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Not only has the camera-snatching crested black macaque of past posts, become Gareth Cliff's Twitter avatar, but he has also found himself the subject of a meme.
Just as the Photo-Bombing squirrel, Sad Keanu and Frisking Leonardo (can't remember the actual official term,) became before him.
Or he will be if the HuffPo has anything to do with it.
It's early days yet, but here are The Huff Po's reader's attempts so far:
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D-backs exercise 2013 option on closer Putz
OCT 20, 2012 12:51p ET
The D-backs picked up Putz's option for 2013 -- worth $6.5 million -- on Saturday, Towers calling the move "a no-brainer," and are looking to keep Putz for several more years after that.
Towers compared Putz to Hoffman, a Hall of Famer in waiting, both for his success on the mound and in his influence on the young relievers in his bullpen.
"I don't look at this short-term. I believe in continuity, and it's hard to find those guys that are consistent at the back end. This was the first step. Now we have time to talk beyond 2013. I hope he finishes his career in a Diamondbacks' uniform," Towers said.
Towers said talks on a contract extension have not begun, and Putz said he did not want to focus beyond next season.
"There may be a time when we address that, but right now, I'm not worried about it," Putz said. "We're trying to build a championship club here. I love playing here. I love the coaching staff. I love the guys. That being said, I'm worried about 2013.
"I'm ecstatic. There is a lot of unfinished business to be taken care of here."
Putz, 35, has 77 saves in his two seasons with the D-backs, the most successful two-year period in his 10-year major league career.
Putz was 2-2 with a 2.17 ERA and a career-high 45 saves in 2011, and was 1-5 with a 2.82 ERA and 32 saves this season. From May 15, Putz was 1-1 with 26 saves and a 1.42 ERA.
"He's the leader of our bullpen and one of the best closers in the National League. He plays a big part in setting the makeup and character of our team," Towers said.


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Cinto's novel and patent-pending design and manufacturing innovations set a new bar for the category. While most stacking chairs are not conducive to hours of sitting, Cinto provides all-day comfort by flexing and bending with the body. Spanish for "belt," Cinto features a backrest that is attached to the chair's frame via a flexible belt, allowing the backrest to move with the body to provide ample recline and automatic lumbar support for the vast majority of users. Stress-relief cross-slits on Cinto's seat pan flex independently under the sitting bones to evenly distribute the user's weight and reduce pressure points. In addition, air vents on the backrest and seat pan enable air circulation for cool seated comfort.
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Blessed Filip Geryluk
Also known as
- Filip Kiryluk
- Philip Geryluk
Married layman and father from Zaczopki, Poland. One of the Marytrs of Podlasie. Noted for encouraging the others to hold their ground and protect their church.
- 25 June 1996 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)
- if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Filip, contact
Parafia Rzymsko-Katolicka
Pratulin, 21-507 Bohukaly, POLAND
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Catholic Online
- Hagiography Circle
- Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints
MLA Citation
- "Blessed Filip Geryluk". Saints.SQPN.com. 20 January 2014. Web. 6 March 2015. <>


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Duration: 30 minutes
Cost: $125–175
Contraindications: Do not perform if client is taking multiple medications, including tretinoin or isotretinoin; is under physician's care; has a sunburn or upcoming outdoor activities planned within 2–4 weeks; has aspirin allergies or sensitivities; or has any open wounds.
Supplies and equipment needed:
4 x 4 gauze squares
Facial steamer
2 glass beakers
Firm square brush
Eye pads
Gauze (optional)
Heated warm compress
Hand-held fan
Disposable gloves
Products needed:
Lactic acid and tequila cleansing wash
Salicylic cleansing pads
Papaya enzyme
Salicylic and salicylate toner with sake, minerals and specialty teas
Rice wine, pyruvic and phytic acid solution
Retinol skin-corrective serum
Mineral (zinc) and antioxidant day cream
Step 1: Ask the client to complete a consultation form. Before the treatment, discuss any issues of concern regarding the form. Next, walk the client to the treatment room and ask him to lay face up on the treatment bed.
Step 2: Moisten skin with a water-dampened 4 x 4 gauze to remove surface oils. Apply lactic acid and tequila cleanser to the skin, and begin to work it in with circular massage movements. As the cleanser becomes matte, moisten hands and massage it into a lather. Continue to work the product into the skin to deeply cleanse for 3–5 minutes. Optional: You may also use steam with this step.
Step 3: Remove cleanser with warm, wet gauze and rinse several times to thoroughly remove cleanser.
Step 4: Apply one salicylic cleansing pad across skin with firm pressure to pick up any excess oil, while working deeper into the pores.
Step 5: Place one teaspoon of the papaya enzyme in a glass beaker. Using a firm brush, apply evenly to the face and neck. Place eye pads over the eyes and steam for 10 minutes, or occlude skin with a thin gauze layer and heated wet compress. Remove enzyme with a wet 4 x 4 gauze and perform several rinses. Blot the skin dry with a tissue or dry gauze.
Step 6: Saturate two inches of gauze with salicylic and salicylate toner, and smooth into skin with firm pressure. After performing this step, inspect the gauze for a yellow residue, which indicates that lipids have lifted from pores.
Step 7: Place eye pads on the client and provide him with a hand-held fan, in case of intense heat. Men are often more sensitive than women when it comes to stinging sensations. Remind the client when you hand them the fan to use it if the stinging becomes too intense. Be sure to wear disposable gloves for this step.
Step 8: Pour the rice wine, pyruvic and phytic acid peel solution into a glass beaker. Dip a firm square brush into the solution and carefully apply one layer evenly to the face and neck. Wait about 5–7 minutes while the solution fully absorbs into the skin.
Step 9: Apply the retinol skin-corrective serum and let it remain on the skin.
Step 10: Finish by applying a mineral and antioxidant day cream to shield the skin from environmental elements.
Step 11: Instruct the client to do nothing to the skin for 24–48 hours, other than mild rinses in the shower and applying a mineral-based sunscreen daily. He should avoid hot steam and any heat exposure. The skin will be somewhat tight, but not uncomfortable, and flaking will begin on day three or four once cleansing resumes. Have the client return in seven days for a relaxing barbershop express clean up, which includes a cleanse and enzyme application, followed by a nourishing topical and warm towel, and finished with an SPF application.


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Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos will be out of action for five weeks, manager Carlo Ancelotti confirmed on Friday.
Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos insists he is in no rush to sign a new contract at the Bernabeu.
Cesc Fabregas says he has spoken to Sergio Ramos after the Real Madrid defender questioned his commitment to Spain.
Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo won a hat-trick of awards at the LFP gala, including the 'Best Player in La Liga' prize.
Sergio Ramos was pleased to see Real Madrid prove that they can make Barcelona 'suffer' during a 3-1 El Clasico win.
Sergio Ramos has urged Spain not to feel sorry for themselves after being routed by Holland in their World Cup opener.
Sergio Ramos is hoping to spend the remainder of his playing career on the books of Real Madrid.
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti insists Cristiano Ronaldo will start the Champions League final.
Cristiano Ronaldo says the Champions League final against Atletico is a game all 'Madridistas' have been dreaming about.
Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos claims his side are underdogs for the Champions League final against Atletico Madrid.
Sergio Ramos has rubbished reports suggesting he is unhappy at Real Madrid, claiming 'If I could, I would retire here'.
