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NIBIB-Supported Biomedical Technology Resource Centers
Ravinder ReddyUniversity of Pennsylvania
The primary goal of the Center for Magnetic Resonance and Optical Imaging (CMROI) is to develop state-of-the-art core Magnetic Resonance and Optical biomedical imaging technologies for solving important problems in biomedical research with a special emphasis on the rapid clinical translation. These technological developments are driven by collaboration with scientists from within and outside University of Pennsylvania, the primary institution. Specifically, the Resource is focused on the development of quantitative, noninvasive MR and optical imaging based biomarkers for studying tissue metabolism and function, with an eye towards clinical translation through early diagnosis. The Center also provides support in the development and evaluation of new therapies in a variety of diseases.
K ShungUniversity of Southern California
The focus of this resource is to develop very high frequency (above 20 MHz) ultrasonic transducers/arrays for applications in medicine and biology that include ophthalmology, dermatology, vascular surgery, and small animal imaging. The research is pursued simultaneously in three directions: novel piezoelectric materials, very high frequency single element transducers and linear arrays, and finite element modeling and material property measurements.
Mehmet TonerMassachusetts General Hospital
The BioMEMS Resource Center's mission is to provide biomedical investigators with novel microsystems engineering tools for biological discovery, diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic applications. Thrust areas of interest for the BioMEMS Resource Center are the development of novel living cell-based, lab-on-a-chip type devices for sorting blood cells, for high-throughput biochemistry in small volumes, and for studying cellular behavior in controlled microenvironments.
David D'ArgenioUniversity of Southern California
The Biomedical Simulations Resource (BMSR) in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Southern California is dedicated to the advancement of the state-of-the-art in biomedical modeling and simulation through Core and Collaborative Research projects, as well as the dissemination of this knowledge and related software through Service, Training and Dissemination activities aimed at the biomedical community at large. The BMSR includes four core research projects:Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Systems Analysis David Z. D'Argenio, Ph.D., Co-DirectorNonlinear Modeling of Complex Biomedical Systems Vasilis Z. Marmarelis, Ph.D., Co-DirectorModeling of Autonomic, Metabolic and Vascular Control Interactions Michael C.K. Khoo, Ph.D., Co-InvestigatorNonlinear Modeling of the Hippocampus Theodore W. Berger, Ph.D., Co-InvestigatorFifteen Collaborative Research Projects serve as challenging test grounds for the Resource's methodologies and expertise. The BMSR's service activities include the development and distribution of four software packages (ADAPT, LYSIS, PNEUMA +amp; EONS).The Resource's Training and Dissemination activities include short courses, advanced workshops and the publication of associated research volumes.
Jonathan WolpawNysdoh/Health Research, Inc.
This BTRC creates software, hardware, and protocols that support complex real-time interactions with the central nervous system (CNS). It is founded on two major advances, one scientific and one technological. The scientific advance is the recognition that activity-dependent plasticity occurs continually throughout the CNS and throughout life; this plasticity is driven and shaped by the ongoing interactions between the CNS and the world. The technological advance is the development and availability of hardware and software that can support complex real-time adaptive interactions with the CNS; this technology enables development of powerful new research tools and therapeutic methods that can induce and guide CNS plasticity to restore useful function to people disabled by injury or disease. Working closely with outstanding collaborators, BTRC staff are pursuing three major approaches to creating scientifically significant and clinically beneficial interactions with the CNS: (1) operant conditioning of simple spinal cord reflexes to improve rehabilitation of important motor skills such as locomotion; (2) brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) using scalp-recorded electroencephalographic (EEG) activity that restore communication to people with severe disabilities or enhance rehabilitation for stroke and other neurological disorders; and (3) use of electrocorticographic (ECoG) activity from the cortical surface of the brain to map and interact with distributed cortical functions. BTRC technologies developed in these three areas are already in clinical use in a number of hospitals and clinics. The BTRC provides its general-purpose software platform, BCI2000, to research groups throughout the world, hosts and trains many students, postdoctoral fellows, and visiting scientists, organizes workshops related to adaptive neurotechnologies, maintains an active website, produces many scientific and technological review articles and chapters, provides training materials for its new technologies, and has produced several important textbooks. In summary, this BTRC is engaging the unprecedented scientific and clinical opportunities introduced by adaptive interactions with the nervous system. It is developing and validating a robust set of adaptive neurotechnologies, providing training in their use, and disseminating them to the scientific and clinical communities.
Brett BoumaMassachusetts General Hospital
The Center for Biomedical OCT Research and Translation (CBORT) pioneers and provides access to microscopic imaging instruments for biologic and clinical research. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) has evolved over the last two decades to become a standard of care for diagnostic ophthalmic imaging and is poised to make significant impact in the fields of cardiology and gastrointestinal endoscopy. Access to state-of-the-art instrumentation, however, has been limited to a relatively few research laboratories and the optimization of instruments for new biomedical applications has hindered the investigation of new opportunities. A major focus of CBORT will be to cultivate strategic research collaborations and respond to a pressing need for application-specific OCT instrumentation and hardware.
Bruce RosenMassachusetts General Hospital
The Center for Functional Neuroimaging Technologies is a Regional Resource located at the Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Working within the integrated multimodal imaging environment of the Martinos Center, the goal of the Resource is to develop and apply innovative neuroimaging technologies and techniques to enable closer examination of the human brain, and thereby contribute to better understanding of the brain in health and disease. To this end, we seek to develop new techniques and advance existing technologies for acquisition and analysis of functionally specific images of the working brain, with unprecedented physiological precision and spatiotemporal resolution. The research and development aims to improve and extend existing methods for non-invasive magnetic resonance image analysis and acquisition, electromagnetic source imaging, optical neuroimaging, and most recently, combined MR-PET neuroimaging. The Resource provides an essential interactive environment, within which an interdisciplinary team of highly skilled scientists, engineers, and clinicians with diverse expertise in multiple modalities and disciplines. The resource supports service use of the Center's facilities by neuroscientists throughout the country, provide extensive training opportunities for students, fellows, and staff scientists, and seek to advance the field of brain mapping through active dissemination of new knowledge and technology.
Harrison BarrettUniversity of Arizona
The primary focus of the Center for Gamma-Ray Imaging (CGRI) is to develop new gamma-ray imaging instruments and techniques that yield substantially improved spatial and temporal resolutions. The Center makes its imagers and expertise available to a wide community of biomedical and clinical researchers through collaborative and service-oriented interactions. The collaborative research applies these new imaging tools to basic research in functional genomics, proteomics, cancer, cardiovascular disease and cognitive neuroscience, and to clinical research in tumor detection and other selected topics. There are five core research projects: Detector technology research and development; Reconstruction algorithms and system modeling; Data acquisition, signal processing, and system development; Image-quality assessment and system optimization; Techniques for molecular imaging.
Daniel VigneronUniversity of California, San Francisco
This Center will develop, investigate, and disseminate new hyperpolarized MR techniques, new 13C agents and specialized analysis open-source software for data reconstruction and interpretation. The Technology Research +amp; Development projects will leverage the extensive DNP facilities and experience of the project leaders to develop improved, robust hyperpolarized MRI methods. These technology developments will be driven by Collaborative Projects led by outstanding clinical and basic scientists who aim to use hyperpolarized 13C MRI to accomplish the scientific goals of their funded research. These technical developments will also be disseminated to the Service Project investigators for extramural feedback and then widely to the scientific community via a dedicated website and onsite training. This center will provide state-of-the-art training in this new metabolic imaging field and sponsor a yearly symposium focused on hyperpolarized MR technology development.
Ferenc JoleszBrigham And Women'S Hospital
The National Center for Image Guided Therapy (NCIGT), an NIH funded Biomedical Technology Resource Center, serves as a national resource for all aspects of research into medical procedures that are enhanced by imaging. Its common goal is to provide more effective patient care. The center is focused on the multidisciplinary development of innovative image-guided intervention technologies to enable effective, less invasive clinical treatments that are not only more economical, but also produce better results for patients. Through support from the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), and the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), the NCIGT is helping to implement this vision by serving as a proving ground for some of the next generation of medical therapies.
