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Alan Jackson Biography & News
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About Alan Jackson
In an era dominated by the likes of Garth Brooks and George Strait, Alan Jackson not only became one of the biggest names in country music in the 90's, he remains in the contemporary mainstream at a time when much younger artists are genre-bending and embracing so-called 'bro-country.'
If there's one thing you won't see from Jackson, it's the country stalwart throwing out rhymes with Florida Georgia Line or singing songs about tanlines and Daisy Dukes (a la Luke Bryan). In fact, Jackson has been a hallmark of consistency despite the fact he has maintained a down-to-earth, wholesome image no longer highly embraced by the new generation of artists. You won't find him sporting tattoos, throwing back drinks at spring break or dancing on the tailgate of a pickup truck. Honkey tonk is what Jackson does best, and he's got 35 number one hits to prove it.
The one word that might sum up Jackson's career? Workhorse. He's recorded 14 studio albums, 2 Christmas albums, 2 Gospel albums and various compilations. All told, he's sold more than 60 million albums worldwide thanks to songs like "A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'bout Love)," "Little Bitty," "Who's Cheatin' Who," "Chattahoochee," "Country Boy," "Small Town Southern Man" and "Drive." The song that comforted America and propelled Jackson into the mainstream spotlight came after the September 11, 2001 attacks when he released, "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" as a tribute to those killed.
Jackson has, at times, been extremely vocal about country music's shift toward pop. At the turn of the decade, he and Strait criticized the state of country on the song "Murder on Music Row." It sparked further debate in the Nashville community about whether or not "traditional" country music still existed. Despite the fact that it was not officially released as a single, it became the highest-charting nonseasonal album cut to appear on Hot Country Singles & Tracks in the Broadcast Data Systems era.
A recipient of 2 Grammys, 16 CMA Awards, 17 ACM Awards and a member of the Grand Ole Opry, Jackson continues to be well received not only in country circles, but throughout the industry.
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Alan Jackson Tour Dates 2015
date city state venue 05/17/2015 Morrison CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre 05/16/2015 West Valley City UT USANA Amphitheatre 05/09/2015 Bloomington IL US Cellular Coliseum 05/08/2015 Green Bay WI Resch Center 05/07/2015 Brookings SD Swiftel Center 05/02/2015 Brookings SD Swiftel Center 05/01/2015 Sioux City IA Tyson Events Center 04/25/2015 Roanoke VA Berglund Center 04/24/2015 Saint Augustine FL St Augustine Amphitheatre 04/23/2015 Roanoke VA Berglund Center 04/18/2015 Enid OK Enid Event Center 04/17/2015 Independence MO Independence Events Center 04/16/2015 Enid OK Enid Event Center 04/11/2015 Nashville TN Bridgestone Arena 03/28/2015 Greenville SC Bon Secours Wellness Arena 03/27/2015 Augusta GA James Brown Arena 03/07/2015 Houston TX NRG Stadium 03/06/2015 Grand Prairie TX Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie 02/28/2015 Phoenix AZ Ak-Chin Pavilion 02/27/2015 Los Angeles CA Nokia Theatre LA Live 02/27/2015 Phoenix AZ Ak-Chin Pavilion 02/25/2015 Los Angeles CA Nokia Theatre LA Live 02/21/2015 Laughlin NV Laughlin Event Center 02/20/2015 San Diego CA Valley View Casino Center 01/24/2015 Portland ME Cross Insurance Arena 01/23/2015 Springfield MA MassMutual Center 01/09/2015 Tampa FL USF Sun Dome 01/08/2015 Estero FL Germain Arena
Alan Jackson Tour Dates 2014
date city state venue 10/22/2014 Nashville TN Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum 10/08/2014 Nashville TN Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum 09/26/2014 Lethbridge AB Enmax Centre 09/25/2014 Kelowna BC Prospera Place 09/23/2014 Abbotsford BC Abbotsford Entertainment and Sports Centre 09/22/2014 Victoria BC Save On Foods Memorial Centre 09/17/2014 Winnipeg MB MTS Centre 09/05/2014 Windsor ON The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor 08/30/2014 Hershey PA Hersheypark Stadium 08/24/2014 Atlantic City NJ Caesars Atlantic City 08/23/2014 Fredericksburg VA Celebrate Virginia Live 08/14/2014 Rama ON Casino Rama 08/13/2014 Rama ON Casino Rama 08/09/2014 Uncasville CT Mohegan Sun Arena 08/08/2014 Bethlehem PA Sands Steel Stage at PNC Plaza 08/07/2014 Gilford NH Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion at Meadowbrook 08/01/2014 Kettering OH Fraze Pavilion 06/07/2014 Arlington TX AT&T Stadium 05/17/2014 Laughlin NV Laughlin Event Center 05/16/2014 Indio CA Fantasy Springs Resort 05/15/2014 Tucson AZ Anselmo Valencia Amphitheater 05/02/2014 Kearney NE Viaero Event Center 05/01/2014 Park City KS Hartman Arena 04/11/2014 Biloxi MS Beau Rivage Resort and Casino 04/10/2014 Robinsonville MS Horseshoe Casino 03/29/2014 Colorado Springs CO World Arena 03/28/2014 Hobbs NM Lea County Event Center 03/27/2014 El Paso TX Don Haskins Center 03/01/2014 Thackerville OK WinStar World Casino 02/27/2014 Dodge City KS United Wireless Arena 02/10/2014 San Antonio TX AT&T Center 02/09/2014 Laredo TX Laredo Energy Arena 02/08/2014 Corpus Christi TX American Bank Center 01/22/2014 Niagara Falls ON The Avalon Ballroom At Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort 01/21/2014 Niagara Falls ON The Avalon Ballroom At Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort
Alan Jackson Tour Dates 2013
date city state venue 11/22/2013 Nashville TN Bridgestone Arena 10/28/2013 New York NY Carnegie Hall - Stern Auditorium 10/05/2013 Deniliquin Nsw Deniliquin Ute Muster 10/04/2013 Deniliquin Nsw Deniliquin Ute Muster 10/01/2013 Sydney Nsw Allphones Arena (Acer Arena) 09/27/2013 Brisbane Qld Brisbane Entertainment Centre 09/26/2013 Brisbane Qld Brisbane Entertainment Centre 09/14/2013 Atlantic City NJ Trump Taj Mahal 09/13/2013 York PA York Fair 09/08/2013 Verona NY Turning Stone Casino 09/07/2013 Mashantucket CT The Mgm Grand At Foxwoods 09/06/2013 Columbia MD Merriweather Post Pavilion 08/18/2013 Des Moines IA Iowa State Fair 08/15/2013 Louisville KY Freedom Hall 08/14/2013 Harrisonburg VA Rockingham County Fair 08/10/2013 West Valley City UT USANA Amphitheatre 08/09/2013 Nampa ID Idaho Center 08/08/2013 Airway Heights WA Northern Quest Resort & Casino 08/07/2013 Ridgefield WA Amphitheater Northwest 08/03/2013 Penticton BC South Okanagan Events Centre 08/02/2013 Camrose AB Camrose Exhibition Centre 08/02/2013 Camrose AB Camrose Exhibition Centre 08/01/2013 Grande Prairie AB Happy Trails Campground 07/21/2013 Sheridan WY Trails End Concert Park 07/20/2013 Cheyenne WY Cheyenne Frontier Days 07/19/2013 Albuquerque NM Isleta Amphitheater 07/17/2013 Costa Mesa CA Pacific Amphitheatre 05/18/2013 Valdosta GA Wild Adventures Theme Park 05/17/2013 Saint Augustine FL St Augustine Amphitheatre 05/06/2013 Summerside PE Credit Union Place 05/04/2013 St. John's NL Mile One Centre 05/02/2013 Sydney NS Centre 200 05/01/2013 Summerside PE Credit Union Place 04/27/2013 Pelham AL Oak Mountain Amphitheatre 04/26/2013 Atlanta GA Chastain Park Amphitheatre 03/22/2013 Nashville TN Grand Ole Opry House 03/20/2013 Nashville TN Ryman Auditorium 02/27/2013 Houston TX NRG Stadium 02/24/2013 Honolulu HI Blaisdell Arena 02/09/2013 Cedar Falls IA McLeod Center 02/08/2013 Evansville IN Ford Center 02/07/2013 Auburn Hills MI The Palace of Auburn Hills
