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Founded in 1850, Hiram College has a rich tradition of excellence that not only prepares students for rewarding careers but for all that life has to offer.
The mission of Hiram College is to foster intellectual excellence and social responsibility enabling our students to thrive in their chosen careers flourish in life and face the urgent challenges of the times.
Hiram is a coeducational liberal arts college of about 1,300 men and women located in the historic Western Reserve region of Ohio.Students come from 35 states and 30 countries and represent more than 25 different religions. Hiram is a nationally respected institution that offers students a distinct learning environment with an emphasis on close student-faculty interactions, international study experiences, and experiential learning environments.
Frank Bowman, the Director of International Admissions at Hiram College will be talking about why Hiram is a great place for international students to study.
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Faculty: Hiram faculty members are more than just master educators. They care about you. They'll know your name. And they'll work with you individually to ensure you achieve the best education.
Academic Calendar: Our semesters are divided into two sections: a long (12-week) session during which you take a few classes, followed by a short (3-week) session, during which you take just one intensive class.
Writing Across the Curriculum: It doesn't matter what career you choose, you need to know how to write. So Hiram ensures that its entire curriculum – every major and career track – develops and hones your writing ability. If your writing isn't the best, we'll help you improve. If your writing is already good, it will get even better.
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International Experiences: Even though your home is overseas, you will want to participate in our study abroad program. Hiram's faculty lead study trips to six continents. The curriculum is directed north, south, east, and west, providing a diverse array of courses to give you some new experiences in other countries and cultures.
Tuition Guarantee: Your family can plan its finances because Hiram's guarantee ensures that your annual cost for tuition will not increase from the first through fourth year of your enrollment at Hiram.
All international students are eligible to apply for Hiram College Global Scholarships, with average values of $18,000 per year for on campus students!
International applicants are eligible to compete for merit-based Global Scholarships. In the current year, Global Scholarship awards average $18,000 per year for on-campus residents. For students 23 years of age or older who elect to live off-campus and commute to Hiram, the maximum Global Scholarship is $16,000 per year. Scholarships are renewable annually for up to four years of study.
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"Our tendency is to be interested in something that is growing in the garden,
not in the bare soil itself. But if you want to have a good harvest,
the most important thing is to make the soil rich and cultivate it well.
Buddha was interested in the ground from which various gardens will appear.
For him, everything is holy."
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Not Always So
Zen Center was founded on the non-dualistic principle of humans and environment being one body. This naturally leads to sustainable practices of living in harmony with all beings and earth. As advocates for healthy relationships with all parts of the whole, many of the original practitioners who built Tassajara and Green Gulch and who collectively shaped the culture of all three temples, continue to find Zen practice expressed in their engaged environmental and social activism.
Join us as we celebrate sustainable milestones here at City Center: the solar panels installed in 2005 (which have paid for themselves and now enable us to receive credits from PG&E), the symbiotic relationship of our temple with organic farming (our food waste has for decades been a staple ingredient in the organic compost of Green Gulch Farm and more recently for Hayes Valley Farm), and our rooftop bee colonies (who share over 200 pounds of their honey with us each year!).
Earth Week 2013 is an opportunity for us to restate our commitment to sustainability and explore together with our wider urban sangha how we can continue to enhance our community's ecological practices as well as our individual practices in an urban environment.
How –in an urban environment—do we honor Earth and recognize body as earth, earth as body? We welcome you to join the dialogue at City Center during Earth Week 2013:
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Bay Area artists call upon the four elements for inspiration in this exhibition, which represents a broad spectrum of ecological and creative innovation. The montage will include sculptures of repurposed wood and upcycled wire, digital frames, photography, videography, watercolor, acrylic, oil & varnish on wood panel, carved bamboo, ceramics, and a dirtograph!
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82% of all North Americans dwell in urban areas.
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The program will begin in the City Center Art Lounge with a greeting from Myogen Abbot Steve Stucky. We will tour the Zendo, introduce each other, and explore what it's like to be in the space. The majority of the program will take place at local Hayes Valley Farm. Garden educators on the farm will lead us in a tour and age-appropriate gardening activities and games.
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Green Fire is the first full-length documentary film ever made about legendary environmentalist Aldo Leopold.
It highlights Leopold's extraordinary career, tracing how he shaped and influenced the modern environmental movement. The screening will be followed by a discussion with three of Green Fire's filmmakers Steve & Ann Dunsky and Stephen Most.
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I just got my hospital records from my 2nd child's birth, for me to pass along to my current OB. I wanted the records sent to me directly so I could have a copy.
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My BP was still high, 157/90. The bloodwork from that time came back a few hours later, and my protein count was 628. I know that urine dipsticks are only qualitative, but I'm amazed that just a few hours prior it appeared I had no spilling protein, and less than 4 hours later I had full-blown preeclampsia.
