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Greenville, SC 29614-0296
School Overview
|School Membership(s)School Assoc.
|American Association of Christian Schools (AACS)
|Religious Affiliation
|Grades Offered
|Grades Kindergarten - 12
|Year Founded
Student Body
|Total Students
|1060 students
|Student Body Type
|Students by Grade
Academics and Faculty
|Total Classroom Teachers
|79 teachers
|Student : Teacher Ratio
National avg.: 13:1
|% Faculty w/Advanced Degree
|Average Class Size
|15 students
|List of Courses Offered
|Link to List of Courses
|Average ACT score
|Classroom Dress Code
(slacks and collared shirts for boys, dresses or skirts and tops for girls)
Finances and Admission
|Admission Deadline
|Aug. 1 / rolling
|Yearly Tuition Cost
|Tuition Notes
|see http://www.bobjonesacademy.net/?page_id=96 for details
|Acceptance Rate
National avg.: 85%
|Total Sports Offered
|3 sports
|Basketball, Soccer, VolleyballBasketball, Soccer,
School Notes:
Infants through age 3
1. Distinctly biblical education within a fun atmosphere
2. High ratio of staff to children which ensures that your child will receive individual love and attention
3. CPR and first aid-certified teachers
K4 - Grade 1
1. Developmentally appropriate curriculum anchored in a biblical worldview with active, hands-on learning
2. In addition to core subjects, weekly classes in art, music, Spanish, physical education and library
3. Half-day or full-day sessions for K4 and K5
Grades 2 - 6
1. Daily Bible instruction that encourages Christian character traits, such as kindness, self-discipline and honesty
2. Exceptionally thorough academic program with a wide variety of subjects
3. In addition to core subjects, weekly classes in art, music, Spanish, physical education and computer
4. Extracurricular opportunities, such as choir, orchestra, music lessons, field trips, a science fair and more
Grades 7 - 12
1. Access to Bob Jones University facilities
2. Regular chapel services and Bible classes focused on developing each student's personal walk with God
3. Varsity and intramural sports
4. Strong music program including group classes, private lessons, choir and orchestra
5. High-performing interscholastic mock trial and speech and debate teams for grades 9 through 12
Profile last updated: 09/02/2013
Nearby Schools:
- School Location Miles Grades Students
Greenville1805 Wade Hampton Blvd
Greenville, SC 29609
(864)268-4317Daycare / Preschool (Baptist)0.1 mi | Gr. PK-KG | 55 students
Greenville1704 E North Street
Greenville, SC 29607
(864)232-8885(Seventh-Day Adventist)1.2 mi | Gr. PK-8 | 34 students
Greenville7 Shannon Dr
Greenville, SC 29615
(864)268-5028Daycare / Preschool (Methodist)1.2 mi | Gr. PK-KG | 91 students
Greenville35 Shannon Dr
Greenville, SC 29615
(864)322-0045Daycare / Preschool (Presbyterian)1.2 mi | Gr. PK-KG | 123 students
Greenville305 Pelham Rd
Greenville, SC 29615
(864)232-3447Montessori School1.3 mi | Gr. PK-3 | 88 students


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Los Angeles, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - The New York Mets activated rookie right-hander Jacob deGrom from the 15-day disabled list to start against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday.
DeGrom was placed on the DL with right rotator cuff tendinitis on Aug. 12.
The 26-year-old is 6-5 with a 2.87 earned run average in 16 starts this season. He has struck out 94 batters and walked 33 in 100 1/3 innings.
New York optioned pitcher Rafael Montero to Triple-A Las Vegas.
Montero gave up a run while recording an out in Friday's 6-2 loss and owns an 0-3 record with a 5.23 ERA over seven games (six starts) this season.
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Gov. Robert Bentley said Monday that President Barack Obama's decision last week to allow people with individual health plans keep them showed that the system would not work.
"I do not believe it's a workable system," the governor said at a press conference Monday afternoon. "I've never believed it's a workable system."
The governor, a longtime critic of the federal health care law, announced last year that he would not build a state-run exchange, or opt into an expansion of Medicaid for those making up to 138 percent of the poverty level — $15,856 for individuals, $32,499 for a household of four. The expansion is fully funded by the federal government through 2017, and has 90 percent of its costs covered after 2022.
A Kaiser Family Foundation study released earlier this month found that 191,000 people will be left in a coverage gap without the Medicaid expansion, but Bentley indicated Monday he was satisfied with his decision.
"I can't think of anything worse right now than to have expanded Medicaid and have all these people on an entitlement program right now and for this entire thing to go under, which I think is going to happen," Bentley said. "So I think my decision is right. But I've always thought it's right."
The Affordable Care Act requires individual policies to cover at least ten services, including maternity care, hospitalization and prescription drugs. Policies in the current market are cheaper than what is available through the health insurance exchange — where subsidies for premiums are available — but many policies in the current market do not cover those benefits and allow insurers to deny coverage to people with pre-existing conditions.
Amid criticism over policy cancellations that had taken place since October, Obama announced last week that those who currently have individual health policies that are not compliant with new standards under the Affordable Care Act would be allowed to keep them. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama and Humana, both offering individual policies through the exchanges, have said they maintained coverage for anyone affected by the policy cancellations.
Bentley said Monday the decision whether or not to extend those policies would be up to the individual health insurance companies, and that the Alabama Department of Insurance would play no role. A call to the Department of Insurance was not immediately returned Monday afternoon.
The governor said he was committed to providing better health care for people in the state. State hospitals, particularly rural ones, get a large portion of their funding from Medicaid and depend on the program to stay open. Bentley said he would work with those facilities to try and find solutions.
"There are some rural hospitals that may have to be redesignated as something other than a hospital," he said. "They may have to work with the state health planning board and the (Certificate of Need) planning board as we work through these issues."
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Senggigi, West Nusa Tenggara. Legislators from across Southeast Asia meeting in Lombok have agreed not to go into detail on the South China Sea disputes in order not to escalate tensions on the issue, after it prompted heated debate earlier at the meeting.
Marzuki Alie, president of the Asean Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) and the speaker of Indonesia's House of Representatives, said at the close of the group's 33rd general assembly on Friday that the agreement was reached in order not to escalate tensions on the issue.


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The Rocky Mountains are a major mountain range in western North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch more than 3,000 miles from the northernmost part of British Columbia, in western Canada, to New Mexico, in the southwestern United States. Some curious facts about Rocky Mountains:
Rocky Mountains were formed in the late Cretaceous period (about 80 to 55 million years ago) in the period, scientifically known as Laramide Orogeny, of mountain building in western North America.