George JohnsonDuke University
The Center for In Vivo Microscopy (CIVM) is dedicated to the development of novel imaging methods for the basic scientist and the application of the methods to important biomedical questions. The CIVM has played a major role in the development of magnetic resonance microscopy with specialized MR imaging systems capable of imaging at more than 500,000x higher resolution than is common in the clinical domain. The CIVM was the first to demonstrate MR images using hyperpolarized 3He which has been moved from mouse to man with recent clinical trials performed at Duke in collaboration with GE. More recently the CIVM has developed the molecular imaging workbench---a system dedicated to multimodality cardiopulmonary imaging in the rodent. Our collaborators are employing these unique imaging systems in an extraordinary range of mouse and rat models of neurologic disease, cardiopulmonary disease and cancer to illuminate the underlying biology and explore new therapies.
Joachim KohnRutgers, The State Univ of N.J.
The Resource Integrated Technologies for Polymeric Biomaterials (RESBIO) works to develop integrated tools and technologies that advance the discovery of polymeric biomaterials for regenerative medicine, the delivery of biological agents, and the next generation of medical implants. To achieve its mission, RESBIO's research is focused on the development of combinatorial and computational approaches to biomaterials design and optimization. Within this framework, RESBIO employs and uses:Advanced multi-photon confocal laser microscopy to explore, understand, and control the response of cells in contact with artificial surfacesElectron microscopy techniques to study the effect of nano-scale surface morphological features on cell behaviorRESBIO research emphasizes the integration of a strong synthetic effort to create new biomaterial candidates with the development of rapid screening techniques for key material and biological properties relevant to the performance of a biomaterial in a given medical application.
Peter SoMassachusetts Institute of Technology
The MIT Laser Biomedical Research Center (LBRC) develops the basic scientific understanding and new techniques required for advancing the clinical applications of lasers and spectroscopy. To fulfill the significant and ever growing need for a more comprehensive and potentially non-invasive understanding of the human body, the LBRC merges optical spectroscopy, imaging, scattering, and interferometry techniques. Specifically, researchers at the LBRC study the biophysics and biochemistry of healthy and diseased biological structures from the subcellular to the entire-organ scale. For example, spectral diagnosis instruments based on near-infrared Raman scattering, intrinsic fluorescence, diffuse reflectance, and single light scattering provide complementary data on human disease. Combining these techniques into a single, multimodal instrument is applied for diagnostics in various organs, including cervix, oral cavity, Barrett's esophagus, artery, breast, skin, as well as for transcutaneous measurements of blood constituents. The LBRC has been and continues to be a pioneer in the field of developing novel optical probes for use under direct visualization or with endoscopes and biopsy devices.Similarly, new microscopy tools based on interferometry are designed and exploited for measuring cellular structures and their dynamics. In particular, these techniques provide the crucial and unique ability to non-invasively study cells in their native states at remarkably high spatial and temporal resolutions. Using these novel microscopy tools, the LBRC has conducted critical studies to elucidate the fundamental biology of diseases as diverse as malaria and multiple myeloma, and physiological processes such as cell growth and cell division. The interferometry concepts have also been vital in Centers research efforts to develop optical tools for deep-tissue imaging while minimizing the adverse effects of light scattering or diffusion. Furthermore, the unique and powerful combination of the interferometric microscopy and vibrational spectroscopy tools adds a hitherto unexplored dimension to optical sensing by simultaneous probing of morphological and chemical information.A unique feature of the LBRC is its ability to form strong clinical collaborations with outside investigators in areas of common interest that further the Center's mandated research objectives. A major focus of these collaborations is to rapidly translate the novel photonic technologies introduced at the LBRC into the clinic and potentially into the field. Another focal point of the collaborations is to enable external researchers to exploit laser-based techniques for medical applications such as the spectral diagnosis of disease, investigation of biophysical and biochemical properties of cells and tissues, and development of novel imaging techniques.
Ron KikinisBrigham And Women'S Hospital
The Neuroimaging Analysis Center (NAC) develops image processing and analysis techniques for basic and clinical neurosciences. The NAC research approach emphasizes both specific core technologies and collaborative application projects.The core activity of the center is the development of algorithms and techniques for postprocessing of imaging data. New segmentation techniques aid identification of brain structures and disease. Registration methods are used for relating image data to specific patient anatomy or one set of images to another. Visualization tools allow the display of complex anatomical and quantitative information. High-performance computing hardware and associated software techniques further accelerate algorithms and methods. Digital anatomy atlases are developed for the support of both interactive and algorithmic computational tools. Although the emphasis of the NAC is on the dissemination of concepts and techniques, specific elements of the core software technologies have been made available to outside researchers or the community at large.The NAC's core technologies serve the following major collaborative projects: Alzheimer's disease and the aging brain, morphometric measures in schizophrenia and schizotypal disorder, quantitative analysis of multiple sclerosis, and interactive image-based planning and guidance in neurosurgery. One or more NAC researchers have been designated as responsible for each of the core technologies and the collaborative projects.
Kamil UgurbilUniversity of Minnesota
The Center for Magnetic Resonance Research (CMRR) focuses on development of unique magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and spectroscopy methodologies and instrumentation for the acquisition of structural, functional, and biochemical information non-invasively in humans, and utilizing this capability to investigate organ function in health and disease.The distinctive feature of this resource is the emphasis on ultrahigh magnetic fields (7 Tesla and above), which was pioneered by this BTRC. This emphasis is based on the premise that there exists significant advantages to extracting biomedical information using ultrahigh magnetic fields, provided difficulties encountered by working at high frequencies corresponding to such high field strengths can be overcome by methodological and engineering solutions.This BTRC is home to some of the most advanced MR instrumentation in the world, complemented by human resources that provide unique expertise in imaging physics, engineering, and signal processing. No single group of scientists can successfully carry out all aspects of this type of interdisciplinary biomedical research; by bringing together these multi-disciplinary capabilities in a synergistic fashion, facilitating these interdisciplinary interactions, and providing adequate and centralized support for them under a central umbrella, this BTRC amplifies the contributions of each of these groups of scientists to basic and clinical biomedical research.Collectively, the approaches and instrumentation developed in this BTRC constitute some of the most important tools used today to study system level organ function and physiology in humans for basic and translational research, and are increasingly applied world-wide.
Stanley OpellaUniversity of California San Diego
The Resource is focused on the development of NMR spectroscopy for structure determination of proteins in biological supramolecular assemblies. The principal applications are to membrane-associated proteins; however, the approach is generally applicable to polypeptides that cannot be prepared in forms suitable for X-ray crystallography or multidimensional solution NMR spectroscopy. As a result, there are also applications to viruses and other biological systems.The principal instrumentation consists of high-field NMR spectrometers dedicated to high-resolution solid-state NMR spectroscopy. The spectrometers are capable of the full-range of multiple-resonance experiments on stationary and spinning samples; however, the major emphasis is on methods that utilize mechanically or magnetically oriented samples. Development encompasses preparation of samples, including:Expression and purification of membrane proteinsDesign and construction of instrumentation, especially probesImplementation of new pulse sequences and other experimental protocols for solid-state NMR spectroscopyCalculations for the processing of experimental data and protein structure determination from the orientational constraints derived from these data
Peter Van ZijlHugo W. Moser Res Inst Kennedy Krieger
This Resource is an interdepartmental and interdisciplinary laboratory combining facilities of the F.M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging at the Hugo Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger (KKI) and the Center for Imaging Science (CIS) at Johns Hopkins University (JHU). It provides expertise for the design of quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and spectroscopy (MRS) data acquisition and processing technologies that facilitate the biomedical research of a large community of clinicians and neuroscientists in Maryland and throughout the USA. These methods allow noninvasive assessment of changes in brain anatomy as well as in tissue metabolite levels, physiology, and brain functioning while the brain is changing size during early development and during neurodegeneration, i.e. the changing brain throughout our life span. The Kirby Center has 3 Tesla and 7 Tesla state of the art scanners equipped with parallel imaging (8, 16, and 32-channel receive coils) and multi-transmit capabilities. CIS has an IBM supercomputer that is part of a national supercomputing infrastructure.