Carlo Ancelotti felt Real Madrid should have had a penalty during his team's 2-1 defeat by Barcelona at the Nou Camp.
Real Madrid chief Florentino Perez has refused to rule out a bid to bring Radamel Falcao back to the Spanish capital.
Mesut Ozil's former team-mates at Real Madrid have expressed disappointment after he completed a move to Arsenal.
Real Madrid midfielder Sergio Ramos believes Gareth Bale would fit in perfectly at the Bernabeu.
Zinedine Zidane says Tottenham should let him speak to Gareth Bale and insists Real Madrid will not give up the chase.
Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos believes Gareth Bale is "in the right mould" to be a star player at the Bernabeu.
Real Madrid's Sergio Ramos says he will play through the pain barrier in the Copa del Rey final against Atletico Madrid.
Jose Mourinho admitted Real Madrid paid the price for missed chances as they suffered semi-final heartbreak.
Sergio Ramos believes Real Madrid's fans can help them overturn a 4-1 deficit against Borussia Dortmund.
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Afghan women on the campaign trail
Their roles as canvassers, voters, even candidates in the Aug. 20 election highlight some of the gains – and remaining challenges – facing women as the country moves toward democracy.
Ben Arnoldy/ The Christian Science Monitor
Kabul, Afghanistan
When Farzana Barekzai and her small band of female campaigners knock at the home of Ahmadin Pahlawan, he greets them and points to a poster of President Hamid Karzai above the door to assure them: His vote isn't changing.
Mr. Pahlawan didn't need convincing from the Karzai canvassers on a previous visit either, recalls Ms. Barekzai. Instead, the man with orange-dyed hair called the women of the house together and said, "You are going to vote for Karzai and these women will tell you why."
It's not uncommon for the male head of household to dictate a woman's vote – but neither is it universal.
"Not all families were like this. There were some families where women influenced husbands," says Barekzai. Besides, once in the voting booth, "it's only herself and her God."
Women's roles in the upcoming national elections highlight some of the gains – and many of the remaining challenges – facing Afghan women as the country has moved toward democracy.
"We have seen advancements in women's rights ... but what was agreed to and committed to has not been done," says Massouda Jalal, a former Minister of Women's Affairs. "A fundamental change has not happened in the national lives of women."
Progress for women
Considering that eight years ago Afghan women were not allowed to venture out alone, just participating at all in the elections process marks progress.
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Forage sorghum will take acreage away from silage corn in dry climates facing irrigation water shortages, predict two Southern High Plains Extension agronomists.
Under full irrigation, silage corn typically produces higher yields, but forage sorghum performs better in less-than-optimal conditions, say Brent Bean, Texas A&M University, and Mark Marsalis, New Mexico State University.
Marsalis discussed the pros and cons of forage sorghum at last fall's Western Alfalfa & Forage Conference in Las Vegas, NV, and Bean will compare the two crops during the High Plains Dairy Conference, March 7-8 in Amarillo, TX. They co-authored the paper that Bean will present.
According to them:
● Corn seed typically costs about $95/acre compared to $15/acre for sorghum seed.
● Full-production corn silage requires 20-25" of irrigation water compared to 14-18" for sorghum silage.
● Fully irrigated silage corn typically yields 27-32 tons per acre compared to sorghum silage at 20-26 tons.
● Corn silage usually has better feed value than sorghum silage, but the quality of some sorghum hybrids is equal to that of corn silage.
● Sorghum is better-able to withstand periods ofdrought than corn.
During his Las Vegas presentation, Marsalis pointed out that, despite outyielding corn in limited-water situations, the acceptance of forage sorghum has been low.
"The perception that all sorghums are low in nutritive value and that they are more difficult to manage than corn are two of the main arguments against them given by producers and feeders," said Marsalis.
However, breeders have improved sorghums to the point where the forage quality of many varieties is at least equal to that of corn. In addition, brown midrib varieties are almost as digestible as corn, although most don't yield as well as corn or conventional sorghum, he said.
"In short, sorghum type and variety selection have only added to the perceived complexity of forage sorghum production that has deterred many producers," said Marsalis. But, "with more research information and long-term trends being defined, benefits of forage sorghum in limited-input systems will become more evident and potential acceptance increased."


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See how your website looks on an Apple iPad without one!
Don't own an iPad yet? Don't worry, you can still market your website to owners of this new device. Guide to Online Schools is a resource for finding classes about website development.
There's a website out called iPad Peek which basically lets you check how your website will look when viewed on the iPad. It doesn't get much more simple than this, navigate over to their website at www.ipadpeek.com, and enter the address of your website and hit enter and there you go.
The only problem is that Flash won't work on the iPad but it does here so remember that the portions made with Flash on your site won't work on the device.
You can click on the top border of the iPad and it will turn from landscape view to portrait mode.
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University of Louisville Law Faculty Blog
Governance & Forest Conservation
Posted April 1st, 2008 by AnonymousPerhaps suprisingly, the question of forest (and other resource) governance recently received popular attention, thanks to reporter Andrew C. Revkin's New York Times blog, Dot Earth. The post focused on a recent murder in Peru, retribution for reporting illegal timber activities. The story behind the post received attention in the U.S. weeks after the killing, thanks to mongabay.com.
This attention is critical. The potential carbon, biodiversity and human health benefits of REDD credits (and the likelihood of their creation) will be seriously undermined by poor forest governance. Liberia and the Democratic Republic of Congo are prime examples of countries that could reap significant human health and biodiversity benefits from REDD, but face extreme governance problems very likely to undermine efforts to secure them. Countries with somewhat better governance frameworks, therefore, will be in better positions to benefit from REDD.
Governance problems have repeatedly plagued efforts toward sustainable forestry, yet international attention to the issue in specific contexts can affect the resources devoted by national authorities to improving governance and the extent of international support for such efforts.
John McKinley: Louisville's Lost Supreme Court Justice
Posted March 31st, 2008 by Kurt X. MetzmeierTwo associate justices of the U.S. Supreme Court are buried in the city of Louisville. One, Louis D. Brandeis, is considered to be one of the finest jurists to ever serve on the Court, writing opinions that are widely considered landmarks in the development of the right to privacy and the freedom of speech. He is the namesake of both Brandeis University and, more importantly, the Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville, where he is buried in the school's portico.
And then there is John McKinley. In fifteen years on the Court, he wrote 21 opinions. True, he was assigned to ride the Southern Circuit, a brutal task in the years from 1837 to his death in 1852, but in his later years he neglected this task, avoiding his responsibility to visit Arkansas his whole time on the court. (Some might argue that this was an understandable omission). He was so obscure that when he died in Louisville on July 19, 1852, the New York Times gave him a one-line obituary. He may have been the victim of unfortunate timing; another man with Kentucky connections died that day, Henry Clay. McKinley's obscurity has only grown; many biographies have his death place listed wrongly as Lexington.
McKinley is not usually counted among Kentucky's Supreme Court justices, but the state has a rather strong claim to him (assuming it wished to claim him). He was born (like Clay) in Virginia, but was brought to Lexington, Kentucky, in his youth. He was called to the bar in Frankfort and practiced there and in Louisville, before trying his fortunes in Alabama in 1821. He served that state in Congress and was considered an Alabaman when President Martin Van Buren appointed him to the Supreme Court. However, he soon decided that Louisville was an excellent home base for his circuit court duties, and relocated here in 1842. The 1850 census lists him and his family well ensconced in the city.
