to be popular. One would not write this way about a fringe act today, when there is no broad consensus and even the most saleable act aims only to hit a niche, but there was a sort of bravery in Marcus's exertions. Other critics wanted to change what people heard; Marcus wanted people to change the way they heard.
He, and the band's other backers, failed: among people who care about such things, Gang of Four is hardly any kind of obscurity, but they topped out at number fifty-eight on the UK charts and did even worse in the States. This was, writ small, the failure of punk, which was after all a popular form and not a pretext for referencing Theodor Adorno. Even when its best got everything perfectly right, no one really cared.
This was on some level the subject of what was probably punk's finest moment, The Mekons' 1985 return from oblivion with Fear and Whiskey, in my opinion the best record of that decade. It is a lot of things: a great collection of drinking songs, a dark meditation on the death of labor and of the promise of America, and the first and best and most convincing of what would eventually be far too many fusions of punk rock and country. (The Mekons sold even less than Gang of Four, but are just as responsible for vast amounts of terrible music made by other people.)
As Marcus writes, this record "carries an unmistakable undertone of self-mockery, of humiliation, of shame, because it cannot count. Fear and Whiskey is just fear and whiskey, nervousness and oblivion; it is the music of people who are sure that the world they cannot change will never find a place for them, that what they have to say will never be heard." It is the best record about a terribly modern fear, that in the vast cacophony of people liberated to say whatever it is they feel they need to say, no one will ever hear what you have to say.
Improbably, given The Mekons' origins as the sloppiest and most amateurish band in the world, Fear and Whiskey was just the first of an uninterrupted string of wonderful records that continues to this day. They are not really a going concern and not quite a business, but every so often they take a short tour or release a new record, and their audience, which barely rises to the size of a cult, takes it as a gift. All along that was the future of rock: a great old band in a small club, cheerfully oblivious to their utter obscurity and everything but their lives and what compelled them to start in on music at all.


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Today the Civil War Trust is scheduled to announce a $1.3 million fund-raising campaign to preserve two parcels of land near the official boundaries of the Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, about 80 miles west of Washington. One is a 12-acre piece of private property where the 8th Vermont Volunteers Monument honors a desperate encounter during the Battle of Cedar Creek on Oct.
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Tom Cruise is reportedly gearing up to try and move the divorce battle to California, but HollywoodLife.com has proof that Katie can say she's a resident of the Big Apple to keep the case in NYC, which could end up in her favor. Read on for more details!
Katie Holmes has reportedly been planning to leave Tom Cruise for two years now — and coincidentally — the 33-year-old has been photographed in NYC at least once a month since August 2011.
HollywoodLife.com has investigated and found that Katie has visited NYC at least 29 times, on average once per month, since August 6, 2011. Possibly, part of Katie's long-term plan to establish residency in New York City — a strategic move that could keep her case in New York courts.
"In order for Katie to prove to the courts that she is a New York City resident, she has to show that she intended to make New York a fixed and permanent place to live. The photos of Katie in NYC that were taken every month will be a huge advantage for her," Los Angeles attorney Mychal Wilson tells HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY. "The photos prove that she has been living in NYC consistently. The photos coupled with factors such as credit card receipts from department stores, grocery stores, restaurants and payment of New York taxes will all work in her favor. Katie was most likely advised to be seen in public in NYC with the intention of getting her photos taken. This was a smart, strategic move on her part to help her prove residency."
And recently, Katie has hired top lawyer, Allan E. Mayefsky.
"Allan wouldn't have taken Katie's case if he felt there was a jurisdiction issue," insists on of the attorneys HollywoodLife.com spoke to.
HollywoodLife.com has learned that Katie has a hearing on July 17 in front of Judge Matthew Cooper in New York. While nothing has been confirmed yet, Katie is expected to attend and Tom will likely be there, as well. And with photographic proof that she and Suri have established a home in New York, chances are slim that the case can be moved back to California.
"If Katie is in New York, and Suri is in New York, and they are New York residents … and the papers were legitimately filed … the action will remain in New York, and the California court should give deference," explains Malcolm Taub, family attorney and partner at Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP.
But why keep the case in New York? According to Manhattan divorce attorney, Paul Catsadonis, Katie is more likely to receive full custody of their six-year-old daughter, Suri, in New York as opposed to California.
"She filed here [New York City] because in New York City the courts do not impose joint custody on the parties if the parties can't co-parent," Paul tells HollywoodLife.com.
And this is exactly why the photographs from the last year will benefit Katie and Suri.