Craig MalloyUt Southwestern Medical Center
The Southwestern NMR Center for In Vivo Metabolism exists to develop and apply new methods for analysis of metabolic networks in intact tissues, animals and human patients. The importance of understanding abnormal metabolism in common diseases such as cancer, diabetes and heart disease has long been appreciated. Because of constraints in technology, however, much of this research has been conducted in isolated systems where clinical relevance may be uncertain. Progress in magnetic resonance technology provides a foundation for major advances towards new ways of imaging metabolism in patients. These new techniques offer the advantage of imaging biochemical pathways without radiation. The focus of this Resource is to bring these technologies to a level where clinical research is feasible through the development of new MR contrast agents, NMR spectroscopy at high fields, and imaging of hyperpolarized 13C.
David KaplanTufts University Medford
The Center is designed to advance the fundamental basis and clinical aspects of tissue engineering, to provide training for investigators and dissemination of scientific findings and new techniques. The expertise and facilities are focused on research, problem solving and training for the biomedical community through an integrated systems approach to the challenges in tissue engineering. A Service Core will enable and facilitate the implementation of solutions that would be impossible to attain from a single laboratory due to the diverse and complex skill sets.
Robert GriffinMassachusetts Institute of Technology
The Harvard/MIT Center for Magnetic Resonance (CMR) is a joint effort between Harvard Medical School and the Massachussetts Institute of Technology. The CMR core research program is focused on the development and applicaton of new magnetic resonance technologies directed at structural biology using a cluster of high field solution and solid state NMR spectrometers. Investigations includes studies of membrane proteins, translation initiation, and amyloid fibrils associated with several diseases. Membrane proteins are examined in nanodiscs using solution NMR and in lipsomes and 2D crystals using magic angle spinning (MAS) dipolar recoupling techniques. Translation initiation is investigated with solution NMR. MAS is the method of choice for experiments on amyloid fibrils since they are both insoluble and do not diffract to high resolution. The CMR is also heavily involved in the development of new software and instrumentation for magnetic resonance. These include methods for non uniform sampling (NUS) to enable efficient acquisiton of higher dimensional NMR spectra and high frequency microwave technology (~150-600 GHz) is being developed for both DNP-NMR and EPR experiments at high magnetic fields. Recent DNP experiments have yielded significant signal enhancments from membrane and amyloid protein samples and enabled experiments that are otherwise not possible. The CMR has pioneered the development of low temperature MAS technology. In addition, there is an extensive effort focused on the creation of new pulse sequences for performing assignments and determining structures in both solution and MAS experiments. Finally, the staff at the CMR interact extensively with outside investigators.
David BrennerColumbia University Health Sciences
The Columbia University Radiological Research Accelerator Facility (RARAF) is a dedicated facility for radiobiological research with available ionizing radiations such as protons, alpha particles, and neutrons. RARAF is well-established and highly user-friendly. The focus of RARAF is the development of high-throughput single-cell/single-particle microbeams, which can deliver defined amounts of ionizing radiation into individual cells with a spatial resolution of a few microns or better. The ability of a microbeam to put double strand break damage at any specific known location in a given cell has allowed new approaches to the study of damage signaling.
Bruce TrombergUniversity of California-Irvine
The Laser Microbeam and Medical Program (LAMMP), is dedicated to the use of lasers and optics in biology and medicine. LAMMP is located within the Beckman Laser Institute, an interdisciplinary biomedical research, teaching, and clinical facility at the University of California, Irvine. The overall objective is to promote a well-balanced BTRC with activities in technological research and development, collaborative research, service, training, and dissemination. One of the primary goals of LAMMP is to facilitate ""translational"" research by rapidly moving basic science and technology discoveries from ""blackboard to benchtop to bedside"". This is accomplished by combining state of the art optical technologies with specialized resource facilities for cell and tissue engineering, histopathology, pre-clinical animal models, and clinical care. The resource center has been organized into 3 cores:Microscopy and Microbeam Technologies (MMT) for high-resolution functional imaging and manipulation of living cells and tissuesMedical Translational Technologies (MTT) for non- and minimally-invasive monitoring, treating, and imaging pre-clinical animal models and human subjects, andVirtual Photonics Technologies (VPT) for developing computational models and methods that advance the performance of biophotonic technologies, and enhance the information content derived from optical measurements.LAMMP cores contain complementary technologies that are capable of quantitatively characterizing, imaging, and perturbing structure and biochemical function in cells and tissues with scalable resolution and depth sensitivity ranging from micrometers to centimeters.
Daniel SodicksonNew York University School of Medicine
The Center for Advanced Imaging Innovation and Research (CAI2R) develops novel imaging technologies for the improved management of cancer, musculoskeletal disease, and neurological disease, employing a unique new model for interdepartmental and academic-industrial collaboration to translate those technologies rapidly into clinical practice. By exploiting connections between imaging modalities such as MRI and PET, we aim to advance the fundamental capabilities of each, so as to expand biomedical knowledge and improve the care of patients. CAI2R technology development aims at a new use of time in imaging, deploying leading-edge methods of rapid image acquisition and advanced image reconstruction to replace traditional complex and inefficient imaging protocols with simple, comprehensive, volumetric acquisitions that contain rich information about multiple complementary biophysical processes. CAI2R is driven by collaborations in which basic scientists, industry developers, radiologists, and clinicians with diverse other specialties sit down together regularly at the scanners and in reading rooms for interactive technology development and assessment. This interdisciplinary collaboration model also informs our training activities, many of which are addressed at the formation and operation of successful translational research teams. Meanwhile, not only through online sharing of state-of-the-art tools on our CAI2R website, but also through early involvement of clinical stakeholders and industry partners interested in bringing new methods into everyday use, we aim to make CAI2R technologies available to the broadest possible base of clinical and research users. Our overarching goal in CAI2R is to change the paradigms of data acquisition, image reconstruction, and day-to-day scanning in biomedical imaging, for the benefit of patients and the physicians who care for them.
Gary GloverStanford University
The Center for Advanced Magnetic Resonance Technology develops innovative technologies in five core research areas of magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy (MRI/MRS):image reconstruction, fast imaging and radiofrequency (RF) pulse design methods,R hardware development,body imaging methods,neuroimaging methods.MR spectroscopy methods.In each of these areas, we capitalize on the long-standing, successful partnership and extensive experience in Stanfords Radiology and Electrical Engineering departments to improve and expand imaging technology for use in basic research and clinical care, and to provide cutting edge opportunities to the extramural community for biomedical research with MRI.Over its more than 18 years of existence, CAMRT has been motivated by and has served a wide base of extramurally sponsored collaborators and service users from leading medical and research institutions. Examples of collaborative projects are the development of real-time functional MRI biofeedback methods for neuroscience and clinical applications such as pain remediation, development of methods to mitigate metal artifacts in musculoskeletal imaging, development of novel RF pulses for many applications, and studies of breast cancer with efficient MRS methods.
Howard HalpernUniversity of Chicago
The major aim of this resource is the development of instrumentation, analysis techniques, spin probes and spin traps, and methodologies for imaging physiologically relevant aspects of tissue fluids, including high-resolution oxygen maps, with very low frequency electron paramagnetic resonance imaging (EPRI). Novel bridges and high-access, low-field magnet/gradient systems have produced physiologically relevant measurements and accommodate a number of resonant structures. The resource is a consortium among the University of Chicago, the University of Denver, and the University of Maryland.
James HydeMedical College of Wisconsin
Development of multiquantum Q- and W-band spectrometers, including multiquantum ELDOR, development of time-locked sub-sampling (TLSS) for broadband detection of periodically modulated signalsDevelopment of loop-gap resonators using finite element modeling of Maxwell's equationsApplication of multifrequency (1 to 100 GHz) electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) to characterize paramagnetic centersStudy of relaxation processes using multifrequency pulse saturation recoveryUse of nitroxide radical spin labels to measure translational and rotational diffusion in biological systems, site-directed spin labeling (SDSL), and use of EPR for the detection of nitric oxide and oxy radicals.