Scientific findings have suggested that the rocks in the Rocky Mountains were formed much before these mountains began to be raised by the tectonic forces. And the rock that forms the core of the North American continent, Precambrian metamorphic rock, is believed to be billions of years old.
At the time of formation, the geography of Rockies was like the Tibet of today – a high plateau, 6,000 meters or about 20,000 ft high. However, since then, erosion by waters and glaciers has stripped away their altitude, forming the current landscape of the Rockies.
Today, the Rocky Mountains are among the major mountain ranges in the world, stretching more than 3,000 miles from the northernmost part of British Columbia in Canada to New Mexico to south-western United States and spread across regions of Montana, north-eastern & south-eastern Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, and Arizona.
Including at least 100 different ranges, Rocky Mountains are divided into four broad groups: The Rocky Mountains include at least 100 separate ranges, which are generally divided into four broad groupings: the Canadian Rockies and Northern Rockies, the Middle Rockies, the Southern Rockies, and the Colorado Plateau.
The Rocky Mountain range's highest peak in Central North America, Mount Elbert, is located in Colorado, with an altitude of 14,440 ft. And its highest peak in the Canadian Rocky Region of British Columbia is Mount Robson with an altitude of 12,972 ft.
After the last great ice age, the Rocky Mountains first became home to a few indigenous people like Apache, Bannock, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Crow Nation, Flatheads, Sioux, Ute, Kutenai (Ktunaxa in Canada), Sekani, and many others.
In 1793, Sir Alexander McKenzie became the first European to cross the Rocky Mountains. Completing the first recorded transcontinental crossing of the region, he found the upper reaches of Fraser River and reached the pacific coast, which is Canada of today.
Generally, the regions surrounding the Rocky Mountains have mild summers and cold winters with a lot of precipitation. However, as the altitude increases, the weather and climate can change rather swiftly and become unpredictable, as is the case with other highland climates.
With an average of just four people per square kilometres and a few cities with over 50,000 people, the human inhabitation is not very dense when compared to the neighbouring states of each region. However, the whole region is big tourist attraction and thousands visit from across the world.
There are a several national parks surrounding the vast expanse of Rocky Mountain range. Two of the most popular ones being the Yellowstone National Park, which was established as the world's first national park, and Rocky Mountain National Park.
Within these national parks in the Rocky Mountain ranges, they are a home to a great deal of well known animal species such as as elk, moose, mule and white-tailed deer, pronghorns, mountain goats, bighorn sheep, black bears, grizzly bears, coyotes, lynxes, and wolverines, and also some rather unknown species. The region is also home to a vast variety of floral and bird life.
With so much to offer, people from across the world visit the popular destinations around the Rockies for recreational activities like hiking, trekking, camping, hunting, fishing, skiing, biking, snowboarding, and bunch of other sports.
Apart from being a major tourist attraction, Rocky Mountains strengthen the backbone of North American economy as the surrounding regions are known to possess significant deposits of minerals such as copper, gold, lead, molybdenum, silver, tungsten, and zinc. Major amounts of coal, natural gas, oil shale, and petroleum are also known to be found in the Wyoming Basin.
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August 4, 2015
If you had half-a-million dollars to donate, who would get it? For one celebrity couple, their dollars went towards a cause that hit close to home.
Frito and Alli from Morning Candy on Candy 95 made their regular visit to Brazos Valley This Morning Monday to talk about the generosity of actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. The couple gave $500,000 to the relief efforts in Joplin, Missouri.
Last month, a tornado destroyed much of the community. Pitt grew up near the area.
For more on the story, check out the video from BVTM or the Associated Press story below.
JOPLIN, Mo. -- Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are donating $500,000 from their foundation to help Joplin rebuild from the deadly tornado that struck the southwest Missouri town last month.
The Community Foundation of the Ozarks says the gift from the Jolie-Pitt Foundation will go to mid- and long-term needs in the tornado-ravaged city. The Community Foundation announced the gift Friday in a news release.
Pitt grew up in southwest Missouri and says in the release that he spent much of his childhood in the area and knows the people to be "especially resilient."
The May 22 tornado destroyed more than 8,000 homes and 400 businesses. The death toll was 151 as of Friday, including several victims who died as a result of injuries suffered in the storm.
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School Board members last week discussed possibly implementing full-day attendance on Mondays for kindergarten through sixth grades. Currently, elementary school students in Fairfax County have half days on Mondays. The remaining half of the day is used by teachers for lesson planning and in-house training.
The School Board's discussion on extending Mondays was part of a larger meeting on July 18 where plans to help reduce teacher workloads and increase planning time were presented by staff.
"In the planning time… I think we need to start talking about how do we get to full-day Mondays [for elementary schools]," School Board member Elizabeth Schultz (Springfield District) said. "How do we establish full-day Mondays and solve the planning issue at the same time? It's a problem that I think has persisted for too long and it needs to be resolved sooner rather than later. We need to do it. It's good for kids. It's good for parents. It's good for working parents."
Several board members said that because FCPS was looking at solving teacher lesson-planning time countywide, now might be an opportunity to also look at full-day Mondays. If the school system were to go to full-day Mondays, additional time would need to be added to elementary school teachers' work days.
"This is a very important issue that I think not just the teachers but the entire community needs to be engaged in," School Board Chairman Ilyrong Moon (At-large) said. "When we did take a look at this back in the 1990s there was a huge cost implication. In making sure teachers were still provided adequate planning time, protect their planning time the most obvious solution requires a lot of resources and that requires a commitment from the community."
Moon and fellow School Board member Jane Strauss (Dranesville District) served on the School Board in the 1990s. Strauss said full-day Monday discussions were halted because of costs.
"It was a 7 percent increase in the cost of elementary instruction," she said.
School Board member Megan McLaughlin (Braddock District) also voiced interest in looking at making the shift to full-day Mondays.
"It would be a big cultural shift," she said. "But one of the biggest hurdles and concerns [we hear from teachers] has been the loss of planning time that could happen with that." She said discussions on extending the day need to involve teachers and principals.
While no next steps were scheduled by School Board members during the July 18 meeting, the topic could come up again this fall.
"[I] think the time is right for us to look at this issue again," Moon said. "I do not see an immediate solution to this but we need to find out what is required and hopefully we can set a long term plan just like we did the one for full-day [kindergarten]."
In 2011, the School Board voted to expand the kindergarten day from a half-day to a full-day at 37 or the county's 139 elementary schools.


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I recently went to the Martin Luther King Center in Atlanta, Georgia and it was awesome! There was so much historical information offered and it was really great to learn more about his life and all the struggles that many minorities endured. The most memorable part about King Center was being able to walk into Ebenezer Baptist Church (Dr. King's church).