"The pictures can be very helpful in evidencing her in New York," top divorce attorney Vikki Ziegler tells us. "If Katie can show she owns property in New York [and that she] filed a tax return for 2011 [with] New York as her main address … Is Suri enrolled in class in New York? Does Suri have doctors in New York? This can all help her."
In order to be a New York resident, Katie has to prove that she's lived in the Big Apple for a year. Even though she's only been photographed an estimated 29 times, the judge will likely consider Katie's hectic lifestyle.
It's all starting to make sense now — why Katie has been all smiles in front of the paparazzi in the last year. She is definitely one smart lady!
What do YOU think, HollywoodLifers? Vote and weigh in below.
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I have been doing a lot of research on Scientology and what the main purpose is. I have been a Christian my entire life so I did not understand why these people were so sucked in to this "religion". Here is what I have come up with so far: Scientology and L. Ron Hubbard's main goal was money. Lots of money. These celebrities who have been so confused for so long with all of the media and drama that goes along with the lifestyle were no doubt easy prey for the gold digging COS. With the money they can contribute and the large fan base, I am certain digging their claws into Cruise, Travolta, Smith (all BIG names) was a very strategic move. Any " religion" that bases it's entire teachings on some alien named Xenu and past lives and absolute control of it's "members" is not anything good. It is a cult, and it runs very deep. I have read many stories from ex members and they all tell the same story with different details. The COS has always come forward to discredit the stories, but how can they when all of the stories are so similar. I would love, and I mean LOVE, to see someone try to tell me my family are all suppressive persons and I have to disconnect from them or become an SP myself. That would go over like a fart in church! C'mon Tom! You have been so blinded and manipulated by these money hungry control freaks. Your family is far more important then thetans, e-meters, auditing, and OT levels. David Miscavige has done nothing at all to benefit who you are or your family. Geez, I'd love for you to accept Christ, but at this rate even atheism is a better option than Scientology. Your daughter will suffer at your hand because you are too blind to see the light. Oh to have just a face to face meeting with you Tom, we would have great conversation and there is nothing you could ever say to me to make me want what you have.
And for anyone who wants to liken Christianity to a cult, I choose to have a relationship with Jesus. I can turn away at any time and no one is going to do anything to ever try and stop me. No papers to sign, no routing out, no fearing for my life. I am still in control of my choices. No one forces me to do anything. And I do not have to pay anyone to hold some metal cans to better myself. My church is free, and that is how it should be. Yes the bible clearly says to tithe, but it is by no means anything I am going to be kicked out of church over. It is for a person to deal with on a personal basis.
Look up the "Ex Scientology Kids" site. You will have your eyes opened to this cult like never before.
Posted at 12:15 AM on July 9, 2012
Mrs McMedic
You are so right. Go Katie Go. Her face has been telling us for a long time that she has not been treated well.
And as far as the bible says about tithing, it says to give 10% of your ABUNDANCE. Which if you check your dictionary, abundance means what you have left over or a surplus of after your needs are taken care of. NOT to give before your families needs are met. Greedy churches are crippling the very people who they are supposed to be helping.
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I think if any person is trying to leave a person as emotionally controlling as Cruise, whose religion is equally controlling, they had better plan every detail of their exit to give it the best chance of success. Do it smart, quick and clean. Ironically, isn't this one of the things Scientology teaches? "Attack. Never react." Guess she learned one helpful thing from her time w/Cruise!
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Sadie from Minnesota
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Katie probably didn't realize the extent of the Scientology cult when she married Tom. I would do the same thing to protect my children. Anytime a religion dictates how to take care of your family, there is trouble. Tom has apparently been brainwashed, but hopefuly Katie and Suri can avoid the pitfalls. Good luck Katie.


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The second annual United Nations system-wide meeting on enhancing the rule of law took place on 1 July 2010 at the UN Secretariat. It followed up on the Secretary-General's 2008 Report on Strengthening and coordinating United Nations rule of law activities (document A/63/226), in which the Secretary-General recommended that the Rule of Law Coordination and Resource Group (RoLCRG) and the Unit convene yearly meetings of the UN system on rule of law. A first meeting took place in 2009.
Organized by the Rule of Law Unit in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General, the second edition of this meeting aimed to share information work being undertaken by the Rule of Law Coordination and Resource Group and other UN entities; to have thematic discussions on issues of shared concern to all or many entities working on rule of law in the UN system; and to help strategize how the UN system can continuously improve the Organization's coherent and coordinated engagement on the issue.