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Federal agents searched the home of Rep. Curt Weldon's daughter today, as part of an investigation into whether the congressman improperly used his influence to help her get a contract, sources tell ABC News.
Agents collected evidence at Karen Weldon's home in Pennsylvania as well as at the home of Charlie Sexton, her business associate and a longtime friend of the congressman.
The FBI also searched the offices of their lobbying firm, Solutions North America, and the Jacksonville, Fla., offices of Itera Energy, a Russian energy firm.
Rep. Weldon (R-PA) has denied any wrongdoing.
Investigators are looking for any dealings he may have had with Solutions North America or Itera Energy.
The investigation was first requested by the activist group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), which sent a letter to the Justice Department in 2004.
In the letter, CREW alleged that Rep. Weldon used his position to assist foreign companies for which his daughter was a lobbyist. CREW says those companies included a Russian aerospace manufacturer and a Russian natural gas company.
Rep. Weldon has long been involved in Russian issues and has many contacts in the Russian business community.
He is locked in a tight race for reelection.

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Three years ago, Adrienne Snelling wrote letters to her children and grandchildren explaining how she and her husband, Charles D. Snelling, decided to cope with her Alzheimer's disease.
Adrienne was 79 then and had been battling the illness for about four years. Charles, her husband of nearly 60 years, was her primary caretaker at their home in Fogelsville, Pa. She was an accomplished fine arts photographer; he was prominent in Republican circles and had recently stepped down as chairman of the authority overseeing Reagan and Dulles airports and the construction of Metro's new $6 billion Silver Line.


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Poor, Taylor! The One Direction-er is clearly over his ex. He was pictured smiling from ear to ear after getting a sexy lap dance on his birthday by a stripper!
Harry Styles' failed romance with Taylor Swift appeared to be miles from his mind as he enjoyed a sexy lap dance on his birthday on Feb. 1 and the Daily Mail UK is calling the unidentified female a stripper!
Harry, who turned 19-years-old, partied with his celebrity friends and got a lap dance by a girl in her underwear, during the after party, at a friend's house.
Harry is seen smiling from ear to ear in the photos as the unidentified girl, who appears to be a belly dancer, grinds up on him.
Other photos show Harry having a wild time with his friends in the Dalston club The Alibi, where they celebrated before heading to the after party. Nick Grimshaw and Pixie Geldof were some of the famous people present for Harry's celebration.
Ironically, none of Harry's bandmates from One Direction were spotted at the shindig.
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The night before, on Jan. 31, Harry had another star-studded birthday party at Groucho Club, where he was joined by his ex Caroline Flack, his actor friend James Corden, Nick, and Parker star Jason Statham.
Because of these new photos, we have a hard time believing that Harry is upset over his break up with Taylor. While she sits at home, worried that she'll be alone for Valentine's Day, it's evident that Harry will have at least one lucky lady on his arm that night.
What do YOU think of these photos, HollywoodLifers? Is Harry totally over Taylor?
— Chris Rogers
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Harry was just a substitute for the same guy she has cared about all along. And i humbly do not believe he is over her. Read the Lyrics and Both of their own words, look at the you-tubes people have created for them and their pictures. It is NOT brain science but it could be a beautiful love story except they are definitely at a crossroads in terms of now or never. The road either leads you back or it leads you away. One is temporarily less busy than the other now and should take this opportunity to show he is the REAL deal by dyeing to himself a bit and teaching her to trust again. It would pay off later in life when their roles may reverse. If there is a chance that she's the one Lautner don't you want to know or are you okay with it just being a memory. Oh in the public area your lives are open books, embrace it and know good comes along with the bad. God Bless.
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Arrests in Huddersfield during nationwide crackdown on cyber crime
Homes raided as part of special web safety operation
BYE! Well, that's all from me for today. Back next week.
More »TRAVEL: Slow traffic on A629 Wakefield Road between Southgate (Shorehead Roundabout) and B6432 Firth Street (New Wharf Traffic lights).
More »NEWS: Girls aged over 11 are invited to a free, fun filled event this weekend - Saturday 7 March - at Huddersfield Sport Centre.
More »BREAKING news: The siege at Hall Cross Grove in Huddersfield has been resolved safely by police.
NEWS: Broadcasters have said plans for three TV debates before the general election will go ahead, despite David Cameron saying he will only take part in one.
More »NEWS: Police have seized over 40 kilogrammes of suspected class A drugs worth over an estimated £1.2million after an operation in the Dewsbury area on Thursday.
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Slaves of the Saints / Chiara Ambrosio
2 November,
2 November The Horse Hospital, 1 Colonnade, LONDON WC1N 1JD 6PM £7 ON THE DOOR/ £5 ADVANCE CLICK HERE
Join us for the launch of Luminous Screen, Abraxas Journal's second special issue dedicated to the occult in films. Following the theme of I:MAGE, tonight's event will be focused on spirit possession and cinema.
The programme includes the screening of Kelly Hayes' evocative documentary on Afro-Brazilian religions Slaves of the Saints, a talk by anthropologist and film maker Chiara Ambrosio on southern Italian possession phenomena and a discussion panel on possession in popular cinema hosted by Mark Pilkington.
This event is brought to you by Strange Attractor and Fulgur Press.
Morbid Attractor: Haunted Taxonomies
Tuesday 23 September
The Horse Hospital, 1 Colonnade, London, WC1N 1JD
Doors 7.30pm
Tickets £5/7 (book here)
Morbid Anatomy & Strange Attractor present
Haunted Taxonomies
Robert Williams: Dis Manibus
A taxonomy of ghosts and ghostly phenomena.
The name Dis Manibus is drawn from the Latin, abbreviated to "DM" on Roman tombstones, which dedicate the occupants to 'The Spirits of the Underworld'. Dis Manibus emerged as a consequence of a series of seminars at the noted Mildred's Lane Project in Pennsylvania. Here, over an intensive three-week period, a group of graduate students and artists referred to as Mildred's Lane Fellows considered the different contexts and behaviours of ghosts and ghost-seeing from a range of popular cultural forms.
Professor Robert Williams is an artist and academic based at the University of Cumbria. He has collaborated closely with artists Mark Dion and Bryan McGovern Wilson; conceptual writers Dr. Simon Morris and Nick Thurston; archaeologists Dr. Aaron Watson and Dr. David Barrowclough; German cultural sociologist Dr. Hilmar Schäfer, and with his son, Jack Aylward-Williams.
Roger Luckhurst – Voids, Corridors, Wires
Haunting has recalibrated to the spaces and networks of the modern world, its architecture and environments. These are spaces that do not seep history as much as horrify through their absences and psychic deficits. This talk will start to build a taxonomy of contemporary haunted spaces, featuring appearances from Kipling and Ballard, Kubrick and Lynch.
Roger Luckhurst is professor of modern and contemporary literature at Birkbeck College, University of London. His most recent book is The Mummy's Curse: The True History of a Dark Fantasy.
London's Lost Rivers tours
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London's Lost Rivers author Tom Bolton will be leading a new series of walking tours in July and August, details below. We strongly advise advance booking as they are sure to be popular.
Meanwhile you can still buy copies of his book from us, and we'll have news of his follow up, The Vanished City, soon.
London's Lost Rivers – walks with Tom Bolton
Sat 19 July – Tyburn river walk
Sat 19 July – Fleet river walk
Sun 3 August – Neckinger river walk
Sun 3 August – Walbrook river walk
Walk the lost Tyburn river
Baker Street station to Vauxhall Bridge, 3.5 miles, 2.5 hours
10.30am, Saturday 19th July
The Tyburn is one of London's lost rivers, infamous for the gallows named after it. It traces a route through Marylebone and Mayfair, cutting behind formal streets, hidden in London's busy West End and under London's most famous building. Follow the lower Tyburn with Tom Bolton, author of London's Lost Rivers, and see the underside of the London tourists know.
Meet by the Sherlock Holmes statue outside Baker Street tube station at 10am on Sunday 3rd August. Bring an umbrella if it looks like rain – we'll go ahead, whatever the weather. End point: Vauxhall Bridge. The walk costs £10. Pay on arrival (cash only). firstname.lastname@example.com to book.