There was such a welcoming and overwhelming presence in that sanctuary that could not be avoided. I couldn't help but to sit and be grateful of the opportunities that I have because of the suffering of those before me.
I also attended the World of Coke museum in Atlanta. Why there is so much history behind a Coca-Cola I have no idea but I to taste different beverages from around the world so it was cool LOL. I learned that there is a secret formula to Coca-Cola that is kept in a vault. Weird stuff. Have you ever heard of a cola called "Beverly"? If not, you're not missing a thing. This has to be THE WORST drink I have ever tasted in my life. There was nothing pleasant about drinking it. I still cannot understand how people drink this stuff. Beverly is a drink manufactured by Coca-Cola that is sold in some other part of the country (I think it's in Africa). Regardless, it is not worth tasting because it was so disgusting. So if you every go to World of Coke, DON'T DRINK BEVERLY.


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Musketeers Cut Down Lumberjacks in Home Opener
Bluiett and Stainbrook lead Musketeers with 18 points each
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Musketeers Win Two Conference Titles, Have 50 Named To All-BIG EAST Teams
Xavier's Dance Cut Short By NC State, 74-59
Stainbrook Posted Team-Highs In Points And Rebounds.
Xavier Earns No. 12 Seed In NCAA Tourney, Will Face NC State Tuesday
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HONOR ROLL ... UNANIMOUS FIRST TEAM ALL-BIG EAST: Declared for the 2014 NBA Draft after completing his sophomore season ... Scored 1,034 career points, only the second player in XU history to reach the 1,000-Point Club as a sophomore ... 2013-14 Team Tri-captain ... Unanimous 2013-14 First Team All-BIG EAST Conference selection by the league coaches ... 2014 BIG EAST All-Tournament Team ... 2013-14 NABC (National Assoc. of Basketball Coaches) First Team All-District 5 ... 2013-14 First Team All-BIG EAST and three-time BIG EAST Player of the Week by collegsportsmadness.com ... National Player of the Week (ESPN's Andy Katz) after averaging 18.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 2.0 steals in wins at St. John's on Feb. 25 and over No. 9 Creighton on March 1 ... Five-member BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll six times.
2013-14: Led the team in scoring (sixth in the BIG EAST at 17.0 ppg.) and steals (fourth in BIG EAST at 1.3 spg.) and is second in assists (sixth in BIG EAST at 4.2 apg.) ... For BIG EAST regular season play he averaged 18.7 points (third in the BIG EAST), including a career-high tying 28 points at Seton Hall on March 3 (24 in the second half) and a career-high 28 points on 8-of-10 shooting from the field vs. Marquette on Jan. 9, including a career-high three 3-pointers ... 15 career 20-point games, including 10 as a sophomore ... Scored in double-figures in 50 of his last 53 games, including each of the last 22 games and a team-high 31 games for the 2013-14 season ... Scored a team-high 21 points in the March 1 win over Creighton and a game-high 27 points at DePaul on 9-of-12 shooting from the field ... Followed that up with 27 points on 10-of-17 shooting at Creighton on Jan. 12 ... Scored a game-high 20 vs. Butler on Jan. 4 ... Had 22 in the BG win on Dec. 7 and 18 in the Tennessee win on Nov. 12 ... Recorded back-to-back eight-assist, no-turnover games vs. St. John's on Dec. 31 and Butler on Jan. 4.
EARNED NATIONAL, DISTRICT AND CONFERENCE HONORS: 2013 Kyle Macy Freshman All-America Team (CollegeInsider.com)...NABC (National Association of Basketball Coaches) District 4 Second Team selection...Xavier's first-ever Atlantic 10 Conference Rookie of the Year...2012-13 Atlantic 10 Conference Second Team selection, the first XU freshman ever named to the A-10 first, second or third team...2012-13 Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team...led XU in scoring at 15.2 ppg. (eighth overall and first among freshmen in the Atlantic 10), assists at 4.6 apg. (fifth overall and second among freshmen in the A-10) and steals at 1.5 spg. (10th overall and second among freshmen in the A-10)...scored in double figures in 27 games, including 19 straight games to end the season...led XU in scoring in 18 games this season, including 20 points, seven assists and a career-high tying seven rebounds in the win over Saint Louis on March 6 and 20 points to go with five assists at Butler on March 9...led Xavier with 19 points and a career-high 10 assists at St. Bonaventure on Jan. 19...fourth in the Atlantic 10 in scoring for conference games only at 17.0 ppg...had a career-high 25 points at Purdue on Dec. 1...on the lists of Seth Davis (CBS/SI), Stephen Bardo (ESPN) and Mark Adams (ESPN) as one of the nation's top five freshman point guards.
ATLANTIC 10 CONFERENCE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR WAS A 7-TIME ATLANTIC 10 ROOKIE OF THE WEEK: Was named Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week for a school record seventh time this season after contributing 20.0 points, 4.5 rebounds, 6.0 assists and 2.0 steals in a game vs. Saint Louis on March 6 and one at Butler on March 9...A-10 Award selection No. 6: had 15.0 points, 5.5 assists, 3.5 rebounds and 1.0 steals in games against Memphis and UMass this past week...no other Xavier rookie has ever won more than three of these awards...A-10 Award selection No. 5: had a team-high tying 16 points to go with a game-high eight assists and a career-high seven rebounds in the win at Duquesne Feb. 9...A-10 Award selection No. 4: earned the honor two straight weeks back in January, including after averaging 18.5 averaging 18.5 points, 7.5 assists and 2.0 steals in wins at St. Bonaventure (Jan. 16) and vs. La Salle (Jan. 19)...posted his first career double-double with 19 points and 10 assists at St. Bonaventure; scored 15 second-half points and hit the game-winning bank shot with five seconds left...hit 8-of-11 from the field en route to 18 points to go with five assists in the La Salle win...A-10 Award selection No. 3: averaged 18.5 ppg. and 4.5 apg. for XU's wins over Temple (Jan. 10) and George Washington (Jan. 12) to open the Atlantic 10 season...A-10 Award selection No. 2: had a tremendous game on Dec. 1 at Purdue in his first true road game; had a career-high 25 points on 8-of-12 from the field and 8-of-8 from the free throw line...A-10 Award selection No. 1: averaged 19.0 points and 6.3 assists in the DIRECTV Classic from Nov. 22-25 in Anaheim, Calif., earning an All-Tournament Team spot.