Alan Jackson Tour Dates 2012
date city state venue 12/02/2012 Tampa FL MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre at the Florida State Fairgrounds 12/01/2012 West Palm Beach FL Coral Sky Amphitheatre 11/30/2012 Fort Myers FL Lakes Regional Park 11/17/2012 Highland Heights KY Bank of Kentucky Center 11/16/2012 Reading PA Santander Arena 11/15/2012 Trenton NJ Sun National Bank Center 11/10/2012 Springfield IL Prairie Capital Convention Center 11/09/2012 Hoffman Estates IL Sears Centre Arena 11/08/2012 Des Moines IA Wells Fargo Arena 10/20/2012 Glens Falls NY Glens Falls Civic Center 10/19/2012 Lowell MA Tsongas Center 10/18/2012 Binghamton NY Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena 10/06/2012 Alpharetta GA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park 10/05/2012 Baton Rouge LA Baton Rouge River Center Arena 10/05/2012 Southaven MS BankPlus Amphitheater at Snowden Grove 10/04/2012 Southaven MS BankPlus Amphitheater at Snowden Grove 09/30/2012 West Springfield MA Eastern States Exposition 09/29/2012 Bloomsburg PA Bloomsburg Fair 09/22/2012 Centreville MI St. Joseph Grange Fair 09/15/2012 Durant OK Choctaw Event Center 09/13/2012 Tuscaloosa AL Tuscaloosa Amphitheater 08/25/2012 Salina KS Salina Bicentennial Center 08/24/2012 Saint Paul MN Minnesota State Fair Grandstand 08/19/2012 Vienna VA Wolf Trap 08/18/2012 Meadville PA Crawford County Fairgrounds 08/17/2012 Cary NC Koka Booth Amphitheatre 07/28/2012 Santa Barbara CA Santa Barbara Bowl 07/27/2012 Stockton CA Stockton Arena 07/25/2012 Los Angeles CA Greek Theatre 07/21/2012 Salinas CA Salinas Sports Complex 07/20/2012 Los Angeles CA Greek Theatre 07/20/2012 Anderson CA Shasta District Fairgrounds 07/13/2012 Bismarck ND Bismarck Civic Center 06/29/2012 Lubbock TX United Supermarkets Arena 06/28/2012 Morrison CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre 06/10/2012 Nashville TN LP Field 06/09/2012 Cedar Rapids IA Downtown Cedar Rapids 06/07/2012 Nashville TN LP Field 05/20/2012 Mineral VA Louisa County High School 05/19/2012 Bethlehem PA Sands Bethlehem Event Center 05/18/2012 Roanoke VA Berglund Center 05/08/2012 Nashville TN Grand Ole Opry House 05/06/2012 Melbourne FL Wickham Park 05/05/2012 Columbus GA Columbus Civic Center 05/04/2012 Pensacola FL Pensacola Bay Center 04/21/2012 Hamilton ON FirstOntario Centre 04/20/2012 London ON Budweiser Gardens 04/19/2012 Sudbury ON Sudbury Arena 04/15/2012 Florence AZ Country Thunder Fairgrounds Florence 04/14/2012 Las Cruces NM Pan American Center 04/13/2012 Belton TX Bell County Expo Center 04/10/2012 Morrison CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre 03/18/2012 Houston TX NRG Stadium 02/25/2012 Kinder LA Coushatta Casino Resort 02/24/2012 Tyler TX Oil Palace 01/27/2012 Thackerville OK WinStar World Casino
Alan Jackson Tour Dates 2011
date city state venue 11/05/2011 London ON Budweiser Gardens 11/04/2011 Windsor ON WFCU Centre 09/22/2011 Macon GA Macon Centreplex 09/18/2011 Spencer IA Clay County Fair 09/16/2011 Tulsa OK BOK Center 09/13/2011 Nashville TN Grand Ole Opry House 08/26/2011 Murphys CA Ironstone Amphitheatre at Ironstone Vineyards 08/25/2011 Temecula CA Pechanga Entertainment Center 08/19/2011 Everett WA Comcast Arena at Everett 07/30/2011 Harrington DE Delaware State Fair 07/29/2011 Gilford NH Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion at Meadowbrook 07/21/2011 North York ON Rexall Centre 06/25/2011 Mack CO Country Jam USA Campground - Grand Junction 06/24/2011 Rio Rancho NM Santa Ana Star Center 06/23/2011 Loveland CO Budweiser Events Center 04/30/2011 Atlantic City NJ Trump Taj Mahal 04/29/2011 Uncasville CT Mohegan Sun Arena 03/31/2011 Dawson Creek BC EnCana Events Centre 03/30/2011 Edmonton AB Rexall Place 03/29/2011 Calgary AB Scotiabank Saddledome 03/07/2011 Sydney Nsw Allphones Arena (Acer Arena) 02/12/2011 Choctaw MS Golden Moon Hotel and Casino 02/11/2011 Thackerville OK WinStar World Casino 02/03/2011 Kingston ON K-Rock Centre 02/03/2011 Kingston ON K-Rock Centre 02/02/2011 Oshawa ON General Motors Centre 02/02/2011 Oshawa ON General Motors Centre 02/01/2011 Sudbury ON Sudbury Arena
Alan Jackson Tour Dates 2010
date city state venue 11/20/2010 Cincinnati OH US Bank Arena 11/19/2010 Winston-Salem NC Winston-Salem Fairgrounds 11/18/2010 North Charleston SC North Charleston Coliseum 11/13/2010 Kinder LA Coushatta Casino Resort 11/12/2010 Cedar Park TX Cedar Park Center 11/11/2010 Hidalgo TX State Farm Arena 11/06/2010 Las Vegas NV Thomas & Mack Center 11/05/2010 Los Angeles CA Nokia Theatre LA Live 11/04/2010 Sacramento CA Sleep Train Arena 10/05/2010 Nashville TN Bridgestone Arena 09/30/2010 Sioux City IA Tyson Events Center 09/25/2010 Hinckley MN Grand Casino Hinckley Amphitheater 09/24/2010 Rockford IL BMO Harris Bank Center 09/11/2010 Glens Falls NY Glens Falls Civic Center 09/10/2010 Bangor ME Darling's Waterfront Pavilion 08/12/2010 St. John's NL Mile One Centre 08/11/2010 St. John's NL Mile One Centre 08/10/2010 St. John's NL Mile One Centre 07/24/2010 Mount Pleasant MI Soaring Eagle Outdoor Arena 07/23/2010 Monticello IA Great Jones County Fair 07/17/2010 Sarnia ON Centennial Park Ontario 07/16/2010 Watertown NY Watertown Fairgrounds Baseball Diamond 06/26/2010 Mack CO Country Jam USA Campground - Grand Junction 05/23/2010 Lexington KY Rupp Arena 05/22/2010 Charleston WV Charleston Civic Center 05/21/2010 University Park PA Bryce Jordan Center 05/16/2010 Wilkes-Barre PA Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza 05/15/2010 Rochester NY Blue Cross Arena 05/14/2010 Uncasville CT Mohegan Sun Arena 05/13/2010 Manchester NH Verizon Wireless Arena 05/02/2010 Fort Wayne IN Allen County War Memorial Coliseum 05/01/2010 Rosemont IL Allstate Arena 04/30/2010 Evansville IN Roberts Stadium 04/29/2010 Champaign IL State Farm Center 04/11/2010 Greenville SC Bon Secours Wellness Arena 04/10/2010 Alpharetta GA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park 04/09/2010 Orlando FL The Venue At Ucf 04/08/2010 Estero FL Germain Arena 01/24/2010 Saskatoon SK SaskTel Centre 01/23/2010 Regina SK Brandt Centre 01/22/2010 Red Deer AB Enmax Centrium
Alan Jackson Tour Dates 2009