Walk the lost Fleet river
King's Cross to Blackfriars, 3.5 miles, 2.5 hours
2pm, Saturday 19th July
Under the London pavements are the city's lost rivers, hidden in tunnels and sewers. The most famous, the Fleet, runs just below the surface of central London. Follow the lower Fleet from St. Pancras to Blackfriars with Tom Bolton, author of London's Lost Rivers, and hear how the river ran with blood, cured the sick, shaped the city and became London myth. End point: the Thames at Blackfriars Bridge
Meet outside the Pancras Road exit from St. Pancras Station – the one opposite the German Gymnasium and King's Boulevard – at 2pm on Saturday 19th July. Bring an umbrella if it looks like rain – we'll go ahead, whatever the weather. End point: the Thames at Blackfriars Bridge. The walk costs £10 – pay on arrival (cash only). Email firstname.lastname@example.com to book.
Walk the lost Neckinger river
South Bank to the Design Museum, 3.5 miles, 2.5 hours
10.30am, Sunday 3rd August
Cutting through the South Bank and Bermondsey, this walk along the buried route of the River Neckinger reveals South London's visionaries, dissidents, madmen and women and a selection of well-known household brands.
Meet by the Thames at Bernie Spain Gardens, the open space between Coin Street and the Oxo Tower Wharf, at 10.30am on Sunday 3rd August. Bring an umbrella if it looks like rain – we'll go ahead, whatever the weather. End point: St. Saviour's Dock, near the Design Museum. The walk costs £10 – pay on arrival (cash only). Email email@example.com to book.
Walk the lost Walbrook river
Shoreditch High Street to Cannon Street, 1.75 miles, 2 hours
2pm, Sunday 3rd August
The Walbrook is buried deep under the City of London, providing not only the most direct route into the vaults of the Bank of England, but guarding London's Roman heart. Follow the route of the Walbrook with Tom Bolton, author of London's Lost Rivers, and uncover the ancient secrets lurking under alleys and back streets.
Meet outside the exit from Shoreditch High Street Overground station at 2pm on Sunday 3rd August. Bring an umbrella if it looks like rain – we'll go ahead, whatever the weather. End point: the Thames beside Cannon Street Station. The walk costs £10 – pay on arrival (cash only). Email email@example.com to book.
Mirage Men
25 & 26 April at The Horse Hospital, 1 Colonnade, London WC1N
A film by John Lundberg, Mark Pilkington, Roland Denning, Kypros Kyprianou
Music by Cyclobe & Urthona
UFOs: weapons of mass deception…
For over 60 years teams within the US Air Force and Intelligence services exploited and manipulated beliefs about UFOs and ET visitations as part of their counterintelligence programmes. In doing so they spawned a mythology so powerful that it captivated and warped many brilliant minds, including several of their own. Now, for the first time, some of those behind these operations, and their victims, speak out, revealing a true story that is part Manchurian Candidate and part Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
Q&A with the film makers.
"A brilliant piece of work" Adam Curtis
"An incredible story" Jon Ronson
"A Wonderfully weird and provocative documentary" Boing Boing
"Tanatlising… juicy subject matter and high end production values" Hollywood Reporter
"A real head trip… I was glued to my seat for the entirety" Ain't It Cool News
Mirage Men has shown at Sheffield Docfest, Fantastic Fest Austin, Canberra International Film Festival, Stockholm International Film Festival
I Am The Fifth Dimension!
An Evening with Gef the Talking Mongoose
Weds 19th March, 7:30pm
£5 advance/£6.50 on the door [tix]
The Horse Hospital
Colonnade, Bloomsbury, London WC1 1JD
Featuring Brian Catling, Tony Grisoni and Christopher Josiffe.
What haunted a remote Isle of Man farmhouse in the early 1930s? Was it a spirit? A miniature man-weasel, or a projection from a disturbed family's collective psyche?
The tale of Gef the talking mongoose is one of the strangest in all the annals of paranormal research, and remains unsolved to this day.
Tonight, we feature a presentation by Christopher Josiffe, the world's foremost authority on the story, alongside a screening of Vanished! A Video Seance (1999), a unsettling impressionistic account of the events. The film will be followed by a Q&A with writer-directors Brian Catling and Toni Grisioni.
Book tickets here
SAP at Luminous Books
Several Strange Attractor Press titles can be found amongst the psychedelic delights at the brilliant Luminous Books temporary shop, installed at:
The Lethaby Gallery, Central Saint Martins College of Arts & Design, 1 Granary Square
Luminous Books are installed at the gallery for Afterall's exhibition of Rodney Graham's LSD-inspired film and music piece Phonokinetoscope (2001).
More info, including news of talks and events, can be found at Afterall.
Phase IV at Scalarama
18 SEPT 2013 at The Horse Hospital, London
Electric Sheep and Strange Attractor present:
Phase IV (Dir. Saul Bass, USA 1974, 84 mins)
with special guests Louis Savy (SciFi London)
and Petra Lange-Berndt (author of Animal Art)
Famed as a graphic designer of posters and title sequences, Saul Bass only got one shot at directing a feature, and the resulting film is a period masterpiece that is both a microcosm of contemporary progressive issues and a beautiful, intelligent science fiction film.
After an unusual planetary alignment in our solar system exposes planet Earth to anomalous electromagnetic fields, ants start preying on larger animals, including humans, marching across America and destroying whole towns. In an attempt to try to stop them, English entomologist Dr Ernest Hubbs (a frothingly good Nigel Davenport) and American mathematician James Lesko (Michael Murphy) set out to observe a colony of the super-intelligent ants from the apparent safety of a geodesic biosphere in the Arizona desert. What follows is a long, tense stand-off between ants and humans.
Although its interiors were shot at Pinewood, Phase IV's arid, ant-ravaged locations convey a convincing sense of a dying America and, as you'd expect from a first-class designer, the film looks exquisite. A brooding score, featuring eerie synthesiser sounds from White Noise's David Vorhaus, further accentuates the mood of alienation and impending ant-nihilation.
Nobody can have expected this enigmatic, philosophical and ultimately rather downbeat film to be a commercial success, but Paramount still tried to exert control over the final cut, leading to a quarrel over its ending.
We are very excited to present Bass's intended ending after the film. We're also thrilled to have art historian Petra Lange-Berndt, author of Animal Art, and Louis Savy, director of SCI-FI-LONDON, in attendance, who will be talking to Mark Pilkington and Virginie Sélavy after the screening.
Book now from The Horse Hospital
'Phantasmagoria: The Secret Life of the Magic Lantern'
Wednesday 4 September, 7pm, Apiary Studios, 458 Hackney Road, E2 9EG (map)
Tickets £10
Amazing Anatomy
'Amazing Anatomy: The Human Body as Spectacular Object'
Tuesday 3 September, 7pm, Old Operating Theatre, 9a St. Thomas Street, SE1 9RY (map)
Tickets £8
First, join Art Macabre for a drawing workshop in which you will have the opportunity to draw a real life Anatomical Venus. Drawing materials provided thanks to Cass Art (pencils, charcoal and drawing boards). Bring along a sketchbook/paper.
Following, enjoy two illustrated talks on the human body as spectacular object with;
Anna Maerker, Senior Lecturer, History of Medicine, King's College London
John Troyer, Deputy Director, Centre for Death and Society, University of Bath, who will give a talk entitled 'Spectacular Human Corpses: Looking at Death, Seeing Dead Bodies'.
Nineteenth century preservation technologies radically changed and mechanically altered the human corpse, producing new kinds of postmortem conditions for all dead bodies. These technologies of preservation effectively invented the modern corpse; transforming the dead body into something new: a photographic image, a train passenger, a dead body that looked alive. These technological innovations were also used by early twentieth century postmortem technologists to turn the preserved human corpse into a dead body that was atemporal. Once the human corpse could exist outside the normal biological time that controlled the body's decomposition, it became a well-suited subject for unfettered public display. These technologies augmented how an individual could see the dead body and in ways that we living humans still use today (albeit without noticing) when looking at death.