They started the mag at 2:35, when I had my diagnosis confirmed. My BP lowered a bit to healthier ranges. For awhile, it seemed like the worst had passed.
Then at 11 p.m., I was complaining of a bad headache. They offered me more ibuprofen (I had already taken some earlier that day for abdominal cramping). I said I didn't think that would touch this headache, so they gave me Percocet. That was a mistake, as it made me feel very scared, freaking out kind of feeling. I think it sort of helped my headache, but I was feeling so poorly. I know that one of the symptoms of pre-e is anxiety, confusion, feeling scared, etc. I don't know for sure if it was the Percocet doing it or preeclampsia being a jerk to me. Either way, I don't think I'll opt for Percocet again.
Midnight my BP was 138/89.
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After that, it kind of hung around good levels and then 130s/80s-90, but it never got worse than that. I didn't need more labetelol after that initial dose.
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I was alone though, because my husband was home with our 2yo son. We didn't have anyone in the area who could watch him for long -- he was with a friend while I was giving birth, but my husband picked him up in the evening and I saw my son for a little while. They went home to bed, and a few hours later was when things started to get nuts.
For this birth of my third child, I admit I am anxious and somewhat scared. I think that won't go away full until after my baby is born and I'm several weeks postpartum :/ I know my OB is taking my situation very seriously, and I will be at an excellent hospital. I know I'll be there for awhile after birth, and that's where I want to be (even though it's impossible to sleep with blood pressure checks every 15 minutes!).
Looking at the stats of my last birth has been good for me, I think. It shows just how sick I was, and how fast it moved and I think if I *didn't* have that happen (or mild pre-e with my firstborn), I wouldn't be as prepared for this birth.
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These are a few of the headlines on the homepage of The Onion, the satirical newspaper, right now:
"While I'm Glad I Won, I Personally Believe Abraham Lincoln Deserved To Die," by Daniel Day-Lewis
Funeral Held For Door Shot Four Times By Oscar Pistorious
Republicans Reach Out To Women With New 'No Punch Pretty Lady' Bill
Snowstorm In Chicago Delays Hundreds Of Morning Murders
As that old "Sesame Street" song goes, One of things is not like the others. One of these things just isn't the same.
As you've probably heard by now, what The Onion is apologizing for is a tweet sent during the Academy Awards about the nine-year-old star of "Beasts of the Southern Wild." "Everyone else is afraid to say it, but that Quvenzhané Wallis is kind of a [strongly misogynistic word generally reserved for grown women, at least in American usage], right?" read the message from The Onion's official Twitter account. After a hailstorm of complaints, the tweet was deleted. (You can see it here if you care to.)
"Miss Wallis, you are young and talented and deserve better," Onion CEO Steve Hannah wrote, vowing to "take immediate steps to discipline those responsible."
It's the first time anyone can remember that The Onion has apologized for a joke that offended, and not for want of opportunity. If The Onion has a rule that children are exempt from outré humor, it must not have been in place when it published "Fun Toy Banned Because Of Three Stupid Dead Kids," "God Answers Prayers Of Paralyzed Little Boy; 'No,' Says God," "Ex-Pedophiles Share Tips On How To Make Your Kids Less Attractive," or "Pope Vows To Get Church Pedophilia Down To Acceptable Levels."
Or, to cite a few that riff on real children, this one about Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson, or this one about Suri Cruise, or this other one about Suri Cruise, or this one about JonBenet Ramsey.
The Onion has put its writers through a lot in the last couple years. It threatened to put their work behind a paywall. It moved its operations to Chicago, leaving behind those who couldn't or wouldn't relocate.
But telling comedy writers that they can now be "disciplined" for telling jokes that fall well within The Onion's established parameters, just because a lot of humorless people happened to be paying attention at the moment a particular joke hit — that's a new low.
Much has been written about how Twitter and other social media platforms lull or tempt users into shooting their mouths off in ways they quickly regret. It turns out it also has the power to induce some people into blurting out apologies they should have swallowed.
Note: Since several readers seemed to think that where The Onion crossed the line was in targeting a real, specific child with a rude joke, I added a paragraph citing several instances in which it has done so before.


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Aldo is the one I want first and if I cant have that one I want the Lamsas fight and if I cant have that one then I will settle for Frankie Edgar. Just because hes running his mouth.
I take that both ways - its an honor to have somebody with a name like that want to fight you and on the other hand he is trying to use me to boost his career. So I take it both ways.
It is a fight that excites me and I dont have to fight him right now. Whether it happens now or later, it will happen at some point. All those fights are going to happen I just want the biggest one first.