Related by birth to one leading Kentucky family, the Logans, he became connected to others by the marriage of his daughters. (One set of in-laws, the Churchills, dabbled in horse racing and built a race track of moderate fame).
He was buried in a prominent place in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville's oldest and most beautiful burial place; his memorial is dignified but relatively modest. The cemetery does not mention McKinley among its list of famous residents, which includes John Keats' brother George and Col. Harlan Sanders.
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MySpace Update
Posted March 31st, 2008 by Susan DuncanI recently wrote a law review article on social networking sites (it can be viewed at my SSRN Author page: http://ssrn.com/author=624360 ). I included proposed solutions that were both legal and educational in nature. I am pleased to see MySpace and the nation's attorneys general announced a plan in January 2008 that would greatly improve the safety of children using social networking sites. Only time will tell whether MySpace honors this agreement but it is definitely a step in the right direction. To learn about the details of the agreement go to :
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Catch A Falling Child
Posted March 31st, 2008 by Susan Duncan
We have a very exciting, and even historic, event happening in Louisville tonight ! Thirteen leading officials & allies in the local healthcare community are coming Monday night to commit to work together to make some real change for the health of children in our community, and especially for those in low-income communities. Please see the attachment to learn more about the Catch A Falling Child Campaign.
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Clean, Wet, and Smart, Part II
Posted March 30th, 2008 by Craig Anthony (...
Land use affects water quality, water use, and the integrity and health of watersheds. The last few years have seen a growing level of attention to how aquatically responsible land use and development might be defined and actually achieved. This blog posting is the second in a series of posts highlighting articles that address the legal and policy intersections of land and water. In this posting, I provide links and abstracts to 2 similar articles manifesting the research and ideas of Professor William Andreen, University of Alabama Law School, on the subject:
1) William L. Andreen, "The Evolving Contours of Water Law in the United States: Bridging the Gap between Water Rights, Land Use and the Protection of the Aquatic Environment," Environmental Planning and Law Journal, Vol. 23, 2006. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=889744
Although Australia and the United States share a common law heritage, water law has developed in significantly different patterns in the two nations. Much of the credit for Australia's different course can be ascribed to Alfred Deakin, who after taking a study tour of the American West in 1885, wrote a report that rejected the doctrine of prior appropriation as used in the arid states of the American West and advocated a system in which the rights of the state were elevated over those of the individual.
Unfortunately, both countries have generally treated water, just like land and other natural resources, as a commodity for human use, manipulation, and degradation. Little thought or significance, at least until relatively recently, was attached to the adverse environmental impact of reduced stream flows and the severe damage caused by hydrologic modifications such as dams and by various development activities that disrupt and pollute aquatic habitats. Both countries, therefore, face the difficult challenge of trying at a late date to bring together two separate, but inextricably connected, disciplines, one focusing on water use and the other on water quality. The challenge is daunting, especially in light of both existing uses of water "giving rise to settled expectations in Australia and often confirmed as a matter of right in the United States" and anticipated growth in demand.
Complicating the situation in the United States is its fragmented approach to law and regulation dealing with watershed issues. Water quantity law is state-driven, while water pollution law is primarily federal in origin, with the notable exception of non-point source pollution, which is primarily the responsibility of state government. Land use management, on the other hand, is generally a question for local government.
After exploring the three separate regimes governing water use, water quality and land use, the article discusses and evaluates a number of approaches for trying to integrate these regulatory schemes into a mechanism that can enhance and protect the integrity of our aquatic systems while also meeting many human needs in a sustainable and adaptive way. Perhaps the most important aspect of this analysis lies in its attempt to connect, in terms of law and institutions, the natural and symbiotic relationship between land use and water. Although that relationship has long been ignored, it is essential to conceive of a river or other freshwater system as part of a larger interdependent ecosystem, one linking all land and aquatic features in a particular watershed.
2) William L. Andreen, "Developing a More Holistic Approach to Water Management in the United States," Environmental Law Reporter, Vol. 36, No. 10277, 2006. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=894959
Americans have generally treated water, just like land and other natural resources, as a commodity for human use, manipulation, and degradation. Little thought or significance, at least until relatively recently, was attached to the adverse environmental impact of reduced stream flows and the damage caused by hydrologic modifications such as dams and by various development activities that disrupt and pollute aquatic habitats. The United States, therefore, faces the difficult challenge of trying at a late date to bring together three separate, but inextricably connected, disciplines, one focusing on water use, one on water quality, and yet another focusing on development and land use. The challenge is daunting, especially in light of both existing water uses and anticipated growth in the demand for water.
Complicating the situation is a fragmented approach to law and regulation. Water quantity law is state-driven, while water pollution law is primarily federal in origin, with the exception of non-point source pollution, which is primarily the responsibility of state government. Land use management, on the other hand, is generally a question for local government.
After exploring the regimes that govern water use, water quality and land use, the article discusses a number of approaches for trying to integrate these regulatory schemes into a mechanism that can better protect the integrity of our aquatic systems, while also meeting most human needs. Perhaps the most important aspect of the analysis lies in its attempt to connect, in terms of law and institutions, the symbiotic relationship between land use and water. Although that relationship has long been ignored, it is essential to conceive of a river and other freshwater systems as part of a larger interdependent ecosystem linking all land and aquatic features in a particular watershed.- Login to post comments
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Student Tips on Legal Writing and Life
Posted March 28th, 2008 by Ariana R. LevinsonThis week was our last Basic Legal Skills class of the year! We did an exercise to gain some practice at oral argument. Each student attempted to tell the class the most important thing the student learned in Basic Legal Skills. The rest of the class interrupted with specific detail-oriented questions about legal writing. (If you are a professor interested in using this exercise, I am happy to share my list of questions.)
The students performed admirably (and enjoyed themselves). Here are the tips that the students shared. (I have taken some poetic license.)
Legal writing differs from writing in many other disciplines.
It does not require providing long and detailed explanatory background but rather quickly getting to the issue and addressing it concisely.
Short sentences further this end.
Additionally, the legal reader is not interested in the legal writer's opinions.
Instead, the reader desires to know the governing law and how it applies to the facts.
Knowing how to read a case is a first step to being a successful lawyer.
The successful lawyer understands that each case builds on the prior ones and analogizes to precedent.
Drafting a well-thought out outline before writing can insure a well-organized paper.
A well-organized paper is easy to read; using headings, sub-headings, and thesis sentences increases organization and readability.
Writing a rough draft is a key component of legal writing; you must permit time to do this.
Moreover, allowing plenty of time to complete the draft and then finalize it insures that the writing is not done last-minute and is not replete with embarrassing errors.
Toward this end, a time-management plan is critical; through it, you hold yourself accountable.
A citation manual is your "friend."
Indeed, owning citation, grammar, and legal writing sources and knowing how to use them relieves you of the responsibility of memorizing every rule.
Generally, using concrete facts is more persuasive than using many adjectives.
Having a colleague who knows the basic rules of grammar read your work is helpful.
To write a predictive memo, you must be able to understand the question asked, identify the arguments on both sides, identify the relevant portions of case law, and edit.
To write persuasively, you must be able to deemphasize negative facts and case law, choose a rule favorable to the client but likely to be adopted by a neutral judge, and lead with the strongest argument.