date city state venue 11/20/2009 Red Deer AB Enmax Centrium 11/19/2009 Regina SK Brandt Centre 11/16/2009 Prince George BC CN Centre 11/15/2009 Kamloops BC Interior Savings Centre 11/14/2009 Penticton BC South Okanagan Events Centre 11/13/2009 Abbotsford BC Abbotsford Entertainment and Sports Centre 11/08/2009 Topeka KS Kansas Expocentre 11/07/2009 Tulsa OK BOK Center 11/06/2009 Thackerville OK WinStar World Casino 11/05/2009 Baton Rouge LA Baton Rouge River Center Arena 10/04/2009 Saint Augustine FL St Augustine Amphitheatre 10/03/2009 Pelham AL Oak Mountain Amphitheatre 10/01/2009 Hollywood FL Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 09/26/2009 Gilford NH Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion at Meadowbrook 09/25/2009 Rama ON Casino Rama 09/24/2009 Rama ON Casino Rama 09/20/2009 Saint Leonard MD St Leonard Fire Department 09/19/2009 Columbia MD Merriweather Post Pavilion 09/18/2009 Windsor ON The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor 09/17/2009 Windsor ON The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor


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Cat Omega Fatty Acids
Cat Omega Fatty Acids
Fatty acids are a major part of a balanced diet, regardless of whether the food is for an animal or a human. There are two types of fatty acids, namely essential and non essential. The essential fatty acids are those fatty acids that are not produced by the body and hence need to be consumed while non essential fatty acids are those that are produced in the body itself. However, which fatty acids are essential fatty acids differs on the basis of the species in question. For example, the fatty acid arachidonic acid is only essential for cats but not for dogs.
Furthermore, there may be a situation which results in some non essential fatty acids becoming essential owing to some form of deficiency in your cat. Fatty acids created in the cat's body depend upon enzymes, the deficiency of which can push the body to require it from external sources.
Although there are three types of fatty acids, only two of these are beneficial to a cat's body. The important fatty acids are omega- 3 and omega-6 and the unimportant type is omega-9. Omega-3 fatty acids include three main fatty acids namely Alpha-Linolenic Acid (ALA), Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) and Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA). Similarly, Omega-9 acids include Linoleic Acid (LA), Gamma Linolenic Acid (GLA), Dihomo-Gamma-Linolenic Acid (DGLA) and Arachidonic Acid (AA). Of these the body can process GLA to form GLA.
As per different clinical trials and researches conducted in various parts of the world, the requirement of omega-6 fatty acids is much more than omega-3 fatty acids with the ratio being pegged at anything between 10:1 and 5:1. The pet food manufacturers provide such ratios in their products but every cat owner should pay more attention to the quantity instead of ratio.
There are multiple problems that appropriate consumption of fatty acids can prevent from occurring. Some of these include :
1. Cat Allergies:
The basic cause for allergies is the over reaction of the immune system to some foreign particle that it mistakes for something extremely harmful. Fatty acids can prevent such problems from occurring.
2. Cat Arthritis:
Arthritis is a problem in which joints get inflamed and cause pain and difficulty in movement. Research has proven that omega-3 fatty acids like EPA can help in countering this type of inflammation.
3. Dull Hair coat and Cat Shedding:
This is a problem that most cat owners have been correcting with cat food containing fatty acids for a long time now. In fact, this is one of the things that many cat owners associate with when it comes to buying cat food containing fatty acids, so that their cat's can have Cat Shiny Coats.
4. Cat Heart Disease and other heart issues:
As per reports from multiple clinical trials across the world, fatty acids have been shown to have a positive effect on the heart of many cats. It is believed that feeding cat food with appropriate levels of fatty acids can result in controlled blood pressure for the cat, alleviating Cat High Blood Pressure.
As is more than evident, omega fatty acids hold the potential to be very useful in preventing health related problems with cats. Hence, after proper consultation, every cat owner should try to supplement their cats' natural diet with such supplements.


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Michael McWhirter and Brian Trotter of Gastonia trained steadfastly for the big day – the Boston Marathon.
They crossed the finish and were on a subway when they heard about the explosions.
McWhirter, 30, said he was happy and relieved that his group was OK.
McWhirter said that timing was on their side. He and Trotter, 38, finished the race, made their way to their bags and cellphones, met up with their wives then headed out.
"We were just thankful that we found each other before the event happened," he said.
The calls, texts and Facebook inquiries from friends and family flooded in.
McWhirter's father, Mike, was at work when he heard about the explosions.
A Medtronic employee, Mike McWhirter was in surgery when the news broke.
"I got a phone call from one of my nurses who wanted to know how Michael was. It scared the crap out of me," he said. "It was scary there for a little bit and then I got in touch with him."
'Why would you do this?'
Julie Seligman knows a lot of local runners. Owner of Walk and Run in Belmont, Seligman outfits a lot of them.
Seligman had the TV tuned to the marathon at work Monday afternoon when she heard the explosion.
"We saw it go off. We heard the explosion," she said.
Seligman said she then saw a big cloud of smoke.
"I didn't realize it was a bomb until they said it," she said.
The idea that anyone would sabotage such an event is mindboggling, Seligman said.
"Why would they do this?" she asked.
'Chaos going on'
Anji Nussbaumer, 33, is no stranger to marathons. She's run a few. But this year marked her first for the Boston event.
Traveling with her mom and two fellow runners, Nussbaumer booked a hotel room right down from the finish line.
She and her running buddies finished then headed back to the hotel. When they got to their room, the women flipped on the TV and saw what had happened just after they left the race.
They peered out the window.
"You could kind of tell when you looked out on the streets that there was chaos going on," she said.
That chaos became increasingly apparent as law enforcement looked for and located more explosive devices.
By 5:30 p.m., Nussbaumer said Boston Common across the street from the hotel was flooded with police.
The National Guard showed up in school buses, she said.
Nussbaumer said it was unsettling. Hotel staff advised everyone to just stay inside.
Other local runners
According to the Boston Marathon website, four Gaston County runners participated in the race, and three traveled from Lincolnton.
In addition to McWhirter, Trotter and Nussbaumer, Jason Meulemans of Belmont also ran.
By late Monday afternoon, a friend of Meulemans' posted on his Facebook that he had heard from the Gaston County assistant district attorney and that he was OK.
Lincolnton runners included David Garmon , 60, Hubert Lambert Sr., 73, and Morgan Turner, 21.