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Hello! I'm Ellen Meyer, president of Watkins College of Art, Design & Film, and I'm delighted to welcome you to our website. Founded in 1885, Watkins has a long and proud tradition of education in the arts. Today, the College offers four-year, baccalaureate degree programs in film, fine arts, graphic design, interior design and photography.
We are a vibrant community of artists, designers, filmmakers and educators with a diverse student body of 400 individuals from all over the country and world. We believe in a strong academic foundation and a studio-based curriculum that encourages individual and collaborative exploration.
We also believe that to become truly effective thinkers and creators, artists, designers and filmmakers should understand the forces that shape our world today, from history, literature, science and technology to popular culture, globalization and ecology. Approximately two thirds of a student's time is spent in the studio and one third is spent in the classroom focused upon the liberal arts. Within each environment — the studio and the classroom — students are challenged to synthesize new information, ask questions and seek solutions.
Faculty are practicing, award-winning professionals who, along with the administration and staff, are dedicated to giving students the best possible learning experience. We will help you develop your work and guide you every step of the way from your chosen course of study to internships and your professional career. Because of our small size, you will know your faculty well, and they will know you and your unique talents. You will be inspired to reach your highest potential within a stimulating, student-centered environment.
At Watkins, you will live, study, eat and breathe art and design within the context of our state-of-the-art facility, located on a thirteen-acre urban campus at the edge of a lake in the heart of Nashville. A beautiful city that appreciates art in all its forms, Nashville is home to more than 150 visual and performing arts organizations that are easily accessible from campus — and we will encourage you to connect to the world outside at every opportunity.
It is an exciting time to be an artist, designer or filmmaker, and Watkins College of Art, Design & Film is an extraordinary place to learn, dream and create your future.
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What we now know as Watkins College of Art, Design & Film has roots in the generosity and vision of one man: Samuel Watkins (1794-1880), a self-made entrepreneur and philanthropist, orphaned at the age of 4, who lacked any formal education. In his will he left $100,000 and property in the center of Nashville for the establishment of a school that would teach those in need the "business of life."
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Cleator Moor's Remploy factory to close
Last updated at 09:37, Friday, 09 March 2012
CLEATOR Moor's Remploy factory, which employs 15 people, is set to close, it has been announced.
The decision was made in the House of Commons on Wednesday to close 36 sites across the country - including the factory on the Leconfield Industrial Estate, which employs 15 people, 14 of which are disabled.
Staff at the Cleator Moor site have fought to keep the site open for months. They contacted Copeland MP Jamie Reed in October last year to express their concerns about how the closure would affect them.
The decision has been taken to offer staff from the 36 site compulsory redundancy. This will affect 1,752 people, of which 1,518 of these are disabled. A consultation period is now set to take place.
The ministerial statement suggests that at some point in the future the remaining 18 Remploy sites will also close
Phil Davies, GMB National Secretary for GMB Members working at Remploy, said, "This decision to sack 1,752 people in 36 Remploy factoriesacross the country is one of the worst decision that this discredited coalition government has taken since coming to office.
"I never thought that I would live to see the day that an organisation set up to provide sustainable employment for disabled people being
shut down."
The next step is for a substantial period of consultation. Shop stewards from all the factories will be meeting on the March 26 and 27 to set out a plan of action.
First published at 14:51, Wednesday, 07 March 2012
Published by http://www.whitehavennews.co.uk
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I worked for Remploy from 2007 until 2011 so I can speak about the Remploy closures with inside knowledge. The factories can be made viable if politicians local and national have the will to make this happen. Unfortunately this country has a history of closing and selling off manufacturing whereas our partners in Europe especially Germany have retained a strong manufacturing base which has been hugely beneficial to exports.
The Remploy workforce is skilled in making many products. Extensive training is given to anyone wishing to better themselves. The Remploy factories are not institutions as some politicians like to think, they are work places where loyal workers want to put in a days work just like any other workplace. Unlike the House of Lords where most of the participants either fall asleep or don't attend but still get paid. I did not want to drag my comments down to this level but Government should look at its own back door first.
Remploy must be leaner, but not by reducing the workers. Central overheads need to be reduced and the factories need greater autonomy. I don't believe enough thought has been given to make the Remploy model work. I have spent over 40 years running factories so I speak from experience.
The figures given by Marie Miller don't add up. Very few of the workers can expect to get jobs so will have no choice but to go onto benefits. Empty factories will need to have security and there will be other hidden costs.
Lastly if the Coalition can spend billions each year on foreign aid, some of which will find its way into the pockets of corrupt governments, surely they can support Remploy until each of the factories is properly evaluated with involvement from the workforce so that the correct decision can be made. The government themselves could be putting more work into the factories.
The Labour Government didn't saddle the country with £1 trillion debt.
This was a bankers bailout.(50% of Tory funding comes from the banks)
Otherwise are we to blame Labour for every other country's debts?