Succeeding in legal writing is a balancing act: rule synthesis, application of rules to facts, large-scale organization, small-scale organization, grammar, writing style, and citation must all be considered.
When serving as your client's advocate, draw on many techniques, such as presenting the facts persuasively, citing the strongest authority you can find, and presenting a professional appearance through proper citation.
Lawyers have difficulties too: when times are rough, a friend can serve as a shoulder to cry on.
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Clean, Wet, and Smart, Part I
Posted March 26th, 2008 by Craig Anthony (...
Land use affects water quality, water use, and the integrity and health of watersheds. The last few years have seen a growing level of attention to how aquatically responsible land use and development might be defined and actually achieved. This blog posting begins a series of posts highlighting articles that address the legal and policy intersections of land and water. In this posting, I provide links and abstracts to 3 articles that I have written on the subject:
1) Craig Anthony (Tony) Arnold, "Clean-Water Land Use: Connecting Scale and Function," Pace Environmental Law Review, Vol. 23, No. 2, p. 291, 2006. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1024265
Land use and land development adversely affect water quality in many substantial ways. The current land use regulatory system is blamed for its failure to plan and regulate to protect water quality and watershed health, and a frequent suggestion is to move authority for land use planning and regulation to larger ecologically-based scales, such as watersheds, or to regional, state, or national agencies that can act on a watershed scale.
Despite the allure of these proposals, careful study of the scales and functions of watersheds and the scales and functions of land use presents a nuanced picture of both watershed and land use dynamics, suggesting that watershed institutions might be best suited for watershed planning, technical assistance, facilitation of intergovernmental cooperation, and provision of resources and information, while local governments will continue to be best suited to engage in generalized planning, zoning, permit decisions, and other traditional regulatory functions.
This article discusses the impact of land use on water quality, and then explores the scale and function of both watersheds and land use. It offers lessons about the geographic, functional, problem, and temporal scales of watersheds, and the functional, political, resource, and temporal scales of land use, as well as lessons about the legal scale of freedom and boundaries. Attempting to connect both the scale and function of watershed with both the scale and function of land use, the article recommends a hybrid regional-local model of watershed-based planning and regulation of land use.
2) Craig Anthony (Tony) Arnold, "Is Wet Growth Smarter than Smart Growth?: The Fragmentation and Integration of Land Use and Water." Environmental Law Reporter, Vol. 35, No. 3, p. 10152, 2005. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1040821
The authority and regimes for controlling land use, water quality, and water use are highly fragmented, both internally and from one another. However, a growing body of evidence demonstrates that this fragmentation comes at great cost to natural and human environments, with increasing impacts of land use practices, water quality conditions, and water uses on one another. This article introduces a concept of wet growth that attempts to achieve some level of integration among these three inter-related aspects of law and public policy.
The Wet Growth concept is distinguished from the popular, yet vague, concepts of Smart Growth, which has failed to give sufficient attention to the water-related impacts of land development and use. The article describes examples of emerging efforts to achieve integration of land use and water regulatory policies. It summarizes the ideas and research of several leading scholars in a book on Wet Growth. The article makes a case for policy diversity in the integration of land and water practices, rejecting the desirability of any single model. Finally, it analyzes the role that local land use planning and regulation can play in achieving aquatically and ecologically sustainable land use practices.
3) Craig Anthony (Tony) Arnold, "For the Sake of Water: Land Conservation and Watershed Protection," Sustain: A Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Vol. 14, No. 16, 2006 Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1089026
Land conservation serves a critical function of protecting watershed health and integrity, which are necessary for healthy natural environments, human life, economic activity, and society. This article describes the various impacts of land use on water quality and watersheds.
Having documented land development's growing degradation of watershed functions, the article examines four methods of protecting water quality through land conservation. These four methods are land use planning and regulation, public land management, private land conservation, and changes in land-use behaviors and values. Analysis of legal tools and limits is supported by a case study of the Anacostia River watershed, one of the most degraded watersheds in the U.S. yet recently the object of diverse and substantial efforts to restore its waterways and manage land development practices.
The article concludes that no single method of land conservation is adequate to protect watersheds. Instead, a policy of policy diversity -- a polycentric model of land conservation and watershed protection -- will maximize changes towards more environmentally responsible land use practices. While the article is likely to be of interest to specialists in land use, property, environmental, and natural resources law and public policy, it can serve as a useful means of introducing students, policy makers, or members of the public to the varieties of land conservation methods or to the relationship between land use and water quality.
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Keeping Up with the Virtual Landscape
Posted March 25th, 2008 by Craig Anthony (...
The following are a few other useful blogs that address issues at the intersection of land use and the environment:
Law of the Land (Professor Patty Salkin's blog from Albany Law School's Government Law Center), http://lawoftheland.wordpress.com/
Planetizen (The Planning and Development Network), http://planetizen.com/interchange
Environmental Justice Blog, http://environmentaljusticeblog.blogspot.com/
Center for Neighborhood Technology: Sustainable Communities – Attainable Results (a blog of the Center for Neighborhood Technology), http://weblog.cnt.org/
Land Use Prof Blog (run by Professor Paul Boudreaux of Stetson University College of Law), http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/land_use/
Green Building Law blog (run by Shari Shapiro, a Philadelphia attorney and LEED Accredited Professional), http://greenlaw.blogspot.com/
Smart Growth Around America (Smart Growth America blog), http://blog.smartgrowthamerica.org/?p=104
American Rivers blog (run by the environmental group American Rivers), http://blog.americanrivers.org/wordpress/index.php
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The Gator Nation's Land Use & Environmental Research
Posted March 24th, 2008 by Craig Anthony (...
In the next couple of weeks, I will be giving two presentations at the University of Florida's Levin College of Law, which has an excellent environmental and land use law program (see http://www.law.ufl.edu/elulp/index.htm). As I anticipate my visit to Florida, I note that the University is the source of much significant scholarship on issues related to the intersection of land use and the environment. Below are abstracts of, and links to, 4 examples of the faculty's works:
1) Christine A. Klein, "The New Nuisance: An Antidote to Wetland Loss, Sprawl, and Global Warming" Boston College Law Review (2007). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=967992:
Marking the fifteenth anniversary of Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council — the modern U.S. Supreme Court's seminal regulatory takings decision — this Article surveys Lucas's impact upon regulations that restrict wetland filling, sprawling development, and the emission of greenhouse gases. The Lucas Court set forth a new categorical rule of governmental liability for regulations that prohibit all economically beneficial use of land, but also established a new defense that draws upon the states' common law of nuisance and property. Unexpectedly, that defense has taken on a life of its own — forming what this Article calls the new nuisance doctrine. As this Article explains, nuisance is new in at least two important ways. First, it has taken on a new posture, evolving from defense, to offense, to catalyst for legislative change. Second, nuisance has taken on new substance, triggered in part by Lucas's explicit recognition that "changed circumstances or new knowledge may make what was previously permissible no longer so.