SECOND AMONG XAVIER FRESHMAN SCORING LEADERS: Led the team in scoring at 15.2 ppg. (eighth overall and first among freshmen in the Atlantic 10) and was the first Xavier freshman to average double figures in scoring and/or lead the team in scoring since Stanley Burrell scored a team-high 12.7 ppg. in the 2004-05 season...took over second place on Xavier's all-time freshman scoring list with 456 points...Byron Larkin (492 in 1984-85) is XU's all-time freshman scoring leader...
TIED FOR THE XAVIER FRESHMAN ASSIST RECORD: First on the team and fifth in the Atlantic 10 Conference (second among freshmen in the A-10) in assists at 4.6 apg., including his career-high 10-assist game at St. Bonaventure on Jan. 16...was the first Xavier freshman to lead the team in assists since Dedrick Finn at 4.3 apg. in the 2002-03 season...his season total of 139 assists left him tied and one assist shy of breaking Finn's XU freshman record total of 139 assists...made his collegiate debut on Nov. 13 against Butler, dishing off a game-high eight assists...the eight assists set a new Xavier record for most assists by a freshman in his first collegiate game...the freshman record for assists in a game is 11.
AT BREWSTER ACADEMY (N.H.): Played one season at Brewster Academy with current XU teammate Jalen Reynolds...won a prep school national championship...basketball coach: Jason Smith.
AT WINTON WOODS HIGH: Led the Fort Ancient Valley Conference in scoring as a senior at 21.0 points per game...team finished 21-3...Cincinnati Enquirer All-Star and All-State selection...basketball coach: Donnie Gillespie.
PERSONAL: Undecided on a major...born November 1, 1992 in Cincinnati...mother's name is Toni-Carr; father's name is William.
|Twice, last at Seton Hall (March 3, 2014)
|Field Goals Made
|Three Times, last at Creighton (January 12, 2014)
|Field Goals Attempted
|vs. Villanova (March 6, 2014)
|3-Pt Field Goals Made
|vs. Marquette (January 9, 2014)
|3-Pt Field Goals Attempted
|Twice, last vs. Villanova (March 6, 2014)
|Free Throws Made
|vs. Evansville (December 10, 2013)
|Free Throws Attempted
|vs. Evansville (December 10, 2013)
|Four Times, last at St. John's (February 25, 2014)
|at St. Bonaventure (January 16, 2013)
|Three Times, last vs. St. John's (December 31, 2013)
|Twice, last vs. Creighton (March 1, 2014)


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As Santa Fe's only Native American-owned hotel, located in the historic district a few short blocks from the plaza . We provide more than just incomparable accommodations and a super location . We offer a change to see the city through the eyes of the people who know it best, the Picuris Pueblo . Upon arrival, you will discover the richest textures of southwestern artistry . Our unique rooms and suites feature amenities and furnishings with the authentic flavor of Santa Fe . Witness the native traditions and culture, from dinner in a teepee, savoring the flavor of traditional pueblo bread or songs and tales by local musicians and storytellers . The Hotel Santa Fe also offers an outdoor pool and hot tub, full spa treatments and our Amaya Restaurant featuring classic technique, contemporary flair, and fresh seasonal ingredients from traditional American Indian fare . Amaya highlights local Pueblo and northern New Mexican influences, as well as regional foods from around the U . The casual, inviting atmosphere keeps the focus on fine food and conversation, and the restaurant opens onto a patio for seasonal dining . So come and experience the warmth and beauty of our Native American Heritage .
Dogs accepted for a non-refundable fee of $20 each per night payable directly to the property . Limit of 2 dogs .
Please note that the Hotel Santa Fe charges a Resort Fee . The fee is $19 per night during your stay and covers: Shuttle service within one mile of downtown from 8am to 10pm . Call or drop by the Front Desk to access this service . Shuttle service to and from the Santa Fe Airport is also provided with 24 hours notice . Constant wireless Internet connectivity throughout the Hotel . Local telephone calls . Use of the Business Center, including photocopies, sending and receiving faxes within the USA and having documents notarized . Local newspapers in the Lobby . Parking in our ample lot . Use of the Swimming Pool (Seasonal) and Hot Tub from dawn to 10pm . Use of the Fitness Center at our Spa from 6am to 9pm . Coffee and tea from 7am to 12noon and bottled water available throughout the day in the Lobby . We also will gladly download and print your airline Boarding Passes to make checkout and travel home smoother . If your pet accompanies you, it's our pleasure to walk your "best friend" for you .
We set aside part of this fee to help us support Santa Fe's arts and human services nonprofit organizations .
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ARIAD to Present at the 2011 RBC Capital Markets' Healthcare Conference
Thursday, February 24, 2011
ARIAD to Present at the 2011 RBC Capital Markets' Healthcare Conference07:35 EST Thursday, February 24, 2011 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (Business Wire) -- ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARIA) today announced that it will present at the 2011 RBC Capital Markets' Healthcare Conference being held at the New York Palace Hotel in New York City. Harvey J. Berger, M.D., chairman and chief executive officer at ARIAD, will provide an overview of the Company's strong oncology pipeline and progress on its three lead compounds on Thursday, March 3, at 8:30 a.m. (ET). Dr. Berger will host 1-on-1 meetings with investors following the Company's presentation. The ARIAD presentation will be webcast live and can be accessed by visiting the investor relations section of the Company's website at http://www.ariad.com/investor. A replay of the presentation will be available on the ARIAD website approximately one hour after the presentation and will be archived for two weeks. About ARIAD ARIAD's vision is to transform the lives of cancer patients with breakthrough medicines. The Company's mission is to discover, develop and commercialize small-molecule drugs to treat cancer in patients with the greatest and most urgent unmet medical need - aggressive cancers where current therapies are inadequate. ARIAD's lead product candidate, ridaforolimus, is an investigational mTOR inhibitor being developed by Merck that has successfully completed a Phase 3 clinical trial in patients with soft-tissue and bone sarcomas and is being studied in multiple cancer indications. ARIAD's second internally discovered product candidate, ponatinib, is an investigational pan-BCR-ABL inhibitor in a pivotal Phase 2 clinical trial in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia and Ph+ acute lymphoblastic leukemia. For additional information, please visit www.ariad.com. ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Maria E. Cantor, 617-621-2208


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I am remodeling my kitchen and I wanted to know what type of flooring (some type of wood is preferred) I should install. I have heard Bamboo, Cork are good but I wanted to hear from my fellow SE'ers.
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The Evidence:
Some people would cite many reasons why presidential terms are an imperfect paradigm for tracking economic trends. Conventional wisdom suggests that the business cycle doesn't follow the electoral cycle. A president's economic record is heavily influenced by factors out of his control. Timing matters and so does good fortune.