The Tories achieved 33% of the vote from a 68% turnout. That in a time when Brown was the most unpopular leader for decades.
The British people are instinctively liberal.
The Tories only aim is to push wages down whilst maximising share dividends.
The Tories also changes their term to 5 years straight away when elected. Also making it take a 55% vote against them to make a vote of no confidence.
They allowed a man who is currently being investigated by Scotland Yard (Coulson) into the heart of government, whilst Cameron hung around with more criminal suspects in his private time.
The Tories did not put any of their policies before the British people.
If as they claim, the cuts were necessary, then why did both Cameron and Osborne vote with the Labour governments spending plans whilst in oppposition?
This is a coalition of corruption.
There is no other way a decent society could look at it.
We all contribute.
We all deserve something back.
To state that unemployment is in some way beneficial makes us look as idiotic as the neo-rightists standing for the Republican nomination in the US.
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Hanukkah has come upon us in a rush, almost unexpectedly. Surrounded by the remains of our renovations, pampering a sick dog, befuddled and amazed by the busy-bee energy of our normally slow-as-molasses son, time has slipped by at an almost unreal pace and we are astonished when we realize that it has only been a month since our move. Four, maybe five short weeks. It feels like we have been here forever emptying cartons, stepping over heaps of tools, tripping over coils of wire, making so many trips to the dump it has my head in a spin! And now Hanukkah has arrived and I am just not ready.
Son and I go hunting for Hanukkah gifts as the afternoon light wanes, just before rushing home to light the first candle. Late, as usual. We join the jungle of bodies, the swell of humanity clutching bags and boxes, children crying, parents hustling youngsters in and out of shops trying to retain some semblance of dignity and holiday cheer. Son hurries me, skirting the gawkers, reminding me of what we are there for and urging me onward only wanting to be home. But I am caught up in the festive air of the city, bedazzled by the neons, the garlands, the flurry of Santa hats bobbing up and down the streets. The brisk chill invigorates and the Hanukkah spirit is upon me and all I want to do is drift, weightless, carried along on the sights and sounds and smells of Christmas.
I'm just a little sentimental this time of year as the skies deepen to a dull slate gray, misty and mysterious. We venture out at night, brilliant bulbs in green, red, blue and white piercing the blackness, flickering, floating, fairy lights leading us towards the center of town. Noise and laughter rise and swirl around us like snow as we are swept along in the bustling crowd, pushed and pulled in between the brightly lit wooden stalls of the Christmas market. The smells of popcorn and churros mingle with the heady, spicy scent of mulled wine, the salty, smoky fragrance of sausages coming from the booth hawking some far-off regional delicacies, making us yearn to approach, lulled like fairytale children, spellbound, being pulled towards a candy-covered fantasy of sweets and the warmth of a blazing hearth. Images of my mom far away, thoughts of my brother rush in to fill up the spaces in my head between plans for our own festivities and the jollity and mirth, the lightness and wellbeing now mingled with emptiness, tainted by sadness. My son tugs on my sleeve, gives me a gentle nudge in the back and I turn my attention to the stands of books and the bins of dvds.
The holidays back home, the holidays of my childhood, weren't swathed in snow or faded into a misty Winter Wonderland; no children bundled up in thick, puffs of coat, stuffing hands into mittens, tucking ever-dancing feet into boots, tugging knitted bonnets on heads. Bright bulbs flashed against crystal clear skies, luminaries flickered up and down neighborhood streets against a backdrop of deep, lush green grass. Mornings were indeed punctuated by entertaining stalagmites sprouting up from neighbors' garden sprinklers; Santas galore were perched upon rooftops dressed in flowered cotton shirts, shorts and flip flops, ready for the balmy Florida season. By afternoon, the morning's jackets were peeled off and we were down to warm weather outfits as we piled into the station wagon to go Hanukkah shopping with mom. We had the only house on the block, in the neighborhood, bare of decorations, the only wreathless front door. No strings of lights hung from the eaves, no garlands graced the front window. My parents were discreet, practical and sober when it came to holidays. A lone Menorah stood in the livingroom, one gift per night, a gift we had most likely chosen ourselves, was handed to each of us before we gathered around the table for a game of dreidl, peanuts or M & M's our tokens of choice. And we were happy that way, happy being together, laughing, singing, playing with our toys. For eight nights, brightened by the candles' flames.
No chestnuts found their way into our kitchen, nor graced our holiday table. Foreign, they were, to us Floridians who spent the winter eating citrus morning, noon and night. Pies in pumpkin, apple and cherry were reserved for Thanksgiving as was bird and sticky sweet marshmallow sweet potato casserole. A plate of latkes was our Hanukkah treat along with a tiny bag of Hanukkah gelt, thick chocolate coins wrapped in glittering, shiny gold foil, counted out, made to last eight days. These simple traditions have found their way into my own home as we, husband, two sons and I, gather round the old family Menorah, the same from my childhood, lighting the candles for eight nights, exchanging gifts and enjoying our time together.