According to Turner's Facebook, she is OK. The Gazette was not able to contact Garmon or Lambert.
All four members of the Gaston County Runners Club who ran Monday's race were OK, club member Danny McBee said. In addition to Trotter, the club's participating runners were Bobby Aswell Jr., 50, of Cornelius, Dianne Fuller-Allen, 57, of Charlotte and Jamie Koch Dodge, 39, of Fort Mill, S.C.
"We all stay in contact," McBee said. "We're just very happy that everybody is fine."
Hampered by tragedy
Nussbaumer had a short moment of panic when she couldn't reach her mother by phone.
The two women ultimately connected.
Nussbaumer's mom was along the route up by Boston University. All traffic had been stopped in the area, so by 6 p.m. Nussbaumer's mother still hadn't gotten back to the hotel.
Nussbaumer said she's grateful that neither she nor her mother were in the vicinity of the explosions. She gets rattled thinking about it.
"It's a shock to know that you could've run by, and it could've gone off at anytime," she said.
It's a tragic time that was supposed to be a celebration, Nussbaumer said.
"It's a little shocking when you finish something that's such an accomplishment and have it hampered by such a tragedy," she said.
You can reach reporter Diane Turbyfill at 704-869-1817 and twitter.com/GazetteDiane .


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MEDIA ADVISORY: Shoe Dynasty CEO to Visit Kent State University on April 7Posted Apr. 6, 2011
Leonardo Ferragamo to speak to students, receive honorary degree and be inducted into university's Fashion School Hall of Fame
On Thursday, April 7, Leonardo Ferragamo, CEO of Palazzo Feroni Finanziaria S.p.A. (better known as Salvatore Ferragamo brand of shoes and luxury goods) will be on the campus of Kent State University. Ferragamo will tour the Fashion School, the Kent State University Museum and the College of Communication and Information (CCI). Students of the Fashion School and CCI will have the opportunity to hear Ferragamo speak at a special presentation at 2:15 p.m. in Rockwell Hall Auditorium.
At a special public ceremony beginning at 5 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Kiva, Ferragamo will be inducted into the Shannon Rodgers and Jerry Silverman School of Fashion Design and Merchandising's Hall of Fame. Ferragamo will then receive an honorary degree Doctor of Humane Letters by the Kent State Board of Trustees and President Lester A. Lefton. For the full press release, visit: http://www.kent.edu/news/announcements/success/honoraryferragamodegree.cfm
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- 2:15 – 3:30 p.m. – Rockwell Hall Auditorium – Ferragamo will meet and greet with Fashion School students and make a short presentation to the students.
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Men cook to help end povertyPublished Feb 27, 2013 at 12:32 pm (Updated Feb 27, 2013 at 12:32 pm)
Men's Culinary Classic winners Fred and Trevor Kern enjoy cooking together and trying out new recipes.
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Trevor Kern holds his trophy from the 2012 Men's Culinary Classic.
Trevor Kern holds his trophy from the 2012 Men's Culinary Classic.
Snow is still being forecast and the air is often bone-chilling, but daylight stays around longer and that's a good thing, reminding us of the more pleasant months ahead. Longer days put a spring in our step as we look forward to the many activities planned throughout the South Hills.
A March family-favorite continues to be the Men's Culinary Classic, held annually in Hall #1 at the Washington County Fairgrounds. Sponsored by Community Action Southwest, this annual outing gives men, women and children not only hours of fun, but great-tasting food as well – all the while helping to support local folks in need.
Welcoming men and boys as cooks, the Eighth Annual Men's Culinary Classic will be held 6-9 p.m. Saturday, March 9. Tickets are $15 purchased in advance or $20 at the door. Admission for ages 6-12 is $7 and 5 year olds and younger are admitted free.
Plan ahead to enjoy samples of specialty foods prepared by local dads, grandfathers, uncles, sons, brothers and nephews. A variety of appetizers, entrees and desserts will be featured.
Attendees will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite by completing the ballot for the People's Choice Award. Professional competitive eater, "Big" Brian Subich will once again emcee the pierogie-eating contest. Jerry Jerico will spin tunes and WJPA announcer Tony DePalma will be the classic's emcee.
More than 20 enthusiastic chefs have signed on, a few are previous participants and former champions hoping to retain their titles. Palate-pleasers such as Rich's Blue Ribbon Potato Salad, Buffalo Chicken Stars, Key Lime Cheese Cups and Townburner Chili are just a few on this year's menu.
Returning this year are previous winners Fred Kern and his 9-year-old son, Trevor. Fred hopes to get the most votes for his Stuffed Cabbage Rolls this year and Trevor is counting the days for folks to try his Doritos Chicken. "I made Birthday Cake Ice Cream for last's years cooking show and won for "Best Over-all Dish," smiled Trevor. "It's fun to eat, and I love to cook."
First-timer Greg Guyton hopes to win the crowd over with his wedding soup. Although lasagna is Ben Gorby's favorite meal to prepare, the 12-year-old will tempt many who harbor a sweet tooth with Whoppie Pies, which Ben says are worth waiting to enjoy.
Thanks to Green Valley Packing, Albert's hot dogs will be offered free to all ages throughout the evening. New this year will be a photo booth sponsored by Karole Wagner of Celestial Photography. A minimal cost of $5 will provide two strips of pictures with proceeds benefiting Community Action Southwest.
Chinese and silent auctions will feature popular themes such as an autographed Mike Wallace football, Penguins tickets, baskets of gourmet food, pet supplies, spa favorites and adult beverages.
To register as a chef or for tickets to join family and friends at the Men's Culinary Classic, visit www.caswg.org or call 724-225-9550 ext. 408.
Community Action SW
Founded in 1965, the goal of Community Action Southwest is to mobilize public and private resources to deal with the causes of poverty, not just its impact. Community Action provides a hand up, not a hand out. It incorporates self-help and education into its programs and services.


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Wait a minute,I didn't have anything to do with these theories. I wish everyone would quit blaming a GORE for Global Warming
I swear its not my HOT breath doing this too us!
Wait a minute,I didn't have anything to do with these theories. I wish everyone would quit blaming a GORE for Global Warming
I swear its not my HOT breath doing this too us!
First off, I'm here, I haven't been feeling well at all lately. Most likely facing another brain surgery. Needless to say, life's been a bit difficult lately...
I haven't even been out to play in over two months. I just feel like poop...what was worse was that I am starting to lose my coordination, so my game started to s**k worse than it did before!
Second, global warming (GW) is simply a THEORY, just as global cooling (GC) was back in the mid 70's. Do not try and say that there is any difference between the hype in these two theories. If you don't believe me, go back and look at the articles on GC from ~1975. Otherwise, don't argue. We will look back in 10 years on the GW hype and wonder how so many were duped by such little scientific evidence...
My putter still doinks harder than yours!
For those that wanted info, here's another link:
My putter still doinks harder than yours!
Very interesting Daniel.
That site made me want to learn more about a subject I just thought was common knowledge. Thanks for the jouney, but my findings only solidified my original opinion. It is better to be more cautious, than more careless when it comes to our fragile enviroment. I hope we have enough change in our actions that we do look back and laugh about how hyped we were. Here is a teacher's lesson.
I hope you do feel better after your surgery (if you have one) so we can play some golf. Even though you say your game stinks, Many people out there wish they could play/putt half as well as you. So hang in there and relax.
Ben V
Daniel I hope you get better soon. Be well and stay positive.