At least that was the conventional wisdom before Princeton professor Larry M. Bartels, one of the country's leading political scientists, studied the relationship between economic outcomes and which party occupied the President's office. His most significant finding is that there is a partisan pattern to the size of the gap between the rich and the poor. Over the past half-century, he concludes, Republican presidents have allowed income inequality to expand, while Democratic presidents generally have not.
Lest anyone think this book, Unequal Democracy: The Political Economy of the New Gilded Age, is a partisan hit job by a left-wing academic, Bartels goes to great pains in his introduction to preempt the counterattack he expects from critics on the right. "I began the project as an unusually apolitical political scientist," he writes, noting that the last time he voted was in 1984, "and that was for Ronald Reagan." He adds that in doing this work, "I was quite surprised to discover how often and how profoundly partisan differences in ideologies and values have shaped key policy decisions and economic outcomes. I have done my best to follow my evidence where it led me."
Bartels acknowledges that there can be many explanations for growing income inequality, from globalization and structural changes in the U.S. economy to technological and demographic shifts. But he argues that it is wrong to assume there is no cause-and-effect relationship between government policies and income distribution. In fact, he asserts, "economic inequality is, in substantial part, a political phenomenon."
Bartels comes to this conclusion by examining what happened to income inequality from President Truman to President George W. Bush. "Under Democratic presidents poor families did slightly better than richer families (at least in proportional terms), producing a modest net decrease in income inequality; under Republican presidents, rich families did vastly better than poorer families, producing a considerable net increase in income inequality."
He concludes that the income gap increased under Presidents Eisenhower, Nixon, Ford, Reagan and both Bushes, while it declined under four of the five Democratic presidents who have served during this period — all except Jimmy Carter. That pattern, he asserts, "seems hard to attribute to a mere coincidence in the timing of Democratic and Republican administrations." Rather, Democratic and Republican presidents have pursued different economic policies, with Democrats generally focused more on raising employment and output growth, which disproportionately benefit poor and middle-class families. Republicans have worried more about containing inflation, which has "negligible" effects on real income growth near the bottom of the income distribution but "substantial effects at the top," Bartels says. On tax policy, Republican presidents, especially since Reagan, have pushed tax cuts that have disproportionately helped the wealthiest Americans.
The following represent some informative graphs depicting Bartels' analysis and conclusions:
Figure 1
Figure 1 demonstrates that on all three issues — unemployment, inflation and GNP growth — Democrat Presidents outperformed Republican Presidents, even after allowing for differences in specific economic circumstances and general historical trends.
Figure 2
Figure 2 depicts greater post-tax income growth associated with Democratic Presidents than that which accrued to Republican Presidents when they held the Oval Office.
Figure 3
Income inequality increases under Republican leadership, per Figure 3. The dotted line in Figure 3 represents the actual course of inequality over the past half-century, as measured by the ratio of family incomes at the 80th and 20th percentiles of the income distribution. The solid line represents Bartels' projected course of the 80/20 income ratio given the pattern of income growth that prevailed under Republican Presidents while the lower line represents the projected course of the 80/20 income ratio under Democratic Presidents. (Given the evidence of widening inequality it appears, if anything, Bartels' projections under estimated the impact of continuing Republican leadership in the White House.)
Figure 4
Figure 4 demonstrates that poor families did slightly better under Democratic Presidents than richer families (at least proportionately), producing a modest net decrease in income inequality. Richer families, under Republican Presidents, did vastly better than poorer families, yielding a considerable net increase in income inequality.
Bartels refutes the notion that the causes of economic inequality in contemporary America have little tie to government.
"Indeed, I suggest that the narrowly economic focus of most previous studies of inequality has caused them to miss what may be the most important single influence on the changing U.S. income distribution over the past half-century – the contrasting policy choices of Democratic and Republican presidents. Under Republican administrations, real income growth for the lower and middle income classes has consistently lagged well behind the income growth rate for the rich – and well behind the income growth rate for the lower and middle classes themselves under Democratic administrations."
One might wonder if the party holding power in Congress effects the results? Bartels lives up to his reputation as an excellent researcher by including this variable in the analysis. He tested the impact of proportion of Democrats (and therefore Republicans) in the House and Senate. Here's his finding:
"Adding a measure of the average proportion of Democrats in the House and Senate to the regression equations reported in Table 2.3 below suggests that Democrats in Congress probably had positive effects on income growth, at least for low-income families; but the relevant parameter estimates are small (implying that even the largest observed shift in the partisan composition of Congress had much less effect on income growth than a shift in partisan control of the White House) and very imprecise (with an average t-statistic of .35)." Emphasis mine.
Related to Bartels' study and moving to a comparison of Bush/Clinton economic outcomes is another analysis by Piketty and Saez ( recipient of MacArthur "Genius Award"), regarded as among the top analysts in the field. Here's an interesting table from their work:
Table 1
From the above table it's observed that President Clinton outperformed President Bush and the entire aggregate time period from 1993 to 2007 on three measures: 1) Average income real annual growth; 2) Top 1% incomes real annual growth; and 3) Bottom 99% incomes real annual growth. President Bush holds a commanding lead for the fraction of total growth captured by the top 1%!


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Posted By John Schoonejongen On February 14, 2013 @ 1:00 pm In Uncategorized | Comments Disabled
Nine New Jersey counties have been designated as disaster areas by the federal Department of Agriculture because of the crop loss from the rash of extreme weather that struck the state in the last half of 2012.
In addition, five other counties are considered "contiguous disaster counties," and will also be eligible for aid, according to a letter from Secretary of Agriculture Thomas J. Vilsack to Gov. Chris Christie.
Vilsack's letter, dated today, reiterates that the request was made because "losses caused by the combined effects of drought, high winds (Derecho), hail, excessive heat, excessive rain, flash flooding, Hurricane Sandy, a snowstorm and a Nor'easter that occurred during the period of June 28 through November 8, 2012."
The counties designated as disaster areas are Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Ocean, Salem and Sussex. The five contiguous disaster counties are Mercer, Monmouth, Morris, Passaic and Warren.
"Mercer and Monmouth Counties, New Jersey, did not sustain a 30-percent or greater production loss to a single crop due to this disaster," Vilsack wrote. "Therefore, I am unable to approve the New Jersey State Executive Director's request to designate those two counties as primary natural disaster areas."
The news was welcomed by U.S. Rep. Frank LoBiondo, R-N.J.