No, no special holidays meals for Hanukkah, yet this time of year I love to bake and cook with those special seasonal ingredients that, for me, are forever linked to a joyous, sprightly winter: pumpkins and apples, oranges and chestnuts. And when I can add chocolate to the mix, well, don't I just do it. After my recent escapade into decadence the result of which, a Chocolate Chestnut Fondant, was received with merriment, gobbled down by one and all, I decided to try yet another chocolate chestnut delicacy with the rest of the can of Crème de Marrons. This Chocolate Chestnut Cloud Cake gets its airiness from thick, creamy meringue which is folded ever so gently into chocolate and butter, flavored by chestnut cream and a festive splash of Cointreau, my tipple of choice this season. I first baked one single fluted cake and then repeated the recipe baking individual portions, mini Bundts and tiny cakes. And the holidays call for something more, a bit special, so each cake was drizzled with Chocolate Orange Ganache.
These wonderfully festive treats are perfect for December's Monthly Mingle, created by my Zesty Sister and fellow Plate to Page instructor Meeta. This month's host, my talented friend Simone of Junglefrog Cooking, asked us to bake Christmas Cakes and that is just what this Chocolate Chestnut Cloud Cake is!
CHOCOLATE CHESTNUT CLOUD CAKE with Chocolate Orange Ganache
Adapted from Crème de Marrons les 30 recettes culte by Sandra Mahut
5.3 oz (150 g) dark chocolate 70% cacao, broken into pieces
9 Tbs (135 g) unsalted butter
3 rounded/heaping Tbs (150 g) chestnut cream (crème de marrons Clément Faugier)
3 Tbs (30 g) flour
3 Tbs (20 g) unsweetened cocoa powder
5 large eggs, separated
½ cup (100 g) granulated sugar
1 Tbs Cointreau, optional
Orange Chocolate Ganache (this recipe can easily be halved):
3.5 oz (100 g) Lindt Excellence Orange Intense or equivalent orange-scented dark chocolate
½ cup (125 ml) heavy cream
Or confectioner's/powdered sugar and unsweetened cocoa powder for dusting
Preheat the oven to 325-335°F (170°C). Butter and flour either a medium-sized Bundt or fluted tube pan or about 18 – 20 individual cupcake or mini-Bundt molds.
Place the butter and the broken chocolate into a medium-sized Pyrex or heatproof bowl. Melt gently either in a bain-marie, over a pot of gently simmering water or in the microwave; barely 1 minute on high heat in the microwave should melt the butter completely and more than partially, but not completely, melt the chocolate. Remove from the heat/microwave and stir or whisk until the chocolate is completely melted and the mixture well blended and smooth. Add the 3 heaping tablespoons of chestnut cream/crème de marrons and whisk to blend.
Measure the flour and the cocoa powder together into a small bowl and then sift the two onto the chocolate/butter/chestnut mixture. Whisk to blend until smooth. Whisk in the Cointreau, if using.
Separate the eggs, placing the 5 clean whites into a large, very clean bowl ideal for whipping meringue – I prefer plastic. If you like, add a drop of lemon juice and a few grains of salt to help stabilize the whites. Using an electric mixer, beat the whites for 30 seconds on low speed then increase speed to high; beat for about 2 minutes until the whites are no longer foamy, are white and opaque and soft peaks hold. Begin gradually beating in the sugar, about a teaspoon at a time while continuing to beat on high speed. This should take another couple of minutes. Continue to beat until all of the sugar is incorporated and the meringue is very thick. The entire process should take about 5 minutes.
Beat the egg yolks into the meringue one at a time, beating on medium or high speed, beating in each yolk just to combine.
Using a spatula, fold the yolky meringue into the chocolate batter, adding and folding in a quarter of the meringue at a time. Do not overmix.
Spoon into the molds and bake for not more than 30 minutes (if making one large cake, this could bake up to double the time depending on the pan and the oven). When done, the top should be set, dull (no longer shiny) and lightly crispy. The cake should spring back when gently pressed and a tester inserted in the cake should come out clean.
Remove from the oven and allow to cool in the pan until completely cool before gently loosening and turning out.
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Release date: Friday May 26, 2011 (Wide)
Genre: Comedy, Animation, Family, Adventure
Director: Jennifer Yuh Nelson
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Producer(s): Melissa Cobb
Screenplay: Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger
Cast: Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, David Cross, James Hong, Gary Oldman, Michelle Yeoh, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Victor Garber
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The Northend Ministerial Alliance will host the annual Watch Night Service at Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church on New Years Eve from 10 p.m. until midnight.