2) Danaya C. Wright & Scott A. Bowman, "Charitable Deductions for Rail-Trail Conversions: Reconciling the Partial Interest Rule and the National Trails System Act," William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review (2008), Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1081655
This article examines an undeveloped legal topic at the intersection of tax law and real property law: charitable deductions from income tax liability for donations of railroad corridors to be converted into recreational trails. The very popular rails-to-trails program assists in the conversion of abandoned railroad corridors into hiking and biking trails. But the legal questions surrounding the property rights of these corridors have been complex and highly litigated. In 1983, Congress amended the National Trails System Act to provide a mechanism for facilitating these conversions, a process called railbanking. In essence, a railroad transfers its real property interests in its corridor to a trail sponsor for interim trail use and retains a right to reenter in case rail service needs to be reactivated on the line. Thus, the dual purposes of the statute - interim trail use and rail preservation - are furthered by a process that prevents the corridor from being broken up and irrevocably lost. An important element of railbanking and trail conversion is the prospect for the railroads of a deduction from their income tax liability when they donate these corridors for public trail use. Recently, however, the Internal Revenue Service has begun to question the donations by invoking the so-called partial interest rule Should the IRS prevail in applying this rule, the deduction would be entirely disallowed under current Internal Revenue Code provisions. This article examines the intersection of these two areas of law and proposes ways the railroads can draft their trail use agreements to minimize the likelihood of being challenged by the IRS, and ways the IRS, the STB, Congress, and the railroads can work together to reconcile the conflict in these different laws. In the end, we believe that the rail preservation function is critical to the public welfare and that it is in everyone's best interest to further railbanking and interim trail use. But doing so requires careful drafting and perhaps regulatory changes to ensure that railroads do not unfairly take advantage of the tax system, while at the same time maintaining an incentive for railroad to railbank and offer their corridors for future public use.
3) Mark Fenster, "Regulating Land Use in a Constitutional Shadow: The Institutional Contexts of Exactions" (2006). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=925911:
In a refreshingly clear and comprehensive decision issued towards the end of its 2004 Term, the Supreme Court explained in Lingle v. Chevron (2005) that the Takings Clause requires compensation only for the effects of a regulation on an individual's property rights. Under the substantive due process doctrine, by contrast, courts engage in a deferential inquiry into both a regulation's validity and the means by which the regulation attempts to meet the government's objective. Lingle's explanation appeared to cast doubt on the doctrinal foundation and reach of Nollan v. California Coastal Commission (1987) and Dolan v. City of Tigard (1994), two regulatory takings decisions that reviewed "exactions," regulatory conditions placed on proposals to develop land. These decisions required courts to apply the heightened scrutiny of their "nexus" and "proportionality" tests to review not only the challenged condition's effects but also its validity and means. In a somewhat oblique final section of Lingle that could be dismissed as non-binding dicta, the Court characterized its exactions jurisprudence as a limited effort to protect owners from extortionate exactions that single out individual property owners and confiscate their land and right to exclude the public. Lingle explained that the Court's rigorous tests for exactions, and their focus on regulatory means, apply only when an exaction's effects constitute a clear taking of property.
Lingle's description of its exactions decisions left important matters open for debate - matters that this Article attempts to resolve. Lingle's narrow characterization of its exactions decisions is not dicta because Lingle aimed to provide a comprehensive, unifying explication of the entirety of the Court's takings jurisprudence; and even if dicta, Lingle repeats similar statements in recent decisions about the limited nature of Nollan and Dolan and therefore makes plain what the Court assumes it has already settled. Furthermore, when read as Lingle requires, Nollan and Dolan fit within the broader approach to the Takings Clause that the Court articulated in Lingle and its other Takings Clause decisions from the same term, San Remo Hotel v. City and County of San Francisco (2005) and Kelo v. City of New London (2005). A narrow understanding of Nollan and Dolan is thoroughly consistent with the Court's effort to establish an institutionalist approach to the Takings Clause that defers to the properly derived decisions of competent, settled institutions. Nollan and Dolan can be read narrowly because judicial enforcement of the federal constitution is merely one institutional check among a web of public and private institutions that constrain local regulatory discretion. The powerful constitutional protection that "nexus" and "proportionality" provide may be limited, but in their shadow public actors in state courts and legislatures and in local governments, as well as voters, property owners, developers, and homebuyers offer a more complex, responsive, and locally sensitive web of legal, political, and market controls than the broad, formal rules established in Nollan and Dolan.
4) Mary Jane Angelo, "Embracing Uncertainty, Complexity and Change: An Eco-Pragmatic Reinvention of a First Generation Environmental Law" (August 23, 2005). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=788504:
Recent scientific reports demonstrate that despite more than thirty years of environmental regulation, we are experiencing unprecedented declines in bird and wildlife species, as well as ecosystem services. Pesticides are at least in part to blame for these profound declines. U.S. pesticide law has failed to carryout its mission. Moreover, a number of lawsuits have been filed recently asserting that the registration of certain pesticides is in violation of the federal endangered species act. One of the great ironies of environmental law is that the ecological consequences of pesticide use, such as the devastating impacts DDT had on predatory bird populations, which fueled the environmental movement of the late 1960's and early 1970's, largely have been ignored for the past 30 years. Only very recently has there been renewed interest in the ecological (as opposed to human health) risks posed by pesticides. Moreover, the explosion of pesticidal genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in agriculture has raised concerns regarding the novel risks to biodiversity posed by these new pesticides. Surprisingly, however, the primary federal statute governing pesticides, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), has not changed significantly with regard to ecological matters since 1972 and remains primarily a consumer protection statute not well suited for ecological protection. Moreover, the manner in which the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has implemented FIFRA has not kept pace with developments in our understanding of the uncertainty, complexity, and changing nature of ecological systems. This Article breaks new ground by being the first to use the new legal discipline of "eco-pragmatism" to analyze, and then reinvent, U.S. pesticide law to better protect ecological resources.
For years, environmental legal scholars have sought a middle ground between absolutist risk-based approaches to environmental regulation and cost/benefit analysis approaches. In the past several years, scholars have begun exploring the emerging field of eco-pragmatism - a dramatic new framework for environmental decision-making developed by Professor Daniel Farber - as a way to achieve a workable middle ground. Although a number of prominent legal scholars have analyzed eco-pragmatism in a general sense, none have attempted to apply an eco-pragmatic framework to any environmental pollution control law. This Article is the first to do so. This Article builds on Farber's work and the works of a number of other prominent legal scholars by first bolstering eco-pragmatism through consciously incorporating into it principles of ecological science, and then applying the strengthened eco-pragmatism to a long overlooked area - pesticide law. As the first attempt to actually apply eco-pragmatism to a field of environmental pollution control law, this Article represents an important step in the development of this area of legal theory. By analyzing current pesticide law as well as EPA's implementation of such law through an eco-pragmatic lens, this Article identifies areas of the law that are in need of revision and proposes revisions based on eco-pragmatic principles, which if implemented would greatly enhance our ability to protect critical ecological resources.
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Pragmatic Environmentalism in Land Use
Posted March 23rd, 2008 by Craig Anthony (...
As I mentioned in my last post, I am making a couple of exceptions to my normal practice of blogging about only those resources that can be downloaded for free. The second book I recommend as great food for thought is: Ben Minteer's The Landscape of Reform: Civic Pragmatism and Environmental Thought in America (MIT Press 2006). Minteer is a professor in the Human Dimensions of Biology Faculty in the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University. Trained in philosophy, Minteer has produced several works that transcend traditional disciplinary boundaries to tackle important questions about environmental ethics, conservation of nature, and democracy. A description of The Landscape of Reform (from the book jacket) appears below:
Ben Minteer offers a fresh and provocative reading of the intellectual foundations of American environmentalism, focusing on the work and legacy of four important conservation and planning thinkers in the first half of the 20th century:
Liberty Hyde Bailey, a forgotten figure of the Progressive conservation movement;
urban and regional planning theorist Lewis Mumford;
Benton MacKaye, the forester and conservationist who proposed the Appalachian Trail in the 1920s; and
Aldo Leopold, author of the environmentalist classic A Sand County Almanac.