The Congress for Curious People
A Festival of Spectacular Cultures
29 August – 8 September 2013
Curated by Morbid Anatomy, Preserved! and Strange Attractor
From fun fairs to freak shows… magic lantern lectures to flea circuses… cyclopian artists and mediumistic Drawings to severed heads and anthropomorphic taxidermy… riotous fireworks and the bright lights of an otherworldly Blackpool to the dark recesses of old operating theatres and clandestine archives.
The Congress for Curious People is a week long festival of spectacular cultures, followed by a two-day symposium, co-curated by Morbid Anatomy, Preserved!, and Strange Attractor.Founded in 2010 as a scholarly sideshow to the Congress of Curious People – a theatrical celebration of the carnivalesque at the Coney Island Museum in New York – the Congress for Curious People finds itself this year in a series of hidden locales and out-of-the-way venues across the U.K.Presenting talks, screenings, performances and walking tours, the festival will bring together over 40 international contributors specialising in eccentric customs, alternate histories and medical anomalies to explore ideas of spectacle and curiosity in some truly fascinating locales.See a full schedule of events here
A two-day symposium on 'Reclaiming Spectacle' will include panels of academics, rogue scholars and artists discussing the intricacies of collecting, the politics of bodily display, non-human oddities, religion and the occult. The Congress will create a forum not only for discussing, but also for experiencing spectacle, combining the niche and the popular, the scholarly and the entertaining.
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When I first wrote about the influence that Tom Waits had on me as a songwriter (Introduction to Alchemy), I had one thing on my mind: publicity. When the idea for the second article (Applied Alchemy) hit me like an epiphany (or maybe a migraine), I knew this would lead to something much deeper and meaningful: notoriety. Once I had achieved my minor notorious status ("If you … [Read more...]
Introduction to Alchemy: A Study of Tom Waits through Cover Songs
[media-credit name="ntoper / Flickr" align="aligncenter" width="450"][/media-credit]When I wrote "Inherited Alchemy" my intentions were dualistic: to pinpoint the qualities Tom Waits held as a songwriter that were worthy of imitation, and flat-out, shameless hero-worship. Judging by the response I've received, my goals were achieved; yet there was a single concern the … [Read more...]
Inherited Alchemy: Tom Waits's Inspiration on Songwriting
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Ness Technologies Sets Reporting Date For Second Quarter 2011 Financial Results
TEANECK, New Jersey, July 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --
Ness Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: NSTC and TASE: NSTC), a global provider of information technology solutions and services, announced today that the company will release financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2011 before the start of trading in New York on Wednesday, July 27, 2011. The financial results will be released over the news wires and will also be posted on the Ness corporate web site.
Sachi Gerlitz, president and chief executive officer of Ness Technologies, and Ofer Segev, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will conduct a conference call to discuss the second quarter 2011 results. The call, which will be simultaneously webcast, will begin at 8:00 AM Eastern Time / 5:00 AM Pacific Time / 3:00 PM Israel Time on Wednesday, July 27, 2011.
To access the Ness Technologies second quarter 2011 earnings conference call, participants should dial one of the following numbers and provide the password " NESS" to the operator. North America: 1-800-399-0427 Israel: 1-80-924-5917 All other locations: +1-973-200-3375 A live audio webcast of the conference call will be available on the investor relations page of the Ness Technologies corporate web site at http://investor.ness.com. Please visit the web site at least 15 minutes early to register for the teleconference webcast and download any necessary audio software. A replay of the call will be available on the web site approximately two hours after the conference call is completed. Goodwill Impairment Test The company performs an annual impairment analysis of goodwill as of December 31 of each year, or more often if there are indicators of impairment present. As a result of the company's entry into a definitive merger agreement, under which an affiliate of Citi Venture Capital International, a global private equity investment fund, will acquire the company in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $307 million, the company is performing a goodwill impairment analysis as of June 30, 2011 to determine if the fair value of the company's reporting units implied by the transaction value requires the company to record a goodwill impairment. If the company determines any portion of goodwill is impaired, it would recognize a non-cash charge that would impact GAAP earnings and earnings per share for the quarter ended June 30, 2011, but would not directly impact Ness' normal business operations or its cash flows. Such a charge would be reported in the company's quarterly earnings release, announced above, and in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2011. About Ness TechnologiesCheck Out Our Best Services for Investors
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Michigan City Paper Box's Al Hoodwin named vice chairman of AICC
Al Hoodwin, president of Michigan City Paper Box, Michigan City, Ind., was named a vice chairman of AICC by the Association's board of directors at its recent winter board of directors meeting. As a vice chairman, Hoodwin is a member of the AICC executive committee and is in line to become the association's chairman in the 2018-2019 membership year.
Sonoco 4Q 2014 results: net sales up 8% from year ago to $1.32 billion
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Sonoco (SON), one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, today reported record base financial results for its fourth quarter and full-year 2014. Fourth Quarter Highlights
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HENGOED, UK, Feb. 11, 2015 (Press Release) -Chevler, the UK's leading manufacturer of baking cases and tulip muffin wraps has launched a range of small oblong wraps to help bakeries and coffee shops take advantage of the growing market for single portion mini-loaf cakes.
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Fibre Box Association opens registration for 75th anniversary annual meeting in Chicago, IL, May 18-20
Registration is now open for Fibre Box Association's (FBA) 75th Anniversary Annual Meeting to be held May 18-20, 2015 at The Peninsula Hotel in Chicago, IL.
This year FBA will celebrate our association, our members and the corrugated industry with an event that recognizes our rich history of service while highlighting today's hot topics.
Current conditions for U.S. corrugated box, containerboard and boxboard
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North American robotics market has strongest year ever in 2014
Robot orders and shipments in North America set new records in 2014, according to Robotic Industries Association (RIA), the industry's trade group. A total of 27,685 robots valued at $1.6 billion were ordered from North American companies during 2014, an increase of 28% in units and 19% in dollars over 2013.
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By: fritzhair6 on February 14, 2006 - 12:54pm - Add new comment
It was fun chatting about the north and south,but lets get back to what I was asking ,anyone out there looking to do a home improvement project?I can help blog back or email me at firstname.lastname@example.com thanks
By: fritzhair6 on February 13, 2006 - 7:55pm - Add new comment
Is anyone out there thinking of a spring home project they would like to get done but arent sure who you could call to get a honest estimate.Im a new contractor to the area and I am looking to make some contacts with local home owners.references can be provided ,If any one is interested please email me at email@example.com thanks
By: fritzhair6 on February 13, 2006 - 12:56pm - Add new comment
Does anybody have anything they would like to tell me about whale branch elem.and middle school(good or bad)?
By: fritzhair6 on January 24, 2006 - 4:32pm - Add new comment
I was wondering if anyone out there or know someone who is in need for a hairdresser to come to there home and do their hair,i have my own salon here in the north and are looking to do the same there.I have alot of handicapped,disabled and elderly folks that benefit from my services.Just trying to get an idea if this is something that is in as much need as here.I will be in Beaufort in 3 weeks.Any input would be great.
By: fritzhair6 on January 15, 2006 - 7:52pm - Add new comment
the more i hear and see of some of the construction jobs in the area im wondering does anybody take pride in their work? alot of what ive seen is more quanity than quality.maybe im wrong here were from north and things are quite abit different the jobs my husband as been doing is fixing other contractors misgivings,im sure there are good contractors but where are they?im not bad rapping anyone just shocked at the differance of pride.does anyone agree or disagree?
By: fritzhair6 on January 14, 2006 - 9:13pm - Add new comment
after watching 20/20 last night im a bit nervous to say the least, since im just moving to beaufort anybody have any private but affordable schools they would like to recommend or which ones to stay away from any info provided would be appreciated
By: fritzhair6 on January 11, 2006 - 4:49pm - Add new comment
could anyone explain the open school policy there.my kids will be going to whale branch elem.I asked the school about a transfer to shell point they said i had to enroll at whale branch first then request in writing for a transfer and maybe it will be accecpted.but i was also told as long as u provide transportation to the other school u could enroll there,could someone explain this to me? thanks
By: fritzhair6 on January 10, 2006 - 3:28pm - Add new comment
hello im new to this site,my family and i have just moved here from pittsburgh, my husband is a general contractor looking to make a better life in the south, work in the north is really slow. hoping we made a good choice,any advice about the southern living?