Your still better than me even when you suck the most!!!!
hang in there buddy, i know you'll get better. you're one of my favorite people to play with!
need you to heal up daniel - leagues are getting way to easy without you there - hope all improves - in my prayers
Thanks guys. I really appreciate the thoughts and words. If the first surgery didn't stop me, I won't let a second one, either...
My putter still doinks harder than yours!
That's the spirit. I hope it all works out for you.
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This is just a compilation of screenshots from some of my stop-motion lego projects. Hope you enjoy,
Welcome to the Steel Titans, a RP club! To join just comment. After we have at least 5 members, I'll post our first mission! Also, I'm interested in making allies with other clubs!
In the comments, tell me your oldest minifig. Use name and year. Mine is Chewbacca 2004. Battle droids dont count!
this ship is like no other it has blades on the sides, four guns, two thrusters and it is silent and fast. It's the best hassan ship ever made
it took me 11 hours to design and build
Hello every one Iam back from two weeks of being inactive and I made a newposter for the A,E yay aand as you see its white boba my RP character although its actually going to name him... Exar-Coalit …
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Hey guys! My next creation has arrived! We have our last Charlie here and his body is frozen in force power! His lightning comes out his fingers. He is the last Charlie Minifig ever so I hope you lik …
Mr Kallus' 3rd Grade class!
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Hi everyone! I decided to make a skywalker family reunion! Both sides of the family are here, the dark side and the light side. (Sorry padme isn't in the picture, I don't have her.) Hope you enjoy, k …
Hey guys! Sorry for the late creation, but my schedule has been packed These last two weeks because my final exams for school have been scattered throughout these weeks, so I have been studying ALOT …
This is my Sith Lord.
Hey guys! Here is Charlie in Sith mode! Check soon for next creation!
So the kakao's frozen in chocolate and Choco Fett gets its fee. "It's all yours, sweets hunter."
My latest creation is Mega Charlie Minifigure. He has a helmet, a double bladed blue lightsaber and some lightning. Goodbye! Check soon for my next creation!
Has two torpedos that can shoot at the same time or one at a time. Has side thrusters and hooks to dock escape pods.
Hey guys! My creations are quite popular. Can you spot the difference between the Charlie Minifigure! This minifig has a snowspeeder helmet. Check back for my next creation!
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Homer come back to his house and he saws obiwan and vader fighting...then homer defeats obiwan and get his lightsaber to fight vader
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It´s a naboo transport ship.
Who want`s to fly in that?
its a water vehicle that will help the rebels
287th camo corps has intercepted and has come to assault it
Setting it all up got me frushturated😡 thank you for giving me the idea.
This is the battle of Hoth. The good guys are winning.
this is the 747 warship it can hold 3 people can go on space and can go into hyperspace there is 4 guns on it two of them are duel guns the gunner on the this is the 747 warship it can hold 3 people …
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This is a rebel starship that I built to defeat the Empire and protect the galaxy that Luke Skywalker is driving
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The debate is not over, scripting vs programming. In fact the definitions between these two still go blurry. In the context of Java, a program comprises of definition of a class and its structure. For example, the simplest program may have just the class definition.
Obviously, this particular code doesn't do anything other than just defining the class. A bare minimum useful program may contain a couple of more lines of code in Java. Lets try to write a program that prints "hello world"
The same greeter program can be re-written using a static block or even with the constructor. So, programs follow some strict guidelines in terms of structure.
On the other hand, scripts have a mixture of free-hand statements and semi-to-fully structured method elements. We will try to write the greeter program in groovy.
Thats it!!. No class definitions, no curly brackets, no strict syntax checks such as semicolons. Just a simple readable one line statement. All other overheads have been "encapsulated". After all encapsulation is one of the qualities of any Object Oriented Program (oops, Script), isn't it?
Ok, lets not delve too much into the contradiction between script and program, neither it is true 'encapsulation' or not. This article is to show the power of scripting using Groovy by walking you with a business example. Enough has been said about the short-hand structure of groovy, how it shrinks coding elements into small fractions to achieve the same result as its counterpart, Java. So, we will take a business problem and try to solve using a groovy script. Think of groovy as a replacement to your perl scripting or shell scripting, in this context. Groovy is not the competitor to Java, it is just complementing it.
Feed files are general scenario in business applications. Applications receive/fetch feed files from another application or location, to process and import into the application stream. There are many situations where we need to create a diff or delta between two successive feeds to make the feed processing perform better. For our example, lets assume a feed with an XML structure given below.
Briefly on the structure, the external entities (customer applications) send work requests to the enterprise application, through feed files. The application processes all the work request records by navigating the tree like structure of different work request elements. Basically each request contains client information, request type, date, supporting product information and order processing information. The real functionality of the application is something out of scope for this example.
Our script needs exactly two input data to create the delta file, viz., current feed file, last run feed file. The script has to validate and respond to the caller based on the values of the input elements. The idea is to build the script with three sections, first one to verify the input data, second to define a reusable block of code that does the actual check and find out the difference and finally, a small block that writes the output into a new file. On the way we will handle some exception cases also.
Lets start building the script by validating the input data.
If the number of arguments is anything not equal to 2, then we will not proceed. We can print the usage and exit too.
So, the arguments are string values of input file, file to compare and the output folder name.
// If we are here, then the input data is valid, we can start the main processing.
Lets skip some of the sanity checks such as whether the input file is an XML, is it following the XSD structure etc. Lets assume the well structured, required XML files, ready for processing. We have some special parser API available in groovy for processing XML files as dotted notations. Lets load the input file using the API.
With this single statement we have loaded the XML file into memory and all the elements of the XML file are available as dotted notations and as XPATH query elements. All we are interested is to check whether each workrequest record in today's file is a new/modified record in comparison with the "corresponding record" of the last run feed file. Here another assumption is that the id attribute of the work request is something like a primary key and never changes.
As we loaded todaysFile into memory we will load the fileToCompare also.
Now we need to write a simple closure routine that fetches the WorkRequest record from the last run file by searching the workrequest id.
The above routine searches the entire last run file, looking for a specific work request using the xpath query. If it finds a matching record, then the entire work request is returned. otherwise a null will be returned. Now we need to write another small routine that verifies whether two elements (of todays file and last run file) are changed.
Simple enough, isn't it?
With the two helper routines ready to fire, we need to loop through the feed file to see which record is changed and which is not. The changed or the new records will have to be included in the delta file and the unchanged records will be left out.
Now we have collected all the records to be processed in the deltaRequests list. Only thing pending is to attach this list under workrequests element of the XML and write the delta file. To write the XML output there is an API by name groovy.xml.StreamingMarkupBuilder. We will use this to write the file.
With very simple steps of processing, we have written a clean script that processes two similar structured XML file and creates the delta file. When this script is plugged in into the application that processes redundant feeds on a daily process, we can significantly reduce the processing time by just creating the delta file and making the delta file as the input to the application.


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"My house is full of holes in the wall," Marine Sgt. Amanda King told a room full of attendees at Wednesday's Domestic Violence Summit aboard Camp Lejeune. "They're from my elbows, my head or whatever part of my body hit the wall when he threw me around."
King, a field radio operator with Combat Logistics Regiment 27 aboard Camp Lejeune, is planning separation from her husband of three years after almost three years of emotional and physical abuse.
"I covered my bruises with makeup," King said. "I kept my blouse on at work to hide the bruises ... I had a voice at work, an opinion and what I say matters to people where at home I was nameless. I left all the abuse at home."
Though she was being abused, she never thought her husband would hurt their two children.