For 10 years the local organization known as the Northend Ministerial Alliance has hosted an annual watch night service, in which churches within the north end of Portsmouth come together for worship and fellowship to bring in the new year.
Participating churches include Beulah Baptist Church, Kingdom Builders Evangelistic Ministries, Inc., Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, Living Faith Temple, and Pleasant Green Baptist Church.
Reverend Clarence Parker, Pastor of Pleasant Green Baptist and current President of the North end Ministerial Alliance, said the Watch Night Services are still considered important in the north end of the city.
"I believe that the Watch Night Services are still important here in the north end. It is a wonderful thing to have the churches come together for a time of worship," Parker said.
According to the African American Registry, Watch Night services have been a part of churches in black communities in America since 1862 and can be traced back to gatherings also known as "Freedom's Eve."
On "Freedom's Eve" night, black slaves and free blacks came together in churches and private homes all across the nation awaiting news that the Emancipation Proclamation actually had become law.
Midnight, Jan. 1, 1863, all slaves in the Confederate States were declared legally free. This moment has been perpetuated down through the years in black church communities around the country.
The Watch Night Service will consist of singing by the church choirs and praise teams, praise dance teams, reading of scripture, prayer and the spoken word.
This celebration takes many African American descendants of slaves into a new year with praise and worship. The service typically begins anywhere from 7 p.m. until 10 p.m., and ends at midnight with the entrance of the New Year.
The Watch Night Service will consist of singing by the church choirs and praise teams, praise dance teams, reading of scripture, prayer, and the spoken word.
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University of Tennessee at Chattanooga junior Davis Tull was named to the Collegiate Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Capital One Academic All-District team this week. It is the second straight year Tull has earned a spot on the academic all-district team.
The CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-District Teams are made up of student-athletes from eight regions across the country. UTC is in District 3 that includes all Division I programs (FBS & FCS) in Tennessee, North Carolina and Virginia.
Nominees must be in at least their second year at an institution and have at least a 3.3 cumulative grade-point-average. CoSIDA members then vote on the all-district teams, based on academic and athletic performance.
Tull, a native of Knoxville, Tenn., carries a 3.52 grade-point-average in Health and Human Performance. He joins former teammate Adam Miller (2009-12) as the only Mocs to earn two CoSIDA Academic All-District honors. He was also on the Academic All-SoCon team as a sophomore in 2012.
In competition, Tull leads the SoCon with 9.0 sacks on the year. He has a UTC record 26.5 sacks in his career and is also tied for the SoCon lead with 13.0 tackles-for-loss.
The Mocs are 8-2 overall and have clinched at least a tie for the SoCon Championship at 6-1. It is the first league title for UTC since the 1984 season.
Chattanooga will try to win the SoCon outright, along with the automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs, next weekend at Samford. Kickoff against the Bulldogs is set for 3:00 p.m. (E.S.T.). The game will broadcast on the Mocs Sports Network on ESPN Radio 105.1 The Zone and on ESPN3.com.


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An Aiken County man and a Richmond County man have been sentenced after pleading guilty last month to separate sex crimes, according to the state Attorney General's Office.
William Allen Berry, 29, of Aiken County, pleaded guilty to one count of sexual exploitation of a minor second-degree and five additional counts of sexual exploitation of a minor third-degree, according to a statement from the Attorney General's Office. Judge Thomas A. Russo sentenced Berry to 10 years in prison suspended to two years and three years probation.
Berry will have to register as a sex offender and must complete sex offender counseling as part of his probation, according to the statement.
Authorities received a tip on May 3, 2011, concerning an individual disseminating child pornography images on the Internet, according to the statement. Investigators searched Berry's home and seized several computers and other electronic equipment.
"Mr. Berry came in for an interview and gave a full confession regarding the child pornography images and gave a written statement that he began trading child pornography images over the Internet beginning in 2008, and that he would send and receive any photo he could find over the next few years," the release stated, adding that Berry built up a "collection" of photos and videos.
Randy Isaac Beard, 48, of Augusta, pleaded guilty to one count of dissemination of obscene material to a person under 18, according to the statement. He was sentenced to 10 years suspended to 30 days, followed by three years probation.
Beard must also register as a sex offender and complete sex offender counseling as a condition of his probation.
Beard began texting the 15-year-old victim around Christmas 2011, according to the statement.
"The victim describes that around February 2012, the text messages began to get 'heavy,' that the defendant began texting her 'hey sexy' and asking for pictures of her breasts and private parts," the release stated.
Beard also asked the victim for videos, then sent her a picture of his genitals, according to the statement.
The victim's mother found the picture on the victim's phone in April and notified authorities, according to the statement. Officers questioned Beard, who admitted to receiving pictures of the victim without clothes on and also admitted to sending her the picture of his genitals.