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How are historical events, cultural change and major migratory movements interrelated? Where do the origins of historical pathogens lie? Which factors led to the spread and diversification of the major language families? How have the development of crops and transformation of human societies affected each other? Which factors promote the spread and adoption of new technologies? The interdisciplinary research programme of the Institute focuses on the development and application of novel scientific methods with a view to establishing an integrated science of human history. Biologists, historians, linguists and social scientists work together on the development of innovative language documentation methods, global linguistic and cultural databases, and analytical processes that link evolutionary theories and modern computational methods. They use state-of-the-art methods from the field of biomolecular science, such as, for example genome-wide DNA sequencing, to obtain detailed information from minute samples about genetic relationships, geographical origins, selection processes, and the genetic structures of extinct human, plant, animal and even pathogenic organisms.
With the realignment of the Institute, two decades of economic research at the former Max Planck Institute of Economics come to an end. The Strategic Interaction Group (Director: Werner Güth) remains functional until December 2014. The interdisciplinary International Max Planck Reserach School on Adapting Behavior in a Fundamentally Uncertain World (IMPRS Uncertainty) continues its work and is already affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods in Bonn.
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Newcastle v Club Bruges
Obertan 48′
Newcastle strengthened their hopes of reaching the first knockout round of the Europa League with a comfortable win over Club Bruges.
Gabriel Obertan scored the only goal of the game in the second half when he fired a fierce angled shot past Bruges keeper Bojan Jorgacevic.
Magpies striker Papiss Cisse twice went close with a header and firm strike that were both well saved.
The result leaves Newcastle three points clear at the top of Group D.
With two teams to progress from four Alan Pardew's side find themselves in a great position.
Stingy Magpies
- Newcastle are one of only two teams (with Leverkusen) not to have conceded in this season's Europa League group stage so far.
Newcastle hogged much of the possession in the first half although Bruges looked assured on the break and twice came close to punishing defensive lapses.
Senegal striker Cisse, who scored 13 goals in 12 games in the second half of last season but has only managed two this campaign, was at the end of Newcastle's best two chances before the interval.
His first was a header from Shane Ferguson's cross that was palmed down by goalkeeper Jorgacevic, and the second was a snap-shot that the Serb saved with an unconventional swat.
Sammy Ameobi, who has impressed Pardew in training recently, provided a taster of what was to come when he galloped past the Bruges defence on the right before cutting inside and firing a low shot that drifted a foot wide of the near post.
Bruges' most potent outfield player was 20-year-old Belgian Maxime Lestienne.
He tested Magpies keeper Steve Harper with an early stinging strike and then had a shot deflected over the bar after he pickpocketed Cheick Tiote 40 yards from goal.
Newcastle began with three in midfield but reverted to 4-4-2 after the break when Pardew brought on Shola Ameobi.
It was the one-two with his younger brother that led to the Newcastle goal.
Sammy combined with Shola 40 yards from his own goal and then flicked the ball over his head, raced clear of his defender and played a pass right to Obertan.
The former Manchester United winger powered into the area and released a rocket past the Bruges keeper.
The Belgian club, currently top of their premier league, had one good opportunity in the second half when Lior Refaelov turned inside James Perch and drove a low strike that Harper saved at his near post.
Lineup, Bookings (4) & Substitutions (5)
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- 03 Santon
- 14 Perch
- 27 S Taylor
- 31 Ferguson (Cabaye - 80' )
- 08 Anita (Sh Ameobi - 46' )
- 20 Bigirimana Booked
- 24 Tiote Booked
- 25 Obertan
- 09 Cisse
- 28 Sa Ameobi (Coloccini - 73' )
- 01 Krul
- 02 Coloccini
- 04 Cabaye
- 10 Ben Arfa
- 19 Ba
- 23 Sh Ameobi
- 49 Campbell
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- 39 Jorgacevic
- 02 Hogli
- 04 Hoefkens
- 21 Buysse
- 22 Figueras Jordi
- 32 Odjija Ofoe Booked
- 08 Rafaelov (Trickovski - 55' )
- 10 Jorgensen
- 11 Blondel Booked (Van Acker - 83' )
- 16 Lestienne
- 70 Bacca
- 33 Kujovic
- 28 Vansteenkiste
- 40 Engels
- 13 Vazquez
- 20 Van Acker
- 09 Vleminckx
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Full Time The referee blows his whistle to end the game.
90:00 +0:47Vadis Odjija Ofoe fouled by Cheick Tiote, the ref awards a free kick. Vadis Odjija Ofoe restarts play with the free kick.
89:15Drilled right-footed shot by Ivan Trickovski. Cheick Tiote gets a block in. Short corner taken by Maxime Lestienne from the right by-line.
87:57Inswinging corner taken right-footed by Yohan Cabaye from the left by-line, clearance made by Figueras Jordi.
86:13Bart Buysse takes a shot. Gael Bigirimana gets a block in. Ivan Trickovski takes a inswinging corner from the left by-line played to the near post.
85:01Ivan Trickovski sends in a cross.
82:38Direct free kick taken by Bart Buysse.
82:38 SubstitutionSubstitution (Club Brugge) makes a substitution, with Thibaut Van Acker coming on for Jonathan Blondel.
82:38 BookingBooking Booking for Gael Bigirimana for unsporting behaviour.
82:35Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Jonathan Blondel by Gael Bigirimana.
81:39The ball is crossed by Ivan Trickovski, James Perch manages to make a clearance.
80:55Unfair challenge on Vadis Odjija Ofoe by Gael Bigirimana results in a free kick. Ivan Trickovski takes the free kick.
79:44Direct free kick taken by Figueras Jordi.
79:44 SubstitutionSubstitution (Newcastle) makes a substitution, with Yohan Cabaye coming on for Shane Ferguson.
79:44Shola Ameobi concedes a free kick for a foul on Bart Buysse.
78:15Unfair challenge on Figueras Jordi by Shola Ameobi results in a free kick. Free kick taken by Bojan Jorgacevic.
75:20Davide Santon takes the direct free kick.
75:20 BookingBooking Vadis Odjija Ofoe receives a caution for unsporting behaviour.
75:15Free kick awarded for a foul by Vadis Odjija Ofoe on Gabriel Obertan.
75:00The ball is sent over by Maxime Lestienne, Gael Bigirimana makes a clearance.
Substitution Sammy Ameobi goes off and Fabricio Coloccini comes on.
70:07The ball is delivered by Ivan Trickovski, clearance made by Steven Taylor.
69:16Foul by Shola Ameobi on Jonathan Blondel, free kick awarded. Jonathan Blondel restarts play with the free kick.
68:36Effort from outside the area by Shola Ameobi goes wide right of the goal.
66:39Carl Hoefkens gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Shola Ameobi. Direct effort from the free kick comes in from Shane Ferguson.
64:34Carlos Bacca produces a right-footed shot from just outside the box that misses to the right of the goal.
63:26Shot from 35 yards by Shola Ameobi missed to the left of goal.
62:42Carlos Bacca is flagged offside by the assistant referee. Free kick taken by Steve Harper.
62:42Carlos Bacca produces a header from inside the six-yard box that clears the bar.
61:29Inswinging corner taken from the right by-line by Shane Ferguson, save by Bojan Jorgacevic.
61:11Centre by Maxime Lestienne, Steve Harper makes a save.
59:27 BookingBooking Cheick Tiote shown a yellow card.
59:04Carlos Bacca takes a shot. Steve Harper makes a comfortable save.
58:14Ivan Trickovski produces a right-footed shot from just outside the box that goes wide left of the target.
56:43Vadis Odjija Ofoe takes a shot from a long way out which goes wide of the right-hand post.
55:33Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Jesper Jorgensen by Gael Bigirimana. Carl Hoefkens takes the free kick.
54:31 SubstitutionSubstitution Ivan Trickovski comes on in place of Lior Rafaelov.
52:00Lior Rafaelov takes a shot. Save made by Steve Harper. Lior Rafaelov takes the outswinging corner, Davide Santon manages to make a clearance.