"I was never afraid he was going to hurt my children. He didn't seem like that kind of man," she said. "As long as I was there he had a target," King said.
But as a Marine, she had to occasionally go to the field for training, meaning she wasn't always there.
"My son wound up with a fractured skull while in the sole care of my husband," King said of her near three-month-old.
On Feb. 13, King removed her son from life support and held a funeral just days later. After an investigation, King's husband was charged with first-degree murder and inflicting intentional and serious harm on a child.
County law enforcement, base officials, Marines and sailors also attended the summit which was held to discuss available resources to civilian and military entities regarding domestic violence.
"We are faced with a complex and multi-faceted problem," said Tamie Bryan, a licensed clinical social worker and family advocacy program manager aboard Air Station New River. "What we learned is how we can affect a family in the best way, how we can make working together a smoother process for our clients.
Bryan was floored when she heard that 2,100 people contacted the Onslow County Sheriffs Office about domestic abuse in the county.
"It completely shocked me that it's that bad," Bryan said. "There is a lot of work that needs to be done in getting the proper resources out to the families."
Social workers should all bring a strong commitment to fix this problem back to their clients, said Bryan.
"Within the room there were dedicated, well educated and effective people associated with domestic violence," Bryan said. "I hope they walk away knowing that people do not have to live in fear and shame. People don't need to wait to change things. Reach out to people who can really help you help yourself. We want to empower people to do the right thing in their lives."
King looks back now, months later, and sees with clarity. She knows now the choice to leave should have been clear.
"I know now that it's not just slapping your wife this one time," King said. "You're going to beat her and one day she won't be around and then you'll beat your kids because you can't control yourself."
King, who is seeking counseling from a grief and loss counselor twice a week, feels as though her Marine leadership cares and supports her, she said.
"I think I hid it so well that they didn't notice," King said. "They didn't miss anything. ...Once everything came to the surface they were very proactive."
Contact Daily News Military Reporter Thomas Brennan at 910-219-8453 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @ thomasjbrennan.
The following are resources presented during Camp Lejeune's Domestic Violence Summit
· Military One Source – 1-800-342-9647
· National Domestic Violence Hotline – 1-800-799-7233
· Family Violence Prevention Fund – www.endabuse.org
· Naval Criminal Investigative Services – 910-451-8071
· Camp Lejeune Family Advocacy Program – 910-451-2864
· Domestic Violence Helpline – 910-750-5852
· DSTRESS Line – 1-877-476-7734


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Mill Creek's Brent Lillibridge goes to spring training with his sixth major league organization, trying to earn a job with the Cubs.
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Mill Creek's Brent Lillibridge, who has played for the Braves, White Sox, Red Sox and Indians, does stretching exercises at Northcore Performance Training in Shoreline earlier this month.
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While being timed by trainer Jeff Millet (far right) Brent Lillibridge quickly pushes a weighted steel sled along a carpeted walkway at the Northcore training facility. Rotating on the sled with Lillibridge are Travis Snider (left) Geoff Brown, Steven Souza and Pierce Rankin.
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Brent Lillibridge hydrates after running with the iron sled upstairs at Northcore Performance Training in Shoreline.
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Brent Lillibridge is one of 16 non-roster players invited to spring training with the Cubs, who begin full-team workouts on Sunday in Mesa, Ariz.
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Framed Travis Snider and Brent Lillibridge jerseys, as well as photographs, hang behind the front counter at Northcore Performance Training in Shoreline.
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Brent Lillibridge runs while pushing a weighted steel sled along a carpeted walkway at Northcore Performance Training in Shoreline.
Brent Lillibridge understands those words as well as anyone.
In a career marked with trips to and from the minor leagues, and with trades and other transactions from one ballclub to another, Lillibridge has endured an eight-year search for a baseball home. Since first reaching the big leagues in 2008, he has played an entire season with one team just once -- in 2011, with the Chicago White Sox. He split last season between the White Sox, Boston and Cleveland.
And this season he will try again with a new major league organization, his sixth since turning pro in 2005.
The 29-year-old Lillibridge, a 2002 graduate of Mill Creek's Jackson High School, signed a minor-league contract with the Chicago Cubs last month. The one-year deal -- the only kind he has ever had -- will pay him $750,000 if he spends the whole season in the major leagues, $150,000 if he stays in the minors, and is non-guaranteed, meaning he can be released without further salary if he does not play well.
For Lillibridge, it means a season of questions, beginning with spring training just a few days away. If he struggles this could be his last season in baseball. But if good things happen he could end up playing another 6-8 years, perhaps with lucrative salaries.
All the uncertainty is just part of the deal.
"This game is so unpredictable," Lillibridge said. "And in the end you have to figure out what you have control over. I have control over my attitude, I have control over my work ethic, and I have control over my approach when I'm playing.
"But there are also things you can't do anything about. And if you think about it too much, about all that stuff you can't control, then you'll be buried by worries," he said.
Lillibridge's best season was in 2011, when he played in 97 games for the White Sox and batted .258 with a .505 slugging percentage while hitting 13 home runs with 29 RBI. Lillibridge calls it "my breakout year ... but even after that I wasn't given anything. I had to keep proving myself over and over again."
The battle for major league playing time "is very competitive," he said, "and if you don't put up the numbers you're not going to play and you might not even have a job."
Lillibridge went from Jackson to the University of Washington, where he played three seasons before being selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the fourth round of the 2005 draft. He signed and played two seasons in the Pirates' farm system before being dealt to Atlanta, and then two years later he was traded to the White Sox.
It was in Chicago "that I finally felt like I was coming into my own, especially in 2011," he said. But late in the season the team fired manager Ozzie Guillen, and in the offseason named Robin Ventura as his replacement. The White Sox also had an influx of young players, and Lillibridge ended up "not getting the at-bats I thought I was going to get (in 2012)."
What followed was undoubtedly the most trying stretch of his pro career, and one that he remembers as "a whirlwind."
Lillibridge was traded to Boston as part of the deal for Red Sox slugger Kevin Youklis on June 24, and exactly one month later was traded again, this time to Cleveland. He finished the season with the Indians, but in November was outrighted to the team's AAA farm team, at which point Lillibridge requested and was granted his release.
Enter the Cubs. Wanting a player with his versatility -- Lillibridge is a smooth-fielding shortstop who also plays the other six infield and outfield positions -- Chicago signed him for the 2013 season.
"They really like me and they think I truly have a shot to be on the team," he said. "They need a guy who can play multiple positions and I'm ready to do that, but at the same time I have the goal of winning a position. I still believe I can play every single day."
Lillibridge and his wife of nearly seven years, Stephanie, are excited about being in Chicago again, along with their son Colten, who is 15 months old.
"We love it there," Lillibridge said. "It's a second home for us, and the (familiarity) helps a lot for our family. With the friends we have in the Chicago area, we're really looking forward to it."
Though his years in baseball have often been challenging and at times difficult, Lillibridge has found comfort and strength from his family and his faith.
In particular, Stephanie "has sacrificed so much of her time and her education (she plans to teach someday) for my career," he said. "It takes a special woman to deal with what professional athletes have to deal with, and I want her to know how much I appreciate her and the sacrifices she's made."
Likewise, he added, "I'm a man of faith, and I believe God has me where I'm supposed to be at this moment."
As Lillibridge approaches another new season, "my wife and I really believe that being back in Chicago with the Cubs is not just a short-term thing," he said. "It's a good fit, and if I do what I know I'm capable of doing I can have a long career there."