Both men consented to the forfeiture of their computer equipment to authorities.
Teddy Kulmala covers the crime beat for the Aiken Standard. He is a graduate of Clemson University and hails from Williston.
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Women's Soccer Making Strides Against Breast Cancer
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Kelly Starchok decided her women's soccer team at Hilbert College will be involved in at least two community service projects after she took over the head coaching position in August 2011. On October 2, the women's soccer team participated in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk in downtown Buffalo. The American Cancer Society hosts the event annually with thousands of walkers weaving the city streets to raise awareness and money for cancer research.
As many people know, including the majority of the women's soccer team, cancer is a very serious disease impacting thousands of family, friends and associates. The Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk brings the community together to celebrate women and men who have battled breast cancer, to educate people, and to also empower communities to join the fight. The women's soccer team directed thousands of people who were enthusiastic and excited to walk for the cause.
Since 1993 the American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk has had nearly 7 million participants, who have helped raise more the $400 million. In 2010 alone $60-million dollars were raised by nearly 800,000 walkers across the country. Every dollar raised through this walk has gone toward finding cures and fighting back against breast cancer.
Hilbert College, located in suburban Hamburg, N.Y., south of Buffalo, is a private four-year college founded in 1957 in the Catholic Franciscan tradition. With nearly 1,100 students, Hilbert is a dynamic Western New York college that offers career-focused majors, including one of the top criminal justice programs in the region, and more than 50 minors and concentrations. The college's engaging, student-centered campus community offers numerous leadership, internship, and service learning opportunities from which students launch successful careers while making positive changes in their communities. The Hilbert Blueprint promotes a well-rounded student experience over four years – starting with the Foundations Seminar in the freshman year, followed by Sophomore Service, Junior Symposium, and culminating with the Senior Capstone. Hilbert has expanded its academic offerings with the college's first graduate programs and new Accelerated Degree Programs geared to adult learners.
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Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, chair of the Senate Primary Care and Aging Subcommittee, and 23 other senators said in a letter to the chair and ranking member of the Senate appropriations panel in charge of funding Older Americans Act programs the following:
"Dear Chairman Harkin and Ranking Member Moran:
"Thank you for all of your hard work supporting the many important national priorities funded in the FY 2014 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies appropriations bill. The aging of our nation's population makes it more important than ever that Older Americans Act (OAA) programs remain strong in the coming years. Accordingly, we respectfully request that you consider increasing the programmatic funding levels for all OAA programs and services in the coming federal fiscal year.
"We are cognizant of the budgetary pressures on the Labor-HHS appropriations bill, and we do not make this request for an across the board funding increase lightly. However, several factors are driving the increased demand for OAA programs. First, there are more than 60 million Americans over age 60 today and 10,000 Baby Boomers turn 65 each and every day. Moreover, the fastest growing segment of the aging population is individuals over 85. This population has the greatest need for services provided under the OAA, including protection from abuse, neglect and financial exploitation.
"Meanwhile, the cost of living for seniors continues to rise, particularly in terms of food, medicine, fuel and housing. These factors have led to a staggering 79 percent increase in the threat of hunger among older adults in the past decade. In addition, the average duration of unemployment for jobseekers over age 55 is almost 50 weeks, the longest of any age cohort.
"Despite this growing need, federal funding levels for nutrition, supportive services and caregiver supports have failed to keep pace with inflation or the growth in our aging population. The Title V jobs program (Senior Community Service Employment Program) and the Title IV grants for innovation, research and training have been cut in recent years and other OAA-authorized programs have never been funded. Meanwhile, many core programs report waiting lists, including home-delivered meals, in-home supports and caregiver respite. In order for these vital programs just to catch up with the growth in the senior population and the increased costs of services over the past decade, the budget would have to increase by at least 12 percent.
"There are a few better investments than the cost-effective OAA programs that millions of older adults depend on for a healthy and dignified life. Investing in OAA initiatives saves taxpayer dollars by reducing premature and costly Medicare and Medicaid expenditures that result from unnecessary nursing home placement or poor management of nutrition and chronic health conditions. Therefore, as you and your colleagues prepare the Labor-HHS appropriations bill, we respectfully request that you consider the importance of these programs and increase their funding levels accordingly."
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The lone theater in Forest City is under threat of closure in the coming month because of a new mandate requiring first-run movie theaters to convert to digital projection.
Michael Packett, owner of the Retro Cinemas 4, said that it will cost him $75,000 per camera or, $300,000 to replace all four of his analog projectors with new, digital ones.
"This is not something that we did," Packett said. "It's something Hollywood did to save money.
"It doesn't save me money and it doesn't save the consumer any money either."
Smaller theaters across the country are grappling with trying to find a way to make the investment to switch to digital.