Minteer argues that these writers blazed a significant "third way" in environmental ethics and practice, a more pragmatic approach that offers a counterpoint to the anthropocentrism-versus-ecocentrism – use-versus preservation – narrative that has long dominated discussions of the development of American environmental thought.
Minteer shows that the environmentalism of Bailey, Mumford, MacKaye, and Leopold was also part of a larger moral and political program, one that included efforts to revitalize democracy, conserve regional culture and community identity, and reclaim a broader understanding of the public interest that went beyond economics and materialism. . . . [He] considers two present-day manifestations of an environmental third way: 1) Natural Systems Agriculture, an alternative to chemical and energy-intensive industrial agriculture; and 2) New Urbanism, an attempt to combat the negative effects of suburban sprawl. By rediscovering the pragmatic roots of American environmentalism, writes Minteer, we can help bring about a new, civic-minded environmentalism today.
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PR & Marketing Coordinator • Birmingham Botanical Gardens
April 2008—April 2011
Working under the director of marketing, I was in charge of traditional public relations at The Gardens, as well as its first-ever social media strategy, making it the most-followed institution in Alabama at the time of my departure. I also managed website content, introduced a new email newsletter, and acted as assistant editor for The Garden Dirt — a member newsletter (print). Each of those owned media won awards during my tenure at The Gardens.
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I completed my coursework with a 3.8 GPA in 2010 and have been working on my thesis — a case study on the role of public relations in hyper-local public policy change — ever since. PR Week and other publications consistently rank Alabama's APR program among the top five in the nation.
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Breakfast Changes Lives
by Leah Brickley in Food News, March 1, 2013
We've all heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and a new study shows just how important breakfast is for kids. The study, released by Share Our Strength, an organization Food Network has partnered with to raise money to fight childhood hunger, reveals that of the 21 million U.S. kids that get free or reduced-price school lunch, only a shocking half get breakfast. That means millions of children are starting their day hungry, making it more difficult for them to learn. The study also found that kids who eat school breakfast attend on average 1.5 more days of school, average 17.5% higher on math test scores and are 20% more likely to graduate high school.
Share Our Strength is making breakfast in schools a priority through Breakfast Changes Lives, an initiative in conjunction with the organization's No Kid Hungry campaign.
Does your child's school serve breakfast? Help Share our Strength reach their goal of mapping 10,000 schools by March 31st.
Don't let busy mornings be an excuse to skip breakfast: here are 50 breakfast on the fly ideas that will help your kids start their school day full and hungry to learn.
Cinnamon-Raisin Oatmeal (above) Combine 1/2 cup plain instant oatmeal, 1 tablespoon honey, 1/4 cup raisins and a pinch of salt in a mug. Add 1 cup boiling water and sprinkle with cinnamon. Let sit 5 minutes, then stir.
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How exciting! Word on the street is that Desiree is close to wrapping her season of 'The Bachelorette,' and we can reveal two of her final four that make it to hometown dates!
Desiree Hartsock is going to be an engaged lady soon! The Bachelorette is close to wrapping up filming of her season of the show, and with hometown dates fast approaching, we can reveal two of her FINALISTS, and how she has gone to Germany, Portugal, Spain and Croatia on her dates — sounds exotic! Read on for all the juicy details, and to see who's hometown Des will be visiting.
Desiree Hartsock's 'Bachelorette' Finalist's Are:
Brooks Forester and Chris Seigfried!
Brooks is a sales rep for Fit Marketing, and he is from Boise, Idaho, while Chris, 27, from Seattle, WA, is part time model, former minor league baseball player, and banker. Reality Steve promises the two boys will be in final.
So it looks like Desiree will be making two trips to the rainy north west! We already know that she and Brooks have had a great date — with kissing!
Desiree Hartsock & Brooks Forester's One-On-One Date
HollywoodLife.com previously reported that Desiree had her first private date with hunky Brooks on March 16, where she was seen driving on the Sherman Oaks highway in a blue convertible, and it went well!
"OMG just saw Desiree on her first date for The Bachelorette! She's so cute omg & we talked & the guy was so hot" tweeted a Twitter user called Edenn. "Excellent first date for Dez!!! So important to get off to a good start!!!" tweeted the producer Mike Fleiss, followed by "Dez is doing great. Already a first kiss!!!"
Desiree Hartsock Travels To Europe For 'Bachelorette' Dates
Desiree, 27, has taken Europe by storm!
After her one-on-one date in Atlantic city, she and her men went to Germany for some sledding, Spain for some fun, and then to Portugal, where Desiree was joined by her Bachelor buddie Lesley Murphy. For guidance most likely!
It look like Des also hit up Croatia!
"Dez is having a great trip and will be back soon. Buy I may stay on in Dubrovnik or Pescara or maybe Majorca. We shall see. We shall see," tweeted the producer Mike Fleiss on April 11.
It also looks like Desiree will also get her romantic proposal in Paris!
What do YOU think HollywoodLifers? Do YOU think Chris and Brooks are hot? Are you excited for this season?
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The last 12 months have produced some real losers for ABC's primetime Monday nights. I refer specifically to their reality dating-mating shows The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, which at times have come dangerously close to being nothing more than televised prostitution. Ben Flajnik, Emily Maynard, and Sean Lowe were dismal disappointments, and all for the same single reason … the degree of immaturity they each displayed on camera.
Now comes Desiree Hartsock. Her season #9 run of The Bachelorette has not even begun airing yet; and already the spoilers indicate she will duplicate the same disappointment as
her predecessors, and for the same reason … profound immaturity.
Des was America's sweetheart during Sean Lowe's run as The Bachelor. She acquired the reputation of being the proverbial "nice sweet girl next door." She also acquired the reputation of having strong religious convictions and high moral standards. She can quote the Bible at will. These are qualities that tend to indicate adult maturity. It has even been speculated that her maturity level was the real reason that boyish Sean dumped her … that she just wasn't the playmate he was looking for.
But alas … the spoilers unanimously agree that it doesn't turn out that way. Des' choice for her Prince Charming is another jock with great abs. In sum … it's just another case of the Freshman Cheerleader setting her hooks in the Captain of the varsity football
team. The viewers get the same lackluster finish and a profound disappointment in The Bachelorette, Desiree Hartsock.
It is past time ABC stood back and regrouped their strategy regarding these two shows. Surely somebody in the network think tank understands it isn't wise to play to a childish audience during primetime hours … unless of course, you're deliberately trying to run off the viewers. The first suggestion is to raise the minimum age for participation to at least 35, in order to get some maturity.