25 UN entities present
The breadth of knowledge, experience and expertise among the participants was evident in the discussions that took place among representatives from fields as diverse as gender, counter-terrorism, human rights, housing and land rights and international trade law. Representatives from twenty-five UN entities were present, including from the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force Office (CTITF) , the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) , the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) and the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict.
Members of the Rule of Law Coordination and Resource Group presented updates on the work they accomplished over the past year in developing coherent policy and guidance on rule of law for the UN system.
This included the following Organizations and Departments: Department of Political Affairs (DPA), Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) , Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) , Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) , United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) , United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) , United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF) , United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) , United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) .
UN approach to transitional justice and informal justice systems
The Group also discussed the Guidance Note of the Secretary-General on a UN approach to transitional justice and the operationalisation of Paragraph 8 of Security Council resolution 1888, in which the Secretary-General was called upon to identify and take the appropriate measures to deploy rapidly a team of experts to situations of particular concern with respect to sexual violence in armed conflict to assist national authorities to strengthen the rule of law.
UNDP, UNICEF and UNIFEM briefed on an ongoing joint study on informal justice systems. In many countries where the United Nations provides assistance, informal or non-state justice systems handle the majority of disputes, particularly in rural and poor localities, but these systems often raise significant concerns with regards to human rights. The study, which includes case studies in a wide range of countries, analyses the characteristics of these mechanisms in all regions of the world, their linkages with the formal system, and their human rights implications. It aims to help the United Nations to better address informal justice systems in the context of the rule of law assistance it provides.
Land, housing and property rights
Another session was dedicated to discussing on how the United Nations addresses land, housing and property rights and the need for more coordinated policy on the issue. After presentations by UN-HABITAT, UNHCR and UNDP, participants agreed that the issue received too little attention both at headquarters and country-level, despite its critical importance for peace and long-term development. It was recognized that this area is often considered under-funded and under-capacitated, particularly with regard to coordination, considering the number of actors, and the breadth and technical complexity of the issues. All emphasized the need for a higher level of political attention inside the United Nations to galvanize efforts.
Implementation of International Law
In view of the upcoming 2010 Annual Report of the Secretary-General on Strengthening and coordinating United Nations rule of law activities, a discussion was held on practices and approaches to support Member States in the implementation of international law. After introductory presentations by the Office for Disarmament Affairs (ODA ), UNODC and the International Trade Law Division of the Office of Legal Affairs (OLA), participants compared their entities' experiences with assisting Member States in the implementation of international law related to their respective normative mandates. Issues discussed included the advantages and disadvantages of soft and hard law instruments and of different mechanisms to monitor implementation.
Lastly, UNIFEM briefed and sought system-wide feedback on the outline for the 2010-2011 edition of its biennial flagship report the "Progress of the World's Women", which will focus on women's access to justice.


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Call for Nominations for SPH Faculty and P&A Awards
Nominations are due by 12 noon on Monday, May 5, 2014
For full award criteria and nomination requirements, click on the award title below:
The Charles N. Hewitt Creative Teaching Award ($1500) recognizes outstanding faculty contributions in special areas such as a skilled teaching of large classes, continuing education, interscholastic education or learning technology.
The Leonard M. Schuman Award for Excellence in Teaching ($3000) is the School's highest honor and recognizes exceptional teachers who challenge students with articulate presentations and thought-provoking analyses.
The School of Public Health Award for Excellence in Advising ($3000) recognizes School of Public Health faculty who are particularly outstanding in their roles as academic, field experience, or project/theses advisors.
The School of Public Health Outstanding Public Health Engagement Faculty Service Award [previously the SPH Community Service Award] ($1500) honors faculty who have performed public health engagement service activities above and beyond the normal expectations of university life, and which are of outstanding quality and benefit to the public.
The School of Public Health P&A Excellence Award ($1500) recognizes a member of the Academic Professional and Administrative (P&A) staff who has made distinguished contributions to the missions of the University of Minnesota and the School of Public Health.
Recipients are commemorated with a plaque, a permanent display in the School, and a cash award. The awards will be presented at the SPH Faculty Assembly meeting later this spring. Past recipients of each award are listed on the last page of each award criteria.
To submit an award nomination
For each award nomination, submit original application (hardcopy and electronic .pdf file) to:
Hardcopy to:
Recognition, Awards and Honors Committee
c/o Stefannie Thompson
SPH Dean's Office
MMC 197, A302 Mayo
And Electronic Copy to:
Nominations are due by 12 p.m. (noon) on Monday, May 5, 2014
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