Film distributors decided, in May 2012, to stop supplying movies in 35-millimeter film due to a lack of availability of the film and the cost savings associated with sending first-run movies digitally.
"It's a vicious circle and that's really the best way to put it," Packett said.
Theaters have until the end of April to make the conversion. If, at that point, that has not been done, those theaters that haven't converted can either run older movies or pack up shop and close.
And, Packett said that closing the Retro Cinemas 4 will do more damage to the community than anything else.
"When you go see a movie, you go to dinner or go shopping," Packett said. "If the theater shuts down, it will affect the whole community."
Once Packett realized that he would be forced to make the conversion from film to digital, he said he immediately circled the wagons and tried to develop a plan to make the switch. He said he did what any businessman would do in that situation ... he went to the bank.
But, the response he got was 'no.'
"They want to try to help you but when you're financials show that you don't make enough to pay the debt ...," Packett said.
It isn't that the Retro Cinemas 4 doesn't make money. In fact, Packett said that is quite the contrary. He said that the business is profitable, but that is not enough to pay for a $300,000 loan. He has invested in stadium seating, a 3D lens and upgraded analog projectors.
"Every bit of money we make here we put right back into it," Packett said.
Now, Packett is doing what he said he wasn't going to do ... he is going to the community to ask for support. He is starting by raffling off his Harley Davidson motorcycle and a 1968 Camero.
In addition, he is also showing Christian-based movies free on Sunday during matinee showings. The Family Christian Bookstore made the donation of the films that Packett said he will show for free on Sundays — including an all day showing on Jan. 27.
Packett hopes to draw on the community support he received when he re-opened the theater in May 2009. Prior to the re-opening, he said volunteers came to help get the theater ready by doing things like laying carpet.
In the end, he said he firmly believes he will raise the money necessary to make the digital conversion and keep the Retro Cinemas 4 open.
"I know God had his hand in this because this theater should not have opened," Packett said. "I do believe we are going to raise the money that we need."


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Volleyball Nets Big Win At Wells
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AURORA, NY – The Hilbert College men's volleyball team pulled together and claimed an impressive non-conference 3-1 win over Wells College before they surrendered a three sets loss to Thiel College March 30. The Hawks (6-19) were led by Anthony Blasz's .280 hitting and Scott Ross' 17 kills. Sophomore David Mellerski assists 56 times, earned three service aces and matched senior Fred Sickau's 2 solo blocks. Senior Adam Clabo's 13 digs lead four players who all reached double-digits on the day.
Hilbert opened the day beating Wells in close sets (26-24,25-18,23-25,25-23). The Hawks hit .107 and earned 8 service aces. Sickau, Mellerski, Korey Schwab and Ryan Ratajczak each struck twice along the way. Clabo led with 9 digs and Ross and Sickau reached double-digit kills, with 11, and 10 respectively.
Thiel jumped to (25-18,25-19,25-17) set scores as they moved to 17-8 overall. Blasz finished with 5 kills (.231) and 3 blocks. Ross added 6 kills and led with a team-high 7 digs. Mellerski passed for 21 assists.
The Hawks close out their season with two home games. Penn State Behrend travels to Hamburg for a rematch against the Hawks April 3rd before the Hawks celebrate senior night April 9th in their rematch with Thiel College.
Hilbert College, located in suburban Hamburg, N.Y., south of Buffalo, is a private four-year college founded in 1957 in the Catholic Franciscan tradition. With nearly 1,100 students, Hilbert is a dynamic Western New York college that offers career-focused majors, including one of the top criminal justice programs in the region, and more than 50 minors and concentrations. The college's engaging, student-centered campus community offers numerous leadership, internship, and service learning opportunities from which students launch successful careers while making positive changes in their communities. The Hilbert Blueprint promotes a well-rounded student experience over four years – starting with the Foundations Seminar in the freshman year, followed by Sophomore Service, Junior Symposium, and culminating with the Senior Capstone. Hilbert has expanded its academic offerings with the college's first graduate programs and new Accelerated Degree Programs geared to adult learners.
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The play "The Life and Times of Fannie Lou Hamer" will be presented by the Touring Theatre of North Carolina on the campus of Surry Community College, Tuesday, February 26 at 9:30 a.m. in the Reeves Building Teaching Auditorium.
The public is invited to this free program in celebration of Black History Month.
The play follows the life of the daughter of a Mississippi sharecropper who was fired, beaten and jailed because of her determination to vote. The production explains the trials and oppression which led to the Civil Rights Movement. The production features musical components including spirituals and freedom songs.
The Touring Theatre of North Carolina is based in Greensboro and focuses on performances that call attention to issues involving traditions, class, ethnicity, culture and gender. For more information, contact the SCC Public Information Office at 386-3269 or email@example.com.