"The sheer force of weather and extreme conditions that pummeled South Jersey in the summer and fall of last year was far beyond what our farms and crops could handle," LoBiondo said. "It was appropriate to request federal assistance and I'm pleased USDA Secretary Vilsack has granted a Secretarial disaster declaration across the region."
Farmers who suffered losses in the primary and contiguous areas potentially are eligible for emergency loans from the federal Farm Service Agency. Farmers have eight months from the date of the disaster declaration to apply for aid.
Vilsack said local FSA offices can supply further information.
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|The Concert Festival, celebrating it's Seventh Season, offers the unique opportunity for young musicians, composers and
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Pianists, Instrumentalists (Classical and Traditional Folk), Vocalists and Chamber Ensembles are welcome!
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Vietnam's April trade gap hits 16-month high
Vietnam's trade gap in April was reported at $1.493 billion, marking the highest level during 16 recent months, according to the official figures from the general Department of Vietnam Customs.
In particular, the country's export turnover in April slipped slightly from the previous month to reach nearly $7.44 billion. However, the country's import spending saw a rise of nearly 1 percent month on month to be at approximately $9 billion.
Thus, Vietnam's trade deficit in April was about $1.493 billion. This is also the highest figure during 16 recent months and marks the country's trade deficit for 25th consecutive month.
Till the end of April, Vietnam's total export turnover reached nearly $27.25 billion, up 37.2 percent from the same period last year and equaling to 34.3 percent of the year's plan, averaging at $6.8 billion in export turnover per month.
Meanwhile, the country's import value in Jan-April was over $32.13 billion, rising 30.3 percent year-on-year and accounting for 34.4 percent of the year's plan, averaging at over $8.3 billion per month.
Thus, till the end of April, Vietnam's trade gap was nearly $4.9 billion, up 6.5 percent year-on-year.
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Rice pitches no-hitters against Bengals
Harbaugh Exclusive: Ravens fighting for no. 3 seed
You may remember — or perhaps you've tried hard to forget — the MC Hammer hit of 20-plus years ago, "U Can't Touch This." Not that we're proposing that as background music while you watch the Ravens-Bengals game Sunday, but it does serve to point out an aspect of Ray Rice's success against Cincinnati.
According to ESPN.com, of Rice's 363 yards rushing against the Bengals in his past three games against them, he gained 301 of them before a Bengal hit him. In 2011 and 2012, no other back has gained so many yards against a single opponent before he is touched.
Does it speak to Rice's quickness and agility? Certainly. Does it indicate just how effective the Ravens offensive line has been against the Bengals. Undoubtedly. Does it bode well for a Ravens victory if this continues? You betcha.
With another meeting against the Ravens possible in the postseason, touching — and stopping — Rice should be something the Bengals are working on Sunday in the regular-season finale. To see how effectively Cincinnati has adjusted, keep an eye on how soon Rice gets hit after he takes a handoff.


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Lady Antebellum is gearing up to own Europe this summer when they take their Own The Night 2012 World Tour across the pond. They will play several shows in six different countries, kicking things off in Dublin, Ireland on July 10. Fans can get more information and start purchasing tickets on February 10 through LadyAntebellum.com.
"Every time we've gone over to Europe, the fans there have given us such a warm welcome," Dave Haywood said. "It's an honor for us to be able to travel abroad and share our music with so many other countries. Plus, we love to get out and sightsee and really experience each place we visit. Europe is going to be a blast!"
Lady A kicked off the U.S. leg of their tour with sold-out and record-breaking shows last week. They will take a break from their tour this weekend to head to the GRAMMY Awards this weekend where they will present and are also nominated for Best Country Album.
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A 20-year-old woman from Rochester was arrested after police say she tried to smuggle drugs into Wyoming Correctional Facility in Attica.
Investigators say Anika Graham hid synthetic marijuana inside a food package and sent it to an inmate in the facility.
They say the hidden drugs were discovered and Graham was arrested during an inmate visitation.
Graham is charged with a misdemeanor of promoting prison contraband.
She was arraigned and sent to the Wyoming County Jail on $1000 bail.


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Grilling Up Healthy Flavor
(Family Features) - If you're looking to add fresh flavor and good nutrition to your menu, look no further than the humble avocado. In a salad, as a spread or slider topper, or even on the grill (yes, they can be grilled), avocados are packed with healthy goodness.
"A lot of people don't know just how good California avocados are for you," said Ben Holtz, President of California Avocados Direct. "They have nearly 20 essential nutrients - that's a lot of good nutrition packed into a great tasting fruit."
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Holtz says that avocados are best when they're as fresh as possible, during peak consumption periods when the fruit moves quickly off the shelves. "This is wonderful for those that live near the growing areas in California, but not so easy for everybody else living across the country. That's why we started California Avocados Direct - to offer fresh avocados to those who want to buy the best available, and who want to know the farmer that grew them."
Holtz says that they are able to hand pack and ship fresh avocados the very same day they're harvested, letting them share farm-fresh produce with families all across the country. "As a family farm, we live on and care for the land," he said. "This allows us to give daily attention to detail and the ability to deliver the rich, creamy flavor of premium California avocados that our customers have come to expect." An avocado lends itself to a variety of seasonings and ingredients that mix well with almost all salad and sandwich fillings. The next time you break out the grill for friends and family, try these Haute Grilled Avocados as a deliciously different appetizer or side dish.
For more recipes, tips and ordering information, visit www.californiaavocadosdirect.com.
2 ripe, Fresh California Avocados
2 tablespoons fresh lime or lemon juice
1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
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Bluebirds are starting to house hunt and a local downtown business is holding a seminar to offer tips on how to get them to choose your yard as their home.
Birds & Butterflies presents "How to Attract and Enjoy Eastern Bluebirds and Other Cavity Nesters" on Tuesday evening.
Store owner Ron Brenneman said that bluebirds have began looking for places to nest. Tuesday's seminar will discuss what's considered a good bluebird box as well as how to mount and monitor them.
The seminar will also cover the biology of the bluebird and go through the process starting from when a nest is built to when the babies fledge.
The South Carolina Bluebird Society will be at the seminar with more information as well as literature available to anyone who wants to learn more about this bird. The organization was established in Aiken in the fall of 2010 and has installed and monitored more than 400 bluebird nest boxes on 41 bluebird nest box trails, according to its website.
Brenneman said that the first bluebird nests should appear in late February or early March.
The seminar will be held Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Birds & Butterflies located at 117 Laurens St. N.W.
Reservations are required since space is limited, and there's a $5 non-refundable charge. Attendees 16 and younger are admitted free.