51:31Shola Ameobi delivers the ball, save by Bojan Jorgacevic.
51:02The ball is crossed by Sammy Ameobi, Bojan Jorgacevic makes a save.
48:10 BookingBooking Jonathan Blondel goes into the referee's book for unsporting behaviour.
47:48Sammy Ameobi provided the assist for the goal.
47:48 Goal scoredGoal! - Gabriel Obertan - Newcastle 1 - 0 Club Bruges Gabriel Obertan grabs a goal from the edge of the penalty box to the bottom left corner of the goal. Newcastle 1-0 Club Brugge.
45:29Corner taken by Gael Bigirimana from the left by-line played to the near post, Jonathan Blondel manages to make a clearance.
45:01The referee gets the second half started.
45:01 SubstitutionSubstitution Vurnon Anita leaves the field to be replaced by Shola Ameobi.
45:00 +1:24 Half timeHalf Time The ref blows to end the first period.
45:00 +0:23Bart Buysse gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Sammy Ameobi. Free kick crossed left-footed by Shane Ferguson, Bojan Jorgacevic makes a save.
45:00 +0:08Papiss Cisse takes a shot. Save by Bojan Jorgacevic.
43:07Maxime Lestienne produces a left-footed shot from just outside the box that misses to the right of the target.
42:31Effort on goal by Papiss Cisse from outside the box goes harmlessly over the bar.
41:40Shot by Papiss Cisse from deep inside the penalty area misses to the left of the goal.
40:07The ball is delivered by Shane Ferguson, clearance made by Figueras Jordi.
38:23Corner taken by Shane Ferguson from the left by-line, Header on goal by Papiss Cisse from inside the box goes harmlessly over the target.
35:38The referee blows for offside against Carlos Bacca. Steve Harper takes the free kick.
34:19Inswinging corner taken right-footed by Carlos Bacca from the left by-line, save by Steve Harper.
33:48Maxime Lestienne takes a shot. Blocked by Steven Taylor.
30:30Sammy Ameobi has an effort at goal from the edge of the area that misses to the right of the target.
28:33Corner from left by-line taken by Lior Rafaelov.
27:41Cheick Tiote sends in a cross, clearance made by Bart Buysse.
25:23The assistant referee signals for offside against Carlos Bacca. James Perch takes the indirect free kick.
24:00Free kick awarded for a foul by Figueras Jordi on Sammy Ameobi. Free kick crossed left-footed by Shane Ferguson, Bart Buysse manages to make a clearance.
23:15The assistant referee flags for offside against Papiss Cisse. Free kick taken by Bojan Jorgacevic.
19:34Gael Bigirimana has an effort at goal from outside the penalty area missing to the wide left of the goal.
18:38Unfair challenge on Sammy Ameobi by Jonathan Blondel results in a free kick. The free kick is delivered left-footed by Shane Ferguson from left channel, clearance made by Vadis Odjija Ofoe.
17:24Corner taken right-footed by Lior Rafaelov from the left by-line, save by Steve Harper.
16:49Sammy Ameobi takes the chance to get an effort at goal. Bojan Jorgacevic makes a comfortable save.
15:44Shane Ferguson decides to take the corner short.
15:08The ball is crossed by Shane Ferguson, Carl Hoefkens gets a block in.
13:57Papiss Cisse takes a shot. Brilliant save by Bojan Jorgacevic.
9:43Figueras Jordi is caught offside. Indirect free kick taken by Steve Harper.
9:19Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Steven Taylor by Carlos Bacca. Steve Harper takes the direct free kick.
8:16Sammy Ameobi crosses the ball, clearance by Carl Hoefkens.
7:56Gabriel Obertan crosses the ball.
5:01Effort on goal by Vadis Odjija Ofoe from long distance goes over the crossbar.
2:12Maxime Lestienne takes a shot from 18 yards. Save by Steve Harper.
0:00The referee gets the game started.
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Dear political candidates please refrain from saying anything negative about your opponent better yet don't even bring up your opponents name and just tell me what you plan on doing when you get into office and then I can make and informed choice
If you start thinking about how long it took for the victim to die, you'll stop worrying about how long it takes for the killer to die!!!
Being politically correct and being right are not the same thing.
Loyalty to a party has replaced integrity
If the execution of the convicted murderer resulted in death, then it was not botched.
A two hour execution--that should be the standard for murderers and child molesters.
The girl pregnant complaining of not getting school help at home and wants to sue the school system. Young lady it's your fault NOT the school system, with more books and less sex maybe you would be smatter.
Unfortunately, well-educated voters are still hampered by the choices they're presented in any given election.
For Congress to go on a month's vacation during the border crisis is no worse than the President playing golf or fundraising. They are both abdicating their responsibilities.
I can't believe the number of times I use a public restroom where the toilet has not been flushed. Courtesy? My gosh are you proud of it? "Joey make poo-poo"
There was a reason we went to the shores of Tripoli. It's sad not many of you will understand how important that still is now.
Vernon Jones, will you please come and pick up your signs from my neighborhood?
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Small correction, Russia is like your crazy, drunken, criminal cousin.
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Georgia should outsource its executions to Arizona.
When did individualists become mean spirited and forget that they live in a community with people who care about other people?
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Mr. Unavailable keeps calling but he never leaves a message.
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Outlet stores aren't any cheaper than what's on sale at the regular store, but the quality of goods you find at outlets is.
What kind of charges are they going to pursue if they catch the guys who put up the white flag on the Brooklyn Bridge? Trespassing?
Have you notice more sentences begin with "well", "look", or "listen" and of course, my fav "um".
It's a little late for the 50 Shades of Gray movie, isn't it? I can't even remember what it was about!
As a kid, I kind of understood the concept of prejudices. But when actually applied to another human being, it never made much sense to me.
Letting planes land on Lake Lanier is the gateway drug to having them pull skiers.
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Out of curiosity, how many of you complaining about the phrasing choices of the younger generation are using the word "y'all?" Last time I checked, that wasn't an official word.
Fortunately, the death penalty will hopefully be eliminated by these botched torture/executions.


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Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - Steve Blake recorded his first career triple-double with 23 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds, as the Los Angeles Clippers took down the Pacific Division-champion Los Angeles Lakers, 107-91, on the final evening of regular season action.
Chris Kaman donated 22 points and seven rebounds for the Clippers (29-53), who won two of their final three games to end the season. Travis Outlaw chipped in 14 points and 10 rebounds, while DeAndre Jordan and Craig Smith each had 12 points for the victors.
"It helped not having Kobe (Bryant) on the floor," Clippers coach Kim Hughes said. "I was happy with our aggressive rebounding. Steve was fantastic. He made all the right decisions."
Lamar Odom finished with 21 points and eight boards for the top-seeded Lakers (57-25), who will face the eighth-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder in the first round of the playoffs starting on Sunday.
Pau Gasol tallied 18 points and 17 rebounds. Shannon Brown also ended with 18 points for the Lakers, who rested Bryant and center Andrew Bynum.
In injury news for the Lakers, reserve guard Sasha Vujacic suffered a severe left ankle sprain in the first half. An MRI exam is scheduled for Thursday after X-rays were negative.
The Clippers started the third on a 15-5 run to build a 13-point lead. Kaman tallied seven points during the stretch, including a hook shot to make it 67-54 with 5:49 left. The Clippers held a 78-65 margin heading to the fourth.
Brown's jumper cut the gap to 82-74 with over nine minutes to play in the contest. However, the Clippers ripped off nine straight points moments later to build a 94-77 lead on Smith's layup near the midway point.
The Lakers held a 28-23 edge after 12 minutes, but the Clippers surged ahead in the second and took a 52-49 margin into the locker room.
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For years and years and years we've been waiting patiently for Moynihan Station to open in the old Farley Post Office across from Madison Square Garden. And now, just two oh-so-short years after the Mayor held a ceremonial groundbreaking at the Post Office, it looks like Phase 1 of the project is really going to happen. This summer! Y'all ready for multiple new ways to enter the misery tha
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The plan to rescue the Moynihan Station project involves having the Port Authority wrest control from the Empire State Development Corporation, and relocating Madison Square Garden. Read Post
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