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God That's Odd Friday 13th Jan 2006
God must mean the same thing to all alike or God stands for nothing but an illusion solely designed to fill the void in human wisdom. For me, I find the meaning of God in all the invisible qualities, such as our emotions our five sense imputes, thought and word expression even things like light, the universe, ohms law and the Fibonacci sequence just to name a few. I believe that somewhere in time someone has got mixed up in the interpration of the real meaning contained within the bible. It is either a genuine mistake or a manipulation of self-interest for power control over the less wise, either way something needs to be done to align the human condition.
Today the majority of people in our world are not fussed if the bible is real or not, thing just go on as always. What we have now is hundreds of individual leaders professing spiritual works and writing out their particular story in how they see it. Each gathers up thousands of followers who seek some better insights into the wonders of life. Christianity for example, the leading mass mind converter offers simple rules in order to be excepted into its flock i.e., believe Jesus came back from the dead. Now, nobody I talk with are interested in looking to the one ingredient fueling every living thing, Spirit. One spirit not divided. One mind, a like mind in everyone when thinking, discussing and painting the expressions of the Spirit.
Deep down, especially in sickness or possible death people need some security in the hope there is some kind of existence after one dies. The beginning for this mental intrusion starts in childhood with parents painting fantasy stories as real events; until the child mind grows in wisdom displacing non-sense. Children naturally adopt a fascination in the stories such as the baby Jesus that every generation gets every year, which leads to questioning how this came in to being and why is there a Church in just about every town and why can't the religious body remove corruption from every level of society?
After all it was the Jews who spread Jewish wisdom throughout our western world vie the Dispersion during the 10th Century. It was Jewish writers that wrote the New Testament. It was this hand full of early Jews who experienced Jesus and then transformed themselves to Christianity forming what we have today. Our governing social Laws are based from the bible; birth, marriage and death surround us as if it's common place.
A great hypocrisy of insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that does not really exist; it is this that is killing the spirit of life and western leaders cannot see it.
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For example, for patients with a rare form of stomach cancer known as GIST, there is good news. The U.S. FDA recently approved Gleevec (imatinib mesylate) tablets as the first drug to reduce the risk of these tumors coming back after surgery. Gleevec is now the only post-surgery treatment approved to slow the return of this life-threatening cancer.
Chemotherapy does not work for GIST patients, and the first step in GIST treatment is often surgery. Unfortunately these tumors can grow back after they have been removed. They can return in as many as 50 percent of patients.
"This approval is an important step forward in the treatment of this deadly cancer," said Peter Pisters, MD, professor of Surgery, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. "We are encouraged by the benefits we have seen in patients who were treated with Gleevec immediately following surgery. In fact, almost all of the patients studied did not experience a return of tumors after a year of treatment."
Patients should discuss their treatment options with their healthcare team, which may include participating in clinical trials of available medications or new compounds in development.
Roslyn Fuller is one of several GIST patients who took part in a clinical trial with Gleevec. "After surgery, my doctor told me there was a high likelihood that my GIST would come back. I immediately searched for a possible solution and found the Gleevec clinical trial, which aimed to help patients like me," said Roslyn. "This FDA approval is good news for me and other GIST patients who will now have the option to start treatment with Gleevec earlier to help prevent recurrence."
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New state-of-the-art automated electric and water meters are well on their way to the homes and businesses of West Point's water and light customers, whom Water and Light Department officials say will benefit from the change.
Last March the West Point Board of Mayor and Selectmen approved an Energy Performance Contract with the company Siemens to replace the old meters with new digital ones, and the Water and Light Department has now started the process of installing the new meters at many locations around town.
Water and Light Superintendent Dwight Prisock said already 10 automated electric meters and 10 automated water meters have been installed at various residences and commercial businesses throughout the city of West Point. Prisock said these 20 meters were recently installed and are being utilized to test out the new communication system needed to link the electric and water measurements back to the West Point Data Center and Water and Light Department.
In the communication system a transmitter sits atop the city's south water tower and the north water treatment facility. This radio system "talks" to the new meters, and from there it communicates back to the Data Center. From the Data Center the electric and water meters will be read without anyone ever having to walk across a lawn again to manually ready them. The automated electric meters can also be disconnected from the Data Center or the Water and Light Department. Meters can be disconnected for nonpayment or if someone is moving out of their residence in the city limits.
The automated water meters will still have to be manually turned off, but if a customer unknowingly has a large water leak at their home the Water and Light Department can detect that through the meter and will be able to inform the customer of the leak.
Prisock said all of the 10 new digital meters that were tested answer back to the transmitter, but none of the new water meters answer back so far. Sensus, the company that distributes the meters, will have to resolve that problem, which Prisock believes deals with configuration.
"That's the reason we just installed ten – to get the kinks out and get the base system working," Prisock said.
The locations where the water meters are being tested are places the Water and Light Department felt would be difficult for the communication system to work in. Through this method the limitations of the communication system is tested, and it allows officials to pinpoint any reasons why the transmitter and meter aren't communicating with each other. This way officials will be able to correct the problem and get the meters working properly.
"We believe if they can get those working then all of them will work," he said.
The old water meters, on average, were measuring only about 85 percent of water used, but the new water meters are expected to measure at least 97 percent. Since the new meters will be reading with a lot more accuracy customers may see an increase of a few dollars on their water bill in the next few months. The old electric meters already measured around 97 percent so their will be very little if any change to customers' electricity bill. Prisock said the new automated meters are guaranteed to read at 100 percent accuracy for 15 years.
The testing process should be complete in about two weeks after which time the Water and Light Department plans to change out all the electric meters in the city over a six week period. Meter-based work may have to be conducted on some commercial meters that are hard-wired and do not have sockets. Prisock said it will probably take about six months to replace all the water meters.
The automated meters "will make meter readings more timely, we can maintain constant intervals on the billing cycle and we will be able to shift people to a different cycle if that cycle is more convenient for them as far as making a payment," Prisock said. "Customers can also prepay, which probably is one of the best features we'll be able to give people."
To do that the Water and Light Department will have to change out its billing software, and the change is scheduled for August so customers interested in prepaying will have to wait several more months before they can do so.
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The Social Security Administration provides direction and funding for state disability programs, so why are states laying these workers off?
"It just doesn't make any sense at all," Michael Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, told the Federal Drive's Tom Temin and Amy Morris today. "The silliness of it is that we just cut the funding off. So [states] are hurting themselves in these bad economic times in two ways. Their employees are getting less money, less salary and paying less taxes. And people who should be getting disability benefits from the federal government are getting them more slowly and their tapping other state resources while their waiting for a disability decision."
California was the first state to furlough disability workers 18 months ago, and that caught the agency off guard when it became a widespread practice, he says.
Astrue estimates that at any given time 10 to 15 states have some sort of furlough or other restriction on SSA's ability to provide services.
"It's been almost 2 years now and it's time to do something," he says.
That something is proposed legislation to prohibit states from enacting freezes or furloughs of state disability workers without authorization from the commissioner. Astrue says this proposal is the most substantial piece of legislation by SSA in a long time, though it is not unusual for the agency to make small procedural submissions.
Some have suggested full federalization of SSA workers but Astrue says this option would be much more expensive than the current framework. It would mean converting all state employees to federal employees, adding about 16,000 to the current federal SSA workforce of about 67,000. Between increases in salaries, federal employees make more than their state counterparts, and interrupted work, Congress has estimated the transition would cost $3.8 billion over the first four years.