Some of the proceeds from the seminar series are donated to various nonprofit groups like the Silver Bluff Audubon Center and Sanctuary, the South Carolina Bluebird Society and Carolina Wildlife Care.
For more information or to make a reservation, call 649-7999.
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When: Tuesday at 7 p.m.
Where: Birds & Butterflies, 117 Laurens St. N.W.
Cost: $5, those 16 and younger are admitted free
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Jason is our local expert dive guide. He has memorized all dive sites and instinctively knows and understands the currents and the weather. Born on the island of Ulithi, an atoll of the outer islands of Yap. Jason moved to Saipan to attend college and earned his AA degree in liberal arts. Shortly thereafter, Jason moved to Palau to further his studies.
While attending college in Palau to receive his degree in hospitality and tourism, Jason discovered diving, since it is the main attraction for visitors to Palau and it was a college requirement for graduation that he becomes a divemaster. Once he took his first dive, he was enchanted with the marvels of the ocean. He worked at Sams Tours as an intern dive master, while bartending at Bottom Time Grill to pay for his school.
Soon after completing college, Jason left bartending and went to work full-time into guiding in 2001. Jason has worked for several dive companies where he logged thousands of dives and guided guests to sites such as Ulong Island, Blue Corner, Peleliu, and other well-known dive sites here in Palau. Jason has dived the depths surrounding Palau and swum with sharks, manta rays, barracuda, jelly fish, dolphins and more.
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Seth Godin has a great definition of what it means to be the best in a world of online marketing and unceasing demands on your customers' attention and budget.
The only way your business wins in Google world is to be the best available option, where "best" means best for the person searching for an answer, and "available option" means everything. (Best doesn't mean most expensive or exclusive, it merely means the best choice for me, right now. You don't have to be happy about how much competition you have, but it helps to admit it.)
We've written about this before, but it bears revisiting. Your competition is the other landscapers in your market, but it's also a new car or a new roof or a vacation.
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It's been just over 2 years since the release of Gemini, the debut LP from Wild Nothing (aka Jack Tatum) and one of my favorite new finds in 2009/2010. Now, he's announced he'll have a new full-length, Nocturne, out on August 27th (UK) and 28th (US) via Bella Union & Captured Tracks.
We've also got a taste of the new album with the release of the first single "Shadow," which you can stream below. It'll also be released (both digitally and on a 7″) on June 26th (US) and August 13th (UK). The song is very much a continuation of the dream-pop sounds Wild Nothing has been perfecting over the last few years. It draws you in to the sound than the lyrics, with the vocals acting as another instrument rather than the focal point.
Listen for: the anticipation that builds in the first few seconds of the song until the beat hits at 0:12.
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Lucas travels back to the early days of radio history, describing, for example, how Fulton Lewis predicted to Mike Wallace in the 1950s that the Republican Party could be a majority party if they would only let the conservatives run it, instead of the wishy-washy, me-too moderates.
But it's really fun to remember how liberals have failed to find their anti-Limbaugh. In the 1990s, ABC Radio tried to make a star out of Texas Agricultural Commissioner Jim Hightower, thinking they could sell ultra-liberalism if it sounded folksy enough. He bombed. They tried to sell Mario Cuomo as a radio host, although he was far too pompous for the regular folks. He lectured a libertarian caller: "What if you have a plague? Floods? You'd just let everybody drown?" He bombed. They tried former Virginia Gov. Doug Wilder. Bomb.
In 2004, the media elite went gaga over the anticipated ascent of Al Franken and the Air America network into Limbaugh's orbit. The New York Times and Washington Post each promoted their debut on the front pages and in cover stories in their Sunday magazines. Newsweek published a three-page spread featuring Franken in a flight suit on an aircraft carrier. Time only gave it a page, with the headline "America Needs Air America." None of it worked.
At the outset, Air America was sold as a "tremendous business opportunity" with a "hole in the market you could drive a truck through." In the end, Air America later fell right through that hole in the market into bankruptcy and liquidation.
It's rather funny. The left regularly augment the puny power of liberal radio hosts by promoting them on TV, from Sharpton and Ed Schultz and Rachel Maddow in the evenings on MSNBC to live morning shows with Bill Press and Stephanie Miller on Al Gore's tiny-ratings channel Current TV. None is threatening the right. We're asked to "Lean Forward" in MSNBC promos, and Current TV promos expect us to believe their big "weapon" on their talk programs is "the truth." Try telling that to Press or Miller as they as they celebrate character assasinations against Republicans.
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Working with a mix of computerized and manual records, the Print and Online Periodicals Associate is responsible for those library record-keeping processes that result in the timely and accurate new and ongoing subscriptions for print periodicals, microfilm, newspapers, and newspaper indexes. Duties include checking-in and maintaining the library's periodicals collection, updating holdings records, and processing print periodicals for the bindery process. Providing reports for periodicals budget expenditures for library managers including the Library Director, as assigned.
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8. Update html files for periodical title holdings data in the library's discipline-specific periodicals web pages.
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With 10 more games of the season left, Villa are currently 11th in the Premier League table, seven points above the bottom three.
Villa have not been in the drop zone this campaign, and Lambert wants his young side to continue their development.
"I never really look down," the Birmingham Mail quotes Lambert as saying.
"People were saying last week that West Ham were well and truly out of it and all of a sudden we are level with them.
"We will try to get the next team above us and I never look at it negatively, I always think we can win games.
"We are a young team and we are miles from where we want to be.
"But we are slowly but surely getting there and if they keep growing and being confident their careers will keep going.
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Minnie Greenwell Emmert, 90, 1248 Gap Creek Rd., Elizabethton, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, June 7, 2013, at Ivy Hall Nursing Home, following a lengthy illness.
Minnie was a native of Butler and had been a resident of Elizabethton most of her life.
She was a daughter of the late Alfred and Ruth Baird Greenwell.
Minnie was a graduate of Watauga Academy in Old Butler, which is now under Watauga Lake, and attended the former Elizabethton Business College.
She was retired from ITT North Electric, Gray, and was formerly employed as the manager of the cafeteria at Happy Valley High School, in the office at Happy Valley Memorial Park, and as a secretary for Lewis May, Attorney at Law, in Mountain City prior to his political career.
Minnie was a member of Big Springs Church of Christ, Gap Creek, and a former member of Sugar Grove Baptist Church, Butler.
She enjoyed reading her Bible, her flowers and gardens.
In addition to her parents, Minnie was preceded in death by her husband, James Buford "Slick" Emmert, in 1994, a son, James B. "Jimmy" Emmert, Jr., her sister and brother-in-law, Kate and Thomas Culver, and an infant grandson.