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3 basketball players sign with Nuggets For immediate release . . . November 14, 2007 NEW ORLEANS — SiMon "Monee" Franklin of Baton Rouge, La., Hillary Dedeaux of Pass Christian, Miss., and Jazmone Kelly of Cincinnati signed scholarships Wednesday to play women's basketball at Xavier University of Louisiana next season. All three will be freshmen at Xavier in the fall of 2008. Franklin, a 5-foot-7 guard, averaged 16.4 points and 5.3 rebounds per game as a junior at St. Joseph's Academy, made all-metro and all-district teams and helped her team reach the second round of the Class 5A state playoffs. As a sophomore she was a state champion in the 800-meter run outdoors. Dedeaux, a 6-foot forward, averaged 16 points per game as a junior at Pass Christian High School. She was all-district and helped the Lady Pirates reach Mississippi's Class AAA state tournament. Kelly, a 5-foot-9 guard/forward, averaged 6.9 points, 7.2 rebounds, 1.5 steals and one blocked shot per game for Cincinnati's Ursuline Academy in 2006-07. She was a member of state championship teams at Mount Notre Dame in 2006 and, as an eighth-grader in 2004, at Central Baptist Academy. Kelly is an honor student and president of the Mayor's Youth Council. Xavier competes in the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference, an NAIA Division I league. Coach Bo Browder's Gold Nuggets were 23-12 this past season, finished second in the GCAC regular season and tournament, then tied a school record with their sixth consecutive appearance in the NAIA National Tournament. Xavier is 3-1 this season and was 26th in the NAIA preseason poll.
The Xavier Gold Rush and Gold Nuggets compete in Division I of the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) as a member of the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC). Xavier fields men's and women's teams in basketball, cross country and tennis.
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Francis Kinney was a Republican candidate for Bennington 3, Vermont House of Representatives. The primary election was on August 24, 2010. The state legislative general election was on November 2, 2010.
Francis Kinney ran for the Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 3 in 2010. He ran unopposed in the primary on August 24, 2010. He lost to Alice Miller (D) in the November 2, 2010 general election.[1]
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Thrust 3
Bulk Sensors & Sensor Systems
Thrust Leader: Carey Rappaport, Northeastern University
This thrust is focused on designing and implementing novel bulk sensors and multi-sensor detection systems, including optimization of millimeter wave-based sensing of anomalies under clothing to detect explosives on and within the human body. Both portal and standoff systems will be considered. A testbed will be used to develop and evaluate multi-modal sensors and algorithms for Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT), enabling experimentation, model-based reconstruction, and automatic threat detection of explosives. We will investigate integration of trace and vapor detection sensors with bulk sensors into multi-modal AIT and standoff systems for explosives detection. Improved algorithms for existing bulk sensor systems and multi-modal fusion systems will be investigated in Thrust R4.
Project Leaders
Faculty and Staff
- Galia Ghazi
Northeastern university - Yolanda Rodriguez-Vaqueiro
Northeastern University - Luis Tirado
Northeastern - Pedro M. Fierro-Mercado
UPRM - William Ortiz
UPRM - Mike Collins
NEU - Mike Woulfe
NEU - Matthew Nickerson
Northeastern University - Greg Allan
- Tiphannie Zeng
NEU - Nigil Lee
NEU - Kitty Du
NEU - Jenna Czech
NEU - Alex Piers
NEU - Thurston Brevett
NEU - Diana Regalbuto
NEU - Siddharth Velu
NEU - Mohit Bhardwaj
NEU - Shaan Patel
- Geometric image formation for target identification in mulit-energy computed tomography Tracey, B. and Miller, E., Proc. SPIE 8746, doi:10.1171/12.2020668, May 23, 2013.
- FBP-type image reconstruction algorithms for x-ray computerized tomography Z. Li PhD thesis, RPI .
- Analytic methods for SAR image formation & object classification in the presence of noise and clutter H. C. Yanik PhD thesis RPI .
- A New One-Class SVM for Anomaly Detection Y. Chen, J. Qian ICASSP 2013.
- Multi-Stage Classifier Design K. Trapeznikov, V. Saligrama, D. Castanon Machine Learning 2013.
- Joint Reconstruction and Segmentation of Electron tomography data Tuysuzoglu, W. C. Karl, D. A. Castanon, S. Unlu in Computational Imaging, C. A. Bouman, I. Pollak, P. J. Wolfe, editors, Proc. SPIE, Vol. 8657, SPIE, San Francisco, CA February 2013..
- Image Formation Methods for Dual Energy and Multi-Energy Computed Tomography Oguz Semerci PhD Thesis, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tufts University October 2012.
- Non-local means denoising of ECG signals Tracey and E. Miller IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, DOI 10.1109/TBME.2012.2208964, PMID 22829361 September 2012.
- Behavior Subtraction P. M. Jodoin, V. Saligrama, J. Konrad IEEE Trans. on Image Processing 2012.
- Video Anomaly Detection Based on Local Statistical Aggregates V. Saligrama, Z. Chen CVPR 2012.
- Sequential Decision System Design – (10/2013) Kirill Trapeznikov, Venkatesh Saligrama, David Castañón
- Simultaneous Learning of Related Tasks – (10/2013) Delaram Motamedvaziri, Venkatesh Saligrama, David Castañón
- Classification-Aware Methods for Explosives Detection Using Multi-Energy X-Ray Computed Tomography – (10/2013) Limor Martin, Prakash Ishwar, Clem Karl
- Cross-view Activity Recognition Using Hankelets – (10/2013) Binlong Li, Octavia L. Camps, Mario Sznaier
- Real-time Implementation of Automated Counter-flow Detection in Airport Security Exits – (10/2013) Mohamed A. Elgharib, Venkatesh Saligrama
- The Way They Move: Tracking Multiple Targets with Similar Appearance – (10/2013) Caglayan Dicle, Octavia Camps, Mario Sznaier
- Euclidean Structure Recovery from Motion in Prespective Image Sequences via Hankle Rank Minimization Mario Sznaier, Octavia Camps, Mustafa Ayazoglu
- Fluid Models for Dense Croed Tracking Oliver Lehmann, Gilead Tadmor
- Activity Recognition using Dynamic Subspace Angles Octavia Camps, Mario Sznaier, Binlong Li, Mustafa Ayazoglu, Teresa Mao, Necmiye Ozay
- Kernel Low-Rank Representation of Clustering and Classification Joseph Wang, Venkatesh Saligrama , David Castanon
Thrust 3 Projects
- Millimeter Wave Whole Body Scanning Radar Hardware for Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) R3-A1
- Computational Models and Algorithms for Millimeter Wave Whole Body Scanning for Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) R3-A2
- Hardware Design for "Stand-off" and "On-the-Move" Detection of Security Threats R3-B1
- Advanced Imaging and Detection of Security Threats using Compressive Sensing R3-B2
- Standoff Detection of Explosives: Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy Chemical Sensing R3-C
- Magnetic Resonance Based Detection of Illicit Materials R3-D


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How To Transfer to a 4-Year School
Many students who choose CCC plan to transfer to a 4-year college. If you plan to transfer to a 4-year school, it is recommended that you meet requirements for an A.A. or A.S. degree at CCC. The A.A. and A.S. degree options are designed to meet general education requirements at most schools that CCC students typically transfer to. CCC also has articulation agreements with a number of four-year schools including all public universities in Kansas. These articulation agreements allow CCC students who meet A.A. or A.S. degree requirements to transfer into the 4-year institution with junior standing.