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I'm a little embarrassed to admit, I've been visiting this site for over a year and only now got around to reading "The End of Faith." I assumed it was going to be a lot of preaching to the choir, and as such not worth my time. The first three chapters were pretty much what I expected. Had I not decided to read the whole book no matter what, I probably would have put it down.
Chapter four (on Islam) was better. I think Islam rightly deserves Harris's sharpest criticism. I think he also makes some good points in chapter five, where he identifies some specific problems caused by Christian influence over public policy in the U.S..
But by far the best part of the book in my opinion, and worth the price of admission, was the last two chapters, on the "science" of good and evil, and experiments in consciousness. In a way, it's a pity Harris didn't put these last two chapters first, as I think I might have approached the rest of the book with a more open mind. (Now I'm thinking I need to re-read it from the beginning.)
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Digital Overload – Let Me Check My iPhone To See If That Is True
Rampant Digital Over-Consumption
(Or, why it took me three days to write an article that should've taken 30 minutes. I know, I know, I should have used Wikipedia…)
If you're anything like me (and if you're not, I should feel terrifically foolish right now), your current desk job work flow probably looks something like this:
- Get assignment
- Read assignment
- Check Facebook
- Re-read assignment because you weren't paying attention the first time
- Embark on Step 1 of 20 for assignment
- Check work email
- Check personal email
- Read the latest online comic
- Find free Kindle download
- Work on Step 1 of assignment some more
- Check Facebook
- Comment on your mother's picture of her dog
- Like your ex-boyfriend's broken heart status
- Re-read what you've already done for Step 1 of work assignment because you forgot what you were even doing.
- Take the time to do search engine optimization on this page.
It's the condition of not only difficulty focusing on a single task (ie: just finishing task 1),
but also the impairment of committing to memory what we just read (the assignment),
because it takes time for our brains to commit experience (reading) to memory – time we
do not give ourselves when leaping from one stimulant to another. This is what I shall
hereby call Rampant Digital Over Consumption Condition, or
even – Rampant Digital Overeating Condition, because that makes me feel like an information fatty.
Before we continue, here are a few quick ways to tell if you are anything like me and suffer from said condition:
Symptoms of Rampant Digital Overeating Condition
- Excessive multitasking
- Spending less than 5 minutes on one cohesive thought at a time while "working" at a computer
- Spending the majority of a working day, or any given working hour, at a desk job surfing.
- Surfing the Internet while watching TV.
- Stunted attention span
- Difficulty reading a solid page of information all the way through, in order.
- The inexplicable and over-powering urge to fill every single moment with stimulation (ie: texting or playing mobile games while waiting for the elevator to reach you).
- Difficulty focusing on one task at hand without frequent digital intermission
- Increasing forgetfulness unrelated to age
- Forgetting what you were just doing …as in 30 seconds ago.
- Where am I?
- If you need to lose weight, well, you can that online too.
What Are the Causes of Rampant Digital Overeating Condition?
Overeating the constant stream of digitalia (new word) blasted at us from every corner of our daily lives from cell phones, to email, to email on cell phones, to text alerts, to desktops, to laptops, to counter tops (sorry, I'm hungry), to notebooks, to netbooks, to TV, to kindles – information is flying all around us and in massive, zooming quantities, and on occasion, it's bound to smack us in the head.
Not only are we being over-stimulated, but we're being over-assisted. No longer do we have to remember that 2 times 2 is 4 (and 2 times 3 is 6…. honk if you're following me on this one), because we have a calculator do it for us. No longer do we have to remember that the word "equine" means "it has to do with horses," a Google define command will do that for us. No longer do we plan our trips ahead, because GPS will assist us every step of the way.
All of this is causing us to attach ourselves in a helpless, vulnerable way to our devices. And why wouldn't it? Water flows down a duck's back, not up it.
But, even if having all this information available to us is causing us to be dependent and exhibit ADD-like qualities, whose fault is it?
Pointing Fingers (or Pointing Mice)
Is the Internet as a source of massive digital overload to blame for our over-stimulation ails, or are we, as individuals? Did the availability and excessive exposure to all this information make us dependent on constant stimulation or did our need for constant stimulation drive us to increasingly seek it out?
Quite obviously, you are reading this informative article about too much information streamed to us through the Internet on a computer that is accessing the web and in all likelihood, you found yourself on this page describing the negative effects of plowing through digital content as if it were candy through a series of searches whose keywords likely consisted of something to do with your harbored resentment towards computers so that you may view a page about the negative effects of computers and the Internet on your Internet-connected computer.
I know it might take you a minute to untangle from that knot, so in the meantime, I'll be looking at some comics.
Caught Up To Your Digital Self, Yet?
Back to our question: is our dependency on information a matter of nature or nurture? To answer this question, I did what I usually do when confronted with generalizations about the digital generation – watched old people. What I found was books tucked under arms on the way to the bathroom, crosswords done on a knee while waiting in the line at the post office, and mundane direction labels being read idly at the check stand.
Conclusion: people like stimulation. It's easy. It prevents us from having to keep our brains occupied ourselves. But, as TV has always told us (and our iPod does now) – easier isn't always better.
So, Is All This Information Bad?
It's been said many times – information is like food. An appropriate amount is necessary and good for us. Too little leaves our brains anorexic, but, too much gives us information diabetes.
And not only is the quantity of information we take in crucial, but the type and its metaphoric nutrition value, plays an enormous role. While some information assaulted at you has the nutritional value of a moon pie, some has the nutrient content of a vitamin-rich V8 (we happen to be the equivalent of a super-charged pill made of spinach, brussel sprouts, asparagus, green tea, black tea, white tea, lemongrass, beans, tangerines, pomegranates, cranberries, blackberries, blueberries, strawberries, bananas and prunes. We recommend taking at least three times a day, preferably with a meal).
But, too much information, too consistently, and without a break can inhibit us from being able to even use that information. When you don't allow yourself time between digital tasks to form lasting memories of all this information, you end up like me and have ridiculous difficulty remembering even the simplest and most important information we should be retaining. In fact, I've already forgotten what I was writing this article about.
So, How Do We Unplug?
Even if the information isn't all bad, it's still good to unplug from it every once in a while – take a break, go on an ecotour, refocus, process our healthy information, and reflect. Even our teachers told us to do this in school after learning a new topic. At least the good ones did.
So how do we do step back and unplug?
The first step I've found to unplugging ourselves from our digital dependency, is to do a lot of research – primarily on the world wide web, as books were written before we had such problems.
Lucky for you, I've already done step one, so you can proceed directly to step two and go from there:
- Baby steps. In this case, literally in the form of steps. Every hour you're on the computer, make yourself stop. Get up from your computer, leave your phone (unless you're at a coffee shop, in which case, only leave it if it was made before 2005), and walk around. Walk around the office building, your house, or whatever other edifice you might've been sulking in. Take at least 10 minutes. Look at the trees, or the cement, depending… and allow yourself to simply reflect. You'll find that that massive overload of information you downloaded the last hour will be much more sticky in your brain than before you started doing this.
- Go out to dinner. Not only is it enjoyable and luxurious, but your date might kick you should you pick up the phone, thus rendering you physically forced to let go.
- Take weekend picnics. You started with 10 minutes, now let's get risky. Take a picnic with someone you enjoy for at least an hour. Make a sammich (that's Internet speak for meat between two pieces of bread), pack some fruit, and enjoy a day away from easy stimulation.
- Plan a trip. Use maps and phone books to plan a vacation away from it all. Just watch for them being outdated.
And now for some instant digital entertainment (that has the nutritional value of a Twinkie):