She is survived by four children, Dickie Emmert and wife Donna, Watauga, Greer Murphy and husband Bob, Johnson City, Jon Michael Emmert, of the home, and Tammy Miller and husband Michael, Elizabethton; eight grandchildren, Michelle Emmert, Wendy Irick and husband Brian, Jessica Ladlee and husband James, Audra Emmert, Shannon Emmert, Robin Tickle and husband Jeff, Julie Nave and husband Darrell, and Gabby Miller; seven great-grandchildren, Chelsea Peters, Hannah and Kaitlin Irick, Celie and Caleigh Ladlee, Maliah Jones, and Jet Tickle; several nieces and nephews.
The family would like to thank the nursing staff of wing A at Ivy Hall Nursing Home for the outstanding, loving care given to Minnie during her stay.
The graveside funeral service will be held Monday, June 10, 2013, at 11:00 A.M., in Sugar Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Butler, with Rev. Edwin Talley, officiating. Pallbearers will be selected from family and friends. Those planning to attend are requested to meet at the funeral home by 9:45 A.M. Monday to proceed to the cemetery, or meet at the cemetery by 10:55 A.M.
Those who wish to make memorial contributions may do so to your favorite charity in Minnie's name.
Memories and condolences may be shared at www.appfh.net.
Appalachian Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 800 E. Watauga Ave., Johnson City, is serving the Emmert family. 928-6111


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For final master mixes I use a Izotope Ozone 4 multi-function plug-in strapped across the main stereo bus for a touch of reverb and compression. This Ozone compressor is so good that you can squash the daylights out of a signal and it won't distort like many hardware compressors would - it'll just be squashed flat and lifeless. If ever there was a time for moderation, my friends, it's with compression.
So anyway, I'm feeling pretty good about my rig - the Mac is truly fast, powerful, classy, and rock-steady, A substantial step up from the SONAR/PC combination I used for years, and the ProTools - well, that's taking a while, but I'm tracking and working, which is what's important. Also, a big difference is that I'm able to work at 24-bit, 88.1K sample rate, which has made a difference in clarity, crispness, and depth -- and is something my PC rig just could not handle. It would freeze and stutter and do all kinds of weird stuff.
So I'm wondering: #1 - is there a simple way to shut off my Mac's internet connection? I only need it to upgrade and wish to avoid malware, spyware, etc. I'm connected thru a belkin wireless router. #2 - I just bought a blu-ray disk player that allegedly plays all kinds of high res music (for the home stereo - centered around a most killer Denon receiver that allegedly supports any format you can throw at it w/HDMI and that I bought at the very end of Circuit city's bankruptcy and closing sale. At the last minute, when there was more garbage than product, I spied a Denon AVR-988, normally a $1200 receiver - new in the box - for $350. Oh yeah.). #2b:If I bought an external Blu-ray recorder, could I burn, say, dts HD master audio and Dolby True HD? Are those separate software programs? Would I expect them to be bundled with a BD recorder" Is it possible in any way to burn music at at least 24/88.1 and listen to it played back on my serious listening living room rig? Or better yet, on anyone else's who had a compatible blu-ray player!
I got started with blu-ray with a PS3, as so many do. At the time, it was the cheapest route and the higher quality gaming was just gravy. Now, just two days ago, I bought a blu-ray player - a decent one from Panasonic, not a cheapo, dubious unit at all - for a mere $169. It was on sale from a normal $249, but the trend all around is down, down, down. The $200 Sony is near - I just got impatient. The Pana is a thin little unit - only about 1-1/2" at most thick. It's a normal 17" wide, but only about 9" deep. Slick.
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For years, citizens of the United States have enthusiastically welcomed millions of immigrants to their country. But what do they offer them as they sail or fly past the Statue of Liberty? They claim their country provides life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
But what do immigrants actually receive after arrival in the United States? And would it have been wiser for them to stay in their own countries?
Researchers at Ohio University studied 24 men and women who moved to the United States from countries all over the world. They discovered that after 10 weeks, the new residents had already gained two pounds each. Then, after 20 weeks, they had put on another pound. But this was only the average weight gain.
One male immigrant from Colombia had gained 29 pounds, and a woman from Italy had added 12. But Ms. Chen, the lead researcher, reported that the results could have been worse. Some of the immigrants, realizing what was happening, decided to start dieting during the study.
Why had this occurred? Chen decided the main culprit was fast food. But other countries also have fast food outlets, so it wasn't simply the convenience of fast food that set the stage for obesity.
The culprit was cheap fast food. Compared to the rest of the world, U.S. fast food is less expensive than in any other country. Immigrants must spend several dollars for a burger in their native country but as little as $1.50 in the United States.
I might think this is as close to nirvana as anyone can get. "Why did I stay in my homeland for so many years? They're right. This is indeed the land of opportunity."
This is not the first study to show that people from other cultures quickly catch up to U.S. citizens when exposed to cheap, super-sized, calorie-dense food. And since an expanding waistline can happen to immigrants in mere weeks, it's obvious what must occur during a lifetime.
If I were an unsuspecting immigrant to the United States, I'd most likely say: "Wow, what a super country when I can eat hamburgers for just $1.50! It's even better when my family can go to some restaurants and eat all they want for a single price."
But life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness would only last so long.
Immigrants eventually begin to see they are paying a high price for cheap, fast food. Slowly but surely, they are becoming overweight and finally so obese that they can no longer see their feet.
Parents also see what is happening to their children. They too are part of the American way of life, with too many hours spent watching mindless TV, too little exercise, and adult diseases that develop in childhood, all a part of a faulty, tragic lifestyle.
For instance, a recent California study revealed 37 percent of Latino children had increased blood cholesterol, and 14 percent had hypertension. Another study showed 11 percent of adolescents with thickening of the carotid arteries due to atherosclerosis, not previously seen at this age. Moreover, if carotid arteries are becoming blocked, so are coronary vessels.
Unfortunately, like their fellow Americans, immigrants learn there is more to ill health than obesity. This single problem leads to diabetes, which in turn leads to hypertension, blindness, kidney failure, amputation of legs, or coronary death.
So the greener U. S. pastures would eventually be not so green after all. They become citizens of a country that spends vast sums on health care with little to show for it.
Before it is too late they might be wise to say, "Forget about life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Why wasn't the United States honest enough to tell us we were about to descend into medical hell as soon our family members raised their hands and swore allegiance to the United States of America? Our children may die before us. We should have stayed home and lived longer."
Dr. Gifford-Jones is a medical journalist with a private medical practice in Toronto. His website is DocGiff.com. He may be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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