So what happens when you transfer? Once you graduate from CCC, request an official transcript be sent to the school you wish to transfer too. The four-year college will look at the credits you have earned at CCC and decide how much credit to give you. If you go to a school that CCC has an articulation agreement with, and you have planned your A.A. or A.S. degree program at CCC to match-up with the transfer school's general education requirements, you will have an easy transfer and most if not all of the hours you have at CCC will transfer. This will also give you junior status at the transfer institution. Courses from CCC will only transfer if the grade you earned is a "C" or above. "D" and "F" grades do not transfer.
If you don't get credit for some of your courses, you may have to take them again at a four-year school. You may also have to take a general education course from a 4-year school if the equivalent course is not offered at CCC.
CCC is a participating school in the Kansas System-Wide Transfer program. This program guarantees that many courses will transfer to any Kansas public college, two and four-year schools, regardless of where those classes were taken.
Many four-year schools also have developed course transfer guides that explain how courses taken at CCC will transfer to that specific four-year institution.
When you graduate from the four-year college, only that college's name will appear on your bachelor's degree.
When you graduate from CCC, only that name will appear on your associate's degree, regardless of the schools you attended prior and the number of hours you may have transferred to CCC.
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I think it's okay in our society to be disappointed to have a boy--but not the other way around with other happenings in the world (China and India for example!!). Ugh. And little men are awesome and Snooki is NOT a celebrity (haha-to me anyway--she's a dumpy toad).
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That's weird. I just got my weekly US magazine a few days ago, and it said she's having a girl. We will just have to see! And to the OP: if you are still breast feeding your daughter now, I am very impressed. I just barely made it to ten months with my last, and believe me I gave it my all! Congrats!
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lol, i am so glad you posted this!! i have been dyeing to know what she was going to have...i had a feeling it was going to be a boy! only because everyone but me seems ta be having boy's! haha, i could see why she may have GD, being that she is sooo girly so naturally would want a girl. i am the exact opposite of girly and i was handed all these daughters. crazy how the world works
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Love it! Good for you! However, wanna talk about people and their stupid comments, try beastfeeding past 2! Or 1 for that matter. Oh my gosh, everyone & their brother (even medical professionals) thought I was crazy.
My sweet baby boy #2 nursed for 2 years 3 months before I finally decided to wean him. I was so, so sad, but I knew it was time. He still talks about 'bo bo milk' & he's almost 3 LOL. He was addicted too, but weaning wasn't as hard for him as I suspected. he actually started sleeping much better after he was completely night weaned (I chose to tackle that first b/c I knew it would be the hardest).
With ds#1, my milk supply just wasn't there, it never came in and he was starving. I didn't have much support to ensure me that I should keep trying and I was young, so I thought my only option was to switch to bottles, ugh, still irritates me. However, I still think to this day that something serious was going on. I never had any pain with 'drying up' what so ever. I think because nothing ever came in.
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I did tell various doctors this very thing as well as all kinds of other things that clearly show that extended breastfeeding is beneficial, and of course, they just turned up their noses and came up with several reasons why this was not relevant in the U.S. Even respected doctors & nutritionists from the Children's Hospital in my state recommended that I stop. I was disappointed in their close mindedness.
Luckily, my doctor & my son's pediatrician supported my extended breastfeeding. One of the best decisions I ever made was to breastfeed my child as long as I did. I am so glad I did.
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Whoa, boy would I get it from your doctor/friends etc.! I breastfed my last until her fourth birthday, and even then my doctor told me to not stop and told me to tell my husband to butt out! I don't tell too many people that, mostly other mothers like you guys who understand! I hate people who feel the need to tell you when 'you' should stop breastfeeding, as if it's any of their business!!!
My little one still misses it and talks about it, even though it was only a night time thing! I would have been strung up by some people for that, or that I 'couldn't let go', another famous excuse these people have. Drives me crazy! I would have happily stopped her at 2 but she loved it, what was I going to do? I agree, WHO says til age 2, anything after that is a bonus!


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"Dying for the wealth of the elite."
In any global monetary or political system imaginable, there will always, always be "elites." Because there are folks out there who have more power and money than others shouldn't come as any surprise to anyone. Remove an elite and 1 or 2 more take its place.
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High Point Family Practice 905 Phillips Avenue High Point, NC 27262
Normal Hours Monday-Thursday: 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Friday: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. For Urgent Needs Saturday: 8:00 a.m. to Noon Sunday: 9:00 a.m. to Noon
Main: 336-802-2040 Fax: 336-802-2041
Providing comprehensive medical services for every member of the family.
Each member of the High Point Family Practice staff looks forward to providing you with comprehensive care in a friendly, comfortable environment. Family medicine providers care for your pediatric, adolescent and adult medical concerns.
We truly enjoy what we do and take pride in being family medicine providers. If you have any questions or suggestions about our practice or our care, we sincerely welcome those thoughts and encourage you to share them with us.
Family medicine providers care for your pediatric, adolescent and adult medical concerns, including:
In addition to family practice, we also offer same day appointments for the treatment of many types of sports medicine injuries and orthopaedic problems, including:
Other services we provide in our office include basic blood work and urine tests, and we can perform many other tests to assist with the diagnosis and care of our patients, including:
In keeping with our emphasis on prevention, we ask all new patients to schedule a complete physical examination (wellness visit), which allows us to address health maintenance issues and establish a baseline on your health that will assist your provider in effectively treating any illnesses that may arise.
When you call for an appointment, please explain the nature of your problem to allow us to schedule your appointment promptly and efficiently. If you have an urgent problem but do not have an appointment, please call our office so one of our Medical Assistants can make sure you are seen the same day when necessary. Please advise us if you will be late or unable to attend your appointment. If you must cancel, we request at least 24 hours notice. We have an appointment voicemail line available to you after hours, should you need to notify us of the need to cancel. Patients who miss more than two appointments without such notice may be asked to leave our practice.
For afterhours emergencies, we ask that you call our office prior to going to the emergency room. Our afterhours medical provider may be able to arrange alternate care that is less expensive and involves shorter waiting time than a visit to the emergency room.
It is our policy that you schedule an appointment to see one of our practitioners to treat your medical problem, rather than diagnosing or prescribing for your condition over the phone. Our medical providers believe that accurate diagnosis and treatment requires a physical examination and appropriate diagnostic testing.
Our staff is trained to answer many of your questions regarding medical care, and they consult with our providers regarding your call.
If a member of your family needs a referral to other specialists or to community resources for specialized evaluation or treatment, we can help you select the resource most appropriate for your needs, and we will continue to work with you and your family to maintain continuity of care.
Your required out of pocket co-pay will be collected upon your arrival, where applicable per your insurance plan. At the completion of your visit, you will be advised of any other fees for the day and any prior balance. The cost of your visit is determined by the time we spend with you, the complexity of your condition, and by the lab tests necessary to properly diagnose and care for you. In an effort to keep our fees fair and reasonable, we request payment of the portion of the bill that is not covered by your health insurance plan on the date of your visit with our office.
Our office is a participating provider with most major health insurance plans. Our office staff will be able to tell you if your plan is accepted by our practice. As a courtesy to our patients, we will file claims to your insurance company and provide them information to determine benefits. It is the responsibility of you and your insurance company to pay your medical bills. If your primary insurance is Medicare, please be aware that some secondary insurance policies do not cover your deductible. We suggest that you review your insurance policies carefully to determine what benefits are covered. If you have a question concerning billing, please call Cornerstone Financial Services at 336 802-2000.
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